Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the End of The U.S. Era

[aboutfkntime]

Most would be inclined to say Ward is the new P4P#1, i disagree. Hes not active and his opposition level has drop tremendously. All the goodfighters hes beaten are no longer active and theres a new crop of top guys at smw which Ward has yet to reassert himself over. Ihavent made a p4p list but if i was to now, i would no doubt have Klitchsko as the new p4p#1 in the sport...my reasoning is when you look at the sport and take into account that in just about every division, the top guys are NOT fighting each other. With thay mind, Klitchsko has consistently fought top opposition at HW for quite some time, with him fighting his mandatories and the best available fighters, i say he has the best case.

If Ward were naturally 6'6" and 250lbs, how many rounds would Wlad win ?

[aboutfkntime]

Ward is the best fighter on the planet now.

[robbyheartbaby]

Boxing has been taken over by East European boxers, I miss the old days of the heavyweight division being ruled by the likes of Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson etc, but the new breed of heavyweights are superior and want it more.

[wlliam]

Ward is the best fighter on the planet now.

I knew when i was watching Ward vs Smith i was watching the match to determine the best fightrr on the planet

[Scipio2009]

Any cursory look down the list of Olympians, specifically Olympic medalists, will show you that the top amateur Olympic boxers have made for **** transitions to the professional ranks.

With Wlad Klitschko on his way out, you can't really point to any Eastern European fighters to hang your hats on long-term, outside of possibly Lomachenko (Golovkin isn't going to be able to duck Ward for more than two fights and Ward wrecks him when they meet, and Kovalev is due to have a hell of fights with Beterbiev/Stevenson/Ward, with the public turning on him if he continues to duck those fights).

Floyd stepping off of the stage, simply moves eyeballs back to heavyweight (Wilder/Joshua/Fury/Parker, possibly) and welterweight (Brook/Thurman/Garcia/Spence), while RocNation delivers on the marketing promise of Andre Ward and sees what they can do [handsome, million-dollar smile, Olympic gold medalist, who's "safe" and could sell a pitchman for Coca Cola]

Name 5 non US/UK fighters on the come-up (made the distinction based on English speaking versus English-as-a-second language Europe)?

[imperial1]

No the PED era is over American boxing will live on

Spence
Ward
Crawford
Maybe Wilder if he ever gets past Povetkin

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American boxing will live on in the delusional imaginations of guys who think the '70s was a "golden age" and that europe and latin america "ruined it" and can't connect the dots

OK there's really just one dot (it only seemed like a golden age because you were sheltered from the rest of the world and there's never been anything superior about American boxers)

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Ward is the best fighter on the planet now.

yeah a few weeks ago he was barely relevant but now that floyd is retired we know the deal

we all know the deal

quillin and wilder are in the top 5 now too just in case

wladimir drops from #2 to #35 without explanation just in case

[imperial1]

American boxing will live on in the delusional imaginations of guys who think the '70s was a "golden age" and that europe and latin america "ruined it" and can't connect the dots

OK there's really just one dot (it only seemed like a golden age because you were sheltered from the rest of the world and there's never been anything superior about American boxers)

Never been anything superior about American boxers ? Most of the greatest boxers were mostly American ..Please enlighten us as to who from EE and even Latin America were as great as SRR,Muhammed Ali and SRL ?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Oh well its happens in a global sport, U.S. has tons of name sure someone can pick up the torch and run with it as far as possible, to the finish line? only time will tell (I dont think so, at least not till Jose Ramirez gets himself a title).