Comments Thread For: Holyfield: Klitschko Brothers Hurt Division, Now It's Coming Back

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Former undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield does not believe that the heavyweight division has ceased to be the main attraction of the sport of boxing, but he does acknowledge that one of the reasons why it stopped being so is due to two characters, brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. He says the Klitschko brothers made the division less attractive and most fans focused their attention on the lower weight divisions.
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[MisanthropicNY]

They didn't hurt the division - the division just ****** - and it still does now, but there is Joshua...

[A.K]

They refused to fight each other and took the titles hostage in Germany, now the titles are spread everywhere and no one wants to leave their turf.

[jmrf4435]

BS

Boxing in itself hurt the heavyweight division, the sport does nothing but shoot itself in the foot.

Yes it's coming back due to talent but boxing will find a way to make is obscure again

[Sickmerch1990]

Thats bs there tactics were boring like but there just hasnt been good enough fighters to step up vitalie could of handled his own with any hw in history as lennox lewis found out the both them make my top ten of all time 1 lennonx lewis 2 rocky marciano 3 ali 4 mike tyson 5 larry holmes 6 holyfeild 7 v klitchko 8 rid**** bowe 9 joe louis 10 w klitschko 11 joe fraizer 12 george forman 13 sonny liston 14 gene tuney 15 jack johnson 16 jack dempsey 17 floyd patterson 18 anthony joshua 19 micheal moorer 20 ken norton sorry had to just put down my top 20 heavys never thought of it before lennox is my n1 coz he fort in hw best era and beat 3 of my top 7 hw 4 of 8 if you include bowe in olympics

[Mr.Fantastic]

It was 2 dominating boxers. There was no way they should've fought, they're brothers. It's more interesting when it's only 1 sole dominant boxer because it's at a slower pace compared to the 2 Klitchsko brothers beating this guy here and there.

[Mr.Fantastic]

They refused to fight each other and took the titles hostage in Germany, now the titles are spread everywhere and no one wants to leave their turf.

How is that different than a boxer doing the same thing here in the states?

[BoxingIsGreat]

The heavyweight division has had no exciting or loud personalities for the longest time. It's even weaker now, with a few pretenders here and there.

The Mayweather era has overshadowed the division, as well, and focused more attention on the lower divisions.

It isn't entirely on the Klitschkos.

[BoxingIsGreat]

It was 2 dominating boxers. There was no way they should've fought, they're brothers. It's more interesting when it's only 1 sole dominant boxer because it's at a slower pace compared to the 2 Klitchsko brothers beating this guy here and there.

Totally agreed. No two brothers should be forced to fight.

[Dramacyde]

There was no interest in watching unathletic, slow, boring ass Eastern Europeans. The Heavyweight division is for the Brothers!