Why do people act like this heavyweight era isn’t a great one?

[BangEM]

Briggs has the most first round KOs in boxing history, the most KOs of any heavyweight champ, and he won the title twice.

Liakhovich beat Lamon Brewster and Briggs knocked him out the very next fight.

Vitali couldn't finish Briggs off despite Briggs tearing his bicep muscle and tendon in the first round of the fight.

Chisora doesn't deserve to carry his robe.

Padded stat like Wilder and Mike Tyson. If all heavies fought bums, they’d have the same record.

[famicommander]

Padded stat like Wilder and Mike Tyson. If all heavies fought bums, they’d have the same record.

2X heavyweight champion of the world.

Trying to elevate 10-loss British fighters to that status is insane. Chisora has lost every step up fight he ever had.

[TMLT87]

How the hell you gonna compare the 2X heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs to freaking Dillian Whyte and Michael Hunter?

Briggs beat:
George Foreman (reigning lineal champ)
Ray Mercer (former WBO champ)
Siarhei Liakhovich (reigning WBO champ)

Drew:
Francois Botha

Went 12 against:
Vitali Klitschko (reigning WBC champ; Briggs tore a biceps and tendon in round 1)
Sultan Ibragimov (lost WBO title)

And stepped in there against prime Lennox Lewis.

And in 2015, Lennox Lewis told The Ring that of all his opponents, Shannon Briggs had the best punch and the fastest hands.

Complete lack of respect for the Cannon.

Let's Go Champ!

I didnt even agree with the other guy initially and still dont, but you've almost strengthened his argument with this....

Beating 48 year old Foreman, 44 year old Mercer, drawing with Botha, simply surviving against Vitali and shaking Lennox up a bit (which in turn caused him to turn up the volume and finish the fight in 5)......I mean, its not THAT great is it?

[famicommander]

I didnt even agree with the other guy initially and still dont, but you've almost strengthened his argument with this....

Beating 48 year old Foreman, 44 year old Mercer, drawing with Botha, simply surviving against Vitali and shaking Lennox up a bit (which in turn caused him to turn up the volume and finish the fight in 5)......I mean, its not THAT great is it?

It doesn't make him Evander Holyfield, it just makes him in a different category than your average contender right now like Whyte or Chisora like this guy is comparing him to.

He stepped in there with 7 guys who won a world heavyweight title and went 3-3-1. He went 12 with Vitali with one arm and he beat two reigning champs.

Dillian Whyte is 1-1 (questionable win over Parker, KO loss vs Joshua)
Chisora is 0-4 (Fury twice, Haye, Vitali)

[strykr619]

Reason its considered weak on here is because all 4 belts are held by UK fighters, if Joshua and Fury were American they would be saying we are in a golden era of heavyweight boxing. Same way 147 is considered the best because American fighters are the dominant force in the division. Its always been that way, a division is weak or 'not what it was' if its best fighters are European. In my opinion the heavy weight division is the most exciting in boxing at the moment, by quite a distance.

As An american i can admit that some of this is true. Remember thou the money to be made is in America... Once fights hosted internationally CONSISTENTLY are more lucrative then in America then a US centric boxing following is still the standard.

[Commie]

How the hell you gonna compare the 2X heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs to freaking Dillian Whyte and Michael Hunter?

Briggs beat:
George Foreman (reigning lineal champ)
Ray Mercer (former WBO champ)
Siarhei Liakhovich (reigning WBO champ)

Drew:
Francois Botha

Went 12 against:
Vitali Klitschko (reigning WBC champ; Briggs tore a biceps and tendon in round 1)
Sultan Ibragimov (lost WBO title)

And stepped in there against prime Lennox Lewis.

And in 2015, Lennox Lewis told The Ring that of all his opponents, Shannon Briggs had the best punch and the fastest hands.

Complete lack of respect for the Cannon.

Let's Go Champ!

That's right !!!
Let's Go Champ !!!

[Commie]

Heavyweight division is stacked with size and Monsters and could become a great freak show of firefighting giants down the line ..... unfortunately there is some PBC, Matchroom and other vampires that wont allow any of it just for the sake of Business

[bluebeam]

Whyte, pulev, brazeale, Ruiz, povetkin..... man please. This era is weak as f$$k

[ShaneMosleySr]

Two time lineal champion. Everyone else is zero time.

Dominated? Fury has fought only 1 (the least skilled) of the top 10 fighters. How is that dominating?

[ShaneMosleySr]

Fury. He’s a two time lineal champion. Everyone else has fought each other and lost.

Which guy is dominating? I hope you won’t say Fury or Wilder, two bum beaters who are yet to fight any decent boxer in the top 10? If you mention either, you have to be the dumbest loutish cu.nt on the board.