I wondered if multiple champions are better or worse for the quality of matches in a weight class.
Klitschko had nearly unified the division for a long stretch of time and while his reign wasnt bad at all (bar Leapai, Pianeta and Mormeck), all the other contenders didnt fight against each other, because they were afraid of losing the klitschko pay day.
Now that klitschko lost against fury and the ibf had to be vacated, it seems to me that we get much better fights at heavyweight than before.
2016-01-16 Deontay Wilder Vs Artur Szpillka
2016-01-16 Vyacheslav Glazkov Vs Charles Martin
2016-01-23 Dominic Breazeale Vs Amir Mansour
2016-03-05 Luis Ortiz Vs Tony Thompson
2016-03-05 Ruslan Chagaev Vs Lucas Browne
2016-04-02 Robert Helenius Vs Johann Duhaupas
2016-04-30 Gerald Washington Vs Eddie Chambers
2016-04-09 Charles Martin Vs Anthony Joshua
2016-05-07 Kubrat Pulev Vs Dereck Chisora
2016-05-21 Deontay Wilder Vs Alexander Povetkin
2016-05-21 Joseph Paker Vs Carlos Takam
2016-07-19 Tyson Fury Vs Wladimir Klitschko
and on the horizon:
Anthony Joshuas first defense
Luis Ortiz return
MAYBE David Haye in with a good boxer
And at the end of the year some constellation of:
Fury/Klitschko/Wilder/Povetkin/Joshua/Haye
Klitschko had nearly unified the division for a long stretch of time and while his reign wasnt bad at all (bar Leapai, Pianeta and Mormeck), all the other contenders didnt fight against each other, because they were afraid of losing the klitschko pay day.
Now that klitschko lost against fury and the ibf had to be vacated, it seems to me that we get much better fights at heavyweight than before.
2016-01-16 Deontay Wilder Vs Artur Szpillka
2016-01-16 Vyacheslav Glazkov Vs Charles Martin
2016-01-23 Dominic Breazeale Vs Amir Mansour
2016-03-05 Luis Ortiz Vs Tony Thompson
2016-03-05 Ruslan Chagaev Vs Lucas Browne
2016-04-02 Robert Helenius Vs Johann Duhaupas
2016-04-30 Gerald Washington Vs Eddie Chambers
2016-04-09 Charles Martin Vs Anthony Joshua
2016-05-07 Kubrat Pulev Vs Dereck Chisora
2016-05-21 Deontay Wilder Vs Alexander Povetkin
2016-05-21 Joseph Paker Vs Carlos Takam
2016-07-19 Tyson Fury Vs Wladimir Klitschko
and on the horizon:
Anthony Joshuas first defense
Luis Ortiz return
MAYBE David Haye in with a good boxer
And at the end of the year some constellation of:
Fury/Klitschko/Wilder/Povetkin/Joshua/Haye