what has happen to the heavyweight divison in boxing ?

Question

i used to love it when i was younger but it seems boring now
i guess i dont really know as many now that all the guys i used to watch are retired or past there time.

is it though that when i was growimg up we had people like aki,tyson, and holyfeild some prretty good fighters in there prime and i think people can say what they waant about tyson now,but som these people used to think he was unbeatable at that time as well.

Answer 1

Greed of the promoters ruined boxing in the UK. They went for the big money sky was offering, but that means that a lot of brits just don't get to see it. It costs a fortune to get all the sport channels and it seems which ever you pay for they move the boxing onto yet another that you haven;t got.

The majority of homes in the UK don't have sky or cable, so can't see it anyway.

Then there is the other part of the greed, as soon as any 17 year old shows the slightest bit of promise they shove him in the ring so they can sell the event. Often pushing the boxer up the ladder long before he is ready. Experience counts for a lot in a boxing ring, so how ever good the potential of these lads, until they have built up a good number of matches they are simply not ready for the pro circuit.

Answer 2

I don't think that the division is boring because of the fighters. Think about it. You have(supposedly) FOUR champs, and the governing bodies wont let them fight each other-OR with promising heavies who aren't well connected. Think of it this way; suppose that it were announced tomorrow that a round-robin was going to begin to determine who THE[singular] heavyweight champion of the world was going to be, and the 12 best heavies in the world were going to compete. Puts a different slant on things, doesn't it? And that SHOULD be happening-but its not. The fans are being denied the privilege of seeing the best match ups in the heavyweight boxing due to b---------- politics. So, yeah, we're being spoon-fed pablum by the various controlling-and often conflicting- boxing interests, and its boring.

Answer 3

You're right, it's pretty boring up there. That's because there are simply no high caliber fighters in the heavyweight ranks today. When I say high caliber, that means talented fighters that are, at the same time, exciting to watch. For instance, the Klitchsko brothers are the most popular among the big boys and they are obviously talented, but they're just a bore to watch. No excitement at all.

Answer 4

I think large atheletes are attracted to other sports that pay more money and are safer. The lighter divisions have some very good talent. It might make sense for a small build athelete to take up boxing because his choices are more limited. I also think that if boxing was promoted better, there would be more money available, and it would attract better atheletes to the heavyweight division.

What did Ken Norton do for a living, and what did Ken Norton Jr. do for a living?

Answer 5

Hey it is a division that you can gain weight throw 1-2 combinations and lay on your opponent over and over for twelve rounds. I mean there used to be weights like 198 - 220lbs, now you have 235 - 255lbs. To much weight going on to compete and make exciting to watch except if it is a knockout then that is devestating. This division needs a savior bad! Some more technical skills not old out of their prime fighters knowing that since their speed is gone then there is a division where I can lay my head at until I am 45 yrs old. Boo!!!!!

Answer 6

Clay....absolutley, his style was better suited for lighter weights Young Foreman....would seem a bit slow for any fighters below cruiser Old Foreman.....doubtful, his trademark cross armed defense works best with bigger boxers, a smaller fighter trying to defend like this would be pentetrated and KOd Larry Holmes.....yes/no an effective jab is effective at any weight, but half of Holmse's style cam from his size advantage which would be lost at lower weights Mike Tyson.....yes when Manny Packeow knocked out Marco Antonio Barerra in 2003, before he became a better boxer, he was compared to Mike Tyson

Answer 7

The Heavyweight division is a shell of what it was when Lennox Lewis ruled it, a very frail shell at that. The best in the division is Wladimir Klitchko who was at the time worst than his brother who had lossed to Lennox Lewis. This division is going through an era of trainsition similar to that of Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson.

Answer 8

this appears to be just a downswing in the talent department for boxing, there just aren't many boxers out there who want to be heavyweights anymore...they see the speed that smaller boxers carry and that is the new model for the boxer nowadays...it has made for a new and exciting brand of the sport, but the heavyweight championship will always carry a certain weight(no pun intended) to it and will always keep at least a few top contenders around

Answer 9

Unfortunately it has taken a downward spiral. However, watch this space, in a few years when Castro is gone Cubans may turn pro. They dominate the amateur boxing and could living things up

Answer 10

well u see that american or british ruled it then because other country never bothered with it or were interested in other things. But as soon as other country got interested in it like ukraine boxer (klitschko brother)
kazahstan boxer (oleg maskaev)
nigerian boxer (samuel peter)
Uzbekistan boxer (ruslan chagev)
russian boxer (Nicoolay Valuev)
and shannon briggsis gona get killed by a russian called sultan in june, mark my word the worst russian boxer would kill the best and last hope of america boxer.
The bitish and american media does not support anyone but themselve it just a matter of time before they clocked for being little racist dick.
They call themselves free country but then go in other country and force people what to do, on top of that they kill well over 100,000 of innocent muslim.