What has happened to the Mike Tysons, Evander Holyfields and Lennox Lewises that paved the way for boxing greatness in the world? Simple: they got old, and the weight class got old.
When your greatest champions are the Klitschkos, two men who just win, but make no fun for the fans, something's terribly wrong.
I can remember the better days -- Tyson was the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound, and fighters like Riddick Bowe and Lewis were top-notch competition. Nowadays, I don't know who in the world could even resemble an attractive fighter in the division. A lot of it has to do with more Russian and European fighters taking the stage and dominating the American hitters.
I don't even watch heavyweight boxing anymore because there truly isn't anything worth ordering. Watching Wladimir Klitschko or his brother Vitali fight is as entertaining as a San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals game. Low ratings, low interest and slow, far-from-dramatic competition. The welterweight and middleweight divisions have dominated since the downfalls of Tyson and Lewis, and even those divisions (with Floyd Mayweather "taking time off" to be a professional actor/wrestler) are declining. Somebody get Winky Wright into some weight gain diet programs. Someone push Kelly Pavlik into the 200-pound range. Somebody please save heavyweight boxing, because the only knockout it has given in the six or seven years has been to itself.
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