Currently in the sport of boxing the heavy weight division is one of the weakest in the sport. In the past this division was the most popular and often the highest quality with champions such as Ali, Frazier, Tyson and Holyfield fighting in it. Currently in the modern day era it has become weak, with champions in the division being weak fighters who would struggle to make it in to the top thirty of the previous decades.
Here are the main reasons why the heavyweight division is so weak:
1. The major problem is heavy weight athletes are being lured away from boxing to other sports. Such as the NBA, Rugby, Soccer, Tennis and Golf. Compounding the problem with the weak state of the division there will be less motivation for bigger athletes to join boxing so the problem will keep growing. Often the heavy weight athletes coming to boxing and fighting as professionals are not very good athletes and are second rate compared to similar weight athletes in other sports.
2. Lack of dedication and poor training techniques. Even though this has been a problem for all boxers through out generations, it seems to be a major problem right now. A lot of fighters in the division are way out of shape, not representing the muscley Tyson who had a six pack and massive biceps. This has a big impact on the quality of the fight as most fighters in the division have poor stamina.
It looks like Wladimir Klitschko will unify the division in the upcoming years. It will be good to have a unified heavy weight champion, although people will correctly point out how severely weak the division is at the moment. For boxing to be successful the quality of the heavy weight division needs to improve rapidly.
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