"Edmund" <
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> On Sun, 05 May 2013 11:26:44 -0400, SkippyPB wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 5 May 2013 08:48:53 +0000 (UTC), Edmund <
nom...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Just kidding.
>>>Boring as ever with the clinchko's.
>>>
>>>Edmund
>>
>> He got a 6 round KO. What more do you want from the guy?
>
> I know I am spoiled, If have seen both Cassius Clay and Mike Tyson in my
> lifetime, so I cannot complain I guess.
> Do you know how long it takes in average until such an exceptional talent
> surface? I don't! In Soccer we had Pele and Johan Cruijff...but there are
> still many very good "football" players out there, not so in heavyweight
> boxing. For many years there is noone who even come anywhere near the the
> greats. No matter what people say and compare there "local" hero with
> Mike Tyson AFTER he and Rooney where separated.
>
>
>> Find him some exciting competition and you might get an exciting
>> fight,
>
> To be honest I really don't know if there is anyone.
> But don't tell me the last 15 guys that either Clinchko fought where the
> best out there.
But have either of them sidestepped anyone in that time, anyone who had a
realistic chance of beating them (apart from each other)?
Maybe the "K Brothers" are just incredibly lucky heavyweight champions -
there's just nobody around good enough to beat them, yet they still have a
huge following. But in their defence, they can only fight whatever is out
there.
This is why I moan about heavyweight boxing (which I've followed my whole
life), the kinds of challengers who are billed "one fight away" from
fighting for the title are the likes of Fury, Price, Cunningham, Wilder. In
the past, champions like Tyson or Lewis wouldn't even have heard of them,
never mind fight them, nobody would pay to see it. They're all glorified
cruiserweights to me, with overblown records and not one of them stands out
and screams "I'm good enough to challenge".
Boxing really needs to get to grips with this black hole, the gulf between
the champions and the credible challengers is just too big. I suppose when
the brothers retire, there will be a flurry of inter-challenger bouts with
the belts changing hands every few months but I can't see anyone dominating
the division for at least the first 5 years after the Klitschkos retire.