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The main reason the big guys are in control right now is because there is very little talent, and the talent is a bunch of older fighters well past their prime. The heavyweights today consist of body builders and fat slobs. The heavyweights of 25 years ago and back were the last of the great generation. Their main problem was the drugs. BUT they were still very good even with the drugs. When the guys like Witherspoon, Page, Thomas, Dokes, and Berbick weren't all screwed up from the drugs, they were very good fighters. Now the problem in the heavyweights are the lack of toughness, talent, conditioning, and commitment. Fighters used to go into fights sick, with ditached retinas, cuts, broken hands, and on 2 days notice. The heavyweight division is what is ruining boxing today...along with 17 weightclasses and who knows how many champions.
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MEMBER OF BOXINGFORUM.COM HALL OF FAME-JANUARY, 2008
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