For the first time in over a century, US Heavyweight boxing is non-existent and irrelevant at the top level

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Strange how that happened....
Wilder was flying the flag for a while but now Ukraine with Usyk and the UK are ruling the roost with Dubois, Fury, AJ along with a few Europeans.
Embarrassing and sad this happened to the US
 
Torres seems promising although he's on the smaller side for a HW. They should step up his competition to see how he does against guys who actually pose a threat.

But yeah no American HW stars currently and not many american stars in the sport period compared to previous eras. We got Tank, Bud, Benavidez? Maybe Ryan Garcia, Boots, and Plant?
This is why I laugh whenever Americans criticize Inoue for not fighting in the US. The US isn't the mecca of boxing anymore.
 
Wilder, likely one of the harder hitters had his best performance in his draw with come-back King Fury. He may be the lowest skilled US HW champ for... a long time or ever.

(Mike) Tyson fading away allowed some pretenders to the throne but unless Torres or somebody else pulls an ace from their sleeve, at least the next 5 years won't see any Murican come close.

The thing is, HW boxing has always been very popular in Europe and that culture isn't going anywhere.
 
Toothlessjoe said:
Were you in a coma while Lennox Lewis, and the Klitschkos dominated the HW conversation lol?
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Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Mercer...there were plenty of top flight US champs during the Lewis era.

And even guys like Chris Byrd were also still around during the Kiltschko era.

US has literally nobody at HW now who is championship level and I can't recall that happening before
 
The whole division is kind of a joke, its not just US fighters.
 
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