The Millenium: Could Have Been Great Except For...

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Sanders & Brewster

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Overeating

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Don King













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Now we're FINALLY getting back on track with Chagaev, Ibragimov, and Klitschko. Talk about bad luck spoiling what could have been a great heavyweight era.

[RAMPAGE0017]

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Did someone spray Ruiz with a fire extinguisher before this photo, or has he truly gotten this old?

[Shpion]

Did someone spray Ruiz with a fire extinguisher before this photo, or has he truly gotten this old?

This picture was taken after he was rabbing and hugging a "white" wall - Valuev for 12 rds.

[ibragimovfan]

fuck don king

[RAMPAGE0017]

In all honestly though, things started off strongly for the millenium, and maybe I'll get shit for saying this, but what fucked the division up was Vitali retiring, IMHO. The Lewis fight left an aura of mystique about him.. it got everyone excited about him. Ofcourse, Lewis did win the fight, but let's face facts here.... I'm a huge Lewis fan, but he didn't beat Klitschko in the most convincing fashion.... and when Lewis retired it made him the guy to beat. Klitschko then goes on to defeat the only two fighters who are seen as real competition for the top spot ( Johnson, Sanders ) then BOOM.. he retires. And when he retired, he kind've left the entire division with it's thumb up it's ass. The man who was previously seen as the heir to the throne ( Wladimir ) was still fresh off embarrassing losses to Sanders and Brewster, so it put everything at a complete stand-still. There was no longer a torch to pass around, so everyone had to start from scratch, and unfortunately to this very day.... we're still starting from scratch. :lol:

But in all fairness, Wladimir has done well to rejuvenate his standing in the division, but all in all.. nobody really has anything over anyone in the division as it stands today. There's no longer a torch to be passed around, so the heavyweights have gotta light a new one.

[RAMPAGE0017]

Very well said.

I do think Wladimir is the clear #1, but until the belts are unified there's nobody 'carrying the tourch'.


Yeah, and it's happened before, as well.. Tunney and Marciano retiring didn't leave the heavyweight division in the greatest shape, but what makes it even worse today is the fact that we have four major titles to consider. The HW division of today is in a hole that it's just gonna have to dig itself out of.

[justaboxingfan]

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Now we're FINALLY getting back on track with Chagaev, Ibragimov, and Klitschko. Talk about bad luck spoiling what could have been a great heavyweight era.[/quote]

coulda, woulda, shoulda. Who cares about that, theres no good point to it, expect pics; stick with the pics:good

[Guru_Too_You]

Ike would have dominated the lot.

He was ridiculous.

[Danny Ocean]

:rofl :rofl Did someone spray Ruiz with a fire extinguisher before this photo, or has he truly gotten this old?

he looks like hes sat in a freezer for hours

[Butch Coolidge]

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What? Ruiz was an explosive puncher. Now if we could just get him to fight Ibragimov...:yep

[Beebs]

Personally I'd put Golota in the first group, not the second.