We do not have that real boxing that was in the twentieth century, when boxers were people of action, not words. Now it often never comes to fights, and everything ends in verbal skirmishes.
We do not have that real boxing that was in the twentieth century. Let's remember names like Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lenox Lewis, George Foreman, Joe Fraser, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis and many more. These guys were people of action, not words. Now what?
Looking through the boxing chronicles of the present time, reading articles from various sports media, I am amazed at what modern professional boxing has become. Boxers spend all their fights not with fists, but, basically, - IN WORDS! Yes, exactly, in words. And as often happens, the situation never gets to the point. The Klitschko brothers and David Haye are striking examples of "such fights". For more than a year now, they have not been able to agree on a fight in any way, and finally please us, fans of this wonderful sport.
Let's imagine for a moment and return to the past, in those days when Boxing was really the occupation of the strong, not the talkers. What would happen to the popularity of Tyson, Holyfield, Ali or Lewis, if they only promoted, and not fought in the ring. Now no one would remember them as one of the strongest boxers in the world. No, I don’t argue, Ali at one time also “angered” his opponents, but at least he did not delay with this and always “was responsible for his words” with deeds. That is why he is considered a legend.
Slowly but surely, we are moving on to management. There are no words at all. Have you really started to love boxing less in our time? Why invest so much in promotions in order to gain the same number of viewers in the hall and on TV screens, as if without PR? What … nobody knows about Klitschko? Or no one knows who Hey is? These are the champions! And the unification bout in super heavyweight is the event of the year that the whole world is waiting for. I think this event does not require a lot of words. Everyone wants to see Boxing!
Now about the fighters. Let's start with the eminent brothers. I agree that they have a good advantage over other boxers. Height under two meters, the length of the arms and, probably, most importantly, the technical classic two - leave little chances for applicants. The left jab makes it easy to keep your opponent at a distance, while the right cross does a great job of being a jackhammer. I do not want to say that the technical arsenal of the Klitschko brothers is very meager, but in practice they achieve success thanks to this combination of strikes.
What does WBA champion David Haye have to become the strongest? No height, no arm length, no knockout blow (I mean in comparison with Klitschko). Here he can only be helped by a perfected technique for convergence (work in a clinch) and speed. Mike Tyson's famous coach, Cas D'amato, constantly emphasized speed in his trainings. “Speed kills! Speed kills!”He repeated over and over to Mike. And as we all know, not very large height and weight allowed Tyson to become the legend of world boxing (by the way, I also do not exclude a knockout blow).
Well … let the trainers do the advice. We, ordinary boxing lovers, want to see this long-awaited fight. Indeed, today the Klitschko brothers are the strongest. And already in relation to them, the story that happened to the champion in the film "Rocky Balboa" begins to come true. As you remember, there the audience did not really welcome the champion any more, since there were no worthy rivals for him and all his fights took place under the whistle of fans. So are there really no worthy opponents for Vladimir and Vitaly?
Some will say that this is not the problem of brothers-champions. This is the problem of the bag rivals.
Perhaps! But not all rivals are unable to defeat the brothers. And in the end, I want to note two very important factors that prevent the possible furor in the world of the heavyweight category.
Firstly, I am more than sure that if the Klitschko champions had not used their advantage in determining the fees for fights in their favor, we would have already seen more fights with their participation. And the fact that it is not a fight - then with some mediocre boxer, who is definitely not their level, and to whom the proposed amount of a million dollars is just a gift of fate. True, Shannon Brigss was a worthy opponent who had good chances. But there was fair boxing. Brigss couldn't. Still, Vladimir and Vitaly are high-level professionals.
Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko VS Englishman David Haye.
Agree, nowadays there is a period of stagnation in the boxing world. There are no people who are alien to "money skirmishes". I do not mean a complete rejection of fees, but rather the desire of the applicants to win the title of the strongest. We, boxing fans, remember only those who went to their dreams, became champions and remained in history. We will forget the rest in a year.
