Peter, Valuev..... are not even suppose to fight, they are disabled people, I don't know who is giving the chance to fight. It is with shame that Valuev is even ranked #6 heavyweight in the world. My advise to Peter to hand the glove and go back to the bvillage in Nigeria where he came from.... He is a disgrace to the African people.... shame shame, shme.....

Who cares about this division....It will be quite sometime before this division is healthy again. I used to think Larry Holmes era of heavyweights was about the worst we'd seen, but this era is embarrassing, its nauseating at best. Gonna be years before a Tyson/Holyfield type comes along, making a lot of noise, to bring some interest back to this division.......sad state of affairs.

For me Larry Holmes era was the worse. Even the Tyson of the 80's has pathetic opposition, it's only because the guy KOs guys with savagery -and people are excited by his style- that his era is ranked higher than the Klitschkos.
I don't think Boxing's HW division would ever regain its former glory. And it's only a matter of time before Boxing dies as a whole.
And MMA is far more interesting and far more entertaining than Boxing. And that's the truth! (^^,

And to raise some eyebrows here and spark a debate. I would like to say this:
Boxers are no match against MMA fighters. Proof? Ray Mercer, Tim Boestch, Luigi F, Tim Martin, and many others (I can name up to 98 boxers with good records) who all succumbed to an amateur-executed choke. LOL!
And nut is a confused virgin and an internet toughie/geek who can't back-up his words. Hehehe! (^^,

Just kiddin nut... LOL!.. (^^,

Na this era is far worse then the Larry Holmes era by far. How about we stop with the "MMA is better then boxing" garbage. You can't compare them as they are two different sports. It's damn near like comparing basketball to football. Boxers are no match for MMA fighers?? Were you smoking crack? You listed off some washed up and never were too good boxers that lose MMA fights. But as you see even mediocre boxers take a stab at MMA b/c they can't box. Now tell me how many MMA fighters haven't made a change to boxing? A good MMA fighter would likely lose to an average boxer in a BOXING match almost everyday of the week. Put Lesnar, Liddell, or even Anderson Silva in the ring with a Klitschko, B-Hop, hell even Roy Jones and they'd get their ears boxed off.

Peter started his athletic career as a soccer player, but now he looks more like someone who ate Beckham than someone who could emulate him. LMAO Boxing is down for the count with these fat out of shape bums who should be in a backyard with there equal Kimbo----- L0L 8^)

Knel Thats the cream how about those butterbeans of boxing vs say the Bully boys of MMA? Then I say it be a bit different !

Peter started his athletic career as a soccer player, but now he looks more like someone who ate Beckham than someone who could emulate him. LMAO Boxing is down for the count with these fat out of shape bums who should be in a backyard with there equal Kimbo----- L0L 8^)

Its stupid to drum up some meaningless debate or comparison between Boxing & MMA. If a top MMA guy say a Lesnar, BJ or Rashad Evans, got to a top boxer and took him to the ground its over. If a MMA guy stood on the outside and tried to box with a Klitschko, a Hopkins or a Maywaether, he'd get knocked cold. So this is a silly dsicussion to have; this is a "boxing blog" remember.
As it relates to the 'boxing' heavyweight division, its in shambles and embarrassing. The problem is lack of development of such fighters in the amateur ranks. Why do you think we no longer see few dominating Olympians anymore, like we once did in 60's, 70's & 80's. The motivation for so many of these young fighters is to short cut the process, with a shorter amateur career, and get right to the 'bigs' in hopes of being coddled and carefully & protectively led along to a big payday and one of a jillion championship belt of some sort, available. Most of these young fighters are never properly developed, and become nothing more than just a mediocre fighter in the pros. We used to see great Olympian teams come along after Ali & Foreman, with Ray Leonard & Co. in the 70's, then you had Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones, Jr., Michael Carbajal & Dela Hoya in the 80's. Now you'll occaisionally get one, maybe two guys that amount to anything after a long storied amateur/Olympic career, because such fighters rarely exist anymore.
Boxing will never die, but there are some pretty sad divisions these days that will take some time to prosper again.

tlarry basically said what I was trying to say. I think that along with what you said, the bigger guys out there tend to go off into different sports also. Some guys who would have been boxers are atheletic and big enough to attempt to make big bucks playing basketball, football, and baseball. We'll see another Ali, Tyson, Holmes, etc. in a few years but it's going to be a while.

Peter started his athletic career as a soccer player, but now he looks more like someone who ate Beckham than someone who could emulate him. LMAO Boxing is down for the count with these fat out of shape bums who should be in a backyard with there equal Kimbo----- L0L 8^)

Peter started his athletic career as a soccer player, but now he looks more like someone who ate Beckham than someone who could emulate him. LMAO Boxing is down for the count with these fat out of shape bums who should be in a backyard with there equal Kimbo----- L0L 8^) HaardeehaR

his performance comes in that fight comes from fighting easy fights to often he got the fight beat out of him in his last fight by a very hard hitting champ and now he is just trying to make a buck he dont need a tittle shot until he can show pation for the sport. Chambers was great but he needs to show all of his skills and not hold back you when you loose but you should not hold back your progress. I thought he could have got peters out of there if he would have used all of his skills and punched more.

Cofield, you sick little trolling puppy ... have you a HW fetish going on? The HW division has been in such a terrible state of affairs for decades, everyone knows this, yet you keep harping & commenting on this situation like some current news flash ... all the while you'll totally ignore most of today's more interesting lighter fighters/fights & divisions.

Cofield, why don't you enlighten all of us again with yet another tale about Tyson's house. Hells bells dude, you should repeat that pathetic blog the weekend of the Hatton Pacman fight, remember ... like you did pre Margo Cotto.

Well, the heavyweight division is not the barameter as to how "boning is doing". It's just that it has such a long, rich history dating back to 1900 that it's always been the "Headline" on most boxing cards.....Names like Jack Johnson thru Joe Louis, Marciano, Archie Moore, Ali, Liston, Patterson, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Shavers, Holmes, Tyson, Bowe, Lewis, Holyfield and so many more I left out, those guys always had a "puncher's chance" no matter how bad they were getting beat; the last thing to go with the eroding skills of a heavyweight, is the KO punch, and that always made most fights exciting. Todays' heavyweight division is pathetic. You can't fault the Klitschkos for not fighting each other, but these other fools are slow, fat, out of shape, and we hardly know them by name. It's so bad, that a bloated, fat James Toney who can't even speak his own name, has been making a living in that division. That's pretty bad. If Toney tried his work in any other era, he'd have been clocked out inside 3 rounds, in a bad way! Even as recent as over the last 8-10 years or so, can you imagine what a beating Toney would take against a primed, Lennox Lewis, or Razor Ruddock, or Riddick Bowe? Or even a bit further back against the likes of a Mike Tyson or a Larry Holmes in his prime, who had the best and hardest thrown jab in boxing. Those guys would have ruined a James Toney. They just don't make Heavyweights like that anymore. I think I read one of you guys thought Eddie Chambers was 'great'....... LOL. Then you must have thought Frank Bruno was the second coming of Muhammad Ali..... LOL.
Jr. Welterweight to Light Heavyweight is where today's best boxing can be had.

Mangler, why would you place James Toney in the "all-time-great" category? He lost to Peters twice, lost to a pathetic 28-8 Drake Tadhzi, and the ordinary Montell Griffin beat him twice just after his first loss to RJJ. I'd hesitate to consider JT a great, NEVER mind an "all-timer".

Mangler, I doubt Cofield has Williams / Winky on his radar ... simply because Cofield never promotes anything "good" about the future of boxing.

I have to agree that Toney was one hell of a middle weight and a light heavyweight. He's like Gayweather, some nice evasions, very good defense, and accurate punches. Even Freddie publicly said that James Toney is the most talented boxer he ever trained (not Pacman) and disappointed at how his former ward tend to neglect training regularly. He was very undisciplined. His talent was there and he could have been the greatest if only he followed the good advice of the people around him.

Never did like Toney.... he was a solid Middleweight, an okay Light heavyweight, and gross Heavyweight who slurs his speech, takes steroids (why...look at him), and talks trash like he still has some game. I can't wait for the day he stays one fight too long, which could have come already if the Heavyweight division had any talent, and finds himself ten toes up. Tired of seeing that fool come on The Best Damn Sports Show, and slur all kinds of smack like he's funny or something. He gives boxing a bad name. He's a pathetic excuse for a heavyweight, let alone a boxer.

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Wow I'm a little taken back about the comments about Toney. Although he did eat his way to the heavyweight division and frequently not in shape. This was a guy in his prime years was one hell of a boxer. He was one of the best counter punchers out there. He's a guy that ducked nobody. Sad to see where his career and eating/training habit have taken him. Just watch his fights at middleweight and super middleweight, he was in shape and boxed beautifully. Just really disappointing to look at him now. He'll still hall of fame bound though.

KNel, perhaps it can be said that Toney "was" a hell of a boxer, but in no way could he ever be considered an "all time great". Potential is one thing, but the man simply didn't realize that full potential in the ring - where it counts. In his prime he was no match for RJJ and losing to Montell Griffin - twice - pretty well insures that he was never that "great" a fighter. Mangler, just because JT got a heavyweight title shot - in an era where heavyweights had little to no talent - doesn't change his overrated stature.