Heavyweight Division Dominated By Non-Americans

There was a time when the heavyweight division was dominated by American-born fighters.

The current top-10 ranked heavyweights, according to Ring Magazine are 70 percent foreign-born. That means Tomasz Adamek (fourth), Eddie Chambers (sixth) and Chris Arreola (10th) are lost somewhere in the shuffle.

Wladimir Klitschko, in the above picture at left,from the Ukraine, and England's David Haye, right, are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

Many fans want to see those two face off in a battle in the future. But I'd like to know what happened to the dominance in American heavyweight boxing.

Almost 10 years ago, Lennox Lewis, also from England, was the top-ranked heavyweight.  Klitschko was sixth.  Oleg Maskaev was seventh.

We had a good line of American heavywweight boxers from generations past. Just name your favorite heavyweight in any decade from the last century.

Many of the heavyweight battles were historical and memorable.

Names like Johnson, Jeffries, Joe Lewis, Liston, Walcott, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Tyson, and Holyfield come to mind.

I don't know too much about the current heavyweights who are in the top-10, except for Klitschko.

We were excited about watching the heavyweights slug it out back in the day, but today the attention is focused on the 140 to 175 pounds weight classes.

At least the seven remaining heavyweights in 2001 kept the scales balanced in the Americans' favor.

If anybody knows what happened to American dominance in the heavyweight class in the last 10 years, let me know.

I can't stand to see foreign heavyweights take over in a sport that we invented. We did invent boxing, didn't we? Or, maybe we didn't.

Anyways, It would take a miracle from Adamek, who has the best chance of beating Klitschko, to be on top. Chances are, we may never see the division dominated by Americans again.

What if we have a USA vs. the World in heavyweight boxing?

That should determine the outcome, which should be in our favor.