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Mike Tyson (r) enroute to knocking out Frank Bruno (l) Lewis with his Four Belts Most heavyweight boxing fans will readily agree with my statement when I say that the heavyweight division lacks a true star, a Marketable Superstar that can carry the division on his shoulder. The heavyweight division always had a dominant superstar throughout from John L Sullivan to Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis who held the title over 11 years and made a record 25 successful heavyweight title defenses, the only undefeated heavyweight He held the title over 11 years and made a record 25 successful heavyweight title defenses, Rocky Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit (an 88% knockout rate), remains the only champion in boxing history to retire without a defeat or a draw in his professional career, Three time world champion Muhammad Ali, Joe Fraizer , Larry Holmes, The Oldest heavyweight champion ever at the age of 45, George Foreman. Who could ...

YES!!!! First of all it would make the league more exciting, there would be two new clubs to challenge the Big Four (Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea), Celtic have shown they can hold their own against some of the biggest names in European Football, Rangers have the Squad and the team to challenge for honours . No doubt it would damage the Scottish league since they would be losing their biggest Clubs, but it would make the league more "British”, Welsh clubs (Cardiff City, Wrexham) do play in the English league so why not a Scottish one? Obviously it would hit the smaller clubs as they would almost certainly be relegated and clubs from the championship will have to fight that much harder to stay in the premier league. The Big Four would also have a tougher time securing their Champions League Berths ...But heck Increased Competion can only good for the league in general, it would make the league more interesting. An Interesting point the bigger clubs would lo...