Column: Klitschko and the heavyweight mess


                     
              WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko, left, from Ukraine, poses with his Polish challenger Mariusz Wach in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. The title bout between Klitschko and Wach is scheduled for upcoming Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Sarbach)
            
                  WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko, left, from Ukraine, poses with his Polish challenger Mariusz Wach in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. The title bout between Klitschko and Wach is scheduled for upcoming Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Sarbach)
By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist /  November 7, 2012
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So while they won’t be remembered among the heavyweight greats, like Ali and Frazier, they may be recalled for sucking all the air out of a division that used to mean something.

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Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlbergend of story marker

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