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Originally Posted by brown bomber
Personally I considered Vitali beating Sanders to be the clash of the tow leading contenders at the time. Thus Vitali was the champ. I think when Vitali retired Wlad beat Sam Peter - again top two contenders so there is an argument for either. I lean slightly toward Wlad- he's being more active and is the better fighter. He also won the first significant fight between top contenders on Vitali's retirement.  |
Nah,Wlad and Peter when they fought the first time where nowhere near the universal recognized top 2 contenders.Byrd was pretty much rated no 1 with Rahman,Toney and Ruiz up there aswell.
With Vitali coming back Wlad does not have a real claim.