I love both Wlad and Vitali a lot. But I will admit, Vitali is a lot better. Wlad has truly lost 2 times with 1 drugging, while Vitali has truly lost 0 times with 2 injury losses. Also, Wlad has been knocked down while Vitali has never even come close to going down. Wlad has more power, but Vitali throws different punches and has a much better arsenal. People could say that Wlad has a better record, but the fact is that nobody, unless your a deluded ******, can deny that Vitali would beat everybody Wlad has faced. Vitali is better than Lewis, but I honestly don't know what would happen with Wlad vs. Lewis. It would be close, but Wlad could lose to Lewis just because he could get hit hard and get KO'd. It'd be a 50/50 with Wlad vs Lewis, because Lewis' glass chin would never be able to survive Wlad's power. Overall, Vitali > Wlad. And I think it's pretty obvious. Wlad is great, but Vitali is better.
You forgot to mention Vitali has the greatest KO ratio of any HW Champion in history, has never being behind on points, has defeated 6 world champions and 5 undefeated heavyweight contenders, and is always willing to fight the best, that's why all boxers should try to be more like him. Vitali's injuries and a 4 year layoff is the only reason Vitali's resume ain't as great as Wlad's
Wlad will be remembered as being better than Vitali if he reigns long after Vitali retires, which is very possible, Vitalis injury lay offs will unfortunetly effect his standing between the two compared to Wladamirs long reign as heavyweight champ.
Both Bros have different styles that they've perfected, maybe they're not fun to watch, but they're effective Vitali beats Wlad's whole resume, no questions asked, out of Vitali's resume, the only one who Wlad doesn't beat is Lewis Wlad is the complete boxer, while Vitali is the warrior
Vitali would have mopped up the canvas with Byrd in a rematch. Vital was beating Byrd with one arm!!!!!!! Vitali is better than Vlad, but they never will fight and I am glad they won't! Funny, nobody ever asked the Spinks Bros. to fight each other...........by the way...........Vitali had over 2.5 hours of surgery on his shoulder after the Byrd fight. Byrd had nothing to do with the injury.............
Vitali is tougher with more killer instinct and a better chin, while Wlad has a deeper resume and has better one-punch KO power. Vitali didn't start boxing until he was in his 20s, he was kickboxing champion of the world. And Vitali had the 4 year layoff due to injuries. This content is protected
Kickboxing doesn't matter. 4 year layoff isn't so special when Foreman was retired for 10 years. No other ATG would quit against Byrd.
You're not being fair. Foreman started boxing as a child, not in his 20s like Vitali. And Foreman basically quit against Ali.
Yet Tyson quit on his stool against McBride, the difference is that Vitali quit because of a painful, career threatening injury, Tyson did because he's a *****. :yep And Foreman's second career was pure crap apart from a couple of valiant losing efforts and koing glass chinned Moorer in a fight he was widely losing Foreman didn't return to become the most feared Heavyweight Champion on the planet like Vitali has done comeback Foreman ain't worthy of carrying comeback Vitali's spitbucket.:smoke
H2H competitive terms? Eh, because of the iron chin and awkward style Vitali will probably always rate higher. ATG-ness? He's already better. Current rankings? He's already better.