The right style to beat a prime Wladimir Klitschko?

Not just chin but the ability not to be dissuaded.

Going outside of the usual thinking, and because he's a smaller guy (so we might be able to say not him but this guy has similar attributes and is bigger) I'll go for Mike Weaver to absorb Wlad's shots and draw him into fatigue and catch him with a booming left hand as Wlad tries to finish him. You'll see, when Wlad is trying to open his man up for the finish, his right hand is probing the routes of entry. I could see someone more offensively gifted than the run of opposition he's had whilst in his prime more able to exploit some of the comforts and habits even a well-organised behemoth like Wlad can have. He also has history with big, long armed jabbers, though none the size of Wlad off the top of my head.

Then again, Wlad might well pummel him for rounds and finish him without having to break a sweat, staying out of danger.

If we're going on outpointing him, Ali would land his jab first, stop Klitschko getting into a rhythm and, judging by the off-balance and uncultured movement of David Haye, navigate Wlad's dangerous attributes with ease.

But then, I didn't really wanna' go for an obvious answer.

 

Let's just say there's a convenient reason why Vitali fought Sosnowski, but not little brother. More Klitschko double-headed champion tomfoolery. :-(

 

One thing is, he must be busy. Wlad is a big guy with a lot of mass. Be mobile, quick on your feet and make him move a lot, make him hit air and overreach, put him out of balance. Punch the body, remember Brock had some success with bodyshots. Wlad din´t like them. As a result Wlad will tire in the second half and that´s where you would have to take advantage. Ali would be a great and obvious choice here. Also Walcott.

 

In fact I'd take the best versions of Dokes, Page, Thomas, 'Spoon and Weaver to give Wladimir way more hassle than the current crop have.

I'd probably still take Wlad to win them all though. In the Heavyweight division nothing is certain, and a more capable fighter (IMO anyway) had hassle with a few of those guys. Question is whether it was his style that got him into those situations and whether Klitschko, with a few extra inches on Larry and far less eager to fight and with a tighter guard, would also get clobbered by that crowd.

Because all evidence points to Holmes being more resilient when actually hit, although admittedly not a natural fighter I was always impressed by Wlad's attempts to get to his feet against Sanders, his equilibrium naturally gone. But it was not indictative of someone with great powers of recovery, and as he matured I don't think we've seen him hit enough. Peter's knockdowns were pretty much all fouls.

In short, I'd favour quite a few contenders from previous era's to trouble him as much as they did the champions of their day, but I'm willing to give Wladimir the benefit of the doubt for the most part, and say most would take rounds off him instead of him completely dominating, and that he'd actually be in competitive fights, rather than flip it the complete other way and say '**** era, fake champion, would lose to everyone from the olden day's', that would be ludicrous. Olympic champion, consistency, physical gifts, solid but unspectacular application, two heavy hands with a genuine K.O blast from the left.

Wladimir Klitschko is a very good Heavyweight.

 

Well Wlad and Mike would mutually stall on the inside. Ugly fight this, for the most part.

Question is when they are broken and re-set (will happen often) can Wlad establish his jab? And will Wlad leaning on Mike tire him out? If Mike leaps in and doesn't find immediate success will Wlad be suited to causing him problems where Pinklon Thomas, Tony Tucker and Tyrell Biggs couldn't?

I'll say the very best Mike blasts Klitschko early, but anything less and Wlad might take him into deep waters. Not positive enough that he puts the shots together enough to finish him maybe, but maybe dissuades Mike as the rounds go on and clings on to a win over 12. Would Wlad fight like Tucker though, go into a shell and allow Mike to take the initiative despite his physical gifts?

 

Okay, not Ali. Walcott would have to be very cautious and I think he would be able to do that. I´d love to say Tunney but I think he´s too small, stylewise he´d be a good one though for what I lined out.

Or you take someone like Baer who could possible take Wlad´s punches, puts on pressure and has the power to knowck him out. I can envision Baer surving the early rounds and draining Wlad in the midrounds - similar too Brewster just with Baer beeing the reason and not fatigue.

But IMO the best way to beat Wlad is to tire him out. Just going in and punch him out is much harder ´cause you will have first to walk through Wlad punches and then deal with him hugging you all night.

Thanks, greatest artist to ever walk this planet. Epitome of manlyness.

 

One word.

Finisher.

 

I guess he means someone who doesn´t let him get set in his rythm, who doesn´t let him build up a momentum and doesn´t let him dictate how the fight is fought.