Tyson was a bum, with a very short career as champ who was king in the worst era of heavyweight boxing.
Wlad could beat any of the past champ in there prime, but his chin I think opens him up to more defeats then a lot of the past champs in there prime against let say lessor oppenets (such the case for lewis).... Saying this, I say it goes lewis, ali then wlad, then vitali. Sure some might say Tyson or holyfield, but to me they never really beat the top guys like these othere four did, Tyson was monster to mostly on his way up, he hit a wall once they got to level of a peters, power chin an will.... In the past 10 years, in about 22 fights, wlad hasn't lost more then 10 rounds combined, that is just dominance. Sorry I don't think any past fighter could of pulled that off against who wlad fought, an keep in mind, sure some might of got earlier stoppages, an maybe never even touched the canvas, an won all the same fights, but I don't think it would be in the same shutout fashion. An I see none but lewis an ali beating hayes, unless a sold punch is landed, but shutting him out as I thought wlad did, I see none doing. :bbb
I disagree with you to a point. Vitali never even got knocked down. How many boxers can say that? Vitali went toe to toe with Lennox Lewis and almost knocked him out. Lewis is the best ATG in my book. Lewis would have beat prime Ali. Vitali should be a top ten all time. As far as Wlad hell no. He lost to part time boxers like Corrie Sanders. Vitali is the better Klitschko.
Vlad is an extremely underrated boxer. Steward fine tuned him, he fights a little like Lewis who was also trained by Steward. Vlad has much better footwork, Lewis was somewhat club footed and Vlad has better defense and stamina..............
1 thread on page 1 on this site after he just fought. Im not saying every boxing fan in the world dwells on here, but at the very least if he was a great fighter then people would be talking about him. Where as in reality no one outside his fanbase really gives a rats ass. Thats down to the level of opposition,the state of the division and also his jab, grab and lean style. Its just not entertaining. Edit: And ROFL at Klit threads getting bumped Hahaha
Wlad's does have some p4p skills: [url]http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/photo_large/public/photo/image/2008/11/8553048.jpg[/url]
And he didn't grab or lean at all last night, all that bull**** from Povetkin that haters pounced on. If you watch that fight Povetkin was the initiator of most of it. Anyway, last night was a text book Wlad performance, measured and clinical when he stepped it up.
Yeah, its all Povetkin's fault Wlad drove his elbow into his face and put all his body weight down on his spine in every round. Idiot. A sad day for K-tards when they are praising Wlad for beating a talent-less, nobody who was stopped by a Tyson Fury and Del Boy Chisora victim:nut