Wlad Will Be The Greatest Heavyweight of All Time....He Might Already Be.

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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Wlad's very underrated recent record.
    12 opponents Undefeated, 12 with only 1 loss
    Bryant Jennings Undefeated 19-0 Wins over Perez, Fedosov, Szpilka and Byarm
    Kubrat Pulev Undefeated 20-0 11 KO's
    Alexander Povetkin Undefeated 26-0 18 KO's Has since stopped Takam and Charr.
    Francesco Pianeta Undefeated 28-0 15 KO's
    Mariusz Wach Undefeated 28-0 15 KO's
    Tony Thompson 31-1 19 KO's His 1 loss was a 4 round UD, Wlad stopped him twice. Stopped Price twice.
    David Haye 25-1 23 KO's
    Sam Peter Undefeated 24-0 22 KO's
    Eddie Chambers 35-1 18 KO's
    Ruslan Chagaev Undefeated 25-0 17 KO's
    Sultan Ibragimov Undefeated 22-0 17 KO's
    Calvin Brock Undefeated 29-0 22 KO's
    Eliseo Castillo Undefeated 18-0 15 KO's
    Chris Byrd 32-1 19 KO's 1 KO loss to Ike, Wlad beat him twice.
    Fabio Eduardo Moli 30-2 16 KO's, Never stopped Wlad stopped him in 2.
    Ray Mercer 31-4 22 KO's Losses were to Lennox, Holyfield, Holmes, Ferguson Wlad Stopped him in 6
    Monte Barrett 23-1 13 KO's Wlad stopped him in 7

    Wins over undefeated opponents
    Only 6 of Ali's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 2 of Frazier's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 12 of Holmes' opponents were undefeated, 4 with 1 loss.
    Only 4 of Norton's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 7 of Vitali's opponent were undefeated.
    Only 7 of Tyson's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 7 of Foreman's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 2 of Holyfield's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 2 of Louis' opponents were undefeated.
    Only 3 of Marciano's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 4 of Lewis' opponents were undefeated.
    Only 7 of Bowe's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 2 of Liston's opponents were undefeated.
    Only 6 of Charles' opponents were undefeated. He lost to 4 of them.

    KO's
    Foreman 68
    Wlad 53
    Louis 52
    Charles 52
    Holmes 44
    Tyson 44
    Marciano 43
    Vitali 41
    Liston 39
    Ali 37
    Frazier 27
    Norton 33
    Bowe 33
    Lewis 32
    Holyfield 29
     
  2. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    And you have to factor in that Ali fought Spinks, an undefeated boxer, in back to back fights.

    So technically, Ali only had faced 5 separate undefeated boxers.



















    Once again, another great thread CST80 :deal
     
  3. G Man

    G Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The only problem is he isn't American and from the past.
     
  4. AssaultJoker

    AssaultJoker Member Full Member

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    At this point Wlad is 2nd greatest heavyweight behind Ali, but if Klitchko will be able to stay at least 5 years more at the top position then he could overtake Ali's position.
     
  5. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Naw. The losses count.
    And his ins aren't as good as Ali...Holyfiled, Lewis.

    top ten heavy, though. Great fighter.
     
  6. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Your list is wrong FRAZIER doesn't have 37 Ko's.
     
  7. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    No the only problem is he never beat another all time great heavy weight let alone a good HW !
     
  8. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Also Vitali has 41
     
  9. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    It really hard to quantify just how good their wins really were, everybody looks at the past with rose colored glasses, most of Ali's opponents would be average by today's standards, the media had a way with hyping and building fighters of yesteryear into icons and legends in spite of their various losses and shortcomings, it was a different time.
    Today fighters are held to an incredibly high standard in comparison, take Bradley for example he has a very impressive record one of the more impressive record of a current fighter, but he lost to Pacquiao who's an ATG, that must mean he's a worthless bum and sucks, which is an incredibly illogical way to look at things.


    Ali Frazier and Foreman were really lucky there wasn't an internet in their day, otherwise they would have been torn down as well.

    These losses should count as well.
    Holyfield has lost 9 times.
    Lewis KO'd twice brutally.
     
  10. Jim Jeffries

    Jim Jeffries Ring General banned Full Member

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    The 11 undefeated opponents are mainly bums and blown up cruisers.



    There's nobody on that list as good as Tyson, Lewis, Ali, Norton, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes,....etc... list can go on.


    Just because someone has an undefeated padded record with no risks doesn't mean he's the best heavyweight in the history of boxing.
     
  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    You're right I screwed up and combined the 32 wins and 27 KO's and got 37:patsch
     
  12. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Close enough, I was bleary eyed from looking at stats, give me a break.:yep
     
  13. captain hook

    captain hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    before everybody fought everybody

    this days fighters have whole team behind controlling their career and picking right opponent in right time. wlad is really a great fighter but this undefeated records tells nothing
     
  14. joeyp130

    joeyp130 Active Member Full Member

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    I think He will be in the top 10 on longevity. He could pass Louis for most defenses and that is something.

    You can say he is in a weak era--blah blah blah. Bu tthats not his fault. His job is to fight the top ranked guys and he has done that. Convincingly.

    There is no other "All time Great" that he could fight.

    Sure--he has a few early loses. But once he got with Manny, changed his style, he has been very, very good.

    I'd like to see him hang around to break Louis's record.
     
  15. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    tyson fury and devontay weilder both whoop his ass.