Were Fury and Joshua the two best Klitschko opponents?

He's 41 years old. I think it's impressive that he could box on his toes so well for his age. Wlad always had problems dealing with pressure. It's a shame, because he really would of been an all time legend if he was able to box on the inside aswell as dealing with pressure. he would of been the clone of Lennox lewis LOL.

 

Neither Fury nor AJ for sure. WK took 0 from a number of boxers over the years, some of them had beaten good boxers before and were considered top HWs.

Chagaev, Ibragimov, Povetkin, and even Brock and Chambers were all more accomplished HWs by the time WK beat them down convincingly. I won't even mention prime Haye and Peter, those guys were beasts then and Peter considered almost unbeatable.

 

I wish people would stop talking about amatuer fights. Joshua proofed his chin isnt that bad and he has a good fighting spirit, big heart.

 

So you genuinely think that Chagaev, Ibragimov, Povetkin, Brock, Chambers, Haye and Peter are better than Joshua and Fury?

I'm astonished.

 

Fury
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I think Fury was, not so sure about Joshua. Really need to see more of both of them to be fair.

 

Are you trolling or you just started watching boxing recently? Probably both...

Look at what those guys accomplished before fighting WK. Then look what did Fury and AJ before fighting WK. Nowhere near resumes.

If you talk about absolute boxing level, not accomplishment, we can do it too. I haven't seen anything from Fury and AJ what I haven't seen before. And yes, I really think some of those guys would beat Fury and AJ.

 

Interesting thread. Even Wlad's most devoted apologists are admitting his resume was pitiful.

 

Firstly, I don't know why you're mad at me I thought we were just talking. I mean I'm a long time member of this forum, in fact my first account without a "2" at the end was here before you were.

You are the first person I have seen on this forum to state that you think those fighters are better than AJ/Fury. Your opinion goes against everything else I've seen so naturally I've questioned it.

I can't agree with a lot of what you said. My question was were Fury and Joshua the two best Klitschko opponents. The general opinion (and mine) is that the previous era of HW's was very weak compared to the current generation which is why I was surprised that you think the opposite.

For example Povetkin is fighting today, you can argue he is better than when he fought Wlad as he is coming off his most impressive win streak. Yet I don't think anyone ranks Povetkin higher than AJ or Fury or thinks he would beat them. Then you list a bunch of much lesser fighters like Chagaev and Brock.

Like I said, I'm astonished. The only fighters in your list who I even think could win a title today is Povetkin and prime Haye and even then I wouldn't favour them over AJ or Fury.

 

corey sanders could easily beat either brit.