Bugner had better boxing skill, better movement than Vitali. Vitali was stronger, 3 inches taller, and had more heart. Buddy Baer hit harder than both.
Frazier wasn´t bulletproof as we know. Sounds like Buddy might be more dangerous for Frazier than Vitali was.
The blueprint to beat Frazier is there, just back him up. Vitali has the size, strength, power, and chin to pull this off. It would probably be like the Foreman rematch
You're talking about Joe Frazier, the guy that's the same height as Golovkin? Frazier, the guy that got stopped edit: once by light-hitting Ali and turned to roadkill by that other little guy. George Foreman? You know, Foreman, the guy 25lb lighter and 2 inches shorter than Vitali Klitschko? Are we talking about the same midget Frazier here?
Oh sure, Buddy Baer is almost identical to Klitschko. They both have two arms and legs, and a head. I couldn't tell the difference, frankly.
Come on now B, this is the SMOKE! The man that beat the GOAT. And also took him to the brink of death.. When he was almost blind. Can we actually put Vitali in the same company as Foreman? We know what big George was capable of, not sure Klitschko was. the
Frazier wasn't stopped twice by Ali. And Ali was hitting him hard in that 3rd fight, and it took 14 rounds and with a cornerman's compassion to get Frazier, out of there, with Frazier half blind at least and past his best anyway. So, Vitali who QUIT against an actual light-puncher in a fight he was winning, is being favoured here. Against a legendary warrior like Frazier who never quit against a second-rater.
Vitali doesn't back guys up. That wasn't his style. Its Frazier who would be backing him up And what does it say about your boxing knowledge that you look at Vitali and Foreman and can't see any difference between the two. To claim Vitali would replicate what Foreman did to Frazier suggests he has the same skills , punch selection , strength and power as Foreman. He doesn't resemble Foreman in any of those categories. Foreman was a one-off anomaly. Vitali was basic and was no better than the likes of Bugner , Tucker , Coatzer , Coatzee , Pulev etc
The massive height difference is a huge factor. Vitali has like 8 inches or more on Frazier and Vitali fights standing tall and has an awkward style. Frazier is going to really have to work the body if he's going to stand a chance against Klitschko. He's going to have trouble reaching Vitalis jaw. Ultimately Frazier's height limits him. He's athletic but not as athletic as a Mike Tyson who could reach the jaw of much taller opponents.
Frazier’s my boy, Vitali closes his eyes an tko’s him, just way to big with a rock solid chin and great IQ. Vitali weathers George and after half dozen rounds the writings on the wall, George is tiring rapid and succumbs eventually. Only my opinion though mate
One day this site should have a contest to see who is the worst fighter that Dino has compared the Klitschkos unfavourably to. I bet you he thinks Buddy Baer would spark them both out