Prime Wlad Klitchsko vs best version of early 70s Ali?

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Who wins and how

  1. Ali KO/TKO

    44.1%
  2. Wlad KO/TKO

    11.8%
  3. Ali Decision

    23.5%
  4. Wlad Decision

    20.6%
  5. Draw

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Whatever. None of us will ever know for sure.

    I will concede that I may be biased because I have never had one iota of use ever for the Klitchskos, either one of them.
     
  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Why the K2 brothers hate?
     
  3. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not hate. Just don’t care for them. Never have seen what the big deal is. Honestly … and YMMV, it would be a boring world if we all agreed or liked the same things … they’ve always bored the crap out of me.
     
  4. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Wait a minute...are you inviting snarky answers or do I have to answer this like I had real money on it and the time machine was actually going to make it happen? Because I'd get much less snarky in the second scenario. I don't want to admit that. But there you go.
     
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  5. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oh man, remember the 90's Foreman vs Zhang thread ? Where he misspelled his own words into something that doesn't make any sense and then pretended it was Swag who did it ? :lol:
    I actually predicted the exact thing he would say in response to a post in the aforementioned thread, and he got banned 2 minutes later.
     
  6. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    But they beat the best of their era
     
  7. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I acknowledge that. Just not my cup of tea. I can respect something or someone while not liking that something or someone. Just my .02.
     
  8. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They didn’t fight each other. Their careers & big brother’s especially struggle enough without one another on their CV. Had it been a stronger era, fine, make your family pact, but they frankly needed one another career-wise & legacy-wise - though I suppose they had every right to choose whether that took precedence over family being in a ring together.

    As a fan though I have to mark their legacies down.
     
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  9. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Klitschko was a talented guy & he has some quality advantages here, & his greatest weakness isn’t available for Ali to exploit - but this is really stretching the good will for mine. He wouldn’t be without success but I could not see him winning eight rounds against a fighter as resourceful, adaptable & quick as Ali.
     
  10. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Actually its early 70s Ali which is when he would clinch a lot lol. And prime is subjective most of Ali's best wins were when he was "past his prime"
     
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    themaster458 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Fair we all have our biases at least you're honest about yours which I can respect
     
  12. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ok buddy whatever you say.

    Theres never any middle ground with you is there ? You constantly have to butt heads with me all the time and drag out conversations.

    Literally a waste of time good day to you.
     
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  13. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Someone's butthurt I'll take the concession though
     
  14. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He might even KO Ali.
    He clearly wins.
     
  15. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali stands no chance.