The era of Joe Louis was very weak, so weak that he fought the famous "bum of the month" club to keep busy wilst blowing out all the competition. Holmes actually fought Tex Cobb, a true club fighter, for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Wlad has never defended against lesser competition than that. MIke Tyson blazed a path through some of the weakest competition ever. Steve Zouski & Peter McNeeley come to mind.................those guys would never get a shot at Klitschko.
Wladimir is an excellent boxer with power in both hands. He also has the best jab since Holmes. I'm pretty sure all his opponents think they're going to KO him but most get KO'd themselves. Today's division is very diverse in talent & styles, there are many good matchups that can be made. Keep on hatin' though, it suits you.
atschNo,you dont need to say more,mate! Wlad is Ukranian,not Russian. Neither is he a big ugly man and certainly no disgrace to the sport. A coward?? Mate,you must be a teenage jester!
While I agree that Wlad is an excellent boxer with power in both hands, I think Lewis had a better jab.
I don't like Wlad if I'm being honest, even though I recognise his talent and current standing. Perhaps his diehard fans have something to do with this. His fighting style is too conservative for me. And what I find funny is that he same fans who described Lewis as being gun shy are happy to laud Wlad with praise for his careful no mistake nature. His reaction to the first Brewster loss was laughable and I don't think he is as good as his fans make him out to be. He along with Vitali are the best current fighters out there - but he'll never win me over if he carries on fighting like he does.
I think it is unanimous that Wlad is the best of the current crop but it is a **** poor crop. Wlads style also doesn't make him very favourable to the fans. I would also like him to quit being a ***** and take the fight with Haye. Haye has already agreed to taking a small share of the proceeds so get the fight on... stop all the rematch clauses bollocks and fight. This is the only fight for Wlad that interests me at the moment. Haye will test that suspect chin and make Wlad fight. If Wlad beats Haye in an exciting fight that i can keep my eyes open through then he would have earnt a bit more respect from me
I'm not so sure.... Lewis had a wickedly fast and powerful jab... stopped many a big man in their tracks with his jab... Yeah and Lewis although always slated for his lack of punch output used to throw a damn site more right hands in a fight too.
What´s wrong with you guy? Why all the hate against the No. 1 Heavyweight Champion of the world? I cannot understand it and lost my respect for persons like you. Very sad character.:bart:bart:bart
I think he's already beaten the best he will ever beat. He would not beat David Haye who is much better than anyone he's ever fought let alone beaten.
atschatschatsch He doesn't have the "best" jab since Holmes. He probably has the most used jab, but "best", not at all.