A List of Past HW Champions That Beat The Vitali Klitschko I Just Saw

1. Lennox Lewis - out of shape and with 2 weeks training and an all time high weight coming in he was hanging with Vitali. But he started busting him up and his face looked hideous. I believe he was catching his second wind and Vitali was "deteriorating." Result - mid-round KO

2. Evander Holyfield - To tell you how pathetic this HW division is... a 48 year old shot fighter beat a title holder in 2008. Yep, but Klit fans will defend it's a good era. Holyfield's lateral movement and footspeed and ability to counter will trouble Vitali big time. Result - Late TKO/Wide UD

3. Riddick Bowe - Although Bowe is weak defensively, he has all the offensive arsenal in the world to beat him. This ain't Bowe from the Golota fight but the one from the Holyfield win. This prime Bowe was much better, focused, and better offensively. Vitali's lean back from the hips defense won't be enough. And his height/range won't work with another super HW that is better all around. Bowe late TKO/KO

4. Tommy Morrison - As far as I'm concerned, Vitali's power is overrated. His arm punches systmatically beat down slow plodding pathetic fighters. Let's be real, Arreola loses to everyone and more of the people on this list. Although this fight is about 50/50 or 60/40 since Morrison is chinny I still believe Morrison can starch Vitali out there. He handled Ruddock's power. Result - Mid round KO

5. George Foreman - Old or young one... I don't care

6. Donavon Ruddock - Enough power and toughness to do it.

7. Mike Tyson - Blows him out of the freaking water. 2-3 round KO.

8. Larry Holmes - Spanks him badly. Wide UD

9. Gerry Cooney - It's a 50/50 fight. Cooney could get blasted out of there but Cooney has the weapons to possible left hook him out of there.

10. Ken Norton - Another 50-60/50-40 fight because of Norton's chin. Still, he can out-work and counter the clumsy Vitali. He is faster and hits hard enough to bother him.

11. Muhammad Ali - Embarrasses him so bad (Terrel style). Wide UD

12. Joe Frazier - smokes all over him. Vitali will be missing and looking sloppy as hell. That bolo punch **** won't work either. Joe will make him miss and pay with the left hook. Mid to Late KO/TKO.

13. Sonny Liston - Beats him mercilessly. He can out-box him, out-bang him and just **** him up. Better in every single conceivable way. His slow punches won't do anything to Liston. Liston has a good chin and great head-movement. And his power... Vitali has little hope. Early KO

14. Rocky Marciano - I don't care how big of a weight disparity it is. Vitali's body will be too easy to hit and his arm-punches although are big and strong since he's such a big guy won't KO Rocky. A full fledged left hook/uppercut from Walcott had Rocky down for a 3 count and he didn't even see it. He'll see everything and more from Vitali. His low crouch will make him tough to beat. His stamina/punch-out and resiliency will be far too much. Late TKO

15. Jersey Joe Walcott - Way to slick and cute. Vitali only chance is to catch him when he's being too cute.

16. Joe Louis - Too technical, too good a puncher, too much speed and just in twenty classes above him.

17. Ezzard Charles - Too technical, too good. Proved his chin enough against Marciano. Outboxes Vitali.

18. Max Schemling - If he exposes a weakness in Louis then you better believe he does against Vitali.


Now, even if you disagree with some picks that's fine. At least 10-15 of these fighters beat him. If we examine his resume he still sucks. He's not a top 20 HW of all time. His best win is arguably Arreola... the HW division is a joke. He also gets points taking away from not dominating the division.

 

Looks like I forgot Jack Johnson.

 

Those would probably be the two fights that Vitali has the best chances in. Perhaps against Marciano due to the size advantage but other than that these are the two fights that he could very well win for reasons I listed. Morrison is very well capable of it. His footspeed makes him look like a runner to Arreola though so I doubt he loses.

 

Some use it as leverage over Holmes too. Either way he isn't a top 15 HW of all time. Could you name 15 HW that he ranks above? Not in terms of H2H but legacy (Or both...).

 

You hang around the classic section sometimes. You're the "I ask questions because I don't know much" kind of guy.

The laughter isn't dissecting anything. Most of the people on the list beat him, admit it.