:deal Very well put. Vitali doesn't even compare to the glorious immortal giant SNV - well nobody does if i'm honest. Even Larry Holmes has publicly said that he couldn't carry Valuev's jockstrap! Niko is the true GOAT!
I...don't think Bill understands. Bill...watch this gif of Valuev fighting and you will understand why he is the GOAT/better than Vitali and you will understand life itself as well. You may even have religious visions. This content is protected
Good god. Not even top 20. The best fighters he's fought he lost too. No matter how well he was doing it doesn't not make him a top 10 ATG.
OMG I have been wrong for so long. I thought this era had the crappy of the crappiest fighters ever . . . but I have seen the light and it is SNV! I think I have been truly touched by an angel and now my life has a new meaning. From this day forward I am going forth and spreading the lord our savior SNV! Forget PBF, Pac, RJJ, SRL, SRR, and Ali, they are all mere mortals compared to our lord and savior SNV.
Liston has wins over chuck wepner Floyd patterson and Cleveland Williams. Holmes beat shavers twice Ken norton Carl the truth leon slinks and I think witherspoon. And Jack Johnson is the Jackie Robinson of boxing. He's all time great off of balls alone. Vitali's best performance was a loss to an atg. But other than that we can't measure him for beating up Corey sanders or Kirk Johnson. I'm not saying he is a bad fighter because he's not. I'm saying he has no resume to speak of and it's hard to make a case for a guy when he has not one truely great name on his resume. Not even a faded legand. Just cans and decent fighters but nothing that pops out at you.
Wepner? Wepner wouldn't make the top 50 today. Patterson would be a cruiserweight. And Cleveland Williams took a lot of beatings, already KO'd by light heavy Satterfield. Holmes defended against Evangelista, Frank, a coked-up Leon Spinks, Marvin Frazier, Lucien Rodriguez, a wasted Ali, Tex Cobb... Jack Johnson was KD'd by a middleweight, fought to a draw against featherfisted O'Brien, got a gift against Jim Johnson, KO'd by a lightheavy in Choynski, beaten down by Jess Willard, beaten by Marvin Hart... My point is that not every title defense or outing is against an all-time great.
I always believed that Vitali's ability, confidence, skill and chin is above Wlad's, but man you've got 1st place for #1 Wlad hater. I like and respect both K bros but I'd like to see 1996 Golota vs. any versions of K2.