So I guess you don't rate Jack Johnson, Louis, Marciano, Dempsey, Holmes and Tyson that highly either right? They all fought in subpar eras. When ranking resumés you have to consider how dominant the win was, did he lose any rounds? Was he the first to beat an undefeated fighter? Was he the first to KO the fighter, etc. Obviously longevity also plays an important role. Wlad's reign has been a long one & he's given quite a few fighters their first loss or first KO and how many rounds did he lose.
That's where I'm at. Unification in today's climate is very hard with so many belts, promoters, etc. Nobody wants to fight when they have a belt because they'd rather milk it against unworthy challengers then put it all on the line against Wladimir. Povetkin, Valuev spring to mind...............both would be nice on Wlad's resumé. Povetkin for his am credentials & Valuev for the freak factor, especially if Wlad was the first to KO the Giant.
I can't believe some of you think Wlad would beat Prime Holyfield or Bowe. They would both smash his face into pieces. Holyfield took Foreman's shots,Lewis bombs,Bowe's shots and Tyson's hammers. Wlad isn't even half as aggressive as Foreman,Bowe or Tyson. Holyfield and Bowe would **** Wlad real bad.
Wlad fought Byrd twice in 2006 his performance was much better. Byrd got smashed. And Byrd of 2006 was better than the Byrd in 2000. Byrd was the No. 1 Heavyweight in 2006 and Byrd is underrated.
Good Post. Byrd in 2000 was much shittier then the Byrd Wladimir beat. Vitali quitting against Byrd will always place him behind Wladmir. Vitali only have fans because of his amazing losing performance against Lennox Lewis. If Vitali never fought Lewis, nobody will give 2 ****s about Vitali. Wladimir Klithscko is the real champion. If you are a nut hugger of both you are not a real boxing fan. And probably a racist. KLTIHSCKOS ARE NOT ONE PERSON.. THEY ARE TWO.. TWO TWO NOT ONE.. morons
I find it interesting how many people A. Always said Haye was a hype job, fraud, coward, etc, B. How many of his fans completely turned on him like rabid dogs and acted like the loss meant that anything they saw about him that was good must have been their mistake, yet C. He's leading this poll, quite comfortably. I don't know exactly what to make of it.
in chagaevs defence.he never looked good against anybody he had a tendancy to takes leads in fights (knowing it) and switching off making it harder than it had to be..chagaev was a skilled technical boxer (im a fan of his) but he def made things harder than they had to be
^^ Ye just mentally he hasn't seemed the same and he hasn't been in top shape since (he was ok against Povetkin I guess)
he hasnt been in great fighting shape since wlad ill gve you that...but ring rust was the reason he lost to povotkin..but again povotkin wasnt in great shape either..which is sad pov seems to be lacking in the training department lately