Klitschko is NOT dominant because of his size!

Ur right. He fights bums and clinches

 

Of course Klitschko is not dominant because of his size alone - if that was the case, then every other tall boxer would be very successful, as you have pointed out.

However, him being so tall does play a very big role. If Klitschko was 6"2, like Povetkin, I don't think he would even be a champion. Maybe a contender or a WBA-beltholder at some time, I don't know.

IMO, the reason for Klitschkos success is that he is a tall, very athletic boxer WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE HIS SIZE. Many tall fighters aren't very athletic or agile and don't know how to make use of their size.

Klitschko is very good at 'fighting tall', and I think that is due to the training of Emmanuel Stewart - who had also successfully trained other tall fighters like Lennox Lewis and Tommy Hearns. If 'fighting tall' is considered a skill, then yes, Klitschko is skilled - but he wouldn't be if he wasn't so tall. Understand?

Klitschko wins his fights by keeping his opponents at the end of his jab - they can't reach him. He is tall -> has long arms -> has great reach. He also uses footwork to keep them out of reach. Once an opponent manages to get into mid-range, or close-range, he immediately ties them up - he grabs and holds, and pushes his opponents down - and he can do that easily because he's so much bigger and taller. Let's face it, Klitschko has close to no infight skills (maybe one can argue that he doesn't need them anyway). Compare that to a tall guy like Lennox Lewis who could do both - fight tall and at close range (he beat Vitali with his infight skills). Klitschkos punching power also plays a role of course.

 

He is the smartest hw champ of all time no doubt, phd and fluent in four languages. I can sometimes understand some of the hater seethe.

 

Without his size he can't jump on guys backs , which is what wins him fights , so his size contributes everything to his success.

If it wasn't for his size , he couldn't have beat Povetkin.

When he can't use size to foul people , he mauls , grabs, bear hugs and bores in with two handed fist pumps a la Pulev

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The man is a fraud.

 

He grew up illiterate? Where did you get that? Very unprobable in former Soviet Union.
He grew up poor, yes, by western standards. But not poorer than the majority of people in former Soviet Union. His father was a career military, they had enough to live.

I think he is a very intelligent person outside of the ring, good (not exceptional) ring IQ too, but he still got his PHD because of boxing.

 

He wrote his own doctoral dissertation you barely literate fck ******'s. :deal

 

True size does help, if you are long you fight long, but his technique is top notch and power also, only thing is his safety pin in his head.
But he surely is the best guys that think he wins on his size alone will wake up once he KTFO Fury.

 

don't expect the usual suspect fck ******'s to wake up post a Fury ktfo, like 80% of Wlad's challengers they are in deep rem sleep land.

 

I used to think it was just size but it clearly isn't, fact is that tall guys who are actually good are quite rare, it seems that size has some diminishing returns after a certain point, boxers become sluggish and uncoordinated and the ones who do not are quite rare, but they turn out to be the best heavyweights.

 

Of course he's not dominant because of his size.

If size were everything, Valuev would be considered the GOAT.

His skill is obvious. He's an Olympic Gold Medalist, and had a solid amateur career.

He's also beaten other Olympic Medalists, such as Povetkin, Byrd, and Ibragimov.

He's also dominant because he knows how to USE his size, which is itself a skill.

 

His athleticism

 

Of course he is

Valeuv could have beaten anybody if he fought like Wlad did against Povetkin.