How Would Wlad In His Prime, Have Done in The Last 9 years?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    If Wlad Klitschko have hit his prime in the Fury - Wilder - Joshua era?
    Whats the result s against all 3?
     
  2. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Klitschko was beaten clearly but was at the end of his career against Fury. I think he’d have Wilder covered but at the top of his game, he & Fury might need a series to determine who would lead the class.
     
  3. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gets rocked bad by AJ but stops him in 8.

    Wilder goes sleepies in 10.

    Fury trilogy Wlad wins the 1st tko 11, Fury wins the next 2 UD.
     
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  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I still think Fury would beat him, Usyk has a good chance of beating him as well. Think he batters other top fighters like AJ, Wilder, Zhang, Parker, Bakole, Dubois but not comfortably.
     
  5. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fair. I was surprised recently at the number of people here who have him beating Lennox Lewis. No.
     
  6. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    He does perfectly fine
     
  7. janitor

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    He would have been surrounded by peers and near peers, but crucially he woudl have been far more consistent than any of them, and over much longer.
     
  8. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He knocks out AJ.

    He knocks out Wilder

    He wins an ugly decision against Usyk.

    Fury would be his toughest opponent who is a stylistic foil for him.
     
  9. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He beats them all. He was so much faster in his prime than the version that couldn’t pull the trigger against Fury and Joshua. He was 39 for Fury and he looked kind of bad the previous fight against Jennings. Then at age 41 he fought a style more suited to him with Joshua and he nearly pulled it off. But his hook was so slow in that fight his hand speed was greatly diminished.
     
  10. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He beats them all. Prime Fury barely beat shot Wlad... he landed what ? 1 punch more in that terrible fight ?

    He stops everybody from this era, including Usyk... he would paw everything Usyk would do and land a lot of right hands in Usyk... he stops someone like Dubois so easily it would be comical.
     
  11. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Fury won the Wlad fight by a considerable margin… there was no “barely”.
     
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    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed it was clear enough, balanced by Klitschko being well past it, mind.
     
  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He´s the winner of a 12 round championship fight with the less number of punches landed ever in history. There was no considerable margin in nothing in that fight.
     
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  14. BCS8

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    This. In my opinion the only guy that gives him hassles is Usyk because he's an outlier. Otherwise he dominates and everybody comments on how weak the era is and that he's lucky he wasn't around when Povetkin was destroying people.
     
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    Thisssss. Wlad just didn't have the zip in that left hook that he used to have, and AJ's reactions were so much better than anybody expected. Put just a few mph on that punch and Joshua would have been booked in for a dental appointment after the fight. Instead, he slipped it all night long.
     
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