Bowe, Fury, Vitali

Povetkin was a 6 round fighter at 39, slower, had to set his feet more and had shot reflexes. Sanders by KO

 

Povetkin had better boxing ability. He probably wins a UD

 

Povetkin should've lost to Hunter and always struggled with faster fighters, let alone ones with 1 punch KO power. Corrie stops ancient Povetkin. This era is weak af, besides Usyk and Fury the Klitschko era had about as much talent, we have a shot chisora causing mayhem

 

Fury gets killed by both of them.

 

Bowe doesnt have the legs to get to Fury consistently

Vitali is interesting cause he has the work rate but his footwork was pretty bad and his defense isnt good enough vs guys who are similar to his size. Fury 7-5

 

We wouldn't know who can get to fury, because he's never faced a quality fighter in their prime his entire career.

 

Usyk doesn't count?

 

Who's the quality fighter that Vitali Klitschko faced in their prime?

 

In a H2H sense, I think the fights between them would have been close but I favor Bowe over Vitali and Fury. I also think Vitali would beat Fury in a close decision.

1) Bowe was the harder puncher of the three and had a varied offense. He's also the better combination puncher and possessed the greater handspeed. Despite his size, he was a very busy fighter.
However, his defence was often porous and he didn't have the quickest feet. He made up for it with excellent inside fighting and tremendous heart.

2) Vitali easily had the best chin. His power was good but not great : he was more of an awkward accumulation arm puncher than a true one punch destroyer. He knew how to use his size and had a very good 1-2. But he lacked variety in his offense. His defence was simple but coupled with a good use of his size proved to be effective. He had no inside game.

3) Fury demonstrated the best footwork/movements of the three. Very nimble for his size, he has good speed/timing as well as notable recovery power. But his punching power is negligible and his skills are nice but overrated (just my personnal opinion).
He can punch from diverse angles but he's not that good of combination puncher.


Career wise, it's still close.
Bowe had the best win but is hampered by his short reign at the top.
Fury beat an ATG in Wlad but lost against Usyk and was lackluster in the rematch.
Vitali was more consistent but lacks that defining win and his competition was seen as a lesser one.
Bowe >= Vitali > Fury.

 

Usyk was waaaay past prime.