One thing that no one can take away from vitali...

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  1. eliezerm86

    eliezerm86 Member Full Member

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    He fights more times in a year than any other heavyweight champ in the last 15 years that I can remember. Man he fought 3 times this year! I can't even remember the last HW champ that did that.
     
  2. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's slow and clumsy -- that's two things
     
  3. eliezerm86

    eliezerm86 Member Full Member

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    ...nothing to do with the post....
     
  4. clyde

    clyde Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This year he fought 3 times......but you have to go all the way back to 1999 to find the last year he did it.

    He's cramming in a few pay days before he's past his sell by date.
     
  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    Correct. Peter, Gomez, Arreola, and Johnson. 29 rounds boxed, 28 rounds won! 3Ko's, and 120-108. 120-108, and 119-109 score card.

    All four men were ring magazine ranked opponents. Impressive in any era. And he's 38 years old.
     
  6. SAS2

    SAS2 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd forgotten about gomez. it is impressive.:good
     
  7. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    im not a fan of his, but yes, i give him credit for that and i also give him credit for for being in shape year round.....some of the fat *******s out there should take note of that
     
  8. Heavyrighthand

    Heavyrighthand Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One thing you can't take away from him.........

    ..............he beats everyone he faces..............

    Never before in the history of the sport has a super big heavyweight been as skilled as Vitali Klitschko.

    He is now 38 and still put on a full 12 round fight and won every round with a VERY high punch out put. Being that he's 6 foot 7-8, AND 38 years old..........that is impressive by anyone's standards.

    And had Johnson not been so timid, Vitali would have KOed him.
     
  9. manbearpig

    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    Apart from Byrd and Lewis?
     
  10. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    been a little while , but tyson
    from
    March 7, 1987- March 21, 1988

    Bonecrusher Smith - title unification
    Pinklon Thomas- - title defense
    Tony Tucker- unification of all 3 belts
    Tyrell Biggs- title defense
    Larry Holmes- title defense
    Tony Tubbs- title defense

    that was the last of the old school right there
    and he was still only 21 years old :)
     
  11. Leif Erikson

    Leif Erikson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis fought three world title bouts in 2000, and also in 1997.
     
  12. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Wladimir did that last year.

    Lennox Lewis in 2000.
     
  13. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    :patsch
     
  14. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    He's awkward... as in "Difficult to handle or manage" not awkward as in "Not dexterous; clumsy."



    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/awkward

    "awk·ward (ôk
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    rd)adj.1. Not graceful; ungainly.
    2. a. Not dexterous; clumsy.
    b. Clumsily or unskillfully performed: The opera was marred by an awkward aria.

    3. a. Difficult to handle or manage: an awkward bundle to carry.
    b. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable: an awkward pose.

    4. a. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort: an awkward remark; an awkward silence.
    b. Requiring great tact, ingenuity, skill, and discretion: An awkward situation arose during the peace talks.


    [Middle English awkeward, in the wrong way : awke, wrong (from Old Norse öfugr, backward; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + -ward, -ward.]
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  15. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    TYSON
    6 championsship fights in 1 year 14 days