Best legacy: Sanders, Byrd, or Peter

It wasn't that close. Even with the KD's the 3 judges had WK winning 114-111 & the punch stats show WK out landing him (punches landed) 204 to 100.. Plus Peter should have been deducted for rabbit punching. It was only a year before he lost to Brewster so that is still going to play mentally here too. Steward had only just begun to iron out the style WK would become known for..

 

1. Byrd 2. Sanders 3. Peter

 

When did that happen?

Klitschko took some big left hands in the opening round & some nice right hooks in the eight but i never saw a KD or Vitali close to being blasted. Sanders only won round 1 on all 3 scorecards..

Nearly blasted out? What were you watching? It was rough & tumble & a bit awkward for Vitali at one stage but come on..

 

I wasn't trying to be rude. I just really don't see any logic in putting Peter or Sanders above Byrd. Not saying Byrd beats either but he is definitely the most accomplished.

 

What about Nate Tubbs?

 

I think HW legacy is forged over time & should not be confined to one win really. I mean Tyson>>Douglas (regardless of the loss) all day for me..

 

I can imagine a few people might think I'm underrating Peter. But then, I've always felt he was very overrated.

I suspect where we probably hold a different view is on his first effort against Wlad and, in truth, I think this bout said more about Wlad than it did about Peter. To my mind, Peter's best showed considerable limitations and his subsequent wins over Toney, Maskaev and McCline (all of whom were well past it) didn't really compensate for that, in my view.

His loss to Chambers seals it for me.

 

Interesting... What about Brewsters legacy versus Sanders? Klitschko, Golota..

 

Perhaps, but not in the 'face value' sense.

Byrd's size certainly impacted his style and tactics against the K brothers. Almost entirely defensive, without presenting any real offensive threat, in either case. There's also the fact his best wins were against men closer to his stature (Tua and Holyfield) in which he was more able to land scoring punches in his defensive/counter-offensive style.

Quite oppositely, Sanders brought a genuine offensive threat to both the brothers, demonstrated in each of the respective bouts in question.

So, in that way, size does influence my viewpoint.

 

Sanders presented an offensive threat in every round, but the round in which he was stopped (8). And, that was when the pop in his left hand wasn't there anymore and Vitali realized it.

Vitali was rarely backed up by any Heavyweight he faced but Sanders was able to back him up and have him on defensive, when ever he launched an assault. Vitali respected Sanders' power, which was evident in the first round. Why else do you think he took as long as he did to get Sanders out of there? - An out-of-shape 38 year old, who had fought less than 5 completed rounds of pro boxing in almost as many years?

 

Which part of my post are you arguing against exactly?