Better legacy Rahman or Vitali

This is NOT a serious topic. More of a troll thread. Answer is easy - VK.

 

Easily Vitali.

Easily.

 

I think poll results are very painfull (anf hopefully humbling) for thread starter, who is probably the biggest Klitschkos hater on this forum

 

I think it's a case of Vitali Klitschko doing the best he could with the opposition he had available. He lost less than 10 rounds on the cards in his entire career, won a belt three times spanning 3 decades, never knocked down and always came to fight.

I couldn't care less if Wladimir Klitschko managed to stay injury-free throughout his career and long enough to reign supreme over old boxers, short boxers and pumped-up cruiserweight boxers. He also lost by stoppage 4 times, three times brutally against less than stellar opposition and was absolutely schooled by Tyson Fury despite pulling every trick in the book in the lead up to and including on fight night.

I know whose career I'd take. It's Vitali's because he's quite clearly the superior of the two. That's quite an achievement, so there's no doubt I'd rather take his resume over Hasim Rahman's. If you don't have the names to build your resume, then at least show dominance and that's what he largely did, aside from two blips that quite easily could have gone the other way.

I'd go as far as to say that this thread wouldn't be made if it weren't for one ridiculously lucky Lennox Lewis punch that barely made contact with Vitali's face, with his thumb just grazing Vitali's eyelid. That's why perspective and context is required when we evaluate resumes. A resume is not just names on a list. It's the foundations to the story of a boxer's career.

 

I suppose Vitali overall. But in context, his best wins don't come close to Rahman stopping Lewis in Africa.

 

Well, Vitali Klitschko is a first ballot Hall of Famer. Rahman is not in the Hall of Fame. So I think the question has already been answered.

 

Vitali has a better legacy although Rahman biggest win was obviously much better then any of Vitali's and he was lineal champ.

 

Lewis was keen on two rematches at least.

 

Vitali and easily. Rahman has the best win between them though.

I really wonder what Vitali's career trajectory would of been if he was able to tough it out and beat byrd by decision. The fight was on HBO and im sure that loss set him back some

 

Vitali by a mile. No doubt. And would have battered Hassim if they had ever fought