Simple question. Better wins and more impressive resume. not how they won, not how they would do head to head. Better resume. Ruiz notable wins - undefeated Kirk Johnson , 38 year old Holyfield, Rahman 5 years before wlad beat him golota coming off a draw with Byrd, 30 year old Fres ouendo, past prime jameel mccline. 2 X WBA champ vitali notable wins 38 year old sanders who had just beat wlad Comeback win over Peter Adamek Undefeated arreola Kirk Johnson with only 1 loss Solís (weird one) Chisora coming off controversial loss Hide wbo champ WBC champ
so In cold hard facts, John Ruiz who became somewhat of a punchline in forums, has a better resume than vitali Klitschko?
Yeah you're right I was caught up in the hype that Ruiz beat holy and was the first Latino hw champion. I forgot about all those memories of vitali kicking ass, being the more dependable of the two brothers.
I'd still go with Vitali. At least he beat his men convincingly. Ruiz was a talentless, cheating hack who didn't legitimately defeat anyone of note. All those "wins" have asterisks. I had him losing all 3 fights to shot holyfield. The Johnson fight was a travesty. Golota got robbed. Rahman and McCline were very dodgy decisions etc.
How they won makes the world of difference. EVERYONE with a bit of boxing knowledge should know that.
If you have a win against a certain fighter you have them on your resume forever. UD. SD, KO, TKO6. Whatever. A win is a win.
you need to stop dumbing down the forum with this. How a guy wins certainly matters... that's not even remotely debatable.
How many boring fights has mayweather had? How many times has he squeaked past an opponent? A win is a win is a win. That’s why he’s the richest athlete of the past 10 years. He wins
But you can also say that Chris Byrd have a better resume then Lewis, since his 3 best wins match Lewis's best wins.