Can you make a case that Wladimir Klitschko is a par with Sonny Liston?

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  1. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sonny Liston is in the tail end of almost all top 100 ATG list. Can you make a case that Wladimir's accomplishment levels that of Liston?
     
  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Liston destroyed Patterson (ATG) twice. Alot of people underrate Liston because of the Ali fights. Liston was 40-45 years old at the time. What were other ATGS doing at 40-45?

    WK needs to beat Adamek, Povetkin, Solis and his brother (IMO), then id rank him way higher than Liston
     
  3. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He has less than 40 fights before the ali fight and he is only 32 then
     
  4. Boxed Ears

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    Neither Liston nor Wladimir are near my top 100 list.
     
  5. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    H2H, Liston beats the **** out of Wald :)

    There you go, theres your answer


    Oh look, its Sonny Liston in my avatar
     
  6. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    And the punch line ???


    (No pun intended)
     
  7. Boxed Ears

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    I'm assuming asero means p4p 100...No punchline. Neither man is particularly close to that, for me.
     
  8. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ah...

    I missed the p4p bit.
     
  9. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    These claims that liston was in his 40's for the ali fight, where's the proof?

    I think wlad is very close to breaking the top ten and providing he wins his next fight and takes his reign to 6 years i'd have him number 8-10 interchangeable with dempsey and liston.
     
  10. janitor

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    The issue of Liston's age has been resolved by documentation.

    He was not in his 40s but he was older than he claimed.

    34 I think.
     
  11. lufcrazy

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    How old had he claimed to be?

    I've heard some guys say he was at his peak in the 50's.
     
  12. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Sonny Liston is a figure who atracts myths and conspiracy stories like Jack the Ripper.

    The reality is that he probably just knocked two years off his age for marketing purpouses, and Archie Moore ans others did.
     
  13. Unforgiven

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    Liston's age has not been resolved.
    He gave several different ages. No genuine birth certificate or census information exists for him.
     
  14. Boxed Ears

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

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    I don't mean this in a gay way, but we're going to have to make love now. :conf
     
  15. Unforgiven

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    If Wladimir fought someone like little Floyd Patterson they'd be an outcry.

    If he quit against a fighter like Clay, a 19-0 fighter who'd just been knocked down by a 185-pounder in his previous fight, he'd be ridiculed for the rest of eternity.