Carlos Monzon. An examination of his resume reveals

...or Vitali's, for that matter.

 

Interesting, I've always found some similarities with Monzon and Vitali when it comes to their fighting styles.

Both have that "ugly but effective" thing going for them. Far from graceful but they know how to judge distance very well. They would lean back from punches, the way you're not supposed to, but often get away with it due to their judgement of distance, as well as their height/reach. Not likely to take you out with a single punch, but they had heavy hands and let them take its course on an opponent, plus they seemed to have real mean, sadistic streaks to them where they enjoyed punishing opponents. A little step or two to the side here and there, and suddenly they were in a difficult position for their opponent to catch them. Monzon was a little more orthodox, while Vitali did unusual things but made it work for him.

Naturally, the main difference is their resume/achievements, in which their is no comparison. Vitali gets credit for fighting well at an old age, dominating mediocre opposition, H2H mythical matchups, and sometimes people resort to talking about how great he was at "winning rounds". Monzon consistently beat the best guys at middleweight, and is one of the greatest middleweights ever.

But stylewise, if I'm gonna liken Vitali's style to a past great, the closest I can come up with is Monzon.

 

Not a bad comparison at all, both liked to control things from long range, both were less than aesthetically pleasing to watch [imo,] but effective and bossed fights.

 

Vitali hit harder than Monzón, yes, but they're still in the same tier of "grind you down with accumulation to get the stoppage" guys. It wasn't like Vitali was ever a one-hit KO machine.

 

VITLAI hit harder than MOZNON.:think
Did he hit harder than HALGER?
I'll give you VITLAI was smart at ENGANGING and being a lot bigger his LONGEVIGTY may have been superior , but I never saw him in the shower ,so I'll have to trust you on that one.:good

 

Cheap shots, vey.

Spelling Schmeling. :bart

 

Indulge an old man

 

An examination of your posts on this thread reveals what most already knew.:yep

 

..but all of those points are surely tempered by the fact (at least I hope we can agree on this being a fact, though your "examination" of Monzón's résumé and rose lenses for Eisenfaust give me pause..) that Monzón fought the much stiffer and tougher competition?

 

All you've done is reply with 3 blown up LHW fighters who all went on to have very average records post Jeffries.

Please show me natural HW opposition in their prime that he beat.

 

Mostly old too.