Could any Russian boxer in history last the distance

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  1. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Drago lost to a natural light heavyweight who never used modern training techniques. No chance for Ivan im afraid.
     
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  2. Russian_Glass

    Russian_Glass Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It is refreshing to see an objective poster in this thread :happy
     
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  3. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If you think Vitali-Byrd was bad, u must've been horrified by Lewis-McCall/Rahman
     
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  4. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not really. Lewis showed he could be arrogant and lazy. But when he was focused......well all anyone needs to do is watch the Rahman rematch.
     
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  5. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And vitaly has never legitly lost a fight, both blemishes coming by way of injury
     
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  6. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    lewis tko6
     
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  7. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis was very much beatable .
     
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  8. BCS8

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    Wlad, Vitali, Povetkin, probably Valuev would have an excellent chance of lasting the distance. Also I remember a Russian called Nikolai Kulpin who was a tank for punishment who might well go the distance.

    Before people jump in and say TKO6, the thread starter asked "could". "Could" Vitali go the distance? Absolutely. In fact I think that he "could" whup Lewis' ass as well. The fact that he lost doesn't preclude either possibility.

    Let's not forget these people all went the distance:

    Occasio
    Billups
    Tucker
    Mercer
    Mavrovic
    Holyfield
    Tua
    Rahman
    McCall

    Some of these are pretty tough dudes, but I would pick Vitali over all of them in terms of durability.

    edit: OK, maybe not Mercer. Mercer was one of the toughest guys ever to slip on a pair. :think
     
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  9. BCS8

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    Hell, even Maskaev might have a chance of landing the lottery punch and getting Lewis out of there ... although I would not bet on it ...
     
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  10. Greco

    Greco Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sure. Why not? Mavrovic was able to do it, so I'm sure there would be at least a few Russian fighrters who would have been able to do it.
     
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  11. freddieMaize

    freddieMaize Active Member Full Member

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    :lol: Go back to school and learn Geography

    Russia is a country and Asia is a continent. OR ask the OP to change it to former Soviet Union
     
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  12. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Yeah, and the second one was caused by punches. You know, those things that also knock people out.:rofl
     
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  13. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Really? Only the rest of the world has got their 2 fights

    Lost TKO - 2

    and

    Won TKO - 5.
     
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  14. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Wlad and Vitali aren't Russian, they're Ukrainian...
     
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  15. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A lot of fighters went the distance with Lummox. His ko percentage isn't even that high.

    Even a bread hustler took all his best shots and still kept coming forward :patsch :think
     
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