Could Klitschkos have success in modern HW era?

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  1. ellerbe

    ellerbe It’s a Tank world Full Member

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    Biggest difference is Ali actually beat HOF in their prime. Not that it was Wlad's fault but his opposition was utter dog **** until he finally ran into a Fury and Joshua. If he was younger could these have fights gone differently? Maybe, but he never faced that caliber of opposition in his prime. So it's just as bunch of what if's.
     
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  2. ARMAGEDDON

    ARMAGEDDON Member Full Member

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    Lol at you saying foreman won some trinkets like he won it from some bum I'm pretty sure he was recognized as champion after he beat Michael Moorer!
     
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  3. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They were the Modern Era
     
  4. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    A boxer so adept at controlling range is Wilder's worst nightmare...
     
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  5. HerolGee

    HerolGee VIP Member banned Full Member

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    any HW champ there has ever been could defend against bums, if they were sanctioned to.

    but you are right that wlad was well post prime with fury, and partly shot with AJ.
     
  6. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That caliber of opposition? Did you miss Ruiz Joshua fight? Lol
     
  7. HerolGee

    HerolGee VIP Member banned Full Member

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    to be fair, we should wait for the outcome of the rematch, it migth be just a blip, but you might be right.
     
  8. gerryb

    gerryb Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vitali would be undisputed holding all the belts
     
  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Ruiz Jr is better than Brewster. Kali Meehan did better agaisnt Brewster than Klitschko did. Meehan deserved to win the belt that Brewster snatched away from Wlad in brutal fashion.

    Ruiz Jr is light years better than Sam Peter who gave Wlad an epic life and death struggle.

    James Toney pushing 40 and morbidly obese handled Peter easier than Wlad did.
     
  10. HerolGee

    HerolGee VIP Member banned Full Member

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    no its more likely they would do what they did last time, tag teaming around dangerous fights.

    its what they do when they box.

    When they arent boxing, of course, they can achieve anything you can get yourself to write without cringe kill.
     
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  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Foreman was considered THE lineal HW champion when he beat Moorer.
     
  12. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Then he ducked 2 fights in a row and was no longer even top 20 inside 18 months.

    Hardly real. Just one win and then bust. You know that though don’t you mate.
     
  13. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    At the end of the day he's Wladimir Klitschko & you're @HerolGee on BN24 :lol: a guy who goes around talking about a boxers family & calling boxers cowards LOL You're pretty insignificant mate ;)

    As for 'bums'.. No. Byrd, Ibragimov, Haye, Peter, Brock, Chagaev, Pulev, Povetkin, McCline etc were all highly ranked HWs at the time he beat them..

    If that weird strange little chap Herol wants to call them bums I don't think he'll lose sleep over it cupcake;)
     
  14. madballster

    madballster VIP Member Full Member

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    Ali was 0-4 against the "modern era" of his day. That's what happens at passing-of-the-torch moments.
     
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  15. Southglen

    Southglen New Member Full Member

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    I think a peak Vitali could defiantly compete against the current crop, only one I think would have a chance of beating him is Fury. Waldimir is a different story, think Fury and Wilder could beat him but I think a peak Wlad beats Joshua.
     
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