If Peter, Chagaev, Ibragimov, Solis, JC Gomez were American would the Klitschko's

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  1. Vern

    Vern Guest

    get the respect they deserve for beating these great champions and contenders? Let's be honest here, quite a few on here bizarrely are trying to make out David Haye is the best scalp the Klitschko's ever had purely because he is English ( only American's and English types count as fighters you see. :huh ) and it doesn't matter that his record is **** and he has beat nobody of note. Haye clearly is not better than the above non Anglosphere fighters.

    As we can see what really hurts the Klitschko's legacy ( in ****wits eyes only of course ) is that all of Peter, Chagaev, Ibragimov, Solis, JC Gomez etc were all to 'foreign' to be appreciated despite the fact that any of those could dominate an era in history, Jack Johnson's for instance.
     
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  2. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    They probably would have got slightly more respect, but still there would have been a lot of guys that simply would have said "They just weren't that good, all good American athletes play in the NFL and NBA" :roll:

    If the brothers had been Americans themselves it would be another matter... They probably would have been superstars by now.
     
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  3. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    All of them except Solis had severe limitations, and Solis wasn't really beaten.
     
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  4. Faerun

    Faerun Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    sure :-((
     
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  6. rushman

    rushman Devoid is Devoid Full Member

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    They would probably be the richest sportsmen in history.
     
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  7. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    They would get more respect. Part of the problem is the average boxing fan is not very aware of Peter, Chageav, Iggy, Solis, Gomez et al.
     
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  8. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Huh? Vitali eaisly hurt him with one shot to the head. The punch stunned Solis, and caused him to loose his balance which resulted in a knee injury.
     
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  9. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Do you actually believe this? :lol:
     
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  10. Squire

    Squire Let's Go Champ Full Member

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    They'd definitely get more respect because all of them would have been HBO hype jobs and built up as the next best thing
     
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  11. itsa huge bitch

    itsa huge bitch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    do you actually believe he fell on his own rupturing his knee completly only to fight again 6 months later??**** off ya tit
     
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  12. Robney

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    There have been lots of angles, and that's what most saw happening according to the polls after the fight.
     
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  13. pirao666

    pirao666 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This :deal
     
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  14. linn

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    If you look at the different angels from the slowmotion replay it is very easy to see that he was wobbled by the templeshot, notice BOTH legs wobble after he was hit. Also, when getting up he´s not able to put any weight on the LEFT leg (healthy one). Check out the replays and you´ll see.

    I believe he did injure his knee but that was a result of the knockdown.
     
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  15. Kalasinn

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    Sam Peter was hyped-up by HBO, watch their coverage of Wlad-Peter I, they were hyping Peter as a absolute destroyer who was going to demolish Wlad.
     
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