Is Vitali "DR IRON FIST" Klitschko the worst nickname in boxing?

Yes, but I still think "Dr Iron Fist" just sounds camp, tacky and rubbish. Just 'Iron Fist' would've been far better. But I must say, there have been many more awful names turned up in this thread than that!!

 

Christ Almighty, I really didn't think that thinking Dr Iron Fist is a stupid nickname was going to be construed as a hate-filled attack on Vitali Klitschko! The fanboys on here really are getting ridiculous.

 

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Re: How good do you feel Lennox Lewis' resume is?
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I think that was the thing though, all the three big name wins had question marks against them. Perhaps less so Klitschko (he did fight well against Lewis though), but you could argue if he is such a big name anyway.

I just remember that back in the day he really was seen as a very good heavy but without the defining wins to put him in the league of some of the top heavies of the past.

He is definatly someone whos stock has increased with time.


I don't think his stock has necessarily increased drastically with time. I remember him being showered with acclaim after the Holyfield fights, and the Tyson fight, and after he retired.

I see what you're saying about the big names in his resume, but if you read my original post you will see that I do acknowledge it is to Lennox's detriment that he never fought them sooner.

Had Lennox fought Tyson after he was released (before Tyson fought Holyfield), and fought Holyfield around the same time, and fought Bowe earlier in the 1990s (after he had won the Holyfield trilogy, BEFORE the Golota double-header), and beat Vitali decisively in a rematch, then we'd be looking at one of the greatest resumes of modern times.

As it stands, his win over Tyson does not mean a lot in my eyes because Tyson was shot by then. Not merely past-prime like Holyfield was when Lewis fought him, but fully shot. However, the Holyfield win(s) were still good wins IMO. Holyfield had stopped Tyson and Moorer 1996-7, and beat John Ruiz in his next fight after Lewis. Of course this was nowhere near a prime Holyfield by 1999, but it was a good Holyfield. Evander wasn't shot til 2002-3 when he lost to Byrd and was stopped by Toney.

I give Lewis great credit for the Klitschko win, regardless of the slim deficit on the scorecards at the time of stoppage. I think that Vitali's retirement due to injury meant he didn't have the chance to build up a good resume, and that means people just now severely underrate him. Many times on this forum I've seen people say Wlad is the better fighter of the two - which I find just unbelievable! If it wasn't due to an injury v Byrd, Vitali would have gone into the Lewis fight 32-0(31). Corrie Sanders stopped Wlad in two, Vitali ****ing dominated him and stopped him in a brutal 8 rounds. Ross Purrity stopped Wlad - Vitali stopped him too. Vitali was huge, immensely strong, chin of iron - a simply stupendous heavyweight h2h. He would doubtlessly have gone on to become the undisputed heavyweight king after Lewis had he not suffered injury.

As far as I know, Lewis only knew Vitali was going to be his opponent for that fight a short time before, and thus hadn't prepared for such a threat. Lewis struggled early on, but (like so many other times in his career) made a mockery of those who criticize him for a 'Glass Jaw' by slugging it out with Vitali, and I think he was gradually turning the tide at the time of the stoppage.


So, Lewis never got the big names at the right times, but he got them in the end, and his wins over Holyfield, Klitschko, Ruddock and IMO Tua (underrated win) were highlights.

Golota must also be considered a special win. At the time he was 28-2 (the '2' being 2 DQs after he had beaten Riddick Bowe to a pulp), it was a SENSATIONAL win that has sadly depreciated with time as Golota's career nosedived after that.

All in all, very good resume.

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"hatred of all things Klitschko"???

THAT WAS A POST I MADE YESTERDAY ON THE THREAD ABOUT LENNOX LEWIS'S RESUME. I WON'T HOLD MY BREATH FOR AN APOLOGY FROM SOMEONE AS PITIFULLY IMMATURE AS TO TAKE OFFENCE AT ME THINKING SOMEONE'S NICKNAME WAS A BIT RUBBISH.

YOU ARE A SHAMEFUL CHARACTER. GET A ****ING LIFE!!!

 

It is so difficult to communicate with someone who is quite literally thicker than pig-****.

I didn't start this thread to get 99% approval rating, I suggested a nickname I thought was rubbish and invited people to share theirs. I found it really funny when people came up with ones I didn't know like SWAMP DONKEY and THE FIGHTING BANK TELLER.

The thread was meant to be a laugh, but then a braindead ***** like you comes along, smears your dog**** all over it, and turns it into a hate-fest.

You're so pathetic it's painful.

 

Surely the moderators should notice times where guys do what the "Boxing Guru" (!) has done on this thread - came on with the sole intention of having a go at me, any reason will do, when I ignore him he keeps at it, then when I do respond, he keeps chipping away with posts, even after I try to ignore him again, making comments about me to other posters - the guy had nothing else in mind but to have a go. It's ****ing disgraceful the way these vindictive little trolls get away with it.

I'm still waiting on an apology from that other imbecile who had a go at me for "hating all things Klitschko", and was then fully exposed as a hateful alias attacking me for no reason, when I actually posted some of my recent writing on Klitschko.

:verysad Down With Trolls and Down With Hate!! :verysad

 

Have you had a gander at some of the other nominations on this thread? Some of them are sensational. The Swamp Donkey, The Boxing Banker, Sugar Poo!