Is Vitali underrated or overrated

I respect him as a man. World Champion Kickboxing, Boxing Heavyweight Kingpin, Mayor of Kiev, and now this whole war he has to deal with. Also an educated guy.

Thats alot of accomplishments akin to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 

I think Lewis was past his prime when this fight occurred, and Vitali was not yet in his prime. I liked Vitali, I think he was far better than his brother, he showed brilliance at times with his movement and combination punching.

 

He didn't beat Lewis so I don’t see why it should count when discussing his top 3 wins.

 

Well I guess Rahman, McCall and Mercer should be rated higher than them both. Beating Wlad is a better accomplishment than losing to Lennox.

 

Ok and?

All I said is that a TKO loss cannot be in your top 3 wins.


I said nothing about AJ.

 

Overrated. Terrible resume and lost to the best fighter he fought. Yet people treat him like some unbeatable beast.

Wlad was miles better, both in terms of resume and H2H.

 

Resume and H2H aren't everything though- IMO Vitali had better overall skills based on eye test. Better movement, more fluid, better jab, better punch variety, better ring IQ, better stamina. I think he beats Wlad like 7-8 times out of 10 if they fought each other in their primes.

 

Vitali had better punch variety and was a better brawler in the trenches. Otherwise Wlad was superior in almost all categories.

That's why Vitali is overrated. He gets ascribed all sorts of qualities he didn't adequately show in the ring, mostly because his opposition was so godawful.

 

Underrated. But I cba arguing with Dino about it

 

They are rated higher. AJ isn't really rated at all on any ATG sense due to his lack of resume.