Is wladimir klitschko the greatest Heavweight of all time?

No.

 

:rofl No

 

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Ali would outbox Klitschko. He was only 3" shorter and about the same reach...on top of that Ali had the chin to withstand Wlad shots and is much faster and much more skilled. Ali would slip Wlad punches and utterly make him silly.

Tyson would KHTFO. Lewis would KO him too. Foreman would KO him. Holmes would have outboxed him. Holyfield UD.

Id pick him to beat Dempsey, Marciano, Frazier and all other previous titlists.

 

He's only 6'6½, his brother, Vitaly, was 6'7½ i think.

 

I wouldn't give him even odds against Lennox Lewis much less some of the all-time greats.

- Ali would be able to evade his jab and move inside.
- Lewis is big enough and jabs well enough to hang on the outside, and had better stamina and chin and would outlast him
- Foreman (pre-comeback version) would have walked through the job and beaten the hell out of his body until he exposed his chin.
- Peak Bowe would have countered the jabs with power shots to Wlad's chin.


Yes, he probably would have beaten most of the small brawling types because he's big and is good at keeping guys on the outside, but he'd have trouble against some of the more elusive heavies and some of the other good big heavies. I'm not sure he's even head to head top 10 material.

 

Um, no. Watch some classic fights.

 

If you mean one of the greatest 100 HWs of all time, then maybe.

But if you mean top 10, answer is no.

Wlad has all the tools to become a great HW. But we will only find out when his career is over.

I see Wlad as this era's Lennox Lewis, only there is nobody around to challenge him whereas during Lewis' era, the HW division has some of the top talents around.

 

Ali beat Foreman remember?? It takes heart and will and mental toughness to be considered great or the greatest. Number one Klitschko doesnt have the talent in his competition to prove much, and he has shown little mental toughness, in giving up against guys like Ross Purrity, Sanders and Brewster. When the going gets tough, he quit. He showed some mental improvment in the Peter, fight, but Sam Peter can never be considered to be on the same level as a George Foreman. Klitschko is a talented athelete, but he doesnt have the guts nor does he have the competition to reach all time great stature. It takes evenly matched complete fighters to face each other to produce an all time great. He will go down as a talented heavyweight in a weak era.

 

the klitschko quote of the week thread.

 

Here are a list of fighters from the 90's until now that are better than Wlad:

Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
Vitali Klitscho
Lennox Lewis

Wlad has some good skils, but he seems too content to stand on the outside and jab all night. Bowe, Lewis and Vitali are big enough to get in close with Wlad using their own jab. Wlad is not a great inside fighter, and becomes a bit timid when guys get in his ass and start firing shots from close range. Evander is pure heart and brute strength. He'll eat a couple of jabs to get on the inside, and then he would proceed to do some serious damage to Wlad's face. If Corrie Sanders can intimidate this guy, I'm sure everyone else on my list could as well.

 

Why is Vitali on the list?? Who has he beaten?? He lost to Lewis remember, and quit against Byrd. Vitali accomplished nothing in the 90's either.

 

Who has Wlad beat? Vitali hurt his rotator cuff when he quit against Byrd. He was clearly winning that fight,at the time it was stop. Also, there is no shame in losing to Lewis, he's one of the best HW's of all time. Vitali was ahead when that fight was stopped too. Actually, Vitali has never even been knocked down his entire career. Wlad has been knocked out 3 times(his losses where alot worse than Vitali's). Are you really going to tell me that Wlad could beat his older brother? I don't think so, Vitali isn't an ATG, but he would beat Wlad.