Klitschko Bros

Good post.
Vitali missing his prime due to poor medical advice and political aspirations hurt his CV but H2H, objectively, he's a little better than Wlad imo.
One correction though... rewatch the Sanders fight.
He WAS KDd

 

Agreed TBH. That was always exciting about Wlad tho. He could be stopped, so you always had that 'what if' to him. But honestly, as we saw in the AJ fight, the man is legitimately an extremely skilled boxer. Great timing and amazing power. His longevity and resurgence was amazing.

 

If thats true about Wlad then was does it say about a green inexperienced Joshua who outboxed him thru 5 and then knocked him out in the 11th?


When Joshua got dropped in the 6th and was recovering for the remainder of the round - Wlad pawed and threw the same telegraphed left hook over and over again from the exact same position.
He didn't have the boxing brain or skill to throw some feints , come in from different angles , throw a right hook , or even throw body shots.
Wlad knew going in that Joshua had stamina issues yet never targeted the body once. Joshua beat Wlads body early and it paid off for him late on.


I saw a 19 fight novice throw a better array of punches than Wlad ever did in over a 60+ fight career. Wlad fights to a script and if the fight takes a different direction he doesn't have a clue whats going on.

 

They're considered 'boring' in the same way in which Mayweather is/was considered the same.

They fought the best they could, and beat the best.


Wilder knocking out bums is more 'boring' to me.

 

Fighters like Wlad are 'robotic'. That term is often used in a negative way, but when you have a guy like Emanuel Steward in your corner, a robot is the perfect tool for him to work with.

Sadly, Banks is a useless trainer.....and Wlad suffered immensely.

 

Ok

 

Thinking I'd ever respond to dinovelvet

Ishygddt

 

If you could you would.

 

R u sure? Is there any inherent point in speaking to a brick wall? Probably not, you'd agree?

 

A Klitschko thread to Dino:

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I think the Heavyweight division has been owned by Americans for that long that pretty much everyone(British included)are wary, like they have to go that little bit further to prove themselves, and with Wlad it took time to adjust to his safety first approach. I think its definately where they are from like you say. Lennox lewis never truly got appreciated because he was like a hobo. Born in London, raised in Canada fought for Canada as an Olympian, spends most his life in Miami,actually he had zero personality too

 

Yes he would, very underated h2h !

 

Vitali's more underrated than Wlad. Beating the guys who provided Wlad the most problems, coming back without a tune-up to beat one of the best non K's of the K era and grab a belt, and probably the best rounds won percentage in the history of any division. Many fewer, and less embarrassing, losses than Wlad. His legacy is equal to Wlad's, just in different ways, but fairly few give him credit for it.