Lennox Lewis & David Haye vs Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko: Who has achieved more?

We all know how Klitschko fans like to combine the brother's accomplishments, as if they are the same fighter or a boxing tag team, in order to declare them superior to other fighters throughout history.

Despite the insistence of those of us who actually love and understand the noble art of fistic pugilism that this is not fair, and that each man's achievements must be judged alone in order to truly understand their place amongst boxing's pantheon of greats, the Klitschko fans continue to do it, like the ignorant little imbeciles they are.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it appears as though we're witnessing an era in which the history books of boxing are being rewritten, and that from this day forth, all boxers will have their resumes and accolades combined with another successful fighter when their career is scrutinized.

So, it's time to look at who has achieved more in the sport of boxing:

The Klitscho Brothers: Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko

OR

The Cornrow Brothers: Lennox Lewis and David Haye.

First we'll look at the career accomplishments of the Cornrow Brothers, or C2 as they're often known.

The Cornrow Brothers - Undisputed HW and CW Champions of the Wordl

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Lennox Lewis beat every fighter he ever faced, including 3 ATGs in Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and a prime Vitali Klitschko. He bowed out of the sport on top, having passed on the baton to the next dominant champion, but not before mangling his face with it.

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David Haye first cleared out the cruiserweight division before he stepped up and breathed new life in to the dormant HW division. Haye's brand of exciting fighting saw him gain 5 knockouts in his 7 HW fights, and included a victory over the biggest HW champ in history. His only HW loss came to the best fighter of his generation, Wladimir Klitschko.



The Klitschko Brothers - Undisputed HW Champions of the World

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Vitali Klitschko played out a career which was both darkened by injury, and brightened by the limelight of his younger brother. After defeat to Lewis, Vitali battled with injuries while his brother reigned as champion, returning to put together a nice winning streak, albeit against mediocre opposition. Vitali was certainly a cut above his competition at the time, but fell short when he truly stepped up to elite level.

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After some humiliating early knockouts which exposed a serious aversion to being hit in the head, Wlad intelligently changed his style to minimise the chances that he might get punched. With this new style Wlad was able to put together an impressive dominant streak in the HW division, including a win over undisputed cruiserweight champ David Haye. Unfortunately Wlad never squared off against the number two fighter in the division, or the imposing Nikolai Valuev.


Conclusion - The Cornrow Brothers

For me, the combination of being a two weight world champion, and the wins over several ATG fighters means that C2 ranks higher here.

Additionally, when the two have squared of Lewis beat Vitali inside of the distance in a savage performance, while Wladimir only managed a timid turnout and a points win against 210lb David Haye.


What are your thoughts? Who do you think has achieved more?

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The Klitschkos do not have one win over a single all time great between them. C2 has wins over THREE all time greats, including Vitali Klitscho, not to mention titles in TWO different divisions.

Lewis beat every single fighter he fought, whereas Wladimir hasn't even fought the second best fighter in his division.

 

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When Manuel Charr gets stopped inside of 6 rounds by Vitali, does that mean he's retired Vitali?