Vitali has a better chin than Wlad and his balls are so much bigger they're planets in comparison. Wlad shits himself when people attack him, we've seen it time and time again.
I can just as easily turn around to you and say: "Well done for basing your entire assessment of Wlad's chin on 2 fights. And ignoring the other 54"
And Lewis knows this? Correct me if I'[m wrong but NOBODY tested Vitali's chin prior to the Lewis fight. And NOBODY tested Wlad's chin prior to the Brewster / Sanders KO (Purity was exhaustion). So you are basically saying Lennox Lewis; one of the greatest HW's ever would run in and take a risk not knowing what a guy's whin was like but definiely knowing he'd be the hardest puncher he's ever faced? Wow....I am speechless.........On one hand you're calling Lewis great but with the other you're insinuating he's stupid.
As it has been pointed out, only Manny will settle this dispute once Wlad retires. I personally see Lewis having psychological advantage in this fight and Wlad - the technical one.
The Wlad we have now would have given Lewis an interesting fight but I'd still back Lewis to win. Wlad was a different fighter back then - he opened up a lot more and showed more variety in his offence but he also left himself open a lot more. I say Lennox takes that version out early.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRShCBKwng[/ame] If Wlad had have fought Lewis' resume, he would have been starched 5 times at least.
No, I'm telling you that he's well known for fighting very aggressively against tall fighters. He went stampeding after Vitali in the first round and that's your example. He did the same thing against Grant and he did the same thing against Golota. Oh and while I'm at it, he advised Sanders to do the same thing against Wlad.
Wlad actually challenged Lewis to a unifiaction after Wlad destroyed Mercer. The way he put it was to challenge Lewis to a boxing match and a chess match, unfortunately Lewis didn't take up the challenge with actions though he did say he would eat one Klitschko for breakfast and the other for lunch. For sure it would have been a great fight between two super talented, supremely powerful, highly intelligent gargantuas.