Reevaluation of Vitali vs Wlad resume in light of Fury

I could never say that Byrd had a clear win over Vitali.

They should have rematched though. But they helped each other avenge losses.

 

What do you mean hypothetical?

You've just said that you think there's no doubt that Vitali would have been stopped again.

Is that not both hypothetical and unrealistic?

Again, it's just circumstances to me.

I have no issue with anyone ranking Wlad's resume higher.

A guy who's fought 68 times should be ranked higher than someone who's fought 47 times.

That's pretty obvious if they fought the same calibre of opponents.

But in my opinion, Vitali was more formidable, and under different circumstances, he'd clearly have had a better career.

Wlad has always been vulnerable in a way that Vitali wasn't.

 

Stats don't mean anything to me.

They can be very misleading.

 

I can't see it myself.

 

The next thing we could hear is that Chris Byrd knocked out Vitali Klitschko. You never know.

 

It can be difficult for some to picturing it - a bloody mess, in reality.

Watch Pulev's nasty jab against a tall opponent:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6852aVraYJo[/url]

Watch Vitali's poor skin combined with his ineffective defense against a tall, tough opponent with a great jab:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjyJQClP8o[/url]

Everybody got a stylistic nightmare that ain't all that great. Pulev would be poison to Vitali, because he can't gun him out like Wlad. He would have to slowly grind him down, but risk the TKO on cuts by doing so. Or he could try to adapt another defense with a high guard, but lose his upper body movement and fast counters by doing so...

Pulev's got the weight the height, the reach the stamina and the speed of the jab to nullify and exploit all of Vitali's strengths and weaknesses.

 

I respect your opinion. But I agree with Andrew.

He's typed out my thoughts.

:good

 

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thats just another way of saying they couldn't do it themselves.

 

Id say about equal. Going 6 rounds with Lennox and 12 with Fury are both great achievements.

 

In my opinion, Vitali could have done. But Wlad stepped in to avenge the defeat before Vitali fought again after his shoulder operation.

 

He only had problems with cuts once because he only faced a tall, strong jabber with a good reach once.

Just look at Wladimir's face after Fury, then count the small amount of punches that actually landed around the eye-region...

Vitali's got that same achilles heel, that same, poor skin and bone structure around the eyes.

Pulev doesn't need to land so much to begin with. If Lewis managed to foremost: survive and then secondly to: win, thanks to the jab, in 6 rounds I'm sure Pulev would done the same in at least 12.

Even if Vitali outlanded Pulev, he would still look more of pizza and being stopped as the result.

Vitali's upper body, movement by reaction with low guard defense
works against short or slow fighters, Pulev is rangy and fast enough with the jab to give him hell.

And even if Pulev lost, I'm sure he would have bring out the absolutely best of Vitali Klitschko.

At least Pulev would have done better against Vitali than against Wladimir, agree?