Sanders win is legit. Wlad got his chin exposed. What don't you understand about that? Wlad then had to change his style to the boring one he now possesses, which worked really well, but he still had a legitimate loss to Sanders. Nothing to be ashamed of, Sanders at the least, hurt almost everyone he faced at some point in the fight.
I hear what your saying but I believe wlad could have won that fight if he had taken sanders seriously
OR Ali was floored and almost Ko'd by a sub 200 pound Henry Cooper. Sonny Banks before that knocked him down. All with left hooks. Ali is not going to be able to rope a dope Wlad, and would be facing his first skilled bigger opponent And Ali had trouble with jabbers at all stages if his career. Jones, Norton, Lyle, Young and Holmes to name a few. Wlad's jab is even better. Norton beat Ali twice on a fair score card. Ali barely edged Jones ( under 200 pounds ) and Young who could not punch. I do not think Ali would be able to hold Wlad. Wlad's too big. Close fight either way, and Wlad did encounter movement in many other fights. Byrd and Ibragimov are two more examples
Come on man. Using fights where Ali was young and inexperienced, or fat and lethargic to make a point is not convincing anyone. I can do that too: Purrity, Sanders, Brewster. See? I didn't bring up any of these fights, I focused purely on prime, post Steward Wlad. Let's just stick with the facts here: Ali was a better mover than anyone Wlad ever fought. Wlad always had trouble with that style. I do think it would be a good fight of course, I'd actually give Wlad the edge, because Ali had trouble with a good long jab in his face as you mention, and was always open for a left hook, and Wlad throws a sweet one. But people that act like you can't beat the guy unless your 7'0'' tall are ridiculous. You can't beat every opponent with the jab and grab.
This. Puritty destroyed Wlad to the point that Wlad's coach came running to save him. Byrd had Vitali missing all night. Plenty of Heavyweight champions from the past would do just fine against Wlad and Vitali.
Sanders didn't get lucky. He had a style perfectly matched to Wladimir's weaknesses, the chin to take the bombs whole landing his own, the hand speed, the punching power to make it final. Byrd got lucky Vitali threw his shoulder out trying to land on his elusive foe. Lennox got lucky he cut Vitali's face in half. Brewster got lucky Wlad overdid his pharma before the fight while imitating a punching bag for 5 rounds. Purity got lucky wlad was too ****y to train properly and got spanked by a veteran.
I congratulate wlad on his longevity, but that's it. Average competition, Boring as hell and fake persona. Vitali though....one of the worst resumes for a supposed ATG I have ever seen.
This is boxing not who is the tallest bigist competition .if we used this argument to pick the best fighters at HW then the world's tallest man would automatically become HW champ?? If you idiots think Vlad and co could beat Ali and foreman because they are bigger and taller then you need to follow a different sport.ice dance perhaps?