Being 6'8 is a huge disadvantage compared to being 5'10. On the average, most 6'8 people can't do **** and have the worst coordination of all. At 5'10 it's a mixture of great motor skills combined with not being that short. If you take all the heights of HW champions throughout history taller height will be shown to be a disadvantage.
Historically being around 6 foot 2 and then being naturally the heavier guy around has shown to be the most succesful. Joe Louis was 6'2 and outweighted 70% of his opponents for example. Unless you fight tall being tall isn't an advantage. You can check boxrec, it's always been the heavier guys who have been the most succesful. And I don't mean a guy should be like Butterbean, I mean the guys who are "naturally' heavier. Stocky monster like Tyson and Tua have the biggest physical advantages. They're natural 215-220 lbs guys yet are still so extremely compact. It's just they don't make stocky natural 245 pounders, that would be extremely scary.
More importantly Vitali won every single round and knocked Charr down. Lewis fans will try to use it as some comparison in their robotic view of the Vitali-Lewis fight. :rofl
Vitali got a freak injury early in the fight and still dominated Byrd with one arm. Wlad destroyed Byrd twice. Two Armed Vitali destroys Byrd and you haters know it. This content is protected
Vitali has never truly lost. He is statistically the most dominant fighter of all time. He has dominated every opponent he has ever faced. He has never been behind on the scorecards. He has never lost more than 2 rounds in a fight. He has never been knocked down. He has the greatest heavyweight champ KO% of all time. He is the only man ever to be world heavyweight champ in boxing and kickboxing. Vitali is 41 and is still dominating, he has made 10 title defenses since coming back after 4 year layoff. Vitali would dominate any era.