Tim Witherspoon vs Wladimir Klitschko

"The Spoon" of 1983 to 1986 has a punchers chance against current Wlad Klit. However, if Spoon fails to hit paydirt inside of 5 rds, Klit schools and TKO's Spoon late in the fight.. My guess is, Klit stops Spoon in 10 rds...

MR.BILL

 

Klit TKO10 Spoon.

The Manny-led Klit aint gonna get hit with that looping overhand right and even if he did he would be strong enough mentally to ride it out. Hell, Peter hit him clean with a big right hand in a break during their second fight and Wlad didn't even flinch. Some people act like all you have to do is tap the guy and he breaks apart.

 

I still rate Wlad Klit at about # 13 and I have Tim Spoon at either # 19 or # 20 on my top-20 ATG heavyweight champ list...... These *******s are the goods if you look at them when they are / were peaked... WORD!

MR.BILL

 

In the sense of power only, Peter compares well to Witherspoon. It's not a matter of pretending. The man has heavy, heavy hands.

Wlad is definitely more effective now than earlier. Maybe not as entertaining but his fights are white washes and he keeps the belt and ergo the money. I give Chag, Peter, Byrd and Chambers all decent chances against Spoon. Perhaps you need to remove the rose-tinted glasses. I lived through that dude's career and he could really stink out a joint with his non-efforts, even when winning!

 

Peter and Spoon BOTH have wicked right hand power.... NO DOUBT! But, in the skill zone, Spoon clearly excells there... WORD!

MR.BILL

 

wlad at 95% beats Witherspoon at 100% 9 out of 10 times....

 

Tim found weird ways to beat or trouble men that he wasn't supposed to, while Wlad did the same in defeat.... On the surface, Klitschko appears to be the better fighter, but there is quite a bit of padding on that record.... I suppose on most nights, when taking these two at their respective bests, Klit wins a decision, but I can certainly see Witherspoon catching him on an off night, and troubling him even on his best evenings..

 

No one has to pretend for that, Tommy. He is. He's just not as offensively impressive looking, throughout the course of a fight.

 

i'm a fan of spoon too.:good

 

He looks more impressive because he's more defensively difficult---which is more impressive. He's a better all around fighter. He can still do big damage but his opponents don't see a tenth of the easier openings. Ibragimov, Chagaev and Chambers are all better than Brewster, Puritty and Sanders, imo. When it comes to Puritty, that's not really just an opinion either, I don't think. They're lesser punchers, but higher quality fighters. Oh, and you can't go "exactly" to my disagreeing with you.

 

I never thought all that much of Witherspoon, most of his wins were close decisions that could have gone either way and his KO's over Bruno, Gonzales and Ekland were against men that were KO'd or would be. Vlad has superior skills and work rate and dedication...Vlad by a stop

 

:huh Ain't that kinda true for most fighters though, Bummy?