Unification irony

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  1. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Wlad did all the hard work of unifying, to the point that only one match needs to be made to complete unification, but won't get to enjoy the benefit of it. He set the table and either Fury, Wilder, of Povetkin will probably get to be the first unified champ with so many belts because of all his hard work.
     
  2. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Okay what's your point? Fury was the uncrowned champion

    Once he got that chance, he seized it and ran with it.
     
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    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Huh? Not sure what "uncrowned champion" means, but my point is it took Wlad 5 years to get all his belts because of boxing politics. That's a longer reign than most dominant champs can put together (even your boy Lewis). So whoever becomes the next unified HW champ doesn't need to have an impossibly long period of dominance to become undisputed champ. They can thank Wlad for that.
     
  4. Ilesey

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    Okay, yes, thanks Wlad.
     
  5. YesMySon

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    Wlad can thank vitalinfir not fighting him, Lewis for retiring and the 90s for being over. He can also thank Tyson for doing is more impressively and having actually all of the belts not most.

    Mike Tyson that is..
     
  6. andrewa1

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    Agree that Lewis and Vitali probably would have beaten him, disagree on everything else. Wlad's long period of dominance over 10 years, multiple generations of fighters, and semi dominance before that, is more impressive than Mike Tyson's 4 years of beating up has beens and never was, and unifying fewer belts.
     
  7. YesMySon

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    Tyson beat Smith, Berbick, Holmes, Spinks, Ruddock, Botha and golota later in, etc.

    Who did wlad fight that was so great?

    Though I agree wlad was more consistent. But his opposition is a lot worse