Vitali Klitschko turns 45

Gonzalez stopped 27 of his 31 victims for a 69% record.
Solis 13 of 30 for 57%.
Barrett was 38 years old when Solis beat him and he was getting regularly stopped.
Tua was also 38 years old when Barrett beat him.
Do you just say whatever comes into your head?

 

I've knocked his opposition , justifiably imo, but
I think we can all agree he had a fine career, even though injuries plagued him as he aged.
His comeback after a 4 years hiatus is pretty remarkable ,especially at the advanced ring age of 37.
I'm pleased to say I picked him to beat Sam Peter.

The fact that Vitali is putting his head above the pa*apet in the strife -ridden Ukraine shows that he cares about his Mother country, he could have kept his head down and enjoyed his loot in Germany or the US,so the man obviously has a social conscience.
You cannot but wish him well for the future .:good

 

why is the truth ridiculous? though having to keep replying to you is bringing me close to double figures.

I can see why perhaps you see it so, you being a kliturd, cos the truth about them hurts you so.

 

As far as title defenses, Holmes' resume looks rather thin. He beat a good fighter in Norton to win the title, but outside of Ken, Holmes really didn't fight many outstanding guys. Sure, he made a lot of title defenses, but the depth is rather shallow.

 

I saw that fight on the undercard of Holy-Bowe II. Snipes still had a nice physique, but it quickly became apparent that he had nothing left.. This was not even a semblance to the man who floored Larry Holmes 12 years earlier. He was slow, rusty and constantly off balance. Gonzalez would have finished him a lot earlier if he hadn't clowned so damn much. Renaldo was 37 years old and in response to your comment about him " being undefeated for five years", he had only fought twice in the last three and half, and basically against garbage.. Solis' resume wasn't any better than Gonzalez at the respective times of the fights being mentioned, but it wasn't any worse either.

 

Here here.

 

Best post of the thread. Funny thing about both Vitali and Wlad is that l like them far more than l like their fans.

 

As opposed to louis bum of the month club

 

ah so...u r comparing vitalis best with ...louis worst.

ok, nice one.

 

I agree. I've always respected the klits. They conduct themselves well both in and out of the ring. They take their profession seriously and were in shape for every single fight. But like yourself I can't stand some of the fans who make lame excuses for their defeats or claim that they are the GOATs of boxing.

 

Vitali was defending his title on average every 5/ 6 months Louis every 4 weeks, spot the difference?
Some ranked names Vitali missed for one reason or another.
Chagaev
Ibragimov
Oquendo
Tua
Povetkin
Helenius
Valuev
Pulev
Brewster
Thompson
McCline
Ruiz
Toney
Maskaev
Rahman
Tyson
Dimitrenko
Adamek
Boytsov
I think some of these might have made better challenges than Charr or Sosnowski.
Of course it helps if you are in effect defending in tandem with your brother acting like an unofficial tag team partner.

 

to his credit he did step up once to face lewis, while his brother hid in abject fear of him for years. Vits used to have gusto at one point, certainly more than his brother, who started getting bolder as he got older with some credible challengers Haye n Pov n Fury

 

I certainly believe Vitali is mentally stronger, but I can't forget the Bryd fight.

 

Yes but it also makes it very very hard to make your mark historically. Your better challengers (career/reputation boosters) are shared/halved and you never ever beat the next best Heavyweight to yourself.

 

yes seeing a superHW quitting against a LHW is an event worthy of a comic lampoon cartoon.

Neither K bro has particularly good will, I think it might stem from them being a "setup" to artifically tagteam a title or two between them by some clever marketing company who saw their fans coming and knew they could make a lot of money from them by manufacturing their reigns.m They aren't as genuine as those who had to work their way up the ranks without such help, and wouldn't have lengthy reigns without it.