Vitali Klitschko vs Ken Norton

Vitali destroys Norton inside a few rounds.

 

Yet he never destroyed a calibre of boxer like Norton in a few rounds in his life. In fact he has never even beaten anybody as good as Norton .

You're pick is based off pure fanboism . Which makes you a biased , mickey mouse fan of boxers and not the sport itself.

 

Styles make fights. If you want to play that game, I'd favor Tua to knock Norton's block off. Byrd schooled him. Old Ali wouldn't like going against Byrd the same way he didn't like facing Norton or Young, either.

Put each one through the other's resume, and I don't think you'd see a massive difference in wins and losses.

 

Norton basks in the Ali glow and shimmers brighter than he really was because of it. He was a serviceable heavyweight who was lucky enough to have a style that frustrated the king but few of the aspiring kings.

 

A slightly past it Norton did okay against Holmes imo

He also beat Young:think

 

As poorly Norton would do against huge punchers he would do very well with a fighter like Vitali. Norton was tough to beat if you could not get him out of there quick. His ability to parry his opponents jab and counter with his own was excellent. At his best he would neutralize Vitalis jab, land with his own which opens up a host of possibilities with Kens power punches. To beat Norton back him up. If you can't back him up it could be a long night.

 

He was a lot better than serviceable. A serviceable HW is somebody like Tony Tucker.

Norton had a real great left hook , good speed , varied head&body attack , a wide range of movement and ATG stamina compared to whats on show today.

Nobody Vitali beat fits that description.

 

The Holmes performance is typically overrated by the rabble. I expected more of you.

 

He gave a prime Holmes his toughest bout. That's two of the top five all time heavyweights. He beat a prime Jimmy Young. Norton was a terrific challenge and stylistic nightmare for anyone who could not back him up early.

 

Vitali had a terrific chin but he did cut and Norton had the slicing jab to bust him up.

 

Norton beat Ali, Young and came within one round of beating Holmes. Ken because of his inability to move well side to side became a sitting duck when faced with all time punchers. Ken always did very well coming forward. Futch taught him very well how to defend against a great jabber and counter with his own. Ken has a very good chance to best Vitali here.

 

Did it ever occur to you those guys weren't as good as oldsters make them out to be? The 70's are far and away the most overrated era in the division's history. Two of its greatest stars were on the decline for the entire decade. And the ragamuffins who challenged, and one who actually won, the title is an embarrassing assortment indeed. Just imagine Bobby Jones trying to play LeBron and you can understand the difference.

 

Untrue. Only the uninformed look at the amateurish upright European brothers and are impressed while negating 70's talent. The Klit style is right out of the 76 Olympics.

 

Oh, you mean the era that barred Cuban and Eastern Bloc fighters from going pro?

Once that barrier fell, how has that worked out for them? Please to inform me because I have hard time pronouncing the names of the dudes dominating the upper divisions for the past 15 years.

 

Sour g****s? Not a chance as i take very little notice of anything you post.

The highlighted part is just one of many reasons why. Your obnoxiousness and closed mindedness knows no bounds.