Of course not, You among all people should know that African American fighters who aired on black and white film and made their living on beating up cruiserweights were leagues above anyone else. For this reason alone, Liston should be made a collosal favorite over either Klit.
and the exact same can be said about a fighter with basic skills who beats on blown up cruiserweights or heavyweights with no boxing skills. i would take a win over floyd patterson then chris arreola or sam peter any day of the week.
please check his resume (boxrec page) again . and if you want to see it happening , you can also search him on youtube.
no he doesn't have bigger names. and vitali's wins are good. you want to see lack of quality wins ? see kessler and hopkins.
Vitali would get brutalized ... a terrible match up for him ... Liston's jab would tear him apart ... a TKO in about six ...
I just don't see V.K. getting dropped and stopped by a "Phantom" punch or going out on his face from the power of a battered & bewildered Leotis Martin of '69.... I say V.K. dwarfs Liston in size and strength.... Liston was a beast, but V.K. is downright scary in the ring.... I see Liston's jab being nullified by the 6' 8" Klitschko who is also pretty mobile for such a hulk..... Klit TKO 10 Liston....... MR.BILLbbb
I'm very surprised people are picking VK so much in this one. I think Liston is an under-rated fighter overall, and one of the better H2H fighters in HW history. Klitschko is out-gunned considerably here, and I think Liston's range and accuracy would get him the KO at some point.
Naw..... Klit is NOT out-gunned here at all..... V.K. would beat everyone Liston ever beat....... Liston never really fought any monsters before....... Monsters for Liston were dudes like "Williams & Ali." Dudes like "Machen, Patterson , Martin & Scrap Iron Johnson" were all around 200 pounds..... Nothing at all like a hulking V.K. with boxing skills and power..... hat MR.BILL
Funny how when asked who were the most intimidating heavyweights he ever saw, Manny Steward named three... Liston, Tyson and Vitali. I'll go with VK in a 12 round UD but with a face like hamburger.
Vitali gives Liston a sustained beat down in this 1, Liston is too short and slow to get his shots shots off, Vitali would do the usual mechanical high paced heavy handed break down from range and stops him around the 9th. Liston has a punchers chance against Wladdy though
Vitali Klitschko would grind Liston down and stop him in the later rounds. Since He has a great chin and has never been down (even from Lennox Lewis) I don't see Liston being the one to do it.