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Wladimir was the better fighter. but determining the outcome of who would win among brothers is very difficult as the mentality and emotional state of the two fighters in that scenario would be very different than with any other fight. Under those circumstances the better of the two could lose. The same could be said for any other brotherly duo. Michael Spinks was leagues better than his older brother Leon. Could he beat him ? Again the family factor throws an intangible factor into the equation creating uncertainty.
If they fought up to 2004 Vitali probably wins. 2008-2012 Wlad wins. Prime for prime I'm taking Wlad.
Actually Vitali said Wlad was better. But Wlad said Vitali would beat him. So it's irrelevant as they always bigged each other up.
Wlad was the athlete in that family but big brother was the better fighter. Chris Byrd (common opponent) said as much, citing Vitali's chin and technical superiority as well as a decent inside game. Wlad was the bigger puncher undoubtedly, but thats all id give him over Vitali.
Wlad was the harder, crisper, better puncher and on paper the more talented fighter. I'd lean toward Vitali and his far superior durability tho. He'd have the dimensions, strength and chin to pressure Wlad and make him fight. Tho Lewis was admittedly not his best, Vitali had the intangibles to drag him into a dogfight. He'd do the same with Wlad i think. Unike Lewis i highly doubt Wlad would emerge out the other side.
Byrd said Wlad was the best opponent he's fought. Only thing Vitali had over Wlad was chin and balls. Wlad was better in everything else.
In a stand alone fight Vitali wins 8 or 9 times out of 10. In the battles of their careers and place in the all time great lists it's not even competitive. Wlad wins easy.