What % do you put a fight between these 2 guys at? They've never TOTALLY ruled out a fight between them. If Vitali beats another name fighter and wlad beats haye/potvetkin.....This would be an unbelievable huge fight; how easy would this be to promote. I'd put it at 10%...10% b/c vitali isn't young and is uber injury prone. I think if he beats another fighter and wlad beats 2 more name fights, this fight has a 50% chance of happening (if vitali doesnt retire)
They are brothers, therefore they will never fight. It is irrational to expect that they will ever face each other in the ring.
1. They've never ruled it out. 2. If Vitali doesn't retire and wins 1-2 more fights vs name fighters, and wlad continues winning, THERE WILL BE PRESSURE on these guys to fight each other...Pressure in terms of upwards 25 million dollars for each fighter. 3. These 2 guys are clearly the 2 best heavyweights until someone proves otherwise.
They both promised their mother this will never happen, but even Wladimir says that he would loose to his older brother.
Vitali knocks out Wlad if this fight ever happens ... which I think it would not happen - Vitali is stronger, more skilled, faster, more savvy, and overall more of a beast than Wlad ... he has the killer instinct that Wlad doesn't have. Why you think that Vitali fought Lennox instead of Wlad ... it wouldn't have been a contest. Vitali KO 7 Wlad admitted that Vitali would knock him out ...
The respect factor will come in and big bro would not take it easy on little bro. He's taller, longer, and weighs more ... I think Vitali is one of the best HW ever ... 3-time HW champion (WBO 1x, WBC 2x) ... only HW in history to never be knocked down and his KO ratio is on another level ... 35 victories and 34 KO's thats damn near 100% of his victories coming by KO. There's no worry about him getting tired because he fights like he's a light HW ... How the hell can you fight 8 rounds w/ a champion with your hands down and not take a significant punch? This guy was out of Peter's range and when Peter got close Vitali made him pay for it. His speed is on another level than any HW i've seen since Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis in their primes ... and before that Ali, and Frazier w/ the combination of Foreman's power.
Never going to happen. I find it appalling that people even entertain this idea. Anyone has a sibling they love and is their best friend would find it sickening. I find it sickening myself to even contemplate having two brothers fight each other. I would not watch it.