Was Wladimir Klitschko the Best at the "Tall Style"?

I feel like he was the best heavyweight at not getting hit as well.

 

multiple ko losses kinda argue against that.

 

Chin wasn't the best

 

but why did he get hit so much?

i respect wlad. but the only thing he was best at was jab n grab.

 

What fight would you say best demonstrated this ability?
Lets cut to the chase , he controlled guys with bear hugs and back humps far more than with skillful distance control.

https://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/09/steward-was-telling-wladimir-to-stop-clinching-peter/

 

Because he fought like a man-octopus against lower tier opposition.

 

He wasn't getting hit very often compared to other fighters he just couldn't take a great punch when he did and obviously had some conditioning problems earlier in his career. It's literally impossible to never get hit by clean shots every fighter does.

 

Chagev had a fencing match with Wlad at mid-range. Horrible game plan to stand right at the end of Wlad shots. Minimal distance control required in that one...He took the fight on short notice too it should be noted.
WK had multiple warnings and an eventual point deduction for holding and mauling David Haye. And Haye wasn't even a front foot aggressor. He fought on the back foot and Wlad still held onto to him excessively.

Brewster. Excessive clinching before getting knocked out.
Both Peter fight. Copious clinching and hugging. Eddie Chambers beat Peter without any
Tony Thompson. Assaulted him with hugging
Povetkin. Shattered the clinch count record.
Pulev. Double handed fist pumps. Neck locks. Illegal canvas

 

How could he have one of the best jabs in history and not be able to shut guys out from a distance?
Every clinch he committed in his career was a result of that guy getting past the jab.
But that wasn't the only reason he clinched. He used it as a weapon , often leading with clinching instead of punching.
His style was totally illegal and only enabled because he had full control of the refs when he fled to Germany.

 

Its part of his boxing. Like it was part of Lawerence Okoile , John Ruiz and sometimes Holyfields boxing. Nobody gives Evander credit for mauling Tyson with hugs and headbutts. Mayweather doesn't get credit for sometimes grappling.

Remember how he locked onto to Mosley like a mollusk? Wlad would do that in every fight.

His whole game plan revolved around jab and grab. Thats what separates him from the rest.
It wan't clinching done instinctively. It was all planned and prepared for.

 

Dino has a good point imo regardless of his bias. I find it baffling (though not surprising) how some people completely manage to entirely dodge and circumnavigate the shams that were the Povetkin, Chagaev, Ibragimov fights etc. There's a difference between clinching effectively and doing what Wlad did in half his fights. Ali was a f*cker against Frazier and Foreman on occasion, but what the likes of he,Ward and others did wasn't panicked, undisguised bear hugging every time an opponent tried to punch (or before they punched in some cases). Even Hopkins at his most spoilsome and ugly actually worked a clinch and mixed actual attacking work into the rough housing. What Wlad sometimes did was comparable to Akinwande against Lewis, which was rightfully derided on a universal scale, except Akinwande didn't have the talent, profile or rabid fan base of some of the European fighters, hence was an easier scapegoat.

I'd find it less grating if some of the people on here who defend Wlads tactics didn't denigrate the likes of Hatton mauling Tszyu.