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

It's easier to enforce an advantage against an opponent in his final of a long career fighting a full classic division over his natural weight.

Tunney's appeal is largely based on his surviving footage being against depleted opposition.

 

It’s still a good display of a height advantage being used effectively, he looked like a taller, longer version of Gibbons in that fight.

Gibbons was obviously past his peak but is there any contemporary reporting that says he was washed? He looked great against Jack Bloomfield in the footage less than a year before the Tunney fight and, while not a first rate fighter, Bloomfield did arguably have wins over McTigue by some reports and also looked competent on film

 

Good thread. I put a lot of "like"s on this one.

I even got to see a highlight video of Panama Al Brown.

 

Wlad's clinching is overstated bar the Povetkin fight. That one was pretty bad Wlad should have had points docked way earlier even though he probably would have won anyway it would have been more competitive. Haye was literally throwing himself to the ground mentioning that one doesn't fly.

 

I think Carlos Monzon was the best…at the tall style …that’s really what makes Monzon great …he knows how to use his height and reach

 

I thought Vitali was better at using his height and reach.

 

Yeah Vitali is also a good shout as well

 

Well ifs its such a big part of his game then he can't be the best example of tall fighter who used range.
The tape shows he was more of a grappler , clincher , hugger than a distance controller.

Plus as mentioned , Vitali was better at controlled distance. Vitali pounded Peter from a distance. Wlad was draped all over Peters back in both fights.
Arroela also never got anywhere near Vitali. Arroela vs Wlad would be another clinch fest.

 

they're all tall fighting giants,

I don't see very many of them employing more than Basic Upright Boxing, very few of them, very few of them show much versatility and the good majority of them are Maulers & Huggers.

it is so painful to watch MOST of the time, only to be made worse by the many people trying to pass it off as great boxing & fighters.

It's NOT and it is neither harmful nor a crime to call as such.

it'll take another Lenox Lewis type fighter to justify the division, but sadly he'd be the only one if one even does come around. Where as the truth is, to truly justify the Division, you need a good 2 or 3 Dozen of them and that is NEVER Going to Happen.

Super - Heavyweight IS Subpar...

and big normal sized Usyk, in the pantheon of normal sized Heavyweights, is just that, NORMAL!

 

Nobody asked if Ali was the best at fighting tall.
The thread asks if Wlad was and he obviously isn't because he was a notorious for illegal cinching.