Were The Klitschko Brothers That Good...

Yeah, it's not like Buster Douglas, Micahel Moorer, an ancient Foreman, and Shannon Briggs were ever lineal in the 90s.

 

Bruno has to win early or be gets broken up but I'd back him to land

 

Both k bros would be top 5 in the 90s if not top 2. They’d be fine.

 

Is one of the reasons for the domination of the Klitschko brothers that a large number of people decide for MMA (currently the sport in the greatest expansion, if not that, then currently martial arts in the greatest expansion)?

 

A lot of those guys tried boxing and didn’t make it very far. Money still talks. Money=championship boxing

 

That, and it's not the same skillset.

Our full contact karate guys (and the Thai kickboxers) occasionally won boxing belts, but even in striking, it's two different sports. Far moreso when you add the other stuff. Might as well ask why Alexander Karelin wasn't a boxer.

 

I didn't mean people who are already training in MMA, so they tried their hand at boxing (like Conor McGregor for example), but people who might have trained in boxing if MMA wasn't in great expansion.

I agree that these are different sports that require different skills.
Fedor Emelianenko stated that it is a pity that Alexander Karelin did not practice MMA.

 

Anderson Silva, Spong, Nate Díaz, and McGregor didn’t look close to world class as boxers even though they were strikers (and they’ve all boxed).

I kind of feel like these guys find their sport according to their aptitude.

 

How many ring magazine contenders did they beat, combined? Vitaly has eights wins, Wlad even more. Could be 20+. That is a lot of ranked opponents.

 

They were both pretty darn good! Overrated by some and underrated by others, IMHO, of course.

 

Not all paths went through Lewis and Lewis was pretty flawed until Steward got him, just like w Wlad. Vitali and Wlad under Steward would be very competitive if not winners.