Wladamir Klitshko Vs Lennox Lewis

i think this is fair. lennox is one notch above wlad as a total fighter. no shame in that.

wlad to me has faster hands and feet, better jab, better left hook, sharper and straighter punches and is probably similar in strength. Lennox has sizable intangible advantages like versatility in styles and puches, better chin, fights tall better, slightly heavier hands, great uppercut and more aggression.

wlad wouldn't be as stationary target like Golota or rush in like that idiot Grant. :yep

i think it would be a tactical battle with lennox winning on pts in a competitive but clear win. late stoppage is possible. i would make lennox a 70-30 favorite. but Lewis would need to come in top condition or Wlad's movement would be a major problem for a plump Lennox.

 

But are you willing to consider the opposite? That Wlad may be a notch above Lennox, no shame in that?

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

The same Ali that was criticised from the age of 21 right through til he fought Frazier for never taking a meaningful punch? That Ali, you mean?

Please stop, all you're doing is making a **** of yourself.

 

I never claimed he had a bad chin. From all that we know he had a decent chin. I claimed that he had a bad defense.

WATCH his fights and SEE how he EATS basically everything that his opponents throw at him, except when he clinches, runs away and or rope-a-dopes.

I mean, as an example, just watch Ali vs Norton, any round any time: Basically all of Norton's jabs land, even the slowest ones. It's like he is BLIND to them.

It gets even so ridiculous that in the movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076111/
you see him training and eating several punches without any defense. I mean they could have cut it out of the movie but obviously they had no footage where he actually uses a DEFENSE.

 

You wish. That's a horribly deluded view held by most Klitites. That somehow, History will look back on Wlad's (Thus far mediocre career) and see it as great. See wins over Ibragimov, Byrd and Austin as career defining, see his losses against Purritty, Sanders and Brewster as lapses against very dangerous fighters....

Who exactly will rate Wlad this highly, who? Todays media are not exactly high on Wlad are they. The Ring magazine has him at what, top 40 pound for pound? Not to mention, the amount of journalists who see him for what he is, a talented, but terribly vulnerable fighter, with a poor resume and embarrasing losses. And who has so far failed to win the undisputed HW crown.

Just Because certain great careers are loooked back on in a more favourable light, ALA Lewis.....does not mean genuinely mediocre careers will be. Its horribly delusional to think that.

 

Not to say, that Wlad cant make his career an good/excellent one. He has to unify the titles first and foremost, establish a new lineage. In terms of wins, there are not a load of good contenders out there. He will likely forever be missing a great HW fighter on his resume, there are none around.

Therefore his best chance at sealing a legacy is becoming undisputed HW Champion. He wont ever, IMO, be seen in the same class as the Lewis, Ali's, Holyfield, Tyson's, Fraziers etc of this world. He wont get the great wins, and his embarrasing losses and vulnerability as a fighter will render him a class below. However, he can become the true HW champion, and that will be remembered.

 

Vitali could've beat him, but Wlad hasn't got the chin

 

Could have but didn't beat an old past prime Lewis?

OLD SHOT LEWIS TKO 6 PRIME VITALI

Lewis on his worst day beat the Klitschko sister on his best.

 

My god, how easily a boxer can earn the title "Shot".

 

Yeah but he didn't did he.

Fat old Lewis beats near prime Klitschko.

Lewis TKO 6. :good

 

For once I would agree with KNN.

Lewis was fat, old and past his best + he was inactive.

But not shot!

 

If Lewis was shot he wouldn't have done what needed to be done.

:good

 

It was clear that Lewis was slipping in the Tyson fight in truth.

Throw in a 12 month lay off and a career high weight and it adds up to a less than stellar performance.

His skills were still there, but his reflexes and defence were sloppy, as proven by Vitali.

The Klitschko fans still cannot get over it, neither can the man himself - that he lost to Lennox Lewis, even though it was the best night of his career. Fair and square as well - his eye was nearly hanging out.

I questioned Vitali's heart after quitting against Byrd, but couldn't following this.

 

if Vitali couldn't beat him when he was on the end of his rope, how's his brother, who in comparison has a glass jaw and no heart suppose to win?

anyone who thinks Wlad could beat Lewis is playin themselves.....

outside of the fact that Lewis was his own worst enemy similar, to Mike Tyson and Ridick Bowe, but in a less sever case....a properly trained focused Lewis is damn near unstoppable as a HW

 

Of course he was, because that suits your agenda. :-(

Think about it, Brewster beat Golota like Andrew was nothing more than a heavy bag & he KO'd Krasniqi after being behind on the cards, that's shows an ability to stick to a plan and be relentless (pun intended) even when the odds were stcked against him. Also, according to Lamon himself, the previous eye injury was NEVER A FACTOR. The difference in the first fight was more due to Wlad beating himself than Lamon being so much better.