A lot of people love the Klitchkos I get that but if you have to make that many excuses (It was early in his career, no shame losing to him, etc) there is a problem there. That said both Brothers are bravely defending Ukraine and should be honored for that.
David Haye isn't even one of Wladimir's top wins Alexander Povetkin Chris Byrd (x2) Ruslan Chagaev Sultan Ibragimov Axel Schulz David Haye Eddie Chambers Kubrat Pulev Hasim Rahman Lamon Brewster
He was far from perfect but that doesn't mean he wasn't a great HW champ and an ATG. A certain type of AJ fan was so happy when he dethroned an ancient wlad, how'd that work out for ya buddy? Hahahahahahaahaha
Watch it again.. Ali holds the arms , grabs the neck, pushes the head down etc .. & he clinched 133 times (second fight).. Fact. Lewis too pushed Tyson down.. leant on him etc.. Go back even further .. Jack Johnson's fights looked like Greco Roman wrestling matches .. Its standard for HW, yes some do it excessively like Klitschko but it's not exclusive to him. The 'greatest' did it routinely ... Lewis v Tyson too was a hugging affair also.. fact. Doesn't excuse the Povetkin performance but certain style clashes cause clinch fests.. & arguing over who got the most doesn't really excuse any of it I'm just pointing out Klitschko learnt from the greats