The Klitschko's deserve respect.

Hmm. Then why didn't they give Haye the same contract as they give everyone else? Are you telling me if Chambers wins he will be forced to fight Wladimir again and then Vitali, back to back to back? Chambers actually had to earn this title shot with Wlad.

I agree with you Bully. My sig is purely to annoy Carnivore and Steelhammer_2010. I do in fact rate the Klitschko's highly, Vitali at least.

Hmm. Then why didn't they give Haye the same contract as they give everyone else? Are you telling me if Chambers wins he will be forced to fight Wladimir again and then Vitali, back to back to back? Have you seen this contract??NO,only heard Haye baby crying. There is no proof.They wanted to bully him 100%. If you want a rematch clause,you ain't ducking.More the opposite. All I know is Haye chickened ou twice,and took the easier titilist,the 7 feet joke. So you always defend Floyd but pretend Klits are duckers??? BS AS USUAL.CLOWN.

when we look back in a few years after the HW division goes to utter shit we will miss these guys and hold them up as ATG. Well as long as Eddie doesnt spark him with the first punch. That's true. Imagine after Klit retires.... Peter vs Chambers would have been a title fight. Povetkin Mora as well for the IBF title before an unificaion. And they want Klits to retire.... LOL

I like the Klitschko...Vitaly more than Wlad. People are yelling the division is dead and needs resurrection because no one at the top is American.

My only beef with them is that they wipe out each others competition based on style matchups. You are right. We all know Chagaev,Tony Thompson would have give big troubles to Vitali. And Gomez,Johnson,Sonowski big troubles to Vlad. LOL

They r great people and get my respect.as far as fighters they don't get shit from me.they are just bigger then everyone and make spinks look like Arturo gatti.the Klits are fuken boring as shit

vitali earned my respect long ago. i feel he would have done good in any era

i totally agree but you and i both know people hate on Larry Holmes like he lucked up in life. Dude was an ATG I think Larry finally gets the respect he deserves today. Hell I don't even like him and think he shoulda fought a few guys like Dokes, Coetzee, etc. But there's no denying his talent and domination of the division. And I have him ranked around 5 on my ATG HW list. But yeah, the Klits get a lot of undeserved disrespect on here.

Unlike a lot of yellowbelly's they actually fight everyone in their path. If you earn the number one contender spot they WILL fight you. Props to both of them. yeah man...i think its bad that them 2 are very underrated on here...

It's similar to SMW with Calzaghe or MW with Hopkins. People here are alway go for the brand name fighter even if Hopkins won alot of MW pre-Tito and had more than 20 defense for his belt people still think he won blown out WW. The competition is okay depends if you follow the HW and really know the fighters ability

their legacies will always be soiled cause they both ducked the best fighter in their division. who wants to see 2 guys dominate a division and never fight each other? thats crap. people give roy jones shit for not fighting darius and each klitschko is much better than darius ever was. a big hole on both resumes. they get a free pass cause they are brothers? this is boxing. if you want to be remembered as a great fighter you fight the best. if you just want to make easy paychecks then don't.

Well then, Arreola should fight Peter to become the next IBF mandatory. Wlad will accommodate him. Chambers' promoter should have paid the WBC sanctioning fees and got a ranking, instead of just the IBF and WBO fees. Vitali would have preferred Chambers over Sosnowski. Yeah you know way more about that ins and outs about them then I do. I dont hate them especially Vitali. At tis point is clear theyre just too good for everyone.

To be honest, even if there were above satisfactory level of competition for both brothers to stake their claim they would be grudgingly respected as Lennox Lewis was when he reigned. Simply put, they are not American hopefuls in a division that has been historically dominated by American athletes. I think this is where the American reluctance deprives American acceptance.

No, they don't Burner. They just fight their mandatories and try to get the best available opponents. Wlad tried to get Arreola as a replacement for Haye last June, but Chris wasn't in shape and so he turned it down. Wlad is fighting Chambers now because he's the WBO mandatory. Wlad tried to get Haye, but he chickened out and lied about a sore back. Vitali tried to get Valuev, then tried for Solis recently. Solis & his promoters turned Vitali down HBO refused to show it. Don't make unfair accusations. I just want to see Wlad vs. A Puncher and Vitali vs. a guy like Chambers.

They do deserve more respect here in the U.S., it's a shame they don't have better competition so we could find out how good they really are. They dominate who is there, not much more they could do.

For this they deserve real props. It really isn't their fault the heavyweight division sucks, but it is.

I find them dull as hell. I'd rather watch Danny Williams whup Mike Tyson over and over than watch any Klitschko fight.

in reality its no different than what Larry Holmes went through. Larry Holmes had a great record but everyone over looks him as an ATG because of the level of competition at the time. Truth be told Larry fought excellent fighters, Shavers, Cooney, Ken Norton, Spinks, Mercer ect.

Mad respect.