Everyone forgets Vitali was nearly Furys height at 6 ft 8

[The Old LefHook]

Fair point, and, Fury's just now learning **** Vitali already mastered by the time he was WBC champion.

Like what?

[Marchegiano]

Like what?

Really? Mixing a bit of mean aggressive stand your ground puncher in with his twinkle toe bs. Fury backed away less against Wilder than he did Chisora while Chisora presented no threat at all and Wilder was able to drop him in every fight they had. That's quite a bit more confidence in hitting to not be hit. Bringing that right up to go diagonal down and getting full extension even though the space is small is pretty Klitschko as well, like, both of em, both bros did that ****s and both were very good at it, but I'm pretty sure Vitali used it more than Wlad as per his lean. V leaned in a lot while Wlad leaned out or I guess up might even be a better term.


Actually that very first KO on this KO reel is what I'm getting at, didn't take **** all to find but I thought it would.

That's a relatively tight space for the punch. Wlad's or Chisora's Fury may have thrown a similar punch, structure wise, but at an angle and not with any real intent to do damage where as that punch in the video and the punches thrown at Wilder certainly were.

Also, putting your boobs on an opponent's head is k2 101

[Anthony342]

Impact got Strowman? **** me sideway I had thought they closed down shortly after Jeff Jarret took over. To be honest, I never gave enough ****s to look up if he actually owned impact or was a kayfabe owner.

I'll have to check that ol' **** show out again. For a period Impact or TNA or whatever it was called was pretty decent. I thought AEW was grabbing all the talent WWE was cutting. It's kind of interesting Impact is still in the game. At least one pretty big name and really big man.

I just hope the rumors of Impact getting Windham Rotunda aka Bray Wyatt aren't true. Tony Khan would be a moron to not sign him to AEW, since they need the ratings he would bring.

[billeau2]

Everyone keeps going on about Furys size, Vitali was nearly Furys height only fitter, stronger, better chin and comparable if not better skills. Its his lack of charisma that failed him. Fury created a rivalry with Wilder because of his personality traits.

Vitali gassed often, Fury can fight 12 rounds and not gas. I don't know how one quantiies strength... and chin? thats debatable... Fury goes down but he gets up. But i might give Vitali chin.

What failed Vitali was not fighting anyone of note. He was imo much better than Vlad. I think he may have been a special talent, but he wanted his shoulder to work right more than a victory... and I also think his actions showed that he wasn't going to do a proper risk assessment and try to go after lewis with everything he had, resulting in the ref and doctors seeing him get hit more...

[QueensburyRules]

Vitali gassed often, Fury can fight 12 rounds and not gas. I don't know how one quantiies strength... and chin? thats debatable... Fury goes down but he gets up. But i might give Vitali chin.

What failed Vitali was not fighting anyone of note. He was imo much better than Vlad. I think he may have been a special talent, but he wanted his shoulder to work right more than a victory... and I also think his actions showed that he wasn't going to do a proper risk assessment and try to go after lewis with everything he had, resulting in the ref and doctors seeing him get hit more...

- -Need to stop gassing U noggin with fecal methane. Can't show a single fight where Vitali gassed, but I can show U a lifetime of U gassing Uself.

[Jc8804]

Charisma goes a long way . Its really an unteachable trait .

charisma brings confidence ,belief and taps into pride and heart .
Charisma brings out the insecurities of your opponent imo .

[markusmod]

- -Need to stop gassing U noggin with fecal methane. Can't show a single fight where Vitali gassed, but I can show U a lifetime of U gassing Uself.

I have to agree with Queen on this one. I can't remember a fight where Vitali was gassed.

[Anthony342]

I have to agree with Queen on this one. I can't remember a fight where Vitali was gassed.

Plus he was a tough mofo with a damn good chin. He had one bad moment with a separated shoulder, but later proved his toughness against Lewis when he still wanted to continue with a huge gash over his right eye.

[Nash out]

Vitali better skill?! Time to seek out a new sport if you really think that. Vitali was tough, strong and durable, but he had a limited skillset. Wlad was far more skilled than Vitali by Vitali's admittance, and yet Wlad's skills aren't on Fury's level never mind his inferior brother. Vitali had two hard fights in his career and lost them both. He also ducked the Bryd rematch and left it for Wlad to do the job for him. Nash out.

[BKM-]

People feel threatened by Vitali Klitschko so they try to bring him down. Anybody can see he was a special case considering what he could do at his massive size. Same goes for Fury btw.