Who was the best fighter Vitali Klitschko beat?

[ShoulderRoll]

Inspired by a post on NSB I thought I would ask the question here.

[JAB5239]

Inspired by a post on NSB I thought I would ask the question here.

Probably Sam Peter.

[Ivich]

Probably Sam Peter.

Him or Sanders probably,nobody to go wild about that's for sure!

[Willow The Wisp]

Herbie Hide, Larry Donald, Corrie Sanders, Kirk Johnson, Danny Williams, Samuel Peter, Juan Carlos Gomez, Albert Sosnowski, Kingpin Johnson, Odlanier Solis, Chris Arreola, Manuel Charr and Derek Chisora were all prime-time when they got their beatings. Shannon Briggs and Tomasz Adamek were past their best. I would say Sanders, then Arreola, then Chisora. In Kickboxing, definitely Branko Cikatić.

[QueensburyRules]

- - With two weeks notice, Vit beat Light in the Loafers Lewie into premature retirement after planning a post Tyson half dozen lucrative retirement plan bouts.

Emasculated him publicly he did when his mommy had to make the decision for him.......

[Dr. Z]

Vitali beat 7-8 top 10 fighters by ranked by ring magazine. Because he never was behind on points after three rounds, never was down, and is the owner of a very high ko percentage you can pick a few guys. I think it's either Sanders, or Peter. He kicked @ss in both fights. Others might say the blow out of Kirk Johnson or Herbie Hide, which ended in two rounds each.

[Willow The Wisp]

Vitali beat 7-8 top 10 fighters by ranked by ring magazine. Because he never was behind on points after three rounds, never was down, and is the owner of a very high ko percentage you can pick a few guys. I think it's either Sanders, or Peter. He kicked @ss in both fights. Others might say the blow out of Kirk Johnson or Herbie Hide, which ended in two rounds each.

You're right. Vitali did some fine work. Granted, it might be catagorized as quantity over quality, but he made use of the era's contenders that were available. In their time, between he and his brother, very few contenders missed receiving their whipping. I rank Vitali overs Bowe, as a placement example.

[JAB5239]

You're right. Vitali did some fine work. Granted, it might be catagorized as quantity over quality, but he made use of the era's contenders that were available. In their time, between he and his brother, very few contenders missed receiving their whipping. I rank Vitali overs Bowe, as a placement example.

Pretty sure in the 10 years active since the Hide fight that Vits was 6-2 against top 10 ranked fighters by the Ring. During that time he missed 25 ring ranked fighters if memory serves. I did a thread on this a long time ago. His brother is the one who cleaned out the division. While Vits may have been the tougher brother, he wasn't nearly as accomplished against top 10 fighters.

[QueensburyRules]

Pretty sure in the 10 years active since the Hide fight that Vits was 6-2 against top 10 ranked fighters by the Ring. During that time he missed 25 ring ranked fighters if memory serves. I did a thread on this a long time ago. His brother is the one who cleaned out the division. While Vits may have been the tougher brother, he wasn't nearly as accomplished against top 10 fighters.

- - Oh brother, where art thou?

Boxrec Oct 2010

1. Wlad

2. Vitali

3. Haye (already backed out of one signed and sealed contract and refused recent 50/50 offer by the Klitschkos, signing to defend against Audley Harrison in spite of repeated denials that he was even in negotiations)
4. Adamek (pending to allow cuts to heal, but apparently fighting Maddalone in Dec)
5. Chagaev (beat badly by Wlad and currently Haye’s mandatory)
6. Povetkin (refused to sign negotiated agreement to challenge in Wlad’s last defense, thus losing his 2 yr long mandatory ranking, not to mention his trainer, Teddy Atlas, says Povetkin is not yet ready to challenge for the title.)
7. Valuev (interesting deal was almost put together against Vitali, but out into next year with left shoulder/wrist surgery)
8. Peter (beat badly by Wlad 2x/Vitali 1x)
9. Thompson (beat badly by Wlad with no following)
10. Chambers (beat badly by Wlad and still rebuilding)
11. Arreola (beat badly by Vitali and still rebuilding)
12. Dimitrenko (new EBU champ, but turned down Klitschko offers, maybe building into a much bigger promotion in the next year of two)
13. Gomez (beat badly by Vitali and a last ditch opponent for now)
14. Sexton (busy being knocked out by Chisora)
15. Boytsov (maybe in the future, but only 24 and shaking off the rust after coming back from hand surgery, now is not his time, maybe a year or two in a bigger promotion)
16. Austin (beat badly by Wlad with no following)
17. Helenius (very promising prospect recently breaking into fringe contender. Maybe a year or two away in a much bigger promotion)
18. Solis (chubby growing into a blimp with promoter problems looking like he’s moving to challenge for the WBA cheese belt, not the Klitschkos)
19. Pianeta (who dat?)
20. T Ibragimov (The lesser talented of the Russian Iggys, his cousin already lost a shutout against Wlad)
21. Sosnowski (beat badly by Vitali and rebuilding against Dimitrenko)
22. Ustinov (undefeated Russian Bigfoot monster promoted by Ks and wants a Kbro. I’m guessing Vitali’s retirement fight if he makes it past Briggs and can’t sign Haye or Valuev)
23. Holyfield (Oh, brother, where art thou buried? Jeez…..)
24. Platov (who? See Pianeta!)
25. Johnson (beat worse than badly by Vitali……..please, watching Vitali try to stuff a giant squash into a blender would be better stuffing for a Saturday night turkey……..nevermore…….nevermore…….)

So, thusly informed, now say HELLO to one Shannon The Cannon Briggs, lifelong asthmaholic, part time wastrel, yet all while breaking the all time first round KO record first officially recorded by Jack Dempsey in his all time tear through the heavy division. Briggs has 31 first round KOs, unofficially 32 but for failing a post fight drug test, probably a positive test result for ganja. Briggs is unabashedly Jamaican after all.

[JAB5239]

- - Oh brother, where art thou?

Boxrec Oct 2010

1. Wlad

2. Vitali

3. Haye (already backed out of one signed and sealed contract and refused recent 50/50 offer by the Klitschkos, signing to defend against Audley Harrison in spite of repeated denials that he was even in negotiations)
4. Adamek (pending to allow cuts to heal, but apparently fighting Maddalone in Dec)
5. Chagaev (beat badly by Wlad and currently Haye’s mandatory)
6. Povetkin (refused to sign negotiated agreement to challenge in Wlad’s last defense, thus losing his 2 yr long mandatory ranking, not to mention his trainer, Teddy Atlas, says Povetkin is not yet ready to challenge for the title.)
7. Valuev (interesting deal was almost put together against Vitali, but out into next year with left shoulder/wrist surgery)
8. Peter (beat badly by Wlad 2x/Vitali 1x)
9. Thompson (beat badly by Wlad with no following)
10. Chambers (beat badly by Wlad and still rebuilding)
11. Arreola (beat badly by Vitali and still rebuilding)
12. Dimitrenko (new EBU champ, but turned down Klitschko offers, maybe building into a much bigger promotion in the next year of two)
13. Gomez (beat badly by Vitali and a last ditch opponent for now)
14. Sexton (busy being knocked out by Chisora)
15. Boytsov (maybe in the future, but only 24 and shaking off the rust after coming back from hand surgery, now is not his time, maybe a year or two in a bigger promotion)
16. Austin (beat badly by Wlad with no following)
17. Helenius (very promising prospect recently breaking into fringe contender. Maybe a year or two away in a much bigger promotion)
18. Solis (chubby growing into a blimp with promoter problems looking like he’s moving to challenge for the WBA cheese belt, not the Klitschkos)
19. Pianeta (who dat?)
20. T Ibragimov (The lesser talented of the Russian Iggys, his cousin already lost a shutout against Wlad)
21. Sosnowski (beat badly by Vitali and rebuilding against Dimitrenko)
22. Ustinov (undefeated Russian Bigfoot monster promoted by Ks and wants a Kbro. I’m guessing Vitali’s retirement fight if he makes it past Briggs and can’t sign Haye or Valuev)
23. Holyfield (Oh, brother, where art thou buried? Jeez…..)
24. Platov (who? See Pianeta!)
25. Johnson (beat worse than badly by Vitali……..please, watching Vitali try to stuff a giant squash into a blender would be better stuffing for a Saturday night turkey……..nevermore…….nevermore…….)

So, thusly informed, now say HELLO to one Shannon The Cannon Briggs, lifelong asthmaholic, part time wastrel, yet all while breaking the all time first round KO record first officially recorded by Jack Dempsey in his all time tear through the heavy division. Briggs has 31 first round KOs, unofficially 32 but for failing a post fight drug test, probably a positive test result for ganja. Briggs is unabashedly Jamaican after all.

I see a lot of "beat badly by Wlad". What does that have to do with Vits not fighting so many top 10 fighters. Boxing g isn't professional wrestling, there is no tag team division nor championship.