Who was the best fighter Vitali Klitschko beat?

[Dr. Z]

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.

How may ring ranked fighters did Fury beat? How many did Wilder beat? For both guys you could count on he hand! Vitali offered Haye and Valuev a fight. They didn't take it. Not his fault.

Who are the 8 ranked fighters you speak of?

[ShoulderRoll]

So Sam Peter or Corrie Sanders.

That seems to be the consensus so far.

[QueensburyRules]

- - 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. ***ton (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…..)st
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.

- - Just to rub U little jibber jabbering monkey noses in U messes.

[JAB5239]

How may ring ranked fighters did Fury beat? How many did Wilder beat? For both guys you could count on he hand! Vitali offered Haye and Valuev a fight. They didn't take it. Not his fault.

Who are the 8 ranked fighters you speak of?

I don't rank Wilder or Fury as top 10 all time greats either. I'll look a little later and give you the number for them, I'd expect they're comparable.

Arreola, Gomez, Peter, Sanders, Johnson, Adamek and the losses are to Byrd and Lewis.

[Willow The Wisp]

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.

Very true. Wladimir did the heavy lifting, while they lifted up each other when required.

[Ivich]

Very true. Wladimir did the heavy lifting, while they lifted up each other when required.

Wilder has beaten 4 Ring ranked opponents.Ortiz x2 .,Stiverne x2 .Wilder has had 45 fights.

Fury has beaten 4 Wlad,Wilder x2 , Whyte. 5 if you count the robbery draw against Wilder.Fury has had 31 fights

Vitali beat 6 Ring ranked men in 47 fights.

[Willow The Wisp]

Ring ranked fighters Vitali beat are;
Arreola no7
Gomez no 9
Peter no 2
Sanders no3
Johnson no8
Adamek no7

What does challengers refusing to fight Wlad for one reason or another ,have to do with Vitali not fighting them?

ps K2 ,the Klits promotional group wanted 2 fight options on Haye and the right to select his opponents should he beat Vitali.

No prizes for guessing who the two opponents would have been.
We are asked to believe all the challengers Vitali "missed", turned down chances to win his WBC title.
Yeah sure.
The only tag team is on here! lol

......Lol.

[_Rexy_]

As much as I hated Wlad, I loved Vitali. Warrior and exciting. Watched his fight with Corrie Sanders the other day.

I’m gonna say Sam Peter. Guys were terrified of Peter, and Vitali came back after 3 years off with no tune up and dominated him.

[Willow The Wisp]

His resume is distinctly underwhelming.
. Far too many names missing from it,far too many defences against undeserving, unranked journeymen.

His standing could have been so much higher but ultimately he didn't fight those names,so it isnt!

Such is the impact of all those sanctioning bodies and their oddball rankings. You can waste a career doing their pleasure.

[Willow The Wisp]

Wilder has beaten 4 Ring ranked opponents.Ortiz x2 .,Stiverne x2 .Wilder has had 45 fights.

Fury has beaten 4 Wlad,Wilder x2 , Whyte. 5 if you count the robbery draw against Wilder.Fury has had 31 fights

Vitali beat 6 Ring ranked men in 47 fights.

My old pal Johnny Ort would love you for this show of faith!