Vitali Klitschko, the last great heavyweight

[Slugfester]

Vitaly was not a great heavyweight. He was a pretty tough guy with no real punching power and technique. He was all arms when it came to throwing punches.

[max baer]

Vitaly was not a great heavyweight. He was a pretty tough guy with no real punching power and technique. He was all arms when it came to throwing punches.

what you say got me wandering, can a huge guy be average boxer to be a champion. i don't think so there are plenty of huge guys in boxing clubs all around the world who get beaten up. but i wander if others here think that vitali, vlad, fury are not great just average + size. i don't think so but others seem to think so. cunningham said that in the build up to his fight with fury he said fury is only at that level because he is big. i dont think so but argue with me if you disagree as i'd like to know. was vitali just so big but an average boxer.

[Slugfester]

what you say got me wandering, can a huge guy be average boxer to be a champion. i don't think so there are plenty of huge guys in boxing clubs all around the world who get beaten up. but i wander if others here think that vitali, vlad, fury are not great just average + size. i don't think so but others seem to think so. cunningham said that in the build up to his fight with fury he said fury is only at that level because he is big. i dont think so but argue with me if you disagree as i'd like to know. was vitali just so big but an average boxer.

I assume you are able to see when a man has no punching technique. He hit Lewis all night but could barely hurt him, if at all. Lewis not known for a great chin.

How would Fury and the Klits do if they were 6'2", 220 lbs? Not too well, methinks. What about Wilder? Not too well. All these guys used their size to great advantage. Size was their biggest asset, an asset they did indeed know how to exploit very well against 2nd level competition.

[max baer]

I assume you are able to see when a man has no punching technique. He hit Lewis all night but could barely hurt him, if at all. Lewis not known for a great chin.

How would Fury and the Klits do if they were 6'2", 220 lbs? Not too well, methinks. What about Wilder? Not too well. All these guys used their size to great advantage. Size was their biggest asset, an asset they did indeed know how to exploit very well against 2nd level competition.

yeah but watch vitali knock out herbie hide. watch it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az3Pdw20szA

he had great power

[them_apples]

I assume you are able to see when a man has no punching technique. He hit Lewis all night but could barely hurt him, if at all. Lewis not known for a great chin.

How would Fury and the Klits do if they were 6'2", 220 lbs? Not too well, methinks. What about Wilder? Not too well. All these guys used their size to great advantage. Size was their biggest asset, an asset they did indeed know how to exploit very well against 2nd level competition.

He is an arm puncher, but his reach is also short for his height. This is also what gives Vitali that t-rex look when he punches. But outside of that, for a contemporary heavyweight, he had an iron chin, plenty of heart and decent in the speed and power category. His defense is underated. I don’t rank him HIGH but saying he was the last heavyweight of a high level in boxing. Would he beat other atgs? No, most of them he wouldn’t. He could certainly beat everyone today though. I could see him knocking fury out.

[QueensburyRules]

Vitaly was not a great heavyweight. He was a pretty tough guy with no real punching power and technique. He was all arms when it came to throwing punches.

- - 45-2, 41 KOs as the most heavily ducked heavy of his era, biggest scalps being Tyson, Bowe, Lewie, and Vander.
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/7033

Shamed Lewie into premature retirement with nary an arm punch needed. Thanks for the reminder...

[max baer]

- - 45-2, 41 KOs as the most heavily ducked heavy of his era, biggest scalps being Tyson, Bowe, Lewie, and Vander.
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/7033

Shamed Lewie into premature retirement with nary an arm punch needed. Thanks for the reminder...

why don't you just marry him. only kidding!!!