Vitali Klitschko, the last great heavyweight

[JakeTheBoxer]

His resume is pretty thin, but he would beat everybody today, no doubt.

[JAB5239]

His resume is pretty thin, but he would beat everybody today, no doubt.

I usually give Wilder the best shot of beating most past champs because of his power, but Fury would be the one to give Vits fits. I don't think Vitaly is near the boxer his brother was, even when Wlad fought Fury. No way he gets stopped though. Joshua doesn't stand a chance and Wilder only has a punchers chance and I wouldn't bet on that.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I usually give Wilder the best shot of beating most past champs because of his power, but Fury would be the one to give Vits fits. I don't think Vitaly is near the boxer his brother was, even when Wlad fought Fury. No way he gets stopped though. Joshua doesn't stand a chance and Wilder only has a punchers chance and I wouldn't bet on that.

Vitali brings more pressure and power than Wilder. I don`t think Fury survives 12 rounds.

[JAB5239]

Vitali brings more pressure and power than Wilder. I don`t think Fury survives 12 rounds.

I will respectfully disagree. Vitaly was more of a counter puncher who wore guys down at the top level to get a stoppage. Wilder puts guys to sleep. That said, I'd still pick Vits to beat Wilder, and I'd still pick Fury to outpoint Vits. None of this is provable from either of us, just an opinion.

[Ivich]

I will respectfully disagree. Vitaly was more of a counter puncher who wore guys down at the top level to get a stoppage. Wilder puts guys to sleep. That said, I'd still pick Vits to beat Wilder, and I'd still pick Fury to outpoint Vits. None of this is provable from either of us, just an opinion.

Vitali was not a pressure fighter.

[JAB5239]

Vitali was not a pressure fighter.

Yeah, I don't see that either. He used his length and let guys come to him. I don't think he was a huge puncher either no matter what the KO percentage says. He was certainly powerful, but he was not a knockout artist by definition. He was a very big guy who wore smaller guys down. And that's not a dig at him. He had great success against Lewis. I don't think he does that to a prime Lewis, but who knows?

[Bundana]

Cliff is right, no doubt. So how many ranked wins is that for Vits now, 7?

Yes, I think it's now fairly certain, that he beat 7 different men, who were world ranked at HW, when he fought them:

Adamek
Gomez
Peter
Sanders
Kevin Johnson
Arreola
Williams

[JakeTheBoxer]

Yes, I think it's now fairly certain, that he beat 7 different men, who were world ranked at HW, when he fought them:

Adamek
Gomez
Peter
Sanders
Kevin Johnson
Arreola
Williams

That is still better than Fury fighting Chisora the third time.

[Dr. Z]

Vitali was not a pressure fighter.

He did put pressure on his opponents?

[Dr. Z]

Cliff is right, no doubt. So how many ranked wins is that for Vits now, 7?

So you admit you wrong, Vitali beat more than six ranked men when he fought them. You have no intention of honor bet! Nor do you have prove being your work for the other fighters. If you have older issues of Ring magazine you might up your count a bit.