How would Wladimir Klitschko do against past heavyweights?

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ive been apart of a few boxing forums, i have to say 18/20 of the people on the forums have no common sense. they think because they like a guy, he's more popular, and fought a long time ago that he'd destory any boxer today.

the only men in boxing who could probably outpoint wlad is his brother or lennox lewis. foreman shavers and tyson could probably "catch" him and win, but he also could beat them. styles make fights and you have to have some size or power to beat wlad...ALI was one of the softest hitting heavyweight champs in history, and holmes hit slighty harder. no chance

the average heavyweight of today would be champ in the 20s 30s and 40s, no disrespect to those guys but they've never felt power the guys who box today. it would be a CRIME to put wlad into the ring with marciano dempsey or louis, their flat footed style would get their faces caved in. i would put my money on a prime lamon brewster to beat most heavyweights of the past


alot of you guys have vivid imaginations, i hope most of you are under 20. ROCKY was a movie, not real life

I wonder why you forgot to mention that HWs from the past had better stamina, better skills, more fights under their belts. and that 90% of them fought in deeper eras. and that none of them was stopped three times by marginal fighters.

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Foreman at his peak would KO Wlad, Wlad would defeat Ali, Frazier or Holmes. Tyson at 21 would likely knock Wlad out, but Wlad would defeat the post-prison Tyson. Lewis would be a close fight, but I think today's version of Wlad might defeat him.

It is more difficult to predict how Wlad would do against fighters from before 1960.

wtf

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wlad would have knocked out both holmes and frazier. a pure boxer without a big punch doesnt beat wlad. holmes would get owned. frazier just too small

WTF.....................

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okay, Wladimir Klitschko is clearly the best heavyweight today. He has a great jab, and right hand is a lethal weapon. With these great aspects, how would he do against heavyweights of the past such as, Ali, Louis, Marciano, and Dempsey? Personally, I think he would give heavyweights of the past a little trouble, and would put up a very good fight, but would still come up on the short end of the stick. Your thoughts?

wlad's height, power and reach would give a lot of past heavyweight problems.

[Jim Jeffries]

WTF.....................

You don't think a 6'6", 240-245lb Wlad would have given Joe Frazier at 5'11, 200-205 any problems?

[Bad_Barracuda]

okay, Wladimir Klitschko is clearly the best heavyweight today. He has a great jab, and right hand is a lethal weapon. With these great aspects, how would he do against heavyweights of the past such as, Ali, Louis, Marciano, and Dempsey? Personally, I think he would give heavyweights of the past a little trouble, and would put up a very good fight, but would still come up on the short end of the stick. Your thoughts?

Guys from the past fought for 15 rounds..sometimes more..

Vlad can barely make 12..

He is not a 15 round fighter..

[Bad_Barracuda]

You don't think a 6'6", 240-245lb Wlad would have given Joe Frazier at 5'11, 200-205 any problems?

not in a 15 round fight..

plus

Frazier knew how to bob and weave his way inside...

Bobbing & weaving IS A LOST ART today..hence Vlad's success..

All he does is slide straight back and STOP..He has no defense for a fighter that KEEPS GOING..

Vlad has been KTFO already by far lesser fighters than Joe Frazier..

[Jim Jeffries]

Guys from the past fought for 15 rounds..sometimes more..

Vlad can barely make 12..

He is not a 15 round fighter..

Does Wlad need 15 rounds to beat a 180-200 lb fighter?

[frankpaganini]

okay, Wladimir Klitschko is clearly the best heavyweight today. He has a great jab, and right hand is a lethal weapon. With these great aspects, how would he do against heavyweights of the past such as, Ali, Louis, Marciano, and Dempsey? Personally, I think he would give heavyweights of the past a little trouble, and would put up a very good fight, but would still come up on the short end of the stick. Your thoughts?

i agree for the most part.

Wlad would be compeitive and maybe even shine in spots but overall would lose.

One big advantage over past heavyweights he has is his size...

6ft. 6 in. 240 lbs...and an 81" reach.

it would pose problems for many of the past heavweights...

i think many of the great heavyweights of the past would need a couple of rounds (3-4) to get used to the size of wlad and then would slowly begin to win the fight.

wlad would still be a good fighter but not good enough to beat the best of all time at heavyweight.

[beez721]

[QUOTE=Bad_Barracuda;3434280]Guys from the past fought for 15 rounds..sometimes more..

Vlad can barely make 12..

He is not a 15 round fighter..[/QUOTE
youre judging him by a mere 2 fights when he didnt pace himself and punched himself out. he hasnt shown stamina problems in any other fights such as byrd1 ,,peter...mccline..sultan...etc