lennox lewis and vitali klitschko

[EMPOROAR]

You bring up some of Lewis's advantages, and I acknowledge them: infighting, uppercuts, durability. But he's also more hittable than Wlad is, so he has to be more durable.

But the points I make hold. Wlad has the best jab probably of all time, better handspeed, more two-fisted power, better overall technique in his punches. He's also more dedicated to his craft.

I think Wlad has the better tool set. Of course Lewis had the better career, but Wlad has plenty of time to eclipse that. At the age of thirty Lennox was not as good and had not done as much as Wlad has.

Lewis had the better overall tool set. He wasn't a walking time bomb because he didn't have the balance of a two year old girl. If Wlad fought a prime Mercer like Lewis did, he would of been out for the count.

Lewis was alot more fluid then Wlad and was the more skilled offensive fighter. Wlad cant body punch. Lewis could. He would often at times throw the right hand to the liver...something Wlad couldn't do. Lewis had a monstrous uppercut. I have never seen Wlad throw an uppercut, only agaisnt overmatched opponents in his first 20 fights.

[!! Mr. Soprano]

Klitschko needs to as elusive as is humanly possible in a boxing ring. i can never imagine him in a war and emerging the victor, but that's not style, his chin and natural caution won't ever allow him to engage in a 'war'.

Those of you who are saying Wlad is not relaxed, or elusive in the ring... you should see some of Wlad's Pre-Sanders fights. (e.g. Wlad / Byrd I)


Sanders KDs damaged Wlad...
But he is a different fighter now.. he's Boxing skills are so superior that he doesn't even need to engage in exchanges to land his own.
Granted he took some punishment to the body from Brock, as well as some clean punches.. (Lederman's card was even at one point) but when he got cut he took Brook right out..

Other than Sanders, today he will really dominates the ring against any other HW.
Yes, people can make a case that the HW division sucks. They are the same people who've been saying that there is no "dominant HW" today. Then you get Wlad, who dominates and the division sucks now.

If it wasn't for the Eastern Europeans, who did a clean sweep... you'd have the same old gang (Ruiz, Byrd, Briggs ruling the division with some new faces like Brewster) if that was the case.. no one would even complain. Perhaps if Lewis didn't fight Vitali, I'm sure we would have seen a few more of Lennox's fights. (At that time it was either rematch Vitali or retire. Fighting Anyone else would have been pointless)

[Tabatha]

wlad is much cuter than lewis

[Steak]

You bring up some of Lewis's advantages, and I acknowledge them: infighting, uppercuts, durability. But he's also more hittable than Wlad is, so he has to be more durable.

But the points I make hold. Wlad has the best jab probably of all time, better handspeed, more two-fisted power, better overall technique in his punches. He's also more dedicated to his craft.

I think Wlad has the better tool set. Of course Lewis had the better career, but Wlad has plenty of time to eclipse that. At the age of thirty Lennox was not as good and had not done as much as Wlad has.

I guess time will tell. Its actually kind of dissapointing that Wlad fights so effectively now, his ass was nuts back in the day. He was an offensive beast! People talk about a lack of exciting heavyweight fights, but people tend to forget that Wlad's fight with Brewster was an oustanding fight. really, FOTY quality in my opinion.

Id still argue that Lennox had the more complete set of punches though. He could land jabs from the strangest angles sometimes, and his right hand I would still argue is more devastating than Wlad's and he could do way more with it. I would have to say that Wlad has the better left hand overall though. But lets be honest...we havent seen the new him against a multitude of opponents as of YET. so Im still reserving judgement in way, but have high hopes.

oh btw comparing how Wlad would fight Tua with how Lennox did isnt accurate. why? Lewis really hurt Tua, but to the body. Wlad barely ever goes to the body. Tua's defense was always pretty tight too upstairs. I would easily say that Wlad would beat Tua, but not at all in the same way that Lewis did.
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