Wladimir Klitschko's Resume

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  • Parody
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    Wladimir Klitschko's Resume

    His top five victories are:

    Chris Byrd - This is by far the best win in Wladimir's career in my opinion, there was no need to fight him again after a onesided domination in the first fight where I was very impressed with Wlad. He dominated a quicker, slicker version of Byrd who could slip punches and had a great boxing ability, Credit to Byrd's chin as he was able to get up despite knocked down twice, the only time he was stopped was against Ibeabuchi prior to that fight.

    Samuel Peter - This win I give Wlad credit for but he still got knocked down 3 times and Peter recently got knocked down three times by Jameel Decline winning a slim decision after "almost" beating a former middleweight in James Toney.

    Calvin Brock - Brock is a decent fighter but his chin was always suspect, he was knocked down by Jameel Decline but credit to him he managed to get up and finish the fight. Recently got beaten by a small HW in Eddie Chambers.

    Lamon Brewster - He was coming off a loss to Lyakhovich and was Inactive for 15 months, there was no need to fight him at that point, I wish the fight was made before the Lyakovich bout which would have made it Interesting.

    Ray Mercer - 42, Out of Prime.

    The bottom line is Wladimir is a very talented fighter, the #1 Heavyweight out there right now, I am expecting him to KO Ibragimov in no more than 5 rounds but he has'nt fought guy's who have a remote chance of beating him, Ibragimov went life and death with Ray Austin and I dont think of him highly, but this is a first step to Unify the division and be a linear champ. I do not blame Wlad for this because of boxing politics and some other reasons such as the Heavyweight division sort of sucks right now the only good guy's are Wladimir and maybe Chagaev (Although he is overrated, Wladimir would have dominated Ruiz and beaten Valuev more clearly.) I think Wladimir cant afford another loss in his resume, if it happens he is pretty much done and although even in the current state of the HW division if he keeps winning by dominating his opponents the way he is IMO i will regard him high because it is not a fighter's fault what sort of opponents he is facing, what can a fighter do if someone else is'nt good enough?
    Last edited by Parody; 01-01-2008, 08:32 PM.
  • Fox McCloud
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    Honestly though... who is he supposed to fight?

    Brock was undefeated and highly ranked.
    Peter is ranked #1 right now by The Ring.

    All he really needs to beat is Chagaev (who just got big, no complaints on him not fighting Chagaev yet), winner of Maskaev-Peter (just to get that belt), Ibragimov, which looks to be happening soon and maybe Valuev, just to prove that size doesn't matter.

    Even that being said, it's not like the current list he should face were more entitled than the guys he fought at the time.

    No complaints with Wladimir's resume.

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    • TheGreatA
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      His resume isn't too good (arguably better than his brothers though)
      and his losses are bad.
      Wladimir knows it himself and that's why he is pushing for title unifications,
      he wants to be remembered and I respect him for that, let's see if he can do it.

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      • Parody
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        #4
        Originally posted by TheManchine
        His resume isn't too good (arguably better than his brothers though)
        and his losses are bad.
        Wladimir knows it himself and that's why he is pushing for title unifications,
        he wants to be remembered and I respect him for that, let's see if he can do it.
        Its much better than his brother, I think his resume is decent, but not great.

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        • Ironside
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          #5
          He has a pretty decent resume IMO, but considering the amount of competition today, you can't deny he hasn't ducked anyone and has only been fighting the best out there.

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          • Lucky13
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            #6
            Originally posted by DWiens421
            Honestly though... who is he supposed to fight?

            Brock was undefeated and highly ranked.
            Peter is ranked #1 right now by The Ring.

            All he really needs to beat is Chagaev (who just got big, no complaints on him not fighting Chagaev yet), winner of Maskaev-Peter (just to get that belt), Ibragimov, which looks to be happening soon and maybe Valuev, just to prove that size doesn't matter.

            Even that being said, it's not like the current list he should face were more entitled than the guys he fought at the time.

            No complaints with Wladimir's resume.

            You couldn't be anymore right.

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            • Fox McCloud
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              #7
              Originally posted by Lucky13
              You couldn't be anymore right.
              And I couldn't be any less surprised.

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              • WLAD OWNS
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                #8
                Wlad's dominating KO win over McCline was impressive as well...at that time McCline was recognized as the best American heavyweight and he was coming off impressive dominating victories over Briggs,Grant and Whitaker.

                Wlad's next 4 fights may look something like this:

                Sultan Ibragimov
                Alexander Povetkin
                Ruslan Chagaev
                Sam Peter II

                Wlad will win all these upcoming bouts and most likely by KO/TKO.

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                • Fox McCloud
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by WLAD OWNS
                  Wlad's dominating KO win over McCline was impressive as well...at that time McCline was recognized as the best American heavyweight and he was coming off impressive dominating victories over Briggs,Grant and Whitaker.

                  Wlad's next 4 fights may look something like this:

                  Sultan Ibragimov
                  Alexander Povetkin
                  Ruslan Chagaev
                  Sam Peter II

                  Wlad will win all these upcoming bouts and most likely by KO/TKO.
                  If Valuev doesn't lose again, he probably needs to take care of that too...

                  Then he can spend the rest of his career beating the up and comers, and his mandatories and go down as one of the greats.

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                  • Jim Jeffries
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                    Originally posted by Parody
                    Lamon Brewster - He was coming off a loss to Lyakhovich and was Inactive for 15 months, there was no need to fight him at that point, I wish the fight was made before the Lyakovich bout which would have made it Interesting.
                    Yes there was, he needed to avenge the loss. Mercer was old, at 41, but he had had 5 fights in the previous 2 1/2 years, Wlad was the first person to stop him, where Lennox Lewis, Holyfield, Holmes, Morrison (don't laugh, glass jaw, but he had pop) had failed.

                    The first 2 of those knockdowns against Peter were where Peter wrestled him and then rabbit punched him in the back of the head, apart from that Wlad dominated almost every round.

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