Title Defenses: W. Klitschko 13 Lennox Lewis 12

[Left Banned Tua]

I'm going to go way out on a limb here and pick a guy that Wlad beat TWICE.

Chris Byrd.

tua had the stomach flu when he fought byrd.

totally excusable.

[Pirao]

tua had the stomach flu when he fought byrd.

totally excusable.

the excuses just keep rolling. Unless you were being ironic?

[bolopunchez]

I'm going to go way out on a limb here and pick a guy that Wlad beat TWICE.

Chris Byrd.

I walked into that one with Tua. I forgot he lost to Byrd. But my point still stands for Vitali.

Vitali was well ahead on the scorecards and only lost because of his shoulder injury.

[Roxas]

Looking at both Lewis and Wlad list. Lewis list 10x more impressive than Wlad list.

was just about to say Tua Tyson Holyfield Morrison V.Klitscko some solid names there.........

[Left Banned Tua]

the excuses just keep rolling. Unless you were being ironic?

it's a known fact that tua had the stomach flu for the byrd fight.

plus he didn't wear good socks and was forced to wear winning gloves.

[Pirao]

It was not then, only recently.

I don't think Wladimir's 2000-2003 title claim should be considered equal to Lewis, who had been avoided by Bowe, thus given the vacanted WBC heavyweight title, and side-stepped by Tyson, thus given the vacanted WBC title again. In Wladimir's case he hardly has a case to having been a legitimate champion because he went onto be knocked out by Sanders before having a chance to fight Lewis.

Of course most people probably look at it using hindsight, with the WBO given recognition as a legitimate title now, but back in the 1990's nobody recognized the likes of Damiani and Hide as legitimate title holders.

I see, so according to you Calzaghe was not a champion when he held the WBO title, and so didn't have 21 defenses as supermiddleweight champion, right?

[Pirao]

it's a known fact that tua had the stomach flu for the byrd fight.

plus he didn't wear good socks and was forced to wear winning gloves.

Lol, ok that was funny.

[Pirao]

I walked into that one with Tua. I forgot he lost to Byrd. But my point still stands for Vitali.

Vitali was well ahead on the scorecards and only lost because of his shoulder injury.

So, you don't give credit to Lewis for Vitali either, then?

[Mr.Crust]

Trying to suggest that Wlad is anywhere close to Lewis as a fighter is frankly laughable.

[bolopunchez]

So, you don't give credit to Lewis for Vitali either, then?

I do. I was just responding about Vitali's fight with Byrd.