I'm not a klitschko fan but wladimir in my eyes has had a solid career & it's unfortunate that he lost to sanders because that killed a lennox lewis fight & also against any of the elite until he finally beat Byrd.when he was wbo champ(before it was world title)he strung together nice wins vs shufford(prospect at time),mercer,Botha,mccline.no one wanted to fight wlad so after 10 guys turned down the biggest payday of their lives sanders stepped up & the rest is history.he recovered after he got together with steward.chris Byrd was his best win.I wish he fought an in shape & motivated Rahman because that would have easily been his best opponent & been a good fight...the sanders loss really screwed him from getting the elite....much like vitali after he quit vs byrd....it took vitali 7 years to gain respect back but injuries curtailed his opportunity to fight the elite.he did get his one chance vs a half-retired lennox but came up short because of injuries.
I was deciding between Chambers and Chagaev before I realized Chagaev was not there, so I went with Chambers. Wlad doesn't have an prime, HoF heavyweights on his ledger, but neither does Lewis, Tyson, Holmes or Marciano. Wlad has some good wins, he's fought the best available fighters his entire career. He's had some lows and lost some fights but the last 5 years or so he's been amazing and deserves credit.
I was deciding between Chambers and Chagaev before I realized Chagaev was not there, so I went with Chambers. Wlad doesn't have an prime, HoF heavyweights on his ledger, but neither does Lewis, Tyson, Holmes or Marciano. Wlad has some good wins, he's fought the best available fighters his entire career. He's had some lows and lost some fights but the last 5 years or so he's been amazing and deserves credit.
Tyson might not be prime but was a HOF heavyweight
Holyfield was coming off career best wins over Tyson twice, and fought Lennox Lewis less than 2 years later, and was THE Heavyweight champ.
How about Vitali Klitschko, Ray Mercer, David Tua? These guys are better than anyone Wlad has faced at the time Lewis faced them. Wlad fought Mercer in 2002, Lewis fought him in 1996. Lewis fought a very dangerous David Tua and outclased him when he was in his prime, Tua had only lost to Ike in a very close fight prior to that and had a string of good victories.
I dont need to say anything about Vitali, everyone knows it. When its all said and done Vitali is going to hall of fame, he is still fighting..
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