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He has dominated the era more or less he has those horrendous loses so you have to mark him down a bit but he has been running **** for a minute so he deserves a spot at the table just not that close to the head of the table.
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I am certain he will be regarded as such a few years after he retires no matter what anyone says now, dominating your era pretty much ensures it.Comment
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His competition makes it impossible to give him the same standing as an Ali or even Lennox Lewis, but his skills along with his size and power make it obvious he would have been competitive in any era. Its blatant hating to suggest that the man isnt an ATG talent.Comment
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Of course he is. Especially when you consider how much better he's become.Comment
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His longevity places him top ten if rank purely on resume, his skills and how he matches up head to head theoretically against other ATG's makes me think he should be higher.
I will go to my grave knowing that Vitali was superior. Vitali doesn't have Wlad's speed, accuracy or athleticism but his chin, skills, awareness, and warrior spirit seperate the brothers. Wlad has the better career overall while I feel Vitali would batter Wlad had they ever encountered each other in their primes.Comment
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3 reasons hes NOT an ATG
1. Wherever you place him, you have to place Vitali one peg higher based on common opponents. If Wlad spends more than 8 rounds with Peter in September, then that pretty much wraps it up, Vitali is superior.
2. He has a garbage resume' in the weakest HW division of all time. Non-existant amateur program, and the new fighters are refusing to face off against one another.
3. ATG HW is top ten. Wlad has to somehow leapfrog all of these guys:
Langford
Dempsey
Holyfield
Johnson
Lennox
Joe Louis
Marciano
Tyson
Frazier
Foreman
Holmes
Tunney
I just dont see it happening....Comment
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