VItali Klitschko: The Numbers

[AndrewDobson]

i think vitali would even beat ali because vitali is so accurate with his punches
he wouldnt be rope a doped by ali ..

[jimmy1569]

Vitali will go down as a top 10 ATG heavy weight. Gotta admit he would beat a prime marciano with ease.

Vitali would give any great a hard fight, and he is probably the greatest white heavy weight of all time ( sorry marciano )

Greatest white heavy... try all the colors... son.. lol!

[jimmy1569]

LOL! Getting his face cut open by punches is not a controversy. Quiting on his stool is no controversy either. Even AUDLEY HARRISON fought 10 rounds with a dislocated shoulder.

Okay...that last sentence is the ultimate insult>>> lmao... NOT!

[jimmy1569]

valero is dead so technically vitali is the only one to K.O 27 first in a row

oK...this sentence doesn't make sense. If you're saying he did it first..makes sense..what does him dying have to do with anything. lol

[Battle*Hardened]

Like somebody said, his best fiight on his resume is a loss to Lennox Lewis, who arguably isn't even a top ten HW.

Vitali is good sure, but to call him the greatest for beating inferior fighters doesn't do anything for me regardless if it's his fault or not who he fights.

[intoccabile]

valero is the only other one. but i think the TS is referring to HW's.

Juanma has 90%. Don't get me started on how many have higher than Vit.

Haye has higher too, 89% i believe.

assuming we're talking about percentages.. haven't been reading the thread.

[edgarg]

Top 10 Vitali Klitschko Heavyweight Records

1. Only man to KO his first 27 opponents.

2. Needed the least amount of rds (57) to win a heavyweight belt (WBO)

3. Highest Career KO% In history 39 ko's in 44 fights = 88.64%

4. Only man to have his ONLY 2 defeats due to controversial injury stoppages while well ahead of both guys that beat him. He won 12 of the 15 rds (80%)
fought in those incomplete fights on ALL judges scorecards. Could easily be 50 -0 & have the best winning % of alltime but injuries also caused him to take a nearly 4 yr layoff & stall his career.

5. Only professional kickboxing champ to later on become heavyweight champ.
5a. Only man never to go down to the canvas this long into his title reigns.

6. Has fought 209 rds in 44 fights & has NOT lost more than an equivalent of an entire fight (12 rds) in his ENTIRE career on judges scorecards..even when he lost he won 80% of those rds before succumbing to injury.
6a) For those of us that are math challenged that's a scorecard being read in his favor more than 94% of the time. He loses 1 out of every 17-18 rds he fights.

7) OnLY man never to throw less punches than his opponents in EACH & every one of his fights.

8) Only man to throw more punches than his opponents in each & every one of his fights.

9) His punches landed to given ratio is by far the biggest discrepancy in heavyweight history. Translation.... the punches landed on his opponent.. compared to the punches landed on him is far greater than any other heavie's offense/defense ratio.... MJ in basketball is the most dominANT in Nba history just for an example of offensive to defensive transition.

10) Only man his size 6 ft 8 250 lbs that has achieved this type of dominance.. This means....with his combination of size..skills.. talent & strength... he'll always be the favorite in a head to head matchup with ANY fighter in boxing history.. Highest BER (Boxer Efficiency RATING) IN heavyweight history by far.

In closing.. for one fighter to have this much dominance over his peers & to have the BEST numbers in heavyweight history but NOT be considered as one of the very best when he's actually been the very best & most dominant heavyweight is beyond me. His Boxing PER is so far greater than anyone elses it's not even funny

Jimmy, there used to be a stooge called LaMar Clark, I remember well, who had a terriffic reputation as a KO merchant, except for his first fight, KO'd his next 41 FORTY ONE , opponents.

The trouble was, they were all complete no hopers most of whom were having their FIRST, and ONLY fight.

Ali put him away in, I think, about 2. I remember it well.

[AndrewDobson]

vitALI has it all the only thing he lacks is opponents who
can even remotely challenge him
but that isnt his fault

well actually wladimir could but thats another story

ha ha ha

[AndrewDobson]

vitALI could do a foreman and fight 5 opponents on the same night

[edgarg]

Greatness

If that's a genuine quotation, the word "Buddah" is spelled wrongly according to common usage.