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Ok so Wlad beat:
David Haye, a Cruiserweight with heavyweight wins over the likes of an over the hill, never much good in his prime anyway, John Ruiz and the plodding Valuez, was no bigger than many of Ali’s 70’s contender who you dismissed as too small. Bob Foster may have had no heavyweight pedigree but he had a HoF career as a light-heavy and was actually no smaller than Haye. Both Haye and Foster were 6’3, Foster had a 79 inch reach to Haye’s 78. The weight discrepancy between Ali and Foster was no different to the weight advantages that Wlad had in most of his title fights.
Chris Byrd, was a good fighter but he made his made his pro debut at Super-middleweight and bulked up to go for the bigger pay days at heavyweight. He was naturally no bigger than many of Ali’s contenders. He had a very good heavyweight career, twice capturing versions of the heavyweight title, but he’s unlikely to be considered as a Hall of Fame entrant
Ruslan Chaegev, was WBO champ going into the Wlad fight, having beaten the unco-ordinated giant Valuez for the title and churned out ugly as *** victories over Matt Skelton and Carl Drumond. I fail to see anything that would suggest this guy was superior to most of Ali’s contenders.
Sultan Ibragimov, was WBO champ going into the Wlad fight, but had a second rate resume containing wins over washed up Holyfield and Briggs.
Hasim Rahman, had a championship KO victory over HoF Lennox Lewis, but that was 7 years before the Wlad fight. Since then he had lost to Ruiz and Maskaev and been shown up by James Toney.
Sam Peter, would have been a feared puncher in any era. Wlad showed a lot of skill and heart to come back from the knockdowns he suffered in their first fight, but that fight did highlight the probs with Wlad’s chin.
Ray Mercer, fat, limited American heavyweight.
Francois Botha, gatekeeper type, always lost to the top guys.
Eddie Chambers, solid contender. Best America had to offer, but lost to Europe’s best Wlad and Povetkin.
Tony Thompson, only his size convinced some people he might be a contender to Wlad.
Despite all that you wrote I still don't see how you can say Wlad fought the tougher fights.
David Haye, a Cruiserweight with heavyweight wins over the likes of an over the hill, never much good in his prime anyway, John Ruiz and the plodding Valuez, was no bigger than many of Ali’s 70’s contender who you dismissed as too small. Bob Foster may have had no heavyweight pedigree but he had a HoF career as a light-heavy and was actually no smaller than Haye. Both Haye and Foster were 6’3, Foster had a 79 inch reach to Haye’s 78. The weight discrepancy between Ali and Foster was no different to the weight advantages that Wlad had in most of his title fights.
Chris Byrd, was a good fighter but he made his made his pro debut at Super-middleweight and bulked up to go for the bigger pay days at heavyweight. He was naturally no bigger than many of Ali’s contenders. He had a very good heavyweight career, twice capturing versions of the heavyweight title, but he’s unlikely to be considered as a Hall of Fame entrant
Ruslan Chaegev, was WBO champ going into the Wlad fight, having beaten the unco-ordinated giant Valuez for the title and churned out ugly as *** victories over Matt Skelton and Carl Drumond. I fail to see anything that would suggest this guy was superior to most of Ali’s contenders.
Sultan Ibragimov, was WBO champ going into the Wlad fight, but had a second rate resume containing wins over washed up Holyfield and Briggs.
Hasim Rahman, had a championship KO victory over HoF Lennox Lewis, but that was 7 years before the Wlad fight. Since then he had lost to Ruiz and Maskaev and been shown up by James Toney.
Sam Peter, would have been a feared puncher in any era. Wlad showed a lot of skill and heart to come back from the knockdowns he suffered in their first fight, but that fight did highlight the probs with Wlad’s chin.
Ray Mercer, fat, limited American heavyweight.
Francois Botha, gatekeeper type, always lost to the top guys.
Eddie Chambers, solid contender. Best America had to offer, but lost to Europe’s best Wlad and Povetkin.
Tony Thompson, only his size convinced some people he might be a contender to Wlad.
Despite all that you wrote I still don't see how you can say Wlad fought the tougher fights.
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