Emanuel Steward says Vitali Klitschko is the most intimidating HW of all time

[nomadman]

BTW prime Golota was way more intimidating than Vitali. Look at this ice cold mutha.

[Forza]

BTW prime Golota was way more intimidating than Vitali. Look at this ice cold mutha.

guy had a screw loose for sure

[nomadman]

Who actually considers Tyson to be intimidating? The guy is 5'10 with shoes on rofl he's shorter than antonio margarito he's shorter than most female models bwahahahaha

Sonny liston was hardly intimidating either, 6'0 and about 210? That's a CW by todays standards

So what you're saying is that Valuev is the most intimidating fighter ever?

[TheGreatA]

BTW prime Golota was way more intimidating than Vitali. Look at this ice cold mutha.

[nomadman]

TBH people bring up the Lewis fight, but while I'm not going to give him credit for that fight (he didn't win), how can anyone really hold that against Vitali when that eye injury was caused by the thumb of Lewis' glove.

The cut on his browridge was caused by a thumb? Wow, you learn something new every day.

[nomadman]

Today? yes, of all times? Joe Louis and Mike Tyson were smaller, but much intimidating in the prime.

Joe Louis would be on par with Vitali as far as intimidation factor goes. He was intimidating because you knew he'd beat you down and you could do very little to stop it. But he never struck me as an especially intimidating figure personality wise. Chilling maybe, due to his emotionless expression and "I don't give a ***" demeanour, but that's not quite the same thing.

[nomadman]

Wlad has not had his lewis fight, so in my eyes the jury is still out on him, although he impresses me more everytime he fights.

Wlad's more than cemented his place in the HOF with his impressive string of flawless defences and his virtual cleaning out of the division. I don't think there can be any doubt about his eventual nomination.

[nomadman]

Haha. Honestly, given the choice of fighting Golota or Vitali I'd pick Vitali. At least he'd beat me down in an honest fashion. With Golota you don't know what the heck he's going to do, but you can bet it's going to be painful!

[BrooklynBomber]

Vitaly, at least for me, always struck me as three hairs away from berserk rage. Like he is likeable, goofy and somewhat personable, but this a very thin layer of civilization over a raging berserk. You can see these glimpses of madness when he fought Lewis, Williams and recently Solis, when Solis fell and would not want to get up Vitaly went ape****.I think his opponents feel it on a subconcious level and thats where the fear comes from.
PS you can also see that rage in a recent ukrainian senate lockout when Vitaly just started pushing people away left right like they were keggles.

[nomadman]

Vitaly, at least for me, always struck me as three hairs away from berserk rage. Like he is likeable, goofy and somewhat personable, but this a very thin layer of civilization over a raging berserk. You can see these glimpses of madness when he fought Lewis, Williams and recently Solis, when Solis fell and would not want to get up Vitaly went ape****.I think his opponents feel it on a subconcious level and thats where the fear comes from.
PS you can also see that rage in a recent ukrainian senate lockout when Vitaly just started pushing people away left right like they were keggles.

Yeah, I get that. And he's boiled over in the past when his emotions have got the better of him. But he doesn't strike me as being unstable, just hot headed. I can't recall him ever doing something crazy like biting someone's ear or repeatedly hammering them in the nuts or jump kicking them or anything like that. You sort of know where you are with Vitali.

I dunno though, I haven't looked into his eyes during a staredown.