Better Brother Tandem.... Marquez Bros Or The Klitschkos?

[Light_Speed]

see vitali and wlad were/are both pretty dominant champions. JMM is a great fighter but rafa is just very good. he lost 2/3 of his career defining fights with israel vazquez but he is a warrior like his bro and was always entertaining, just not great.

Vitali lost to the two best fighters he faced.

[LeG00N]

Rafa is getting underrated

[Oh you out son]

Rafa is getting underrated

i don't think by me. i said he is a very good fighter, he just fell short of being great

and to the other guy who said vitali lost to the two best fighters he faced. not a great argument, look at DLH he lost bunch of his biggest fights but was he not a great fighter? i think he was.

and he was still very much in the Lewis fight when it got stopped cause of the cut. lennox was clearly the more tired of the two and vitali was winning the rounds but still getting hit with the occasional bomb. i can't say how that fight would have ended. either vitali would get sparked by another big right hand from Lewis, or whether Vitali could stand up to them and continue to win rounds

[ArtThouFurious?]

i don't think by me. i said he is a very good fighter, he just fell short of being great

Yet, still greater than both Klitschko's. Or at the very least, greater than Vitali without a doubt.

and to the other guy who said vitali lost to the two best fighters he faced. not a great argument, look at DLH he lost bunch of his biggest fights but was he not a great fighter?

Oscar defeated the best fighter he's ever faced, which was Pernell Whitaker.

While Vitali has never defeated anybody that comes close to resembling a great fighter.

and he was still very much in the Lewis fight when it got stopped cause of the cut. lennox was clearly the more tired of the two and vitali was winning the rounds but still getting hit with the occasional bomb. i can't say how that fight would have ended. either vitali would get sparked by another big right hand from Lewis, or whether Vitali could stand up to them and continue to win rounds

Giving an old, washed up, half retired Lewis a tough fight before being ultimately STOPPED means absolutely jackshit for Vitali's legacy.

If giving Lennox Lewis a hard fight is some sorta qualification for ATGness, shouldn't Bruno & Mercer rate several levels above Vitali for giving an even better version of Lewis an even tougher fight? Where should Rahman & McCall rate all time for KTFO of Lewis?

If your entire legacy is based around not being able to last half of a boxing match with an old, washed up fighter, that's pretty goddamn sad.

[-DSG-]

better klitschkos
more exciting marquez bros

[LeG00N]

Resume Marquez bros > Klitschkos
Skills it's about even JMM > Wlad > Rafa and Vitali are a toss up


The Marquez brothers are superior maybe only because the Klitschkos are in a weak HW era.

[danceswithfire]

Rafa is getting underrated

i know ..i actually think he has a better resume than his older brother if you dont count the losses...

[ronnie_N.]

dominance = klits...

skills & excitement = marquez...

[libraporlibra]

This question gets made at least 3 times a year and the Marquez Bros always win. I'm not surprised the poll is this close considering B.S always rates boxers on current performances and not overall achievements.(RM has been on a loosing streak)

[daggum]

rafa marquez sh-its on both the klitschkos. stop overrating weak title defenses and especially since both are in the same division which makes their options even more limited. rafa beat the best guy at 115 mark johnson(although they fought at 118), he beat the best guy at 118(tim austin), and he beat the best guy at 122(israel vasquez), between the 2 brothers they only beat the best guy in the division once.