Vitali Klitschko tribute thread

[The Hammer]

Tomasz Adamek (44-1) - Top 10 P4P Fighter, Ring Top 5 HW, Ring and linear CW Champ, LHW Champ

Corrie Sanders (39-2) - HW Champ, Hardest hitting southpaw of all time, WBO, coming off win over Wlad

Sam Peter (30-1) - HW Champ, Ring #2 HW, tough as nails, dangerous big puncher, coming off wins over Maskaev, Toney x2, McCline

Herbie Hide (31-1) - HW Champ, coming off 2nd round KO win over Tony Tucker. Rid**** Bowe was badly hurt several times and almost KO'd by Hide. After the fight Bowe admitted he was out on his feet several times and said Hide was the hardest puncher he ever faced.

Chris Arreola (27-0) - Undefeated #1 contender, tough as nails, dangerous knockout artist.

Odlanier Solis (17-0) - undefeated Olympic Gold Medalist

Juan Carlos Gomez (44-1) - Very skilled slick southpaw ,Ring Top 10 HW, one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time, made 11 world title defences

Shannon Briggs (51-5) - 2 time HW Champ, dangerous big puncher

Larry Donald (39-2) - dominated Holyfield, had never been dropped or stopped until he fought Vitali...Vitali was the only man to knockdown and KO the iron chinned Donald, floored him 4 times.

Danny Williams (32-3) - dangerous big puncher, coming off 4th round KO win over Mike Tyson.

Kirk Johnson (34-1) - Slick boxer/puncher, coming wins over Maskaev, Donald, was beating Ruiz until he got disqualified for low blows

[techliam]

[QUOTE=Freedom.;12731239]Tomasz Adamek (44-1) - Top 10 P4P Fighter, Ring Top 5 HW, Undisputed CW Champ, LHW Champ

Adamek was never the undisputed CW champ. Lol. He won the IBF and Ring titles from Cunningham, via SD. The Ring title has always been pretty dodgy in the CW division, i'm not really sure why. Even today

[yoz]

A tough SOAB, that's for sure. He was a great fighter, it's just a shame his resume isn't great. That said, H2H I think he'd beat most HW ATGs.

Take it easy, champ.

FACTS about Vitali Klitschko

- WBC Heavyweight Champion Emeritus

- All Time Great and Hall Of Famer

- Has never truly lost

- There is/was no blueprint to beat him

- He is/was unbeatable

- He is/was the most dominant fighter of all time

- He has dominated every opponent he has ever faced

- 47 have tried and 47 have been dominated

- Has never been behind on the scorecards at the end of a fight

- Has never been knocked down

- He is/was the most intimidating HW of all time

- Greatest heavyweight champ KO% of all time

- Only man ever to be world heavyweight champ in boxing and kickboxing

[Foreign Soil]

One of the greats of all time. Pictures don't lie.

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

The superior boxer of the Klitschkos will be terribly missed. I still believe that there is a way for him to come back, but there is not much Chance of seeing this soon.

Vitali was a tremendous Champion. The boxing ring misses him and I am sure he will miss the boxing ring!

[Tobi.G]

I don't think anyone can say anything bad about him.

Everything you need and would want in a heavyweight.

[The Hammer]

[andrewa1]

Freedom:

Do any of these guys crack the top 150 HWT's ever?

Small Dunn, you are the definition of an absolutely insane hater. Have you ever even compiled a list of even the top 75 HW's? If you don't have Sam Peter and Corrie Sanders in that list you are a sad, sad little man. Both are in my top 40, and if we're talking H2H, they would have owned most earlier eras.

[The Hammer]

I don't agree with Vitali's nationalistic politics, but I recognize he's one of the best heavyweights of my lifetime.

[Richard Wadd]

Vitali is the GOAT.

He beat Herbie Hide who had a steel chin and was the most powerful puncher ever. He was beating Chris Byrd before he quit. All that matters is that Vitali won 6 or 7 of the 9 rounds. He was beating Lewis when the ref stopped it! 4 rounds to 2! Lewis was in his prime and coming off the best win he ever had.

Vitali beat Purrity who beat Wlad and Morrison. Purrity was really good. Corrie sanders was one of the best southpaws ever and was an amazing athlete. He played golf.

Vitali beat Kirk Johnson. Chris Arreola was the best Mexican HW ever. Sam Peter is one of the hardest punchers ever and beat James Toney twice. Peter knocked down Wlad.

Vitali is really undefeated bc he was always winning even when he lost.