Can you be considered an ATG when these are your 10 best wins?

[JAB5239]

This is the thread I referenced in my thread. I respect Vitali, but that resume is not ATG worthy, no one calls Cotto an ATG, but he closely, but clearly won the poll on who was greater between him and Vitali. I'm not a Klitschko hater by any means and my thread was made more to show that Cotto is underrated than to diss Vitali.

Vits fans don't want to hear this. Its not enough you think he's a good guy and rank him highly h2h all time, you have to bow down, kiss his ass and call him ATG or you're a hater.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=590528

By the way, I voted for Cotto in your thread because his resume' is much better as well as being a better all around in skills....in my opinion. Also one of my favs to watch, he's always exciting and fun.

[El Angel]

Vits fans don't want to hear this. Its not enough you think he's a good guy and rank him highly h2h all time, you have to bow down, kiss his ass and call him ATG or you're a hater.

By the way, I voted for Cotto in your thread because his resume' is much better as well as being a better all around in skills....in my opinion. Also one of my favs to watch, he's always exciting and fun.

Another poster said the same thing in my thread, H2H Vitali ranks very high, but greatness is based on resume and skills, which so far, slim majority thinks Cotto ranks higher than Vitali.

Of course what would a Klitschko thread be without complaining about the Lennox Lewis fight. I'm convinced some see Vitali Klitschko in a thread title, see red, then wake up having posted a half page whining about that fight.

[DreamFighter]

No excuses needed. Lewis agreed to a rematch then renegged.

you mean retired since he was old. use the right word.

Vitali was game and, for years, ready to honor the post fight agreement....

....against a fat fortysomething Lennox whilst Vitali was prime. What a hero Vitali was. Sets a pattern for all his later fights, picking on those with physical disadvantages to him.

Stillat least Vitali had the balls to get in the ring and get destroyed by old fat Lewis, unlike his brother prime Wlad who hid from old fat Lennox completely.

Respect for Vitali as a good, feisty boxer though, he really went for it against Lennox despite being outclassed.

[BattlingNelson]

you haven't made a single point nor answered any of my questions. Answer the question asked in the poll, explain yourself, and maybe i'll grace the single question you keep trying in vain to hammer away with.

I pointed out your hypocrisy. That's all. Seeing that you cannot defend it underlines my point. I haven't answered the question because I don't know the definition of ATG. I asked about a definition in post 6! That definition came in post 276 (or thereabout). Or maybe it didn't:

And please, show me where i said a fighter has to be top 20 all time to be an atg. You can't because i only said its reasonable considering that's how the ibro does it.

I already quoted it on multiple occasions. But if that isn't your definition of ATG , even though you said that it was reasonable, then we still don't know the premisses of the thread here 400 posts in!

And again, please show me the heavyweight list i provided as my own. You can't because you're now just flat out lying while trying to gain support for you non-existent argument.[/color][/font]
What are you talking about??



[color="navy"][font="tahoma"]when did i say atg wasn't subjective? And show me where i've ridiculed one person ranking him 20th?: You won't because you're making up lies again, like trying to say i rank him just outside twenty.

So you are saying that you haven't made fun of posters having Vitali as an ATG? I suggest re-reading your own posts.

I never said that, i said he probably just misses the cut. The ibro has 10 names "just missing the cut", so good ole vits could very well be well outside the top 25 on my list for all you know,

All I know is that he JUST misses the cut on your list. I never said otherwise. That could mean he missed by a single spot right?

you idiot.

LMAO!

And if you want to talk about hypocrisy (notice the spelling) lets talk about you trying to slam me for not answering your question while you have avoided every single one of mine in favor of trolling, lying and repeatedly insulting me. So aren't you just the pot calling the kettle black.

I haven't lied. I haven't trolled. I have pointed out your blatant hypocrisy (thanks for the spellcheck BTW).

[BattlingNelson]

More lies. And what does me being a mod have to do with anything? If you don't like my opinions and are upset you have no arguments against them I can understand that. But bringing up my moderating position repeatedly in a negative way equals staff harassment and is CLEARLY against the rules. I guess Boston Guy just missed those posts though because we all know how fair an unbiased he is.

Where did I lie?

You being mod is relevant because you should be a shining lighttower of boxing knowledge since you are boxing history mod.

[r.burgundy]

you mean retired since he was old. use the right word.

....against a fat fortysomething Lennox whilst Vitali was prime. What a hero Vitali was. Sets a pattern for all his later fights, picking on those with physical disadvantages to him.

Stillat least Vitali had the balls to get in the ring and get destroyed by old fat Lewis, unlike his brother prime Wlad who hid from old fat Lennox completely.

Respect for Vitali as a good, feisty boxer though, he really went for it against Lennox despite being outclassed.

lennox lewis sued mike tyson to honor a rematch clause in their contract and you got the nerve to talk about vitali trying to pick on people lol

[LoneLocust]

He would have fought EVERYBODY just like he did in his day and in no way would he rank either 1 or 2 as he does now.

And that's exactly what the Klitschkos have done. Even more they have absolutely destroyed the majority of opponents and both maintain amazing KO percentages.

So by your own admission Ali couldn't have done any more in this era than the Klitschkos, because the high quality opponents just weren't available. Argument over.

You don't really think people would still rank Ali the GOAT do you?

Anyone who ranks Ali ahead of Robinson is an idiot. And no, of course they wouldn't. People would however certainly consider him an all-time great. Something that you're denying the Klitschkos for some silly reason(probably far right wing nationalism).

[DreamFighter]

lennox lewis sued mike tyson to honor a rematch clause in their contract and you got the nerve to talk about vitali trying to pick on people lol

Tyson was the name and the most devasting fighter of the past decade. What real champion wouldn't want to face him?

next time, write a point that doesn't self implode your argument.

[New England]

Says you. Klitschko was the one beating Lewis and landing repeatedly. Maybe should watch the fight instead of reading about it.

Klitschko was:

Winning 4 rounds to 2 on all three scorecards, and had a decisive advantage in all three categories of punch stats:

Klitschko
Jabs: 77/240
Power: 79/192
Total: 156/432


Lewis
Jabs: 52/120
Power: 50/102
Total: 102/222


The injury was a fluke that repeated head clashes, provoked by a tired a desperate Lennox Lewis, undoubtedly contributed to.

Lewis was in serious trouble in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

Regardless, the injury was under control and Klitschko wanted to continue:

"He is a great fighter. I won this fight in points," Klitschko said. "I want a rematch. I showed everybody that I can fight Lennox Lewis. I can see very well, I don't know why the doctor stopped the fight. Right now I feel like the people's champion, I did not want them to stop the fight. My strategy was to take it into the seventh or eighth round and my strategy was working perfectly."

Hardly the words of a beaten man, but keep on hating. Vitali has been laughing all the way to the bank ever since, and no one has heard a peep out of Lennox, who has no desire whatsoever to engage in battle with either one of the Klitschko's.

Cheer up, Vitali and Wlad are bound to both be retired within the next 5 years, and then maybe you can be happy with a much weaker champion.

you should watch the fight....
that cut was caused by a punch. somebody's f#cking dreadlocks don't open a historic level of damage to the eye of a massive man. i'm not saying that was the worst eye i've ever seen in a boxing match, but it was one of them. the initial cut was about as bad as you're gonna see from a single punch, and lennox kept working on it. by the end there were actually several cuts, in addition to the major one on the brow. he had a cut on the eyelid below the major cut. he had several cuts below the eyes. and i've even heard reports that the muscle was exposed in the significant cut over the eye.


clean punching. TKO in six rounds. it doesn't matter how you were doing before you get stopped in a pro boxing match. cmon, dude. surely you're trolling.

[r.burgundy]

Tyson was the name and the most devasting fighter of the past decade. What real champion wouldn't want to face him?

next time, write a point that doesn't self implode your argument.

what the **** lol.did you even understand what i wrote?i guess enlish isnt your 1st language so let me break it down for you

you said vitali tries to bully guys he has a size advantage over and he tried to pick on fat lennox lewis.well lennox lewis,after he beat the hell outta mike tyson,tried to sue him to force mike to fight him again.do you understand now?