The Greatness of Wladimir Klitschko

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  • bojangles1987
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    #1201
    Originally posted by Boxing Goat
    Those fighters would never even get a title shot in today's division. Just too small.
    Tomasz ****ing Adamek is a top 10 HW.

    Joe Louis is too small but Tomasz Adamek isn't?

    I swear so many people in this thread don't know anything about the fighters they mention except their names.

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      #1202
      Originally posted by Boxing Goat
      If Wladimir hit Frazier flush, he would not get up like he did against 210 lb. 'Big' George Foreman.
      Joe Frazier weighed around 210. Foreman was 220-230 in his prime.

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        #1203
        Originally posted by bojangles1987
        Joe Frazier weighed around 210. Foreman was 220-230 in his prime.
        Education time. I was exaggerating for effect but here's the real numbers.

        1973-01-22 : George Foreman 217½ lbs beat Joe Frazier 214 lbs by TKO at 2:26 in round 2 of 15

        Also, if you want to check stats, Foreman is only 6'3" and Adamek is 6'1" and commonly weighs more as a heavyweight than Foreman and Frazier did in the 70's.

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          #1204
          Originally posted by bojangles1987
          Tomasz ****ing Adamek is a top 10 HW.

          Joe Louis is too small but Tomasz Adamek isn't?

          I swear so many people in this thread don't know anything about the fighters they mention except their names.
          Joe Louis was under 200 lbs in his prime and as you see, Adamak wasn't even competitive with Vitali when he did get his shot based on his light heavy and cruiserweight accomplishments.

          Vitali would so utterly have abused Joe Louis, it would probably be called a crime.

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            #1205
            Originally posted by Boxing Goat
            Those fighters would never even get a title shot in today's division. Just too small.
            Yeah, those guys certainly don't match up to the Leapai's of the world

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              #1206
              You also say HWs are more athletic. Yeah, Leapai, Povetkin, and Arreola are real athletic.

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                #1207
                Originally posted by VG_Addict
                You also say HWs are more athletic. Yeah, Leapai, Povetkin, and Arreola are real athletic.
                I didn't say that but I would say that Povetkin is very athletic and skilled. The guy knows how to throw combinations with the best of them. He's got a gold medal for a reason.

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                  #1208
                  Originally posted by Boxing Goat
                  I didn't say that but I would say that Povetkin is very athletic and skilled. The guy knows how to throw combinations with the best of them. He's got a gold medal for a reason.
                  He's so skilled he went life and death with Marco Huck.

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                    #1209
                    Originally posted by One more round
                    Yeah, those guys certainly don't match up to the Leapai's of the world
                    Not size-wize they don't

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                      #1210
                      Originally posted by Boxing Goat
                      I didn't say that but I would say that Povetkin is very athletic and skilled. The guy knows how to throw combinations with the best of them. He's got a gold medal for a reason.
                      So did Joe Frazier. Oh but I forgot heavyweights of the past were unathletic, especially Frazier.

                      So where does the cut off begin where boxing somehow "evolved" as you guys love to say?

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