The Greatness of Wladimir Klitschko

[M Bison]

Although some Klitschko fans go too far and do underestimate past opponents and in ways disrespect them, that's the same as what the opposite side is doing by underestimating and disrespecting the brothers by saying things like 'they wouldn't lay a glove on Ali' or 'Tyson would get them out of there in 1 round'. Although the brothers haven't fought as high a level of competition as the Ali's, Foreman's and Holmes's of this world, neither did those guys fight anyone with the combination of size, weight, skills and power as the brothers.

So both sides should respect each other and hold their opinions but not shove these opinions down either's throat, all this causes are these pointless arguments. At the end of the day there will never be a fully unanimous agreement, and it wouldn't matter as there is no set-in-stone fact regarding who is best, what would happen in these fantasy matchups and so on.

To be fair I wouldn't disrespect past greats of the era if people would stop trying to diminish accomplishments by saying the usual old tripe.
It works both ways honestly they can be nit-picky about modern eras as can others about the past years.
That said George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Joe Louis are my ATG best HWs of the past for me atleast I believe them prime for prime would fight and be champion in any era.

[Weltschmerz]

30 million $ wasn't enough for a rematch.

[M Bison]

30 million $ wasn't enough for a rematch.

Wasn't a Russian billionaire willing to pay Lennox even more than that to bring him out of retirement to have a fight with Vitali?

[yoz]

Thought this thread was about Wladimir...

[Godsfly]

Wasn't a Russian billionaire willing to pay Lennox even more than that to bring him out of retirement to have a fight with Vitali?

i don't think lewis even cared considering that he looked fatter then ever in the first fight...................even before the fight people were talking about how out of shape lewis looked. father time had settled in.................


to say that he ducked the rematch is just sure ******ation............

[GeneralZod]

30 million $ wasn't enough for a rematch.

if you've got 200 million do you really need 30 million? Lennox isn't a flashy guy.

[Weltschmerz]

Wasn't a Russian billionaire willing to pay Lennox even more than that to bring him out of retirement to have a fight with Vitali?

The Russian gangster Vladimir Hryunov and his associates reportedly offered Lennox 100 million dollars to fight Wladimir in Moscov.

Lennox declined. Because he did. And he's already rich and smart.

[GeneralZod]

Thought this thread was about Wladimir...

No such thing as a Klitschko thread that doesn't involve how Lennox Lewis supposedly lost horribly and was scared into retirement.

[Danieltapia]

Klitschko is a lot like Mayweather in my opinion. Might be great but carefully unbeaten. Resumes are never important when you get around them.

[SBleeder]

You don't think Lennox avoided the 2nd Vitali fight? I respect the decision of Lennox to retire and seal his legacy, but it sure was a duck. Be real man.

Lennox ducked a rematch with Vitali about as much as Tommy Hearns ducked a rematch with Duran.