Waldimir, I dislike more. He fights like a scared person, really defensively, and boring, due to his not-solid chin. He employs a lot of questionable tactics. He doesnt use his jab as a jab, he uses it as a bar, he holds it out there a few seconds to keep his opponents away from him. Well that is just a purely effective tool due to his height and reach over every other fighter. He holds more than John Ruiz, and that is saying a helluva lot. He leans on people and saps their energy. Refs have disqualified fighters for doing these things. Wladimir's carreer therefore is quite subjective, it just went on due to refs allowing this shit.
As for Vitali, I dislike him less, he has a good chin and does mix it up and brawl. But on the championship level, the tallest person he ever fought on the championship level was Lewis, and Lewis was only 6 foot 5. Vitali had 2 inches on him and he was the tallest person Vitali ever fought at that level. Shannon Briggs and Corre Sanders are 6 ft 4. but alot of people really beat on Briggs, and that is still 3 inches shorter than Vitali. Everybody else has been below that---plus he lost to 6 ft 0 inches Chris Byrd, and he fucking quit in that fight. Thomas Adamek is a little midget compared to Vitali at 6 ft and 0.5 inches.
Atleast Wlad fought Wach and Pianeta who are super tall, but Klitschkos' style is based heavily on the fact that they are taller than their opponents. They cannot strike them when he leans back as far as they can. How long does someone's reach have to be to reach a chin that is leaned back and legs that belong to a 6 ft 7 inch body that have taken a giant stride backwards with 79 inch reach arms held out straight as a bar or a blocker? You'd need a 90 inch reach to hope to hit that target. And you'd need to be atleast 6 ft 5 as well. YET MOST OF THEIR OPPONENTS WERE MIDGETS, 6 FT 1, ETC. COMPARED TO THEM. You cannot hit them and they are boring. Boxing will look back at them as creating a roadblock in boxing. Sanders beat 1 so the other has to fight the other. If you beat 1 then the boxing public will demand you fight the other. That is a roadblock. And they wont fight each other. Its a bunch of shit and we cannot wait for these assholes to retire with their questionable tactics and picking questionable opponents.
I hope we look back at this era through different eyes. 2 brothers rule the divisdion. If 1 brother was defeated, the other brother steps in and gets revenge. They wont fight each other. THEY GOT A FUCKING ROAD BLOCK SET UP HERE.
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