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Wladimir Klitschko, who dominated the HW division for a decade but was never given fair credit by some, turns 40 today.
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Wlad looked like a shadow of his former self against Tyson Fury a few months ago. Age catches up with everybody sooner or later. It's inevitable.
Tyson Fury is what caught up with Klitschko. He beat Pulev and Jennings easy and would still beat Wilder now.Quote:
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Originally Posted by rossTyson Fury is what caught up with Klitschko. He beat Pulev and Jennings easy and would still beat Wilder now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
Klitschko is totally done , a granny in a concrete overcoat could have more punch output then him , he is done and should walk away.
A top champion who is now a shadow of himself , retire and let the hw division morv on.
I don't agree m8, in my opinion Wladimir is not as done as you are making him out to be, he is still certainly the 2nd or 3rd best heavyweight around today, depending on how good luis ortizs proves to be, I think wlad would still beat wilder and joshua right now, infact I am not writing him off in the fury rematch, I do think the same thing will happen again though.Quote:
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Originally Posted by rossTyson Fury is what caught up with Klitschko. He beat Pulev and Jennings easy and would still beat Wilder now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
Klitschko is totally done , a granny in a concrete overcoat could have more punch output then him , he is done and should walk away.
A top champion who is now a shadow of himself , retire and let the hw division morv on.
I do think Wladimir has certainly slipped a fair bit though(he is 40) and I think you just have to look at how he did v jennings to see it, Jennings is a similar size to haye and wladimir had an easier time taking care of haye than he did jennings. It looked to me like he is losing a bit of his hand speed and accuracy and just isnt quite as quick on his feet anymore as he was back in his prime. He's definently not a shadow of his former self though, if you ask me, and could still beat just about every top heavyweight.
I think you have to give mr fury more credit, obviously I am a huge klitschko fan and I think he is definently starting to show his age now(maybe even as early as the povetkin fight) but wlad is still one of the best around. and fury won fair and square( I also think peter fury deserve a huge amount of credit too, i think he got the tactics right on and was very smart).
of course I think wladimir from a few years ago would have managed to beat fury but i would say that !
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Updated rankings
WBA
Champion: Lucas Browne
1. Luis Ortiz
2. Wladimir Klitschko
3. Alexander Ustinov
4. Fres Oquendo
5. Andrey Fedosov
6. Ruslan Chagaev
7. Shannon Briggs
8. Antonio Tarver
9. David Haye
10. Erkan Tepe
11. Joseph Parker
12. Jarrell Miller
13. Solomon Haumono
14. Trevor Bryan
15. Kubrat Pulev
WBC
Champion: Deontay Wilder
1. Alexander Povetkin
2. Bermane Stiverne
3. Kubrat Pulev
4. Carlos Takam
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz
7. David Haye
8. Tomasz Adamek
9. Bryant Jennings
10. Malik Scott
11. Artur Szpilka
12. Dereck Chisora
13. Johann Duhaupas
14. Ruslan Chagaev
15. Dominic Breazeale
WBO
Champion: Tyson Fury
1. Joseph Parker
2. Anthony Joshua
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Alexander Ustinov
6. Carlos Takam
7. Andy Ruiz
8. Michael Wallisch
9. Edmund Gerber
10. Malik Scott
11. Dereck Chisora
12. Andrey Fedosov
13. Izuagbe Ugonoh
14. Artur Szpilka
15. Tom Schwarz
IBF
Champion: Charles Martin
1. Unrated
2. Unrated
3. Erkan Teper
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Carlos Takam
6. Joshua Parker
7. Vyacheslav Glazkov
8. Kubrat Pulev
9. Derek Chisora
10. Andy Ruiz
11. Bermane Stiverne
12. Robert Helenius
13. David Haye
14. Dominic Breazeale
15. Jarrell Miller