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when have I ever said wlad didin't outbox eddie? of course he outboxed him. my point was about boxing skills.

and no, holyfield is way greater than lewis. and muhammad ali can't touch archie moore p4p.
Wlad being able to totally outbox Eddie should mean that Wlad has the far superior boxing skills correct ? If there boxing ability had been on par, it would of been alot closer.
....There are two factors at play here: size AND skill

Now hypothetically speaking, two opponents can have equal skill but, the size difference will always play a role. So back to your question. Yes, Wlad is more skilled but the skill gap is not nearly as large between him and chambers, as the skill + size gap is. Its both factors together which create the mismatch.
Pugilistic never said that the size doesn't matter, he used the example of Dimitrienko to put that in perspective: the guy was almost as big as Wlad, longer reach heavier but lost to chambers because Chambers was better skilled. Now, Wlad who's more or less Dimitrienko's size (and even not as heavy and not a reach as great) has been able to literally toy Chambers and knock him down BECAUSE he has also a nice set of skills, which Sumkalambay did deny him in first instance.