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Interestingly, neither fighter has beaten anyone nearly of the caliber of the other
Exactly.

That's why Wlad has never been THE bona fide heavyweight champion of the world.

You can imagine fantasy scenarios all day long but, the cold hard facts are, Wlad never faced THE best fighter of his era. It's unarguable basic logic.
"Mythical fights" is that like with unicorns and fairies?


Wladimir Klitschko is a Great heavyweight Champion.....wait for it......FACT. Just because you refuse to fight your own brother doesn't mean your legacy suffers. Also if the amount of successful title defenses Wlad has achieved was EASY then wouldn't Joe Louis' record already be broken? It has been 60 years guys.
To compare Louis with Wlad is utterly ridiculous.

Louis exisited in an era of ONE champion. He was the 100% indisputable champion of the world.

Wlad has existed in an era of FOUR possible champions. Never at any point in Wlad's career has he simultaneously held all four titles. He never beat the lineal champion. The closest he's ever got to being a "legit" champion was when he beat Chagaev. The Ring magazine recognised that fight, between the no.1 and no.3, as the crowning of a NEW champion.

So Wlad has made FIVE successful defenses of the heavyweight title. That's it (although, of course, you have to completely ignore the fact that his strongest rival has been present throughout this time).

This is not a slight on Wlad. He's just very unlucky that his brother, who established himself as a top dog, was around at the same time.