Yea it's an odd one.. You can say Wlad is better for every reason under the sun, but the fact remains he's never going to beat anybody Vitali couldn't, or hasn't done so anyways, and he's always going to be more vulnerable. The chin issue is always there, regardless of any adjustments he makes to his game. Wlad might not get hit these days, but your not going to see him take a big punch from basically anyone, and you can never rule it out in boxing. Can you think of anyone that Wlad would realistically be a bigger favourite over than Vitali would? The division is in such a state that you can pretty well only make an arguement for someone having a punchers chance against Wlad, but with Vitali even that isn't there. Furthermore, I would definetly expect Vitali to win if they ever actually fought with the intent to hurt one another. The older brother always wins unless he got completely shafted in the genetics department... Even then it's usually the case, I have a friend who is like Helen Keller trying to play sports and he still handles his bro who is actually a really athletic kid 3 years younger, identical frame.