In my eyes yes
yes he is essentially a dull fighter to watch as was lewis
yes he does pretty much rely on his superior reach as did lewis
You cant blame the guy for not having much competition to beat up on. Vitaly would of been a fantastic asset during the early 90s when the likes of tyson, holyfield, lewis, bowe etc were around
one dangerous horrible bloke
i dunno mate he has been faultless for over a decade now, hasnt come up short once and even though it was a shot lewis was still in many peoples eyes winning that fight all them years back.
My 1st ever viewing of vitali klitschko was when he fought herbie hide in britain and hide was trash talking about his family members. Vitali wasnt a happy boy in the pre fight press conference and well we all know he took out his frustrations when they finally got it on in the ring
one dangerous horrible bloke
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Better question: Is Kermit Cintron a hall of famer?
Vitali is a sad case yet simple case. In short the hall of fame is based on what you've done not what you were capable of. Therefore Vitali will not get in the hall. Vitali fought in an era where there wasn't a long list of names to put on your resume. And heavyweights have less leverage because they can't move to another division to look for competition or big names. He can't fight his brother and he never got the Lennox rematch so Vitali was left feasting on guys like Corrie Sanders, Sam Peter, and Chris Arreola, which by the way are his best wins. This isn't enough. In hindsight, Vitali had to finish against Byrd and get a victory over Lennox. There isn't enough ahead in the heavyweight division for Vitali to reasonable add to his resume especially considering his career is twilighting. Its sad because Vitali has the ability to be a major factor against great fighters and easily make it into the hall of fame but his options were extremely limited.
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