Ironbeard was in love, but I think he may have been taking the piss.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑28 Feb 2020, 21:33 Ya I didn't think anyone was saying that, doggy boi is full of it
Never got swept away in the Ruiz love
Fury is the best HW since Lewis
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Humiliated Vitali? No way... Fury won against 39yo Wladimir who was much years after his prime. I'm not sure if he could beat Wlad in prime.
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Vitali was a big stiff idiot with pillow fists, the Gypsy King beats him for sure
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Careful Maggy, the bandwagon is getting full. Get ready to jump on the next one.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑28 Feb 2020, 22:48 Vitali was a big stiff idiot with pillow fists, the Gypsy King beats him for sure
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Barely beat his long past prime brother.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑28 Feb 2020, 22:48 Vitali was a big stiff idiot with pillow fists, the Gypsy King beats him for sure
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You know FA about boxing. Shut up.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑28 Feb 2020, 22:48 Vitali was a big stiff idiot with pillow fists, the Gypsy King beats him for sure
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87% KO ratio does not equal pillow fists!
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TGK would've played with big stiff Vit, no klit could beat him 
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There's some pretty mean Vitali revisionism going around. Vitali was a damn handful.
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Not by resume, of course. (His resume's probably about on par with Deontay Wilder or Luis Ortiz.) I'm sayin' by eyeball test.
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Yeah, I liked his style of aggressive boxing and ring generalship from the second the bell rang but I'm tired of excuses. He lost two fights that he should've won. Only a matter of time before he lost again to injury.
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He was a big puncher, or one punch puncher before his injuries. Nevertheless, 87% KO ratio impressive seeing after his injuries he mainly threw arm punches. I wouldn’t have like to have been taken apart by him.Onetimeonly wrote: ↑29 Feb 2020, 18:48Sure is, and yes, I think he was too. Never proved it in victory. Definitely wasn't a big puncher.
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Ko% is useless. He was an arm puncher, big man that could still put a hurting on the low level fighters he faced, nobody that anyone with a chin has to be concerned with taking a shot by. He didn't punch as hard as holy field, who is lamented for lack of power.Loki wrote: ↑01 Mar 2020, 05:11He was a big puncher, or one punch puncher before his injuries. Nevertheless, 87% KO ratio impressive seeing after his injuries he mainly threw arm punches. I wouldn’t have like to have been taken apart by him.Onetimeonly wrote: ↑29 Feb 2020, 18:48
Sure is, and yes, I think he was too. Never proved it in victory. Definitely wasn't a big puncher.
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Lewis KO'd Shannon Briggs, and has a lower KO% (72%) than VK. Vitali couldn't KO Shannon Briggs. How could that be?! 
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Vitaly was big enough puncher to hurt Lewis. Fury couldn't hurt many of his opponents. Maybe he started eating Mexican beef or it was just a lucky punch on the back of the head.
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Vitali's resume is quite ordinary indeed. His brother faced the best possible, while Vitali got the remains. But as a fighter he was pretty good. Exactly as a fighter, not as a boxer, cause his overall skillset was limited. He had a great ability of using his size, solid jabs and ones twos, which alongside with his great chin made him an inconvinient opponent for many. And he wasn't neither a big puncher, nor pillow-fisted. He was a volume puncher with a bigger punching power, than regular volume punchers have.
Anyway, The Gypsy King would deal with him. Smater, faster, more versatile.
Anyway, The Gypsy King would deal with him. Smater, faster, more versatile.
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Lol what? Vitali's arsenal was pretty unique. Of couse the jab and one-two, which was better than Fury's, also had a short hook, uppercut, went to the body and could throw going backwards. Nothing in that says limited.
Fury just beat maybe the worst boxer in HW history, after almost getting KO'd, and let's be real, probably should've lost to Wallin. No way he fights much longer without getting a legit loss.
Fury just beat maybe the worst boxer in HW history, after almost getting KO'd, and let's be real, probably should've lost to Wallin. No way he fights much longer without getting a legit loss.
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Re: Fury is the best HW since Lewis
Rly? it's very weak argument when you compare like this. So Vitali KO'd Levi Billups in 2nd round but Lewis couldn't KO Levi Billups. How could that be? So Kownacki is better puncher than Wilder because Wilder KO'd Szpilka in 9th round and Washington in 5th round but Kownacki did it much faster, KO'd Szpilka in 4th round and Washington in 2th round.
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Anyone seriously suggesting that Vitali Klitschko was better than Lennox Lewis has lost the plot
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I was sarcastically trying to make a point that KO percentages don't automatically equate to punching power, but see that point is beyond your comprehension. That's ok, carry on.franio wrote: ↑02 Mar 2020, 14:42Rly? it's very weak argument when you compare like this. So Vitali KO'd Levi Billups in 2nd round but Lewis couldn't KO Levi Billups. How could that be? So Kownacki is better puncher than Wilder because Wilder KO'd Szpilka in 9th round and Washington in 5th round but Kownacki did it much faster, KO'd Szpilka in 4th round and Washington in 2th round.