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I think Klitschko win UD

Anywhere near his best, Tucker would have won. He had a great chin and had more talent. Comfortable decision win for Tucker.

I'd take Tucker also.

Vitali.

Vitali W12

I don't think Tucker had the mentality to beat Klitschko

Tucker was out skilled by Tyson. He wasn't in Vitali's league.

I think Vitaly uncomfortable opponent for Tucker.

Who on earth has Vitali boxed from the elite level? He has his life or death with an old fat Lennox Lewis and was then dragged into a war with a glass jawed 40 year old flabby body Corrie Sanders. Otherwise, er, his loss to Chris Byrd?

It's ridiculous to rate Vitali among the elite. He has no body of work at that level.

Rewatch Tucker/Douglas. See two fit in-shape men boxing at a pace that makes Vitali gasp for air and slump on his stool. See hard, fast, clean sharp punches given and taken, the likes of which slice Vitali's face up. It's unimaginable the beating someone as stiff, big, and slow as Vitali would take against a rampaging 1980s Mike Tyson.

Tucker beats Vitali in every deptartment. Tucker easy.

[quote="loaded_gloves"]Who on earth has Vitali boxed from the elite level? He has his life or death with an old fat Lennox Lewis and was then dragged into a war with a glass jawed 40 year old flabby body Corrie Sanders. Otherwise, er, his loss to Chris Byrd?

It's ridiculous to rate Vitali among the elite. He has no body of work at that level.

Rewatch Tucker/Douglas. See two fit in-shape men boxing at a pace that makes Vitali gasp for air and slump on his stool. See hard, fast, clean sharp punches given and taken, the likes of which slice Vitali's face up. It's unimaginable the beating someone as stiff, big, and slow as Vitali would take against a rampaging 1980s Mike Tyson.

Tucker beats Vitali in every deptartment. Tucker easy.[/qu

I watched and nothing special in it saw.
Neither speed nor particularly striking power he did not have.The jaw strong yes.You tend to overestimate their heroes.With Tyson Tucker surpassed himself.

And who won except Tucker McCall and Douglas?

Vitali has zero wins over big names. His most credible two opponents were Byrd and Lewis.

His other 'names' are Corrie Sanders and Shannon Briggs, both of whom were top 20 at best int he 1990s and were both 40 and grossly overweight when they went long and stayed on their feet versus Vitali.

Vitali simply hasn't the resume, just an endless string of harpooned whales.

Agreed.
Tucker beat McCall and Douglas; those are two meaningful wins. Doesn't make him a legend. However, that is two more than Vitaly had.
As for the Tyson fight, Tucker was competitive against Tyson. That says a lot right there. He looked much better than Klitschko did in his losses to an obese Lewis and the pillow fight Klitschko had against Byrd.

Tucker hurt his hand during the Tyson fight yet kept going on. He didn't quit like some people do in those situations.

Haha - ouch. It's a great, great comparison.

Tony Tucker broke his right hand in round four and yet boxed remarkably, one handed, against a prime Mike Tyson. A man with deadly one punch knockout power.

Vitali Klitschko hurt his arm/shoulder and quit on his stool versus the slippery, talented, but hardly deadly Chris Byrd.

The thing I always remember about that fight is how Vitali never hurt Byrd once, spent the second half backing up from Byrd, and of course the dismal submission. It was a live fight, like Lewis, and Vitali did not deliver.

loaded_gloves wrote:Vitali has zero wins over big names. His most credible two opponents were Byrd and Lewis.

His other 'names' are Corrie Sanders and Shannon Briggs, both of whom were top 20 at best int he 1990s and were both 40 and grossly overweight when they went long and stayed on their feet versus Vitali.

Vitali simply hasn't the resume, just an endless string of harpooned whales.

Johnson was indeed a whale.
That Merchant line was classic.