lyndonlongden (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

jesus ! what is it with you people ? Lucky where you swing a wild punch and catch someone on the button. Lewis took Vitali to pieces with good accurate punching which cut him up badly. also Lewis beat a lot of good people up when the h/w division was competitive. Wladmir got it easy right now, I don`t believe he punches anything like as hard as Lewis. have you checked their knockout ratios ? I like Vitali but he was well beaten that night. Lucky my arse ! Oliver McCall was lucky against Lewis.

lyndonlongden (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

lewis didn`t need to survive late into the fight cos he cut Vitali`s face to ribbons. He did what it took to force the stoppage.

ObamaBarackHussein (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Vitali got hit alot of times by tim hoffman.Wladimir has a much better defence and Wlaidmir chin has improved in recent times.For example, Wladimir literally had no mark on his face in his early days and when he got hit by the likes of a sanders, he got a big shock and reacted negative. In recent times, Wladimir has proved to take shots, get back up and win the fight. (peter and williamson fight)Recently Wladimir had to take some shots from Thompson, Wladimir is getting use to hits

ObamaBarackHussein (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I respect your opinion but Vitali chin is the only better thing.In every other way, Wladimir more superior.Vitali is slightly talller but Wladimir is much faster and has a stronger ko punchVitali has the strongest ko ratio in history but he does not have that one punch ko power. Vitali is very consistent with his punches and nearly every time ko his opponent

BBCater (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I respectfully disagree. Vlad's biggest problem is his chin - or lack of one. Vitali's chin is iron, and he knows exactly where his brother's weakness is. I guess I'd break it down to this - in a "trading punches" scenario, Vitali wins... even though Vlad is a more skilled boxer. HEART and toughness - in that order - are what makes champions. How many times did we see Sugar Ray Leonard beat physically superior opponents by simply out-willing them..?

ObamaBarackHussein (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If Lewis could take Vitali Punishment the mWladimir could easily take his brother punches, I know Lewis got lucky against Vitali but Wladimir would be way too fast for his brother and punch a 1000time harder than lewis.

ObamaBarackHussein (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If Lewis could take Vitali Punishment the Wladimir could easily take his brother punches, I know Lewis got lucky against Vitali but Wladimir would be way too fast for his brother and punch a 1000time harder than lewis.

BBCater (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Not enough people give Vitali Klitschko his proper dues as a heavyweight. He has never been knocked down - not even close. He has the highest KO ratio in the history of the heavyweight division. His chin is like iron - unlike his brother's. In fact, Vlad is more skilled, technically, but he lacks the chin, he stamina, and frankly, the heart of Vitali. If Vitali had Vlad's speed, Lewis would have never survived the 5th or 6th rounds. I'm not saying he's the greatest, but, he IS good! Very Good!

RogerYomama (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

So Lennox Lewis didn't rearrange his face then?

rossow88 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

That is a comment from the mouth of Klitschko. Hide had KO percentage at the time of this fight of 93.7%. So yes, that is hard.