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Actually Wlad picked brawlers apart, the fight I mentioned shows that . Wlad was as sharp an offensive fighter that ever boxed with speed and power to match .I watched most of Wlad's fights and in his younger days he struggled with "brawlers" (fighters who had power and pressed the pace early) and was also susceptible to gasing hard late in fights. Sanders was the first to show us this when he blitzed Wlad (on the advice of Lewis).
Lewis had the ability to recognize where fighters were not comfortable and take the fight there. He could outbox fighters who were technically weak and out brawl boxers who were technically strong.
Fury has the same ability (to fight differently when needed), look at how differently he approached Wilder in both fights.
I think Wlad is one of the all-time greats but he was for the most part a one trick pony.
The only true guy that defeated him when he was really on point was Brewster but he had run out of gas ,the second is A.J .
The losses in other areas were a southpaw he didn’t train for an Purrity not keeping count of his punch out put not even Purrity thinks he should have won calling it lucky win .
This is the thing in boxing CAN you defeat a guy on point ? It’s not really this guy beat that guy because that’s how bookies clean up . A elite fighter only needs one night to have the right things in place .
Lewis needed Manny Steward like Wlad did , this is where history revisionist fall short , both guys relied on Steward for similar reasons , Wlad for inexperience and Lewis for confidence. It’s not a foregone conclusion Wlad wouldn’t have clipped Lewis early, just rewatch the Briggs fight ? You never know .