Wlad is kind of soft; Vitali is a tough motherfucker. They can both be a little cautious, especially Wlad because his chin requires it, but they both have pretty impressive attacks.
In terms of talent; Wlad did win a gold medal in the olympics, and both are more technically sound than most heavyweights. It's not that the talent level has really dropped, people are always saying that (except when Ali, Frazier, and Foreman were all viable fighters), it's that the talent has shifted; prior to the break up of the USSR, there were no pro fighters coming from Eastern Europe, which is now home to most of the talent at HW. The 3rd best HW right now is Aleksandr Povetkin, a Russian, and until Povetkin beat him, Ruslan Chagaev, an Uzbekistani, was right there as well, he is still a top 10 fighter easily.
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