Current Vitali Klitschko version

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  1. popejking

    popejking Adamek Full Member

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    Would you consider him to be still in his prime, past his prime or totally shot?

    I am talking about the whole thing (shape, speed, power, ring generalship, workrate, stamina, etc.)

    2011 version

    Vote and discuss
     
  2. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    Way past his prime both by age and the number of injuries he suffered, plus 2 wars with Lewis and Sanders. However, he is still head and shoulders above his much younger, fresher opposition.
     
  3. **** Vitali Klitschko he ducked great Ruiz and Rahman!!
     
  4. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. PowerHoock

    PowerHoock Well-Known Member Full Member

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    at about 70%

    he lost the snap to his punches. Mentally is stronger than ever
     
  6. awesome1612

    awesome1612 Guest

    How was Vitali-Sanders a war? Vitali messed the guy up for 8 rounds. Vitali-Lewis was a war.
     
  7. Boxing Fanatic

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    yeah, hes past his prime, but, hes one of the best shaped 40 yo's u will ever see
     
  8. jacklondon

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    Vitali won every round against Lewis, and I still think Lewis had something done to his gloves to cut Vitali like that. Sanders - who unbelievably showed up fat for the Vitali fight - was missing Vitali with bombs by inches all night long, and Vitali was absolutely peak that night, a thing of beauty to watch, but he was lucky that CS didn't show up in the shape he did when he met Wlad.
     
  9. antonio8904

    antonio8904 Atheist Full Member

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    this...^

    unfortunately i think his prime was when he was retired, he (we) missed out due to plauging injuries...

    with that said he's still a beast, which is testament to how great he really is...
     
  10. joeboxer

    joeboxer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's past his prime. But I don't think anyone can beat him barring injury.
     
  11. Faerun

    Faerun Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Visibly past prime but perhaps the best 40yo heavy in ages (tbf he hasn't fought yet at 40+ but I expect him to fare well against Adamek).
     
  12. Jordan_Davies

    Jordan_Davies Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sanders nearly had him out of there in the first, I dont know whether to call it a 10-8 round for sanders because the knockdown was hard to call. after the first though Vitali seemed to have everything under control after that point
     
  13. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Vitali is past his prime. However, he's a very good fighter and probably the best 40 year old heavyweight we have seen (better than 40 year old Holyfield, Foreman or Moore).

    P.D. Vitali/Sanders was not a war. Vitali punished him.
     
  14. BlackWall

    BlackWall Well-Known Member Full Member

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    round 3 was epic, especially the last minute of the round!

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNK1Z4xryZQ&feature=relmfu[/ame]
     
  15. krazylegs

    krazylegs Well-Known Member Full Member

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