When will people realise that Dillian Whyte is an absolute bum heavyweight?

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  1. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    But it's a good indication surely. I don't think Whyte is packing glass as the Femi fight showed. For all we know Martin is china chinned.
     
  2. Jacko

    Jacko Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sometimes, but not always.

    Historically, skills have proven to get you further in boxing than natural traits like power, chin and speed.
     
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    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    I'm bemused anybody thinks Martin is skilled. He looks a stiff to me, but carry on. When he's smashed up quick by Femi we can discuss his slick unconscious state.
     
  4. CutThroatFade

    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    It's hard to say whether Martin is skilled because there's not much footage but from the Glazkov fight and the highlight reels I've seen I don't know where people get slow and stiff from. He's no Fury when it comes to movement but his footwork is good and his hands are not slow at 6'5". He puts his punches together well. People are forgetting that Joshua's movement in the second round against Whyte was virtually non existent and he can't throw a jab for his life.
     
  5. Unforgiven

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    I agree, the jury is still out on whether Martin is good/skilled or not.
    He looks fairly ordinary but he doesn't look completely uneducated in his approach. He might turn out to be good.
    He looks like a better boxer than Wilder to me, but that's not saying much. I might be wrong, we just can't tell yet.
     
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    People wanna believe AJ is the saviour so they big up Whyte. Whyte looked TERRIBLE vs AJ. Slow, no balance,out of shape and throwing a lot of poor quality punches.
     
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    I agree hes just a plodding novice with a punch
     
  8. Pop It Off

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    He looked terrible last night. Any top Heavyweight would have had Allen out of there.
     
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    Chisora beats Dillian
     
  10. CutThroatFade

    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    I was going to bump this myself. DW still totally unproven.
     
  11. Outside

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    Whyte beats Chisora and Martin.

    I think over time people will realise how tough Dave Allen is.
     
  12. Tomm

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    Agree with this, his style is so slow and lazy, his "power" clearly isn't what he thinks it is. He won't go fair
     
  13. Jobless Jarman

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    Totally agree, you can also add Breazeale, Price etc to the list. Dave Allen is fairly limited which stopped him being ambitious. You can rarely knock a man out who has chin tucked, guard up and isn't throwing punches. Whyte impressed with his patience and his engine. OK he didn't KO Allen but he showed discipline and an improvement in conditioning. These were his two biggest areas of weakness.
    Some people are never happy.
     
  14. Pop It Off

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    why you defending that bum. whyte is going nowhere
     
  15. Outside

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    I think Whyte has a big future.

    Which British Heavyweights do you rate ?
     
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