What?? Klits fight bums??? Look Ruiz and Haye are tied up. Outside of them who exactly should they be fighting that they havent already beaten badly?? Toney??? give me a break.Hes done nothing to deserve a shot,is planning on fighting in MMA and is well into his 40s. Between them they've beaten Peters(twice),Thompson,Arreola,Chagaev,Johnson,Austin.Thats just from the current climate. Between them,they've beaten nearly every top class fighter over the past decade. Added to the those above,they've beaten Ibragimov,Gomez,Williams,McCline,Sanders,Hide,Byrd(Twice),Rahman,Brewster,Botha,Mercer. Wlad is about to fight Chambers,who's considered the best American out there. Vitali Is about to fight a very capable guy,who probably a top 15 fighter,and is European champion. If these guys are fighting bums,that must mean the whole division is full of bums.Which is hardly the Lkitschkos fault!
As a fan I'm not happy about this, but the guy is 39 and he's fought a couple top contenders in a row, but again, I'm not thrilled about this.
vitali's opponents records in his last 4 fights is 123-2. thats pretty damn good. in his last 10 fights, there records are 349-14. mmmmh dont sound like ducking to me
I think this fight was just put together quickly after Vitali couldn´t reach terms with Valuev, so what´s the fuss. The brothers have fought some weak opponents in the last few years but mostly they have fought good oposition. Vitali fought Peter, who was the champ at the time and then Gomez who was the #1 contender, although Kevin Johnson and, to a lesser extent, Chris Arreola were not impressive opponents. In 2008 Wlad fought the undefeated WBO champion, the WBO #1 contender and would have fought the IBF #1 contender if he hadn´t cancelled due to injury. Last year Wlad fought the undefeated WBA champion in recess. This year he´s going to fight the WBO #1 contender and then likely the IBF #1 contender in Povetkin. You can hardly say he´s picking easy fights.
You Haye ***gots (properly spelled) have no problem with Haye fighting his mandatory Ruiz, yet you forget Wladimir is fighting his mandatory Chambers. Oh, the irony...............:rofl
I find it hard to believe that Vitali's fighting a guy who almost got KO'ed by Zuri Lawrence... you know, the Lawrence that has a whopping ZERO KO's.
hahahahahahah haye? already backed out of one toney? all he does is talk.he wants no part. valuev? he turned down 2 mill holyfield?? hahaha i dont even need to say anything harrison???? really?? give credit to vitlai, hes the most active fighter around and hes 39. give him a break.
Unless you are prepared to step in the ring yourself you should not call a fighter a bum! Especially one who always turns up in shape and throws a lot of shots. Personally I will be placing some cash on Vitali being stopped by Sosnowski. Did no-one else see the way he marked up against Johnson. And Sosnowski will hit him way more than Johnson did.
Zuri is more known for being knocked out, than he is knocking people out. I can think of a handful off the top of my head, Rahman, Iggy, McCline, Brock, Thompson etc... If this polish guy is the best the division has to offer, we really are in a sad state of affairs.
Vitali would get more credit from beating a higher ranked bum, rather than a lower one. There were other guys in the top 15 to fight rather than the European Champion. Vitali does have more leverage of fighting opponents, despite them being tied up into contracts anyway. Because he's the wbc champion, i'm pretty sure there are alot of guys in the rankings, who would cancel there current plans for a shot at the title...