Thoughts on Vitali vs Dragon

I have no idea what we just watched, it was weird all round.

Vitali seems so slow nowadays and has his hands so low...I can see Haye causing him some problems if they fight.


Why that guy was in there with Vitali I'll never know....he showed heart but not much else.

 

Suzy, how did you score rounds to Sosnowski?

 

Vitali wasn't at his best tonight....I don't want to say it was because he's gotten old just yet though. It could be that he didn't have the greatest motivation fighting a guy like Sosnowski and it would've been hard to impress in this fight given that an early KO was only what was expected.

I think Haye will fight Vitali next, and I think he has a very decent chance. If he goes in and boxes Vitali rather than trying to stand and KO him, I don't see any reason why he couldn't pick up a decision. IMO regardless of whether you're a Klit fan or not, the HW division needs Haye to beat a Klit so that a fight with the other brother really has some purpose behind it.

We certainly could do without fights like these.

 

Decent effort by Sosnowski, who was clearly overmatched but came to fight. His stamina has never been his strong point and he did seem to wear down in the end, but he took a good amount of punishment before running out of steam.

Vitali is Vitali, he doesn't look pretty but he got the job done. I don't really have much to say about his performance. Maybe he has declined, maybe he hasn't. I think Wladimir is clearly the better of the brothers at this point though. Some may disagree.

 

I think thats being a bit kind to him, he was trying but Vitali landed the harder shots and was the ring general in there, did you think Sosnowski outlanded him?

 

I think there was one round that could have been scored to Sosnowski. Round 3 from what I remember.

 

Always thought Haye's chances are better against Vitali than Wlad. They have obviously interesting differences that make it favorable for Haye but Wlad just controls a fight behind his jab much better. The percentages are much better with him against Vitali.