Vlad looks massive compared to AJ. Did he have his Cuban heels on? Both billed at 1.98 but he looks like he has a substantial size advantage. This content is protected
Both are near identical. The only difference is Wlad is starting to get an old man body proportions and mass distribution between the legs, arms & torso are identical. here (from my personal porn collection) : http://i.imgur.com/ctCM2yx.png AJ can become the next Wlad...but he will have to learn to fight like him. imposing your size on opponent won't last forever...or Fury will have to get in there and slap him silly.
wlad will be taking it to AJ and becoming the HW champion AGAIN!!!! I like AJ. Hell of a nice guy AND his team, but IMO Wlad is just to much for AJ at this point. AJ will be champion again and can rule for a long time, But Wlad has something to prove and NO WAY will he let AJ keep him from getting what he wants
I hope he does. No more of that 10-15 punches a round we saw against Fury. He has to take it to Joshua early.
Vlad "is" bigger than Joshua, he looked even bigger in camp, but that was a few years ago while sparring. Vlad easily out boxed Joshua, so I will not be surprised if Vlad knocks Joshua out or decisions him, probably go for the knockout. Vlad knows Joshua in the ring quite well. How much has Joshua improved since then? He will have to have improved a lot and Vlad will have had to have gone down hill a lot. Vitali knows and said that if Vlad is focused the fight will be easy. Age will not be a factor. I know why Vlad lost to Fury and I know Vlad would have knocked Fury out in the rematch, Fury knew it also...........a loss will not harm Joshua's career, not at all and he knows that Vlad will not be boxing too much longer. Vlad would love a fight with Wilder, but Vlad kicked Wilder's arse in camp also, only worse.............Wilder knows that and will never fight Vlad until Vlad is 60! As far as Parker, he would not have a chance...............
A genuine 50-50 fight and two top elite HWs fighting each other- this kind of fight only happens once every 2-3 years. I really hope it goes ahead, after the let downs of last year. The 50-50 is as follows in these questions: 1. How much does Wlad have left? Was his stinking performance against Fury down to the personal problems with his crazy actress wife and becoming a father for the first time? A 10 year undefeated undisputed champion surely has the tool box to perform better than he did against Fury. Or is Wlad just old and has punchitis? Is Wlad getting knocked out early because he can no longer pull the trigger and has phsysically deteriorated? 2. How good is AJ? AJ has never faced anyone in the top 5. Does AJ have the defensive intelligence? Does he have the chin? Does he have the stamina? Or is he another Frank Bruno, who is not truly elite and world class, but more of a fringe world class fighter? Or is AJ on the level of a Lennox Lewis and the next undisputed world class HW?
Wlad is relax, it shows that he has been in that situation countless of time. His posture is more assertive than Anthony. Joshua is calm and show lots of respect for wlad, more like a little brother to a big brother. If fights are won from stare down or press conference, wlad nailed this one. That's how I see from the clip anyway. As for the fight, we will have to see. Too many intangibles to be certain.
I personally see Klitschko winning this by KO, and AJ going down the David Price route, getting KO'D frequently.
do people not remember when wlad wore lifts versus fury, in the face off's he was nearly as tall as fury was, probably doing the same thing here, klitshchko love's to play mind games
My head says Klitschko just finds a way to win and shut AJ out. My heart wants Joshua to catch WALDO flush, early scoring a highlight reel KO. He doesn't look massive compared to Joshua FFS, there's not much in it.
Wlad in full control psychologically. He is going to jab him into submission. Joshua's overgrown roid heart will not be able to withstand 12 rounds of Ukrainian punishment.