Tsypko is totally underrated here on esb. Almost all posters here seem to be sure that Andrade will stop the lanky Ukranian or win a wide point decision. The fight hasnt been won yet.Therefore you should stay calm and not count your chickens before they are hatched! Most American posters have only seen Tsypko's encounter with Lacy a couple of months ago. We all know that Andrade has impressive firepower and that he has an iron beard,but we tend to overlook his weak spots which will probably be the decisive factors in his upcomming fight with Tsypko. The American-Mexican is slow,predictable,one-dimensional,and is not really able to adjust a faulty game plan when necessary. Tsypko has pop in his fists,but is not really a puncher.Far more likely that Andrade takes out Tsypko than the other way round. Andrade has a puncher's chance.No doubt about it! However,Tsypko is a very capable operator whose jab will make it hot for Andrade. Andrade will probably lose the first few rounds noticing that he is in a fix and that he has to knock Tsypko out in order to win the fight.Tsypko's stamina is excellent,and he is as cool as cucumber when being under heavy fire.Therefore Andrade has to go for the ko going out with blazing guns looking for the decisive moment to land one of his murderous punches.Tsypko is a very tactical fighter.He will win round after round outpointing and outjabbing his very predictable opponent.Tsypko has never gone down in his pro career and he for sure will put his best foot forward as this upcomming fight with Andrade is a true crossroad fight for him.His German promoter will kick him out of his stable in case he loses this fight.He isnt a big draw neither in his native Ukraine nor in Germany.His style is no feast for anyone's eyes.He is a quiet personality with a boring style. Hardly marketable -neither in the USA nor in Germany.He has to win his encounter with Andrade. Tsypko is now 22-2 in the paid ranks. All in all his fight record is quite impressive.He beat Kodzoev in his 4th pro fight stopping the teak tough American based Russian in the 4th round of their encounter. Kodzoev has defeated the likes of Jerry Elliot and Sergej Tatevosyan in his pro career.In his 9th pro fight he systimatically dismantled his African foe,the cagey vet Mxoli from South Africa,taking him out in round 6. Mxoli drawed with Hasan Al,had three bloody wars with Nordin Ben Sallah,went the full route with Mikkel Kessler who didnt have an easy time with the African,gave hell to German pugilist Dirk Dzemski a few years ago. In his 10th pro fight he knocked out his Italian foe Imperato in round 7 of their encounter. Imperato had gone the full distance of 12 rounds with both former world champ Markus Beyer and former european champ Danilo Haussler. In his 13th pro fight he soundly outpointed well known Argentinian top fighter Francisco Mora. In his 14th pro fight he easily outpoint Charles Adamu who -just two weeks later-gave hell to Carl Froch on Froch' s home turf in England. In his 15 th pro fight he outclassed former european champ Zaitsev in an extremely one-sided fight winning all rounds. In his 16th pro fight he squared off against Jeff Lacy on American soil ,but their encounter was scored a no contest due to a cut caused by a headbutt. In his 19th pro fight he beat Brian Magee in a close fight on German soil. In his 20th pro fight he lost to Frenchman Chanet on French soil in a very close fight. There are ring observers who thought that Tsypko did enough to win that fight. In his 21st pro fight he stopped the very decent Croat Stejpan Bozic in the second round of their encounter. Bozic has collected known scalps like the one of former world champ Velasquez, Australian based Arab Nader Hamdan,Belgian based Arab toughman Djamel Sellimi,and Danish based African Lolenga Mock(who knocked Brewer out and went 12 rounds with Bute). In his 22nd pro fight Tsypko lost a very controversial point decison to American Jeff Lacy on American soil.I guess most posters here are quite familiar with that fight. Tsypko beat David Gogiya in one his last fight. The Russian based Georgian Gogiya has a proven track record which shows his class.He lost a split decision to former european champ Christian Sanavia,beat Chanet and Mger Mkrtchyian(anyone remembers his fight with Joe Calzaghe) in their backyards. Tsypko has fought very good opposition in his career.He has gone the distance of 12 rounds quite a few times.He has faced big punchers and outboxed them. His style is no feast for our eyes,but very effective and successful.He is a resilient type of fighter who can take a good punch and keep his composure.He wont be out of puff after 9 or 10 rounds.His stamina is beyond any doubt. My guess is that Andrade will have a puzzled frown on his face after 5-6 rounds trying to think how to solve this brute of a problem. Andrade wont be able to tear Tsypko to pieces IMO.No way that Andrade will outpoint the Ukranian.Andrade for sure has the edge in firepower,but in terms of skills Tsypko is head on and shoulders over Andrade. Against all the odds I will put my money on Tsypko. IMO Andrade's style is cut out for Tsypko,tailor made.Tsypko by wide point decision in a one-sided fight.:good
Tsypko is a good guy but I just can't see him upsetting Andrade. Vitaly just doesn't do enough in the ring being too inactive and a little bit inept with his defense. And I don't mean this will be a walk in the park for this guy Andrade but I'm sure he will pull it out by points at the end...
Most importantly, Tsypko is slow to move, making him a easy target for Andrade. Bute has very good feet movement and was almost KO so I don't give a chance to Tsypko to win this bout except for a well place jab to the liver...
Odo - What I'd like to know is what is it about Tsypko that makes you think he can keep Andrade off of him? There are two things you mention that I definitely agree with: 1) Tsypko isn't a puncher 2) Andrade is slow, predictable, one-dimensional, and is not really able to adjust a faulty game plan when necessary So we know Andrade will be moving forward and throwing lots of slow robotic punches. That's what he does. Other than Stieglitz who just seemed completely overwhelmed, he usually gets outboxed early in his fights. But only Kessler has been able to keep Adndrade off of him for an entire 12 rounds. Mack succumbed after half a fight. He caught up with Bute 11 1/2 rounds in. What is it about Tsypko that will be able to keep Andrade off of him? He doesn't have Kessler's jab, or Bute's lateral movement, so what is it?
Andrade might be predictable and crude...but he still brings that for a full 12 relentlessly. I think you really have to be able to do something to counter that. Kessler's pinpoint 1-2 combination, and moreover his footwork did that. Andrade himself said he just couldn't get near him. He just about kept Andrade honest also, without hurting him greatly. I don't think the Ukranian has the neccessary tools. Not enough power, not enough footwork to get outta the way.
Pressure's effectiveness is not as visible as slick or flashy punches effectiveness, but it's still there. Tyspko boxes very vell, he's a typically tough and technically sound Ukranian to cause pressure fighters trouble, but Andrade, despite getting hit a lot and visibly slower than the SMW elite, is very effective getting closer and closer, taking away the stamina and all the technical/natural advantages and turning it into his kind of a fight. He's big, physically a LHW, applies HUGE pressure, has a decent punch and simply unparallel stamina/output. Bute, a very good, slick boxer schooled him for 10 rounds and Librado still came on stronger and stronger. Kessler put on more damage than Calzaghe on Lacy, and he still had to be very alert in the last few rounds. Typko is defensively good, but IMO he doesn't have the workrate to do what would be enough vs. a naturally smaller, weaker and less busy Andrade. I think Librado stops him in the late rounds, with Typko having a very good first half often making Andrade look fool.
andrade is dangerous is you cant keep him off him. a good boxer can and tspyko isnt going to be able to do that. besides, we are all looking forward to bute - andrade 2 and only the bute camp (more than tspyko) can stop this i believe.
Andrade should win altough probably he will lose some of the early rounds but push Tsypko hard later on. Tsypko better have his track shoes on.