Vitali fights like a robot no skills!

Wladimir has MUCH better athletics today than Vitali, courtesy of not carrying two surgically repaired knees, a repaired spine and a repaired shoulder on his powerpunching side through the ring. I'm pretty sure Wlad would have knocked Johnson out, same way he did Chagaev. Vitali can adapt and has a stellar eye, but is too slow now. Still winning every round although being slow, limping and without a real powerpunch at 38 should demand respect in itself.

 

Yup. 2nd time I've seen him fight. What's the point? No power. No skill. Just body mass.
Monte needs to retire. His punch resistance has completely gone. I thought he was done in the 1st but managed to last with this goon. Retire Monte.

 

You come across as a sad, angry geek. I pity you. I really do.
Why don't they sell out 60,000 stadiums every fight then?

 

Typo error your ****ing sorry arsehole !!!

If it was a typing error, what the **** was it supposed to be with no errors ?


..because he is a great as uses his size to his advantage.

 

vitalis skills are subtle. he his size and power very effectively. For example, he continually punched over the top of johnson, thereby eliminating johnsons jab. Against arreola he landed some nice uppercuts on the incoming fighter. Good stuff.

 

You won't beat Vitali on the outside for a few reasons.

1) You aren't the bigger man.

2) He fights tall.

3) He has decent hand speed and skill.

Now that the three most obvious reasons are stated, lets look at more subtle ones.

4) He fights well off the back foot. Being so tall, he can take one less step than you and be out of your punching range.

5) He counter punches well. Often he'll back out of punching range and come right back with an uppercut or right hand.

6) At 38, he's probably in better shape than 90% of the currently active heavyweights which is either pathetic or extraordinary depending on how you look at it.


In short, the task is daunting for an ordinary (6'2-220lb) heavyweight. However, he is very beatable from the inside. It will take a special heavyweight to get it done though.

You have to work his advantages against him. He's big, so you fight him inside his long arms. He steps back and fights tall, so you throw hard to his body and then upstairs, to nullify his defensive style. You have to plan on two steps forward for every one step backwards he takes.

Vitali is an eager slugger, which means once you hit him he's going to want to hit back. This works to your benefit if you fight him inside his long arms and height. Every time he tries to retaliate you'll be able to land first. Such a quick, vicious exchange should destroy the bigger man.

The catch is being inside to do this. A lot of guys at heavyweight have **** poor footwork and can't cut off the ring well. They throw, he steps back out of range and then counters them right inside his punching range. It's an exchange that 99% of the time favors him.

Should they be taking two steps inside to his one, it'll constantly benefit the smaller man chasing him down. They'll be out of his punching range and most likely still in punching range to hit him.

And if he tries to lean on them, they should be ducking under, forcing him to drop too low to hold on. When they try and fight him in a clinch, he will almost always benefit from it because of his height and leverage. Smaller? You should always be getting lower than him.

 

The Klitschkos sellout almost every place they fight.

 

Including a political arena.

 

Lewis was nearly his size and was struggling and losing on points.

You wouldn't know what skill means even if I shove it up your ass, really.

 

You people over estimate Tysons skills