Klitschko vs Arreola RbR

No, he just makes grown men cry.

 

I enjoyed the fight, and would rather watch that tonight than the excuse of a fight Peter put up.

Arreola is a tough cookie no doubt.

 

Not even close to the hardest puncher of his era nevermind all-time. I think Lewis had more one punch power, his brother certainly does.

The secret to that probably lies in another stat, the one that shows a 250lb guy throwing 800 punches. That averages out close to 1000, which is insane.

 

Arreola spent the fight with a high guard and Vitali trying to bash his way through it, which eventually lead to a slow beat down.

I think you're being harsh judging Vit's punching power on this fight... his timing is out and Arrealo simply never really opened up or was caught clean. Arreola is also clearly a tough cookie.

I don't particularly recall Vitali unloading, do you?

 

Anyone know the Diaz vs Chavez result?

 

I'm judging it on this fight, the Sam Peter fight, and the Gomez fight. He landed punches throughout all of the fights and never once did he look like a one punch KO artist. His timing was not the best with his right hand in any of the fights, particualarly the previous two fights, but he did land punches and seldom did he hurt his opponents and relied on wearing them down with activity until they quit, folded in the case of Gomez, and pulled out tonight.

Put it this way, if thats Wladimir's right hand, or Lewis's right hand/uppercut, or Tyson unloading his hooks, those opponents are hitting the deck. The guy threw 800 punches, and that has been the secret of his KO ratio.

It's come about pretty much the same way as Kelly Pavlik's KO ratio. I wouldn't call him one of the greatest middleweight punchers.

 

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Povetkin is another guy that could give Vitali a good fight, even better than Arreola did, and Arreola has probably faired a lot better than anybody apart from Chris Byrd (who didn't do great, but was active and fortunate to get the injury) and of course Lennox Lewis.

Povetkin is a lot faster and lot more skilled than Arreola and is also a natural pressure fighter. In the end though his defence is probably just a bit too leaky for success.

But I've always held the opinion Pov is the best guy to go at Vitali and make a real contest of it. That could be the case for Wlad too, but I'd be worried about Wlad's powerful right hand and Pov's susceptability to that punch.

 

Wlad
Vitali



Haye, Povetkin, Chambers

Arreola

















Everyone else...

 

Pretty much...

I wouldn't rule out Chagaev if he proves his health and gets a few contests under his belt. Of course he's a sitting duck against a Klitschko, but his natural counterpunching style could prove tricky for Arreola and Haye especially. I'd also put Ibragimov in this tier if he decides to return.

Kevin Johnson could be there or there abouts too, very slick and interesting fighter. Shame he has no power but due to lack of depth he can get up there IMO.

 

What about David Tua?

I'm chuckling to myself, the sad reality is he's very much a possibility. In any other division you'd be thinking this old guy that was a limited banger to begin with has no shot in hell of doing anything...but...

He's looking great in training I heard, I'm really looking forward to trying to catch his fight.

 

would Haye have a chance?

 

Denis Boytsov has the best shot to be a first tier heavyweight.

 

Can I watch the fight online now? (i.e. replay)

 

Like many others on here I purchased this via Seconds out TV watched it Live (damn good stream with only one issue throughout: lost 40 secs of round 8 due the stream freezing!)

I dont know who can touch the Klitschkos now! Would love to see Tua give it a go but have a feeling it would be another case of puncher not being able to get off his shots!