That sums it up very nicely. Wonder if trainers/managers tell their charges that kinda' thing. :think
Ignore that guy. He's a ****ing idiot. You made a really good post about the mental side of things, which are very rarely talked about in such a way. Even though I agreed with you on every point, I thought it was an interesting read regardless, and it's not often that I'm impressed by a post like that. Well done, mate :good
Maybe, the staredown plays a bigger role than people think. Look at Tarver and Dawson. Tarver obviously got under Dawsons skin, but Dawson took it and went out and comprehensively beat him and then knocked him down in the 12 round. He is obviously strong mentally Lets say Dawson was shaken by the Johnson fight though or was nervous about his chin. And then Tarver rocks him at some point during the fight, and he is winning up to that point, but then he fights scared or hesitates and it costs him. Teddy Atlas may get ripped a lot, but it is very true when he says "boxing is 90% mental". Skill and class aside, will and determination play a bigger part than anything else.
Boxing is a mental game.Determination is a very imporant part of this game. A good example is Firat Arslan.He is a very limited fighter who cant crack an egg with his soft punches.Nevertheless,he used to keep winning fights on pure aggression and outstanding determination.He is one of the mentally toughest warriors out there.
I watched the replay of the fight last night on Showtime. Klitschko was literally just playing with Peter. Just about everything he threw landed some shots were hard others were just to hit the target. You could tell that Klitschko was going to go for the KO in the 9th round as at the end of the 8th he started sitting on his punches more and more. Other than Calzaghe/Lacy or Mayweather/Gatti it was the most one sided Championship fight I have seen in recent times.
Agreed. Similar to Wlad in how they both like to break them down 1st and then go in for the kill. Vitalis win over Peter reminds me of Wlad over Byrd. Didnt mater what they threw, it landed
Well,Sam Peter for sure was on hostile territory in Berlin.Peter had never fought in front of such a huge crowd +he had never been in such an outstanding limelight with so much media attention before.Vitaly is used to this kind of stress.Sam Peter wasnt. I dont intend to claim that it had a very decisive effect on Sam Peter's performance.Nevertheless,boxing is a mind game.All the odds were against Sam Peter. A cat in gloves catches no mice,and a frightened cat doesnt go for the kill.
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Peter is one the worse WBC champs in the last 25 yrs, he had the potential but the guy is arrogant and has no work ethic, no serious fighter would show up in the shape he did for the biggest fight of thier life. This fight was lost before it even got to the ring or even the press conference, this fight was lost in the gym IMO.
I think Vitali owned Peter even before the fight. Peter could see he was in good shape and determined and unnerved-unlike his previous opponents, incl. Wlad-- so he didn't have his usual bravado--in fact, he fought scared. I had never seen him so tentative.I don't know if it was Vit's punches or frustraion with his size, but Sam was neutralized like I have never seen before . Vitali's demeanor confused Sam and he probably didn't sleep well before the fight.