Punch stats: This content is protected vs Roy Jones Thrown: 985 Thrown/round: This content is protected (12 rounds) This content is protected vs Sam Peter Thrown: 582 Thrown/round: This content is protected (8 rounds) * Two important differences here: 1. VK weighs around 70 lbs. more than does Joe 2. VK was off for 4 years before the Peter fight Vitali Klitschko is the Joe Calzaghe of the HW division. That is, he has a very high workrate, particularly compared with other HW's. Another example of this phenomenon: This content is protected vs This content is protected This content is protected -- Thrown: 432 Thrown/round: This content is protected (6 rounds) This content is protected -- Thrown: 222 Thrown/round: This content is protected So, VK threw almost twice as many shots/round as did LL. And like the Peter fight, he averaged in the low-70's of punches thrown/round against Lewis, a phenomenal number for such a massive fighter. VK was kind of gassed in the Peter fight, but when you realize how huge he is and how many shots he was throwing (not to mention his age and the long layoff he was returning from), that fatigue is more understandable. Everyone understands how insane people like Calzaghe's and Margarito's workrate is. To better appreciate Vitali Klitschko's dominance, it helps to put his punch output into perspective against men far smaller than he is.
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Take it into the tko6 thread. Gun to your head What happens if there was a round 7-8 for Lewis vs Vitali? What happens in a Prime Lewis of Golota days vs Vitali of Danny Williams fight? If there was a round 7 or 8 in the Lewis vs Vitali fight. People today won't think of Vitali as the old Ukrainian Champion. They will just think of him as 'that ******ed dude who carrys Wladimir's hand bags' But nice of you to pull up stats from a fight against a 258 pound ageing Lewis who can barely walk to the ring unassisted and who was heaving for air after 1 minute of action.
Vitali from Peter fight was same age as Lennox from his fight with Vitali. Cowardly Lion scared into retirement.
atsch i would of thought you had enough sense to acknowledge that lennox was fighting a prime monster in vitali, while vitali was fighting a little blobby man with no skill in peter. but no, you are that stupid. there's a huge difference. go on, smack yourself in the head.
