Vitali K. vs Valuev. It´s on

Vitali was a big puncher back in 2000, not today.

 

I'd love to see the fight, not because Valuev would be such an amazing challenge for Vitali, but because it could set him up to finish his career with a very decent legacy considering the available opposition. If he beats Valuev and Haye he would cement his aspiration for a spot in the HW HOF.

 

Is it official?

 

It is (probably) off. Bonte (K2 manager) was on the record that if he doesn't hear back from King until Thursday night the fight is dead and they will sign with another opponent today allegedly.

 

Two old farts going at it...damned boxing needs an enema.

 

Agreed!Even in o4 when he fought sanders he packed a helluva wallop but...that time has long passed.:yep

 

Really and you are defending David haye? as a power puncher what level of opponent has he taken out :blood

 

Yeah sure if he grows a piar and gets into the ring... But hey he is looking to fight Hopkins at heavyweight right atsch

 

May 29th is the date they are throwing around.

 

Valuev is not mobile enough, nor does he have the defense to keep the damage from accumulating.

Its just a matter of time. I'm guessing 1 round of "testing each other" then 4 rounds of Vitali grinding him down and catching him with something big in the end.

 

cant see a ko in this fight..hope im wrong but pritty much a snooze fest 12 rounder here.

 

:-(

 

Vitali being taking into deep water.... Vitali is far faster than Valuev and has good timing that I expect he will be able to slip most of Valuev's telegraphed shots and counter him all night. Even though he is 7+ feet tall he only has a few inches in reach on Vitali and the differences in speed and skill will more than make up for that. And while at time Valuev has displayed a good jaw there are other times that he has been wobbled very badly, the clip is up on youtube.

He has stopped every guy but the last one since his comeback. He is not a one punch KO guy but his punches are consistently hard and I believe he will stop Valuev.

 

Valuev braced for Klitschko assault

(AFP) – 5 hours ago

BERLIN — Giant Russian Nikolay Valuev insisted Friday he is ready to face WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, describing it as a fight everyone is desperate to see.

"I want to fight Vitali. It will be an interesting fight that everybody in the boxing world has been waiting for many years to see," Valuev told the Bild newspaper. See full article here.