Vitali Klitschko beats Sonny Liston

I think Vitali would win. Liston is a little too ploddy, and more mentally frustrated than Vitali.

 

If you think Vitali is a big puncher you don't really no much about the sport. He doesn't sit on his punches, turn them over properly or get body torque in them. He's an arm puncher, for an arm puncher he hits hard, but arm punchers are never going to be powerful. His stoppages are accumulation and he usually isn't the quickest to stop any of his opponents

Vitali has allot of talents but he doesn't have a big punch

 

I was going to post that, double retirement

 

The Big Cat did pretty well very early in one of the matches with Liston. I thought he took round one and cut Liston early before Liston landed his hook. Not sure how Liston would do here. Sonny's mental fortitude was never that good ( quit, fouled, ect.. ), and he really wasn't fast handed.

Tough match up for both guys. I think Liston hits harder, but Vitali has the better defense, and takes the better punch. Vitali's height might make it tough on Liston. I like Vitali here because I think Liston intimidation would not work here, and that was a key part of his game.

 

Well, he's not in there with sub 200 pound guys and 6 or 8 oz gloves either. Injury has taken a bit off Vitali's punch, but he still has it. He really decked Briggs ( I think it was round 5 ). Briggs said Vitali hits harder than Foreman. Other fighters who fought him and Tyson said Vitali hits harder. Example: Francis. Danny Williams who had a rough round one with Tyson said Tyson hits a little harder, but Vitali is more consistent with his power.

After Vitali retires I believe he will reveal hand and shoulder issues, which made him switch up his style a bit to what you refer to as arm punching.

 

Are you really trying to argue that Vitali hits harder than Tyson or Foreman? He has zero mechanics, he throws arm punches, it's clear as day. 90% of his stoppages are accumulation. When you are hitting guys flush in the face with right hands and they are still standing then there is something lacking in regards to power generation. How many flush punches are we talking about against Sanders, Briggs, Peter? Average puncher.

 

Lets all judge a burnt out Tyson 16 years past his peak as if it's meaningful so we can prop Vitali up

Tyson was flat out throwing decent punches let alone stringing together consistent power. For crying out loud.

 

He was always an arm puncher throughout his career and it comes from his kickboxing style, he sits on his shot but he's never turned them over properly or got body torque into like say Wlad can do. Briggs is talking BS, if Vitali could punch he'd do what Lewis did to him

 

i favor liston to beat all the super hw's,including lewis,klits and bowe.
liston would **** up vitali from outside and inside,body and head.vitali also cuts easily,liston would **** his face up with his ramrod jab

 

hes going to ko liston witharm punches...lol,what dupe are you on son

 

Of course he does.

Stop looking at a late thirty year old fighter with knee problems.

In his prime he used his legs much more when committing.

He also changes the speed, angles, and follow thru of his punches. Sometimes he sits on them and sometimes he just tags his opposition.

The guy (at 39 with knee problems) just got a TKO1 over a guy that was a very decorated amateur.

What else do you want?

 

Slobby Solis was a fat tubby lardass tub of whale blubber as a pro. You see, Slobby Solis had a fragile glass knee cos of his cheeseburger addiction putting tons of stress on his knee joints. VitKlit tapped Slobby Solis with a arm-punch, And his glass knee shattered under teh weight of his taco-filled tummy.

 

Liston Knocks the overrated Vitali out

 

I am a Big Cat fan. You had to love his heart, but how many top ten contenders did he really beat Janitor? Far less than Vitali Klitschko.

 

I don't think Briggs is talking crap. Vitlai broke bones, and punished him. The fight should have been halted in the later rounds.

A Briggs frame was much larger post Lewis. His chin is very good these days. Its true as he has not been down in 13 years. Clean shots from Ibragimov, Mercer and Liachovich didn't phase him one bit, and Vitali unloaded on him.