Vitali would prob KO Wlad, I agree. Even Wlad admitted in a video that Wlad is more of a fluid boxer but that Vitali is stronger then him. I think Vitali's iron chin and strength would give Wlad too much trouble.
December 12th 2009 - PostFinance Arena, Berne, Switzerland - 3pm est ~ WBC Heavyweight title ~ OddsBoth boxers must answer opening bell for wager to have action. Simply predict whether or not the fight will go over 1 minute and 30 seconds into the 10th round. Singles OnlyVitali " Ironfist " Klitschko-2000 Kevin Johnson+1000 Total Rounds - Vitali Klitschko vs Kevin Johnson OddsBoth boxers must answer opening bell for wager to have action. Simply predict whether or not the fight will go over 1 minute and 30 seconds into the 10th round. Singles OnlyOver Rounds Under Rounds
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Derrick Jefferson, Timo Hoffmann, Kevin McBride and so on were big too. The point is size isn't everything. If Klitschkos didn't have talent they would have been outboxed by smaller men like the other big guys mentioned above were outboxed by smaller men. In his prime Chris Byrd would have exhausted those guys by dodging their punches all night long but he couldn't do that exactly against either Klitschko because they, especially Vladimir, were too coordinated to be outmanuevered by an agile smaller man. Byrd managed to avoid heavy shots from Vitali but was also being outboxed by Vitali at the same time.
Vitali should beat the green Johnson to a pulp. The funny thing is I would be actually be favoring Johnson had he fought and beaten that one Cuban guy.
Several people have claimed that Johnson is durable and takes a good punch. how do you know that? He has never faced an even moderately hard hitter and has certainly never been hit with anything big. I think it will be a real shock for him when Vitaly starts connecting. Probably early in round two.
Johnson needs a lot to happen. He needs to have the fight of his life and he needs to hope that somehow Vitali gets old overnight. As a side note I hope that HBO doesn't tell us who wins at the start of the telecast. Versus blew it for me on the Hopkins/Jones card. I avoided every sports outlet all day, and then 5 minutes into the telecast they tell me that Green beat Jones. That pissed me off. atsch :twisted: atsch :twisted:
Yeah KJ has never faced anyone as good as Vitali. I can't wait to see how he reacts when he realizes how hard Vitali punches and how coordinated he is. KJ is going to realize quick that not only can he not outbox or knock out Vitali, but that he's gonna get his ass beat. My friends and I are going to be drinking and throwing a party while the fight is on so I can't wait to see Vitali fight again.
Who the hell picked Johnson to win inside the distance? A man with a 41% knockout ratio against one of the best chins in the heavyweight division today? How is Johnson going to stop Vitali? If the elder Klitschko, God forbid, has a massive stroke halfway through the 6th round? The only fighters Johnson has stopped have been fighters that have either fought nobody at the elite level of boxing, such as Devin Vargas and seven other non-players in the world of heavyweight boxing, or the ancient Bruce Seldon, who has dropped 7 of his 8 losses by KO, and who was recently KO'd before his fight with Johnson by the monstrously gifted fighter Tye Fields. Whoever voted for that either clicked the wrong option by mistake, was thinking of some other Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson who isn't actually fighting Klitschko this weekend, or is just simply a complete and total blithering idiot.