The guy has been a beast for years and in my opinion is the number one heavy out there (far far better than his brother) but watching his last few fights I think he is starting to look his age and is on the slide. He seems much slower than a few years back and in the solis fight he looked dead easy to hit, if Solis had been in better shape and hadn't gone and busted his knee it might have ended up being a very interesting fight. Now I know that Adamek doesn't seem to have much of a punch at heavy but he is quick and skillful and with Vitali slowing I just wonder is he hitting the big guy at the perfect time ... Now some of the blinder of the klit fans will like just say "blah blah he destroyed solis in a round and look what he did to briggs etc etc" ... but thats over simplyfing things I think he looked a little vulernable in that solis fight (and that ain't something I associate with Vitali!) and briggs ... well i think the vitali of a few years ago would have stopped him in short order.
Of course he's on the way down and yet he still dominates and pisses people off enough to come in threads like this and post stupid posts, so I guess mission accomplished for Vitali.
He's not on the slide, he has always been overrated. He has nowhere to slide from.
He's fought one good fighter and fighter and got tko'd.
He's pathetic and a disgrace to mankind.
Pathetic and disgrace to mankind. Solid post ******. It's retards like you (with 7500 posts no less) that keeps this forum's IQ at around the level of a dog.
Oh but as to the original topic, I think Vitali is sliding a little bit too. But it's still more than enough for now because of his physical advantages, the fact that he (and his brother) always come to fight in excellent shape, and obviously also because the heavyweight division is relatively barren. So all this is probably irrelevant.
well its easy to call after he starts losing a blind man could do that ... its a lot more challenging to call when exactly the winning steak is about to come to an end and he might be about to lose by observing his fights and observing subtle detoriations from previous ones. That said Vitali on the slide is still probably the best heavyweight out there at the moment.
A round...1. How many fighters currently active have gone aslong as him without losing a round? Guys are suriviving in their against him when they just cover up and try to last.
Yes he slowed down definetly. He is going to be 40 soon, reflexaes are different, muscle reaction is not the same either. But by watching 1st round of Solis fight, can't really say that he is slowing down. He is always patient his first 2-3 rounds, almost never exchanging
Uhh...when the guy loses a round...then lets have this conversation. He hasnt lost a single round since the Sanders fight imo...
well its easy to call after he starts losing a blind man could do that ... its a lot more challenging to call when exactly the winning steak is about to come to an end and he might be about to lose by observing his fights and observing subtle detoriations from previous ones. That said Vitali on the slide is still probably the best heavyweight out there at the moment.
Uhh...when the guy loses a round...then lets have this conversation. He hasnt lost a single round since the Sanders fight imo...he just KO 1'd a top 10 HW and hes 40. Sure hes slowed down some. All fighters past 33 are on the slide... some are a very slow gradual slide down, and others like RJJ are on a straight down plummet.
a lil bit........i hope floyd dont see it ......probably challenge him if hes shot to pieces..............smh..................LOL
floyds not the one who's known to fight shot fighters..lol
I don't want to hear any excuses about why he lost from his fans if they say he is not on the slide
He was on the slide before he came back after all his injuries, but there are still no excuses because Vitali on the slide is arguably the best heavyweight in the division.
The guy has been a beast for years and in my opinion is the number one heavy out there (far far better than his brother) but watching his last few fights I think he is starting to look his age and is on the slide. He seems much slower than a few years back and in the solis fight he looked dead easy to hit, if Solis had been in better shape and hadn't gone and busted his knee it might have ended up being a very interesting fight. Now I know that Adamek doesn't seem to have much of a punch at heavy but he is quick and skillful and with Vitali slowing I just wonder is he hitting the big guy at the perfect time ... Now some of the blinder of the klit fans will like just say "blah blah he destroyed solis in a round and look what he did to briggs etc etc" ... but thats over simplyfing things I think he looked a little vulernable in that solis fight (and that ain't something I associate with Vitali!) and briggs ... well i think the vitali of a few years ago would have stopped him in short order.
He's not on the slide, he has always been overrated. He has nowhere to slide from.
He's fought one good fighter and fighter and got tko'd.
He's pathetic and a disgrace to mankind.