Arreola is the toughest fight out there just now, so I want to see that. Maybe in 2013 some more challengers can put runs together, Mitchell and Boystov excite me.
His match up with Vitali was equally credit worthy. Gave him a torrid opening and imo is the only man to have dropped the great Dr Ironfist in the ring, although no official count was given.
Vitali is a guy who'd never refuse a fight, but I give Bowe credit for rematching Golota after taking a beating. More than Lewis did when his fight with Vitali ended with a cut that was probably opened with an illegal shot while holding his opponent around the neck. Debatable to this day anyway. If you rate Holyfield as an upper echelon ATG you might pick Bowe, no other reason however as he ducked everybody else.
If Vitali wanted he could score an easy points win on the outside, he might catch a few shots but he has the chin to cope. The only guys I can compare Vitali with are the guys Tyson struggled to land on in the 80's: Green, Tucker, Smith, all about 6'4"/5" but none near as good as Vitali.
That's my take on the fight. And Lewis did open the eye nefariously. This clip is the definitive moment the cut opened up in a clinch with Lewis hitting and holding ILLEGAL! Vitali from Saturday night wouldn't allow this to happen and would smash this Lewis no problem.
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The Klitsckos would be so much cooler if their fanbase didn't consist of white supremacists from Canada.
Hey freak,
Go find a rope, attach it something high and swing until :dead1: Save the planet some oxygen!
I like this fight, Fury probably sees a smaller guy who came well short against Vitali and couldn't knock over journeyman Kevin McBride. Adamek sees a guy who is big but raw and definitely has some ch inks in his armour as Chisora and Firtha showed. He'll fancy himself to expose these further than those two did.
Make the fight.
If you look at the $150m plus Tyson made in his career there's plenty incentive for US based guys to try the game, they just aren't good enough, and I don't buy the NFL/NBA excuse.
Haye told us he had all speed, power and angles of punches to deal with Wlad and the fact he was a bit smaller would make no difference to the outcome. That's what he told us.
If Bowe comes back and knocks out Eddie Chambers and Tony Thompson (the two best American active HW's) then he can claim to be worthy of a shot at the K's. Chances of this Bowe doing that are slim to none. I'm not sure he even has a license or would get one to fight in the UK even. They refused Botha who is younger than Bowe.
I hope they make the fight as it will be another mega HW fight, but Haye is going to be an outside bet. He should really take a fight beforehand to show people he has it to give VK a fight.