Vitali will be exposed...

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Like I said Williams is the worst boxer that Vitali has fought in 3 years. Once Vitali beats him, everyone is going to go back to rightfully calling Williams a bum.

Nah, i think he will give a better show than whale-johnson, but ultimatly he is dead meat.

10 inch hight difference will be hard to handle.

And what this nonsense that willimas will tire Vit, he 15lbs heavier.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Hiyas,

This is not intended to start a flame war with the Vitali loyals.

Ive recently seen the fight between Sanders and Rahman from 1995 and have noticed similarities between Vitali vs Sanders, lol apart from the fact before you say it that Sanders was fighting and it was a boxing match.
People say that Vitali has a good solid chin, I totaly disagree, as Sanders is not a real heavy puncher. In his bout with Rahman he hit him all night long with straight left hands and they had no effect on Rahman, who by the way is not well known for a good chin. Rahman on the other hand had Sanders, a 34 year old slim and fit looking Sanders down 3 times, Vitali didnt put him down once, questioning his own power. I think Vitali came along at the right time when oposition was none existant, the only decent fighter he has fought was a fat out of shape and unmotivated Lewis. Lewis was ****e that night and deserved to loose, but guess what he didnt he busted Vits face to shreads, and though Lewis behind on cards he was dishing out some very heavy damage to Vitali before the TKO, summed up quickly Vit was ass kicked by a lack luster Lewis and would have been KTFO in the later rounds had it continued. Now if thats Vitali's claim to fame being the nearly man its crap and meaningless.
When Vitali meets Williams I think we are all going to be shocked, well not all of us because many people believe that Williams will walk straight through Vitali and KO him in style.
Every time Vitali got hit by Sanders, who realy isnt a hard puncher, he blinked and screwed his face up and ran backwards off balance looking very gun shy, I tell you if he backs away from Williams even for a second he will wake looking up at the ref at the count of nine. Williams has got a devastating right or left hook and will be heavier than Vit on the night when not if he connects its gonna be lights out baby.
The only way i can see Williams loosing is if he lets Vit push him backwards all night.

Vitali took Sanders' punches clean on the chin and about 100 of them from Lennox Lewis and didn't go down. If that's not a solid chin, I don't know what is.

Sanders can't punch?

Ross Purrity, who has one hell of a chin, says differently. He says Sanders hits harder than both Klit brothers combined.

That doesn't mean Williams can't beat Vitali. I think he can. But your premise that Vitali can't punch and has no chin is so ******ed I'm pissing in my shorts reading your post. You should be ashamed of your lack of boxing knowledge

[Soundtraveler]

Williams, if he is to win this fight, will have to pressure Klitschko from the opening bell.

Personaly, I think if Williams had a better defense, he would have a better shot - that said, if Vitaly runs out of gas early, it's good night for him, and he doesn't like to be pressured, he likes distance between himself and his opposition.

Cuts will always be a factor in a Klitschko bout, it's all about the bone structure baby, deep-set eyes make for easy cuts - I know that from first hand experience! Lennox exposed just how badly you can exploit Klitschko in that area....

[ChrististheAnswer]

Well like you said he has faster hands than both of them and he is a southpaw, and very few boxers hit as hard as them. He had Rahman in a lot of trouble near the end of the 2nd round, and luckily for Rahman he was saved by the bell.

Tyson had faster hands then Sanders in his prime

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Tyson had faster hands then Sanders in his prime

Vitali wins by way of 6th round TKO

[oldgringo]

I think Vitali will prevail...I wonder how much more he's going to have to do in order to gain some respect. If Williams pulls the upset I will be surprised, but hey it's the year of the upset I guess.

[TheFairPole]

Williams, if he is to win this fight, will have to pressure Klitschko from the opening bell.

Personaly, I think if Williams had a better defense, he would have a better shot - that said, if Vitaly runs out of gas early, it's good night for him, and he doesn't like to be pressured, he likes distance between himself and his opposition.

Cuts will always be a factor in a Klitschko bout, it's all about the bone structure baby, deep-set eyes make for easy cuts - I know that from first hand experience! Lennox exposed just how badly you can exploit Klitschko in that area....

Especially if you punch with your thumb out like Lewis was in their fight!!! That will cut anyone!!! Those cuts on Vitali's eye were caused by Lennox's thumb!!! Watch the tape!!!

[Neuraxis]

Tyson had faster hands then Sanders in his prime

...and according to Tommy Brooks, Wlad has faster hands than Tyson.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

...and according to Tommy Brooks, Wlad has faster hands than Tyson.

Tommy Brooks never worked with a prime Tyson in the mid to late 80s. Wasn't he working with Wlad when he said that?

That's like Manny Steward saying Octavio Lara was better than a young Hearns.

Trainers can be the most unobjective sources of info in the universe.

I think Norman Stone actually says John Ruiz has a better right hand than Joe Louis. Do you believe that?

[PBDS]

Vitali has a decent chin but he was OUT ON HIS FEET at the end of the 6th round (and dumb Jum Lampley didn't even see the punch Lewis hithim with and claimed Lewis was holding on, even though it was Vitali who was falling into Lewis . . ) Go watch the tape. I don't even know why this is debated anymore. He was more out of it then Lewis was, who was even able to land another uppercut at the bell.
Regarding the Sanders-Rahman fight-Rahman was down twice. Sanders can hit. But the bad thing is that the Sanders who fought Vitali was not the Sanders who fought Rahman, and even though Rahman was shaken by his shots he never retreated or was as stunned as Klitscko was in that 1st round. Sanders against Klitschko was older, fatter (and Corrie never had great conditioning or stamina), and could only fight for about 20 seconds of each round before he got fatigued. And Vitali still got very tired after the 5-6th round. Vitali's stamina is not very good (and don't bring up the Donald and Bean fight b/c those guys did absolutely nothing for the whole fight and Klitschko stopped them on their feet he didn't knock them down). Williams is a wild card but I think he has the style to upset Vitali.

....Lewis collapsed on his stool at the end of the 6th round like he was dead. He pretty much fell onto it. I'm not even sure he would have come out for the next round(at least his corner might have kept him from going out). Vit took his shots and kept coming. Lewis shot his wad and had nada left. The debate on this topic will never end unless Lewis brings his sorry as out of retirement and gets put to sleep for good. No way he will do that because he hasn't got the balls and his pride is too high to come back and get an ass whipping.