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Vitaly Klitschko appears to be the best of a talentless crop of heavyweights. Vitaly looks amateurish at times, he shows no head movement and is straight up. He often throws punches out of position exposing himself to lethal counter-punches. How many good counter-punchers are there around today? (Answer: Perhaps Toney). How many counter-punchers who are in their primes and carry a devastating punch? (Answer: zero). Klitshcko makes too many mistakes to be considered a great fighter. When he gets hit he backs straight up so he can be hit again. He doesn't know how to duck and stay in punching position when avoiding punches and instead he leans away from punches which is a tactical error. Vitaly doesn't have the speed of Muhammad Ali to get away with such a maneuver and he is fortunate that he fights at a time when feinting is a lost art. Klitschko blocks but doesn't counter, neither does he have a complete aresenal of punches- he did not throw one uppercut against Sanders. He panics when he is attacked as in the Sanders fight, and he doesn't clinch well and looks awkward when he does. Further he appears to tire in the later rounds of a 12 round fight. He was winded in the Sanders fight and this against an opponent who was dead tired himself after 2 rounds of boxing. I doubt Vitaly could fight a hard 15 round fight like most of the great heavyweights were able to do. Vitaly is already 32 and yet he still has a lot to learn. Jack Johnson would have taken Klitschko to school and made him look like the advanced amateur that he is.
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if this is true and wlad is worse than his brother , than i guess this other has haye beating wlad easy. -
I agree with it but that doesn't mean much. as I said before pac-hatton fight in a thread pointing out pac's weaknesses: Its one thing to know another fighter's weaknesses and its another to have the ability to exploit them.
Hatton was pointing out all of pac's weaknesses which were correct on the most part, but he just didn't have the ablities to do anything about it. So in this case I say again, vitali might do all those things wrong, but who out there could make him pay for those mistakes?Comment
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not at all....vitali has the best conditioning of any heavyweight. Never seen him get tired actually? i don't think he got more tired in any of his fights than any other great heavyweight would. when youre 6 foot seven 250 lbs, you do not move as quickly as 6 foot 1 225 pounds, but it doesnt mean his movements are ineffective. His movements and ring generalship are extremely effective. He has rarely been hit with clean punches, even lennox didn't land many, but that one uppercut was insane, which isx a testament to vitali's chin. I don't think he is amateurish, he always tries to finish opponents. Yes he stands straight up, that is called using your height to your advantage, tall fighters dominate short fighters by doing this, i don't see how this is a bad thing? He still gets great leverage on hihs shots..... maybe somebody can explain why this doesnt work for him and maybe cite an example? When he gets hit, he effectively creates distance wth his foes, so he can;t be hit again. I dont think hes been hit numerous times too often in his career. Sanders landed many clean punches, but rearely did he land them in combinations or in sequence due to vitali backing straight up. He may not have a complete arsenal, but he does have a two fisted attack and can KO with one punch. what more can you ask for? I doubt any heavyweights are as dedicated to training as Vitali is, and i highly doubt a heavyweight like Jack Johnson would come close to beating vitali. His best shot would be TKO y injury to vitali. Im no expert on Jack Johnson, but i dont think his punches were any harder than Lennoz Lewis or Corrie Sanders? somebody please reply and if you dispute, please give reasoning.Comment
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