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i know there must have been a billion threads about this fight, but lets do a reexamination.
well, Vitali is still the f#*king man! like i said a decade ago, this guy is no joke.
onto the fight. holy damn, vitali looked like a welterweight in the ring saturday night! man, i have seen about all of his fights, and he just keeps improving - not even like he has to. his footwork was as near perfect as it gets when it needed to be, and was relaxed when he needed a short break. damn! seriously, it was amazing to see a guy who is nearly 6'8" move in a floyd mayweather type of way. yeah, i am serious - it looked that good. he dodged punches like i have never seen another heavyweight do since Ali. it is like he just decided to show how well he can box in a technical yet pretty damn fluid way. looking at all of the other comments on the net, i agree, it was a masterpeice.
chris ******* arreola, upon second inspection, did throw more punches than i thought he did. he applied as much pressure as he could. and he did throw a decent amount of punches. he just couldnt hit the guy - who is the 2nd biggest target in the division, but moves so damn well with his 6th sense of punches that he barely got tagged more than a few times. hats off to chris for actually putting up a noteworthy fight(as much as one can fighting vitali) - he did more than gomez and peter combined IMO. but, Vitali is so damned good, it was a losing battle from round 1.
vitali brought out his boxing skills more in this fight than most any other i can think of off the top. he dodged as punches were starting to be thrown, he pivoted providing movement with a constant dynamic all the while throwing every single type of punch known to boxing, and more. he went toe-to-toe at times, and at others simply moved out of the way(he was fast enough to do that, which is hard to imagine for a guy over 6'6" unless u saw saturday's fight, u might not have even believed it and thought it was an overhyping by a klitschko fan.)
chris came out with a decent gameplan - apply pressure and throw 'em when there was little space. however, the constant pivoting and boxing clinic foiled christobal's plan A. plan B seemed to be based on being erradic and tossing wild haymakers. which, at times had minimal success. but, VK was litterally a docter in the ring using a surgeon-like precision to land punches in between chris's tightly knit earmuffed defence. he just knows how to adjust on an instant and effectively neutralized anything ******* had in his bag of tricks. i give much props to chris for having the balls to come straight in for much of the fight. i am sure he is still feeling every one of the hundreds of landed punches.
this fight, vitali was clearly not looking to KO chris with plan A. simply outbox and wear down(the kevin johnson fight was one where vitali displayed his power). it seemed that he did this with unbelievable ease. yeah, this was a masterpeice. arreola's only major punches, outside of a handful of mostly glancing blows came from a half legal half clinch. but, the man tried. and, it was obvious that he wasnt just fighting for a paycheck. so hats off again.
vitali, well, the man looked like a 23 year old prodigy. in fact, he was more agile than most light-heavies, cruisers, or other lighter weight fighters i have seen. he practically circled with punches the whole fight minus the moments of standing in the huge pocket that vitali has 'cause of his positioning and wingspan.
so, in retrospect, lets hear what a 2nd look at the fight looks like to u guys.
the fight was actually more exciting than i originaly thought. both guys did there best. and, while mayweather is an awesome technical boxer, it is more fun to me to see a guy with power execute that type of gameplan.
well, Vitali is still the f#*king man! like i said a decade ago, this guy is no joke.
onto the fight. holy damn, vitali looked like a welterweight in the ring saturday night! man, i have seen about all of his fights, and he just keeps improving - not even like he has to. his footwork was as near perfect as it gets when it needed to be, and was relaxed when he needed a short break. damn! seriously, it was amazing to see a guy who is nearly 6'8" move in a floyd mayweather type of way. yeah, i am serious - it looked that good. he dodged punches like i have never seen another heavyweight do since Ali. it is like he just decided to show how well he can box in a technical yet pretty damn fluid way. looking at all of the other comments on the net, i agree, it was a masterpeice.
chris ******* arreola, upon second inspection, did throw more punches than i thought he did. he applied as much pressure as he could. and he did throw a decent amount of punches. he just couldnt hit the guy - who is the 2nd biggest target in the division, but moves so damn well with his 6th sense of punches that he barely got tagged more than a few times. hats off to chris for actually putting up a noteworthy fight(as much as one can fighting vitali) - he did more than gomez and peter combined IMO. but, Vitali is so damned good, it was a losing battle from round 1.
vitali brought out his boxing skills more in this fight than most any other i can think of off the top. he dodged as punches were starting to be thrown, he pivoted providing movement with a constant dynamic all the while throwing every single type of punch known to boxing, and more. he went toe-to-toe at times, and at others simply moved out of the way(he was fast enough to do that, which is hard to imagine for a guy over 6'6" unless u saw saturday's fight, u might not have even believed it and thought it was an overhyping by a klitschko fan.)
chris came out with a decent gameplan - apply pressure and throw 'em when there was little space. however, the constant pivoting and boxing clinic foiled christobal's plan A. plan B seemed to be based on being erradic and tossing wild haymakers. which, at times had minimal success. but, VK was litterally a docter in the ring using a surgeon-like precision to land punches in between chris's tightly knit earmuffed defence. he just knows how to adjust on an instant and effectively neutralized anything ******* had in his bag of tricks. i give much props to chris for having the balls to come straight in for much of the fight. i am sure he is still feeling every one of the hundreds of landed punches.
this fight, vitali was clearly not looking to KO chris with plan A. simply outbox and wear down(the kevin johnson fight was one where vitali displayed his power). it seemed that he did this with unbelievable ease. yeah, this was a masterpeice. arreola's only major punches, outside of a handful of mostly glancing blows came from a half legal half clinch. but, the man tried. and, it was obvious that he wasnt just fighting for a paycheck. so hats off again.
vitali, well, the man looked like a 23 year old prodigy. in fact, he was more agile than most light-heavies, cruisers, or other lighter weight fighters i have seen. he practically circled with punches the whole fight minus the moments of standing in the huge pocket that vitali has 'cause of his positioning and wingspan.
so, in retrospect, lets hear what a 2nd look at the fight looks like to u guys.
the fight was actually more exciting than i originaly thought. both guys did there best. and, while mayweather is an awesome technical boxer, it is more fun to me to see a guy with power execute that type of gameplan.
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