10 reasons Why Vitali Klistchko is such a menacing fighter

[marvdave]

He definitely got his chin touched by Corrie Sanders. Maybe Rahman hits a little harder than Sanders but its debateable.

Rahman has the size,style and big right hand to beat VK. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the heart. He is a lazy fighter who is usually out of shape. VK should beat him easy. It's crazy to question VK's chin. He took Sander's bombs well and came back to win. Sanders straight shot is one of the most powerful shots in the business. He also took big punches from Lewis. VK has my respect. If he can continue on this path, he can do great things. His brother is a different story.

[AintGottaClue]

Rahman has the size,style and big right hand to beat VK. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the heart. He is a lazy fighter who is usually out of shape. VK should beat him easy. It's crazy to question VK's chin. He took Sander's bombs well and came back to win. Sanders straight shot is one of the most powerful shots in the business. He also took big punches from Lewis. VK has my respect. If he can continue on this path, he can do great things. His brother is a different story.

rahman doesnt have the style or size or power to beat VK period, vitali is just better

[marvdave]

rahman doesnt have the style or size or power to beat VK period, vitali is just better

is that the only picture you have of Sturm in his underwear?...I doubt it

[Knicksman20]

In order for VK to be called menacing he has to: 1-Avenge his loss to Byrd. 2- Beat Rahman & conviningly. 3- Beat James Toney. Once he clears the division out, he would've earned everyone's respect as the heavy champ that's a menace. Until then just Like Sac1 said, he's a paper champ with an HBO contract.

[{BrownBomber}]

In order for VK to be called menacing he has to: 1-Avenge his loss to Byrd. 2- Beat Rahman & conviningly. 3- Beat James Toney. Once he clears the division out, he would've earned everyone's respect as the heavy champ that's a menace. Until then just Like Sac1 said, he's a paper champ with an HBO contract.

then that would be considered dominating

[The Pretender]

In order for VK to be called menacing he has to: 1-Avenge his loss to Byrd. 2- Beat Rahman & conviningly. 3- Beat James Toney. Once he clears the division out, he would've earned everyone's respect as the heavy champ that's a menace. Until then just Like Sac1 said, he's a paper champ with an HBO contract.

No way. Vitali has to fight Ruiz in a unification bout before I can consider him a true champ!

[Winter]

This is one of the best topics ever created. It tells us so much truth.

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This is one of the best topics ever created. It tells us so much truth.

tatjana? is that you?

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I tend to agree with most of the reasons except:

on vitali being a very good boxer from the outside, I think in vk's case is more exploiting his size: he is effective, but I wouldnt take the outside boxing as one of his strength.

having a background in kick/mma would help you in boxing? what difference would it make?
is it for technical reasons? or because the fights tend to be more... violent, I don't know what word to use, but I hope I am giving the idea.

what I like about vitali: he is a smart fighter.
he has the physical gifts and the smarts to be THE champ in this (weak) division, I still think he is a pain to watch fighting, but he is the best HW out there.

[The Fix]

Jones never got hit until the end of career. You talk about being "caught" Vitali has been "caught" before by Corrie Sanders . Every time Lewis was "caught with a big punch he got KO'd like against Rahman he got dropped on one punch. Against McCall he got dropped on one punch. Jones went down and stayed down on one punch from Tarver. You can "catch" Vitali all you want he has been caught but he has the jaw to handle taking a big punch. Jones and Lewis were defensively masterfull fighters and they had to be, because like I said they had notoriously fragile jaws and they knew their limitations. Go look in the fanstasy fight section. Match Lewis up with any big puncher from History and everyone picks to lose by KO. I contend after seeing Vitali eat Sanders shots that nobody can Knock Vitali down and out with 1 punch. Some guys just have that ability. Can you imagine anybody knocking Big George down and out with one punch. Nobody could ever knock Tyson down and out with one punch either.

jones had been hit with hard shots before he stepped into the ring with ruiz or tarver and was only knocked down once. he took some heavy shots.

imo i think anyone can get knocked out with one punch if they were hit right. when vit fights rahman will see an example of that