10 reasons Why Vitali Klistchko is such a menacing fighter

[Stickman]

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

You're probably right, though it's not like Rahman's never been KO'd before. No biggie as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, you mean you think the Rock will KO KlitchKO?....That's what we call a "delusion"

[moochi]

1.has Never been knocked down
2.has Tremendous power with both hands
3.knows how to fight as a Tallman
4.Has a nearly 100% KO percentage
5.is a very good boxer from the outside
6.Knows how to pace himself
7.picks his shots intelligently
8.has a backround in kickboxing (Mixed Martial arts)
9.is somewhat difficult to get at due to his size and style of defence
10. Has never been outpointed, only losses were from cuts and arm injury.

number 11....he is able to use the ten points above ONLY because the heavyweight division is poorer than ethiopia.....

[leff]

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.

having a soviet kickboxing backround mix with the german boxing scholl, you have a very unorthodox fighter.

every opponent i can remeber has talked about how they are going to go on the inside etc.......but it hasnt worked yet.

i box and its very hard to fight someone who fights weird

[paul750]

he still needs to make a few more defences of his title aganist the best fighters available to be regarded as a truly great heavyweight, giving lennox lewis problems for a few rounds and still losing does not cut any ice, he needs to prove himself further.