Just watched Vitali's open workout...

[GoogleMe]

Was it before fighting Calzaghe or before fighting Ward ?

That was a bad try..

[PittyPat]

I didn't think the shouting was meant to impress. Some fighters do it, some fighters don't. Devon Alexander does it too.

Oh man, don't even mention him... The guy yelps like an ******ing woman even in the ring. :eyeroll:

[BattlingNelson]

Was it before fighting Calzaghe or before fighting Ward ?

I can understand why you say that since he had a broken hand for Calzaghe and only 14 days of camp before Ward, but actually it was for Froch.

[Tiozzo]

I can understand why you say that since he had a broken hand for Calzaghe and only 14 days of camp before Ward, but actually it was for Froch.

I see... I thought he under-performed a bit against Froch, he was more sloppy than I ever seen him. Froch, on the other hand, did quite better than I thought he would.

[Tiozzo]

That was a bad try..

[The_Demon]

Good job hes not fighting a threat then

[AKATheMack]

Hes never been a graceful man, but his awkwardness works in his favor. Its hard to train for a guy who has decent hand speed, real good power, is extremely tall and completely awkward. His record is a testament to that.

[Tiozzo]

Hes never been a graceful man, but his awkwardness works in his favor. Its hard to train for a guy who has decent hand speed, real good power, is extremely tall and completely awkward. His record is a testament to that.

yes being akward is more a strength than a weakness
awkward Spinks was the first ever to beat Holmes

[beez721]

...and I felt embarrassed for him.

Vitali looked like he had no idea what he was doing in there.

At the beginning, he was circling around the ring to warm-up, and even doing that, he looked like he had no idea what he was doing. No footwork display. Just clueless circling. And the music to which he trained ****** big time (but that's not important). He shadowboxed a bit, which was ok.

Then, some mitts work. Again, he looked like he didn't know what combination his trainer wanted him to throw, his timing was off a lot, but he had some good sequences and displayed good handspeed for a man his age. But it was to remain his best moment...

Then, jumping rope. God, that was awful... He was jumping for about 15-20 seconds, missed, started again. He didn't look like much of a boxer. I have never seen a champion having such a hard time with basic rope jumping. Watch Mayweather workout, then watch Vitali. Night and day. Watch Frazier workout, watch Vitali, Still night and day.

After jumping rope, it was time for some ballerine dancing. No kidding, just watch it, you'll see for yourself. Vitali was spinning like a ballerine. Never heard of that training exercise. Anyway.

There was also some tennis time. Vitali was exchanging a tennis ball with his trainer. Throwing it at each other. Yes. No kidding.

Richardson towel training method doesn't look all that ****** next to ballerine dancing and tennis ball exchanges.

It's a bad thing Vitali is fighting Zuri Lawrence's victim this saturday. Otherwise, I would have bet on the underdog.

he's 6'7 and 39 yrs old now. wtf do you expect

[Tiozzo]

he's 6'7 and 39 yrs old now. wtf do you expect

I'm 2000% sure Holyfield looks way better when he is training, and he's 45 years old.

It's not just how he looked, it's about what training routine he had too. Ballerine dancing and tennis ball catching, never ever saw a fighter do that. That looked pretty ******ed.