Vitali Klitschko -- No, He's Not There Yet

[ProBox1]

WBC heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko made the first defense of his title more than eight months ago. In a methodical and dominant performance, Klitschko dropped Mike Tyson conqueror Danny Williams four times before stopping him in the eighth round.

Last summer Williams scored one of the biggest upsets of the year in boxing when he toppled former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in the fourth round. Against Klitschko, Williams was never in the fight and took a one-sided beating before the fight was halted at 1:26 of the eighth round. During the fight Klitschko completely out-fought and out-thought Williams. And like Lennox Lewis learned to do later in his career, Klitschko is learning how to utilize his size and reach more effectively in each fight. In his last two fights against Corrie Sanders and Danny Williams, Klitschko was in control whether he was moving to his opponent trying to attack or stepping back to draw them in so he could counter attack.

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[Moon]

Intelligent Writing

This article should not be considered a Vitali story. Instead, Frank has given us a "perspective" article, which provides some basic rules when talking about any active fighter's legacy.

I agree with practically all that's written here, and especially like that Frank uses the example of Vladimir's former role as the "better" Klitchko. How wrong we were.

[Leo Pradun]

all i gotta say is he is the WBC champion and will be for awhile.....

[Winter]

I think Vitali is the very best boxer. I think it will be very difficult to beat him.

[sanjayint]

i think 8 more months down the line, VK will be gone. ppl like sam peter are moving faster up the ranks