His brother has every physical gift Wlad does, with the exception that Vitali has a chin.
Originally posted by Torino
I think he is the most gifted offensive boxer in the heavyweight game today. I can't think of anyone with a more potent arsenal. Truly a special offensive boxer the division hasn’t seen in decades.
I don't think there is anything wrong with his chin either. Contrary to what many people will say, anyone can be knocked out and most boxers eventually do. Most of the best boxers in the history of the sport eventually got KO'ed. Wlad is human and he just got caught. Also contrary to what many people will say, it quiet common, even normal. It's the nature of the sport.
I think his problem is, unlike his brother, Wlad doesn't have more than a C class defense. Also, Wlad's been beating people up for so long, he doesn't know what to do when he gets hurt.
If he improves his defense and learns what to do when hurt, he could own the division. Hopefully Stewart has helped him fix this problem.
We will see in his performance against Peter. If he is as good as he was before he should dominate. He looked terrible in his fight against Williamson. He needs his confidence back and he needs to drop emmanuel steward as a trainer, he sucks.
Wlad was a better boxer under Fritz Sdunek. Never should have changed.
Wlad was being hand-fed fighters in Germany and his promoter underestimated Corrie Sanders and he ended up getting exposed much in the same fashion and scenario of Cotto-Corley. People thought Corley and Sanders were game and in for pay days. Boy were they wrong.
Originally posted by Torino
I think his problem is, unlike his brother, Wlad doesn't have more than a C class defense. Also, Wlad's been beating people up for so long, he doesn't know what to do when he gets hurt.
SAY WHAT? Vitali took Lennox's best! Think Wlad can take that?
There are to many variables to make an intelligent answer.
You cant say that if Vitali got hit with the exact punch, with the exact power, and exact angle, and so on, that Sanders hit Wlad with that it wouldn't have knocked Vitali out too.
The same can be said of the punches Vitali took from Lewis or Sanders. There is no way to compare accurately. To say Vitlai has a better chin just because Vitali didn't get KO'ed but Wlad did is about unscientific as you can get because they are not taking the exact same punch under the exact same conditions. It's all speculation and assumption
For example Wlad KO'ed Shufford, Shufford beat Brewster, Brewster KO'ed Wlad. What does it mean? It means that there are too many variables to calculate and anyone could get KO'ed by anyone in any fight if the conditions are right.
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