When Brewster turned the fight around vs Wlad

[!! Mr. Soprano]

Rahman's KO of Lewis in the first fight was more devastating to me.

We can talk about that as well...
Rahman KOed Lewis like a sack of potatoes.. This proves what, Lewis had no chin? It just proves that in HW everyone has a punchers chance.

Wlad's chin is yet to be tested.. Maybe it's just my view, but Sanders was the one who caught him and he just never recovered... Yet he kept getting up eating those huge shots from Sanders. Bad chin? Tough to call.

[neils7147933]

We can talk about that as well...
Rahman KOed Lewis like a sack of potatoes.. This proves what, Lewis had no chin? It just proves that in HW everyone has a punchers chance.

Wlad's chin is yet to be tested.. Maybe it's just my view, but Sanders was the one who caught him and he just never recovered... Yet he kept getting up eating those huge shots from Sanders. Bad chin? Tough to call.

You're going to have a hard time convincing people of that, when you consider how many times he's been down from the Sanders fight on...

[BLOODSHED]

If Vitali had balls Id think he would clean the division out in two years.

[!! Mr. Soprano]

Lewis didn't have a great chin, but he only got KO'd twice. A good chin isn't mandatory if you can avoid taking shots like the one in Bozo's gif...

But think about it... for 4 rounds Brewster was unable to hit him.. then all of a sudden Wlad becomes a standing target unable to throw a single shot... I say he gassed out trying to finish Brewster..

Come on.. how can it not be so obvious

[!! Mr. Soprano]

You're going to have a hard time convincing people of that, when you consider how many times he's been down from the Sanders fight on...

A bad chin would have dropped him KO style... he got up what 4 times..
and each time Sanders threw/landed BOMBS

All I'm saying is that don't judge a man on one instance.

[neils7147933]

If Vitali had balls Id think he would clean the division out in two years.

I would disagree, but I don't think it's as far-fetched as some notorious "haters" on the site might think...

Byrd's probably past his prime by now, though - the McCline fight was very close and Chris went down - I give Lamon Brewster the same chance, maybe a little better than Rahman. I think Ruiz would have trouble staying up all 12 rounds vs. Vitali with the style he uses and Vitali's measurements...

I'd make him the favorite in all those fights, but not a heavy favorite to win them all.

The current crop of heavyweights is tough to build a legacy on, even if you don't duck them...

[neils7147933]

A bad chin would have dropped him KO style... he got up what 4 times..
and each time Sanders threw/landed BOMBS

All I'm saying is that don't judge a man on one instance.

There have been 3 recent fights he has been down, though...

[!! Mr. Soprano]

There have been 3 recent fights he has been down, though...

Williamson fight? Yes you're right.. but again.. I'm sold on the fact that his Stamina is GONE and that's what was illustrated, not his chin

I really want him to see go passed 7-8 rounds with Peter, perhaps eat some shots in between and then put him down in the 10th...


I know I'm dreaming

Anyhow Neil,

this topic was chewed over how many times? countless I'd say... and no one was able to prove anything to no one.

Only person who can prove something is Wlad..
So lets just see what happens and call it a night

[hollister]

That's another reason why I don't buy the "Vitali would have beat Lewis if the fight continued" arguments. I think his time for the KO had passed by the time Round 6 came around...

You could very well be right, I always saw it as being that neither of them really had control of the fight by that point. I wish they would have had a rematch right away, but it wasn't to be lol

[Bozo_no no]

But think about it... for 4 rounds Brewster was unable to hit him.. then all of a sudden Wlad becomes a standing target unable to throw a single shot... I say he gassed out trying to finish Brewster..

Come on.. how can it not be so obvious

This is exactly the kind of BS I'm talking about.

Brewster caught him with those hooks, and never let up.

Being tired before isn't an excuse for him getting knocked out.

If Brewster hadn't landed those big hooks, no one knows what would have happened.

He did, and he finished it.

The notion that Wlad was about to fall over from exhaustion at any moment had that not happend is a cop out.

A lot of guys get tired in fights and don't get stopped.

Brewster landed some bombs, and didn't let up.

He was the better man that night, and there doesn't need to be an excuse.