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I've just watched the bout for the third time (I'm not obsessive) and there were one or two things I noticed.
First, I have to give it up for Jay Nady, who seemed almost fatherly to Danny in there. When he accidentally had his glove on a rope Jay kindly told him he wasn't allowed to do that, almost as if he was welcoming a new guy into the Las Vegas crowd. And when he called it off it was out of compassion.
Danny seemed to be getting into a bit more in the third and sixth rounds - I'm sure it wouldn't have changed much, but it's a shame at the end of the third (?) Klitschko hit him on the bell, as it seemed to stun him again. As for Danny's two low blow transgressions (I'm surprised no one's mentioned them yet, though one was only on the waistband) I don't think they were meant - it was just the size difference. My uppercut would injure Vitali's ankle.
But the most significant site was in the fourth or fifth. Danny tries for a haymaker, misses, and almost spins 180 degrees with the force of his own blow, his back almost completely turned to Klit and badly off-balance. Yet the target area (ie. the side of his head) is still exposed to Klitschko. It's an ideal target, and - possibly because of the angle - a significant one, one that would certainly have been a KD, if not more.
Yet what does Vitali do? You can register in his face the spirit of fair play, as he actuallys wait for Danny to right himself and turn back round fully. Okay, he wasn't under any particular threat, but how many boxers would give such an admirable sense of sportsmanship in a bout? And most importantly, will this lack of killer instinct ultimately be Vitali's downfall?
First, I have to give it up for Jay Nady, who seemed almost fatherly to Danny in there. When he accidentally had his glove on a rope Jay kindly told him he wasn't allowed to do that, almost as if he was welcoming a new guy into the Las Vegas crowd. And when he called it off it was out of compassion.
Danny seemed to be getting into a bit more in the third and sixth rounds - I'm sure it wouldn't have changed much, but it's a shame at the end of the third (?) Klitschko hit him on the bell, as it seemed to stun him again. As for Danny's two low blow transgressions (I'm surprised no one's mentioned them yet, though one was only on the waistband) I don't think they were meant - it was just the size difference. My uppercut would injure Vitali's ankle.
But the most significant site was in the fourth or fifth. Danny tries for a haymaker, misses, and almost spins 180 degrees with the force of his own blow, his back almost completely turned to Klit and badly off-balance. Yet the target area (ie. the side of his head) is still exposed to Klitschko. It's an ideal target, and - possibly because of the angle - a significant one, one that would certainly have been a KD, if not more.
Yet what does Vitali do? You can register in his face the spirit of fair play, as he actuallys wait for Danny to right himself and turn back round fully. Okay, he wasn't under any particular threat, but how many boxers would give such an admirable sense of sportsmanship in a bout? And most importantly, will this lack of killer instinct ultimately be Vitali's downfall?
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