Comments Thread For: Adamek's Promoter on Facing Vitali Klitschko in Wroclaw

[Drunken Cat]

Adamek is obviously a huge underdog in this, but I think that Vitali's reflexes might've slowed down just enough for Adamek to exploit. Vitali fights with his hands down and times people with counters a lot. I'm not sure if that'll work now against Adamek, he's quick with the hands and the fight, as I think Vitali has slowed down. Not even going off the Solis fight as much, Vitali was getting tagged by Sosnowski as well. Sosnowski seemed like the first guy in a line of Vitali's recent prior fights who didn't fight scared. Granted he was outclassed and eventually stopped, but he was bum rushing in and catching Vitali with some clean punches that Vitali wouldn't have been hit by before.

Could have just been that Sosnowski was doing something that temporarily threw Vitali off, but I do think Vitali has slowed down and that this might just provide Adamek with an opportunity.

[fordhamboxing]

I'd do anything for both Klitschko brothers to lose to Haye and Adamek. Even if one of them ended up unifying, it'd just be cool to see the top all have to fight each other...

[Klitschko2011]

Chris Arreola on whether he believes Tomasz Adamek has any chance of beating Vitali Klitschko:

“No! It’s an easy answer to me. It’s no. You can’t teach height. That’s one thing you can’t teach. You cannot teach height and he already has the skills. So you add the skills with the height and he’s just a freak of nature sometimes. With Tomasz Adamek he’s not a real big heavyweight at all. I was able to push him around and I’m not as strong as Vitali is so I got to give it up to Vitali.”

[Die Antwoord]

People saying Vitali slowed down significantly because of the Solis fight...please go watch the first round of Herbie Hide. Vitali is a slow starter. He needs to find his range and he is a fighter, he wants to get hit a few times before he really turns it on. Ive always felt the best chance anyone has of beating Vit is jump on him early, and keep throwing till a ref stops it. Now Im not saying thatd work, hell I cant think of a fighter who could do it, but if Vitali has a real weakness, Id say thats it. You cant go into a fight thinking you are going to cut a guy, or hope he hurts his shoulder, if I was adamek, id work on my power and try to jump on Vitali early.

And Im fine with people saying Vitali is over the hill etc...I hope people think he is half the fighter he used to be, just makes his accomplishments even that more impressive and ive never seen a fighter take more shi after knocking his top 5, olympic gold medalist, undefeated opponent out in one round while never being hurt himself.

[Drunken Cat]

Chris Arreola on whether he believes Tomasz Adamek has any chance of beating Vitali Klitschko:

“No! It’s an easy answer to me. It’s no. You can’t teach height. That’s one thing you can’t teach. You cannot teach height and he already has the skills. So you add the skills with the height and he’s just a freak of nature sometimes. With Tomasz Adamek he’s not a real big heavyweight at all. I was able to push him around and I’m not as strong as Vitali is so I got to give it up to Vitali.”

Of course Arreola is going to say that. He got utterly dominated, picked apart, and destroyed by Vitali.

People saying Vitali slowed down significantly because of the Solis fight...please go watch the first round of Herbie Hide. Vitali is a slow starter. He needs to find his range and he is a fighter, he wants to get hit a few times before he really turns it on. Ive always felt the best chance anyone has of beating Vit is jump on him early, and keep throwing till a ref stops it. Now Im not saying thatd work, hell I cant think of a fighter who could do it, but if Vitali has a real weakness, Id say thats it. You cant go into a fight thinking you are going to cut a guy, or hope he hurts his shoulder, if I was adamek, id work on my power and try to jump on Vitali early.

And Im fine with people saying Vitali is over the hill etc...I hope people think he is half the fighter he used to be, just makes his accomplishments even that more impressive and ive never seen a fighter take more shi after knocking his top 5, olympic gold medalist, undefeated opponent out in one round while never being hurt himself.

I agree 1 round isn't a good basis for comparison, especially for a slow starter. That's why I personally used the Sosnowski fight, in which Vitali did show diminishing reflexes, imho.

And Vitali didn't knock anyone out. Solis injured his knee.