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I am just wondering this. I was rewatching the Danny Williams fight and Vitali knocks Williams almost out completely in the first. Then he seems to be pulling his punches not wanting to KO him until the third, then Danny Williams throws a low blow and gets warned. Literally 10 seconds later and 2 punches later Vitali knocks Williams to the ground with whats described as a "3 inch left hook" andyou can clearly see its a different punch than Vitali was throwing earlier, he turned it over. He even tried to take a swipe at Williams when Williams hits the ground.
The same thing happened with Gomez. ****** WBC rule states that if there is an accidental headbutt and someone gets cut the other fighter gets a point deducted. Vitali doesn't like losing rounds, literally right after he gets deducted he suddenly starts turning his punches over and makes Gomez turn his back and give up.
Against Briggs it is clear that Vitali is upset early on in the fight, mad that Briggs had the audacity to stare him down at the end of the round. After than Vitali beats him down mercilessly and tries to engage in another stare down with Briggs after the next round.
In the 12th round with Kingpin, despite winning on all of the cards 11-0, Vitali is literally standing right in front of Kingpin, his left below his waste, his right hand above his head taunting him, trying to get the guy to do anything.
When he and Lewis fell, Vitali literally tries to kick Lewis.
Against Sanders it is clear that Vitali is punishing him in the ring and it looked to me like he was pulling his punches. He had the energy to finish him off at times and backed off. Now one might say its because he got caught early, but literally Sanders has his hands up in the 8th round and Vitali is just pounding at his face, stepping back, and pounding some more, never quite turning over his punches. Vitali hated Sanders, it was known and I really wonder if he was trying to end his career that night.
Having really studied Vitali's fights I really think he has another gear that he rarely shows. Most of the time in the ring I think he is out there just trying to hurt other people. He didn't seem to happy in the Solis fight that it ended so quickly. I don't think he likes that. I think he enjoys being in the ring. Which is why at 40 years old he's still fighting. I mean the guy has plenty of money, could be relaxing doing hugo boss commercials and political stuff, but he's getting in the ring. I really am not sure if he is punishing guys he hates and is extending fights he could easily win quicker, or if he just punches harder when upset. For Adamek's sake I hope its the former and he KO's Adamek quickly, otherwise I think he might end Adamek's career next week, the longer the fight goes the more chance we are going to see an extended hospital stay for Adamek.
The same thing happened with Gomez. ****** WBC rule states that if there is an accidental headbutt and someone gets cut the other fighter gets a point deducted. Vitali doesn't like losing rounds, literally right after he gets deducted he suddenly starts turning his punches over and makes Gomez turn his back and give up.
Against Briggs it is clear that Vitali is upset early on in the fight, mad that Briggs had the audacity to stare him down at the end of the round. After than Vitali beats him down mercilessly and tries to engage in another stare down with Briggs after the next round.
In the 12th round with Kingpin, despite winning on all of the cards 11-0, Vitali is literally standing right in front of Kingpin, his left below his waste, his right hand above his head taunting him, trying to get the guy to do anything.
When he and Lewis fell, Vitali literally tries to kick Lewis.
Against Sanders it is clear that Vitali is punishing him in the ring and it looked to me like he was pulling his punches. He had the energy to finish him off at times and backed off. Now one might say its because he got caught early, but literally Sanders has his hands up in the 8th round and Vitali is just pounding at his face, stepping back, and pounding some more, never quite turning over his punches. Vitali hated Sanders, it was known and I really wonder if he was trying to end his career that night.
Having really studied Vitali's fights I really think he has another gear that he rarely shows. Most of the time in the ring I think he is out there just trying to hurt other people. He didn't seem to happy in the Solis fight that it ended so quickly. I don't think he likes that. I think he enjoys being in the ring. Which is why at 40 years old he's still fighting. I mean the guy has plenty of money, could be relaxing doing hugo boss commercials and political stuff, but he's getting in the ring. I really am not sure if he is punishing guys he hates and is extending fights he could easily win quicker, or if he just punches harder when upset. For Adamek's sake I hope its the former and he KO's Adamek quickly, otherwise I think he might end Adamek's career next week, the longer the fight goes the more chance we are going to see an extended hospital stay for Adamek.
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