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Adamek wouldn't have beaten Arreola if it hadn't been for the hand injury.
And aside from Arreola, Adamek hasn't faced a single Heavyweight who could be classed above bum status. And he struggled even against some of those bums.
He is ridiculously over-rated, as a result purely of what he did at Cruiserweight, and I'd be astonished if he wins more than a round against Vitali.
Sanders was far better than Adamek, Peter was better than Adamek, even Hyde was better than Adamek.
It's true that Vitali's résumé is very thin but he can't help the era he was born into, and nor could he help his long absence through injury. All he can do is fight highly ranked opponents, which for the most part he has done, and to be as dominant against them as possible, which he has been to an extent that few greats from the past have ever been. And don't pretend that the greats of the past didn't fight their share of very poor opponents - they fought plenty, and were not as dominant against them as Vitali has been.
And how many Hall of Famers did Larry Holmes beat again? A totally shot Ali was the only one. Admittedly some of Homes' other opponents were better than anyone Vitali has beaten, but they were not Hall of Famers, so the persistent cliché that you have to beat a Hall of Famer in order to be considered great is simply not true. (Holmes should get no credit for the win over that version of Ali.)
It's true that ATG status is determined to a large extent by résumé, and for that reason, Vitali is unlikely to achieve it; but prime for prime he would certainly have given any Heavyweight in history a torrid time.
And today's version of Vitali is a lot better (despite being slightly slower) than the version who lost to Lewis. His ring generalship and command of distance and space has improved dramatically since then. Boxing prime is not the same thing as physical prime and Vitali only hit his boxing prime around the time of the Arreola fight.Last edited by Dave Rado; 09-08-2011, 10:35 PM.Comment
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While your previous post was a pretty good read & Klitschko hater friendly.... this post & Wlad vs Vitali is anything but a pick-em fight. More one punch power won't serve him well when Vitali is the one who's not afraid to let his hands go & can far better handle power punches better than his brother.. He's also bigger than him.. tougher & what about the intimidation factor... you better believe Wlad would be intimidated by the much more agrressive Vitali... he definitely got a few ass'ssss whippings from the bigger bro & knows where his place... trust me those 2 extra belts he got mean nothing when it comes to going up against the bigger bro & Vitali can put Wlad to sleep with one shot... can Wlad say the same?Comment
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& for those of you sleeping on Vitali's one punch power... there's no coincidence once he had the shoulder operation after the Byrd fight.. he rarely commits fully with his right hand.. before the Byrd & his first 27 opponents getting ko'ed.. his one punch power was on par with Wlad's.. he used to pulverize opponents with the right hand. He's gotten back to that as his last 2 stoppages have come with the right hand & put his opponents away. & anyone doubting his true power should watch those workout tapes when hitting the heavy bag. He hits opponents consistently with 75% of his power.. shot after shot after shot.. only when he's abolut to put you away does he add a little bit extra on his shots.
He gets all those ko's because of the fact he's constantly hitting you with those hard shots throughout a fight INSTEAD OF SWINGing for the fences.. this way of boxing ensures him of the stoppage & is smart boxing.. anyone doubting his power should take alook at his last 4 fights Areolla sosnoqwski Briggs & solis... areolla was forced to submit after 10 rds.. sosnowski was blasted out when Vitali got pised so was Carlos Gomez. briggs nearly collapsed after the fight & at the end of several of the last rds & Solis got hit with a perfect shot that set off a dynamo & chain of events that knocked him out..
in fact the Solis & Briggs fight should've been perfect proof that his power was still intact but somehow the haters managed to twist it in there favor..claiming where's Vitali's power,, he couldn't put away Briggs.. if you were watching that fight.. he had warranted a stoppage at least 3 or 4 different times in the bout but didn't get the ruling & with Solis.. the shot seemed so soft by Vitali.. the haters questioned the validity of the shot.. ever stop & think it's a testemant to Vitali's power that a half thrown uppercut can completely jolt a fighter's equilibrium.. afterall didn't Lennox shot from in close cause Vitali's cut.. it's the way the punch landed & how it was thrown that decides the impact & how close your opponent is to you.. so what may seem like a pitty pat love tap... is actually a knockout shot to the temple..
SOLIS WAS OFF BALANCE WHEN the shot landed & that's why the shot did so much damage.. he wasn't on stable ground when he got hit & therfore couldn't brace himself.. his body. his legs from absorbing the shot.. the punch set off everything.. not to mention VITALI'S defense that put SOLIS in such a compromising position..Comment
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"The most dominant ever"
I hate this phrase
I suppose Vitali was "dominating" Solis until the man's leg's went and I suppose Wlad "dominated" Haye for 12 rounds--when in reality both men were too scared to actually engage each other.
Vitali is a beast though, I'd like to think Adamek can pose some kind of threat, but just can' see it happening
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