Bermane Stiverne not ready for Klitschko

[hitman smax]

By defeating Chris Aereola, Stiverne has now put himself in a position to push for a fight with Vladimir Klitschko. However, his team may want to put that off for a little while and reconsider their approach.

Stiverne has great power. In fact, he's arguably the hardest hitting heavyweight in the world right now. Problem is, Stiverne is not an aggressive fighter, and that is what it will take for him to beat Klitschko.

Klitschko is a very smart fighter who understands his physical advantage and has no particular preference when it comes to winning. He doesn't care if he wins by knockout or decision, and doesn't force anything. He's very disciplined, he'll move around the ring, use his jab and maintain proper distance throughout the fight. It's a proven formula for Klitschko, and Stiverne is tailor made to be victimized by it.

For Stiverne to have a chance, he has to learn to cut off the ring and punch in combination while moving forward.

As it is, Stiverne is mostly a one punch fighter. Sure, against Aereola, he used a lazy jab to the tune of 700 punches, but that punch will have no value whatsoever against a much talller, quicker, and more disciplined fighter.

I like Stiverne. I've been following him from an early point in his career, and that's why I hope he realizes that his current style has a limited upside.

When you have power like he does, you have to learn to impose it upon your opponent, or you will almost always come up short against truly good boxers.

Just my two cents.

[Hougigo]

Sadly for him, he needs to strike while he can or he'll never get another chance. Who knows if Vitali will even fight again.
I think his best shot if he were to fight now is rely on that one punch KO power in the later rounds because Vitali is getting older and I do think he's slowing way down and gassing out

[BostonGuy]

Good analysis - Stiverne has good boxing skills and ring smarts; his defense is solid and his punches are pretty crisp and hard. However, as the TS stated he's not aggressive enough. I thought his performance against Arreola was impressive, but, had he pressed the action a lil harder he couldve stopped his man.

I think he should "go all in" and take the title shot if it's presented to him. He's coming off a big win and should ride this momentum into a fight with Vitali.

[Jack Napier]

don't know much about the guy honestly
but the Arreola win earned him a shot, so he might as well take it
guessing he's as ready as he'll ever be right now
Vit is old and gets more vulnerable with each passing day
Stiverne should just go for it, win or lose he'll be better afterwards

[Hougigo]

Any one have vid of his stoppage? I heard it was B.S

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

By defeating Chris Aereola, Stiverne has now put himself in a position to push for a fight with Vladimir Klitschko. However, his team may want to put that off for a little while and reconsider their approach.

Stiverne has great power. In fact, he's arguably the hardest hitting heavyweight in the world right now. Problem is, Stiverne is not an aggressive fighter, and that is what it will take for him to beat Klitschko.

Klitschko is a very smart fighter who understands his physical advantage and has no particular preference when it comes to winning. He doesn't care if he wins by knockout or decision, and doesn't force anything. He's very disciplined, he'll move around the ring, use his jab and maintain proper distance throughout the fight. It's a proven formula for Klitschko, and Stiverne is tailor made to be victimized by it.

For Stiverne to have a chance, he has to learn to cut off the ring and punch in combination while moving forward.

As it is, Stiverne is mostly a one punch fighter. Sure, against Aereola, he used a lazy jab to the tune of 700 punches, but that punch will have no value whatsoever against a much talller, quicker, and more disciplined fighter.

I like Stiverne. I've been following him from an early point in his career, and that's why I hope he realizes that his current style has a limited upside.

When you have power like he does, you have to learn to impose it upon your opponent, or you will almost always come up short against truly good boxers.

Just my two cents.

He can't put it off. He's 34 years old. Its now or never.

[BostonGuy]

don't know much about the guy honestly
but the Arreola win earned him a shot, so he might as well take it
guessing he's as ready as he'll ever be right now
Vit is old and gets more vulnerable with each passing day
Stiverne should just go for it, win or lose he'll be better afterwards

Career high payday as well. And if Stiverne puts in a good account of himself his stock raises as well and he could be in line for other high profile fights

[Hougigo]

Simply put, it's now or never for this guy.
He could try and wait out the K-bros, but why?
So he can win a vacant title?
I guess so... but if this is his only way at the title (That being they offer it to someone else) I say he takes it now

[Jack Napier]

Career high payday as well. And if Stiverne puts in a good account of himself his stock raises as well and he could be in line for other high profile fights

this is why the reluctance of guys to fight the Klits makes no sense
Arreola sat on the WBC ranking for a yr waiting for Vit to retire
he ended up blowing it against Stiverne, now he's in a quandary
Wlad's been stuck taking wack fights the past yr or so
but that's because these other contenders "aren't ready yet"
just fight, Klits bring money, and your profile goes up
beating other contenders is ok, but not when title shots are available

[BG_Knocc_Out]

Stivern's power is impressive, but he was looking tentative and stiff before he was able to clock Arreolla the way he did. I personally believe Chris was still shook from that shot and wasn't very clear headed the rest of the fight. But hey, credit to Bermane, he was bound to land a good shot sooner or later. I personally think the green Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder would ease past him because they won't stumble forward into hard shots, and I don't see Bermane catching anyone on the back foot anytime soon, especially with fighters of their size. I'm not even going to mention the Klitschkos'.