Any word from Vitali?

[El Kabong]

Solid post Adam, I actually agree with a lot of it.

Vitali is not as mobile as his once was, but he's no slouch either. Vitali has the ability to stand close to damn near anyone and pull back and roll to where he's damn near unhittable...and in keeping his lead arm low he's not all that open for body shots either. In fact Vitali's reflexes or reaction time is still so good that if a fighter does throw to the body Vitali is already throwing the right cross to the head....I've not seen anyone with Vitali's style ever....maybe Jack Johnson but even then it was different.

If Haye woud just shut the fuck up and fight more often then MAYBE I would cut him some slack. I would not mind one bit if Haye fought more often and earned his way back to a title shot, the more depth in the heavyweight division the better. If Haye fought more often then his shit talk probably wouldn't bother me as much, it's just the whole "Yeah, I'll bloody whup your arse in 2 years" bullshit I get fed up with.

[AdamGB]

Solid post Adam, I actually agree with a lot of it.

Vitali is not as mobile as his once was, but he's no slouch either. Vitali has the ability to stand close to damn near anyone and pull back and roll to where he's damn near unhittable...and in keeping his lead arm low he's not all that open for body shots either. In fact Vitali's reflexes or reaction time is still so good that if a fighter does throw to the body Vitali is already throwing the right cross to the head....I've not seen anyone with Vitali's style ever....maybe Jack Johnson but even then it was different.

If Haye woud just shut the fuck up and fight more often then MAYBE I would cut him some slack. I would not mind one bit if Haye fought more often and earned his way back to a title shot, the more depth in the heavyweight division the better. If Haye fought more often then his shit talk probably wouldn't bother me as much, it's just the whole "Yeah, I'll bloody whup your arse in 2 years" bullshit I get fed up with.

Yeah, don't get me wrong or anything... At 6 foot 8, strong as an Ox and with his skill - you'd still have to favour Vitali. 5 years ago Haye wouldn't see the 7th.

I think that's why Vitali may not take it, he gains little by beating Haye, but with being injury prone any way and in the closing chapter of his career the risk v reward is too high.

I like Vitali, you can't not after the heart he showed v lewis, it's just a shame he hasn't had the opponents, no wonder he wanted the lewis rematch so badly, so long.

[rjj tszyu]

Solid post Adam, I actually agree with a lot of it.

Vitali is not as mobile as his once was, but he's no slouch either. Vitali has the ability to stand close to damn near anyone and pull back and roll to where he's damn near unhittable...and in keeping his lead arm low he's not all that open for body shots either. In fact Vitali's reflexes or reaction time is still so good that if a fighter does throw to the body Vitali is already throwing the right cross to the head....I've not seen anyone with Vitali's style ever....maybe Jack Johnson but even then it was different.

If Haye woud just shut the fuck up and fight more often then MAYBE I would cut him some slack. I would not mind one bit if Haye fought more often and earned his way back to a title shot, the more depth in the heavyweight division the better. If Haye fought more often then his shit talk probably wouldn't bother me as much, it's just the whole "Yeah, I'll bloody whup your arse in 2 years" bullshit I get fed up with.

Yeah, don't get me wrong or anything... At 6 foot 8, strong as an Ox and with his skill - you'd still have to favour Vitali. 5 years ago Haye wouldn't see the 7th.

I think that's why Vitali may not take it, he gains little by beating Haye, but with being injury prone any way and in the closing chapter of his career the risk v reward is too high.

I like Vitali, you can't not after the heart he showed v lewis, it's just a shame he hasn't had the opponents, no wonder he wanted the lewis rematch so badly, so long.

He'd gain about £20 million for fighting Haye. For me thats reason enough for any man and especially Vitali who has never had the big fights since the one he did have. He's retiring soon we all know that, but if you asked him how he would rather finish I think he'd take beating Haye up over anyone else in the world. It made me laugh when Charr stood up at the press conference and no one even knew who he was!

[AdamGB]

Hahah, Haye was funny about it.

Kept reffering to him as 'this guy' and 'vitali's opponent' with a bemused grin on his face

I don't know how much Vitali normally makes, but I sense a touch of Bob Arum about the Klit camp. Make less money, but keep the lions share... Or make a little bit more and share it with someone you dislike.

[rjj tszyu]

Hahah, Haye was funny about it.

Kept reffering to him as 'this guy' and 'vitali's opponent' with a bemused grin on his face

I don't know how much Vitali normally makes, but I sense a touch of Bob Arum about the Klit camp. Make less money, but keep the lions share... Or make a little bit more and share it with someone you dislike.

Again I blame Boente for that. Everytime I see Vitali he sounds like he wants to fight Haye and then that little arse hole says that it's not a fight they're looking at!