Vitali and Wlad

[Fenster]

You enjoy Wlad fights?

He is too safety first. He could have had Rahman out in two rounds if he had more arsehole.

Vitali is a different matter.

[Dark Lord Al]

You enjoy Wlad fights?

He is too safety first. He could have had Rahman out in two rounds if he had more arsehole.

Vitali is a different matter.

Yes i do enjoy Wlad fights , because although he trys to protect his chin , the end is only 1 punch away , because of his power and weak chin, so yes the answer is i do enjoy Wlad fights.

[kingfrnk]

well wald has better skills that Vitali but is kinda chinny but has good power that will put you on your ass.

Vitali has some skills just more power than skills IMO. but also has a good jab which will fuk Haye up since haye isnt exactly a defensive fighter.

[KananKrus]

This writer Colin Seymore, from the San Fran Examiner, covers much of the the Klitschko Bros. A on Q link below:

SF Boxing Examiner: Pacquiao, Klitschko brothers deserve greater admiration from Americans

[C-Lo]

I always thought Wlad was a good fighter since he got on board with Steward. Exciting, NO, dominant, YES! Wlad has a very weak chin and it does show in his fighting style. But if you had a weak chin, you would fight the same way.

One thing that bothered me about Wlad this weekend was he only has 3 punches. Jab, straight right, and left hook. He really throws no other punches, even when he has his man laying on the ropes in trouble. It's a lot easier to finish someone when the punches are coming from everywhere!!

Vitali is just a different fighter. As long as he can stay healthy, he should be the recognized heavyweight champ.

[JohnnyKickAss]

Well...you might add that outside the ring both Klitschko are very good rolemodels...no scandals,no bad language and both do quite some charity work...

I always thought Wlad was a good fighter since he got on board with Steward. Exciting, NO, dominant, YES! Wlad has a very weak chin and it does show in his fighting style. But if you had a weak chin, you would fight the same way.

One thing that bothered me about Wlad this weekend was he only has 3 punches. Jab, straight right, and left hook. He really throws no other punches, even when he has his man laying on the ropes in trouble. It's a lot easier to finish someone when the punches are coming from everywhere!!

Vitali is just a different fighter. As long as he can stay healthy, he should be the recognized heavyweight champ.

Have to agree with you...

[Fenster]

You enjoy Wlad fights?

He is too safety first. He could have had Rahman out in two rounds if he had more arsehole.

Vitali is a different matter.

Yes i do enjoy Wlad fights , because although he trys to protect his chin , the end is only 1 punch away , because of his power and weak chin, so yes the answer is i do enjoy Wlad fights.

I guess, to be fair to Wlad, he's fighting pretty negative fighters like himself, so it's only natural the fights will be shit.

He needs a few Corrie Sanders-types to bring out the devil in .. oh.. hang on

[El Kabong]

I think the Klitschko's get hated on because the fans of the heavyweight division are in a hangover stage. Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, etc are retired or aren't anywhere near what they used to be and people want to live in the past instead of respecting what we have right now.

[Fenster]

People mainly don't like Wlad because he fights in an unexciting manner which makes for boring fights.

Heavyweights are about knock outs. It's the reason there's LESS interest in the smaller weight-classes. KO's equal excitement. That's why the non-hardcore fan watches. Whether or not they're unappreciative of the skill on offer is basically irrelevant. The MAJORITY of people watch boxing to be entertained.

A guy with seemingly HUGE athletic size advantages over his opponents, pitter pattering around, playing safe does not equal entertainment. So people don't watch. Simple as.

[The Fightfan]

I do look at it in a different way now. I watched Wlad fight over the weekend with my wife. She says "man he's boring" I said "who Wlad" "no the other guy Rahman". It comes to mind how is Wlad boring because he doesn't go balls to the wall and just get into a firefight with the other. Look at his latest fight's he stands right in front of you and jabs you to death then shoots righthand's and left hooks when he's ready and put's you away.

Vitali on the otherhand is just a different kind of animal does basically the same thing stands in front shoots the jab but doesn't wait with the right hand and then he rough's you up on top of that.

To me these two a very underated and I would throw them in already with any of the all-time great's.

[Hunter]

Both of the Klitschkos are class acts in and out of the ring and they typically produce serious KOs. I think either one would give any of the past heavyweights a good run for their money. People say Wlad is chinny but I disagree, to me he only was only legitimately KO'd one time and that was by Sanders and it was an off night, he got caught and panic'ed. If they replayed that fight now the Sanders that KO'ed W. (not the Sanders of today) would be doomed.

For God's sake they are 100 times better than Maskaev, Tony, Ruiz, Byrd.

I agree they dont go in swinging for the fences like Tyson, but they are not the heavy weight version of Winky Wright either.

[Althugz]

Both of the Klitschkos are class acts in and out of the ring and they typically produce serious KOs.

Agreed, I finally saw the video of Haye catching Wlad at the airport and for all Haye's trash talk, Wlad was the one who looked better in that video. He didn't lose his cool and just had an intelligent answer for Haye at every step..I thought he came off wittier than Haye as well

'ahh Mr Haye!'
'How much do you weigh this morning?'
'Is that heavy enough for you?'
'Listen, in the heavyweight division you are nothing'
'There is a big queue of people who are waiting for a shot..get to the back, get in the ring and just do your job'

Haye just seemed to be talking for talkings sake. Good stuff from Wlad, very classy.

Been watching more Wlad and Vitali fights recently. Wlad obviously fights more conservatively but Vitali is an animal! Both have their strengths..I do feel, perhaps, that Lewis would have eaten Wlad up though. As would some of the other great heavyweights..the ones with superior skill anyway e.g Ali, Holmes (I think these 2 beat Vitali also, although the sheer size would pose a problem). So I do have a slight problem putting their names up there with these guys but they will be remembered as the dominant heavyweights of this era.