Quote Originally Posted by badr_hari View Post
I agree Vitali is easier than Wlad, at this point. I felt the same when watching Vitali vs Solis. Solis had a great gameplan, had the skills, but definitely not the physical condition to be succesful at it. From Vitali's latest fights you can also see he is not bending those knees anymore and is losing his punching power as he is getting older (something that is happening with David Tua). But again, he would be a tough fight for Haye, because Haye himself is NOT that technical to outbox a durable Vitali for 12 rounds. Puts that left hand low unneccesary all the time, he is there to be hit after every right hand he throws, and squares up when moving side to side. He is explosive and got power but Vitali on the other hand has shown he can take a punch.
Whether or not Vitali is "slowing down" is moot, nobody is going to beat him. I think he may have 1 more fight before the Adamek fight, and then retire. Just because Vitali may have been SLIGHTLY cautious vs Solis for 2/3rds of a round doesn't mean CRAP, he won didn't he? Why worry about how many right crosses Vitali can take when his competition (obviously) still can't take 1 flush punch from him?!?!? Soon enough The WBC belt will be vacated and Wladimir will fight somebody for it: Arreola is still (why I don't know) ranked highly, Boytsov might be ready by then...but it's pointless to worry about since everyone but the Klitschko's are so inconsistent.