frederic38
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congratulation to vitali!
Vitali seemed to have little power behind his punches and underused his jab. If Chisora had another couple of inches of reach it could have been disastrous. Maybe just an off day but a win is a win.
Just saw the wrap up show on Epix. The most respected boxing writer to me, Dan Raphael of ESPN, stated that Vitali is one of the greatest heavyweight fighters ever, case closed. That was great to hear.
Also, during the post interview with Vitali, Vitali implied that something happened to his left hand, hence, the lack of its effectiveness. Surely if it was tip top, the beating he laid on the BKGA would have been alot more severe. He basically fought with one hand, against the best negro fighter in the world and still easily beat him. Congrats Vitali:high5:
Its funny how Haye mentioned in the post fight that Vitali has lost speed but then went on about really wanting to set up a fight with him....why not fight Wlad? I mean if his toe was really hurt.......I noticed the same. Vitali is clearly much slower than when he was in his prime. His prime was when he fought Lennox Lewis. Chisora was able to back him up and you almost never see anyone back Vitali up. Vitali was always the better fighter of the two brothers until now.
I really hate to say this, but a fight with David Haye could be disastrous for Vitali. He doesn't have the speed that Wladimir has and Haye has a shot of beating him. There is a lot of talk that Haye will be Vitali's last opponent.
It was certainly a harder fight for Vitali than any of us could have imagined. I actually gave Chisora two rounds. Chisora was able to get inside a few times on Vitali and that worries me. Fighters haven't been able to do that to him before.
Video of the post fight brawl from PolSat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MWQs8nMsZNg
Watching that video, its clear that Dereck Chisora has some mental issues. Those around him should get him the help he needs.
He showed Vitali a lot of respect postfight. But he was looking for trouble with David Haye and seemed to almost go into a panic attack (shouting he was going to kill and shoot David) when the brawl was occurring.
This guy needs some medication for his mental issues. For real. Yes, the average negro is unruly and law-breaking (there are both genetic and hormonal explanations for that), but this guy even goes beyond that standard.
Haye and Chisora got into a fight at the post-fight presser. Haye struck Chisora with a bottle. Adam Booth got his face bloodied.
Chisora has been arrested. However, according to Chris Mannix, Haye threw the first punch and hit Chisora with a bottle.
But now Mannix is saying Chisora threatened to kill Haye, and that's why he was arrested.
http://twitter.com/#!/ChrisMannixSI
Wladimir had a good laugh over the Haye-Chisora brawl.
News article here:
http://www.boxingscene.com/haye-chisora-nasty-brawl-presser-booth-hurt--49730