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Yeah Wlads conditioning and shape at 41 takes some doing

Rarely do we get 2 heavyweights so in shape. This has to be the leanest HW title fight ever right?

This is what HW boxing is about. Both can bang hard and end it with one shot.

The young prince, vs the old king....


Wlads gonna be aggressive, I just have this feeling.

SAPFO wrote:Rarely do we get 2 heavyweights so in shape. This has to be the leanest HW title fight ever right?

This is what HW boxing is about. Both can bang hard and end it with one shot.

The young prince, vs the old king....


Wlads gonna be aggressive, I just have this feeling.

Definitely and intriguing fight and you could definitely make a case for most leanest

I have a feeling Wlad going to be aggressive aswell

Completely diff to the Fury and Jennings fights

SAPFO wrote:Rarely do we get 2 heavyweights so in shape. This has to be the leanest HW title fight ever right?

This is what HW boxing is about. Both can bang hard and end it with one shot.

The young prince, vs the old king....


Wlads gonna be aggressive, I just have this feeling.

Agree, nice to see guys at peak fitness in a HW fight. I grow weary of seeing guys like Ruiez fronting up for a title shot flabby. I'm always wondering how they would have faired in the sort of shape Wlad, Wilder, Parker and AJ show up in.

Ossyrules wrote:

Oiky wrote:I hope the OP is right

Where are you from? Germany or ukraine

I'm guessing either the North or the past.

clopixolacuphase wrote:

Ossyrules wrote:

Oiky wrote:I hope the OP is right

Where are you from? Germany or ukraine

I'm guessing either the North or the past.

He's a Londoner, or around that way.

mickey1975 wrote:

clopixolacuphase wrote:

Ossyrules wrote:
Where are you from? Germany or ukraine

I'm guessing either the North or the past.

He's a Londoner, or around that way.

From the North or the past

Mickey is right,

If Klitschko wins, I'll wonder why I rated Joshua so highly. If Joshua wins, I'll wonder why I doubted him.

Boxing's littered with fighters who looked great until they met someone on or above their own level. Mugabi looked like the next champ until he met Hagler; Foreman until he met Ali... (Although I do believe that Foreman would've won a rematch.) The difference in this case is that the better man on paper's some fair distance from his prime. Certainly more so than Ali was versus Foreman.

To answer you, con, I'm growing in confidence for a Joshua win, after feeling that way when it was announced but then having reservations until recently. I think we'll see the best Klitschko of the last few years, but he can't turn the clock back to 2010.

Taansend wrote:

Asterix wrote:

Taansend wrote:Before Klitschko fought Fury he'd recently become a father and his wife was suffering from depression. He'd also got comfortable and complacent.

Now he's back and hungry to retain his title.

Not sure if I've described this weekend or one of the Rocky films

I wouldn't say that either of those things affected Klitschko's performance. The problem was that he didn't know how to deal with Fury's movement. He got scared of pulling the trigger, so ended up not doing much at all. He has said this himself since the fight.

I couldn't say either way. It could be a case of all of the above.

From watching an interview with Vitali on IFL TV, it looks like you're right. Vitali said that Wlad was in a bad place mentally in the run up to the Fury fight. I do think Fury would have won regardless, though.

Wlad definitely looks mentally stronger this time round