The Klitschkos brothers are the two top heavyweights today in most people’s opinion. They have been winning for a number of years and some starting to call them great. Well, I completely disagree they are good fighters in awful era with the only threat at present being WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who is ranked No 2 in the world in the heavyweight division, returned from a long layoff in 2008 and dominated Sam Peter. It was a good performance considering Vitali’s long layoff. But Vitali has gone downhill since then with unimpressive wins over Juan Carlos Gomez, Kevin Johnson, Chris Arreola and Alberto Sosnowski, who I view as C level opponents at best. Vitali looked old and slow in those performances, struggling to land his big punches and it was boring to watch. I do give him credit for putting it out there in his fights; he is busy and like to throw his punches. He is now fighting 38-year-old Shannon Briggs on October 16th, who hasn’t looked good for years and hasn’t beaten anyone either. I honestly think Vitali is there for the taking and think someone could eventually pull off a big upset in the next year or so. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/08/why-i-hate-the-klitschkos/
