Bear Hugger Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua and succeed where brother Wladimir failed: 'I'd knock him out!' Vitali Klitschko hopes to one day avenge his brother Wladimir's defeat by Anthony Joshua, claiming even at 46 he could knock Britain's unified heavyweight world champion out. Joshua climbed off the canvas to stop Klitschko in the 11th round of their April Wembley blockbuster to send the 41-year-old into retirement. Vitali worked his brother's corner that night and advised him against pushing for a knockout after he had floored Joshua in round six. Full article: Vitali Klitschko believes he can knockout Anthony Joshua | Daily Mail Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKUy-rBiSc Obviously this will never happen, and if it did Vitali is too old, and too long out of the ring. Having said that, I do think a prime Vitali would have beaten Joshua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selij Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua 'I'd knock him out!' Must be on powda as well as gear nowadays, daft old bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua So he really was the heir to Lennox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Vitali vs Shannon Briggs! Make it happen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Vitali vs Shannon Briggs! Make it happen ! It already happened, why do you want to re-run it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua It already happened, why do you want to re-run it? C'mon, man. Briggs needs his revenge ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrGooNer Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Josh would do to Klitschko, what Klitschko did to Briggs.. and Briggs would be there front row shouting let's go champ. Mind you he's probably doing that in his living room right now so that's not really very meaningful to this. That fight was one of the ones I bring up when people ask about fights that went on cringingly long. Horrible beating. Worse than Lacey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodiac_1 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Think he's just trying to get back into the media again. He knows very well he's not going to come out of retirement to fight AJ! As he hasn't been active in so many years it might be less of a challenge than Wlad st this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_ Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua He didn’t say he wanted to fight Joshua, he said he’d like to avenge his brothers loss but because of his job it can’t happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua He didn’t say he wanted to fight Joshua, he said he’d like to avenge his brothers loss but because of his job it can’t happen Come on Dave!! Don't let facts get in the way of a tabloid headline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua --- Dave, you ruined it for everyone! What are we ever to do with ourselves now? Well, Lady Lara sez he want's to clean out his division...:smiley-signs102: :smiley-signs103: :smiley-signs015: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Come on Dave!! Don't let facts get in the way of a tabloid headline! If I let facts get in my way, I'd never have anything to post. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua If I let facts get in my way, I'd never have anything to post. :whistle: :haha: least you know your flaws ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrianpitbull Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Its all talk from Vitali, he last fought 5 years ago and he is in his mid 40s now, boxing is a young mans sport and I would expect fringe contenders at this stage to KO vitali never mind someone like an AJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Must be on powda as well as gear nowadays, daft old bastard. I think he could do it. And don't diss good old Big Vit! :whip: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua I never thought Vitali was that great in the first place - Wlad had the greater talent. Vitali might have survived against Joshua if he made it to the ring, but he was too injury prone even in his prime, and his knockout record was declining by the time he retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua --- Uhhhh, every fighter's KO record declines as they approach 40, and many as they approach 30 depending on what kind of career they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua That may well be true, but in Vitali's case, it would be a major issue vs Joshua - Vitali was never as varied or as mobile as Wlad, relying on a strong jab softening guys up for the KO. That's not likely to be enough to keep a Joshua at bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua He said what he wanted to do but also made the excuse of why he is too busy. The old man would get absolutely destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua He said what he wanted to do but also made the excuse of why he is too busy. The old man would get absolutely destroyed. When Foreman came back and faced Moorer, was he given any chance or was it as ridiculous as this fight seems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua When Foreman came back and faced Moorer, was he given any chance or was it as ridiculous as this fight seems? Quite a bit different as Foreman had 29 warm-up fights before facing Moorer. Vitali hasn't fought for 5 years. Not really the same is it, Gav? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Quite a bit different as Foreman had 29 warm-up fights before facing Moorer. Vitali hasn't fought for 5 years. Not really the same is it, Gav? I wasn't suggesting the situation was the same, merely enquiring regarding another ancient ex-champ vs a young contender. Don't suppose Vitali would just go straight in though - they'd find some guys to lay down for him. EDIT: Boxrec also lists Foreman as having 15 months between Morrison and Moorer - how long does it take for rust to set in, especially after the age of 40? Are you worse with each passing month or does it level off after a certain point? I've never thought about it before. Edited October 21, 2017 by gavpowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodiac_1 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Quite a bit different as Foreman had 29 warm-up fights before facing Moorer. Vitali hasn't fought for 5 years. Not really the same is it, Gav? Foreman had 29 warm up fights before he faced Michael Moore?! He must have fought a few tomato cans to get that many in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Foreman had 29 warm up fights before he faced Michael Moore?! He must have fought a few tomato cans to get that many in! One of those "warm up fights" appears to have been Evander Holyfield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Re: Vitali Klitschko wants to fight Anthony Joshua Is that really true? Never heard of that piece of trivia. More power to him if it is. Which part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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