Classic picks requested

[Mendoza]

Please pick a result and around. Vitlai Klitschko vs Sam Peter.

I'm going with Vitlai in round 9, though I think Vitali can win this early if he can intimidate Peter and land his hook.

[DamonD]

I've got it on General too, but Vitali UD.

I think he'll both be a bit too rusty to push for a knockout, plus Peter's chin is getting malaigned too much.

[mcvey]

Please pick a result and around. Vitlai Klitschko vs Sam Peter.

I'm going with Vitlai in round 9, though I think Vitali can win this early if he can intimidate Peter and land his hook.
I havent seen any info on their gym workouts so I'm going in a bit blind ,but here goes ,Vitali by dec,though a late stoppage is possible.

[dpw417]

I look for Vitali to stick to the game plan of using his height and reach, scoring from the outside, and then making Peter pay a price when he advances, and clinching on the inside. Peter will have difficulty reaching Vitali...Klitschko by decision for me.

[mcvey]

I look for Vitali to stick to the game plan of using his height and reach, scoring from the outside, and then making Peter pay a price when he advances, and clinching on the inside. Peter will have difficulty reaching Vitali...Klitschko by decision for me.
Thats three of us with egg on our faces if wer'e wrong.

[dpw417]

Thats three of us with egg on our faces if wer'e wrong.
That's true! But we will problably still have a better record than Teddy Atlas picking fights...:lol:

[DamonD]

Has Teddy made a prediction for this fight yet?

Almost scared to find out... ;)

[SuzieQ49]

I like peter with vitali quitting on his stool in round 7

[PowerPuncher]

Vitali TKO8

[Ezzard]

There's still plenty of time for Vitali to pull out yet.

[D-MAC]

Vitali KO5

[Loewe]

Hm, still don´t know. Vitali looks ready but you never now how rusty one is until the first round. But he looks ready. Vitali by late TKO but I´m not confident with this pick.

[Minotauro]

Peter stops him in the 6th round, Vitali has been away for a long time and no warm up match and then he has been injured so much I doubt he has much left.

[radianttwilight]

I like peter with vitali quitting on his stool in round 7

Ditto.

[Robbi]

Peter on points.

[Dempsey1238]

VK by knockout.

[Vanboxingfan]

I too am picking Vitali to win a decision, but it won't be an upset whoever wins.

[Mendoza]

I too am picking Vitali to win a decision, but it won't be an upset whoever wins.

So far its 9-4 on picks in favor of Vitali.

[natonic]

Peter by tko in 9.

[BadJuju83]

vitali KO 8

[Manassa]

Peter by decision. Not that I know much about him, or Klitschko for that matter. But still, Peter by decision.

[janitor]

I pick Sam Peter by late TKO

This prediction is based on the asumption that VK will not recover his previous form or anything close to it.

[ChrisPontius]

I like Peter by TKO - through injury one way or another.

[bronze_bandit]

i cant see him quitting on his stool in front of his home fans an especially after making that promise to his mother he will have a lot of pride at stake....

I'd go for Vitali by stoppage an Don King to get his wish of having a world title fight again in Africa for a rematch...:admin

[BOGART]

I like Vitaly by late stoppage. I think ring rust will see him with some early trouble. By the end of the fight Vitaly should be in command and Peter shoud be sucking wind. Vitaly by late ko.

[janitor]

I am a little surprized by how many people assume thaqt Klitschko will be able to recover most of his previous form.

I think he is taking a giant leap into the unknown here.

[janitor]

Oh well.

[JohnThomas1]

vitali KO 8

Close enough

:happy

[Mendoza]

Close enough

:happy

I had Vitali in 9. Not a bad call. Impressive perfomance by Vitali. Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy? Maybe Lewis vs Rahman II?

[SuzieQ49]

Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy?

Walcott against charles III and Marciano I

[Marciano Frazier]

I had Vitali in 9. Not a bad call. Impressive perfomance by Vitali. Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy? Maybe Lewis vs Rahman II?
A 37-year-old Lewis beating a presumably-better version of Vitali himself pretty well has to be a better performance.

[JohnThomas1]

A 37-year-old Lewis beating a presumably-better version of Vitali himself pretty well has to be a better performance.

Great point right there.

[red cobra]

Please pick a result and around. Vitlai Klitschko vs Sam Peter.

I'm going with Vitlai in round 9, though I think Vitali can win this early if he can intimidate Peter and land his hook.
Mendoza, you hit it on the head with this one! Peter quit at the beginning of the round you picked, good call.

[Quick Cash]

I haven't seen the fight yet as it's running on a much delayed telecast here where I live. From what I've read though, it seems like it went exactly how I envisioned. Vitali is not completely back to form, but like I said, it doesn't take Vitali at 100% to defeat someone like Samuel Peter.

Congratulations to Mendoza and Power Puncher for making similar predictions. I wish Klitschko good health and I hope he goes on to fight again. I would hate to see the WBC belt vacated.

[Quick Cash]

As a sidenote, I would just like to say that I was a mile off regarding the light heavyweight showdown between Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver. I predicted a unanimous decision win for the Magic Man based on a busier workrate, which was partly true of the action of the fight, however, I did not expect Dawson to land the more meaningful punches almost all the way through. I only witnessed portions of the fight, but I was completely taken aback when Dawson scored the knockdown in the 12th. He even had Tarver rolling on the floor!

Again, a pleasant surprise. Congratulations to 'Bad' Chad Dawson, the new IBF champ!

[Manassa]

Peter by decision. Not that I know much about him, or Klitschko for that matter. But still, Peter by decision.

What the fucking rat's arse was I thinking, haha.

[PowerPuncher]

Vitali TKO8

What do I win? :yep

[PowerPuncher]

Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy? Maybe Lewis vs Rahman II?

Walcott-Charles
Walcott-Marciano
Holmes (43yo)-Mercer
Homes (37)-Spinks 2
Norton (37)-Holmes
Norton(34)-Ali 3
Foreman (45)-Moorer
Lewis-Klitchko
Lewis-Rahman 2
Lewis-Tyson
Louis-Bivins
Louis-Savold (who was a belt holder)
Jack Johnson-willard (won the first 25rounds)
Patterson-Ali 2
Langford-Godfrey

[Mendoza]

A 37-year-old Lewis beating a presumably-better version of Vitali himself pretty well has to be a better performance.

Lewis was being out fought by Vitlai, down 4-2 on all cards. You can say Vitali was Lewis best pure win ( Holy and TYson were past it ) but there is NO way Lewis would have looked as sharp as Vitali did after a 4 year layoff.

Vitali looked very sharp last night. He threw the jab, hook, uppercut, busted Peter between the guard, comboed, and coutered without a hint of failing stamina.

Lewis was gased and tried vs Vitali. I really don't think the Vitali fight was one of lewis top 3-4 best perfomances.

[PowerPuncher]

Lewis was being out fought by Vitlai, down 4-2 on all cards. You can say Vitali was Lewis best pure win ( Holy and TYson were past it ) but there is NO way Lewis would have looked as sharp as Vitali did after a 4 year layoff.

Vitali looked very sharp last night. He threw the jab, hook, uppercut, busted Peter between the guard, comboed, and coutered without a hint of failing stamina.

Lewis was gased and tried vs Vitali. I really don't think the Vitali fight was one of lewis top 3-4 best perfomances.

Classic Klitchko revisionism, Lennox stopped Vitali, tore his face up and had him holding on. Lennox was coming on strong throwing the bigger punches which really did damage.

You don't think Lewis would win every round against Peter or stop him earlier? I do, Peter was a punching bag for any A Level heavyweight, Lewis would have had zero probs with Peter. Vitali is a much tougher opponent than Peter

Do I need to ask how a 37yo Vitali does against a 32yo VitalI? Because a 37yo Lennox beat a 32yo Vitali, a 37yo Vitali obviously can't do that

[Mendoza]

Hold on there. Let's examine what I said.

Mendoza said " Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy?

PowerPuncher :Walcott-Charles

Mendoza: The fight was boring until Walcott landed a hook on a not so tough chinned Charles.

Power puncher : Walcott-Marciano

Mendoza : Walcott lost this fight and was KO'd.

Power puncher Holmes (43yo)-Mercer

Mendoza Did you see this fight. Yes, Holmes won it, but he was not nearly as impressive as Vitlai was vs Peter.

Power puncher Homes (37)-Spinks 2

Mendoza : Nope, and I'm a Holmes fan. Again, Vitlai was more impressive vs Peter than Holmes was vs Spinks. He won every round with ease. I do think Holmes was robbed, and a close but clear decision for Holmes was in order.

Power puncher Norton (37)-Holmes

Mendoza: Um, Norton was 35 fight this fight.

Power puncher Norton(34)-Ali 3

Mendoza: Again, Ali was 34 for this fight, and lucky to win it. You examples are lacking big time.


Power puncher : Foreman (45)-Moorer

Mendoza: One good one. Kudos. However, let's not confuse dramatic with a better performance from start to finish, Moorer was well in the lead until Foreman caught Moorer who should have been moving late.

Power puncher: Lewis-Klitchko

Mendoza : Lewis was down 4-2 on all three cards, which means he needs to win 4 of the next 6 rounds on at least two judges cards to produce a draw. IMO Lewis was getting tired when the fight was stopped on a cut.

Lewis-Rahman 2 >> Lewis was under 37. Again, read the criteria.

Power puncher : Lewis-Tyson

Mendoza:Tyson was SHOT. I think Peter will rebound better than this version of Mike Tyson did.

Power puncher Louis-Bivins

Mendoza: Louis looked ok vs a blown up light heavy, coming off a loss. Again, Vitlai's performance was more impressive.

Power puncher : Louis-Savold (who was a belt holder)

Mendoza: Please! Savold was done for. This was his 2nd to last fight.

Power puncher : Jack Johnson-willard (won the first 25rounds)

Mendoza : WRONG. Johnson did not win the first 25 rounds. If you watched most of the fight, you would know Willard took over around round 15-finish. Also Johnson was knocked out.

Power puncher: Patterson-Ali 2

Mendoza: LOL, How so?

Power Puncher : Langford-Godfre

Mendoza: How many fights did Godfrey have when Sam capped him. Not too many. So why is this more impressive?

[PowerPuncher]

Hold on there. Let's examine what I said.

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Mendoza said " Has anyone seen a better performance by a 37 year old heavy?


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PowerPuncher :Walcott-Charles

Mendoza: The fight was boring until Walcott ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) landed a hook on a not so tough chinned Charles.

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Power puncher : Walcott-Marciano

Mendoza : Walcott lost this fight and was KO'd.

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Power puncher Holmes (43yo)-Mercer

Mendoza Did you see this fight. Yes, Holmes won it, but he was not nearly as impressive as Vitlai was vs Peter.

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Power puncher Homes (37)-Spinks 2

Mendoza : Nope, and I'm a Holmes fan. Again, Vitlai was more impressive vs Peter than Holmes was vs Spinks. He won every round with ease. I do think Holmes was robbed, and a close but clear decision for Holmes was in order.

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Power puncher Norton (37)-Holmes

Mendoza: Um, Norton was 35 fight this fight.

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Power puncher Norton(34)-Ali 3

Mendoza: Again, Ali was 34 for this fight, and lucky to win it. You examples are lacking big time.


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Power puncher : Foreman (45)-Moorer

Mendoza: One good one. Kudos. However, let's not confuse dramatic with a better performance from start to finish, Moorer was well in the lead until Foreman caught Moorer who should have been moving late.

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Power puncher: Lewis-Klitchko

Mendoza : Lewis was down 4-2 on all three cards, which means he needs to win 4 of the next 6 rounds on at least two judges cards to produce a draw. IMO Lewis was getting tired when the fight was stopped on a cut.

Lewis-Rahman 2 >> Lewis was under 37. Again, read the criteria.

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Power puncher : Lewis-Tyson

Mendoza:Tyson was SHOT. I think Peter will rebound better than this version of Mike Tyson did.

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Power puncher Louis-Bivins

Mendoza: Louis looked ok vs a blown up light heavy, coming off a loss. Again, Vitlai's performance was more impressive.

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Power puncher : Louis-Savold (who was a belt holder)

Mendoza: Please! Savold was done for. This was his 2nd to last fight.

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Power puncher : Jack Johnson-willard (won the first 25rounds)

Mendoza : WRONG. Johnson did not win the first 25 rounds. If you watched most of the fight, you would know Willard took over around round 15-finish. Also Johnson was knocked out.

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Power puncher: Patterson-Ali 2

Mendoza: LOL, How so?

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Power Puncher : Langford-Godfre

Mendoza: How many fights did Godfrey have when Sam capped him. Not too many. So why is this more impressive?


The thing is all those opponents were better than Sam Peter, whether they were prime or not they were still better than the fat boy with the GH gut.