Vitali vs Briggs done deal for Oct 16

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What happened to Odlanier Solis? He would of been a nice opponent for him but havent heard anything about him recently

gomez1012 wrote:

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What happened to Odlanier Solis? He would of been a nice opponent for him but havent heard anything about him recently

He checked into the Betty Ford eating disorder and Laziness clinic. It has a food court with Burger King, Taco Bell and Dairy Queen and all the chairs are lazy boy recliners with individual flatscreen TV's. He has pledged to stay there until his body fat percentage exceeds that of the entire Kardashian Family.

BTW Kudos to Vitali for staying active. I guess Briggs is a viable a challenege as anyone else who is actually willing to step in the ring at this point.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

He checked into the Betty Ford eating disorder and Laziness clinic. It has a food court with Burger King, Taco Bell and Dairy Queen and all the chairs are lazy boy recliners with individual flatscreen TV's. He has pledged to stay there until his body fat percentage exceeds that of the entire Kardashian Family.

And yea, its a credit to the Bros, staying active and taking on all comers who step into the ring with them

Wow, this fight is going to have a great 30 seconds of action. After 30 seconds Briggs will be totally gassed and rendered helpless.

What are Vitali and Wlad supposed to do? The top commercial options of Valuev, Povetkin, and Haye don't want any of it.

Canvas wrote:

What are Vitali and Wlad supposed to do? The top commercial options of Valuev, Povetkin, and Haye don't want any of it.

One good thing coming out of this

The Bros will get more exposure with these fights than ever before, Peter and Briggs both being shown by ESPN

HW Division is back!

good for them K brothers for wanting to fight..let haye valuez potviten and company keep making excuses..adamek if he gets by grant will step up to the plate.briggs will make it interesting for 3 rounds or so then the ashma kicks in ..at least hes got guts to fire away and who knows what happens.ohh he will make some money also while the pretenders not contenders stay home a twiddle there thumbs..

Canvas wrote:

What are Vitali and Wlad supposed to do? The top commercial options of Valuev, Povetkin, and Haye don't want any of it.

In my view they are doing EVERYTHING we can ask of them.

dmar5143 wrote:

good for them K brothers for wanting to fight..let haye valuez potviten and company keep making excuses..adamek if he gets by grant will step up to the plate.briggs will make it interesting for 3 rounds or so then the ashma kicks in ..at least hes got guts to fire away and who knows what happens.ohh he will make some money also while the pretenders not contenders stay home a twiddle there thumbs..

I'm not sure there is a way to know but I've often wondered with that guy is it the asthma or being too muscular/not fit enough? Both? Does the asthma limit his training?

marble being to muscular in his case isnt a harm..being fit we surely can question..asthma if it comes out of remission or strikes with an attack will hinder him plenty..it shouldnt hinder his training if he does it regularly and with intelligence..fitness can be a problem with him..in the early fiftys late 40s one of the top basketball players and top scoreres paul arizan played with a bad case of ashma..fit though he was.

Wlad is too timid. He has the ability and power. He should take out alot of the guys he faces much earlier. Of course he isn't a guy who cuts off the ring and his opponents basically run in fear.

Vitali-I love his strange fighting style. Standing there, hands low, leaning way back out of the way of punches. He has impressed me with his second go round. He has stayed much more active than I expected when he came back. He does need to consider hanging them up soon. You can see age really creeping in.

dmar5143 wrote:

marble being to muscular in his case isnt a harm..being fit we surely can question..asthma if it comes out of remission or strikes with an attack will hinder him plenty..it shouldnt hinder his training if he does it regularly and with intelligence..fitness can be a problem with him..in the early fiftys late 40s one of the top basketball players and top scoreres paul arizan played with a bad case of ashma..fit though he was.

I went to college around Villanova so I know a bit about Arizin. I had no idea he was asthmatic.

good points captain..yes vitalis age is starting to show..

captainanddew wrote:

Wlad is too timid. He has the ability and power. He should take out alot of the guys he faces much earlier. Of course he isn't a guy who cuts off the ring and his opponents basically run in fear.

Vitali-I love his strange fighting style. Standing there, hands low, leaning way back out of the way of punches. He has impressed me with his second go round. He has stayed much more active than I expected when he came back. He does need to consider hanging them up soon. You can see age really creeping in.

Manny Steward is in the house!

marble a philly boy..one of my fav cites..my favorite singer the greatest of all time was a south philly boy..

dmar5143 wrote:

marble a philly boy..one of my fav cites..my favorite singer the greatest of all time was a south philly boy..

Grew up outside Boston, HS/College outside Philly.

South Philly favorite singer? Mario Lanza?

The greatest singer of all time in my book is Sinatra.

mario lanza indeed marble..i know some of the family..sinatra the top pop singer ever of course..

by the way lanza and rocky marciano were good friends..

I'm 33. I love old movies. I love Sinatra and other great old time singers. I love boxing. I think I was born in the wrong era.

dmar5143 wrote:

mario lanza indeed marble..i know some of the family..sinatra the top pop singer ever of course..

I can only listen to Lanza in short bursts. His voice is so overwhelmingly emotional it cannot be part of the background as I do other things. I have to put everything down and let it wash over me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzL-eGDYIJA&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9BiDAfpaA

captainanddew wrote:

I'm 33. I love old movies. I love Sinatra and other great old time singers. I love boxing. I think I was born in the wrong era.

Me too. I think I was supposed to be born in the early 1920's.

I agree on old movies. I love scripts not effects.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

captainanddew wrote:

I'm 33. I love old movies. I love Sinatra and other great old time singers. I love boxing. I think I was born in the wrong era.

Me too. I think I was supposed to be born in the early 1920's.

I agree on old movies. I love scripts not effects.

...lol..would that not be great..

dmar5143 wrote:

good points captain..yes vitalis age is starting to show..

I agree Capt and dmar. I would like to see Dr Klitschko retire after this next fight and contribute to the world in other ways. He is most certainly in decline.