It’s just talk, but there’s been plenty of it leading up to Saturday’s WBC Heavyweight Championship between Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) and Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs). With just five days remaining till the bout, here is a sampling of what top fighters, promoters and analysts are saying about the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING fight, which will be shown on same-day tape delay from the O2 World Arena in Berlin, Germany, before the Antonio Tarver-Chad Dawson IBF Light Heavyweight Championship live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO – IBF/WBO Heavyweight Champion http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=21851
James Toney still talking out of his ever-expanding ass. Perhaps next he can comment on why he turned down a substantial offer from Wladimir to fight Peter. I'm sure Peter would have no problems beating him up again, though.
:laughing::laughing:To be fair, athletes should be seen and not heard.This fight is also hard to predict. Peter sucks. Vitali was ok but he is old and broken. Can young suck beat old broke? I know in his prime Vitali would have beten the dog shit out of Peter,but I could see Golota/Brewster too.
I haven't really seen Vitaly hurt during a fight, but if he gets TKO'd it will probably look like that.
Yeah, Klitschko's always had that Fat Joe-inspired 'lean back' defense...but if he's a little slow hitting the recline lever he could be in trouble early.
Not suprising, he says plenty of racist or xenophobic things about foreign white fighters, even when they aren't in his division, but that's pretty much the American way, and very much encouraged by mostly white American sports-writers,.. :crafty: what a culture.
Toney is awesome.. :: Byrd really looks like an idiot if he really said "the time off is the biggest thing for Vladimir to overcome." :: I like "vladimir"::
You have to give the American boxing media credit, it was many of them that annointed Toney as the best heavyweight after he roided his way out of a belt against Ruiz.
I wouldn't be surprised if Byrd has nightmares about Wladimir...so it's understandable if he has the younger brother on the mind. He probably sees Vitali and picutres Wladimir.:: Byrd's actually one of the best of the boxer-turned-analyst crowd, IMO. He's well spoken and he understands some minutiae a lot of boxers don't...and he has some humility, so he can talk about the sport and other boxers without always bringing the discussion back to himself.
dsimon writes: Oh boo hoo hoo!!! :crying: In a sport of moral paragons Toney stands supreme and presumably alone? as the roiding bad guy.
dsimon writes: Oh boo hoo hoo!!! :crying: In a sport of moral paragons Toney stands supreme and presumably alone? as the roiding bad guy.
As a roiding bad boy. A cheater if you will. He's not alone, but he is in this thread. Cheaters should shut their traps and try to regain some dignity along the way.
dsimon writes: Toney is entertaining to some of us... we like it when he says outrageous things because along with being a fat roiding cheater he also happens to be gorgeus to watch in the ring, one of the last old school guys who has the skills to rely upon, and despite everybody always talking about his conditioning, Toney is one of the few heavies who can actually throw a few punches in a round without gassing. Watching Toney in a boxing ring is like watching a Mongol warrior on his horse... the connection is natural and the mastership of the craft is Aristotle's arate, excellence that can be captured for a moment.
The problem, though, is that he's seriously under-achieved since he moved up to heavyweight permanently. It started with him coming in over his supposedly expected weight against Holyfield...something he's done in just about every fight since. He does get tired and he does gas during fights, because he does the bare minimum to get himself into condition, which is why he hasn't done more at heavyweight. Toney was a far more entertaining fighter to watch when he had to make weight. You can't even compare the fighter that beat Jirov to the one whose plodded his way around the ring against some of the heavies he's been in with. The fact is, despite plenty of opportunities, he's been his own worst enemy, and he can blame himself for not having wins against Ruiz, Rahman and Peter on his record and not becoming a heavyweight champion, something he certainly should have been by now. I understand your appreciation for him as a fighter. I have a ton of respect for his ring intelligence and skill level, but that's not everything there is to being a professional.
