CAN WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO REDEEM HIS LEGACY?

[@gurshamceromain9459]

This video, and the other Vladimir video, are the best analyses of a fighter's career I've ever heard. Bravo Hatman!!

[@seansavage2518]

Not many people have brought up that Headbutt, you an Boxtalk. It stunk of desperation.Fury's team played a blinder this week, not letting Wlad away with anything.

[@immaculatedirtz8805]

Klitschko was a boxer that believed in having clear advantages. His whole career was based on that. It's his whole mind frame. He acts like he's a specialist of the mind but he's nowhere near to controlling his own. An opposition fighter having any possible advantage clearly rattled him completely

[@FearedAudacity]

Klitschko is a top 10 great HW IMO. He deserves respect but I also understand peoples concerns with his legacy (from picking fights when it suited him to indifferent drug testing).

[@FearedAudacity]

You raised MANY valid points that has changed my view in all honesty, saying it as it is. He has tarnished his own legacy

[@Unworthyservant7]

Great analysis of of Vladimir Kitschko.

[@immaculatedirtz8805]

Year on from your comment and I agree

[@ButBlackDynamite]

Great vid as always. Peter Quillin should also be on that list of scared fighters.

[@carlgreen5168]

So the IBF are already in the process of stripping fury of his IBF belt?, absolutely fucking disgusting.

[@anUntouchable]

He must take the rematch and take it to Fury if he wants to be considered as one of the very best. If he has the heart I think he could stop Fury. He had to take chances to win - but didn't, basically surrendering his titles. It was actually very surprising to see him not going for it. I knew he didn't like to engage - but this situation demanded it!! He is blessed with power and should have used it.

[@Midnight-ot3oi]

@HatmanStrikesBack of all your work on KZbin, this is your best boxing video of all... I have enjoyed a lot of your videos about chronicles of a bounce and topical Tuesdays. In my opinion, the best vid I saw of yours was Mayweather talking about "What has Africa Done For Me" video... I know that isn't the correct title but think it was a two part series and it is a close enough description of the video but this is an actual boxing related video and not about a fighter outside the ring. I hope you read this so you know what truely good work you do in the world of freelance media and just opening peoples minds to what really go's on in the sport we all love... Hatman, I wish I had half the patience and commitment you execute in your videos... 👍

[@1tabularasa1]

Thank you, Hatman. Could`nt have said it better.

[@LDN_BOX]

Top video, really insightful and objective

[@scottmcglynn1498]

you have to have courage and heart to get in a boxing ring

[@leongrant7303]

I think donte wilder got the most hart in the heavy weights right now he fights injured and still throws hard and most his fights end up in to wars I think donte wilder will be the undiputed and undefeated champ I said it first

[@carlnorris9689]

No one can stop this shindig

[@ryiin]

You are so right. I always thought haye and his team lost the mental battle against wlad. Furys team got him on a level playing field and fury out wlad wlad.

[@yami4277]

klitschko is a all time great

[@heavyweightboxingfan2269]

Wladimir is the greatest of all time easily.

[@circleinfinite]

+Heavyweightboxing Fan how so?

[@joshmartin464]

+Heavyweightboxing Fan ha ha are you jokeing there is nothing on wladimirs record to suggest he is a all time great he's not even close yeah he has had a long reign but he's got a bunch of no names on his record sorry but wlad will never be a all time great in my opinion he's not even a top 30 heavyweight

[@killgreed5943]

Wlad is staring into space still trying to comprehend, he just did not to have the heart? Fury kept putting his head down, made me nervous, Wlad kept turning his back, looking like he was done?

[@fighting3209]

+tim nic well sed man its clearly evident his gone at the game i dont know why people think he mite beat fury next time round. pure madness

[@kiely4561]

the great Manny steward used to say when Lennox had his back against the wall in fights he knew how to take it to the street, i love that analogy, i don't think wlad mentally has that ability which was a big reason he lost on saturday

[@EkinghFightNews]

you forgot Corrie Sanders, the fight That he got KOed early, and vitali had to come to the rescue

[@booster330]

Great video.

[@bozzface1]

people seem to forget if wlad takes the rematch it will be on furys terms he hasn't got a prayer then

[@brianjames2792]

Even if Klitschko wins the rematch with Fury ( I personally don't think he will ) it looks like the Klitschko Era is over. Klitschko was always more physically gifted rather than having actual boxing talent just my opinion. However you are right the lack of heart and the fear of getting hit cost him big time with Fury even when he started to go for it in the 12th round, Fury never looked to be in serious trouble and I bet those were some of Klitchko's hardest punches too.

[@johnnyzee383]

Good anaylisis but as with all old fighters, the first thing that goes is your timing. Why?..because your body slows just enough that when your brain says, "NOW!...Theres the opening, throw the right hand...and body takes a split second longer to react, the opprotunity is gone, the opponent has moved..so you dont throw a punch. I used to box and this my friend is what happens. It was painfully obvious and its the same thing that happens to all the old fighters once they get past their prime. I do agree that Wlad was unwilling to take risks and go after Tyson and try and land some punches..Tyson won the fight but alot of the rounds were very close, and this is with a fighter who hardly threw any punches!. The rematch as history tells us will be worse for Wlad. I believe in the fight if Tyson really wanted to he could have stopped Wlad who looked vulnerable. In the rematch I thinkTyson will be much better and be able to stop him. Wlad cant do any better and thats how the tune will go down.

[@heavyweightboxingfan2269]

Wladimir was inexperienced when he punched himself out against Puritty and had never went past the 8th round before, not the first time that has happened to a boxer. There was something medically wrong with Wladimir in the Brewster fight. Wladimir will go away and look at the tapes, and make the right adjustments to Fury's new style. He will get quicker sparring partner that outreach him, and a trainer he actually listens to in the corner. Wladimir will win rematch.

[@heavyweightboxingfan2269]

+Barabus69er Because he never brought up Sanders in the video. Wladimir will make adjustments, and take more risks for the next fight. Wladimir was not prepared for the style Fury used in that fight, because Fury had never used it before. Fury has gave away his game now, and Wladimir will figure out how to beat him. Wladimir could also do with quicker sparring partners, noted of the slow ones he picked, and a trainer he actually listens to.

[@circleinfinite]

+Heavyweightboxing Fan Wlad is 40 years old or near abouts. He can only do stuff that he has done before. like fury said "anything you can bring to the ring, you have done before" Tyson already has more wrinkles to his game than wlad everything fury did was kryptonite. Wlad cannot and has never done anything without his jab and furys headmovement completely negated that. What is wlad going to do that he couldnt do in this fights.

[@kingjames1101]

you are born with a fighting heart wlad doesnt have it hes just a bully in the ring, when he starts taking shots back he falls apart.

[@jabjabgrab123]

sums it up

[@GiantSandles]

+Sami / "in round 12 he came back and had Fury on the ropes barely hanging on" Did he? He landed 1 or 2 good power shots but Fury wasn't in that much danger of being knocked out and Klitschko kept holding after he landed those shots rather than trying to finish him, which he probably would've done if Fury really was just holding on against the ropes

[@jabjabgrab123]

+Sami / lol fury was hanging on you say what was u watching

[@AngelBlackwellX]

Yes.

[@circleinfinite]

+Sami / I think the truth is somewhere between the arguing parties. Fury wasnt much hurt but it was a moment wlad could have capitalised on.

[@evoste]

Agree about Vlad, a fundamental of fighting is courage and digging deep, it is one of the metrics I measure a boxer or mma fighter by, without that metric it is always smoke and mirrors. Vitali had the courage but failed to topple Lewis, everything is relative.

[@csataproductions]

By the way , Lenox Lewis was 249.5 for his destruction of Tyson, his next fight against Vitaly he was 256.5

[@navos2003]

Factz!!

[@bustaphenzerheimen5178]

When did Mike Tyson ever gut out a win? Every time he was truly challenged, he failed....just like Wladimir. Ofcourse Tyson was more' aggressive than Klitschko because he was a 5'11" heavyweight while Wlad is 6'6". Also, Nearly all A-Side fighters stack the odds in their favor. Leonard, De La Hoya, Mayweather and yes Klitschko too. I also think Klitschko is an all time great and certainly beat better opposition than Larry Holmes and Joe Louis so I respectfully disagree on that. The only things I truly agree with are (a) Klitschko" tried to headbutt Fury although Fury was being a bit dirty too... and (b): Wladimir does not have a' great warrior's heart. A 39 year old Klitschko does not have to beat Tyson Fury to be great. He already is great. That said, I'm happy Fury won and I hope he wins the rematch.

[@evoste]

+Bustaph Enzerheimen Agree with some of what you say, however I would make a few distinctions. Firstly A-side is a term and a distinction that is recent to the sport of boxing, yes I would agree that Leonard was one of the first with this, however Leonard STILL took big risks against fighters like Hagler even though he stacked the shit in his favour. Even Oscar took some big risks.... The other guys you mention did not.....

[@FearedAudacity]

+Bustaph Enzerheimen Very few people with boxing knowledge rate Mike as a top 10 all-time great. The casuals love him for the KO's.

[@FearedAudacity]

DantheManBoxing Yes but that alone isn't the mark of an all-time great. Reckon hes top 25 or so, but not top 10. Truth is every truly great fighter he fought he lost to.

[@circleinfinite]

+DantheManBoxing AGREED. I think tyson in his prime is nearly unbeatable. but that does not translate to him being one of the best if you get my meaning, becuase his dominant prime was so short. it takes a stronger overal carerr to put him near top ten

[@ryiin]

Plus he is the Lance Armstrong of heavyweight boxing!

[@mrleefox]

No proof he is on drugs think his visic is genetic

[@chucknchar]

I totally agree with champs going in the trenches and not Wlad, but Ali had a hell of an inside game like the Foremen fight. Like Ali said many times you can't hit what you cant see. So what does Wlad do in rematch? Will he go in the trenches?

[@jakelakefield7618]

Looks like Lennox lewis watched this video man, its on his twitter.

[@Kopend09]

+jake wakefield lol yeah?

[@actorscrib5932]

I agree. Vitali klitshko had the heart. A fighting man. wlad doesn't' have his brothers heart . He will go for it in the rematch. pride will do it for him . Fury beats him in the rematch . your right , as long as Fury does not get too cocky and gets reckless and chinned. yes wlad launched a nasty head but on fury .

[@Aka_daka]

Vitali Klitschko quit against Byrd... I think lots of people forget about that.

[@billcrab5977]

He had a sever injury if he would have kept fighting he would have lost movement on that arm

[@Aka_daka]

+Bill crab he wouldn't of had to throw another punch! he 9 rounds in front!

[@billcrab5977]

DarthMuse how about blocking he had to move his hands to block punches

[@harrybarratt4302]

youre an excellent analyst! #HatmanStrikesBack

[@Jojack269]

he maybe one of my favorite boxers but wlad is way to hesitant and worries to much

[@irishnk4411]

The problem for Wlad in the rematch imo, is I believe Tyson Fury when he stated afterwards that he was only operating at 60% of his potential....1. His hands were sore from getting damaged from dubious ill fitting gloves in sparring that prevented him from being able to punch through the target and to fight in close quarters, I noticed pre fight when fury was on the pads that he was pulling his punches, in particular the right hand.... 2. His feet were being damaged from the suspect padding in the ring, which wouldnt of helped with his footwork in terms of planting his feet and getting inside....... Its funny because it more likely Fury will be the one who will get braver, more confident if there is an rematch, even though Fury won, he was the one with the genuine issues, while Wlad and his brother openly admitted at the press conference that they dont know what went wrong and cant put an finger on it

[@Aka_daka]

+IRISHNK I am still bamboozled as to why Wlad didn't throw any right hands he hesitated so much it's not like Fury was not in range at times he decided to fucking clinch wtf? he's getting worse and worse the more watch him the Povetkin fight was terrible and Jennings fight was cringe worthy against no hoper 6.2ft guy..

[@circleinfinite]

+DarthMuse he sad fury was to fast and he cound not find range. if vlad cant connect with jabs due to furys expert headmovement and speed and range of jab. then he would get countered or risk being KO'ed if he tries a right. wlad can only throw rights after finding range from successful lefts. He was too robotic to adjust to furys vastly superior creativity,ring IQ and overall craft yes i said it.

[@Aka_daka]

+CircleInfinite twitter.com/StudiniJones/status/671251264878063616

[@circleinfinite]

DarthMuse Very nice

[@Aka_daka]

CircleInfinite Wlad's performance was terrible both landed 23% of there punchers but Fury just threw more If Klitschko had more heart he could of won, I honestly think God forgot to give this guy a heart lol :(

[@davidbrent6950]

He never did avenge that loss and went on to lose to Joshua via tko. He fought hard against Joshua though so maybe got a bit of your respect back Hatman

[@Truth_above_everything]

He definetly redeemed himself in the Joshua fight. Went toe to toe with him and showed heart and grit against a young talented champion

[@jabjabgrab123]

wlad can come back but he will have to go through about route and that's the wilder route. A rematch vs fury will end the same Tyson will play with him

[@khanali007g]

Wow a doggy boxing canvas set up by team klitschko. so David haye did have a valid case about the toe excuse

[@heavyweightboxingfan2269]

The extra canvas was removed as instructed by the Fury camp. Hitman is just making reasons to hate Wladimir.

[@circleinfinite]

+Heavyweightboxing Fan nope 1 third of the canvas was removed. there were two more layers.

[@joshmartin464]

Hatman mate you are 100% right about wladimir I have always said wlad lacks courage and heart and has never beat a natural heavyweight it's stuipd that wlad gets all this credit for beating up cruserweights and journeyman his best win is against Alexander povetkin which he didint deserve to win he should have lost that fight due to disqualified any fighter with the heart and courage to go the inside would beat wlad even smaller heavyweights like rocky Marciano jack Dempsey and joe Frazier would smash wladimir to bits!

[@AngelBlackwellX]

Courage is from the fight or flight mechanism and can't be changed. It's innate & Wladimir doesn't have it. I think Klitschko should have a final easy fight then retire!

[@Orcen222]

Wladimir Klitscho is a All Time Great and one of the Top 10 Greatest Heavyweight Champions of All Time. Boring style, but his legacy and accomplishments speaks for themselves.

[@Orcen222]

tim nic We rank people based on their accomplishments, otherwise we can say that Roman Gonzalez is GOAT of Boxing lol I think Prime Tyson beats Prime Ali and Prime Wladimir Klitscho, styles makes fights. But Wladimir Klitschos accomplishments cannot be overlooked.

[@FearedAudacity]

Hatman what do you think of all the negativity surrounding Tyson even after winning!? Its madness to me

[@1tabularasa1]

+James Brewer I guess Tyson speaks out his mind anf give a shit about what people might think about him. And lots of people can`t stand his gute to do so, imo.

[@FearedAudacity]

nova aschere I have issues with some of the things he has raised, but articles in the Times and the Sun pissed me off reading them.

[@1tabularasa1]

same like me, Mate. I don´t agree with everything Tyson said but I don`t judge him on that. I got the feeling Tysons suffers from heavy mood-swings. What he says in one minute he may contradict in the next. But I still reconize him as a good man. I don´t know exactly what it is but I can`t take my eyes off him. Yeah that articels you mentioned are truly B.S. The brits should be proud of this champ instead of dissing him that bad. I´m german, btw.

[@FearedAudacity]

nova aschere I completely agree mate. Also the German people gave Tyson Fury such a great reception (better then Brits give the guy!). Germany was a fantastic place to hold that fight.

[@1tabularasa1]

Thank you, I appreciate that. It seems like british boxing is on an all time high right now. I expect more to come in the next coupple of years. Lot´s of talent, lot´s of champs in the making.

[@boxinginthehallway...]

fanboy, what is it exactly that you have said in 20 minutes? Some of the comments in this section, best vid, great vid, never seen better, what the fuck? How long you have been doing these vids, time to move beyond boxing 101....

[@Gonzoidzz]

Peter 1 his confidence was low, I think you're being harsh but some truth that he is tentative and left too much in the ring vs Fury. And the reason Fury had blisters was his movement not the ring floor, and he's not a dirty fighter, Lewis was a dirty fighter.

[@SeamusMcMichael]

He didn't seem to be up to any of these psychological tricks with Anthony Joshua.

[@Kashmachine10]

Seamus McMichael the usb, watching the public workout, calling him little bro etc.

[@MyBonio]

Greatest boxing con of all time hahahahahaah

[@fighting3209]

klitscho could get knocked out in the rematch. he Nealy was in Dusseldorf had it not been for the referee. sending him to a neutral corner

[@paul572311]

why is it when white boxers are great they are berated by the black community, all races are equal man and their will be great white boxers to, the Russians and Europeans are great fighters to.

[@immaculatedirtz8805]

If that comment is in relation to this video you're clearly seeing a race issue where there is none, just a pretty accurate analysis.

[@csataproductions]

While there is truth that all time greats grit their teeth and won hard fights.. There are plenty of examples to show the contrary as well.. Ali got his ass handed to him by Holmes, and Ali was younger than Wlad. This is what happens to fighters that get old. Klitscko got defeated by father time.. its over..

[@chrisbennett606]

Joe Csatajszki yeah a Parkinson riddled Ali with his reflexes. Speed of feet and hands shot

[@paul572311]

know they did 'nt lennox got knocked out twice in his career.

[@boxfan8251]

Vitali definitely would've done a better job than Wladimir.

[@leongrant7303]

Jack Dempsey is not a true champion don't put him in the same presence as the true champions jack Dempsey didn't fight black fighters u don't know your boxing history

[@joshmartin464]

There is no truth to what your saying it's true jack did duck Sam Langford but jack fought many black fighters at the start of his career but only fought John lester Johnson at championship level in my opinion jack Dempsey was a brilliant fighter and the 3rd greatest heavyweight of all time only behide rocky Marciano and joe Louis

[@paul572311]

but lennox had a suspect chin , he got k 'o'd twice .