Vitali Klitschko vs Tomasz Adamek
This past weekend, I caught Vitali Klitschko vs Tomasz Adamek fight. It feels like lazy punditry to say that it was a repeat of the Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye fight, but it wouldn’t be far from the truth. The similarities were everywhere: A large Klitschko takes on a big cruiserweight in a title bout. The latter fails to get within range of the former, despite his best efforts. The large Klitschko uses his stalking, heavy jab upwards to attack and downwards to throw his opponent off balance. In both fights, different tactics were used to minimise the Klitschko reach...
read moreWladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
Never believe the hype. If it was for hype alone, British heavyweight David Haye would be undisputed world champion. Hype was in order to raise, if nothing else, the expectation that this fight would be the most important of 2011. We at Nemesis were never fooled… easy to say in hindsight but true nonetheless. David Haye made his name as an exciting cruiserweight (90.7kg limit) with no shortage of ability, peaking as he unified WBA, WBC, WBO and Ring Magazine champion. In 2008, Haye turned his attention to the top division, beating the Russian Nikolai Valuev for the WBO belt in 2009. At...
read moreWhat is Russian Boxing Style
With the rise of such MMA fighters as Igor Vovchanchyn and Fedor Emelianenko, plus a recent win of Wladimir Klitschko over David Haye, we see a lot of renewed interest in Russian style of boxing. However, there seem to be a lot of confusion as to what exectly is a “Russian style”. Some people claim that “Russian style” is characterised by long looping punches, others insist that it can be recognised by upright posture and heavy footwork movement. So, the question is, who is right? When talking about “Russian style”, one of the most important things to...
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