Klitschko vs. Chambers: Does Eddie have a chance to beat Wladimir?
January 28th, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: American heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) will be taking on IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) on March 20th at the ESPRIT arena, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Chambers, 27, thinks that he has an excellent chance of beating the 33-year-old Klitschko on March 20th. Chambers’ confidence is no doubt boosted by his impressive recent wins over Samuel Peter and Alexander Dimitrenko in 2009.
Chambers isn’t a knockout puncher by any stretch of the imagination and is more of a fighter who wins his fights, in most cases, by decision. It’s possible but highly unlikely that Chambers will be able to out-box Wladimir through 12 rounds. Klitschko, like his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, rarely losses rounds to anyone.
When Wladimir does give up rounds, it’s generally in rounds in which he’s been knocked down by his opponents. Wladimir hasn’t been knocked down in a fight since 2005 when he was dropped three times in a fight against Samuel Peter. At the time, this was not too long after Klitschko had joined with trainer Emanuel Steward and he was in the middle of changing his style of fighting. Chambers isn’t a big puncher like Peter, so he’s going to have to find a way to try and out-box Wladimir by using his hand speed on the inside.
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Is this going to be a title fight for Chambers? And What about Robert Helenius?
“actually gomez is a cute, fast boxer,”
there are mma fighters with technique on par with him. he was famously handled by Arlovski. he’s got decent lateral movement but he was made to order for vitali.
“i’d pick him over haye any day of the week”.
you can criticise haye for whatever you want but he’s not getting ko-ed in under 2 minutes by club fighters…like gomez.
“besides i think vlad has a better chin than lewis, he got up repeatedly when knocked down, lewis was much easier to keep down.”
if lewis was “kept down” by his 2 career knockdowns then wlad lost the fight against peter twice. lewis was stopped on his feet after beating the count. right or wrong, wlad has looked far shakier than that & been allowed to box on. wlad’s chin weakness is over-egged though…as is lewis’.
“posts like yours are from obvious amatuers who dont work in the boxing field, but watch a fight once a year on hbo”
you work in boxing? what do you do?
actually gomez is a cute, fast boxer, i’d pick him over haye any day of the week…..they both fight they’re number one contenders and its silly to say they are matched up according to styles that suit them…vlad was working on a fight with arreola when it turned out he needed surgery and his brother stepped in, and haye is said by many to be the best puncher in the division and backed out of a fight with vlad…..posts like yours are from obvious amatuers who dont work in the boxing field, but watch a fight once a year on hbo…..fights are determined by many factors, style match up have always been a factor, thats why lewis avoided sanders—he never liked southpaws, vlad has fought more of them than any fighter in history, does that mean is brother is avoiding them…stupid, stupid, stupid…but your mandatories are simply that….besides i think vlad has a better chin than lewis, he got up repeatedly when knocked down, lewis was much easier to keep down,,,,he tended to get gased and fall down….hes taken care of the stamina issues and i dont believe theres a fighter in the top 20 he is avoiding or concerned about.. thyink thef//// nmujust rolled over gagainst 3e ,p8pidroe than any fighter in history bvllefthanders or fast re
to jackson.
2 out of 3? gomez isn’t a speedster. arreoloa isn’t a speedster. thats 1 out of 3. it’s also 1 out of 4 (peter). & 1 out of 5 (williams). & 1 out of 6 (sanders).
& chaguev, although rugged, is a boxer not a one punch ko artist. you sound a bit stupid.
stupid post dan….both bros tried to get fights with auerolla (sp). 2 out of the last 3 fighters that vitali fought were speedsters who were supposed to outbox him….whereas vlad took on the only man to decisively beat valuev last yr…and supposed the most rugged fghter in the division outside his bro. vlad is schuled to fight a boxer, then puncher next yr, the 3, then 4 contenders….according to ring. and vlad tried to fight haye…where do you get this stuff…no dont tell me, just turn around real fast and look down.
Eddie can hit hard and he can win. He has a hard fight ahead.
Eddie Chambers has a chance. Eddie hits hard and a well placed punch can bring anyone down.
why do’snt anybody have faith in chambers. klitsckos are boring fighters. i put my money on eddie,cos he’s young n quick. makes people miss.wlad will get a taste of his own jabs n right hands.GO EDDIE!
@ david
nah…viatali is a very one dimensional boxer. he doesn’t really have anything other than a jab & a cross. he has an absolutely iron chin tho. vitali has been frustrated in patches by guys who really areen’t great boxers. wlad on the other hand can actually box. he has a great range of attacking shots…a lot of variety & a lot of power. he may have a suspect chin tho.
as for vitali being the “better brother”. well…maybe. he’s harder to beat, most probably. wlad is the one who has cleaned up the hw divison tho. wlad has the far more impressive resume in terms of opponents. but wlad has been knocked out & vitali hasn’t.
people assume they are the same because they have the same last name & they look alike. they are very different boxers.
Anything can happen in heavyweight fight,if eddie could make klitscko missed then he may have chance to win,surely most fighter do come to win and some do come for paycheck,but in this case eddie do really want to show the world that he is capable of beating mr klitscko
@dan i disagree on that about Vitali because i think Wladimir would be the easyier one to outbox because Vitali never losers around and has never been knocked down on the canvas so i dont know how you can say that about Vitali because he cleary is the better brother it doesnt matter if they wont fight its obvious whos better
Klitschko ftw Chambers cant knockout wladmir and surely wont out box him either Klitschko win this ezzz!!!
Travis kauffman next champ. Shane cameron- kos hoppa in 2
Albert0 sosnowski will ko chambers
Wladimir is not a machine.If Eddie knows what to do to win this fight,he’ll succeed.
Chambers is fast. but no real power. VK will not hangout there and get hit. Same result different day, Klitscko tko.
If Wlad fights like he did against Chageev, no way.
Eddie always has a chance to beat anyone if he plans well and be smart so the is,”DOES EDDIE HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT WLADIMIR?”
“YES,EDDIE CHAMBERS CAN BEAT WLADIMIR FULL STOP”.
Cheers mate(Badr Hari)
NO! Wladamir hits hard, he has power in his Jab, left hook is devastating. I hope that Chaimbers comes to fight and not cover up and turn his back, bend over all night like Johnson did againsts Vitaly.
I do like Chambers. He sure has improved since beating Peter and Dimitrenko. But Wladimir is way to smart and powerful for Chambers. OHH the fight will end by KO or TKO in flavor of Wladimir..
Chambers has as much chance as a snowball in Hell
HELL NO!!!!!! Chambers stands no chance… He will eat too many jabs before being put to sleep with an overhand right… This is another bum a month fight for Klitschko. Only way Chambers wins is if Klitschko breaks both his hands on Chambers head….
if he thinks he can outbox wlad…he’s wrong. you can outbox vitali. you can ko wlad. thats why vitali fights the bangers & wlad fights the boxers.
The heavyweight division just gets more crap everyday……………………………………………………..
Only a power shot can take WK down and I don’t see Edie landing one. This ain’t Dimitrenko… Chambers couldn’t even deal with Povetkin, who’s only 6’2.
They should sew handles on his shorts,sponsor the soles of his boots for charity,and badr,hari go easy on the weed man its clouding your thoughts ha ha ha.
Fast Eddie Chambers appears to not be able to look at WK
in the eyes during their recent press conference photos. And, I see that Klitschko senses fear like a fox does a rabbit.
Another overrated useless American heavyweight is going to take a nice pasting..
Lou
Wladimir never collasped from exhaustion and did get back up as I recall.
This fight will be bloody and fast. HBO really needs to pick this fight up. The whole world gets to see it except for the USA on freaking delayed time. This is a Great Champion fight for Howard Cosell’s sake!
Yes, Chambers has a slight chance if the Reigning Heavyweight Champion of the World & Ring Belt Recipient Wladimir Klitschko ties one hand behind his back during the fight. If he doesn’t, then Eddie Chambers, tell your trainer to pack the smelling salts-you will need them to wake up when Wladimir knocks you out into another week.
No.