Klitschko vs. Chambers prediction
March 11th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is perhaps the best heavyweight we’ve seen since Lennox Lewis retired six years ago. Klitschko’s power, hand speed, movement and athleticism is unmatched by any other heavyweight in the division. He’s been almost untouchable since hiring legendary trainer Emanuel Steward six years ago fix his stamina and defensive liabilities. With that said, I think challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) is going to knock Klitschko out in the 6th round on March 20th when they meet at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
It’s going to almost funny to see Klitschko running from the little 6’1” Chambers, because the size disparity alone will be tremendous. It’ll be like a small wide receiver chasing a line around looking to beat on him. Klitschko still has no inside game after all the years, and I don’t understand what the problem is on that end. Wladimir must have not put in the work, because after all this time, he should have been able to learn how to throw a halfway decent uppercut.
Emanuel Steward taught Lennox Lewis how to throw an uppercut, and after he learned that weapon, Lewis throwing it all the time when he would be crowded by shorter opponents. I guess Klitschko didn’t put in the effort to learn it, because he had the right teacher. Well, it’s too bad he didn’t learn how to throw one, because he will certainly need it on March 20th, as Chambers is going to be crowding Klitschko on the inside and beating him up.
I think this fight will be over by the 6th. It won’t take that hard of a shot for Chambers to get Klitschko out of there, because of his weak chin. But also I think by the time that Chambers takes Klitschko out, the Ukrainian will be bloodied and battered from all the shots he’s going to be taking in the fight. Chambers is a slick fighter, and very hard to hit and speedy fast.
I was watching two of his recent fights against Samuel Peter and Alexander Dimitrenko, and I was amazed at how good Chambers was at coming under the jabs from them. He picked off a lot of the right hands from Peter and Dimitrenko while on the outside, and once he was in close to them, Chambers landed beautiful combinations before they had time to react.
They were trying, but they didn’t have the speed or the inside game that Chambers has. Klitschko is a much worse inside fighter compared Peter and Dimitrenko. All Klitschko knows how to do is grab and clinch on the inside. That’ll work some of the time against Chambers, but not enough to keep from getting hit again and again by him. Chambers is too fast to be tied up.
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Wow, possibly the worst prediction I’ve ever seen. Chambers is a c+ fighter at best. Eddie Chambers applying pressure, when has he ever done that? He’s known for his speed not power, yes Kitsckho’s chin is weak but Chambers is no threat to hurt em at all. Another easy Klitsckho win, ridiculously retarded prediction …..
You guys better listen to Mr. JACKSON, he knows exactly what he is talking about.
Lahr is an absolute clown drop him from the writting roster.
boxing fans are a strange breed…shut vlad up? he is the quietest most respectful fighter that ever held the belt…and he doesnt have a bad chin, he just doesnt have a great one….samuel lost every minute of every round that vlad wasnt knocked down…the fight wasnt even close…and there was only 1 legal knock down in the fights…and definately 1 push down…and if peters punches didnt stagger him or knock him out, then eddie has no chance at it, he has to outbox him…vlad has had balance and stamina issues…stamina is eddies only chance…vlad has been in with many big punchers and nobody,,,,only problem,,,,nobody has come even close to outboxing him…
It seems like these writers on Boxingnews hate European and Mexican fighters
The champ will win!
Wladimir is the the real champ and iam sure he will send Eddie round 7/8 down , Wladimir is untouable believe it.
who is this author? He seems like a pure klitschko hater. Wlad has faught many guys better than eddie. Wlad run? what the heck are you talking about? Why dont you show some proof of that? I can picture eddie running but not wlad.
wlad doesn’t run.
Lahr is remarkable in that he has little or no problem with getting it wrong. His articles reveal his overzealous prejudice for Klitschko denial and his considered opinion on this up coming fight amounts to nothing more than contaminated speculation.
When this fight is over and Chambers soundly defeated Lahr will haughtily not even have the decorum to admit he was wrong. This writer is genuinely beyond arrogance.
Hoe does anybody know what WILL happen in a boxing match.. Your talking about a hearyweight fight and many a odd thing happens in the ring.
Klitschko ko in 6 to 9 rounds
Good comment Mike Heath. i couldn’t agree more
This article is a joke surely, or hes a pure Klitschko hater.
i dont have a preference of fighter iam just hoping for a good fight, but iam not holding my breath. Wlad lets be honest is going to demolish Fast Eddie, its a real shame because Chambers is a very likeable guy and his skills have improved alot over the last couple of fights. Eddie doesnt have the power to trouble Wlad(his chin isnt great, but its definately not china glass) Chagaev landed a clean right hook on Wlad in their fight when the bell rang and it didnt faze Wlad at all, Eddies KO % is not as good as Chagaev, so the power of Eddie will not be a problem. I know Eddie has a chin, but I cant see this fight going 10 rounds. Do you remember Wlad b4 he teamed up with Steward, he was an aggressive fighter, rushing out to KO his opponment quickly. If Eddie doesnt hurt Wlad, which I dont think he will, Wlad will open up and be aggressive. Dont forget Wlad needs to win immpressively here to finally win over the US fight fans. I hope I’m wrong and we see a competitive fight, but I can only see a 1 sided mauling.
-this article is just a joke? Right?
Becouse if the autor is series about it-it means he is just an incompetent idiot, who doesnt now nothing about the boxing!
Its gonna be the other way around-Kliczko gonna nock this american bum out!
i think thats exactly what a boxer needs to do to take out vlad, however, he is gonna be afraid of the hammer fist putting him on his back therfor i doubt he goes at vlad that recklessly
Chambers arms are too short and he lacks the power.
Klitschko TKO
will some1 tell me wer i can find videos of the eddie chambers dave lshr is talkin about as id very like to see them because the eddie chambers ive watched cudnt isnt a top class boxer and for some1 his size isnt really that fast….
I think you are right about one of the Klitchko’s being the best in heavyweight boxing, but I think you have the wrong brother. Okay Vitali is slowing down as he is old, but he is the more complete fighter. He doesn’t always fight on the outside, throws punches from all angles and has fantastic movement. Add to that the fact he has an Iron chin, which his brother does not and you have to concede that Vitali is the superior fighter.
Having said that Vladimir has more than enough to deal with Chambers and I find your prediction of a ko for chambers laughable. It is not suprising that you didn’t mention his fight with Povetkin where he was outclassed in every way. In your comparisons with Dimitrenko and Peter you are not comparing eggs with eggs. Peter was vastly overweight and had less success in the latter rounds and Dimitrenko is simply not in the same class as Vladimir.
I predict that Chambers will lose heavyly either on points or possibly a late stoppage. I give him next to zero chance. I know that Vlad has a suspect chin and one can never discount that factor, but I don’t see chambers really testing it…
Very optimistic prediction! I just don’t know what it is based on. If you bet on that and it really happens you will make a lot of money. I don’t see that happening though.
the two biggest bums in heavy w8 history this two brothers r shit y know one is hypin them up.
Lahr chatting a load of it again
its about time someone shut klitschko up..lets hope fast eddy can do it….if not david haye will do the job..
The man is right in hes prediction.