Thread: Wlad doesn't get off scot-free, either

While all the focus is on Haye's pathetic effort and lame toe excuse, something should be said about Wlad. To me it was almost a replay of Wlad-Sultan....... EXACTLY what I feared in another thread before the fight. This was another scared, inactive fighter.... looking to survive the 12 rounds. Except in this case, Haye preceeded this pathetic effort with a bunch of trash-talk, false promises, and empty threats. He was just building hype you say? So what? Does that excuse him from blame? The public wanted AND NEEDED a good fight. Something to feel good about in the pathetic heavyweight division. And we didn't get it. End of story. At least in Sultan's case, he didn't trash-talk before the fight, so there weren't too many false hopes.

But back to Wlad. With a scared opponent in front of him, Wlad was content to walk him around the ring.... cocking his right hand but not throwing enough. The result was not as ugly as the pawing spectacle we endured in the Sultan fight..... but it was ugly enough.

And what is it with these fighters saving any worthwhile action until the 12th and final round?!?!? Hell..... let's just do away with the rest of the rounds and start with the 12th. There's a novel idea. Or maybe I'll just watch something else for the first 11, and then tune into the last round. Disgusting!! No..... it wasn't a good effort by Wlad either. At least he sort of alluded to it during his interview with Merchant. I respect him for that.

Heavyweights....... who the hell needs them? I say do away with the division altogether.
Excuse my rant...... I'm just pissed.

Wlad will be appreciated when he's gone, same thing with his brother. When both of them retires who is the next dominant hw? The various fatasses and big mouth Brits? No thanks.

I disagree, he was coming forwards and using his key weapon. Is it his fault that nobody has a way to get around that and loses all the courage to engage? The man pressed the action and it really does take two to tango. I don't blame Wlad at all for what happened. His opponent refused to even try and throw punches why take crazy risks when you are already the general? Wlad does get of scot free for me. He did nothing wrong, he fought an honest fair fight. Not even any clinching which I have attacked in the past. It was Haye who fought a shocker.

Originally Posted by miles

I disagree, he was coming forwards and using his key weapon. Is it his fault that nobody has a way to get around that and loses all the courage to engage? The man pressed the action and it really does take two to tango. I don't blame Wlad at all for what happened. His opponent refused to even try and throw punches why take crazy risks when you are already the general? Wlad does get of scot free for me. He did nothing wrong, he fought an honest fair fight. Not even any clinching which I have attacked in the past. It was Haye who fought a shocker.

Fair enough, Miles. It's my frustration as a fan that NOT A DAMN SOUL has ever tested Wlad's skill and resolve.

I think he fought more aggressively then I've seen in awhile. Shocked the shit out of me. I was convinced in the first few rounds he was going to get clocked and shook badly, looked very open to me, no punching nor jab etc. He was sending a message, almost daring Haye.

It's a virtual cert that we get "boring Wlad" threads after his fights.

Remember he promised to "punish" Haye for 12 rounds before KOing him. What did we get? Same old Wlad...

Haye has got him off the hook this time.

Originally Posted by miles

I disagree, he was coming forwards and using his key weapon. Is it his fault that nobody has a way to get around that and loses all the courage to engage? The man pressed the action and it really does take two to tango. I don't blame Wlad at all for what happened. His opponent refused to even try and throw punches why take crazy risks when you are already the general? Wlad does get of scot free for me. He did nothing wrong, he fought an honest fair fight. Not even any clinching which I have attacked in the past. It was Haye who fought a shocker.

He may have pressed the action, but I guess Haye was just too eslusive for him huh?

And I do recall that his opponent through some punches too. Wlad recalls it as well Miles.

You're being a bit hard on Wlad.

He is what he is and he doesn't pretend to be anything other than a methodical boxer who uses his very limted skills to the best of his ability. He does what he has to to get the job done. No more no less.

Haye, on the other hand, slated both Klits for being dull and defensive, hailed himself the saviour of heavyweight boxing, behaved like a total dickhead in the build up with all his talk and stunts and showed no class whatsoever. His delaying the fight by some 10 minutes also pissed people off no end.

And then when the bell rang, what did he do? Absolutely fuck all is what. He ran like a pussy and stunk the place out and then followed his pathetic display in the ring with some crap excuse about a broken toe.

Whatever anyone thinks of Wlad, he's a nice guy, pays his opponents some respect and is generally a good ambassador for the sport. He's not exciting, but we haven't really had a genuinely exciting heavyweight since Tyson.