Wladimir is open for left hooks to the body

[brocktonblockbust]

nobody is slipping under his jab and ripping left hooks to his solar plexus. his right hand so far up near his ear while he throws the jab that his entire abdomen is beckoning for a stomach splitting left hook thrown underneath his jab. fighters of yesteryear would have no problem figuring this out and executing it perfectly. However these new crop of backpedaling no head movement no pressure cowards can not pull the trigger

[Max Power]

My estimation is that any fighter attempting this will be met by a savage chopping right likely resulting in a KD or in the case of your old favourites.. A 1 punch KO.

[Master]

Tyson would have hit him there and followed up with an uppercut and then finished him off.

[brocktonblockbust]

Tyson would have hit him there and followed up with an uppercut and then finished him off.

another easy option to finish off that Giant Nothing of Mediocrity would be this:

slip under the jab ( @greynotsoold do you agree about this?) then step to Wlad's left or your own right, in other words slip the jab then step outside to your own right, and smash a RIGHT HAND to Wlad's left side.

When he comes over with the chopping right, you are anticipating this as MaxPower has just said, so you are anticipating this chopping right, so you bob under it and throw a LEFT HOOK ON THE BUTTON (I MEAN ON THE CHANDELIER BWAHAHAHA) AND PUT THAT CHARLATAIN TO SLEEP FOR GOOD. Two punches is all it would take.

Too bad everyone is a coward these days. Tyson would have put out his lights in 1-2 rounds tops.

[erics44]

i always thought that, why dont fighters target his body more

wlad spends more time holding than anything else so why dont fights just accept that and wait for the hold then pound away at the body, fake a punch, wlad will come in for the cuddle the start winging away

[Beanflicker]

Easier said than done. When an opponent charges forward, either Wlad darts back or a straight right or left hook with legit one-punch KO power is coming at you. Most fighters don't throw lead body punches, they set it up with something. If you throw a jab or right hand to set it up, Wlad is either gone or you have to worry about getting out of the way of a right hand. He's impossible to throw combinations against (except for weak, running forward combos) and coming forward while dropping your hands to throw a left hook to the body is very dangerous.

Chris Byrd did great work against Vitali to the body, it's why he beat him IMO, but that was 15 or 16 years ago. Vitali and Wlad learned from that.

[Max Power]

Tyson would have hit him there and followed up with an uppercut and then finished him off.

Maybe, but Povetkin couldn't.

Equally likely is Wladimir "wraps him up in a cocoon of horror" LOL

Where were these finishing shots against Tillis, Green, Smith, Tucker and Douglas?

[Max Power]

Combinations and body shots are utterly worthless against Wladimir.

He's almost completely eliminated them as a method to beat him. His opponents know that.

[J_Undisputed]

Todays heavies don't have the head movement or speed to get inside. Klitchskos waiting for you to lower your hands and target the body to he can drop the hammer on you. The modified euro style still relies heavily on the power hand. Klitchskos or should i say the late emmanual steward replaced the old typical pawing with a snapping jab. So a man of klitchkos size looks to size you up with the telephone pole jab. If your at the end of it, expect the overhand right... if you move under it, expect the uppercut or hook to the body.

Now for the sake of argument, lets say you slip it, close the distance and hes squared up presenting you a shot at that rib cage with your left hook. You move in and you feel his elbow and forearm in the side/back of your neck as he attempts to stiff arm you push your head down throwing you off balance not allowing you to get your shot off. You option is to clinch and avoid being pushed out so he can get leverage with the left or throw punches with no leverage on them.

Best option if you slip that jab and feint left is to loop one over the top and straight down the middle as the jabs still out and hes faked into taking the high right away from his head to protect his ribs/ control your head. Of course you stand a better chance of of success if hes close to the ropes or corner, because he tends to go straight back and uses his feet to retreat and he stiff arms to create distance.

[Master]

Tyson would have hit him there and followed up with an uppercut and then finished him off.

Maybe, but Povetkin couldn't.

Equally likely is Wladimir "wraps him up in a cocoon of horror" LOL

Where were these finishing shots against Tillis, Green, Smith, Tucker and Douglas?

Remember Lou Savarese? Left hook to the top of the head and the rest is history. Biggs took a beating and cried like a woman.

[Max Power]

Tyson would have hit him there and followed up with an uppercut and then finished him off.

Maybe, but Povetkin couldn't.

Equally likely is Wladimir "wraps him up in a cocoon of horror" LOL

Where were these finishing shots against Tillis, Green, Smith, Tucker and Douglas?

Remember Lou Savarese? Left hook to the top of the head and the rest is history. Biggs took a beating and cried like a woman.

Yeah Tyson was Tyson.

But Savarese and Biggs have absolutely nothing in common with Wladimir Klitschko, those were the sort of opponents he might have faced right at the start of his career. The ones that he knocked straight out, nearly 20 in a row, in the first rounds!