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Fight and fighters worthy of a rematch but hard to see AJ making the same mistake blowing his wad and don't think Wlad can keep up the movement he had. Roles may very well reverse and maybe Wlad goes for the ko knowing he can also hurt him, and that it's likely his final fight. Can't see more than 7 round.
I think Wlad gets a lot of unwarranted stick for not getting Joshua out of there. He landed left hooks and right hands, he 'Naz'd' Joshua into the turnbuckle and lumped him with several cheeky uppercuts when Joshua tried to tie up. All in the same round. He tried alright.
Yeah hindsight. If Wlad had gone loco and got himself ironed out the sentiment would have been - "he should've took his time, placed his shots, he'd have knocked Joshua out."
The same people certain, with a bit more venom, Wlad would have sparked out Joshua will be those certain Dylan Whyte's wild lack of experience was the reason he didn't finish Joshua off.
People who know Wlad's career know about these things....Wlad has a very good killer instinct, HOWEVER, he's been guilty of pushing too hard too quickly most specifically vs Purrity and Brewster I. It's got to be difficult as a fighter having been guilty of that, to really KNOW for certain that a guy is about to go, it's a leap of faith and guys can get timid when it comes to doing that especially when they've had it bite them in the ass before.
I think the ONLY issue Wlad had in the Joshua fight is that he hadn't been in a fight for a very long time before such a huge bout. Maybe if Wlad feels sharper, maybe if he has less ring rust (can't tell if he had much, he still looked good in the fight) but that would be the only issue I think that would have been cause for concern. With AJ getting hurt and going down, it's hard to know how he'll answer that question because it's the first time as a pro we've seen him deal with it. AJ did alright, he was certainly hurt but the dude has power to fire back and he controlled himself very well for being hurt.
Hindsight is 20/20 it was a very solid fight and here's hoping the rematch gives us even more entertainment
seen a few places saying wlads not having it after all
im glad me, id rather see him fight Pulev
Wlad beat Pulev so surely he would be a better and harder fight for AJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44
maybeQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterWlad beat Pulev so surely he would be a better and harder fight for AJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44
but ive seen it
although I do think that the wlad pulev could have one either way, I think pukev got some success and was a bit naïve after it
bit of patience it could have been a different result
Pulev didnt' hit hard enough and he didn't move well enough and after all of that tough talk too.....that was a statement KO ending
not so sure about thatQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
first round pulev caught him and then went running in
wlad threw a hail mary (gay American term) and got lucky
fight was over after that, Pulev never recovered