Who is the classier representative of the sport of boxing: Floyd or Wladimir?
Who is the better sportsman? Who sets a better example for young kids?
Who is the classier representative of the sport of boxing?
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With those 2 flag holders, there's really no alternative! lol
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Probably a good spot to mention here how good a job Wlad's team have done promoting the Leapai fight over here in Australia too. Whatever ppl may say about the opponent, Wlad has called it how it was, a long shot, by labelling him the real Rocky, but at the same time paying the man a massive compliment and treating his opponent with respect.
In that wisdom which the news has broadcast everywhere, now a whole country look up to the man like a great champion and want to see the fairytale outcome of the fight. And if it doesn't come, they'll still remember the opportunity he gave with respect.
Pretty smartly played! :) That is class!
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Max Power
Probably a good spot to mention here how good a job Wlad's team have done promoting the Leapai fight over here in Australia too. Whatever ppl may say about the opponent, Wlad has called it how it was, a long shot, by labelling him the real Rocky, but at the same time paying the man a massive compliment and treating his opponent with respect.
In that wisdom which the news has broadcast everywhere, now a whole country look up to the man like a great champion and want to see the fairytale outcome of the fight. And if it doesn't come, they'll still remember the opportunity he gave with respect.
Pretty smartly played! :) That is class!
Floyd is the opposite, he always disrespects other boxers.
This week, he said Bradley and Pacquiao fought like "amateurs". But I enjoyed watching that fight more than any Floyd Mayweather fight.
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The University educated, polite, respectful guy... or the woman beating, materialistic, shit-talking guy...
Hmmmm... hard choice hahaha
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Wlad's an absolute gentlemen and managed to convert me against David Haye because of the class he held himself with in the build up to their fight. In the ring his hugging style isn't a great represntation for boxing but substance over style, so I'd go from Wlad ahead of Floyd.
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I cant believe anyone would vote wlad with the horrendous cheating he does in his fights
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Yeah I don't think Floyd had to say that about Pac and Bradlee. He might have had a point regarding the observed skills in their fight but I agree I'd much rather watch their fight than any of Floyd's.
It was a loose way of saying that he doesn't need to fight Pac cause he'd beat him easy and the Arum comment to go along with the popular notion that they are prevented from fighting even though it's obvious Floyd is the one preventing it and ironically is fighting an even weaker opponent than either Pa or Bradlee.
I hated his whole "I'll let you choose who I face" BS but only Khan and Maidana were options, not Pac, pathetic!
If they're such bad opponents Pac and Tim, then why not fight them??? :rolleyes:
Funny how guys now base Wlad's entire career in the ring on just the Povetkin display, as if he cheats his way through all of his fights lol
That's why the brothers went back to Germany in the first place wasn't it? To AVOID corrupt decisions in their fights. Surely it works both ways but come on, as if US refs are so fair and Euro ones are so not!
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Both are bad representatives of the sport. Floyd's style doesn't appeal to the casual observers and his character is rubbish... Civilized people can not relate to Floyd Mayweather..
Wlad one the other hand is a perfect gentleman but he doesn't have the charm nor the style to get people excited..
Manny Pacquiao is the perfect representative of our sport..
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Will Floyd "turn it up" and KO Maidana like Wlad KOed Leapai?
Or will Floyd just run out the clock for another decision win?
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Freedom
Who is the better sportsman? Who sets a better example for young kids?
Who is the classier representative of the sport of boxing?
If we're talking about class, style and being a good, healthy role model- both Klits are head and shoulders above everyone else.
Mayweather, on the other hand, is no role model. His greatest claim to fame is his maddening work ethic... which is, by far, the greatest training regimen to have ever existed in boxing aside from the regimen of Hagler and Tyson- in fact, a little bit above Tyson's work out regimen.
Mayweather is a picture perfect model for how to keep your body clean and healthy. His eating habits are even better than Roy Jones's, and we all know Roy had a tremendous diet plan and way on how to keep your body healthy, clean and fit.
But, honestly, if there was someone I would want the kids to talk to about life, the sport and an all around class act- it would have to be both Klit's.
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LOL....
Freedom..... bro..... seriously??
Good one, though. You're a Wlad fan obviously.
So it's a bit like polling: In which ship would you rather cruise.... the Queen Mary? Or the Titanic?
Wlad is obviously a classy representative of boxing, given the scores of scumbags that populate the sport nowadays. Sometimes it seems like the "thuggier" the better. You can lump the personalities of the Broners, Rios, and Margaritos of the boxing world..... bundle them together.... take a huge dump on them..... and sink them in the deepest trench in the ocean. No great loss. Compared to that riff-raff..... Wlad is worlds apart. He's educated, to begin with. That alone sets him apart from the aforementioned slugs. He can put two or three coherent sentences together without sounding like a complete moron. Again... unlike the aforementioned examples.
That's not to say I like his boxing style, or his choice of opponents, for that matter.
But as for the thread question, it's a no-brainer.
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Wlad is class as a person outside the ring. Inside he fights like a scared rabbit at times when he does not need to.
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More people watch Wlad's fights than Floyd's. In Germany alone, he has about 9 million viewers for each fight, and about the same number in Ukraine.
Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn
Klitschko-Leapai was a soldout arena about 3 weeks before the fight. And did 9M viewers on German network RTL.
Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn
When Klitschko pulls those kind of numbers on German TV AND sells out arenas and stadiums why should he fight elsewhere?
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Freedom
More people watch Wlad's fights than Floyd's. In Germany alone, he has about 9 million viewers for each fight, and about the same number in Ukraine.
Dan Rafael @
danrafaelespn
Klitschko-Leapai was a soldout arena about 3 weeks before the fight. And did 9M viewers on German network RTL.
Dan Rafael @
danrafaelespn
When Klitschko pulls those kind of numbers on German TV AND sells out arenas and stadiums why should he fight elsewhere?
That is the power of free mainstream TV, he will be loved until the day he dies in Germany.
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LMFAO SMH... first of all, Mayweather and class dont belong in the same sentence. That shit dont even sound right. It takes more than just skills to be the represenative of a sport and floyd is far from it..
Nigga cant even speak properly , he cant even answer fuckin questions like a normal person so what representative? Lol stuttering idiot..
Its obvious that he is uneducated .. just take a look at his interviws on ESPN where he looks stupid trying to duck questions.. he cant even change the subject smoothly because he dont have the wits.
I love how brian kenny and others on espn grill his ass about pac. They make him look so dumb lol..
Floyd is nowhere near Wlad as a human being... Wlad is fairly educated and the handles himself with class..
