Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
The Ibragimov fight, the Haye fight...Wlad wasn't the one running, ducking, diving to the canvas. Wlad came in both of those fights ready to fight, his opponents did not. Sultan Ibragimov should have been disqualified for not throwing any punches, and David Haye after all that shit talk 4 years of it points to his fucking pinky toe and says "See, I'm brave to even step in the ring" neither of them came to win, neither came to give Wlad a fight, they came to get paid end of discussion.
For sure, both guys fought scared to death of Wlad. Especially Haye, who probably had the most shameful, disappointing performance ever after all the crap he talked.

I just think in those instances, if you're the star of the show you can't let an opponent drag you down and make you look bad. Sometimes that means taking risks you wouldn't normally take. I would have liked to have seen him step it up more and try harder to get those guys out of there. Even Manny Stewart was going crazy in the corner during the Sultan fight.


This has always been my point as well. You think I applaud either Sultan or Haye for their respective... (cough)... efforts? Hell no. Especially Haye, who after all his huge mouth running non-stop, turned in a disgraceful performance and then blamed his big toe. But the name of the game is boxing.... not Twelve Rounds of Pawing. If Wlad, as heavyweight champion of the world, cannot devise a way to engage a Sultan without exposing his fragile chin.... and thus decides to return Sultan's pawing with more of his own.... then he's not as technical as you are all making him out to be. He's the frigging HW champion of the world, for chrissakes! Good point about Manny, Bean. When even Wlad's corner is imploring for him to do something besides jabbing from a safe distance.... you know something's up.