KLITSCHKO v POVETKIN - HBO/BOXNATION - Saturday Night CHAT THREAD

[armin]

That was a fucking Mug-down FFS...elbows, forearms, a hook, push...Jesus shit

Yeah it was a mugin but you know what much better than just the insane tying up he did

[Beanflicker]

This is embarrassing. Klitschko is a great fighter and a master tactician but his style is brutal to watch.

[Beanflicker]

They need to get a ref in there who will take points for holding.

[Spicoli]

Pabon rules a KD a slip now, You cannot make this silly shit up

End, Please! He literally just tried to piggy back Povetlin

[Spicoli]

Brunette in the camo short shorts wins round 9. Easily.

[Spicoli]

I'm done with Wlad. Defended him many times, but this is utter unbearable drunken tough man contest garbage.

[armin]

I'm done with Wlad. Defended him many times, but this is utter unbearable drunken tough man contest garbage.

Yeah this one just boggled my mind, pushin tyin for no reason, lands a bunch of clean shit then ties up for no reason at all its insane shit

[CFH]

This is embarrassing. Klitschko is a great fighter and a master tactician but his style is brutal to watch.

Is he? I'm not sure he is. He could be, but the way he "fights" relies heavily on illegal tactics that referees just don't punish.

[Beanflicker]

Is he? I'm not sure he is. He could be, but the way he "fights" relies heavily on illegal tactics that referees just don't punish.

If you can get away with it, why not? All the greats have resorted to nasty tactics at times.

[CFH]

Is he? I'm not sure he is. He could be, but the way he "fights" relies heavily on illegal tactics that referees just don't punish.

If you can get away with it, why not? All the greats have resorted to nasty tactics at times.

Of course they do, but Wlad bases his entire style around it (perhaps because he is so afraid to get hit). I don't blame him for doing it either, but it leads me to conclude that he is not a great fighter, just a very effective one.

Put him in there with a fighter of equal size and comparable skill who won't let him get away with that shit and lets see what happens.

[Beanflicker]

but it leads me to conclude that he is not a great fighter, just a very effective one.

I would argue that they are one and the same.

[CFH]

but it leads me to conclude that he is not a great fighter, just a very effective one.

I would argue that they are one and the same.

I would not. He does it by being bigger than his opponents and by, essentially, cheating. It's a shame too, because he is such a classy, intelligent guy.

[Beanflicker]

To be fair to Klitschko, I've seen Muhammad Ali stink out the joint and win fights exactly like this more than a few times. People remember Rumble in the Jungle, ect, but they forget that Ali also employed a jab and grab style very similar a lot of the time.

[Spicoli]

That was a fucking Mug-down FFS...elbows, forearms, a hook, push...Jesus shit

Yeah it was a mugin but you know what much better than just the insane tying up he did

Its just a cheap half ass tactic, Wlad looked like a winded wet blanket for three straight rounds. Garbage.

[Mark TKO]

awful

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