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

[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]

He does it by being bigger than his opponents and by, essentially, cheating.

If you can be the greatest by simply being bigger than your opponent, Shaq would have been world champion for years.

This is a very calculated style, and he's taking what's being given. I've seen Ali do the same shit, and no one would question his greatness.

[CFH]

He does it by being bigger than his opponents and by, essentially, cheating.

If you can be the greatest by simply being bigger than your opponent, Shaq would have been world champion for years.

This is a very calculated style, and he's taking what's being given. I've seen Ali do the same shit, and no one would question his greatness.

I don't watch basketball, but was Shaq not a dominant player who won championships?

And regarding Ali, he was long before my time and I have honestly onyl seen a couple of his fights, so I can't fairly comment on him. All I know is that this is not boxing and this is not the way a great fighter handles himself within the ring.

[armin]

Props to povetkin he came to fight and showed a ton of heart, made a fan of me , wlad should be ashamed for that shitfest can't defend this performance at all uterlly shameful n ridicelous wlad should have had two pts taken by rd 4 or 5 n he may actually have started fighting in stead of hugin n pushin, dam just a stinker by wlad

[Spicoli]

119-104 x3......wow. Thats some shit. Thought Povetkin won 4 rounds, at least.

[armin]

My dad roots for klitscko, n doesn't mind his style usually, even he turned off somewhere in the middle...

[imp]

Lol

I thought haye had issues in staying up in his fight..Wlad just manhandles guys and throws them over judo style.

Deontay wilder needs to fight Wlad like a 3 round fight in late 2015.

[armin]

Lol

I thought haye had issues in staying up in his fight..Wlad just manhandles guys and throws them over judo style.

Deontay wilder needs to fight Wlad like a 3 round fight in late 2015.

wlad actually deals easier with people his own size or close to it i think

[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.

[CFH]

That is the most meaningless point deduction I have ever seen.

[armin]

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.

I defend his jab n grab style, have done so for years, but its nonstop in this fight and for no reason, hell have sasha backin up after landing a few clean ones on him n he jumps in to tie up? Utter insanity