Wlad Klitschko is a disgrace....and so is that Ref.

[nuggetdotcom]

Povetkin, to his credit only complained about the knockdowns he thought were not scored correctly.

The "fans" have been awfully vocal in their complaints. I say tough shit, it happens. What do you recommend be done now that the fight is over?

The dynasty is over (nearly), they have got away with sympathetic referees and judges, extreme gamesmanship from tame promoters to unsettle the challenger, delays and stupid build ups to fights to unsettle the challenger. Pretty much the same as Frank Warren has been doing for years with lesser material. The O'Furys are the future, they will continue this crap until boxing disappears up its own arsehole!

[ruthless rocco]

worst fight i've ever seen.

[0james0]

Im about to watch the fight now, but it just sounds like a heavyweight version of Floyd, who is now universily liked and appreciated. Throw a punch, clinch, hold, smother.

I'm not saying I like the style, its horrible to watch, but its a legitimate technique used and annoying fans by many fighters.

[Beanflicker]

I'm a fan of the Klitschko's, but that was a complete shit show, even moreso than normal.

Unfortunately for Wlad, he seems to stink out the joint in his biggest fights. There was huge press and hype on the Sultan Ibragimov showdown at the Garden and they bored everyone to tears. Same with the big David Haye megafight and now this. He looked stiffed and even bored in a lot of parts, and looked amateurish as he was looking for the big one-punch left hook KO. The right hand seemed to be off point as well.

But to be fair to Wlad, and I said this in another thread, people are going to say he's shit because of the grabbing, but they forget that Ali "jab and grabbed" his way to more than a few victories, they weren't all Thrillas in Manillas or Rumbles in the Jungles.

They need to get a ref in there who will take charge and remove the excessive holding from these fights.

[ruthless rocco]

wlad made himself look like a chickenshit cheat. i guess that's okay if that's how he wants to be remembered.

[IamInuit]

"Wlad's just like a Great Dane that wants to constantly climb up and sit on your lap for cuddle. He scores loads of stoppages almost by accident, but lacks killer instincts."

That about covers it.

[El Kabong]

"Wlad's just like a Great Dane that wants to constantly climb up and sit on your lap for cuddle. He scores loads of stoppages almost by accident, but lacks killer instincts."

That about covers it.

I certainly wish you'd complain about it more

[IamInuit]

Look that was a chronic display of pugilistic profanity. In the end it makes little difference who the combatants were, only what they did. That is the bottom line as its a boxing match after all. Pardon me its supposed to be a boxing match. That shit certainly wasn't. And this guy would clean up in the 70's lmao.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

watch what you're saying on the public forum you bunch of fags.

[bigstinkybug]

Look that was a chronic display of pugilistic profanity. In the end it makes little difference who the combatants were, only what they did. That is the bottom line as its a boxing match after all. Pardon me its supposed to be a boxing match. That shit certainly wasn't. And this guy would clean up in the 70's lmao.

*hard to watch... but, it was both fighters as well. more so from Wlad, but both held a lot. Ref should've warned Wlad right from the start...

[IamInuit]

Look that was a chronic display of pugilistic profanity. In the end it makes little difference who the combatants were, only what they did. That is the bottom line as its a boxing match after all. Pardon me its supposed to be a boxing match. That shit certainly wasn't. And this guy would clean up in the 70's lmao.

*hard to watch... but, it was both fighters as well. more so from Wlad, but both held a lot. Ref should've warned Wlad right from the start...

Painful to watch more like. Look he's the money maker of the division but that does not mean he gets to fight like its 1865. Why not bring back grappling? Fight after fight this guy does this. Are the refs not aware of this?

[ykdadamaja]

If Wlad were to put his hands around my neck like that repeatedly with no warning, I would be forced to spin him and hit him REALLY low or right below the belt line. Uncalled for and totally unacceptable!

[TitoFan]

Look that was a chronic display of pugilistic profanity. In the end it makes little difference who the combatants were, only what they did. That is the bottom line as its a boxing match after all. Pardon me its supposed to be a boxing match. That shit certainly wasn't. And this guy would clean up in the 70's lmao.

*hard to watch... but, it was both fighters as well. more so from Wlad, but both held a lot. Ref should've warned Wlad right from the start...

Painful to watch more like. Look he's the money maker of the division but that does not mean he gets to fight like its 1865. Why not bring back grappling? Fight after fight this guy does this. Are the refs not aware of this?

We're always lamenting boxing's loss of fans. How can we do that on the one hand, and applaud efforts like Klitschko's on the other? It's not hating on Wlad to point this shit out. It's caring about the sport of boxing. Wlad may very well go down in history as one of the most dominant HW's in history... given in part by the shit division he fights in nowadays. But that doesn't excuse a poor, "un-fan-friendly" performance that is bound to turn many boxing fans off. Why can't we just call a spade a spade when need be? Facts are... it was a horrible fight.... the ref did a piss poor job of controlling the action and by not admonishing Wlad more during the fight... Wlad put on a shameful exhibition of grappling and pulling Povetkin's head down... etc, etc.