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

[IamInuit]

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.

Well exactly. And I dont think the word "dominant" should be used in the same sentence as Wlad. He's not dominating anyone. He's winning. I was actually cheering for the guy and naively thought that there might be some bad blood. The history of the two countries and the fact that Povetkin ducked him at least twice made for a nice back drop. I also believed we might see a Brock type fight.
Instead I was reminded as to why I never cheered for the man. FFS if they would have deducted points for even half the flagrant fouls Povetkin would have gotten a draw.

[TitoFan]

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.

Well exactly. And I dont think the word "dominant" should be used in the same sentence as Wlad. He's not dominating anyone. He's winning. I was actually cheering for the guy and naively thought that there might be some bad blood. The history of the two countries and the fact that Povetkin ducked him at least twice made for a nice back drop. I also believed we might see a Brock type fight.
Instead I was reminded as to why I never cheered for the man. FFS if they would have deducted points for even half the flagrant fouls Povetkin would have gotten a draw.

You're right. It was a piss poor performance by the ref, who let Klitschko get away with murder.
It made for a terrible, "un-fan-friendly" fight.

[IamInuit]

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.

Well exactly. And I dont think the word "dominant" should be used in the same sentence as Wlad. He's not dominating anyone. He's winning. I was actually cheering for the guy and naively thought that there might be some bad blood. The history of the two countries and the fact that Povetkin ducked him at least twice made for a nice back drop. I also believed we might see a Brock type fight.
Instead I was reminded as to why I never cheered for the man. FFS if they would have deducted points for even half the flagrant fouls Povetkin would have gotten a draw.

You're right. It was a piss poor performance by the ref, who let Klitschko get away with murder.
It made for a terrible, "un-fan-friendly" fight.

Its not just this ref. Its every ref in almost every fight. They simply look the other way like its part of some code in a Wlad fight.

[TitoFan]

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.

Well exactly. And I dont think the word "dominant" should be used in the same sentence as Wlad. He's not dominating anyone. He's winning. I was actually cheering for the guy and naively thought that there might be some bad blood. The history of the two countries and the fact that Povetkin ducked him at least twice made for a nice back drop. I also believed we might see a Brock type fight.
Instead I was reminded as to why I never cheered for the man. FFS if they would have deducted points for even half the flagrant fouls Povetkin would have gotten a draw.

You're right. It was a piss poor performance by the ref, who let Klitschko get away with murder.
It made for a terrible, "un-fan-friendly" fight.

Its not just this ref. Its every ref in almost every fight. They simply look the other way like its part of some code in a Wlad fight.

You're absolutely right. Luis Pabon isn't the first ref to let Wlad get away with shady tactics.
He's only the latest one.