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

[Mr140]

Been a lot of guys that are big like Wlad over the years but they never amounted to much i say he is pretty skilled also don't think this division is as poor as people think. With out the Brothers i think fights be more competitive and people would think division was better. Also take away Ali speed or Foreman's power and they would not be shit either size is the same way dude its a gift like speed and power is. Well see what happens when he is gone i mean the guy is like 37 now not sure how long he will go for.

[erics44]

Been a lot of guys that are big like Wlad over the years but they never amounted to much i say he is pretty skilled also don't think this division is as poor as people think. With out the Brothers i think fights be more competitive and people would think division was better. Also take away Ali speed or Foreman's power and they would not be shit either size is the same way dude its a gift like speed and power is. Well see what happens when he is gone i mean the guy is like 37 now not sure how long he will go for.

i have no quarms with vitalis fighting style

and i agree, without them the division would look better

But wlad is still champ and still dominates because of his clinching, so if wlad fought within the rules theres a lot more chance of him being in competative fights and we would have a better HW division

i kind of agree with chisora, build some sort of HW tournament away from germany, get these fighters earning the type of money that would draw the wlad away from him comforts and his ref, i think within a couple of fights he would be beaten

i know its a pipe dream and would never happen

[Fenster]

If his size wasn't a major advantage why did he spend half the fight hanging off Povetkins back? His size means he can get away with constant fouls. A size advantage is not comparable with speed or power. Especially when you consider all divisions.

[Mr140]

Yea but this is not any other division fenster it is hw division size is like speed or power. Last night was bad but most of the time Wald does not hold as much and just jabs his way to victory. I mean hw are different because there is no limit and pretty much not many old timers would have pray in this shit division. Meaning most fighters from the 60's back would have a problem today because of the size. Also eric Wlad completely out boxed Haye with not much clinching and he is pretty much best opponent for Wald. Who are these people that are going to beat him i am just wondering keep saying he would lose i don't think so at all see no proof of it. I mean he clinches at times in his fights but most of them just kinda backs off and jabs away and knocks them out, it seems now he really just does not care and above the rest to much for someone to come in and change it up and really make a fight out of it.

[erics44]

Yea but this is not any other division fenster it is hw division size is like speed or power. Last night was bad but most of the time Wald does not hold as much and just jabs his way to victory. I mean hw are different because there is no limit and pretty much not many old timers would have pray in this shit division. Meaning most fighters from the 60's back would have a problem today because of the size. Also eric Wlad completely out boxed Haye with not much cliching and he is pretty much best test for Wald. Who are these people that are going to beat me i am just wondering keep saying he would lose i don't think so at all see no proof of it. I mean he clinches at times in his fights but most of them just kinda backs off and jabs away and knocks them out, it seems now he really just does not care and above the rest to much for someone to come in and change it up and really make a fight out of it.

it doesn't matter if he jabs more than he holds, holding isn't in the rules

watch wlads last 10 fights, see if you can find 1 fight where he holds less than 5 times in any one round

that means in his last 10 fights he was jabbing a lot perhaps but he also should have been DQd by round 2 in every one of them

mate, you seem quite reasonable but you are obviously happy with what happened on saturday night, but the one fact in all this is wlads whole strategy is based on holding which is against the rules

take the holding out of his game and its very possible, in fact very probably, he wouldn't be the HW champ anymore

his reign is a farce

[Mr140]

No one has ever been dqed from my knowledge for holding though eric hardly even points are taken. I mean it even says may result in getting a point taken away in rules if you read them. Holding is a part of boxing dude its been in ever fight i have seen last night was bad night but come on last 10 aren't bad.

[El Kabong]

i have no quarms with vitalis fighting style

and i agree, without them the division would look better

But wlad is still champ and still dominates because of his clinching, so if wlad fought within the rules theres a lot more chance of him being in competative fights and we would have a better HW division

i kind of agree with chisora, build some sort of HW tournament away from germany, get these fighters earning the type of money that would draw the wlad away from him comforts and his ref, i think within a couple of fights he would be beaten

i know its a pipe dream and would never happen

What the frosty fuck is a "quarm"?

[Spicoli]

All fighters hold. Vary few turn into a complete drunken drape ape by choice. It's even worse when you know he could legitimately hurt him badly and land clean KDs as early as the 3rd.

[Violent Demise]

I find it pretty damn funny how a lot of the muthafukkas complaining about Wlad's holding are the same muthafukkas who use to suck Ricky Hatton's dick and never complained about his holding

[Beanz]

I find it pretty damn funny how a lot of the muthafukkas complaining about Wlad's holding are the same muthafukkas who use to suck Ricky Hatton's dick and never complained about his holding

I find it pretty funny that you think putting a handful of cotton wool into your mouth makes you the Godfather, but we all know that your much more like a hamster stuck on the same little plastic wheel than Marlon Brando. If Ricky Hatton has so much in common with Wlad then why are you not bitching about Wlad like you do Hatton ? You are comparing apples and oranges, suck on that Padrino.

[Rantcatrat]

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.

This is a solid post.

Here's the bottom line. Klitschko is not an exciting heavyweight--even Lyle won't make that claim. There is just no two ways about it.

However, Wlad is effective at what he does. That's just it. He's athletic, smart and well-prepared for every fight.

An interesting topic for another thread is how weak is this heavyweight division compared with those of yesteryear? I know it doesn't compare to the best periods for the division, but I doubt without researching that it is the worst too.

[Violent Demise]

I find it pretty damn funny how a lot of the muthafukkas complaining about Wlad's holding are the same muthafukkas who use to suck Ricky Hatton's dick and never complained about his holding

I find it pretty funny that you think putting a handful of cotton wool into your mouth makes you the Godfather, but we all know that your much more like a hamster stuck on the same little plastic wheel than Marlon Brando. If Ricky Hatton has so much in common with Wlad then why are you not bitching about Wlad like you do Hatton ? You are comparing apples and oranges, suck on that Padrino.

Wlad doesn't get knocked the fuck out in bars by bouncers. They have very little in common. Just pointing out the hypocrisy is some of these muthafukkin posters.

[Spicoli]

I honestly don't mind a guy clinching as long as he's trying to break your ribs or face with the free hand.

[El Kabong]

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.

This is a solid post.

Here's the bottom line. Klitschko is not an exciting heavyweight--even Lyle won't make that claim. There is just no two ways about it.

However, Wlad is effective at what he does. That's just it. He's athletic, smart and well-prepared for every fight.

An interesting topic for another thread is how weak is this heavyweight division compared with those of yesteryear? I know it doesn't compare to the best periods for the division, but I doubt without researching that it is the worst too.

Wladimir fights to WIN, if he can end a fight impressively he'll do it, but he's not going to put all his eggs in the "I'm gonna knock you out" basket. What would be interesting is if there was a fight where Wlad NEEDED a KO late to be assured of victory, but that's unlikely to happen because he can win rounds making it look ugly.


And to stir up the pot a little Bernard Hopkins is still screwing up fighters at 48....Wladimir is 37...we COULD have 11 more years of this (hypothetically speaking of course)

[Beanflicker]

it doesn't matter if he jabs more than he holds, holding isn't in the rules

Yeah but lets be real here, clinching is a HUGE part of boxing. In fact, there have been countless fighters throughout history who have been BASHED because they didn't know how to properly clinch and tie up an opponent when they needed to (Tommy Hearns springs to mind).

I'm not trying to defend Wlad's excessive holding, because it was just that: excessive. But he didn't do anything I haven't seen other world class vets like Floyd, BHop, Ali, ect doing before.

Also, I don't know why people are letting Povetkin skate on this. He was initiating plenty of holding in the mid and later rounds as he got tired.