Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
the fight would have been completely different if the fouling had have been stopped

the fight finished and we still dont know who is the best boxer or who would have won in a boxing match

the man doesnt deserve his due or any respect for that performance

a decade of holding is a lie to all involvd in boxing and driven purely by money
Jesus Christ, @El Kabong & @Freedom have come into some criticism for defending Wlad but some people on here need to take off their rose tinted glasses and jog their memory. Us Brits all loved Frank Bruno, but his holding to win the World Title from Oliver McCall was just as bad if not worse than what Wlad did on Saturday. I'd take your argument on board @erics44 if you weren't so in denial that Wlad isn't the only one who does it. Earlier you were basically saying that what Hatton did in the Tszyu fight was within acceptable levels. I'm a huge Hatton fan, I'd say he's one of, if not my all time favourite boxer but he mauled and low blowed Kostya on numerous occasions in that fight and he wasn't admonished by Dave Parris. Either fouling is acceptable or it is not and there shouldn't be a grey area of acceptable levels.

I completely understand being annoyed about it and but banging home double standards in numerous threads is only serving to diminish your argument.