Wlad managed to knock down an opponent who had never been down before and who had been an Olympic Gold Medal winner. Wlad's opponent was better that Rodriguez (although some people won't admit it) and the scorecards were wider.
I'm not defending all the holding Wlad was doing against Povetkin, it was painful to watch. But Ward clinches like that in all his fights, in fact is much dirtier with his headbutts, while Wlad's fight against Wach for example was clean and entertaining. And Wlad usually ends his fights with KOs.
Kellerman has plenty of loving praise for Andre Ward, but he is extremely reluctant to give the slightest recognition to any good European boxer. He used to discredit Calzaghe and Hatton the same way as he does Wladimir and Kovalev now.
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