Wladimir Klitschko v Kubrat Pulev

[palmerq]

Yes I do. In fact I think he's put up a much better showing. It was like they grabbed some big tough guy out of the Bulgarian army and told him to show up for a fight. Good for Wlad I suppose but lets get real here. That was a mess. I have never seen such terrible mobility by someone who was touted to be this threat. I'm surprised he can walk down a street w/o walking into street signs on a regular basis. Zero head movement. Terrible punching technique. And slow.....my lord man.

I don't know briggs last few fights against competent opposition have been pretty poor from him, vitali just pounded away on him all night and his fights v the 2 soviets were also pretty poor, although he did get a lovely last round ko. Briggs has only got older since then, I don't think it would be good to watch at all..



Was this fight on hbo afterall ?

[Spicoli]

The last time I saw Briggs go beyond 1 round vs a guy with just a minimum of movement and counters he looked exhausted and being hit with slap hooks. Can anyone seriously imagine Wlad shooting rights and hooks off that jab on him...I don't think Briggs makes 5 rounds. The thing about Wlad and its increasingly apparent, he knows how to and subtly wears a guy down almost as much with physicality, shoulders, clinching, mauling and moving as he does with 1-2's. I think that would be disastrous for a guy like Wilder who on top of never taking a serious punch, has never had to or learned to deal with inside grinding and wear and tear with those thin legs.

[IamInuit]

Yes I do. In fact I think he's put up a much better showing. It was like they grabbed some big tough guy out of the Bulgarian army and told him to show up for a fight. Good for Wlad I suppose but lets get real here. That was a mess. I have never seen such terrible mobility by someone who was touted to be this threat. I'm surprised he can walk down a street w/o walking into street signs on a regular basis. Zero head movement. Terrible punching technique. And slow.....my lord man.

I don't know briggs last few fights against competent opposition have been pretty poor from him, vitali just pounded away on him all night and his fights v the 2 soviets were also pretty poor, although he did get a lovely last round ko. Briggs has only got older since then, I don't think it would be good to watch at all..

Was this fight on hbo afterall ?

That is in the past though. He's lost a hundred pounds, seems to have his asthma under control and has went on a nice ko run and in short order. He'd pose a lot more problems for Wlad then Pulev did and has a better overall resume then most of Wlads opponents. If Wilder can be ranked #1 and qualify for a title shot then Briggs does.

Having said that I hope HBO pushes for the full unification or that somehow Wlad is able to get the winner of Stiverne and Wilder should that fight take place in my lifetime. I'm surprised that some stand aside money has no been offered in order to finally have an undisputed champion. Imo Wlad deserves a shot at the WBC on ethical reasons alone. The only reason he never fought for it over the years was because his brother owned it.

[erics44]

It was an entertaining fight but let's be honest he held for the first minute and a bit without letting go then threw a punch on the way in to hold, and the fight was over


hed have held for 12 rounds if he'd have had too

Richie Woodall was superb in the build up

[Master]

Woodhall was excellent as a commentator last night.