Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Watch the first seconds of the fight and you will see. If Wlad had to stink the fight he would. He had the HBO contract signed, sealed and delivered anyway.
I actually do agree with you, I think Wlad probably did get more aggressive because Pulev was landing that jab on him. I guess where we differ is that I don't think that's a bad thing. Isn't it a smart play to be able to say "this guy is bothering me, I better turn the heat up on him and get him out of there quick." The great Mike McCallum did exactly that to Julian Jackson: he planned to box, Julian touched him with his cement hands and really shook McCallum to his core, and McCallum thought "holy shit, I need to take this guy out quick because I've never felt that kind of power before". It's making adjustments of the fly, I don't see why it's a knock on Wlad.

Pulev has a fantastic jab IMO, seeing him land it on Wlad early I really thought it was going to be a close, competitive fight.