What happened to Wlad?

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He didn't have a reach advantage for a change, consequently he had to be ultra negative due to his phobia of getting tagged.

He was faced with an opponent he couldn't just clench all night long.

It was as simple as this

And who was that down to?

Wasnt just Tysons size or Wach would also have beaten Wlad

yeah it was down to fury, he did very well


my point is tho, its a sad state of affairs that the way to beat the long reigning champion is to stop him holding


coz really that's what fury did, avoid the clinch, its not like he landed lots of punches


again tho im not knocking fury, he did absolutely the right thing, the ref and the judges wouldn't have stopped wlad holding or punished him for it so fury had no choice, it was a great game plan

He may not have landed alot but who does against Wlad? He landed more than anyone else including Haye.

Wlad is just very good, Fury is better.

[erics44]

wlad is the worst "significant" champion at any weight in history

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Why? Because his style isnt attractive?

Count how many undefeated fiters he beat, how many fighters he stopped, not many heard the final bell.

[erics44]

no because his style was based on holding


take away the holding he would have lost his title many times


holding is against the rules, he was allowed to hold because of the money he generated


that doesn't take any thing away from fury, in fact it adds to his achievement, fury was able to beat a long standing champion who had been allowed to cheat ridiculously for many years