What will Clinch-ko's legacy be?

[vidgil]

Damn, so sad to see Abdusalamov like that

But I saw that fight and Abdusalamov was, with all due respect to him, a punching bag for Perez with no defense. He would plod forward and get punched in the head with no real attempt to avoid it.

I think there's a great middle ground between "punching bag" and "running scared" that many a great fight has stayed. Of course a fighter needs to be cognizant of punches coming his way, but it must not deter him from throwing punches himself.

Guys like Clinch-ko and Chicken Floyd would stink out arenas because they were happy to go the distance. Wlad would grab and hug and Eric is right, he would have been disqualified many times if he wasn't in his own territory.

[El Kabong]

Damn, so sad to see Abdusalamov like that

But I saw that fight and Abdusalamov was, with all due respect to him, a punching bag for Perez with no defense. He would plod forward and get punched in the head with no real attempt to avoid it.

I think there's a great middle ground between "punching bag" and "running scared" that many a great fight has stayed. Of course a fighter needs to be cognizant of punches coming his way, but it must not deter him from throwing punches himself.

Guys like Clinch-ko and Chicken Floyd would stink out arenas because they were happy to go the distance. Wlad would grab and hug and Eric is right, he would have been disqualified many times if he wasn't in his own territory.

"If he wasn't in his own territory"
Madison Square Garden, Boardwalk Hall, Stade de Suisse, Mandalay Bay, Caesers Palace, Etess Arena Atlantic City, London Arena, The Orleans in Nevada, Grand Casino Avoyelles, Sport Palace, Budapest, Hungary, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia vs Povetkin.....care to take a stab at how many DQ's happened to Wlad in those arenas?

And not only that Wlad has fought 1 time, 1 time in Ukraine....that's his home country. He's a big draw in germany, he's fought a lot in Germany but Germany ain't his home.


Wlad has had 68 professional fights, he's won the overwhelming majority of them, and he's won them by KO.....but I suppose you can still complain about it if you fucking try hard enough.

[vidgil]

"If he wasn't in his own territory"
Madison Square Garden, Boardwalk Hall, Stade de Suisse, Mandalay Bay, Caesers Palace, Etess Arena Atlantic City, London Arena, The Orleans in Nevada, Grand Casino Avoyelles, Sport Palace, Budapest, Hungary, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia vs Povetkin.....care to take a stab at how many DQ's happened to Wlad in those arenas?

And not only that Wlad has fought 1 time, 1 time in Ukraine....that's his home country. He's a big draw in germany, he's fought a lot in Germany but Germany ain't his home.


Wlad has had 68 professional fights, he's won the overwhelming majority of them, and he's won them by KO.....but I suppose you can still complain about it if you fucking try hard enough.

Germany was his adopted home and most definitely his "territory".

Klitschko has a lot of power and money behind him. He was always the promoter or co-promoter of his fights with K2 promotions. With that kind of power and stature comes a lot of influence.

If he was an under card no-name who wasn't promoting the event, I think he would have been DQ'd several times!