Well Wacko it's quite simple....his offense as awesome as it is, under Fritz Sdunek was his best weapon but his greatest enemy....he had Vargas disease, he was in love with punching, always punching and if someone could weather the storm they had a shot at beating him.

I don't think his chin is that bad but I think his lack of sparring in previous years made him panic because he never got hit before and when you're infront of thousands of people oohing and aahing about you getting hit it makes you think about it and maybe you're more hurt because of that.

Manny has had to work a lot with Wlad and the more sparring he does the more he knows: how to take a punch, how to pace himself, how to fight tired, what to do when hurt, etc.

Williamson was a weird fight, I don't think he really got worried about Davaryl....I think he was frustrated because TOS was running away and fighting scared and it was hard to go about attacking him when TOS was so worried....the headbutt was probably the best thing that could have come of that fight. And the knockdown, he got caught off balance simple as that, he got back up.


As a guy who has been rocked in the ring I can tell you, it's not the punch that really hurts you, it's the worry about it. Your adrenaline gets pumping and you get a little loopy and don't think straight......but it happens again and it's easier to deal with.




Manny Steward is a Hall of Fame trainer, he's coached a number of guys with a number of different styles but his best work is with tall, lanky guys, with good power and fast hands. Tommy Hearns, Lennox Lewis, and Wladimir Klitschko. You never need to worry when he's training someone and that's a FACT. I think he's one of the rare trainers that always gives the right advice, he doesn't lie to his fighters, he calms them down, tells them what they are doing good and what the plan is for the next round and his experience in itself should be very reassuring to a fighter.....I'd listen to him