Let's Clear Something Up About the Klitschko Sultan Bout

[Kirkland Laing]

Where was their an excuse being made? Can't say I can see one anywhere other then the fact the guy can't have everyfight be a highlite reel KO...Not an excuse a fact.....

Funny thing is when Lennox Lewis was Champion (AND I AM IN NO WAY COMPARING WLAD TO LEWIS HE HAS A LONG WAYY TO GO BEFORE EVEN BEING MENTIONED IN THE SAME SENTENCE ACCOMPLISHMENT WISE) No matter what Lennox did he was blasted for it....

Lewis could do no right...Not by tyhe press not by a large majority of boxing fans....

Funny thing is not he is considered one of the top 5 ATG heavyweights

There are plenty of people explaining how he really would have KO'd Ibragimov except ........................ but all I want to know is if he continues to fight the same way in future will people be still coming up with explanations ?

[DaxxKahn]

There are plenty of people explaining how he really would have KO'd Ibragimov except ........................ but all I want to know is if he continues to fight the same way in future will people be still coming up with explanations ?

..Yeah we will excuse after excuse after excuse.....Tell you what too bad this was not the mid 90's because he could have dropped 85lbs and KO'd that chump in your avatar in exciting fashion.....

Have some bad rep on me due to the fact you posted in about 3 threads including the Duddy one like an idiot.....

[El Kabong]

....KirkLand, do yourself a favor and look at his record 50 wins, 44 KO's.....this is one of 6 fights that went the distance.....I guess that's too many for you considering it's the EXACT same KO percentage that Tyson has.


The fight the other night was the exception and not the norm

[TitoFan]

The group of us that's bitching about the Klitschko fight are not necessarily Wlad haters. We have just gotten spoiled with the Cotto-Mosley's, the Pavlik-Taylor's, etc. We all have something in common... we're all boxing fans. But in order to get more new fans to our great sport, we need more of the great fights and less of the Klitschko-Sultan patty-cake contests.

[Kirkland Laing]

..Yeah we will excuse after excuse after excuse.....Tell you what too bad this was not the mid 90's because he could have dropped 85lbs and KO'd that chump in your avatar in exciting fashion.....

Have some bad rep on me due to the fact you posted in about 3 threads including the Duddy one like an idiot.....

Kiss my arse.

[El Kabong]

I understand that TitoFan, but there are certain styles that simply do not mesh.

Put Wladimir in with an offensive minded orthodox fighter that can take a punch......try to find that guy and tell us when you do.

As good as Wladimir's jab is right now, it's hard to see anyone really testing him through the duration of a fight.

Wladimir does need to put the total offense on display in his next fight...that double right hook he landed on Sultan was about the best part of that lackluster fight.

[TitoFan]

I understand that TitoFan, but there are certain styles that simply do not mesh.

Put Wladimir in with an offensive minded orthodox fighter that can take a punch......try to find that guy and tell us when you do.

As good as Wladimir's jab is right now, it's hard to see anyone really testing him through the duration of a fight.

Wladimir does need to put the total offense on display in his next fight...that double right hook he landed on Sultan was about the best part of that lackluster fight.

I'm not trying to overly dump on Wlad, Lyle. I know that a win's a win, and Wlad's out to win... not to impress fans. But the sad fact is that the heavyweight division is in shambles right now, and in dire need of the classic battles we've seen in the lower weight divisions. I myself have always preferred the lower divisions (more action). But unfortunately, the casual fan only looks at the heavies as worthy of watching on TV. And those are the fans we need to attract so that maybe someday they'll become true fans, rather than just casual fans. But hell, enough soapbox. Wlad just might look a lot better in his next fight (I can only hope).

[El Kabong]

I can totally empathize with your view TitoFan...I wanted Wlad to be spectacular too it would have meant so much for boxing but it just didn't happen and now it's time to move on and hopefully Wladimir can prove himself in more exciting fashion next time.

Have some good rep for being a reasonable fan of boxing

[TitoFan]

Thanks, Lyle. Have some in return. Just goes to show we can certainly disagree constructively.

[El Kabong]

Thanks, Lyle. Have some in return. Just goes to show we can certainly disagree constructively.

...it's not that we disagree it's I'm not as harsh because my favorite fighter still won the fight.


....trust me, trying to explain this is a shitload better than explaining Wlad's losses

[Pugilistic]

i agree, one bad performance doesn't mean he's shit