Wladimir Klitschko Is A Poor Man's Lennox Lewis

[amat]

Fine you fight a shorter fighter and let them have their hands free when they get on the inside.


Comparing Wlad to Ruiz is just fucking stupid

Lyle, there is nothing wrong with Wlad wanting to fight on the outside. Of course he does.

But you can't just break the rules in order to get by. It's not like the other guy can tie up from the outside just because he doesn't think it's best for him to fight at a distance.

At some point, some referee is going to have to make Klitschko stop tying up on the inside and that is the only time an inside fighter is going to have a shot in there. And it's only fair that he gets that shot and is allowed to keep punching.

There are plenty of things you can do to create space if you're a tall fighter. Wlad's camp always talks about his footspeed, maybe he should move the feet to create space. Anything but holding. It literally seems to be the only thing he knows how to do. That goes back to the boxing IQ point P4P said.

I personally wouldn't compare him to Ruiz because...well Ruiz didn't even punch, inside or out. But as long as this keeps going, you can't blame someone all that much for putting Ruiz and Wlad in the same sentence.

[El Kabong]

...vs Peter he tied up before Sam threw anything vs Sultan he tied up after Sultan threw his punches or when he was out of position....is that wrong? Is that not acceptable?

[amat]

...vs Peter he tied up before Sam threw anything vs Sultan he tied up after Sultan threw his punches or when he was out of position....is that wrong? Is that not acceptable?

Well...no. Maybe if he was out of position but on the inside when is he ever in position?

Like I said, some holding is acceptable but not when your gameplan revolves around it. And there is no doubt that when things get to the inside, the gameplan for Klitschko is to hold.

[ArawakWarria]

I personally wouldn't compare him to Ruiz because...well Ruiz didn't even punch, inside or out. But as long as this keeps going, you can't blame someone all that much for putting Ruiz and Wlad in the same sentence.

amat, again you said it perfectly.


and i will say one more thing, since we are on rules. I can't remember anyone saying that a punch was a downward motion with your arm already fully extended... Althought WK was landing many of his jabs, he was also holding it out, swatting, slapping, I don't know what you would call it, but only this ref could have called it legal.

[El Kabong]

Where have you been?? Half of Wlad and Vitali's KO's have come from swatting down on the defense before throwing a right cross....it's perfectly legal....there is nothing illegal about hitting someone's gloves