Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
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.