Wladimir Klitschko Is A Poor Man's Lennox Lewis

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I'm not dissing Lewis in any way at all, Lewis is one of my favorite heavyweights of all time, one of my favorite boxers period.

It may not be fair to compare Wlad to Lennox yet but under Steward he has been holding a lot. I know how heralded Steward is as a trainer, how great he is on TV and how much more he knows about boxing then me but Wlad is just the latest in a long line of guys who train under Steward who habitually hold to get themselves out of trouble. I doubt that is going to change with Wlad, it's working.

I remember the Peter fight, I got real excited about that fight and even though Peter lost, I thought it was a great night for boxing. I thought the future was clear, and that in Wlad, the heavyweight division had a legitimate talent with heart and a will to fight. Every performance since from Wlad has been lukewarm at best. Now I look back on the Peter fight with a little more clarity, and I see the grotesque amount of holding Wlad did even back then.

It's just not fair. Holding shouldn't be a key to win, he should have to deal with the problems of a fighter getting inside on him within the rules. Right now he doesn't. Maybe that will change but I don't see any indication that it will.