Was it just me or was Wlad Klitchsko scared to hell to throw a right hand??

[El Gamo]

Biggest fight of his life,fans cheering him on,practically pleading with him to give them something to cheer about,an opponent beaten within the first 3 rounds and what does he do,jab,hold like a bitch whenever Sultan comes ANYWHERE NEAR him and doesn't throw anything bar the jab for 95% of the fight. It was a golden chance for the HW to get some respect,especially Wladimir. Sultan was beaten i round 3 already. Shocking fight,rerrible performance. Sure,he won but this was a chance to really get the HW back on the map and give the fans something to cheer for.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Biggest fight of his life,fans cheering him on,practically pleading with him to give them something to cheer about,an opponent beaten within the first 3 rounds and what does he do,jab,hold like a bitch whenever Sultan comes ANYWHERE NEAR him and doesn't throw anything bar the jab for 95% of the fight. It was a golden chance for the HW to get some respect,especially Wladimir. Sultan was beaten i round 3 already. Shocking fight,rerrible performance. Sure,he won but this was a chance to really get the HW back on the map and give the fans something to cheer for.

It's sad, really...

[uptoscratch]

The Sweet Science site put up an interview with Larry Merchant about this fight, where he basically said Ibragimov, not Wlad, should be getting the (dis)credit for the nature of the fight.

I agree with his take. I mean, Ibragimov wasn't trying to win the fight at all. He was in there solely to see if Klitschko would miss wide so he could land a huge haymaker.

Why would Wlad do the ONE thing that could lose him the fight? Maybe Wlad is too smart for his own good, but as I'm sure others have said, as bad as he looked, he would've looked a lot worse sprawled out on the canvas.

[El Kabong]

The Sweet Science site put up an interview with Larry Merchant about this fight, where he basically said Ibragimov, not Wlad, should be getting the (dis)credit for the nature of the fight.

I agree with his take. I mean, Ibragimov wasn't trying to win the fight at all. He was in there solely to see if Klitschko would miss wide so he could land a huge haymaker.

Why would Wlad do the ONE thing that could lose him the fight? Maybe Wlad is too smart for his own good, but as I'm sure others have said, as bad as he looked, he would've looked a lot worse sprawled out on the canvas.

Very true, I like your post you've done well.

"Styles Make Fights" and Sultan tried jumping on Wlad and he tried waiting on a missed right cross....nothing worked for him and it made for a bad looking fight. Had Wladimir looked to land the left hook it might have been a better more exciting outcome.

This isn't the first or the last time Wladimir will get crap because of his performance.....but it is eriely similar to the crap Lennox Lewis had to go through but one signature KO (a la Lewis-Rahman II) would put Wladimir right with the boxing world