HBO: Klitschko's Confuse Fans

[generalbulldog]

This ring magazine article gives great insight why HBO didn't pick up this fight.
The fact Klitschko-Chambers is not on U.S. TV is a new low

And I have to say I agree with the article.

Wlad just reminds me a lot of a Larry Holmes. A very good technical HW champion, but boring as fuk and reigning in a weak era. There's a reason why Holmes couldn't draw flies to his bouts and actually had to have a 50/50 purse split when he fought Gerry Cooney and was introduced 1st, which always is reserve for the challenger in boxing tradition.

Most boxing fans want the HW champ to be exciting like a Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, etc. They don't want robotic technically sound safety 1st HW champs.

[Majesty]

This ring magazine article gives great insight why HBO didn't pick up this fight.
The fact Klitschko-Chambers is not on U.S. TV is a new low

And I have to say I agree with the article.

Wlad just reminds me a lot of a Larry Holmes. A very good technical HW champion, but boring as fuk and reigning in a weak era. There's a reason why Holmes couldn't draw flies to his bouts and actually had to have a 50/50 purse split when he fought Gerry Cooney and was introduced 1st, which always is reserve for the challenger in boxing tradition.

Most boxing fans want the HW champ to be exciting like a Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, etc. They don't want robotic technically sound safety 1st HW champs.

Larry Holmes never grabbed his opponents for most of the bout when he had every advantage over them, look at his fight with Ken Norton or Shavers.

The difference between Holmes and Wladimer is night and day.

[HattonTheHammer]

I know a heck of a lot of people who claim to be fight fans yet would not be able to tell you which is the elder brother.

It sounds retarded to us on here but if someone asked someone with a very vain knowledge of soccer to pick out the gary from the 2 nevilles they`d find it a hard thing to do.

This situation is unique in that they have both been blessed with incredible physical structures and have been able to combine that with some very good solid boxing, not classy stuff not good on the eye. But good old eastern european efficency.

It will take an old style heavyweight, 6`2, 220pounds of lean muscle to take 1 if not both of these guys out before countrys like the US/UK can even begin to get the sport back on track again.

My fear is that wont happen. We may simply just have to wait for both to call it a day and then start again with the hope that future WBC/WBO heavyweight champions of the world arent lard arsed uzbekistanis/lithuanians