Do you find Wlad Klitschko to be an exciting fighter?

[Spicoli]

For a guy with a purportedly exploitable chin he's alright. Takes two to tango and take advantage of that flaw...he can't be faulted for jabbing the life out of them when they try, and in some cases except their fate. Flaws make an exciting fighter, Peter, Sanders, Williamson among others made it so. We keep waiting for someone else to open that jack n' the box chin.

Holyfield is the most exciting hvy I've seen but Holmes, Byrd, Donald, Stewart 2, Valuev fights had me counting the blonde's vs brunettes in the crowd those nights. Yeh I know thats a stretch

[Mattyhitman]

Totally effective. Totally Boring. Vitali is more exciting of the two. Haye will bring the excitement out of Wlad for sure, even if it's just for a few seconds of a few rounds, till he gets knocks out by Haye

[WelshDevilRob]

Trains hard and is effective but exciting he is not.

[erics44]

he takes no risks at all

exciting boxers takes risks

even when he gets knocked out he falls over after 1 punch, so there is never a battle

[Rantcatrat]

he takes no risks at all

exciting boxers takes risks

even when he gets knocked out he falls over after 1 punch, so there is never a battle

i mean i think that some people say the same thing about Floyd and to an extent it makes sense. but being exciting doesn't equate to being great.

one thing though is that to me wlad has a bit of vulnerability to him, when i watch his fights, i think sometimes there is a chance he's going to be sparked, which makes his fight someone fun...at times. generally, though i agree with erics.

[Beanflicker]

Not really, but its not entirely his fault.

I do like and respect his style, but for the style to be interesting, he needs to be against an opponent who poses a great threat to Wlad. I LOVE seeing a skilled boxer outfox a dangerous puncher/brawler/swarmer/ect. To me, that's the art of boxing at it's finest. But you need to have that worthy opponent to create that drama. I for one haven't felt that any of the guys Wlad has fought over the last few years have provided that kind of drama. Not that they are horrible opposition. I just think the Klitschko's are heads and shoulders above the rest of the HWs (literally and metaphorically of course).

Look at the most popular boxer of all time: Muhammad Ali. Watch his whole career. Not the most exciting fighter. He did everything that people shit on Wlad for doing: Not going for the finish, running, moving, not taking risks, ect. Frankly, a lot of his fights put me to sleep. But when he the opposition there: Liston, Foreman, Frazier, guys who posed a tangible threat to him, the style was a thing of beauty. And those are the fights people remember.

[erics44]

he takes no risks at all

exciting boxers takes risks

even when he gets knocked out he falls over after 1 punch, so there is never a battle

i mean i think that some people say the same thing about Floyd and to an extent it makes sense. but being exciting doesn't equate to being great.

one thing though is that to me wlad has a bit of vulnerability to him, when i watch his fights, i think sometimes there is a chance he's going to be sparked, which makes his fight someone fun...at times. generally, though i agree with erics.

yep wlad is very effective, i reckon on his day he could have lived with any heavyweight of any era

and you are right, the only one thing that makes me watch is the fact that at any point in a fight a punch could almost hit him and he would fall appart

but for the most part his fights are dull and frustrating

[armin]

he takes no risks at all

exciting boxers takes risks

even when he gets knocked out he falls over after 1 punch, so there is never a battle

Yeah that's bs wlad has yet to be koed by one punch

[erics44]

he takes no risks at all

exciting boxers takes risks

even when he gets knocked out he falls over after 1 punch, so there is never a battle

Yeah that's bs wlad has yet to be koed by one punch

perhaps not a one punch KO mate but as i remember as soon as sanders hit him once he started falling over, every time sam peter hit him or nearly hit him in the first fight he fell over

and i dont even remember brewster getting a full shot off on him, his punches were just close enough to make him fall over

[NUCLEAR BULL]

he does what he does well, he's gained from the time manny trained him and he knows his chin isnt the best. I dont get how people expect him to be exciting, history tells us its the smaller fighter who are more exciting, Tyson had great power, combos and ability to get in on the inside, Holyfield turned every fight into a war, Tommy Morrison would left hook you to death or get ko'd himself in bloody fashion....these guys were all small for heavyweights so what they had to do to win made them exciting......Wlad is 6'7 240lbs, Lennox lewis borring, so was Larry Holmes, i remeber Larry 1-2ing guys to death

just my 2 pence anyway

[AdamGB]

he is not an unskilled boxer... but he is definetly not an exciting one... and calling a huge guy who plays it sometimes PAINFULLY safety first against smaller opponents (some who I class as overweight cruiserweights) a fighter is giving him more props than he needs.


In a nut shell:
Skilled boxer, shit fighter.

I'm not saying that this is a good or a bad thing... I'm just saying...

What ever works for him...

[Hulk]

He's boring as hell and fights like a fucking pussy.

There I said what we all are thinking.

Its the truth.