KLITSCHKO v POVETKIN - HBO/BOXNATION - Saturday Night CHAT THREAD

[#1FightFan]

Wlad sucks so bad he had to cheat like a mofo just to win....in a straight up fight with klit not loving on povetkin all night, the russian woulda had a chance, but povetkin was fighting two guys in that ring....

[CFH]

It's not hating to comment on somebody repeatedly cheating and being allowed to get away with it.

Where are these comments when other fighters bend the rules?


To be the man....you have to BEAT the man. Don't bitch about it do something about it.

Are you new? Have you ever looked at any thread from one of Hatton, Hopkins, or Fury's fights?

All these fighters get flack for how they fight and deservedly so. Wlad deserves all the shit he is getting for this performance. That was ugly, boring, unnecessary, and it bordered on outright cheating for most of the fight.

[#1FightFan]

It's not hating to comment on somebody repeatedly cheating and being allowed to get away with it.

DAMN STRAIGHT!!! i dont understand how a boxing fan can watch that dirty shit by klit and not be pissed.

[El Kabong]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

[Freedom]

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[CFH]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Why shouldn't the fans of the sport comment on blatant and obnoxious cheating? Because boxing is known for it's impartial and fair referees?

[El Kabong]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Why shouldn't the fans of the sport comment on blatant and obnoxious cheating? Because boxing is known for it's impartial and fair referees?

It's the same in EVERY sport. Don't expect the ref to save you

[CFH]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Why shouldn't the fans of the sport comment on blatant and obnoxious cheating? Because boxing is known for it's impartial and fair referees?

It's the same in EVERY sport. Don't expect the ref to save you

Not to the same degree as boxing and, regardless, that changes nothing. The ref is there to enforce the rules and when someone cheats as blatantly and regularly as Wlad did in this fight, then the ref absolutely deserves to be criticized for his performance, as does the fighter. Any fan of any sport is going to point out these kinds of things.

[El Kabong]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Why shouldn't the fans of the sport comment on blatant and obnoxious cheating? Because boxing is known for it's impartial and fair referees?

It's the same in EVERY sport. Don't expect the ref to save you

Not to the same degree as boxing and, regardless, that changes nothing. The ref is there to enforce the rules and when someone cheats as blatantly and regularly as Wlad did in this fight, then the ref absolutely deserves to be criticized for his performance, as does the fighter. Any fan of any sport is going to point out these kinds of things.

Yes to the same degree....you apparently haven't seen a soccer match in a while or a baseball game. Povetkin had 12 rounds to do anything and he did nothing. He lost end of story.

[CFH]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Why shouldn't the fans of the sport comment on blatant and obnoxious cheating? Because boxing is known for it's impartial and fair referees?

It's the same in EVERY sport. Don't expect the ref to save you

Not to the same degree as boxing and, regardless, that changes nothing. The ref is there to enforce the rules and when someone cheats as blatantly and regularly as Wlad did in this fight, then the ref absolutely deserves to be criticized for his performance, as does the fighter. Any fan of any sport is going to point out these kinds of things.

Yes to the same degree....you apparently haven't seen a soccer match in a while or a baseball game. Povetkin had 12 rounds to do anything and he did nothing. He lost end of story.

I don't watch boring sports, so no, I have not seen any soccer or baseball games in a LONG time .

Regarding Povetkin, I said earlier in this thread that he was complicit in what happened today. By passively accepting what Wlad was doing and not fighting back with his own dirty tactics, he allowed what happened to take place.

I'm not complaining about the result at all, just the way Wlad 'fights' and how it reflects on a sport I still occasionally consider myself a fan of.

[Spicoli]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Thats what they count on Lyle...just pretend it didn't happen everyone. And Hell no boxing fans should never silence there outrage over the BS we sit through on a weekly basis! Sport needs to count itself lucky it still has enough fans who care enough to complain anymore rather than tell it to piss right off and walk away.

[El Kabong]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Thats what they count on Lyle...just pretend it didn't happen everyone. And Hell no boxing fans should never silence there outrage over the BS we sit through on a weekly basis! Sport needs to count itself lucky it still has enough fans who care enough to complain anymore rather than tell it to piss right off and walk away.

Here's the deal, if there were rules being broken and it wasn't getting called then Povetkin should have deliberately fouled Wlad back in retaliation but he didn't.


SHOULDA
COULDA
WOULDA


Still heavyweight champion bud

[CFH]

Refs enforce the rules if its not called or not caught then quit complaining

Thats what they count on Lyle...just pretend it didn't happen everyone. And Hell no boxing fans should never silence there outrage over the BS we sit through on a weekly basis! Sport needs to count itself lucky it still has enough fans who care enough to complain anymore rather than tell it to piss right off and walk away.

Here's the deal, if there were rules being broken and it wasn't getting called then Povetkin should have deliberately fouled Wlad back in retaliation but he didn't.


SHOULDA
COULDA
WOULDA


Still heavyweight champion bud

Can you not divorce yourself from fanboyism for long enough to have a rational discussion about this?

[El Kabong]

That's my view regardless of who is fighting man. Sometimes you get the calls sometimes you don't, thems the break buds

[CFH]

That's my view regardless of who is fighting man. Sometimes you get the calls sometimes you don't, thems the break buds

Fair enough, I guess. I still strongly disagree with that perspective, especially in a sport as fundementally broken as boxing.

I'm just tired of all the frustrating things that continue drive me away from boxing and today's fight seems like a glaring example of many of the things wrong with the sport.