Long time Wladimir Fan But..

I'm pretty sure Wlad was sick (since seeing the post fight presser), his body couldn't do what he wanted to. Some of those right hands looked like he was sleepwalking.

 

Wow MB, that is saying a lot coming from you. I am not his biggest fan, In fact I do not even watch his fights but I know you are a fan off his. I cannot believe his performance was as bad as that. Where do you see him going from here? do you think he will retire if he no longer has the fight in him?

 

I want to see Fury take this fraud to the cleaners. Wlad cant hump on Tyson. Tyson peels his cap back.

 

I hear ya MaliBua. I simply couldn't believe what I was seeing in this fight. People say "well Wlad always clinches, why are you suprised?", but this was different.
He was forcefully pushing down on Povetkin's neck at almost every opportunity.
He was very inaccurate with his punches, and when he did hurt Povetkin, he threw him to the canvas. He was given credit for scoring 4 knockdowns, but in reality he only scored 1 (in the 2nd Round).
Maybe he needs a new trainer, maybe he just doesn't react well to any and I mean any kind of pressure from an opponent, maybe he was injured, maybe age is beginning to show, who knows.
Two things are certain:
-What we saw vs. Povetkin was an embarrassment to boxing.
-If this is all he has to offer, he needs to retire.

And this is coming from a longtime fan of Wladimir.

 

The Klitchkos are the modern Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt could have been good, but you gotta wonder why wouldn't anybody 7' tall be considered "great" when the next tallest guy is like 6'9"! It was miserable watching this 6'6" guy fighting such a smaller guy. And not really using any kind of boxing. Sure, there were a few jabs - one that nearly knocked Povetkin down. Povetkin has no head movement, and each time he was close on the inside, he seemed to wrap his arms around Vlad. No punching, no giving himself room to punch. No Skills, period. I can't see how anyone would think prime Iron Mike would not knock Vlad out! Or even a prime Ali, and Ali for the reason that Vlad gets so tired in the later rounds. Sure, if Vlad goes toe to toe with either Tyson or Ali, he is just too big and too strong. But , I think Tyson (bobbing and weaving) would ko him early, Ali, using a lot of dancing, jabbing, holding, would ko him late. Its never fair to pit a champion of today with champions of the past, but hard to say Vlad is anything better than good until he proves it against another skilled heavyweight - not former cruiserweights and under sized heavyweights.

 

Who did tyson ever beat. gimme a break.

Wlad did not fight. It was bad.

 

I have been a fan since his amateur days and I am very frustrated with how he fought yesterday. At this stage it is not like anything will change. One can daydream about Wlad getting a different trainer but from what I gather he basically trains himself these days.

I guess the only positive is that top contenders should be willing to face him next and Wlad will not have to take several steps back in opponents like after the Haye fight.

Regardless of how dissapointed I am with how Wlad continues to fight, it is still going to take some weird event for him to lose anytime soon.

 

I feel the same. Yesterday I saw Wlad on RTL. It seems he has the flu.

 

To me wlad took an easy ride after the 7th, I think alex caused a lot of those clinches, but also after the 7th wlad just got lazy, throwing big right with the instinct to just grab after such a shot, that laziness. An the ref I think sence that wlad was holding but alex put him in a lot of those situations an tried to bait a point deduction....

Wlad barley spent any time using his boxing skills hear for me, he did not dance on the outside, staying on the outside of his jab, I not sure why he did not, he rarely boxed this man but more just bullied him.

first 7rds were fun for me to watch the later, just had me talking to much to the TV an hoping for him to get that jab going, an forcing this into a boxing match

 

lol So the guy known to have a glass chin will beat Wlad? The first jab Wlad hits him with he will go out.

 

Common you british moron are you this stupid? You wanna know what happens to fury if he fights Wlad. Just watch Wlad vs Wach, but Fury unlike Wach will get knocked out.

 

Here come the Wlad excuses. Wlad was fine. He just fights like a scared glass jaw when he is up against anyone who has any chance of landing a punch. He fought like this against Haye too. At least he wins,be happy with that. Cant blame the guy for trying to keep his title.

 

I agree. I think Fury at his best can beat Wlad. He wont be muscled and leaned on like the polite and much smaller Povetkin. Fury has a weak chin but so does Wlad. Fury is a street fighting type of guy. He can beat Wlad.