Remember the Klitschko's were very protective of each other during sparring?

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    fitzroy boy_iron mike Active Member Full Member

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    Vitali would be at Wlad's camps often and whenever sparring partners would have slightly too much success, he would stop the action and cause a scene. He knew Wlad's confidence would be shaken. Until all these conspiracy theories about Joey Dawejko dropping AJ in sparring, and reading up about the affect this can have on your confidence (freezing up)/physical state (concussion), I did not appreciate the true importance of this element of a camp.

    If the rumours are true- and to me they likely are (AJ's bruise, his sty, his lack of confidence) - it exposes Rob McCracken for the joke he is. Why would you allow hard sparring so close to the fight. I am no AJ fan (predicting his KO here) but I do feel sorry for him- Eddie and Rob seemed to get complacent. AJ needs a seasoned, cultured trainer. Not some amateur boxing bum like Rob McCracken who lucked out with Froch...
     
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    I agree he does need to ditch Mccraken. In boxing terms he hast improved much at all.

    However I don't think he will, AJ seems like a loyal guy who is comfortable in his surroundings eg camp, trainers, team, friends etc.
     
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