Deas: Wilder's Heavy Entrance Costume Might Have Damaged His Legs

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  1. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Applying Vaseline to your legs will do absolutely nothing to your performance. I have fought with a thick layer of Vaseline on my legs and the only negative thing I experienced was that my opponent slipped out of a fighting ending submission...
     
  2. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How is a broken toe a non factor? Have you guys even broke a toe before? You can't push off of it.
     
  3. Goran_

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    Here's Haye pushing off it:

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    Looks pretty mobile to me.. The problem looked like Wladimirs jab & use of distance, not a toe.. note he was bouncing up on his toes at the stare off too :lol:
     
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  4. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, Haye falling down without being hit or pushed was all Wlad too. Look, I'm one of the biggest Wlad fans on here. But not going to act like a broken toe doesn't effect a mobile fighter.
     
  5. PIRA

    PIRA Arise Sir Lennox. Full Member

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    Wilder going to wear a ribbon around his jockstrap and ballet slippers next fight to minimise weight drag and wind resistance.
     
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    "I make no excuses ... except for my outfit and my ear getting punched"
     
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  7. On The Money

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    His corset was clearly too tight, cut off the blood supply to his two pipe cleaners.
     
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  8. 3rdegree

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    When performing in an athletic competition, applying vaseline to large areas of skin that need as much oxygen as it can get is ruinous. The heat that can't be released becomes trapped increasing the metabolic rate. That's a scientific fact. Whether or not it caused Klitschko's loss is another matter entirely. But at least his theory about his loss to Brewster has a scientific basis. Too bad about that leg hold...
     
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  9. Fury's Love Handles

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    Pacquiao's socks.
     
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  10. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Haye has no choice having toes. Wilder after, no doubt, three or four fittings and trying it on the night before the fight, had the choice not to wear it if it was too heavy.

    For that reason alone, it's first ballot for the Hall of Shame...
     
  11. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    I can also understand that you are a wilder nuthugger and are having a very tough time on here now
     
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  12. Scar

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    The toe excuse is too disgraceful, especially considering all the trash talk that lead to Wladimir vs Haye. The vaseline excuse for Wladimir's loss to Brewster was rather comical too and I'm a Klitschko fan.
     
  13. J Jones

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    Wilder’s team in a week: “the lights inside my mask dilated my pupils, which made it impossible for me to see Fury’s punches.”

    One week later: “Tony Weeks did everything in his power to make sure I lose. In fact, the only reason he penalized Fury was to make it seem like he was being impartial.”
     
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  14. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Costume ... because Wilder is tough enough to handle the indignity that accompanies such an excuse. I respect him for that.
     
  15. the commentator

    the commentator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both excuses are equally cringeworthy