Manny Steward is on record saying this "Chisora is the most dangerous opponent Wladimir will have fought in many years, because Dereck brings energy and confidence and youthfulness that's different from what we've been fighting in recent fights," he told Sky Sports Ringside. "I think Dereck Chisora is a very tough fight. If it was up to me, I would not fight Dereck. I would prefer to fight with David Haye. ONE day before the fight Wlad pulled out.
Ftr , Wlad would have beaten Chisora but he would have looked terrible doing it. He would have disgraced himself beating a guy like Chisora by laying all over his back
He did so against Povetkin. It was embarassing. He had no other, legal way of beating tough opponents and manage their power.
Do you have any proof again that Klitschko injury was fake, except for a photo, where Klitschko have a Golf stick in his hand? Is that your proof that Klitschko was not injured? Because 10 months of inactivity for a guy who fought 2-3 time per year, a guy who fought every live contender in the HW era at that period is more than enough proof. Cause when we are talking with guesses, which is what you are trying to do it, a fighter history tell us a story. Again your whole "arguments" is based on a LIE. Cause what Don Charles says was a LIE, as Emannuel Steward never talking to him in 2013, as he was dead. This is the reason i ignore people like you. You are just keep repeating the same s****. You are entering every single discussion with biased mind and doesn't care about arguments, facts, or anyone else opinion. Also once again there was a clause in the contract with Haye that Haye could face Vitali if Klitschko isn't healed of the injury. As far as the injury goes, whether it was ABS injury, which was the report from Klitschko CHEF, back injury based on your opinion, or whatever injury, as there is a thing privacy towards medical records. Some people for obvious reason don't want to say from what they are or from what they were injured for obvious reason. This is a pure speculation from your side that Klitschko was not injured, based on your hate on him. Again all the FACTS point that he was injured, otherwise he would have not been inactive for 10 months for nothing. Simple as that. Also it's only you and few Klitschko haters that somehow is managing to say fighting for a title, UNIFICATION fight instead of Voluntary against a not even top 5 contender is ducking. Again the top guys in the division at that time was Klitschko, V. Klitschko and Haye. Chisora was never top guy, as he never even earned a mandatory status. Also nice try to say that Chisora was somehow not the same fighter against Haye, when in reality he should have been better, cause he was 28 years old facing Haye, and this is your prime years. Also Unification fights doesn't work like that, as history have shown us that multiple times already. If Klitschko didn't fought Haye back then, you would have been crying now that Klitschko ducked Haye in 2010, to fight a complete bum and nobody in Chisora. This is why i can't take you seriously. And a last question to you, before i let you stay on the ignore. Did your hero Deontey Wilder ducked Klitschko, by your own very logic, or he did not duck Klitschko ?
His style of boxing was dependant on illegal and excessive fouling. Chisora had the style to make him clinch like an octopus https://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/09/steward-was-telling-wladimir-to-stop-clinching-peter/
Friday morning the fight was on. By lunchtime it was off. I guess Wlad must've been in hard training one day before the bout
You don't take me seriously? You're clearly arguing about something you know nothing about. And by "my logic," if Deontay Wilder signed to fight Wlad, trained for two months ... backed out of the Wlad fight days before the Saturday fight claiming a bad back (or bad abdominals) ... got caught playing golf a few days later ... got busted in the press ... had his"cook" go on record saying he was hurt "but it's nearly healed" ... agreed to reschedule the fight with Wlad ... spent two months training ... then backed out again saying he was "still too injured" ... and annouced six days later he wasn't going to fight Wlad but was negotiating the whole time to fight someone else ... OF COURSE, BY MY LOGIC, that would be a duck. Because that's what Wlad did to Chisora.
Wladimir went on to beat a better more dangerous opponent in a bigger fight so in the end it's all irrelevant. It's not like Holmes vs Page situation where Holmes swerved Page and then fought two very undeserving fighters in Frazier, Frank. In the end Chisora was nothing more than a fringe contender and never went above that status, a win over Haye is better than a win over Chisora. I have hard time believing that Wladimir would be afraid of fighting a limited fighter like Chisora, no one has a definite answer of what the reason was I agree. But as I said I very much doubt it was out of fear of losing to someone like Chisora, who's best win at that time was a shot Danny Williams.
Of course, but that's the thing with Wlad. Wlad lost to lesser opponents, too. It's not like the only people who beat him were the absolute best. Everyone who beat him, until his last fight, was expected to lose because experts felt Wlad had beaten "more dangerous" opponents. So, it kind of is relevent, especially to the people who had a signed contract, held two separate camps to prepare for the fight and were denied a chance. Clearly, Don Charles isn't over it. I don't blame him. Anyway, nice that a part of boxing history clearly a lot of people here had no idea took place was brought up. The number of fights that AREN'T on Boxrec but were in fact signed and should've occured is a long one.
Nqh, nqh i'm asking you right now did your hero Deontey Wilder ducked Wladimir Klitschko, as Wilder didn't want to make Undisputed fight. Did he ducked Klitschko or not ? Simple question. And yeah i don't take you seriously, as your claim is based on a lie, as Steward passed in 2012, yet Don Charles claim he talked with his ghost in 2013. Klitschko camp have said that the injury is not hard, as torn abdominal or torn muscle in the back is not thar hard, and doesn't require much time for healing. But you can re-injure that area again easily if it's not 100% healed, which is what happen. Once again Klitschko was fighting 2-3 times per year, and was very active, there was absolutely zero reason for him to stay inactive for 10+ months. Chisora was nobody at that time, with 14 matches. The whole claim that Klitschko saw an open workout and scared out of the fight is laughable, yeah no one can take that seriously. Which is what your ducking claim is based on. As it what Don Charles says Steward ghost supposedly told him. Chisora was a random guy in the division, not even top 10. People were criticizing Klitschko at that time for facing Chisora, and not Unifying with Haye, which is exactly what happen. Again you can't duck a bum, to fight the best guy in the division beside you, a guy who is aslo A CHAMPION. Yeah this is the reason i can't take you seriously. You always forget to mention the facts. And then claiming that Chisora 2 years later, at 28 years old, was somehow washed up, just because the guy Klitschko 12-0, who was the best beside him, embarrass Chisora and KO him in 5.
Very curious is why Fury fanboys on here don't cry out loudly for his constant holding, leaning, cheating in his fights, but was so vocal about Wladimir ?
What was Ross Puritty's best win before he stopped Wlad? What was Corrie Sanders' best win before he knocked out Wlad? A shot Bert Cooper? Hell, Charles Shufford all but shut out Brewster, Wlad had no trouble at all against Shufford, and Brewster turned around stopped Wlad. What was Brewster's best win prior to leaving Wlad in a heap? A stoppage of Floyd Mayweather's "heavy bag" Nate Jones? It's easy to gloss over it (the Wlad-Chisora situation). But it's not like anyone had beaten someone "better than Wlad" before they actually stopped him.
If I'm being totally honest I had no idea about Chisora/Wladimir, but I'm also a young guy in my early 20s so I would've been a little kid at the time when this was all happening. But I'm just using my knowledge of where both fighters were at this time, Chisora was just a domestic level fighter at this point was he even ranked in top 10 I doubt it ? I just can't logically see that Wladimir would be afraid to fight Chisora, who's nothing more than a plodder I think Chisora gets overrated on here personally. But as I said I don't know what the reason was no one truly does, but I very doubt it was out of fear. And considering Wladimir fought Haye who was considered more dangerous with KO power, wouldn't Haye logically be the fighter Wladimir would be more inclined to avoid rather than Chisora ?