Wladimir Klitschko: a poor sportsman

This may not have been true for most of his career, but in the eleventh versus Tyson Fury he completely zeroed out whatever brownie points he previously had banked in one moment of mental weakness.

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This was extremely poor character, and showed Wlad's true colors under adversity, regardless of what a gentleman he may have given the impression of being for most of his reign. As they say, if you build a thousand bridges and suck one cock, you're not a bridge-builder, just a cock-sucker.

This was pure frustration, as flagrant and egregious a foul as you will ever see. Klitschko realized his titles were slipping away, so he chose in that moment to behave like a complete and utter child (and somehow the majority of us missed it live).

Compare with the Victor Ortiz intentional headbutt on Floyd Mayweather, Jr.:

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Every bit as bad. Same exact bucking antelope motion, too. :verysad

In light of this, I am increasingly glad that Klitschko lost. Nobody deserves to remain champion following a stunt like that (for which Tony Weeks easily could have disqualified him). Doing this made it benefit the sport for him to lose. I just wish for the sake of the sport's good name that it had been someone other than Fury. :yep

 

Yeah, clean ones, too. Very professional response, I've gotta say.

 

Yes because of the one headbutt. When have we seen him in serious adversity? That is truth serum, and it was under these conditions that he revealed his nature.

 

No, what Evander did was drill in with his skull in the clincheds with his feet planted.

That is bad enough, but a far cry from what both Klitschko and Ortiz did. They propelled off their feet and leapt headfirst into their opponents' chins. Much worse than just your run-of-the-mill grinding of melons on the inside.

Holyfield is the worse offender in terms of quantity, but the severity of Klitschko's butt in this one instance dwarfs the routine Holyfield pulled in most of his fights.