Wladimir Klitschko retires from boxing.

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  1. Scott90s

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    RIP Champ.
     
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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    He went out on his shield In a great fight. You are a very biased, classless and deluded individual. The Klitschkos made a complete fool out of you for years.
     
    UnleashtheFURY, Aug 3, 2017
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    Isolating his boxing career I would say HOF or maybe ATG and he deserves respect for that. But I never liked him as a guy. Seems to have a dodgy military background and a bit of a "too nice" persona about him. I always have a nagging speculation that he got his dream of being heavyweight as a reward for shady special forces work.
     
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    When did i say it wasn't a great fight? Putting words in my mouth again?

    Unfortunately Wlad was never a class act in the ring where it actually mattered.
     
    dinovelvet, Aug 3, 2017
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  5. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good for Wlad. Great ATG level career, great human being, great ambassador for our sport. History will judge him kindly, the rose-colored glasses will start to be used in a couple years when people realize boxers of Wlad's pedigree only come along once every 20-25 years.
     
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  7. DougTheThug

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    Home soil? What? It was at wembley.
     
    DougTheThug, Aug 3, 2017
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  8. heerko koois

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    Pulev next for AJ? i hope not complete mismatch for sure
     
    heerko koois, Aug 3, 2017
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    A bit annoyed he's retiring on a loss when it was so close to being a win but I guess he knows best. Thanks for being such a gent and ambassador for the sport. Know way will anyone else repeat his reign anytime soon.
     
    On The Money, Aug 3, 2017
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    In a way Joshua has already surpassed his reign. Only took AJ 3 years and 17 fights to beat the #1 HW in the world.

    It took Wlad TEN years before he fought the #1 ranked HW and that was Chris Byrd who was a non factor during the Lewis era

    You can't change the fact that his era was extremely weak.
     
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    get off this thread you absolute maggot.
     
    On The Money, Aug 3, 2017
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    dinovelvet, Aug 3, 2017
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  13. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    i'm glad he had made this decision. He has so much he can do beyond boxing and is best to leave with his health intact. I don't think he would have beaten AJ in the rematch as AJ will keep improving and will have learnt so much from the last fight. I would have quite like to see Wlad smack Wilder about but no way that fight was ever going to happen.

    What a career and what a gentleman. A great ambassador for the sport and hope he stays in boxing in some way.
     
    ipitythefool, Aug 3, 2017
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  14. DougTheThug

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    Wait. You're saying at 41 Klitschko was the #1 ranked heavyweight in the world? Or are you talking about someone else?
     
    DougTheThug, Aug 3, 2017
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    Im not saying it , thats what he was.. Don't ask stupid questions.
     
    dinovelvet, Aug 3, 2017
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