Was Wlad poisoned in the 1st Brewster fight?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by ForemanJab, Feb 21, 2023.


  1. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

    4,217
    316
    Aug 30, 2008
    It wasn’t poison.Wlad just loves making excuses.’Every rose has its Thorn’.
    It’s also Wlads way of talking dirty.Maybe he will do his own rendition of ‘Talk Dirty to me’.
     
  2. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

    57,841
    76,487
    Aug 21, 2012
    LOL .... linky
     
  3. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

    47,229
    26,939
    Oct 23, 2011
  4. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

    4,922
    7,538
    Jan 21, 2015
    Exactly. There's another story from 2004 where someone else in the gaming industry said the shift was not surprising, particularly given that Brewster was a SoCal fighter and all those Angelinos flooded in to throw some YOLO money on a local underdog.
     
  5. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

    8,818
    9,937
    Oct 29, 2012
    That's basically what I heard. Brewster has some Hollywood/LA comnnections, heard many dropped some money last minute, changing the odds.
     
    Lesion of Doom likes this.
  6. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

    27,902
    34,069
    Jul 24, 2004
    He was poisoned all right...by his pint sized demon wife, Hayden Pantalone.
     
    UnleashtheFURY and Dangerwood84 like this.
  7. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

    3,167
    2,206
    Oct 9, 2022
    If Wlad was poisoned it was an odd sort of poisoning. If Wlad had felt too out of sorts before the fight he wouldn't have got into the ring, right? And Wlad was throwing a lot of heavy leather for the first 4 rounds; his energy levels didn't seem to be a problem until the 5th, when Brewster caught him with some big shots.

    Wlad was always more careful with his gas tank after this fight, which supports the idea that it wasn't an aberration.

    Context is also key: Wlad was just two fights removed from being dropped four times and blown out by Sanders in 2 and had minimal time with Steward to improve his defence, so he surely felt a lot of pressure and was caught between styles, reducing his confidence and stamina.

    Team Klitschko had an incentive to claim foul play and muddy the waters because it made the loss look less bad. This doesn't necessarily mean they were lying but they're not impartial either.
     
  8. Sinew

    Sinew The Assassin Full Member

    5,124
    188
    Feb 7, 2005
    Haha, diabetic coma ... Thats called a concussion .
     
  9. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

    8,542
    12,491
    Sep 21, 2017
    Pretty damn fine shot for an absolute lunatic. Not a shaky finger in sight :risas3:.
     
  10. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

    9,216
    5,377
    May 5, 2005
    strong probability. lots of things happened. so the world beater Brewster....endures and conquers in the first fight and gets creamed in the second.
    do a lot of digging and you will find several more odd occurrences. Boxing is a very very shady business.
     
  11. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

    45,210
    3,577
    Feb 20, 2008
    Sam Simon who had something to do with The Simpson’s tv show.
     
    The Real Lance likes this.
  12. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

    70,360
    26,273
    Jul 26, 2004
    Are there actual sources for any of this besides anonymous opinions on message boards?
     
  13. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

    11,310
    25,014
    Nov 4, 2017
  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    25,647
    33,493
    Jul 4, 2014
    No.

    He might have had a blood doping crash, though.
     
  15. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

    5,953
    12,960
    Aug 18, 2019
    No.

    Source: dude, trust me.