Good god are you still on about Foreman?:rofl Why is it that you use Foreman for every example? Is Ali not a fighter at heart? BTW.... Wlad is only averaging 4.4 rounds per fight in his entire career. Foreman averaged 4.3 rounds per fight... what a huge difference. On average Foreman knocked his opponents out about 15 seconds sooner. You also aren't taking styles into account either, obviously. You seem to be very limited when discussing boxing... as if you are more of a brawling fan, than a boxing fan.
Ok, then I am a brawling fan. I'm still waiting for Klitschko to start boxing. Huggybear and pattycake don't qualify as boxing when I went to school.
If clinching is bad, then Muhammad Ali must have been the worst fighter in history, because he clinched a heck of a lot more than Wlad ever has. And I don't believe Wladimir suffers panic attacks. This whole panic attack bs started back after the Brewster loss, when Wlad collapsed for no reason. Manny knows the reason, but for whatever reasons can't or won't say. I don't know if Wlad was sick before, or got sick during the fight, but he was not himself that night. He looked drained after the second round, and for a man that is a fitness nut to be drained after only two rounds is extremely odd to say the least.
The symptoms he displayed that night against Brewster are common to athletes who panic in the face of pressure. Any sports psychologist will confirm this. Competitive success at the highest level is 90% mental 10% physical. Wladimir Klitschko has a problem keeping his emotions under control because he is in a sport that doesn't really suit him.
Well sir, you are 100% incorrect on your assessment of the symptoms displayed by Wlad in the first fight. I'm married to a psychologist who happens to be a fight fan also, and who has seen that fight at least three times with me. Based on what we both saw, we concurred that we were witnessing some kind of metabolic issue.
Well Wlad certainly had more than one excuse for his panic attack in th ring that night, at first he blamed he was poisoned, then he blamed one of the best cutmen in the world Al Gavin, and ended up firing him for putting too much "Vaseline" on his body, and last, but not least, claimed he had low blood sugar that night, which caused him to have yet another panic attack in the face danger.
Well, Klitschko-haters, panic-attack or not, they still rule the heavyweight-division and it doesn't seem like they're going to let go! You should get used to the styles of the Klitschkos. Their jabs, their knockouts, can't understand why a couple have a problem with the Klitschkos! Is it that they are so maserful and beat their opponents with such ease.......
There was nothing physical wrong with Wladimir Klitschko that night. If he had been poisoned or if some other pathology had been an issue, he would have made the lab results public. The cheap excuses are just that, excuses. Manny Steward has since apologized on HBO not Klitschko having been in shape for the fight. That is bull**** too. Wladimir Klitschko is one of the fittest heavies in the division. The problem is in his mind. He is not a real fighter and the stress of it overwhelms him at times.
