CLASSIC FIGHT NIGHT THREAD:Wilder-Fury II

Didn't have it that close but Jennings was digging to the body all night, and showed some great defense. I think he beats Fury and Wilder.

Perez\Povetkin is going to be interesting

 

I had it 116-112.

Waldo looked old tonight. Couldn't pull the trigger on his right hand and was sloppy with his accuracy on the hook.

He's still the best heavy in the world but it's probably time to hang 'em up.

 

He can still beat Fury and Wilder. But he is slowing down.

 

Fury would absolutely toy with Jennings. The guy simply doesn't know how to box.

Those wild un-co-ordinated advances would lead him head first into the ropes against Fury.
Fury lifts him clean outa his boots with uppercuts right up the middle of his high guard.

 

Jennings did well.

Wlad is old, no question about that. I thought he looked good against Pulev but at this age they can go down hill rapidly.
I'm not sure if that was the case here entirely.
Jennings fought a smart fight for a novice.

And I think the referee did a good job of getting Wlad to stop clinching.

 

Imagine the hate Jennings would be getting if he pulled this off. I think dino and co are secret fanboys or they just hate African Americans that much.

 

I think dinovelvet is definitely a Klitschko fan.
He's bigged up Wlad challengers in the past, setting them up to make Wlad look better.
People called him out on that following Pulev, so he's adopted Fury instead of Jennings this time.
Still obvious though, dino's a full blown Wlad groupie.

 

He looked the exact same against Pulev and he was the best thing since sliced bread in that fight.

Amazing what knocking out a non moving , open target will do to people.

 

That is the very first time I thought Klitschko looked plain old in there. Some of it was Jennings but it couldn't have been all of it. I've never seen Wlad look less able to pull the trigger and set his feet. And he still won but it puts me in doubt of him beating even Tyson Fury who I thought was perfect toast for him before. Is this an optical illusion? Wilder has a GREAT chance based what I thought I saw. Wow. He finally lost his edge.

He kept standing there waiting to fire his left hook and then not doing it. Weird night. The ref was starting to get on my nerves. He was doing good at first keeping Klitschko from going overboard but then he started throwing out warnings for completely natural falling into clinches that most heavyweights would fall into. And when Jennings came in bum rushing low it's not Wlad's fault his head ended up exactly where he put it. That is incidental to what Jennings was doing and not Wlad's fault at all. Wlad was sure not to lean on Jennings because the ref was stern but he was getting called for things he didn't even do wrong I thought. Weird night. Jennings is a more durable and crafty fighter than I thought. But Klitschko might be done. If that was the same Klitschko that beat Pulev and this was all Jennings, I think I'd take Jennings over everyone of the big big guys, because it seems like he knows how to fight them better than anyone else has shown.

 

Jennings did well, but Wlad is slipping further each fight. Still the best HW in the world, but I'd only marginally favor him over Fury and Wilder right now.

He should hang 'em up.

 

I was impressed with Klit's mobility in the later stages of the fight he still had good footwork in the last round. I'd only seen Jennings against Perez and I though he was outboxed in that fight until Perez ran out of gas .
Jennings is not a great boxer, neither is he a great puncher, he is Mr Average in the ring.
I don't think he would beat the likes of Witherspoon or Thomas.His defence consists of putting his gloves up like rabbit ears ,leaving a nice gap between for the jab to land.

A sub par Wlad comprehensively outboxed Jennings who simply did not throw enough punches especially on the way in.
Wlad's low left was crying out for the overhand right to be launched over it but Jennings only threw a couple.
The result was pretty much a foregone conclusion .

Fairplay to the referee for having the courage to deduct a point from the Octopus, it was certainly about time it happened.
One other thing on a different note and this is for the MODS
My thead on Wlad v Pianetta was moved to the General yet this thread, coincidentally made by a mod stays here? Why was that?:huh

 

He couldn't hold his ground against a very basic , small , pillow puff puncher and was ran backwards when he closed the gap.
People don't realize how he relies on leaning down on guys to wear them out and limit their movement so he can tee off for the KO.
BJ was wide open to the body and up thu the middle but Wlad hasn't the craft to do anthing other than straight shoot 1-2s

Yeah his mobility was pretty good against a guy who couldn't cut the ring off.

Wlad is ok for this era. But people put him up there with the greatest of all time and pick him to beat everybody in the top 10 ATG list.
His power too over whelming, his left hook to powerful etc

Ive said it all along that movement makes him look the ordinary fighter he is.

The last thing Pulev saw before he went to sleep was Wlad bouncing with his left arm down .
We saw Wlad to this numerous times to Jennings to no effect.