Did Wladimir Klitschko take a dive vs Anthony Joshua

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Did WK take a loss to cement AJ as the man?

  1. No AJ won fair and square

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  2. Yes WK took a dive

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  1. infini IV

    infini IV Dillian Whyte. KTFO like I said he would Full Member

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    Having watched the ring interview post AJ vs Molina from WK and AJ I'm convinced Wlad purposely took a loss to elevate AJ as the new "man in the division" I'd be interested to hear any views on this
     
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    shavers Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Stop smoking.crack...
     
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  3. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    No
     
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    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    The men in suits wanted their very first bodybuilder champion, who came straight from the Olympia. Anthony ticked all the right boxes, with that gold medal he stole from the other competitors.
     
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  5. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Wlad's inability to finish AJ in round 6

    Missing telegraphed leaping left hooks which AJ easily dodged

    and failing to try and clinch/wrestle AJ over

    Is why Wlad is an overrated dosser

    Fury is a better ATG than Wlad.

    AJ got his second wind like a young champ should do and finished the old man off.
     
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  6. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He definitely made more than one dive at AJ's privates during those steamy sauna ''mentoring'' sessions up in the secluded Austrian training facility.
     
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    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    No
     
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  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    When Fury defends a World title then maybe
     
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  9. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    Why would he do that? He's a very wealthy guy, why take a dive?
     
    Holler, Jun 23, 2020
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    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Registered in 2013, trolling in 2020. I often wonder what garbage life do people like you have to tolerate in order for you to take out your frustrations online.
     
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  11. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    And he did so because?
     
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    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    If you think Wlad took a dive then you need to log off and take a running jump off of your nearest multi-storey car park
     
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    KingKO El Terrible Full Member

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    Wlad is definitely not the type of bloke to 'take a dive'.
     
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    Delete this you’re embarrassing yourself.
     
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  15. BCS8

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    No he did not take a dive. He was unable to pull the trigger to put Joshua away for four rounds, is what the problem was. Whether that was up to his being old or his brother's advice not to blow his wad, is debatable.

    There was another fundamental problem Wlad had in that fight. He was no longer fighting off the jab or throwing straight shots. He was pawing with the jab to measure distance and it was ineffective as a result. Frankly between him and Vitali, they should have seen the left hook was a dead punch against Joshua, who slipped it every time. It was especially useless without a strong jab, because Wlad couldn't even hook off the jab with that weak push of a jab.

    Finally, I think that the fight was maybe stopped a little early. Sure Wlad had just taken a huge shot, but if you look at the replay he was covering up and moving. They could have let it run another ten seconds imho. Not a terrible stoppage, but it could have been better.
     
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