its not about how you think he should have done. its about what a boxer could and couldnt do, and then what they do. fiction has nothing to do with ring results.
This. Still don't get the hype around Pulev. He was no competition at all for Wlad. Wlad was taking it easy until Pulev pissed him off with the rabbit punches and Wlad left hooked him to death. Pulev fell for the same telegraphed left hook at least 4-5 times before being knocked out. Three years later Pulev still keeps his hands low and is still wide open for the left hook.
What do you mean "taking it easy on him" .. I seem to recall Pulov staggering Wlad with a jab which then made Wlad hold on for dear life for literally 80% of all the next 4 rounds. It looked the same as Thomson I. Wlad couldn't cleanly outbox either of them and relied solely on his power to win.