That is fighters who serially leave their trainers or examples of a fighter that has left a trainer as he has gotten close to bigger fights and bigger paydays. I would be interested to get a list of names and any details i.e. why they left or who they went to etc. Thanks :good
Wladimir Klitschko is prolly the biggest star to make a HUGE move with disrespect INTENDED. While Fritz does a good job with Vitali, and there is some degree of loyalty there, he was all wrong for Wlad from the beginning. He limited Wlad as a puncher only, whereas Manny has turned him into a boxer puncher. So glad that Wlad escaped what many thought to be a DANGEROUS situation where Szdunek was rightly jealous of Manny involvement, but was also likely to have been the mark who spiked Wlads 2nd round water bottle vs Brewster.:admin
The next trainer was always teaching him things he had no idea of. Every new trainer was taking him to the next level.:nut
Imo the only difference between then and now with Vlad is his ability to get involved in hugfests and stall fights till he's physically worn his smaller opponent down. Stylistically, pre Steward Wlad used to be a much better fighter to watch perform.
Better to watch, sure, but also more vulnerable. He leans back more now, his stance is better - and he knows how/when to hold :yep
.....and you can make an argurment that what you described was brought about by Wlad himself. The truth is that Steward is always in Wlad's case about not letting his hands go. Its a given in every fight that Steward will be in the corner looking frustrated and talking down to Wlad to let his hands go. "What are you waiting for, this guys is done." Steward has actually gone on record that he doe'snt think Wlad needs to be so conservative and hold on so much....... Its Wlad who either by not feeling confident in his stamina, chin, and likely both, turns in these borefests of fights that has HBO dropping Wlad and not showing his fights.