How upset were you when Wlad fought Leapai?

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  1. CHEF

    CHEF Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In all fairness I dont think fans have the right to ***** about matchups. The **** I have seen behind closed doors is amazing. guys try and make fight and they just cant get made.:deal

    Who knows what PBF was trying to do or how this fight came about. haters will hate no matter what a fighter does.:deal

    Just IMO it was nothing like Wlad Leapai:good
     
    CHEF, Jul 15, 2015
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  2. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    The point is Wlad took a soft touch, Ali took soft touches at the end of hsi career, I'm not singling out Wlad, it's just a recent example.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 15, 2015
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  3. madballster

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    Why don't you tell me Wlad was so eager to fight Leapai as you claim? A total nobody, zero drawing power, who took a guaranteed 20% purse in a mandatory defense!

    Wlad would have never considered Leapai if it wasn't for the WBO forcing his hand.
     
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  4. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    :good
    i understand what you're saiyng, it's just my opinion that he could have avoided the fight if he truly wanted to, and the fact that they're both soft touches is what makes it similar.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 15, 2015
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  5. CHEF

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    100% true. Like i said, it was a hard sell in germany. Not a big name at all
     
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  6. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    when did I say he was so eager?

    it was a soft touch, even great champs deserve soft touches once in a while.
     
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  7. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I wasn't thrilled.
     
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  8. madballster

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    Wlad has said numerous times he won't risk losing a belt in a court room or at the negotating table. He will honor all mandatory defenses, no matter how undeserving the opponent.

    So you have to agree you brought up a really really really bad example to compare to the situation of Floyd vs. Berto. Floyd doesn't care about belts or mandatories. Wlad does.

    You should have simply picked another fight, Wlad vs Leapai just doesn't work here to prove your point.
     
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  9. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    :good keeping it real cst, you usually tell it how it is unless it's wlad/kovalev so major props for being honest.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 15, 2015
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  10. CST80

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    I wasn't thrilled with Jennings either.
     
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  11. madballster

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    Lennox Lewis - at the end of his career - was trying to fight Kirk Johnson in his goodbye fight in 2003. That was a voluntary defense. That was at the end of a HOF career. That was a soft touch.

    That would have been a better comparison :deal
     
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  12. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nope, it's not a bad example, because there's less than a 1% chance that he would lose the belt. Also how is it possible for him to honor all mandos, if he has 4 belts, and you're required to defend your mando every 8-9 months? He obviously hasnt.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 15, 2015
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  13. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Jennings wasn't terrible. Compared to the guys Floyd fights he is, but Jennings is a top heavyweight.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 15, 2015
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  14. The Mongoose

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    I cried.
     
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  15. CST80

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    A f*** of a lot better than Leapai.:lol:
     
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