Ola Afolabi says Wlad is discriminated against in the US because of where he's from

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  1. iuiubibi

    iuiubibi Member Full Member

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    That's not a good thing. What a disgraceful performance by both fighters. Probably lost boxing some fans.
     
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  2. Joe_MacKenzie

    Joe_MacKenzie Boxing Addict banned

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    You should try to be more like Ola Afolabi: be fair and judge boxers by their ability.
     
    Joe_MacKenzie, Feb 10, 2012
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  3. iuiubibi

    iuiubibi Member Full Member

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    Holding a 3 inch 20lb weight advantage over most of it opponents who are often overweight cruisers and fighting like a *****. Nah
     
    iuiubibi, Feb 10, 2012
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  4. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Are you suggesting that countries show favoritism to fighters that are home based.
    Outrageous!
     
    Scotty321, Feb 10, 2012
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  5. Joe_MacKenzie

    Joe_MacKenzie Boxing Addict banned

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    Let's not forget Wlad had over 95% of his amateur fights in the "under 200" category.

    Many of Wlad's opponents were bigger than himself, especially when he was a slender young guy in his early 20s:

    Wlad's record:

    [url]http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=7035&cat=boxer[/url]

    Many of Wlad's opponents WEIGHED MORE THAN HE DID:

    Thompson

    Rahman

    Austin

    Jefferson

    Moli

    McCline

    Koch

    Shaheed

    Purrity

    Pannell

    Dixon

    LaRosa

    McIntyre

    Botowamungu

    Martin x 2

    Monroe x 2

    Wolfgramme

    G. Williamson

    Maciel

    For those 21 fights and a few others Wlad's opponents were bigger than he is. Frans Botha weighed exactly the same. About ten others were very close to the same weight...

    Wlad has excellent boxing skills. If size was all that mattered, then the top heavyweights would be Marcellus Brown, Julius Long, Nicolay Valuev, Evgeny Orlov, and Tye Fields. All these men are bigger than Wladimir, but none of them are close to his athleticism.

    Lennox Lewis was about the same size as Wlad, in fact had a longer reach at 84" to Wlad's 81" and longer arms 29.5" to Wlad's 26".
     
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  6. Kissan

    Kissan I respect box Full Member

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    It's kinda funny that the Klitschkos are too tall and big and stuff, but Lewis was almost as tall, as heavy and had a longer reach.
     
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  7. Vladimir23

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    Many of Wlad's victims were the same height or taller than himself:

    KO 2 Ray Austin 6'7" 247 lbs

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4cX1ULkW0[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF8dcFvMEJs[/ame]



    KO 11 Tony Thompson 6'6" 247 lbs

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R4o2mi63AY[/ame]
     
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  8. Vladimir23

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    KO 2 Derrick Jefferson 6'6" 260 lbs

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuH0UMpN9Pc[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoUxBBq2n0g[/ame]



    TKO 10 Jameel McCline 6'7" 263 lbs

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4LJxv5WdQk[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NndZxgN__SI[/ame]
     
    Vladimir23, Feb 10, 2012
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  9. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, but Lewis wasnt "winning while white".:yep
     
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  10. jisi

    jisi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He is absolut right.
     
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  11. KINGOFTHE1ROUND

    KINGOFTHE1ROUND Guest

    This is bull****. I dont hate Wlad. I like him and he is the champ but we are all bored with him. Half the boxers I like dont speak good English. I rooted for Sam Peter at one point.
    Tyson with his helium voice? Tua? Please! Americans are bored with Wlad's style and his glass chin and his in denial fans.
     
    KINGOFTHE1ROUND, Feb 10, 2012
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  12. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    discriminated?
     
    bballchump11, Feb 10, 2012
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  13. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Majority of US boxing fans are low-income blacks and latinos. They resent slick white fighters.
     
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  14. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    theres just no big time market here like there was......too much other **** to watch, too many big fights end ****ed up and people feel ripped off, the average person thinks boxing is corrupt and whenever a mainstream fight does come on, you can guarantee a **** poor decision for the average sports fan watching...while the average boxing fan is just used to it
     
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  15. iuiubibi

    iuiubibi Member Full Member

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    Yeah we hate sergio Martinez. ****ing eurofags.:lol:
     
    iuiubibi, Feb 10, 2012
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