7:13 in Robert Byrd warns Waldo to stop holding. Then warns him again soon after about leaning. [yt]kO6sSV2amBQ[/yt] Opening moments Byrd warns Waldo to stop leaning on him. Fourth time Waldo has drawn a warning for something illegal. Only 3rd round. 35 seconds to go in round 3 Byrd leans in and warns Waldo again. Is constantly warning him about leaning and holding. Waldo being limited on his holding looks exhausted. [yt]u76XeY2ZhcU&feature=related[/yt] Round 4 Byrd immediately warns him for pushing again. Waldo then expends himself trying to end the fight in that round. Notice he was already exhausted early. Byrd warns Waldo again in the 5th, this time to keep his punches up. Now Waldo is extremely exhausted. Brewster turns it up and stops him. [yt]d5Lf_wXLPkg[/yt] Pretty clear to anyone who has seen this fight by now that Waldo couldn't handle the pressure when restricted on his fouls. Punched himself out trying to end the fight without having to go the distance. Brewster barely hit him with any punches and stopped him. And Brewster is not an elite fighter. Had Robert Byrd reffed Klitschko-Peter, Sam would have won that fight. I have no doubts about it.
Peter is going to get beat to a pulp by Vitali Klitschko. He is a flat footed stationary target and will eat punch after punch until he can't take anymore.
When did this thread turn into the special ed thread? Comparing rabbit punching to clinching? For ****'s sake, if clinching was so outrageous, John Ruiz would've been banned for boxing.
John Ruiz SHOULD be banned from boxing. Who would argue against that aside from a select group of people?
I can't take you morons seriously. It's really amazing how you'd rather see Sam Peter banned before John "El Squeeze" Ruiz.
Like Mike Tyson once said during an interview, when asked about how his anger and rage can hurt him during the match, Mike's reply "It's a fight". Peter is not the most gifted fighter in the world, that is obvious to most viewers, but he does bring with him the anger, toughness, and power, the division is severely lacking. As far as the illegal punches, there overrated, even Manny said Sam's punches are fine and that there not illegal. We all remember Big George in his younger days, he was a wild puncher himself at times, he hit fighters with rabbit punches, because he was powerful, fighters would turn there back or put there head down to avoid his onslaught, which is a similiar thing Peter's oppenents do. I'm saying Peter's a saint, but in any contact sport fouls will occur, sometimes intentional, sometimes not. It's up to the ref to decipher which is which, I have only seen Peter taken points away on two occasions, one against Peter, and a couple against Diaz. Peter is not as bad as some make him out to be, no worse than Holyfield or Tyson.
Absolutely. Although Ruiz is boring, and the refs should perhaps start to deduct points his holding, the difference is that rabbit punches are dangerous, people's lives have been ruined! For all the Peter fans: before you approve of what he does, think of Gerald McClellan. Do you really want to see that happen to another fighter? Peter's rabbit punching has to be stopped.
If you watch the Klitschko fight though Peter hits him on the back of the head because he keeps turning around. What is Peter supposed to do? Can you just turn your back to avoid getting hit?
No, you must protect yourself at all times, if not just drop to the canvas and stay there. Noone said **** when Hagler dropped Hearns with a punch behind the head, or when Foreman did it to Frazier, because if a guy purposely turns his back to avoid your punches, it means he had enough, and the ref should stop the fight right there if thats the case.
The prob is when he throws his over hand right and a guy leans forward the punch ends up on the back of the head. I don't think he does intentionally it's just the way the punches end up. One thing I do like about Peter is his killer instinct, when he smells blood he goes after it, it was a good finish for him stopping Oleg. I also like the fact he wants to fight the best, he wants Wlad or Vitali which is great considering he now has a belt to lose. I don't see chagaev calling out anyone else out with a belt. Peter vs W or V will be the biggest HW fight in years.
H most threads seem to turn into special ed threads around here. You're being too logical. You can not have an honest debate w/the Wlad haters or Sammy huggers around here :verysad Fuhgetaboutit How many times do you have to remind these idjuts that Ali clinched like a maniac - often against smaller or similar sized opponents. Makes no difference to loons that want to impose double standards.
Turning your back excessively is grounds for disqualification. If Randy Newman wasn't a spectator in official clothing Waldo would have either expended himself midway or been DQ'd.