POLL: Wladimir Klitschko's resume....

I'm a fan of Tyson, Holyfield & Golota too

 

OK you seem like a reasonable man so I'll give you a reasonable response.

Lewis lost twice in his whole career, and yes he looked bad in those losses - the first McCall loss I think was a VERY bad stoppage influenced by Don King who had very obviously bought the ref.

The second loss no-one could argue about, Lewis was 34-35 years old and took the guy for granted, Lewis's own stupid damn fault.

Now lets deal with WALDS losses (in my opinioni)

Purrity - Same as Lewis V Rahman.....took the guy too lightly, ran out of steam and lost due to stamina issues, same as Haye V Thompson and similarities with Lewis V Rahman only Purrity didn't punch so hard. I can (and have) excuse WALD for that.

Sanders - old guy, not a real contender in his prime yet comes back and KO's WALD with ease, why? struggle with this, WALD just seems to be vulnerable to left hooks, does he not?

Brewster (see above remarks, WALD cannot defend a left hook effectively....sorry to all the fanboys that think it was down to stamina/vaseline/CIA/little green men etc, WALD lost to a big left hook - AGAIN.

Since then WALD has carved some kind of a path through the HW division, and yes he's avenged one loss but he hasn't exactly impressed, he's a very timid fighter who obviously knows that his chin isn't stellar.

Maybe he'll prove me wrong in the next 10 fights but I doubt it.

 

One can appreciate them, and root for them, w/o being a total fanboy. Works for me.

 

Apparently Tony Thompson is the man they're talking about next. I haven't seen Thompson fight, and from what it looks like, he's 36 years and doesn't have that many big wins. Still, he's a rather large hard hitting south paw with a fair amount of experience and has never been knocked out. Could be somewhat of deadly cocktail for Wlad. Nevertheless, Wlad is heavily favored and probably should be, but I think it will be interesting to see how he approaches another southpaw, and especially after taking a fair amount of criticism for his last performance.

 

Grunt grunt.....

 

No frickin' way. Sanders didn't hit Wlad with hooks, those were straight left hands from a southpaw, Sanders landed his money punch. The equivalent of Wlad's own right hands landed squarely on his jaw & chin yet he still got up. That shows heart to me at least.

 

I agree with this post.

I'd like to see how Wlad comes out against another southpaw with some power & one who's never been KO'd - yet anyway.

 

At this point it's not Wlad vs. Lewis talk yet, Wlad still has a ways to go to be mentioned in the same breath IMO.

If Wlad can unify what Lewis helped to fragment, then he'll have a case for ATG great status over Lewis IMO.

 

The first knock down was an angled left, not straight, though it isnt strictly a 'left hook' when thrown from the southpaw stance. Wlad is a sucka for that punch, having a tendency to jerk his head straight back when engaged.

 

I've never taken the time to watch one of Thompson's fights. How does he look in the ring, and what are your thoughts on him?

 

I suggest you watch this...

No hooks, really????????

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You've got to give it to WK, he was still up on his feet straight after the 4th KD :good