Bait and switch. There is no doubt in my mind, none what-so-ever, that there is already a deal in place to fight DEONTAY WILDER.
Fixed fight. Ref looked to have a gun to his head to stop the fight. Olubowale was pushing his punches all night, and didn't even go after Ruddock at the start of the 5th, altough Ruddock looked completely done after going down late in the 4th.
Perhaps Wlad should fight Razor Rudduck instead of Shannon Briggs. Wilder could Rudduck instead of fat bums that didn't train for the fight like Jason Gavern. They both wanna continue ducking Tyson Fury to be honest.
The real target of the Wilder camp, is Mike Tyson. By beating Ruddock, Wilder will then claim he beat Ruddock much more convincingly than Mike Tyson did and then call Tyson out.
I was there last night. Kind of sad to see. Olubowale was in control most of the fight - even though much of the fight was in a slow lumbering speed. Good bodyshots by Olubowale. Ruddock downed in a previous round. From the looks of it, I didn`t think it would go past round three. Ruddock landed a flush left uppercut, which didn`t seem to hurt OLubowale, but definitely threw off his rythm and back him up, then followed up with a hook that put him down. The ref counted to 6, then waived the fight off. Which was way too early. Sure Olubowale got caught, but he had plenty of chance to recover. The same way the Ruddock was counted and allowed to continue from his knockdown. The crowd knew it was way too early. But many were just happy to see Ruddock win at 51. Again, i`m glad to have seen one of the greats from my childhood fight again. But indeed, it wasn`t easy to watch. I feel bad for Olubowale. He`s reffed some of my amateur fights and feel like he got a raw deal. Although, who`s to say the ref had an agenda. Maybe he was just being overly cautious considering the age of both fighters. Although, he clearly didn`t give Olubowale (someone he knows as an acquaintance) the same chance given to Ruddock.
The referee did everything right,he was out of breath and was badly hurt.His legs were shaking badly after knockdown.Do you realy think this was bad stoppage? This content is protected .