Someone help me out here with Wlads "pawing"

Was that really a jab Sultan was holding out there?

 

Definitely that's not illegal . . . that's just another way of deflecting punches. Wlad is so much bigger and Sultan's jabs were coming in too low so there's no other direction to deflect it but downwards.

 

I am a WBC qualified referee and Judge.

It is not illegal. its actually basic defense 101

 

definately not illegal. mainly the reason for the odd angle is the height difference.

when in a fight, it's a good idea to deflect shots or at least try to get through another fighters guard in order to score.

if wladimir tried to break sultans arm in a armlock then yeah, it's illegal.

 

It seemed overdone and pointless to me, Ibragimov's jab wasn't even close to reaching the target and Klitschko didn't accomplish much off of it.

 

What it does is stops Sultan setting his weight on his back foot after the jab in order to throw a powerful effective shot with his left.

The paw down keeps the weight on the front foot and totally nullifies the left

 

I was employed by the WBC....not anymore. Not willing to be what you just said is the main reason i am not employed anymore.

 

Yeah pointless to you . . . not to Wlad.

You know what Wlad is doing? He is removing Sultan's to rythm to throw combo's and creating an opening for himself throw his counter.

 

It effectively discouraged Sultan from throwing hardly any jabs at all. I believe Sultan was credited with 16 jabs that actually landed.

 

Illegal

 

Some would call it flawless boxing. Not nec. exciting boxing though..............

 

Ignorant