Valuev has continued to improve.

Valuev looked better in patches tonight. Anyone calling this fight a robbery is a ****ing ******.

 

Yes, he did slightly improve, but that's not enough. His biggest problem is that he's too slow and lacks power.

 

I agree, his jab looked sharp throughout the entire bout. His right hand got through quite a few times. His defence also improved significantly. If you watch their first fight, you'll frequently see Ruiz coming in and landing the right hand or even a combination (as did Donald), but during this fight, it was mostly right before/during a clinch that Johnny landed the spare punches he did.

I had it 116-113 Valuev. The point deduction was a bit of a surprise to me as he hadn't warned him for it the last four rounds or so. He also never said anything about Ruiz hitting on the break, which he did over and over.

 

True or any American who looses away from home must have been robbed:rofl

 

People are mad because you can not win close fights in Germany. After Donald, Ruiz I , he gets the nod again.

 

That was not much of an improvement to be honest.

Ruslan Chagaev would've picked him apart last night.

 

I also believe Chagaev would have TKO'd him late if he was in there against him, Valuev was really tired late and barely threw any punch worth mentioning.

 

A heavyweight championship fight is no time to be developing one's craft. Valuev gets no credit for that, although he did improve. The dude still fights like he doesn't have every statistical advantage in the book on his side. European heavyweights, I swear :-( (Sorry, Lennox). I just wanna scream at that dude like, "Look man you're 5 hundred and 40 pounds!!! Where the **** is your power???" He can learn a thing or two from Butterbean about how weight - when used effectively - generates power. At least it wasn't jab-n-grab. Ruiz got jobbed.

 

Some "highlights," if you will, for those "interested" . . . and I use both the terms "highlights" and "interested" very loosely.

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What's Wlad supposed to do? Knock every opponent out in the first
round? Wlad has been squaring off against top ten rated fighters
for years now and wiped the floor with them. His only subpar
performance was against the elusive southpaw and co-champion
Sultan who Wlad beat basically with his jab. He knocked senseless
two fellow giants in Austin and Thompson who both outweighed Wlad.
Wlad, by any standard, has been a dominant champion since
slaughtering Byrd. Before that he outboxed Peter. You're an
obvious hater and about Ruiz giving Wlad a tough fight. Dream on.

 

This is a great post. Boxing isn't about grab your opponent and leaning on him. If you want a grabbing contest watch MMA.

 

Effective clinching is a big part of the boxing game. McGrain is just
pointing out that a tall, huge fighter like Valuev is slowly but surely
learning how to use his height and weight advantage properly in the
clinches to wear down his opponents like other tall successful heavy's
have done in the past.