Vlad Klitchsko v Brewster 1

Nah. Wlad got unusually gassed for that fight. Maybe not pacing himself correctly... thinking he could or would stop Brewster, or the psychological toll of facing immense pressure coming right back from such a bad KO loss like Sanders, or maybe something else, idk.

But it wasn't purely because of anything Brewster was doing, imo.

I rewatched that fight a few weeks ago and theres little doubt in my mind that something was wrong with Wlad in that fight, either mentally or physically.

That's not your typical exhaustion and imo its quite obvious.

 

Personally I don't think hes gassed like that before. You could see as early as round, what... 3? That he was fading. That's just not normal for an athlete like Wlad imo. Its not like it was round 9 or 10. Has he gassed before, yes. But to me, watching it, and seeing the signs of him gassing (at least imo) as early as he was, given the action that was taking place, is just not normal. Some of his mannerisms while being gassed are also not normal given the output involved. the way he crawls back to his corner and is none responsive is just not your typical fatigue, (this is all just imo, who am I to say for sure) for such a good athlete to experience in that small a time frame.

Before I rewatched the fight a few weeks ago and going almost entirely from memory of the night I figured it was down to some sort of mental breakdown? Perhaps being its his first fight back from being KO'd. That's really the only explanation I can think of. A mini panic attack in the ring?

I just don't know though, whos to say. All I know is that in my opinion, its not a normal situation....

That Wlad, had he gassed like that in tough situations, would have gassed and been KO'd by Peter in their first fight, clinching or no clinching.



On a side note, before I rewatched it again I had forgotten that Wlad also did some atrocious holding in the beginning of the Brewster fight as well. I think that was the first fight where he began the use of excessive grabbing and leaning.

 

Puritty : Was taken into 'deep waters' due to his opponent absorbing all punishment, Wlad gassed.... got stopped. Similar to Hayes first loss imo.

Sanders : Didn't deal with Sanders size, speed, power and southpaw stance well at all. I think Sanders gives any wlad problems.

Brewster : Mental collapse? Panic attack? Didn't pace himself? Relentless attacker with a very big punch attacking body and head. Maybe started with a mental breakdown, which compounded and made worse his physical gassing, then add a relentless power puncher on top of it and its a bad night.



all just imo.


Let me know what you think after you watch them. :good