Wlad vs Povetkin clinch stats!

Great fighters are sometimes totally unappreciated in their time.

When we look back at the people who prayed for a great white hope to beat Jack Johnson we want to shake them and say “You were lucky enough to be in the presence of a great champion. Were you happier when Tommy Burns was conducting his 17th title defence against Squires?”.

What Wlad has done for the sport is unify the titles, and give us a single heavyweight who is unequivocally the best in the world. People often forget the importance of that. I don’t know who you think will take over the division when he retires, or what will happen to the titles, but if it happens any time soon then you will be begging him to come back!

 

I am glad you have done this. The numbers really present to us how bad it is. Now I wouldn't mind if the clinching lead to something, tiring his opponent down and changing his approach later on in the fight. Lewis and Ali clinched, I don't think as much, but then they would turn on their killer instinct. Wlad had no intention of hurting Povetkin. Povetkin didn't look like he was even posing a legitimate threat.

Let's compare this to Martinez vs Chavez Jr. Now I know it's unfair to compare because with heavyweights it can be over in just one shot. However, when Martinez was stunned, dropped and injured (his leg), he still refused to clinch against a guy who had around 18lbs and 3" on him.

If you're not going to put yourself on the line, then don't be surprised not to gain the respect from your spectators.

I'm not bashing the sweet science here, I'm bashing clinching.

 

There really is no excuse for this performance other than the fact that Wlad cannot box for ****.

You try spin it whatever way you want, the fact is Wlad and his team went into this fight with no intention of boxing for the simple fact the chances of getting knocked out played to heavily on their minds.

Bashir stated in an interview that the plan was to get through the fight by whatever means necessary and look good in the next one.

People say Wlad will become an ATG but he never possessed the quality's of a great fighter in his life.

Povetkin was one of the most significant fights of his career and it was won in a display of non boxing by way of corrupted officials.
A guy who is afraid to box and who has his fights fixed so he can avoid a fight in the ring is NOT an ATG.

Wlad has took this noble art and sweet science that is rich in history and shamed it. When he's gone he's gone because nobody will remember such an uninspiring champion.

 

So who is going to succeed him as champion and why?

Then how will they be better for the division?

You see my point?

 

So you just want to see an individual as a champion and it doesn't matter who or how he fights, just as long as he keeps winning.

Thats what you have been saying for a while now and its a load of bullox.

Wlad is a cash cow in Germany where he puts on a big event for Germans who know **** about the sport and just turn up to see a spectacle.

He will not be allowed lose just like Ottke before him and where is Ottke now? Forgotten.

 

Wlad is not the only one to blame here.
Yeah, he made a point of not taking a single shot. But when Povetkin was walking straight at him and started taking Wlad's jabs, he started bending.

In such a way Wlad only could cilnch, cause the trajectory was not comfortable for him. He even tried to do some uppercots, which he never does. But even then he had to bend low himself.

That's Povetkin's style to bend and go straight into his opponents. So Wlad did what was necessary.

MY OPINION.

 

I notice that you do not answer either of my questions.

My point is that we have a dominant unified champion, and what replaces him is likley to be seriously bad, like as bad as it has ever been.

 

Somebody should of told Foreman all he had to do was bear hug and jump all over Frazier's back.

Why did he even bother to display the skills and passion of an ATG fighter.atsch:nut

 

You don't get it do you? Wlad imo and many other is the worst HW champ that ever existed.
How the hell am I meant to know who is going to come along in the future?

It can't be any worse than it is now.