Wladimir Klitschko: a boxing angel?

He is a good role model, a skilled big heavyweight, clearly the man in the heavyweight division but his style is soooooo frustrating to watch especially when you consider that he could probably blow out half the division out in one go.

But i guess this is boxing, i won't judge a fighter for being a safety first fighter especially if he is making the money wlad makes.

 

He shits like a regular

 

he's pretty good. no one seems to be able to beat him or even come close.
he put his college degree to use and uses his head on hit and not be hit.

 

he seems like a decent person...not someone i would pick as a role model. as a boxer he's fortunate to be around during the absolute weakest era ever in heavyweight boxing...and still got Ko'd by purrity, corey sanders and lamon brewster, got bashed around like a rag doll against ole sam peter and had to be rescued against davarryl williamson...he's a garbage fighter.

 

maybe you missed the part where he redefined himself after getting destroyed twice...and then made his comeback against sam peter, who was the most notorious puncher in the division at the time
i'll never understand how anyone can belittle a man who gets KO'd in the worst possible way, but manages to redefine himself, change his fighting style, and become EASILY the best HW of his era

 

I'd say that for how bad he has been treated, he's even too good and kind. The major reason for his style is the two losses he has suffered and that could have been easily avoided just playing a little more carefully.

 

People said the same about Louis, Marciano, Tyson and Holmes when they were champions. History will look kindly upon Wlad.

 

:-(

 

hope so, because history will also see him as the first 'dominant' champ to run in fear from a 38 year old retiree no-hoper who destroyed him a few months earlier.
history NEEDS to be kind to that level of ability and acknowledge that wouldn't happen to Louis, Marciano or holmes in their wildest dreams.

history will also respect him for being part of the same family that shared HW titles between them, though, thats unique and very impressive, dimmed by the history of their abject tag teaming.


A decent image is also valued, not just in this day and age where style supercedes substance, but its good for boxing's image to non fans.

 

you mean if he'd fought more people below the ability of a 37 year old finished never-hoper?

I am not sure you could get away with watering down a world title to below subnational level that much even to his most zealous fans.

 

For a big number of Brits and Americans Wlad is the devil incarnate rather than an angel :!:

He denied those two nations from getting a champion for a decade and single handedly prevented a golden HW era.

 

True, just to know if there's not another good American heavyweight for the next 50 years, is the division going to be classed as being on a 65 year all time time low?

 

yes, instead he single handedly handed a 37 year old subnational retiree his title.

didn't singlehandedly win it back though. he didn't win it back from him at all.

brits don't even get world champions at hw hardly ever, they stop themselves getting them, no help needed there. lennox and Bruno were the first in almost a century, and Hide, lets not mention his wbogus title.