Wladimir Klitschko vs Ross Puritty

but losing to ross purity was a bit less forgivable then a legit former world champ like max..having said that....ross at his best was a big skilled dangerious dude.

 

Thats the best I've ever seen Vlad look IMO - what's with all the fast feet?? - the roll and weaving at the waist? - the busy punching style? - the not looking to grab after every one punch he throws? - this Vlad could be one of the greatest heavyweights ever IMO seriously I was mightily impressed with him here - which just makes he all the more a dissappointment to watch now - fast hands too?? What went wrong with him - I think he needs to stop using the juice and the protein shakes and get back down to 225/230 again so he can use what he's got like he used to be able to - unfortunately in this one he came a cropper - but he's got the added experience now so who knows? :happy

 

He was never beyond 8 rounds before and never had a fight scheduled for more than 10 rounds though. Fought like once a month. And his people got him in with a durable guy like Ross Purrity for his first 12 rounder expecting him to blast him out. Bad matchmaking and even worse preperation.

 

Vlad beat himself in that fight and that was part of his poor management, Why fight a durable fighter like Purity over 12 and not fight 10 at this stage of his career, also Vlad was selling tickets and lost weight not training, he was weak

 

And to think that Morrison had drew with Puritty, while being on the deck twice himself..

 

No the bottom line was that Wlad should have never lost to Purrity and Purrity was taken at the perfect time in his career, he just got exposed for not being in top condition and having problems with pressure. Guys like Mike Grant and Hasim Rahman were able to handle Purrity with less experience.

 

Kohl was a money-grubbing *******, and nothing else. For this reason, his star has faded as an promotor

 

Well realistically a fighter like Wlad with all his pedigree and experience should have been ready. Purritt was only going to be there for the distance he wasn't going to offer too much resistance. Wlads people would only have to search boxrecs to see that.
For some reason his trainer didn't teach him how to pace himself. It was entirely his fault. Wlad by no means was in over his head.

 

Wlad's corner did not help him much. Here we had a 22 year old kid fighting 12 rounds vs a very durable joruneyman. Wlad was a little ill, and at a low weight.

A trainer and corner man;s job is to know their fighter. Easing up in the mid rounds, not punching yourself out and going for the KO is what Wlad's corner should have told him. Wlad lost fair in square. Just saying if he had better corner people, I think he wins a UD.

 

Puritty is one of those guys with an underwhelming record but he's far more then the sum of his parts.

Not building him up as anything more then he was but playing devils advocate a bit.

I remember someone on here said he was a heavyweight Sven Ottke. Puritty certainly had a high and extremely tight guard. Certainly not a blessing against a young power puncher who was prone to panicking and gassing and who had yet learned to pace himself.