Wlad's Excuses For His Ko Loss To Brewster

Wladimir Klitschko was stopped by Lamon Brewster on the 10h of April 2007.
After the fight Wlad said that :
1.He had been drugged.
2.He was suffering from an unusually high blood sugar count.
3.His cut man, Joe Souza had applied too much Vaseline to his body and," trapped body heat in".Souza was subsequently fired.
4.Wlad's post fight lab samples were deliberately lost to cover up a conspiracy for him to lose.

On May 3rd Wlad hired attorney Judd Burstein 2 days later Burstein demanded a federal investigation into the fight.

Wlad then released a public statement saying:
" I have thought long and hard about requesting an investigation because I am concerned that the public and particularly my fans will see me as making excuses instead of taking responsibility for my loss."

Burstein made the following statement in a letter to the US Attorney.
"Mr Klitschko has confirmed that his head was completely clear after the Brewster fight
yet he could not speak or move his body with ease.
It is also important to note that Mr Klitschko's blood sugar level after the fight was 230,almost twice the normal level.Medical experts have confirmed that such an elevated count may well indicate that Mr Klitschko was given a foreign substance." Dr Margaret Goodman is/was the Chairwoman of the Nevada State AC 's Medical Advisory Board ,and the state's chief ringside physician.
She examined Wlad immediately after the stoppage and this is he account of it.
" When I got to the ring Wladimir initially seemed alert and responsive, but then,back in the corner, he began to exhibit changes.He seemed increasingly lethargic and within a few minutes became increasingly less responsive to questioning."
Dr Goodman ascribed to this," transitory loss of consciousness". In his letter to the US Attorney Burstein had claimed Wlad's pupils were dilated, Dr Goodman says," there was an inequality in the pupils". " My immediate concern was that there might be cerebral injury-either bleeding or swelling on the brain,or possibly he had been hit directly in the eye".
Dr Goodman instructed that Wlad be taken to the trauma centre at the University Medical Centre in Las Vegas. During the trip Wlad was fitted with an IV, a standard precautionary procedure,in the ambulance with Wlad was his brother ,trainer and a neurologist it has not been possible to ascertain whether the IV contained glucose. but if it did it might account for Wlad's high blood sugar count.
At the hospital ,aftera full battry of tests Wlad's pupil inequality issue resolved itself and Dr Goodman's initial diagnosis Grade 3 concussion was confirmed.Because of the concussion attending physicians asked Wlad to stay overnight ,but after signing release form that he was doing so against medical advice, he checked out. The next morning Wlad and his team had an independent blood test done and everything was found to be normal ,including the sugar blood count.They then requested the original samples taken by the UMC and were given the appropriate contact numbers and instructions for the protocol necessary in securing them.The information was provided several times over the next few days, but neither Wlad or his team followed up on it.Since the samples were normal the standard procedure is that they are kept for a maximum of 10 days and then disposed of ,this was done. Burstein evidently saw this as evidence of a conspiracy.The independent laboratory that Wlad had conduct over a 100 tests on him including toxicology scan on his trunks, found no abnormalities.
The only remotely irregular result was the high blood sugar one after the cat scan and this was resolved by the following morning . It was felt that the IV administered in the ambulance is the most likely cause of this reading.
In response to Burstein's public letter of the events ,[which made Wlad's patient confidentiality void,]Dr Goodman stated," how come all the screens have been normal and nothing has come up?"
Noting that Wlad had nearly knocked Brewster out in the 4th rd,Dr Goodman said," how coulda drug be that transient? Why wouldn't the tests be more abnormal? How come nothing is showing anything?"

My apologies for the long-winded spiel but I think it's important to lay all the details out.

In contrast to Wlad's accusations of drugs being administered pre fight and a concerted post fight cover up,we have Lamon Brewster's reaction to his loss to Wlad in their second fight was as follows.

"He was the better man tonight. I did my best. I felt prepared but he won fair and square," Brewster said.

"Buddy said I was taking too many shots and was thinking of stopping the fight," said Brewster, who'd shaved his thick, full beard for the fight. "He said 'I love you, I love you.' And I said whatever he thought was the best decision. You can't see yourself from where you are. Buddy decided to stop the fight".
Brewster was under medical suspension in the US at that time having suffered adetached retina against Siarhie Liakhovic 15 months earlier.

No excuses for his loss from him.

 

Me too.