Originally posted by yoz
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"Wladimir was always a coward at heart" true or false?
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That's false. He fought with the same style that got him to be the most dominant heavyweight of his era, he just met his match stylistically and physically.
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Boxing fans have such a hard time talking about the grey area in the sport. To too many fans you are either the best or a bum. You are brave or a coward. You'll fight anyone or cherry pick. You are "the" champ or a paper champ. There is no in between. The simple boring reality is Klitschko was 2nd best last night.
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Originally posted by El-blanco View PostGood post. Ten plus years ago he was a great offensive fighter. I remember the first time I saw him I was blown away that a guy his size had that type of arsenal. He's neglected about 75% of his offence in order to win in a really ugly fashion. He had the ability to change the fight last night, he just refused to Entertain the idea. He's had a great run but I'm glad he lost. The only way for him to beat fury is to fight like he did in the 12th, if he's not willing to do that, he should just retire.
By the time the bell rang to close the twelfth round of the Ibrahimov fight he'd lost me as a fan. The realisation that there wasn't going to be another phase in his development was that disappointing and his conduct and performance in the ring was so poor that that was me. I was out. Other than the odd round I didn't watch him again until he fought David Haye three years later.
To give him his dues I felt that that was a comparatively good performance so in hope I started to watch his fights again. I didn't spring eternal. At one point I found myself thinking that at some point I'll be sat on my death bed rueing the fact that I'd wasted so many hours of life watching this man.
I'd like him to go out with some dignity but like you say if he's not willing to do that then I'd also prefer that he just stays away.
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