Pre-holding:
Getting beat down by the likes of Sanders and Brewster. His career was over.
'04 he hires Steward, who helps Wlad to learn to hold. One of the first fights they use it in is against Peter in '05. Wlad is still raw, hasn't mastered holding, hits the floor a few times, however the holding does just enough to get him through the fight and keep him from getting KTFO.
Next 2 years he fights guys with no KO power, Byrd, Brock, etc. mastering his illegal tactics.
This fight we see Wlad holding from rounds 1 to 10 before finally getting a point taken after getting warned 1000x, when it should've been MUCH earlier. The rules just don't apply to Wlad I guess. Wlad has 0 inside defense, it's pretty obvious. By the time he was warned, Jennings was too tired.
In b4 "Wlad will just let his hands go..." yes, that's how he used to fight and he got his ass beat doing it. He has no other defensive tactic, he didn't have one before, doesn't have one now.
Getting beat down by the likes of Sanders and Brewster. His career was over.
'04 he hires Steward, who helps Wlad to learn to hold. One of the first fights they use it in is against Peter in '05. Wlad is still raw, hasn't mastered holding, hits the floor a few times, however the holding does just enough to get him through the fight and keep him from getting KTFO.
Next 2 years he fights guys with no KO power, Byrd, Brock, etc. mastering his illegal tactics.
This fight we see Wlad holding from rounds 1 to 10 before finally getting a point taken after getting warned 1000x, when it should've been MUCH earlier. The rules just don't apply to Wlad I guess. Wlad has 0 inside defense, it's pretty obvious. By the time he was warned, Jennings was too tired.
In b4 "Wlad will just let his hands go..." yes, that's how he used to fight and he got his ass beat doing it. He has no other defensive tactic, he didn't have one before, doesn't have one now.
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