Will the Wlad fans be getting sad again?

[beez721]

The only reason Briggs won a belt is because Liakhovich decided to get ****** in the 12th round. All he had to do was run and he would have beaten Briggs on points in one of the worst heavyweight "title" fights in the history of the division. The notion that Briggs has an advantage of any kind against Klitschko is quite comical. All Klitschko has to do is pressure him a bit for 3 rounds and Briggs will collapse from exhaustion. The only possible way Briggs wins is if Klitschko gives it away as did Liakhovich.

I agree about briggs and it blows me away at how many people think sultan is an easy win for him. sure sultan looked awful in his last fight but jesus look at briggs career and his performances

[potatoes]

I agree about briggs and it blows me away at how many people think sultan is an easy win for him. sure sultan looked awful in his last fight but jesus look at briggs career and his performances

Just look at his last performance, that was one of the worst. Just because Briggs got lucky in the 12th, doesn't make the other 11 rounds any better. After that obscene spectacle he should have been apologizing to the fans, but instead he claims the fight went according to plan!

[TheFairPole]

I agree about briggs and it blows me away at how many people think sultan is an easy win for him. sure sultan looked awful in his last fight but jesus look at briggs career and his performances

You mean his fight before last!

[GunStar]

Some years ago, Wladimir Klitschko was regarded as the real thing and supposed to defeat Lennox Lewis in a highly-anticipated match. Only few expected Corrie Sanders to make quick way of Dr. Steelhammer by flooring him four times in about four minutes, exposing one, or some, of Klitschko's weaknesses.
Lamon Brewster defeated Wlad some time later in different fashion: out-lasting and out-gutting the Ukranian - many people forget he was already under Steward's guidance at that point.
Anyway, it seems he is redeeming himself and getting back to the position as depicted above. But has something really changed? I don't think so.
Against limited opposition, he looks very strong and even superior to some extent, but when things are not going his way, he is still in trouble.
Let's have a look at Klitschko's recent opponents: Samuel Peter, Chris Byrd, Calvin Brock and Ray Austin.
Peter, at that particular point, was green, basically inexperienced but still managed to give him hell, flooring him three times and almost stopping him in the tenth round had not the bell saved Klitschko. People tend to say two knockdowns happened due to illegal blows, which I completely disagree with. Had Wlad not turned around, away from the danger zone, those punches would not have landed somewhere near the back of the head.
Byrd does not have the tools neccessary to seriously trouble the giant as had been on the decline for years: power and size. He was forced to play his game and got toyed with.
Calvin Brock had also very little chances because of his questionable chin, little size and limited power. Similar thing with Austin (size aside).
What his opponents need to realize is that it's somewhat ****** to play Klitschko's game: they try to out-box him, but there is no point trying to out-box a huge guy with fast hands.
In order to beat him, you have to make use of brute force, break his bones and make him panic again.
In my personal opinion, Klitschko is very lucky at this point, but once he faces someone like Shannon Briggs or Samuel Peter again, we will get to see the flaws are still there and nothing has actually changed.

I agree with this post, Wlad has not been touched in his last 3 fights against, Byrd, Brock and Austin. When a guy that hits like Wlad he does have a chance winning every fight, just with his power, also with Wlad he can lose any fight if he gets hit clean!

My friend is a big Wlad fan and everytime he watches Wlad fight, he almost pisses in his pants, I was watching the Austin fight with him, I told him man calm the **** down, Wlad will knock this guy out in 1 round, will it happened in 2, so I was pretty close with my pick, because I knew Austion is ****!

I wish I had a tape of my friend during this fight, he sounded all nervous, he was almost shaking!

[neils7147933]

Brock never had a questionable chin til Wlad broke it.

But yes, there is plenty reason to believe Wlad will have problems again in the future. He is not been cured of his ailes. Peter will give him another good fight if they do it again.

McCline's KD of Brock was enough to KO most fighters...

[beez721]

I agree with this post, Wlad has not been touched in his last 3 fights against, Byrd, Brock and Austin. When a guy that hits like Wlad he does have a chance winning every fight, just with his power, also with Wlad he can lose any fight if he gets hit clean!

My friend is a big Wlad fan and everytime he watches Wlad fight, he almost pisses in his pants, I was watching the Austin fight with him, I told him man calm the **** down, Wlad will knock this guy out in 1 round, will it happened in 2, so I was pretty close with my pick, because I knew Austion is ****!

I wish I had a tape of my friend during this fight, he sounded all nervous, he was almost shaking!

yea,,,thats one reason wlad is one of my fav fighters. there's always plenty of drama. he has one punch power in either hand yet still vulnerable himself so there's no blinking or you may miss something and yes his fights will always be nerve racking to watch if you want to see him win or lose