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some great incite into how manny and wladimir are taking the "lackluster" performance. here are a few quotes from the article/interview:
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It was 4 AM on Saturday evening. It was actually Sunday morning, technically, but for Wladimir Klitschko it was Saturday night still. He was still up, still wound up, still wounded from hearing the boos at Madison Square Garden.
The true nature of his performance had set in, and the Ukrainian was none too pleased. He reached out to trainer Emanuel Steward, who had firmly exhorted him before the twelfth and final round of his consolidation fight to close the show, put a firm stamp on the evening, make up for the long pockets of inaction with a fiery climax.
I’m disappointed in myself, he told Manny. I should have pressed Sultan more, should have leapt on him more often, and not been so respectful of his counterpunching abilities. I’m sorry, Wlad said in so many words to his trainer and confidante................
Steward told TSS that he ended up consoling his skilled, but psychologically complex client. He told him that Ibragimov was in fact a tricky foe, hard to hit, with a tough style to decipher. Better luck next time, champ, we’ll learn from this one, Steward told him.
So, give Wlad a grade, Manny. Fire away.
“It’s not as bad as I thought,” he told TSS Sunday. “I looked at it, put it in perspective. Sultan was very hard to fight, he’d lean way back, lean his head back.”
Steward admits that he was frustrated on Saturday. The Kronk way is to press the issue, make your own openings, don’t wait for them to appear. But Manny accepts that the cerebral sportsman is what he is. He cannot be radically overhauled to be a rapid onset destroyer. Wlad sensed his disappointment, and late last night and then again Sunday morning, told Manny that he know she could have done more, and been better. “He knew I was upset,” Steward said.
“I’d hate to be the next guy Wladimir fights,” Steward said. “Because he’s going to be overly aggressive.”
So, let’s get this straight. Wlad’s not on Cloud Nine, not content that he won, even if the means to the end weren’t gripping. He understands that the reviews are in, and most are not kind?
“Oh, no, he’s not on Cloud Nine,” he said. “That’s a thing I like about him. He’s down on himself.”
Klitschko, Steward said, would like to have a mouthwash fight, get the bitter taste out of his mouth ASAP.
“Yes, he’s very disappointed,” Steward hammered home. “So much so that I’m now telling him, ‘It’s not that bad.’”
So who’s next?
Steward would like a non-cutie, preferably a righty. Hello, Alex Povetkin, IBF No. 1 challenger.
“We’d take that one if it could be made, tomorrow,” he said.
Tony Thompson is in line for a WBO mandatory, but that could likely be put off for awhile.
“I’d like a guy we can look good against, even if there is a bigger chance of losing,” the trainer said.
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great article with some really inciteful quotes. next fight should be exciting.
some great incite into how manny and wladimir are taking the "lackluster" performance. here are a few quotes from the article/interview:
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It was 4 AM on Saturday evening. It was actually Sunday morning, technically, but for Wladimir Klitschko it was Saturday night still. He was still up, still wound up, still wounded from hearing the boos at Madison Square Garden.
The true nature of his performance had set in, and the Ukrainian was none too pleased. He reached out to trainer Emanuel Steward, who had firmly exhorted him before the twelfth and final round of his consolidation fight to close the show, put a firm stamp on the evening, make up for the long pockets of inaction with a fiery climax.
I’m disappointed in myself, he told Manny. I should have pressed Sultan more, should have leapt on him more often, and not been so respectful of his counterpunching abilities. I’m sorry, Wlad said in so many words to his trainer and confidante................
Steward told TSS that he ended up consoling his skilled, but psychologically complex client. He told him that Ibragimov was in fact a tricky foe, hard to hit, with a tough style to decipher. Better luck next time, champ, we’ll learn from this one, Steward told him.
So, give Wlad a grade, Manny. Fire away.
“It’s not as bad as I thought,” he told TSS Sunday. “I looked at it, put it in perspective. Sultan was very hard to fight, he’d lean way back, lean his head back.”
Steward admits that he was frustrated on Saturday. The Kronk way is to press the issue, make your own openings, don’t wait for them to appear. But Manny accepts that the cerebral sportsman is what he is. He cannot be radically overhauled to be a rapid onset destroyer. Wlad sensed his disappointment, and late last night and then again Sunday morning, told Manny that he know she could have done more, and been better. “He knew I was upset,” Steward said.
“I’d hate to be the next guy Wladimir fights,” Steward said. “Because he’s going to be overly aggressive.”
So, let’s get this straight. Wlad’s not on Cloud Nine, not content that he won, even if the means to the end weren’t gripping. He understands that the reviews are in, and most are not kind?
“Oh, no, he’s not on Cloud Nine,” he said. “That’s a thing I like about him. He’s down on himself.”
Klitschko, Steward said, would like to have a mouthwash fight, get the bitter taste out of his mouth ASAP.
“Yes, he’s very disappointed,” Steward hammered home. “So much so that I’m now telling him, ‘It’s not that bad.’”
So who’s next?
Steward would like a non-cutie, preferably a righty. Hello, Alex Povetkin, IBF No. 1 challenger.
“We’d take that one if it could be made, tomorrow,” he said.
Tony Thompson is in line for a WBO mandatory, but that could likely be put off for awhile.
“I’d like a guy we can look good against, even if there is a bigger chance of losing,” the trainer said.
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great article with some really inciteful quotes. next fight should be exciting.
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