Which was a worse loss? Thompson vs Puritty...

[squealpiggy]

I added my vote, I think that Wlad's loss was more significant. Haye's loss seemed to be a case of stepping up too much too soon whereas Wlad's really came from nowhere. I know you can't judge fighters on records alone but I tried not to and looked at exactly what each guy did with their records. By the time Wladimir tackled Puritty he was already quite an experienced fighter while Haye was still really a novice.

When looking at Wlad's record in more detail I found it interesting that he had a few non-title bouts in between defenses of his WBC international title. It's an old school way of doing things but it makes me wonder if Wlad's management were expecting him to struggle very soon and were trying to give him more experience.

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I added my vote, I think that Wlad's loss was more significant. Haye's loss seemed to be a case of stepping up too much too soon whereas Wlad's really came from nowhere. I know you can't judge fighters on records alone but I tried not to and looked at exactly what each guy did with their records. By the time Wladimir tackled Puritty he was already quite an experienced fighter while Haye was still really a novice.

When looking at Wlad's record in more detail I found it interesting that he had a few non-title bouts in between defenses of his WBC international title. It's an old school way of doing things but it makes me wonder if Wlad's management were expecting him to struggle very soon and were trying to give him more experience.

I honestly think that it was simply a matter of keeping him busy and staying sharp.
Nobody in the world would've predicted Sanders would've jumped him. People considered the Purrity loss a fluke kind of thing.

Wlad fought differently than he does now, more risk-taking, but I honestly think management was always very confident in him, as we all were.

[MELLY-MEL...]

neither is that big of a deal imo.