David Haye Was Medically Cleared For July 25 To Fight

[larry x]

ok..then haye cn fight someone else on july 25th..his mind games back fired on him

[Derranged]

If Wladimir does not fight Haye sometime in the near future then I will lose a lot of respect for him as fan. This is ridiculous.

[Hagler★]

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[knn]

A big part of why some people don't like the Klitschkos is the negativity from American commentators like Atlas and Kellerman, and boxing writers like Raskin and Rosenthal.

That negativity especially has an influence on how younger fans feel about them.

1) Another part is that obviously noone rewatches old fights (Ali). I find most Ali fights terrible (= Ali's excessive clinching and insulting) and boring.
2) Another part is that people compare the old heavyweight division (= called "cruiserweight" now, 175+ lbs) with the current heavywweight division (200+) although they are completely different divisions.

[knn]

wow! vlad vs chagaev!! its like a modern day ali-frasier!!! NOT!

Thrilla in Manilla was 28'000+ audience only.

Chagaev has a better heavyweight record (= against 200+ opponents) than Frazier at the time of the bout:
Frazier: 15(10KOs)-2
Chagaev: 24(16)-0

Let's also not forget that Frazier was a featherfist (50% KOratio) and had a catarct (= WAS HALF-BLIND IN THIS FIGHT).

You are right: Wlad Chagaev is NOT Thrilla in Manilla. And that's very good that way. Noone wants to see 2 featherfists (Ali 40%, Frazier 50%) slapping each other for 15 rounds.

[Nuurzhaelan]

Back injuries can be debilitating. I know because I have had a couple in my powerlifting time...but given his hand 'injury' excuse and now this, it seems as though he is just an excuse generating coward. He should have manned up and admitted that he eventually thought that he had no chance. I guess he finally started watching Klitschko's fights in earnest and realized that he has not even a punchers' chance.

[BetterCallSaul]

Back injuries can be debilitating. I know because I have had a couple in my powerlifting time...but given his hand 'injury' excuse and now this, it seems as though he is just an excuse generating coward. He should have manned up and admitted that he eventually thought that he had no chance. I guess he finally started watching Klitschko's fights in earnest and realized that he has not even a punchers' chance.

How do you type without a brain?

[The_Visitation]

You are right: Wlad Chagaev is NOT Thrilla in Manilla. And that's very good that way. Noone wants to see 2 featherfists (Ali 40%, Frazier 50%) slapping each other for 15 rounds.

Perhaps the most ******ed comment I've ever seen on this forum.

[street bully]

Thrilla in Manilla was 28'000+ audience only.

Chagaev has a better heavyweight record (= against 200+ opponents) than Frazier at the time of the bout:
Frazier: 15(10KOs)-2
Chagaev: 24(16)-0

Let's also not forget that Frazier was a featherfist (50% KOratio) and had a catarct (= WAS HALF-BLIND IN THIS FIGHT).

You are right: Wlad Chagaev is NOT Thrilla in Manilla. And that's very good that way. Noone wants to see 2 featherfists (Ali 40%, Frazier 50%) slapping each other for 15 rounds.

I stopped here.

[knn]

Perhaps the most ******ed comment I've ever seen on this forum.

Oh, OK, so take someone like Chris Byrd (but with less KOs on his record, shorter arms and smaller and blind on one eye) and let him fight a featherfist with a 40% KO ratio.

THAT was Thrilla in Manilla.

Who the heck would be interested in such a crappy matchup nowadays?