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In my opinion, that's the honest way I see it. Think about it this way.
He fought someone who was in his prime, and came in at or around his best fighting weight. He fought someone who could take a punch, but also has one of the best defenses in the upper weight classes, let alone the Heavyweight division. He fought someone who DID stay there with him the entire night. But more important then all of that, he fought someone who's best chance wasn't power. it was speed. Something that could give him a different look. A different challenge.
This fight had a lot for me. I know most might call it boring. I wouldn't. For the first couple of rounds, it had HONEST back and forth action, though Klitschko was taking all the rounds, in my opinion.
Then, you saw Klitschko switching up his attack and taking over the fight. Using that piston-like jab and trying the left hook occassionally.
What was most fun to watch, however, came in the last three or four rounds. Emmanuel Stewart getting upset that he didn't finish him off, and Klitschko getting so pissed off at Manny, that he actually yells back that he's trying. And he was. Chambers was/is a hard egg to crack. But in the 12th round, Klitschko comes on strong and knocks CHambers cold. Some might say it wasn't that great of a punch. However, they'd be wrong. That punch spun Eddie's head back and it was AFTER 11 rounds of hard, stiff shots. It was a perfectly thrown shot. The scary part was that it WAS partially blocked and still did what it needed to do.
Regardless, a shut out would have made this a solid win, regardless. Which, on my scorecard, was what Klitschko was on his way to, anyway.
For the Klitschko detracters, you can call him boring or someone who doesn't take enough risk. I won't even try to argue with that, it simply isn't important in most regards. He still sells out German arenas, makes big money and wins. Hard to argue with success.
Regardless, he closed the show. If your favorite fighter did what he had to do to win, and virtually never lost a round in the process, with closing in on 80-90 percent KO ratio, you know you wouldn't complain. And no one should after this performance.
Was it a classic fight? No. Does it have to be? No. He did what he had to do, tried his best for the knockout and did it against a new kind of opponent.
Big win for Klitschko, solid fight. Cong****.
He fought someone who was in his prime, and came in at or around his best fighting weight. He fought someone who could take a punch, but also has one of the best defenses in the upper weight classes, let alone the Heavyweight division. He fought someone who DID stay there with him the entire night. But more important then all of that, he fought someone who's best chance wasn't power. it was speed. Something that could give him a different look. A different challenge.
This fight had a lot for me. I know most might call it boring. I wouldn't. For the first couple of rounds, it had HONEST back and forth action, though Klitschko was taking all the rounds, in my opinion.
Then, you saw Klitschko switching up his attack and taking over the fight. Using that piston-like jab and trying the left hook occassionally.
What was most fun to watch, however, came in the last three or four rounds. Emmanuel Stewart getting upset that he didn't finish him off, and Klitschko getting so pissed off at Manny, that he actually yells back that he's trying. And he was. Chambers was/is a hard egg to crack. But in the 12th round, Klitschko comes on strong and knocks CHambers cold. Some might say it wasn't that great of a punch. However, they'd be wrong. That punch spun Eddie's head back and it was AFTER 11 rounds of hard, stiff shots. It was a perfectly thrown shot. The scary part was that it WAS partially blocked and still did what it needed to do.
Regardless, a shut out would have made this a solid win, regardless. Which, on my scorecard, was what Klitschko was on his way to, anyway.
For the Klitschko detracters, you can call him boring or someone who doesn't take enough risk. I won't even try to argue with that, it simply isn't important in most regards. He still sells out German arenas, makes big money and wins. Hard to argue with success.
Regardless, he closed the show. If your favorite fighter did what he had to do to win, and virtually never lost a round in the process, with closing in on 80-90 percent KO ratio, you know you wouldn't complain. And no one should after this performance.
Was it a classic fight? No. Does it have to be? No. He did what he had to do, tried his best for the knockout and did it against a new kind of opponent.
Big win for Klitschko, solid fight. Cong****.