America I don't understand the hate for the Klitschko's?

[SweetSciencePHD]

They are dominant HWs that are not american, most americans hate that foreigners have he audacity to rule boxing's biggest division, a division they used to rule. But since they can't do anything about it, they resort to the measures they have left: discrediting them.

These are lies and false accusation. Where is your proof? What solid case can you make to back up such claims? You have none. I have been stating this whole time that I am an American who is a big time fan of both guys, and I was a big time fan of the Brit, Lennox Lewis when he was on top. These statements of yours amount to libel and slander of the American people. There might be a few a**holes on here who give you some **** and speak ill of them, but that's not all of us or even a majority of us. That's the small minority of any crowd, and that's not exclusive to Americans, there are people all over the world who have positive and negative opinions of The Klitschko's.

I explained earlier as well, Americans don't hate the Klitschko's but it's kind of hard to be big fans of them when they only make deals over in Germany with networks that don't air over here. If no one over here can see them work, how can they give a damn about them? The used to be the hottest fighters on HBO but one of them suffered some embarrassing losses, and the other one retired taking them out of the trajectory of the major American networks. Add to that the fact that they don't seem to show much interest in coming back to the states and who is to blame here? No one hates them, they just aren't as familiar with them as say Manny Pacquiao who gets tons of media coverage and promotion. Don't you find it kind of funny that a lot of the boxers that get plenty of exposure over here are liked no matter where they are from, but those that we know little to nothing about don't exactly light our fire? Tell me how any kind of bias has anything to do with that. It's simple marketing and advertisement.

[Fish_Scotland]

I don't hate the Klits but I wouldn't open my curtains if they were fighting in my front garden.

Could tell you how it would go without taking a peep.

JAB-JAB-JAB-CLINCH- JAB- STRIGHT RIGHT HAND- JAB- CLIINCH- JAB- JAB - JAB-JAB-JAB- JAB - JAB - JAB - JAB - FALL ALSEEP ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Not there fault they have had no decent opposition but sport is a form of entertainment and watching them doesn't entertain me. simple.

[Pennywise X]

K-bros are a ok.

[dmaclv]

I dislike them because they are boring.....Watch Wladimir vs. Chambers or Vitali vs. Johnson or Vitali vs. Briggs or Wladimir vs. Ibragimov....These fights are boring! Okay some of them end in KO but jesus no one punch KO power in either Klitschko hand. The heavyweights they are fighting could be dealt with earlier. The fights are boring, no exchanges just jab and hold.
Another thing is their opposition is sad. That's not their fault, I get it. But if their opposition is so sad why not take them out before the 9th round? Why not take some chances to land some bombs and expose your chin? Because they can easily win by not taking chances and have a boring jab and hold land a few rights fight with a 11-12th round TKO victory. Which brings us full circle......they are boring.
You couldn't pay me to watch Wladimir-Ibragimov or Vitali-Johnson again.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

These guys are great... I like watching them... Skilled... Powerful... Knocking out motha****ers... Please don't tell me because there not from here... Why the hate?

I don't hate them. I just don't like how it takes them 10 rounds to knock bums out. Look at Vitali's last fight, he hit that guy over and over and still couldn't knock him out. I grew up watching Tyson, so maybe thats why these guys don't impress me.

[steeluv]

not all Americans dislike the Klitschkos, you know. Im one of them. theyre very good people, very good boxers and do take on almost eveyone out there(too bad they cant fight one another though, ha...). and although some of their fights can be a little...monotonous...often they end up doing a lot of damage and Wladimir in particular usually ends up getting a really nice KO. definitely can respect that.

would they be more popular in America if they Americans? of course. would Pacquiao be as famous in the Phillipines if he wasnt a Filipino?


dont let the few more vocal dislikers of the Klitschko brothers speak for all American fight fans.
a lot of the hate you see from the Klitschko bros stems actually from their fans(on this website). They can be some of the most biased, annoying ones around. and that causes people to want them to lose just to shut them up, which is a little silly since its just the internet, but thats just the way people are.

most Americans respect the Klitschko brothers.

Yes I got called a n**** lover for disagreeing with there biased opinons a lot of there fans are in the belief they would beat a prime Ali

[southcentralcar]

i dont hate them. but if suckers like steelhammer start praising them as if theyre the best hw's ever i gotta say something..

[ufirst]

Its because ppl are ignorant and especially so about boxing. Those dudes put on clinics on how to use height, length and 1-2 combinations to disable opponents. I appreciate it and I'm from Brooklyn--it's not their fault no other heavyweights are as skilled... Its just that "most people don't know **** about boxing" combined with some overzealous fake patriotism

[_original_]

I dislike them because they are boring.....Watch Wladimir vs. Chambers or Vitali vs. Johnson or Vitali vs. Briggs or Wladimir vs. Ibragimov....These fights are boring! Okay some of them end in KO but jesus no one punch KO power in either Klitschko hand. The heavyweights they are fighting could be dealt with earlier. The fights are boring, no exchanges just jab and hold.
Another thing is their opposition is sad. That's not their fault, I get it. But if their opposition is so sad why not take them out before the 9th round? Why not take some chances to land some bombs and expose your chin? Because they can easily win by not taking chances and have a boring jab and hold land a few rights fight with a 11-12th round TKO victory. Which brings us full circle......they are boring.
You couldn't pay me to watch Wladimir-Ibragimov or Vitali-Johnson again.

Pretty much how I feel about them too.

I rather have a root canal than sit through Wlad-Ibragimov again, probably the most pathetic and boring fight I have ever witnessed.

[Uturn]

Wladimir can be hard to watch at times. I watched his fight vs Calvin Brock the other night, and well, Wlad didn't throw a right for about 3 rounds. Wlad is a smart boxer, but it would nice to see some exchanges, like when he fought Mercer. I think Wlad fights cautious, because himself knows there is a risk he could get knocked out.