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

[hweightblogger]

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.

Except that Tyson showed worse performance than the Klitschkos against worse guys.

Additionally if you compare the KOperformance of Wlad and Tyson against orthodox opponents (since Tyson ducked southpaws) it turns out that Wlad KOs his opponents in 4.2 rounds and Tyson in 4.7 rounds. And this is still not fair because Tyson KOed non-heavies (= sub-200 opponents). Once you delete sub-200 fights off the record the following comes out

• Wlad needs 4.2 rounds between KOs
• Vitali needs 4.7 rounds
• Tyson needs 5.2 rounds
• Foreman needs 7.2 rounds
• Lennox needs 8.2 (= Wlad has twice the power of Lennox)
• The Clay needs an embarrassing 29.3 rounds

Wlad leads in nearly all KOstats when compared to Tyson (KOs in title fights, KOratio, KOs in later rounds etc etc). It's even silly to complain about Wlad's KOperformance AND THEN MENTION TYSON.

[hweightblogger]

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

Then you have obviously not watched many fights.

For a starter watch Chris Byrd vs DaVarryl Williamson: An all-American fight. And then come back and watch Klitschko-Ibragimov again.

Half of Clay's fights are worse than anything Klitschko ever delivered.

[hweightblogger]

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.

Oh, give me a break. Against Calvin Brock he threw the right too late, against Tony Thompson he threw the right too early. Wladimir DOMINATES his opponents and yet somehow magically he's doing things wrong.

[The Hammer]

Americans hate and discredit the Klitschkos for the same reason they hate and discredit Joe Calzaghe. It's because they are not American and they are white.

The sad truth is, some American men have a hard-on for black dudes and despise white boxers:

[studentofthegam]

Americans hate and discredit the Klitschkos for the same reason they hate and discredit Joe Calzaghe. It's because they are not American and they are white.

The sad truth is, some American men have a hard-on for black dudes and despise white boxers:

How many times are you gonna play this clip?

[The Hammer]

How many times are you gonna play this clip?

Are you one of those two guys, or someone similar to them?

[studentofthegam]

Are you one of those two guys, or someone similar to them?

No, Im tall and black as the day is long. Thats my point. It doesnt represent Americans and definitely no kinfolk of mine.. It just makes you look uneducated and childish.

[-The Game-]

Look how much US boxing fans love BHop and he's one of the most boring there is.

News to me....if that was the case...there would have been no reason for BHOP to fight Pascal in Canada...truth is ...BHop doesnt reaaly have much fans anyway.......there was a reason why no network wanted to buy Roy Jones vs BHop 2 last April.....

[jimmy1569]

Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez aren't Americans. Please explain why they are popular and recognized while the Klitschkos aren't.

Different division & like i said they're not from Russia & Euro type countries. Martinez is Not AS POPular as Pac so don't even go there. The lighter divisions have a different or slightly altered type of fanbase than the heavyweight division. Also...manny has the underdog/undersized thing going for him... he's not viewed as a fighter with a silverspoon in his mouth with that being great size & natural strength over everyone he faces.

[AllEyesOpen]

I like watching Vitali, my only problem is Wlad doesn't drop the hammer on guys as often as i'd like. Come on, I don't want to see 10,000 jabs in a heavyweight fight with just a few right hands.

I feel like Wlad doesn't like to let go of the right hand until he knows he opponent has very little left.

Besides that i give both fighters respect.