Pulev Huge Disappointment

[Daddy T]

wlad must be quaking in his boots

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I don't what people expected? Pulev was never a puncher. Pulev clearly outboxed Tony.

You guys don't realize how bad of a stylistic nightmare that was for Pulev. His best weapon, his jab, was totally taken away by Thompson and his southpaw stance. Don't forget that even Wlad had extremely hard time establishing his jab vs Thompson in both their fights. Even without the jab, I didn't really see Pulev being uncomfortable at any point during the fight. The first 3 rounds he was overly cautious, which probably gave those rounds to Thompson, but again, I didn't see Thompson ever bothering Pulev at any time. Ironically he landed his best shot on Pulev in the last round... Pulev was never a KO artist and never will be. He lacks the power for it and didn't risk too much at the end trying to finish off Thompson. At the same time he showed great technical skills and managed to win with his best weapon taken away. I don't think you can draw too many conclusions from this fight. We knew Thompson is old and probably will gas out as the fight went on. We knew Pulev has better conditioning and will take over the fight if it went past 6-7 rounds. For me this fight was quite routine for Pulev.

[The Hammer]

I would give Pulev a 16/20 for his skills but a 5/20 for his power. Unfortunately, I don't think Pulev has the guts to fight in 2013 agains as he became the mandatory challenger ( which is quite ridiculous if you see who he fought).

I would definitely like to see Pulev vs Chisora to see what Pulev can bring.

Thompson is a far more difficult fight than Chisora.

Thompson is crafty and awkward, Chisora is very basic and predictable.

[GRboxing]

Pulev just isn't very good. No shame in admitting that.

[Regeza]

No Thompson threw his lot in rounds 5 and 6 he was finished after.

Pulev started throwing in the fourth, which made Tony throw his lot.

[Hougigo]

Pulev might be next... wouldn't be surprised. Wlad will take out povetkin then Pule is next

[The Surgeon]

Thought Pulev was better than that. Disappointing is exactly what he was

[Jam Jars]

Pulev started throwing in the fourth, which made Tony throw his lot.

The 4th was a close round, 5 and 6 Pulev was holding every 10 seconds. He took over when Thompson gassed.

[Regeza]

The 4th was a close round, 5 and 6 Pulev was holding every 10 seconds. He took over when Thompson gassed.

You just don't wan't to give Pulev any credit, and that's fine. They were holding because Thompson was just getting as close as he could to take away punching room from Pulev. Tony was just spoiling at points.

[Jam Jars]

You just don't wan't to give Pulev any credit, and that's fine. They were holding because Thompson was just getting as close as he could to take away punching room from Pulev. Tony was just spoiling at points.

The guy throwing punches and being held was spoiling?