Is Wladimir Klitschko the biggest "technical FOULER" in the sport today?

[Stuntman Mike]

hahah lol at the people that put less than average... god thats funny,I'm going to look at a couple of their posts to see if they're mentally ******ed or just trolls

[thuggery]

Ward does nothing dirty, only bitter frustrated bastards say that, same with Bhop.

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[Barry Allen]

hahah lol at the people that put less than average... god thats funny,I'm going to look at a couple of their posts to see if they're mentally ******ed or just trolls

Clinching is part of boxing. Its not the same as throwing elbows or headbutting. Its designed to slow a fight down or give a fighter time to recoup. Is it pleasing, no. Is it a blatant foul, no to that as well.

[Barry Allen]

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Does nothing dirty, never leaves jokeland, never rematches.

[F!x]

Looked like he was going for tackles more often than punching lol

lol there were quite a few rounds where he did that, he seemed to tackle, hold or push more than he actually punched.

[Dolor]

I have no idea why Klitschko needed to hold a limited fighter like Povetkin so much. Disgraceful!

I agree. There was one round where he started dancing Ali-style a bit - that would have been the way to go.

The thing that annoyed me is that he did the leaning throughout the ENTIRE fight. If he had just done it in the first 3-4 rounds - OK. but from then on he should have battered povetkin with the jabs.

[Boxing Goat]

This fight was an exception, dont try and act like it has always been Wlads thing. Hopkins is the biggest fight spoiler of all time. Theres no debate.

[gandhalf]

No, Hopkins has no competition in that department.

[Cutthroat]

Lol at people comparing Wlad to Hopkins, or any boxer that excessively holds for that matter.


Hopkins doesn't lean on his 250lb body on his opponents neck because he doesn't have one, they're nothing alike, in fact no other boxer has that kind of advantage.

Wlad's leaning/holding just doesn't neutralize an opponents inside fighting, it totally tires them out. It's basically like squatting 250lbs the whole fight with your lower/upper body, so your legs/lower back tire out extremely fast.

With tired legs your offense suffers because your power comes from your legs, you use your legs to help you get into position as well. Your defense suffers because you use your legs/core to avoid punches, moving in and out ducking and dodging.

[low_Bo]

The one thing that really irritated me, was the blatant as hell shoves/pushes. He literally was throwing Povetkin around after some clinches AND he got knockdowns called on about 3 of them!

I don't like all the clinching; it's terrible to watch, but the shoving is funny.