Comments Thread For: W. Klitschko: Payback is My Motivation, I'm a Bad Ass

[Wenpire]

And the undisputed heavyweight kingpin of the world has spoken!!!

[Bull24]

The WBC title looks so attractive because they know they have no chance against Wlad fighting for the other titles

I felt Vitali was more dangerous though. But his chin was very solid too.

[Richard Wadd]

Yep, by far the most talented HW out there, and this how he fights 80% of the time he's the ring.

He's bad indeed...for boxing. A super-sized heavyweight who fights like a scared sissy who is worried he will have another panic attack when a punch comes within a 2 foot vicinity of his head.

[Fr3$h]

He knocked Chambers out cold. There's no excuse for the Povetkin fight though. That was just ugly and terrible.

[moonshineman]

Klitschko

He is a Bad Ass.............

[STEELHEAD]

Klitschko is a bad ass...a bad ass holder get it ass holder...clincher...

YEAH! whaha

[Reginald Ledoux]

This article literally ****** at the teat of wlad, it actually did nothing else. No valuable insight or new information, just a weird puff piece

at your sig

[cupocity303]

Too bad he fights like a pansy that turns fans away from the sport. He has far more talent and offensive tools than anyone else out there but elects to fight in a way that embarasses the great sport of boxing.

When I read posts like the above, I'm thinking that what they're really saying is that they want to see him lose. If it's not broken, don't fix it. If Wlad has an Amir Khan chin problem, then it hasn't really been a problem precisely because of the way he fights. If only Amir Khan could fix his fighting style to the point that his chin isn't a issue anymore.

Wlad's style is made for longevity. A conservative fighting style where he maximizes his height advantage and his accuracy with straight shots, as opposed to looping shots. And he doesn't have to get "exciting" for the sake of entertainment, because unlike Rigindoux who can't sell 10 tickets - he has a fan base. Wlad just needs to keep trucking away, producing title defense after title defense. Alex Lapei after Alex Lapei (if they're mandatories), with the occasional Wilder/David Haye here and there.

[cupocity303]

The only reason that Vladmir Klitschko is dominant besides his training by the late, great Emanuel Steward, is because he's a giant. He will always grab and hold a fighter that decides to go in throwing punches because despite his immense size, he has a surprisingly weak chin. But when he connects with his punches, his opponents are badly hurt. We will likely never see him in a real fire fight though; he will pot shot on the outside, and clinch on the inside. He's clearly one of the most boring heavyweight champions of all time.

A 6'6 tall fighter isn't supposed to fight like a short inside fighter. His arms are too long and he isn't gonna **** away at the body. That would imply that he is supposed to give up his height advantage and fight down to an opponents level.

And no, he is not just dominating because he is a giant. There is more to it than that. If being 6'6 was all that was needed, we would have a million Klitschko's by now, flexing their height.

I also wouldn't categorize his punching as "pot shot". That would imply that he is being cute in there and throwing non-threatening punches only to look cute and win on points. Ever punch he throws is almost a KO-punch. He doesn't waste anything (and he shouldn't. He is after all 6'6 and 250lb of muscle. Not 5'6 and 140-147).

[cupocity303]

YUP. It annoys me when people say that he's superbly skilled

But he is.