Is Wladimir Klitschko under added pressure to perform tomorrow?

[FrankieBruno]

Dude, Pulev is the fastest fighter Wlad has faced. Corry Sanders was another one and David Haye kinda sorta.

I've watched a number of Pulev fights, i dont see the speed, also he doesnt use many angles

People who give Wlad cause from concern need footwork, and angles, thats when he tends to shell up

Pulev isnt hard to read, Wlads jab will cause him serious fits, i dont expect this fight to go the distance.

Obviously Pulev has a punchers chance, but even so, Wlad has taken bigger shots by much bigger punchers, landing clean on Wlad is a huge ask in itself

[Y0@NN]

HBO is airing it live which means it will be around noon on the west coast... It can't possibly do very good ratings.

I'm almost sure Lampley said it would be aired at 4:30 pm on American TV, with a replay at midnight. He made a sarcastic comment about people having other thing to do at 4 in the afternoon. You're right Jim, they should fight at 5am just so it's aired in prime time american tv...

[SterlingStained]

his boxing style is the problem. too many clinches. afraid to exchange. too careful of a style.

he cant change his style this late in the game.

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I'm almost sure Lampley said it would be aired at 4:30 pm on American TV, with a replay at midnight. He made a sarcastic comment about people having other thing to do at 4 in the afternoon. You're right Jim, they should fight at 5am just so it's aired in prime time american tv...

Yeah that's 1:30 in Cali (prob the main boxing audience in the US) so I probably won't be able to catch it live, but it's cool that they're showing it at all.

[LacedUp]

I don't think Wlad is under more pressure than usual, and certainly not to the extent that he'd change his gameplan.

Likeliness is that HBO once again realize that Wlad is just not interesting to watch and they'll be wondering again why they put him on their network.

[LacedUp]

HBO is airing it live which means it will be around noon on the west coast... It can't possibly do very good ratings.

Wlad is already making 20 highest paid athletes in the world lists without HBO, I don't think it's a make or break situation for him. An HBO deal would be a nice but probably minor pay bonus.

Another lie coming from the Kliterati.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45...r-klitschko-2/

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Yeah my bad 25th highest paid athlete in the world, not 20th... How humiliating.

[LacedUp]

Dude, Pulev is the fastest fighter Wlad has faced. Corry Sanders was another one and David Haye kinda sorta.

Did you just say Pulev is faster than Haye?

In what world?

[LacedUp]

Yeah my bad 25th highest paid athlete in the world, not 20th... How humiliating.

take your defeat like a man bro.

[daggum]

why did hbo agree to show 3 of his fights? in the hopes that they will get wlad-wilder? so we have to watch 2 bum fights first before wilder lays him out? not worth it.