Wladimir Klitschko is not shot

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Let me just make one thing clear, Wladimir Klitschko is not shot.

A year ago, Wladimir KO'd Pulev who at the time was considered the second best HW in the world. After it happened, people claimed that this was the best ever version of Wladimir, that he matures like a fine wine. Many people put him straight into their top three p4p fighters.

Then he fought Jennings, not as impressive a performance by any means, but he still won every round pretty easily.

Now onto his latest fight. Tyson Fury is a fighter who takes his opponents best weapons away from them. Against Chisora, he fought the entire fight southpaw, took away Chisora's best weapon (his big overhand right) and make him look very limited. NSB then decided that Chisora was shot, despite Chisora being on the best win streak of his career.

Against Wladimir, Fury again took away his best weapon (his jab) with constant feints and head movement. This again made Wlad look very limited and of course, NSB said he's shot.

There's a pattern appearing here. People need to recognise the skill of Tyson Fury. Put Wladimir in against a Povetkin or a Wilder and see what happens. No other HW understands the sport like Fury and the technicalities behind it. He understands angles, can control distance etc.

The only way of beating Tyson Fury is to knock him out, you won't win a decision against him.

[Tom Cruise]

He'd still beat pretty much all of his best opponents imo if he fought them on the night he fought Fury.

No where near as past prime as his fans are trying to make out.

His lack of skill was what showed, not his age.

[b00g13man]

You might want to ease up on the Fury hugging...

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You might want to ease up on the Fury hugging...

Just stating facts mate.

[SthPaw]

I agree he isn't shot, not like people are quick to say so anyway.

He lost because Fury had an approach that did not let him feel secure enough to do what he had to do. It was a style, and therefore commitment issue for Wlad, not being past it.

[Doctor_Tenma]

How he looked against Pulev doesn't mean a thing considering Pulev had one of the ugliest defensive stance I've ever seen, the gap between his guard was wide enough to fit a watermelon. Then he couldn't pull the trigger against Jennings looking very poorly and the same happened against Fury, granted most of it had to do with Fury not allowing him to get off.

[The Hammer]

Yet people say Rid**** Bowe was shot in his 20s when he fought Golota.

People say age 27 Chris Eubank was shot for his first loss to Collins.

Age 40 Wlad has been through too many training camps, where he pushes himself to the limit and has a lot of sparring. He's been a pro for 20 years and had a lot of amateur fights before that. Wlad took a lot of punishment in some of fights, especially the three brutal TKO losses.

I've watched all of Wlad's fights multiple times, and I can tell you he's been looking OLD and FADED in his past two fight, especially against Fury.

[The Hammer]

"If I don't knock him out then I must be useless. If I can't beat a 40-year-old man then I need banning from boxing," Fury said.

"I won't be boxing on if I don't beat him because I won't be able to achieve my goals. If I can't beat him then it doesn't say a lot of me - a 27-year-old in the prime of his life.

Every 10, 15 or 20 years there is a man who comes along and wipes everyone out.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/boxing/tyson-fury-wladimir-klitschko-heavyweight-10015181

[b00g13man]

Just stating facts mate.

I don't disagree. I just think you've kinda gone a bit overboard with the "I told you so" posts and threads.

[New England]

oh boy.

wladimir and i share the same birthday. he'll be 40 on march 25. [i'm not going to be 40 .]

he's had close to 70 pro fights. won a gold medal as an olympian. been knocked out thrice.


and he pawed his jab to set up clinches
he got old over night. you do not always get a steady decline in boxing. when guys slow a fraction of a second it opens the flood gates for guys who would normally just be that fraction of a second too slow.

i fell asleep during the jennings fight, but he started to look a bit lost while i was awake.



i've been saying that wladimir has started to rely more on the clinch, and less on the jab and stepping to the side, for a while now. he's never looked that bad, but the reliance on the clinch has been growing, and the jabs and right hands with power have been slipping.