Comments Thread For: Naazim: Klitschko Was Scared, Fury Was Glad He Was!

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Veteran trainer Naazim Richardson was very disappointed with Tyson Fury's huge upset over Wladimir Klitschko last month to capture the WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO heavyweight titles in Germany.

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[tiliheels]

and there u have it from a man who seems to pull no punches..saying everyting i have said...klit and andy lee lost their titles like 100% pusses that they are...and billy joe and tyson gladly slapped their way to a victory...people saying "TYSON WAS READY TO COUNTER AND CATCH HIM IF HE OPENS UP" lol...wlad is a champion if u respect him u would this the puss could slip a counter shot or hold the phone with his glove and not get caught..comments like that let me futher know that u think he is highly suspect as a fighter and that he got this far by defualt!..
THANK YOU NAAZIM...I HOPE U GUY DONT SPEND 1 CENT ON THAT REMATCH..
i wouldnt watch that crap if my mum made me

[Weltschmerz]

Sounds like sour grapes still after Fury beat his man named after a battleship.

[kiDynamite92]

Sounds like sour grapes still after Fury beat his man named after a battleship.

That and cause he's a closet wk fan. If you watch the press conferences on the build up to Cunningham vs Fury you'll hear Fury talk about WK and how's he a bum etc etc and nazeem quickly jumped to his defence and started calling fury a bum.

[doom_specialist]

I don't think Klitschko was afraid; I think he's just getting old. I don't want to discredit Fury at all because I for one picked him to lose, but Wlad kinda showed that he's turning 40 soon. If he can't pull the trigger in the rematch, the exact same thing will happen.

[DoubleMM]

nazim the philly tough guy was complaing fury was using his weight and arms LOL

nazim the prophet said fury only wins because he's big, and yet he outboxed wlad, and bullied his fighter.

those philly tough guys all have big mouths and love to hear themselves speak

[PittyPat]

I don't think Klitschko was afraid; I think he's just getting old. I don't want to discredit Fury at all because I for one picked him to lose, but Wlad kinda showed that he's turning 40 soon. If he can't pull the trigger in the rematch, the exact same thing will happen.

I totally agree. If there's one thing I'm not going to say is that a fighter – especially a HW – is "scared" or "a pussy" when stepping into that ring. Whatever champion or gatekeeper he may be, he already has more heart than most people. Anyone can be killed in a ring, especially from HW punches. Fear, sure, but not cowardice.

When it comes to Wladimir on that night, we saw an older man with a new family (plus a wife recovering from problems of her own), completely confused as shit at the sight of this huge, youthful and hungry contender in Fury, clowning around and using great footwork.

It's like he was complacently expecting another Wach or Pulev, but found that he couldn't pull the trigger with all that superb head movement from Fury, the likes of which he probably hadn't seen in all his pro career (except perhaps on a lesser level like that of Mormeck or Povetkin). For whatever reason, there was just no confidence to shoot his jab and put a right hand behind it.

I don't what the detractors of that fight say, I thought it was fucking fascinating! It was almost like watching the patient, fencing/chess match style of 19th century boxing, where the range was longer and their backs were straight; back when it was not a good idea to take a punch to the head.

[SteveM]

I totally agree. If there's one thing I'm not going to say is that a fighter – especially a HW – is "scared" or "a pussy" when stepping into that ring. Whatever champion or gatekeeper he may be, he already has more heart than most people. Anyone can be killed in a ring, especially from HW punches. Fear, sure, but not cowardice.

When it comes to Wladimir on that night, we saw an older man with a new family (plus a wife recovering from problems of her own), completely confused as shit at the sight of this huge, youthful and hungry contender in Fury, clowning around and using great footwork.

It's like he was complacently expecting another Wach or Pulev, but found that he couldn't pull the trigger with all that superb head movement from Fury, the likes of which he probably hadn't seen in all his pro career (except perhaps on a lesser level like that of Mormeck or Povetkin). For whatever reason, there was just no confidence to shoot his jab and put a right hand behind it.

I don't what the detractors of that fight say, I thought it was fucking fascinating! It was almost like watching the patient, fencing/chess match style of 19th century boxing, where the range was longer and their backs were straight; back when it was [i]not/i] a good idea to take a punch to the head.

Great post! I will just add that it maybe takes greater courage to step in the ring when you are a known gatekeeper or fodder going forward.

Anyone stepping in with a dominant KO artist has great courage. Look at some of Mike Tyson's early opponents - they had a
deer-caught-in-the-headlights look on their faces before the sound of the first bell. I'm actually surprised that some of Golovkin's opponents don't look more scared prior to the first bell - they tend to develop a look of consternation as the fight goes on.

Anyway - as a fan of boxing in general and not one specific fighter - my fighter of the year award is shared between all the clean and courageous fighters who got between the ropes during 2015.

[denium]

This guy is still butthurt about Fury making him look like a complete mug during the Fury-Cunningham fight.

[Tobi.G]

nazim the philly tough guy was complaing fury was using his weight and arms LOL

nazim the prophet said fury only wins because he's big, and yet he outboxed wlad, and bullied his fighter.

those philly tough guys all have big mouths and love to hear themselves speak

Absolutely!