Comments Thread For: Wladimir Klitschko Retires From Boxing, Joshua Rematch Off

[BrometheusBob.]

Good for him

Ends his career on a high note as far as I'm concerned. Great, competitive fight in front of 90,000. Still has his wits about him. Doesn't get much better than that for a >40 year old man in this game.

[EMOBCBG]

and an extremely boring one at that! All the best to him though, massive respect, was a great champ but the division suffered for a decade due to his dominant but extremely boring reign. Cant help but look forward to the next generation, hope we get the fights we need over the next year or so and hope we see Fury coming back soon to add to the mix

Farewell Dr Steelhammer!

Boring? Just depends if one is a casual boxing fan or not. Those of us that have trained or fought boxing, will understand that that was massively a professional beating of Wlad by Tyson.

[bronx7]

Leaves with a career defining fight lack of letting hands go when he had Joshua out on his feet then gassed for 2 rounds cost him

[bronx7]

But also career defining that he did this after getting dropped himself he didn't quit he almost and should have stopped Joshua

[Szef]

Joshua won the 1st 4 rounds and the knockdown in round 5 ...then it was klitcho from rounds 6-8 round 9-10 pretty even and then Joshua tore him apart...sit down and watch the fight again Euro spastic

The entire fight was even, you illiterate chump. AJ certainly didn't win the first 4 rounds and even if he did, they were close rounds, so how did AJ dominate?

[1hourRun]

I see a lot of Brits in here relieved that Joshua dodged a bullet.

[EMOBCBG]

Let's see if AJ or Wilder can beat his 11 year run undefeated

Wilder cant last a year with the good boxers remaining around him while Joshua can not go for 5 years with Tyson Fury probably back and boys like Dubois coming.

[Robbie Barrett]

I see a lot of Brits in here relieved that Joshua dodged a bullet.

The bullet never fired, similar to how he fought, he was afraid to pull the trigger.

[Elroy The Great]

No it wasn't.

The fight was pretty even till round 6, then it was Wlad who controlled it, until round 10 when AJ recovered and got his second wind.

meh...

either way, good move on his part.

[soul_survivor]

The younger Klitschko ends his career as the most respected and respectable fighter of ther 21st century, while Mayweather and Pacquiao aimlessly wander a world of controversy. This is how careers end. Put on one of t he atg fights, in front of a record crowd and then walk into the sunset a satisfied, healthy and wealthy man.

Klitschko deserves all the plaudits coming his way.