Wlad handled Povetkin better

[Boksfan]

Wlad was very dirty in that fight.

[DARKSEID]

Who gives a **** who handled Povetkin better.

Wilder and Fury are the two big dogs in the division. Comparatively povetkin is insignificant.

AJ is L.A , Wilder is Boston, Fury are the spurs

and Povetkin is like milawaukee or something. He's insiginificant in the equation.

[Real King Kong]

Well aj actually boxed him instead of push his head down and d**** himself over povetkin's back every time he got within arms reach.

[Doctor_Tenma]

That jab to the body which did not look all that strong to me was all part of the building stages for that right hand. Its an unfair comparison because what I got from the fight was that it always looked like AJ was gonna turn it up eventually and end it.

[Richard Hamilton]

Wlad held every 4 seconds, he should of lost by DQ.

[Dean_Razorback]

no, he didn't. that was an awful fight

[joseph5620]

That jab to the body which did not look all that strong to me was all part of the building stages for that right hand. Its an unfair comparison because what I got from the fight was that it always looked like AJ was gonna turn it up eventually and end it.

I was impressed with that tactic of jabbing to the body by Joshua.

[_original_]

I always thought that was a terrible performance by Wlad and the beginning of his decline.

[Vlad_]

you wouldn't know it the way sugar ray and what's his face were jizzing in their pants calling AJ the greatest boxer to ever moonwalk across water.

[asgarth]

joshua looked pretty bad early on, but let's be honest, Wladimir didnt really looked good against povetkin either.

Whenever wlad was threatened by an opponent, he used his punch and clinch tactics as much as possible.
It is subjectively, but Wlad cant have performed better, when he has to fight the most negative fight possible to stop povetkin from doing what he wants to do.

If the fight depends on what the referee deems to be legal or illegal, then that cant be a proper performance.
Klitschko used every moment possible to tie up povetkin. Put weight on povetkins back whenever he came close and just plainly use jab and clinch tactics.
A strict referee, who does not like clinches, could have taken points away early similar to the jennings fight and the fight would have moved in another direction (not saying that povetkin would have won).