When the Klitschkos got caught cheating against Tyson Fury. (Vids Inside)

[W1LL]

Can anyone justify this?

[ecto55]

Really good post W1LL...the dirty business of boxing.

It's not new...Sugar Ray Robinson used to literally get out a tape measure and check the ring size was actually contractually agreed...as a 'mover' fighting often heavier opponents he needed every foot.

If you can manage to get a series of 1%, 2% and 5% advantages from as many sources pre-fight, your going a long way to winning (and these advantages / contexts almost always get lost later on when discussing the result = 'oh your making excuses').

Ring size, soft / wet padding, too tight or too loose ring ropes, whether there is slick (slippery) advertising on the canvas or not, various contractual clauses specifying weight / weigh-in times / limits, the recently infamous re-hydration clauses, catch-weight fights to one fighter's optimum advantage, where the non-local opponent can train / workout and many other tricks - these are all things that headliners can influence or even blatantly dictate.

Then there's the when / where a fight is made....its very hard for a fighter to win away from home after a loss (especially a knockout loss); and if a fighter has been out of training / not had a fight for over 12 months, he's got little chance of winning in an opponents hometown. Animal psychology.

Little advantages adding up to a significant advantage...just shows the benefit of experienced fighters / corners actually checking just what they're waking into. Great clips.

[amuroray]

They did this shady **** all of the time.

The Klitschkos are the fakest classy people around. Scumbags and bullys. Horrible reign

[Boris Johnson!]

shouldve just used roids like fury did

[W1LL]

The Klitschkos are the fakest classy people around. Scumbags and bullys. Horrible reign

Very unsporting, some of their behaviour.