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.... I get feeling the late great trainer Emanuel Stewart ruined the fight game to some extent by teaching fighters to hold, clinch, and lean on your opponent to wear them down and win fights by underhanded strategy rather than outright boxing skills. Lennox Lewis put it on the map, Klitchko made a living at it, and other fighters picked up on it's success and incorporated it into their game like Andre Ward and many others.
"Klitschko did what his late, great trainer Emanuel Steward had taught him to do so effectively, the same strategy Steward had taught Hall of Fame former champ Lennox Lewis: to use his size advantage to tie up his opponent and to lean on him to sap his energy. Klitschko often uses the strategy of punching and then tying up, especially early in a fight." - Dan Rafael
After watching that ugly mess for the british cruiser belt, it just makes you appreciate fights like Canelo & GGG and a couple others this year that actually incorporated boxing instead of wrestling.
Just a rant, but I despise the "leaning on" thing, you?
"Klitschko did what his late, great trainer Emanuel Steward had taught him to do so effectively, the same strategy Steward had taught Hall of Fame former champ Lennox Lewis: to use his size advantage to tie up his opponent and to lean on him to sap his energy. Klitschko often uses the strategy of punching and then tying up, especially early in a fight." - Dan Rafael
After watching that ugly mess for the british cruiser belt, it just makes you appreciate fights like Canelo & GGG and a couple others this year that actually incorporated boxing instead of wrestling.
Just a rant, but I despise the "leaning on" thing, you?