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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
did you see the fight? he got beat the fuck up by a golfer who fights here and there. pretty much a complete nobody. you don't lose to guys like that if you have a title and deserve it. i have a ton of respect for him because he kept getting up, but it was completely piss poor boxing.
i think one of the klitchko brothers should fight tyson next because tyson needs to fight someone with size if he wants to take on lewis. if a golfer could knock out wladamir, tyson might knock his head into the 9th row.
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Hey, I'm not a Klitchko apologist. I was hoping for him to knock Lewis off his mantle, but it wasn't a huge disappointment.
On the other hand...
1) Sometimes people have bad nights.
2) The guy may have been a golfer who didn't fight often, but he was no more a nobody compared to Klitchko than Rahman was compared to Lewis. And more importantly, he's a big puncher. It just takes one slip up to get hit, and a big hit from a good puncher can mean the end, even if the guy is a shitty boxer. That's why Klitchko will win if they rematch.
3) Klitchko was cold. He made the mistake a lot of boxers make when they don't take their opponents seriously - he didn't warm up well enough. That makes a big difference when you start getting hit by big punches.
I agree that he'll fall to the ranks of people like Ray Mercer and Michael Grant for a bit, but as long as he holds out psychologically, he'll bounce back.