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After his fight with Chagaev I was amazed about how much negative feed back Wladimir was getting in some message boards.Complaining about virtually everything from lack of body punches, charisma, usage of various punches, to the lack of competition he is facing( as if Haye would have given him all he could handle). Yet what the don't realize is what Wladimir is doing to his opponents that no one else has been able to do to them. That is to completely dominate them from start to finish, land with some of the highest % there has been, and taking their game plan and throwing it out the window and forcing them without another option to fight his fight at his pace. At last I've at least started to see some boxing writers and editors start to give him the repect he rightly deserves. Ask anybody that knows, trained, sparred, or fought with Wladimir and their regard for his ability's is much different then the American public. As for all those other pretenders out there in the division calling Wladimir out and pleading they know how to defeat him. All I can say is NEXT in line!

Here's one positve article and I will leave the _link_ to the other post I left a couple days ago about Steward.
http://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/emanuel-steward-i-could-train-no-man-to-beat-him/

King Wladimir Looks Unbeatable
Published by Scoop Malinowski on June 20th, 2009


Like a magical golfer who can hit hole-in-ones and birdies on every hole, like a superhuman tennis p_layer_ who can win every point on his first serve and can hit scorching winners off the first return, like Usain Bolt in the 100 and 200m sprint events in Beijing, Wladimir Klitschko appears to be far superior than every boxer on the planet. His hand and foot speed and reflexes are so sharp that no man can barely even touch him now. He just keeps getting better and more dominating with every “fight” …if you can actually call these fights, they look more like one-sided beat downs. It’s astonishing how virtually all of Wladimir’s head punches hit the target, he is so exceptionally accurate to the head there is no need to throw a body shot or an uppercut.

Wladimir Klitschko, the world’s Heavyweight champion in the year 2009 has taken heavyweight dominance to a new, higher level, it would seem. What we saw in Germany on Saturday was another flawless, perfect performance versus a very tough, unbeaten, intelligent, confident and motivated fighter. But despite the brilliance of this latest Klitschko masterpiece, there remains a small quarter of critics in America who refuse to credit Klitschko for his outstanding win vs. Chagaev, as they bemoan that Klitschko didn’t take enough chances or Chagaev is an overrated bum, etc.

But if Floyd Mayweather had the courage to fight Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito, and beat then like Klitschko beat Chagaev, Mayweather supporters would be celebrating what a smart boxing demonstration it was. Also, the Haye fans, if Haye dominated Chagaev like Wladimir just did, the Haye fans would be celebrating his smart display of pugilism, as they would say. But because it’s Wladimir, the Klitschko critics just can’t bring themselves to credit this truly great heavyweight champion. For whatever reasons.

But people who know boxing and appreciate a unique greatness when they see it KNOW Klitschko is an all time great, possibly on his way to The Best Ever accolades. This man called Dr. Steelhammer makes ‘em all look like bums. He looks downright unbeatable. Seriously, what would Ali do to counteract Klitschko? Ali would just be kept outside and beaten on. Ali did not have the physical strength or punch to deter Klitschko from his _style_. Klitschko has the hand and foot speed and size and strength advantages, and the intelligence to overpower and dominate Ali. Even a prime Ali would not be able to control the tempo and _style_ of the fight and simply would get beaten down. It’s hard to imagine it any other way.

Klitschko’s _style_ could be impregnable, according to Emanuel Steward, who says, “For the first time I’ve ever had a heavyweight that I could always see weaknesses when I would train a guy to beat if I was ever in the other corner. Wladimir is gonna be the one I don’t think I could train no man to beat the way he is. I’m serious. I’ve never had a fighter – I went from Holyfield and all the guys I’ve worked with, never, Lennox – (Wladimir) is a very, very committed, very difficult to beat fighter. Because he won’t let you fight him. He makes you fight what he wants you to fight. But the biggest thing which I think people are not looking at is his speed for a big man. Tremendous speed.”

Klitschko is like a human matador just dominating everyone and making them look like inept, impotent, clueless, hopelessly outclassed plodding bulls. He just beats the tar out of everyone until they either submit or get knocked out. Klitschko makes one and all, whether it’s Austin, Ibragimov, Rahman, Brock, Chagaev, he makes them all look out of their league. Just completely dominating and keeping everyone at range, using masterful and explosive in or out footwork when necessary, and then just lowering the boom until the beat down is complete. There is no use for body punches, just pinpoint sharp accuracy to the head. No heavyweight has ever done it like this before, no fighter in any weight class. We are seeing possibly the greatest fighting machine there ever was.

It’s awe-inspiring how easy he makes it look to beat the best heavyweight contenders from all over the planet. And while doing it, Klitschko barely gets hit at all. Against Chagaev, I saw one punch hit him, the left on the break. That was all. You have to wish Ali, Frazier, Holyfield, Jerry Quarry could have only been able to fight more like Klitschko.

Wladimir Klitschko looks unbeatable now. He is an ultimate class champion, a credit to the sport, a man who overcame extreme adversity and a low point when most everyone counted him out. He is in his mental, physical and competitive prime now and most certainly on his way to all time greatness.

Thanks for posting the article by Scoop. He's right about everything, as always!

Wladimir makes his opponents look like bobbleheads in the ring
because of his punches.

They have difficulty getting inside and he dominates the fights
one after the other.

Wladimir is a true champion!!

Klitschko renders Chagaev helpless in masterpiece.
Jun. 20, 2009


By Michael Rosenthal
THE RING MAGAZINE


GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany – They blasted live music as Wladimir Klitschko made his way into the ring to face Ruslan Chagez before 61,000 buzzing, wide-eyed fans Saturday night in the cavernous, enclosed Veltins-Arena soccer stadium here. They shone spotlights. They fired 20-foot-high torches. They shot off fireworks.

It was a spectacular show, the likes of which isn’t seen in the U.S. It was much more entertaining than the main reason everyone was there.

The Germans, who have embraced Klitschko as one of their own, witnessed what they expected to see: Another Klitschko victory, this one a 10th-round technical knockout giving him THE RING heavyweight championship. What they didn’t see was much of a fight.

Chagaev made his ring walk with confidence and a solid list of achievements behind him. The Uzbek southpaw was a world amateur champion, he was undefeated, he was the WBA _title_holder and he is the only one to beat another giant, 7-footer Nikolai Valuev.

However, Klitschko isn’t Valuev.

The 6-foot-6½ Ukrainian rendered Chagaev helpless with a pile-driver left jab and what might be one of the hardest rights in boxing history. He’s like the BMWs that zip down the autobahn at 120 mph here –- a fine-tuned machine that owns its terrain.

It will take a special fighter, perhaps one who battles with reckless abandon and can take a monstrous punch, to beat this man.

“This is the best Wladimir we ever saw,” said his former promoter and Chagaev’s current handler, Klaus-Peter Kohl.

Chagaev (25-1-1, 17 knockouts) came out of his dressing room to his own blaring music and with a swagger typical of a fighter who has never lost. He had beaten Valuev –- his scheduled opponent last month until he tested positive for a Hepatitis B antigen -- and fully expected to do the same to Klitschko.

Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) acknowledged the hearty cheers of a typically subdued German crowd but was stone faced before the opening bell. He had business to take care of and seemed eager to do it.

And it didn’t take long for the simple plot to come into focus.

Klitschko’s game plan is no secret. Pound the jab into your opponent’s face to keep him at a distance and set up the right, follow with pulverizing rights when you have openings and either hold or move when he gets near you.

It worked perfectly on Saturday.

Chagaev, about 6 inches shorter than Klitschko, ate left jab after left jab and an increasing number of rights as the fight progressed as he tried in vain to get inside. He went down as the result of one right in the second round and was staggered by many more, although he displayed an impressive chin. And each time one landed, the crowd, craving action, ooed, aahed and cheered.

By the ninth and final complete round, it was clear that Chagaev had no chance. He had lost every round, was breaking down physically, was bleeding from a cut above his left eye and wasn’t landing his own punches.

Chagaev, clearly disappointed with his performance, said afterward that he could’ve continued but that was his pride speaking; his cornermen wouldn’t allow it. The fight ended with him on his stool.

“If he was going to continue fighting, he was going to have to knock me down to do it,” said his trainer, Michael Timm.

After referee Eddie Cotton signaled the end of the fight, Klitschko finally smiled and raised his arms in triumph. Then, after well wishes in the ring, he jumped onto the ropes in each corner beaming as his German fans roared their approval.

They didn’t witness a great fight but they know a masterpiece when they see it.

“That’s the best criticism when you dominate a fight, giving no chance to your opponent,” said Klitschko, referring to the fact it wasn’t particularly entertaining. “Sometimes it seems easy. … When you have controversy in a fight, when both fighters are up and down and there is a lot of blood and eventually one guy is able to win, it’s a competitive fight.

“It wasn’t that. I’m not eager to prove my chin, which is made of glass,” he continued, joking about the perception by some because of his three KO losses. “I want to dominate my fights, which I do pretty much in all my best fights.”

Indeed, Klitschko, who has won 11 in a row, seems far removed from the fighter who was stopped by inferior fighters once each in 2003 and 2004.

He seems to be fighting with a sense of purpose that eluded him early in his career. He knows what he’s capable of doing and, as an experienced fighter and consummate professional, he goes out and does it. Again and again and again.

“I think he learned to relax,” said Shelly Finkel, Klitschko’s U.S. advisor. “He used to be so tense. Now, he just goes out there and does his job every time he fights. He’s definitely a different fighter than he used to be.”

Klitschko now owns THE RING belt his brother, Vitali, once wore and holds three of the four major alphabet _title_s. He’s on top of the division, the fighter every ambitious heavyweight wants to meet.

Finkel said he’d like to see Klitschko fight either Haye -- Klitschko’s original opponent for Saturday until he pulled out with a back injury -- or Los Angeles-area slugger Chris Arreola in September.

Haye might be the most-logical choice. The well-spoken Briton has a great deal of charisma and the animosity between them would help sell the fight. It was Haye, not Chagaev who helped sell out Veltins-arena.

Arreola, who is unbeaten, is an action fighter who probably would make for a very entertaining fight. Finkel said he would expect that fight to take place at Staples Center in L.A.

Another option would be the freakish Valuev, the opponent German television executives have said would be a very marketable opponent. However, Valuev turned down a chance to fight Klitschko on Saturday.

Whoever steps into the ring with Klitschko had better have a better game plan than Chagaev did, particularly if what Klitschko said is true.

“I really think that the best for me,” he said, “is in the future.”

Why Is Klitschko Not WBA Champion?
Published by Scoop Malinowski on June 22nd, 2009


Wladimir Klitschko absolutely dominated WBA Heavyweight champ in recess Ruslan Chagaev for every second of nine rounds in Gelsenkirchen, Germany before 65,000 fans. Klitschko is now the WBO/IBF/IBO and Ring Heavyweight champ. But not the WBA champion. The WBA decided not to sanction Klitschko-Chagaev as an official WBA _title_ fight even though the WBA did sanction Chagaev’s most recent defense against Carl Drummond as a WBA _title_ fight earlier this year.

This does not make much sense. Chagaev paid his WBA sanctioning fees for defending against Drummond in February. So in the meantime, what did Chagaev do to suddenly be deemed by the WBA as NOT to be their champion if he was earlier this year?

The WBA stood to collect a rather large sanctioning fee as well if they would have put their WBA _title_ up for grabs in Gelsenkirchen. And had Chagaev won the fight against Klitschko, they could have collected future sanctioning fees for all of Chagaev’s future WBA _title_ defenses. And with the Klitschko win, the WBA would now have garnered their customary percentage for all future Wladimir Klitschko WBA _title_ defenses, which as most ring observers know, considering the massive popularity of Dr. Steelhammer in Europe, those fees would be considerable.

But, curiously and mysteriously, the WBA elected to withhold sanctioning Klitschko vs. Chagaev. And now the WBA can only collect sanctioning fees from Nikolay Valuev’s upcoming WBA _title_ defenses, which don’t exactly do mammoth business any where.

Things that make you go HMMMM. You have to wonder what in the heck could have been the WBA’s motivation here to refuse to send Chagaev in as an official WBA champion this past Saturday with the monies at stake. You have to wonder just who could have influenced their decision making on this rather illogical maneuver. The first reaction is to suspect Don King might somehow have factored into the equation but well leave it at that. We may never know the truth.

Wladimir Klitschko defeated the WBA champ Ruslan Chagaev by brutal domination – but the WBA refuses to recognize this triumphant performance. Everyone in the world who watched the fight knows Klitschko should now wear the WBA belt, everyone except Gilberto Mendoza and the good people over at the WBA.

Note: Representatives from the WBA offices are welcome to reply to this article. Any explanation for the WBA’s refusal to sanction Klitschko-Chagaev as a WBA _title_ fight would be very welcome. Also, we would like to know if the WBA still recognizes Chagaev as their WBA Heavyweight champ in recess?

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