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was not as easy for him as the stats might make it
look like. never seen wlad with so much determination ...

his most exciting fight for me.

Yep, top performance by Wlad there. He seems to be getting even better.

Agreed. The mark of a true champion

Amazing knock out win. Pulev was not running away, which is why he took sledge hammer shots.

It was entertaining because Pulev came to win. I thought Pulev hurt Wlad early in the first round, and landed a great punch just before Wlad put him away for good in dramatic fashion. Great fight not too much clinching, compelling viewing.

victor-romeo wrote:It was entertaining because Pulev came to win. I thought Pulev hurt Wlad early in the first round, and landed a great punch just before Wlad put him away for good in dramatic fashion. Great fight not too much clinching, compelling viewing.

The first entertaining Wlad fight in years and I missed it.

Hls of the KO and Card here for those who missed it:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 7&start=50


I thought we might get robbed from a good fight due to the early KDs and Pulev remaining at striking distance and not punching... But the 3rd KD woke Pulev up and gave us a nice fight indeed!!


ENJOY!!

tiny_acres wrote:

victor-romeo wrote:It was entertaining because Pulev came to win. I thought Pulev hurt Wlad early in the first round, and landed a great punch just before Wlad put him away for good in dramatic fashion. Great fight not too much clinching, compelling viewing.

The first entertaining Wlad fight in years and I missed it.

Dude got laid out, but he did more in five rounds than most of Wlad's opponents manage over longer fights.

Yeah, Wlad looked a lot different in this fight.
He was on a mission...his left hook was stunning, an underrated punch from him.
With either hand, if he lands it cleanly, he has the most power in the heavyweight division.
He doesn't club fighters to death, swinging wildly...he drills them hard.

Pulev did indeed come to fight, to the point he tried to draw Klitschko into a dirty fight early on..Maybe hoping for a DQ win??
To his credit he did land a few big shots after realizing that wouldn't work, but Wlad was never in trouble.

It was an entertaining, almost exciting fight :)
Kudos to Wlad. No one in the division is even close to him.

tiny_acres wrote:

victor-romeo wrote:It was entertaining because Pulev came to win. I thought Pulev hurt Wlad early in the first round, and landed a great punch just before Wlad put him away for good in dramatic fashion. Great fight not too much clinching, compelling viewing.

The first entertaining Wlad fight in years and I missed it.

it will be around soon. wlad seemed a different
man to me, because he indeed got hit. not terribly
clean, but still ... and he stood his ground. respect
to pulev, even after having been knocked down
several times he kept coming.

Pulev is IMO 1 of Wlad's 4 best opponents in his current title run, along with Haye, Povetkin, and Byrd. This was surely the best ass-whooping amongst those four wins. It is overall a good win to improve his legacy a bit.

cjdragon wrote:Yeah, Wlad looked a lot different in this fight.
He was on a mission...his left hook was stunning, an underrated punch from him.
With either hand, if he lands it cleanly, he has the most power in the heavyweight division.
He doesn't club fighters to death, swinging wildly...he drills them hard.

Pulev did indeed come to fight, to the point he tried to draw Klitschko into a dirty fight early on..Maybe hoping for a DQ win??
To his credit he did land a few big shots after realizing that wouldn't work, but Wlad was never in trouble.

It was an entertaining, almost exciting fight :)
Kudos to Wlad. No one in the division is even close to him.

His height allows many of his opponents to duck underneath it, so it doesn't always land, but against taller upright fighters it's a devastating punch. Great performance tonight.

crusader wrote:Dude got laid out, but he did more in five rounds than most of Wlad's opponents manage over longer fights.

Amazing fast and accurate left hook for a heavy.

I think the difference was Pulev really tried to win and was aggressive

Powellm wrote:

cjdragon wrote:Yeah, Wlad looked a lot different in this fight.
He was on a mission...his left hook was stunning, an underrated punch from him.
With either hand, if he lands it cleanly, he has the most power in the heavyweight division.
He doesn't club fighters to death, swinging wildly...he drills them hard.

Pulev did indeed come to fight, to the point he tried to draw Klitschko into a dirty fight early on..Maybe hoping for a DQ win??
To his credit he did land a few big shots after realizing that wouldn't work, but Wlad was never in trouble.

It was an entertaining, almost exciting fight :)
Kudos to Wlad. No one in the division is even close to him.

His height allows many of his opponents to slip underneath it, so it doesn't always land, but against taller upright fighters it's a devastating punch. Great performance tonight.

Absolutely agree. I actually think that tall fighters are easier targets for Wlad, though they have more chances to land their punches too. Pulev landed some good punches, Wach hurt Wlad with a right hand in the fifth round. Thompson had some success in landing punches in their first fight. Wladimir's fights against tall opponents are more entertaining than against the smaller ones. The same thing could also be said about Lennox Lewis (besides Akinwande fight)

After a bunch of one sided snoozers and hugfests a nice paced fight with a big end. Hat off to Pulev, he landed some good shots on Wladimir, but he took them well. That combo Wladimir ate just before the knockout must have been the best that landed on him since Brewster saw his chance when he was out of gas 10 years ago.
I do question Pulevs chin a bit though, compared to what some other opponents took from either of the Klitschkos he was down quick and often. Surprisingly by the left too, that vicious right in round 3 looked a lot more like a potential game ender to me. That Wladimirs left hook is not to be underrated is something Ray Austin knows a lot about.
Anyways, good fight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdW4YluD5Y

Pulev fought like a moron... that was by far the weirdest style I have seen anyone use in my life time...

Nightgaunt wrote:After a bunch of one sided snoozers and hugfests a nice paced fight with a big end. Hat off to Pulev, he landed some good shots on Wladimir, but he took them well. That combo Wladimir ate just before the knockout must have been the best that landed on him since Brewster saw his chance when he was out of gas 10 years ago.
I do question Pulevs chin a bit though, compared to what some other opponents took from either of the Klitschkos he was down quick and often. Surprisingly by the left too, that vicious right in round 3 looked a lot more like a potential game ender to me. That Wladimirs left hook is not to be underrated is something Ray Austin knows a lot about.
Anyways, good fight!

Wlad's hook about took Mercer's head off too back in the day

Sure after Mercer was a few fights already shot.

Powellm wrote:

cjdragon wrote:Yeah, Wlad looked a lot different in this fight.
He was on a mission...his left hook was stunning, an underrated punch from him.
With either hand, if he lands it cleanly, he has the most power in the heavyweight division.
He doesn't club fighters to death, swinging wildly...he drills them hard.

Pulev did indeed come to fight, to the point he tried to draw Klitschko into a dirty fight early on..Maybe hoping for a DQ win??
To his credit he did land a few big shots after realizing that wouldn't work, but Wlad was never in trouble.

It was an entertaining, almost exciting fight :)
Kudos to Wlad. No one in the division is even close to him.

His height allows many of his opponents to duck underneath it, so it doesn't always land, but against taller upright fighters it's a devastating punch. Great performance tonight.

Good observation. Yeah wow, what fast power he has in that left hand. I had seen him beat opponents with the left before, but today they seemed so crisp and absolutely devastating.
Wlad is a smart fighter with outstanding trainers....and a huge punch :)

Freedom wrote:Sure after Mercer was a few fights already shot.

never said it was his best win.....he landed an awesome hook.

Definitely Wlad's most entertaining fight that he didn't lose in over a decade, but he still leaped into clinches WAY too much; refs allow him to do that way too much (and then warn his opponents when they rabbit punch him in the clinches)

dempseyfire wrote:Definitely Wlad's most entertaining fight that he didn't lose in over a decade, but he still leaped into clinches WAY too much; refs allow him to do that way too much (and then warn his opponents when they rabbit punch him in the clinches)

I am not sure you watched the fight...Wlad did not "leap into clinches"...he flattened Pulev in round 5, after knocking him down 3 other times before that....
I believe Pulev was trying to pull Klitschko into a dirty fight. The ref did his job and let them fight...and Wlad blitzed Pulev.

Of course, he did. Pulev was ready to go after two KDs inround 1, but Wlad was still hugging him.

ikorolev wrote:Of course, he did. Pulev was ready to go after two KDs inround 1, but Wlad was still hugging him.

Remember way back when he was Knocked Out 3 times...he's learned much since then.
A green fighter was taught how to minimize his weaknesses, and maximize his strengths. Isn't that what every great fighter does?
He's not going to ignore what's worked for him for so very long.
Although, as most people here noticed, Wlad was very aggressive and looking to KO Pulev sooner rather than later....and he did.
Looked so much different today, maybe a new style but it'll probably depend on who he fights in his twilight (3-5 more fights, maybe?)