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Did this ever get released?

A little bit of me does wonder if the reason why Wlad let Joshua off the hook was to make good on his USB prediction??

Maybe not, I personally never thought anything about Klitschko letting AJ off the hook when watching it but a lot of people did say to me they thought Wlad never went for it when he had Joshua in trouble

I suspect he appeared to let him off the hook as he did not think AJ would recover and would continue to tire until he was totally defenceless and no longer posing a danger. Take him into deeper waters and drown him.

tobyh5 wrote:I suspect he appeared to let him off the hook as he did not think AJ would recover and would continue to tire until he was totally defenceless and no longer posing a danger. Take him into deeper waters and drown him.

This. Conventional tactics seem to be that if you're the superior boxer, then once your opponent is hurt you can just rack up the rounds and pick them apart slowly. When your opponent is a big puncher with questionable stamina (certainly before the fight) then why take a risk? Unfortunately, hindsight is of a small comfort now.

tobyh5 wrote:I suspect he appeared to let him off the hook as he did not think AJ would recover and would continue to tire until he was totally defenceless and no longer posing a danger. Take him into deeper waters and drown him.

Apparently it was something about Ukraine winning the Eurovision.

BillyTKid wrote:Did this ever get released?

He said after the fight it was being auctioned and if they buyer wanted to share the details with the world they could, otherwise they could keep it to themselves.

I hope Tyson Fury buys it.

CaptainSpacerod wrote:I hope Tyson Fury buys it.

Now that would be funny.

BillyTKid wrote:Did this ever get released?

I actually posted a thread some time ago about this issue. There was something in the media (not sure if it was reliable) that Klit actually said he would get stopped in the 11th.

I put in the link of the prediction. Again not sure how true it was though.

CaptainSpacerod wrote:I hope Tyson Fury buys it.

And publicly flattens it with a hammer without even watching whats on it.

I doubt very much there is any truth in Klit saying he would get stopped at all.

I have got to admit I laughed at Tyson Fury buying it!! Imagine he done it and gave an exclusive to Kugan Cassius.. Imagine Bonte then

daviddee wrote:I have got to admit I laughed at Tyson Fury buying it!! Imagine he done it and gave an exclusive to Kugan Cassius.. Imagine Bonte then

Ha

Benelio wrote:This. Conventional tactics seem to be that if you're the superior boxer, then once your opponent is hurt you can just rack up the rounds and pick them apart slowly. When your opponent is a big puncher with questionable stamina (certainly before the fight) then why take a risk? Unfortunately, hindsight is of a small comfort now.

Joshua got a second wind against Whyte after looking knackered early on.

Wlad should have known that Joshua could recover.

tobyh5 wrote:I suspect he appeared to let him off the hook as he did not think AJ would recover and would continue to tire until he was totally defenceless and no longer posing a danger. Take him into deeper waters and drown him.

Thats been wlads modus operandi his entire career

Wlad tried to take him out, but could not land clean. Joshua was lucid and elusive at all times. Watch the replay. So he made the reasonable choice to preserve energy. Everyone is a genius with a hindsight. Had he thrown couple more punches in that round and did not stop Joshua it would be him on the ropes in the next. Sometimes you make all the right choices and still loose.

handsofstone wrote:A little bit of me does wonder if the reason why Wlad let Joshua off the hook was to make good on his USB prediction??

Maybe not, I personally never thought anything about Klitschko letting AJ off the hook when watching it but a lot of people did say to me they thought Wlad never went for it when he had Joshua in trouble

No way did he throw the fight just for his prediction. That was a sily little thing to raise some money for charity, that would've meant nothing to Wlad compared to winning. He was just overly cautious.

Glad confirmed in the post fight presser that he thought Joshua was done and the fight was his, that's why he didn't go gung-ho to finish it. He thought he could just control the rest of the fight with his experience.

It was classic Wlad and a reasonable thought process, and given another chance I'm sure he'd just jump on Joshua. Fair play to Joshua for coming back into it late on.

Horse wrote:

Benelio wrote:This. Conventional tactics seem to be that if you're the superior boxer, then once your opponent is hurt you can just rack up the rounds and pick them apart slowly. When your opponent is a big puncher with questionable stamina (certainly before the fight) then why take a risk? Unfortunately, hindsight is of a small comfort now.

Joshua got a second wind against Whyte after looking knackered early on.

Wlad should have known that Joshua could recover.

He didn't get poleaxed against Whyte though