RINGNEWS24 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) http://ringnews24.com/media/k2/items/cache/3a5a3a29170e9861d8c2232070688eef_S.jpg An intriguing match-up takes place Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in the heart of New York City, as Wladimir Klitschko defends his portions of the Heavyweight Championship against Bryant “By-By” Jennings. One major component, in this fight, is that Jennings is an American Heavyweight, who has a chance to gobble up a good portion of the Heavyweight belts, with a win at the famous boxing venue. by Anthony George aka Zute More... Edited April 24, 2015 by WelshDevilRob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? An intriguing match-up takes place Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in the heart of New York City, as Wladimir Klitschko defends his portions of the Heavyweight Championship against Bryant “By-By” Jennings. One major component, in this fight, is that Jennings is an American Heavyweight, who has a chance to gobble up a good portion of the Heavyweight belts, with a win at the famous boxing venue. by Anthony George aka Zute More... --- Could be, but not probable as long as Wlad is healthy and gets a fair ref and judges. I'm thinking the likely American ref won't let him hold as much is the main fly in the ointment. I like that Jennings is taking the toughest assignment in boxing. Maybe the rest of the soft American heavies will take notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Strange how Jennings has a longer reach. He's seemed tentative or patient in previous fights, might serve him well in this fight. Klitschko should win but who knows - 39 years old, so the end can't be too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I thought Lenny the Loafer was off his game, but of course I underestimated him. Yes, it's that time of year when there's a Klitschko fight happening, and therefore Lennox must be around offering "advice" to the opponent. "I boxed Klitschko already" he says - six years ago he boxed Vitali; that doesn't seem to me to tell us much of anything about how to fight Wlad now. If Lewis weren't Canadian, he'd have a shot at Froch's title for Bitterest Man in British Boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Well, thank god THAT'S over. Wlad stinks out the joint once again. I think he (literally) landed three rights the entire fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Big Tyson Fury next!! Wlad's goin down!!! :haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I stayed up til about 5am for that. Didn't score it, as probably fell asleep during some rounds. Wlad won against a young Heavyweight contender. Hopefully, a tougher challenge from Tyson Fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Well, thank god THAT'S over. Wlad stinks out the joint once again. I think he (literally) landed three rights the entire fight. --- Watch again without your Deontay shades on. Wlad literally landed a four punch combo of two 1-2s in the last round among many more rights that round. Yeah, it was a stinker of a style clash of two different types of defensive fighters. Jennings did as good as he could for his lack of effective offense, better than Mr. Pink stinking up the canvas on his knees every round. Wlad needs an aggressive come forward fighter to look good and truth is he's never really "looked" good in his three MSG bouts though he ended up knocking out undefeated Calvin Brock in a spectacular display of power. He widely outpointed undefeated lefty Sultan Ibragimov with literally just his left hand since he only threw a single right hand the entire fight. Now he beat an undefeated defensive fighter who got in a lot of uncalled headbutts and kept ducking under Wlad's left armpit. I would also point out he had his left bicep tear that set back the Pulev fight and that bicep has been noticeably smaller and damaged looking ever since. Yeah, sloppy fight but he looked 100% better than Floydy looked against Maidana when Floydy couldn't block a shot to save his keister from what Manny's gonna do if the ref gives him the green light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I can't believe you're defending Wlad's performance. Has boxing sunk THAT low? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I had it on the missus' laptop whilst editing out the adverts in a video I downloaded...and being honest I enjoyed the bloody adverts more than the fight... Anyway got Miura, Murata, Yaegashi and Ao to look forward to on Friday :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I can't believe you're defending Wlad's performance. Has boxing sunk THAT low? --- You need to read for content. I explained why the fight was dull which is hardly defending it. Every fighter has dull fights just like every person has dull days. Wlad started his career as one of the most exciting fighters in boxing, but ever since HOFer Manny Steward got his hands on him Wlad has become over reliant on the clinch that most modern American heavies of note used with Mike Tyson being a notable exception. To this day sluggers most especially take criticism for failing to knock out a fighter and Wlad the most eminent slugger of his day. Boxer types take no criticism when they knock out a fighter, but at the end of the day, it's almost always the Sluggers who dominate all time great lists...sorry Floydy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? You're always saying sluggers get criticised for not knocking out opponents, but there's little evidence of it. And Wlad is most certainly not a slugger, hasn't been since Steward, as you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Bryant Jennings needs to shoulder a lot of the blame. He moved but didn't seem to throw enough or try to take the titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? It's always the same thing, nobody can defend against it and from the apparent landscape there's no end in sight. But as I've always pointed out, it's up to the OPPONENT to do something to change the result, NOT Wlad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Bryant Jennings needs to shoulder a lot of the blame. He moved but didn't seem to throw enough or try to take the titles. I agree strongly. (Though I'm not letting Mr. "afraid to get hit / fights like a scared schoolgirl" Klitschko off the hook, though) Jennings looked like a guy resigned to just survive, from before the opening bell to well after the cards were read. You could tell he just didn't care. I'm sure he knew he couldn't knock Wlad out, and he also knew he'd NEVER get a decision. - Not with Wlad having a signed 3-fight deal with HBO. The whole thing was just a lame circus act. Edited April 29, 2015 by Cableaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? I'm sure he knew he could knock Wlad out, and he also knew he'd NEVER get a decision. I assume you mean couldn't knock him out, since Jennings showed very average power. Klitschko fought pretty much the same way he has for years(though this was akin to the Ibragimov fight in the way he seemed disinterested), so if you keep watching under the impression he'll behave differently, you're a fool unto yourself. He long ago found a style that works for him, and if the opponent does nothing to force him to change that(or in the case of Jennings, actively encourages it) why the hell would he change it? It's an interesting piece of hypocrisy as well, that Hopkins fights in a fouling, cheating, mauling, grabby way for aeons and gets lauded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time - a living legend. Meanwhile Klitschko gets very little credit from anyone, despite having to rebuild from a shattered career twice. Edited April 28, 2015 by gavpowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? The whole thing was just a lame circus act. ---And thus enters Deontay Dearest who couldn't even knockout a fighter clearly and dangerously dehydrated before the bell ever rang so as to keep the playing field as his sugardaddy Haymon was securing the judges favor... :smiley-signs082: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? :nono: Don't even mention Wlad and Wilder in the same sentence. (Oh crap, I just did.) Wlad is a 140 lb scared schoolgirl who gets by on size and raw power, plus paying off referees for he can cheat at will. He has a proven track record of doing as little as possible in the ring, just enough to get by. He doesn't give a fuck about the fans, and has practically single-handedly ruined the sport of boxing. (He makes me embarrassed to be a boxing fan.) Wilder, on the other hand, enters every fight with dangerous intentions. He throws lovely combinations and gets his opponents out of there, even when they are overmatched. Wlad is a complete joke by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? He throws lovely combinations and gets his opponents out of there, even when they are overmatched. Wlad is a complete joke by comparison. Yeah, that's shown by his amazing 100% stoppage ra.... Ohhh now I remember - he couldn't stop the first world-class guy he faced, even when he was dehydrated. Honestly, you want to be careful, or you'll end up talking as much nonsense as LRR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Wlad's single handedly ruined boxing :haha: Good lord!! I know he's not very interesting to watch, but as Gav has pointed out, he's found a method to keep on winning and stuck to it perfectly, and why not. Each win earns him another sell out arena.He must have one of the easiest jobs in the world in terms of work rate / monetary reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Yeah, that's shown by his amazing 100% stoppage ra.... Ohhh now I remember - he couldn't stop the first world-class guy he faced, even when he was dehydrated. . Do you actually need to be reminded that Wilder FRACTURED HIS RIGHT HAND in the Stiverne fight, around the fifth round? Dude .... The fact that Wilder didn't quit, didn't let Stiverne know he was hurt, and still completely dominated every round says more about Wilder than anything else we've seen of him. - And he did it by throwing punches. Wlad would have just clinched Stiverne until he couldn't breath. Edited April 30, 2015 by Cableaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Re: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings - A Changing of the guard? Do you actually need to be reminded that Wilder FRACTURED HIS RIGHT HAND in the Stiverne fight, around the fifth round? I'm not the one who said he always gets guys out of there. And actually, Wlad would more likely have knocked him out with his other hand. I wouldn't mind, but you bang on like Wlad never threw anything, whereas he did and didn't even clinch that much in the second half of the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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