K.O.W. - Drugged or Drubbed?
With the Wladimir Klitschko/Lamon Brewster rematch set for this Saturday in Germany, this edition of the No Mas Knockout of the Week is a layup. Brewster, the former WBO heavyweight champ, won that vacant title by stopping Wlad in the 5th round of their bout in April, 2004. The fight has been shrouded in controversy ever since, an early entrant in what has become a familiar genre - the "I was drugged" excuse. This bone, however, does seem to have some meat on it - check out this piece on Boxing Insider and I'm sure you will at least raise an eyebrow. The most compelling clue is the sudden drop in odds from 11-1 to 7-2 right before the fight. Throughout the history of the sweet science, a huge pre-bout influx of money on an underdog has always been a sign of some hanky-panky.
Wlad dominated the first four rounds and then got leg-weary in the fifth, leaving him open to the two leaping, Joe Frazierian left hooks that put him half a mile down queer street. He tries to battle through the remainder of the round after a standing-eight count, but he's out on his feet, and collapses on his face at the sound of the bell. His rubbery condition is definitely bizarre given his showing in the earlier rounds - then again, Wlad was known then as a fighter who tired early, and was only a year removed from his second-round destruction by Corrie Sanders. Myself, I tend to think that Klitschko will easily avenge his loss this Saturday, but it won't be because he was drugged the first time around. He's just a much better fighter now.
Wlad dominated the first four rounds and then got leg-weary in the fifth, leaving him open to the two leaping, Joe Frazierian left hooks that put him half a mile down queer street. He tries to battle through the remainder of the round after a standing-eight count, but he's out on his feet, and collapses on his face at the sound of the bell. His rubbery condition is definitely bizarre given his showing in the earlier rounds - then again, Wlad was known then as a fighter who tired early, and was only a year removed from his second-round destruction by Corrie Sanders. Myself, I tend to think that Klitschko will easily avenge his loss this Saturday, but it won't be because he was drugged the first time around. He's just a much better fighter now.
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I'm assuming that most No Masians have Deadspin on their daily digest but I think I'm gonna have to regurgitate this one. This is one wild KO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-pFD0FGkZA&eurl;=
I was at the first Brewster fight because I had Spinks on the undercard. Wlad didn't look well before he went into the ring. I saw him just before he did his ring walk. Don't know if it was nerves or what. I think he wins the rematch. Both he and Brewster are different fighters now.
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