i don't think I've ever heard the corner tell their boxer "you gotta go for the knockout" in the final round when the boxer is boxing a shutout. That really shows how boring the fight it.
boring ass fight. Oh well, it's one of those things, I mean Wlad dominated with his jab and clearly won easily, but it was boring and people wanted the KO. He did the smart thing, but not the popular thing.
This is my take on the fight from a drunken standpoint .. I'll rewatch it tomorrow and see if it stilll holds. IMO, Wlad was too worried about getting another belt than he was winning impressively. His never really been a straight up come out there and smoke you type of fighter but he'd usually get the knockout from just breaking down the other opponent.
Now I'll say this .. I think it's extremely impressive for Wlad to dominate a world class belt holding opponent in the fashion that he did no matter how boring the fight was. As a HW champion though people expect him to win in exciting decisive knockout fashion. You'll never see Israel Vazquez on Conan no matter how exciting his fights are. People love the HWs and Wlad got a lot of attention from this fight and I just wish he could've done more with it.