Vitali Klitschko just can't get any respect (The heavyweight champion no one seems to want)

Associated Press ^ | 9/27/2009 | Tim Dahlberg

[SeekAndFind]

Vitali Klitschko was doing most of his talking in English, which made sense because, after all, he had just starred in prime time on American television. Besides, he didn't need a whole lot of words to describe what he had just done to poor Cris Arreola.

Talking about the fight was easy enough in any of the four languages Klitschko speaks. The actual fight seemed pretty easy, too, at least to people watching Saturday night at Staples Center.

They came to watch Arreola fight like a warrior and win a piece of the heavyweight title. They ended up seeing Klitschko put on a coolly efficient clinic on how to hit and avoid being hit.

For anyone who truly appreciates the sweet science, it was good stuff. Floyd Mayweather Jr. did much the same thing a week earlier, though against a fighter who was 100 pounds lighter.

That fight drew 1 million households at 50 bucks a pop. This one was an HBO freebie, put on almost as an afterthought to fill space after replay of Mayweather-Marquez.

Blame Klitschko for much of that. As good as he is, he's more concerned with getting out of boxing with his brain cells intact than he is in fighting crowd-pleasing brawls.

The problem is that boxing fans — in the United States, at least — don't want cerebral heavyweight champions. They prefer their heavyweights a bit out of control, like the guy with the tattoo on his face who was sitting ringside at Staples Center.

You never knew what might happen when Mike Tyson stepped in the ring. You always have a pretty good idea what's going to happen when Klitschko puts on the gloves.

"I understand," Klitschko said. "Everyone wants a bloody fight to enjoy. Everyone wants someone to go to the floor."

[blackminorca]

This is the same reason why you dont see any white running backs anymore - its an unwritten rule.

PS - If you want to see some boring fights, dig up old Ali fights when he did his “RopaDope” for 10 rounds - THAT made you want to throw the TV out the window.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Me too. They had to stop the fight at round ten because Areola's face looked like about ten pounds of ground round.

Both Klitchko brothers take a very disciplined and scientific approach to boxing. They are not brawlers.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

We watched the fight last night, and have seen the brothers before. I have always been impressed with how polite, well spoken, and humble they are. We are always impressed with both of them. In sharp contrast, his opponent dropped the f-bomb, including the mf-bomb, no less than 5 times during his comments following the match. I know he was upset, but the difference between the two was profound.

I think that's just one facet of why we're in this huge economic mess. We've become a nation of classless slobs. There is no longer any penalty for this kind of behavior. It's actually rewarded.