49 And dreaming: Klitschko’s title offer

According to the reports, the former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KO) is considering returning after eight years of retirement. He wants to try to capture a world title at 49, but he seems crazy.

Wladimir Klitschko has not fought since he suffered an eleventh round knockout against Anthony Joshua on April 29, 2017. Klitschko was 41 at that time and had been inactive for two years, losing to Tyson Fury in 2015 for a dull decision of 12 round .

Wladimir looked at each other in those fights and in his second round defeat against Corrie Sanders. Losing Belegy Fury and Joshua showed that Wladimir no longer had that spark. Basically he created the races of those two British giants, Aj & Fury, because they would probably have never become stars if he had done what they were supposed to and knocked on them.

Foreman record

He Ring Informs that Klitschko wants Break the George Foreman record of being the oldest champion. On November 5, 1994, Foreman, who was 45 years old then, knocked out Moorer in the tenth round to capture the heavyweight titles of the IBF and the AMB.

However, Foreman was in the ideal situation: to face a former 175 -pound champion, Moorer, who was very small for heavyweight competition.

It would be unfair to the many contestants waiting in the row for an opportunity for the world title if Klitschko jumped and immediately challenged a world title on their return.

The USYK/Pulev route

Klitschko’s only possibility of winning a title on his return is to face the AMB, the WBC and the OMB OMBA champion Usyk or Kubrat Pulev Kubrat Pulev. 11 years ago, Wladimir knocked out Pulev in Fifth Round on November 15, 2014, as 38 at that time.

He will not succeed against the FIB champion, Daniel Dubois, because he hits too much, and Wladimir has never done well against such combatants.

Aggression is needed

If Klitschko will return, he needs to let his hands leave and fight with more aggression than he showed in his clashes against Joshua and Fury. In both losses, Wlad struggled as if he were afraid to throw out for fear of being knocked out.

He had Joshua ready to be knocked out after leaving him in the sixth round at Wembley Stadium. Instead, Klitschko ignored his corner and tried to light Joshua, which allowed him to recover and return to stop him in 11.

When losing Fury, Wlad did not fight aggressively, letting the youngest fighter dwarf his way to victory. This was sad to see because Wladimir had the advantage of power and speed of the hand, but did not press the trigger.

If your former coach, Emanuel Steward, was still alive at that time, would have lit a fire on him scolding him in the corner to attack