I put this down to Klitschko being seriously freaked out by southpaws. The Corrie Sanders fight lift an impression on him. I have watched that fight a couple times and don't think Wlad saw many if not most of those straight lefts coming. Something about the way lefties throw punches makes him uneasy.
Every winging right hook from Ibragimov flustered him. He was not picking them up well. He was reluctant to throw a right hand, have it slipped, then get clocked with a right hook he didn't see coming.
I will give him a pass on this one. He has won 50 fights, 44 by knockout. He knows how to stop people, often spectacularly like the Brock fight.
Still it was boring, frustrating, and tenative. He clearly did not want to take risks. Put him in there with an orthodox fighter and he will be more aggressive.
Every winging right hook from Ibragimov flustered him. He was not picking them up well. He was reluctant to throw a right hand, have it slipped, then get clocked with a right hook he didn't see coming.
I will give him a pass on this one. He has won 50 fights, 44 by knockout. He knows how to stop people, often spectacularly like the Brock fight.
Still it was boring, frustrating, and tenative. He clearly did not want to take risks. Put him in there with an orthodox fighter and he will be more aggressive.