Who else was shocked that McGirt stopped the fight?

[Heavyrighthand]

I thought the whole idea that they had going into this fight would be for Brewster to take a hell of a thrashing, and hopefully, come alive with a swarm later in the fight, if not sooner, and KO Klitschko as he's starting to wind down, a bit.

To see McGirt stop the fight, out of consideration for Brewster taking too much punishment seemed odd, as Brewster's entire schtick was to take alot of heavy punishment, show that warriors heart, get back up, and then comeback and turn the tides on Klit.

Of course this is not serious, and I realize that they have to lookout for the fighter's health, first and foremost, when they are getting beaten that badly, as Brewster was.

But after the first fight, and the beating that Brewster took, I expected him to be beaten to all bloody hell in this fight, and never lose his drive to keep getting back up and to keep coming at Klit; never say die, so to speak.

But to see them call the fight off due to taking too much punishment seemed very strange, coming from Brewster's corner, of all people. He's known for taking punishment. That's his thing, just before he comes alive and KOs YOU.......LOL

[brooklyn1550]

After the 1st 4 rounds, I had a feeling McGirt was going to stop the fight between rounds a little later if Brewster didn't step it up.

[RAMPAGE0017]

I'm not necessarily shocked.... McGirt is usually pretty on top of things when his fighters are taking more punishment than they need to, and he always considers the welfare of his fighter over anything. I think he pretty much realized that Brewster wasn't going to win the fight.

[cpnasty]

I wasn't shocked at all. This is very typical of Buddy McGirt

[Andrey]

What's even more surprising is BREWSTER saying in the first fight.

"IT'S ALL ABOUT HEART" how Wlad quits and he is the one who will die before quiting.

Then in the rematch he does exactly what he criticized Wlad for even though Wlad didn't quit in the first fight.



Andrey

[Jason997]

The bottom line is : It was the right call. His man was getting whipped and with the bombs that WK is capable of he risked serious injury with almost no risk/reward incentive because he didn't look like he had any chance of coming back. Good trainer.

- Jason

[SOUTHERMOST]

Buddy love his fighters I think was the right decision Brewster was a punching bag very boring mismatch.

[Jason997]

Yes, unfortunately the fight really sucked. Too bad, I was hoping for more.

[jisi]

Brewster has a very big heart. I was live at Cologne, great fighter. Buddy McGirt is a very good trainer. It was time to stop the fight.

Wladimir Klitschko is the heavyweight champion of the world:

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[Sakura]

Well, wlad didin't hit the target(perfectly) with his right yet, and Bresters face was guite bad shape. Probably McGirt sense that wlad was getting use his right more and do it wise decision to stop the fight

[divac]

Thank God for trainers like Buddy McGirt. There's no need to have a fighter face first on the canvas to stop a fight!

For those who dont know about the sport of boxing, both Buddy McGirt and Lamon Brewster saw that Wlad was fighting alot more measured than he did the first time they faced eachother.
......they realized that Wlad fighting at a measured pace was only going to get better and build momentum down the stretch, as Brewster got weaker taking punishment.

Brewster imo is still as tough a heavyweight as they come, but this was a case of him just getting totally outclassed. No real reason to continue as far as I'm concerned.
Lamon Brewster was absolutely correct when he said, " I got a family to go home too, I want to do it with my senses in tack."

[divac]

What's even more surprising is BREWSTER saying in the first fight.

"IT'S ALL ABOUT HEART" how Wlad quits and he is the one who will die before quiting.

Then in the rematch he does exactly what he criticized Wlad for even though Wlad didn't quit in the first fight.



Andrey

The man in your avatar did absolutely the same thing vs Ricky Hatton......
.....in both occasions, the right thing to do!

[Flatlander]

The stoppage was surreal actually. I was wondering, why did they even make this fight if they weren't going to even try to win it.

[Sakura]

They try to win, atleast in the beginning, but they see it's hopeless

[2smart4u]

:patsch I get the empression that neither guy wanted to hurt he other ? BREW didnt look like he really wanted to win the fight and VLAD looked like he didnt want to hurt BREW ? I hate to say it but this fight looks as bad as the first one !:deal

[Heavyrighthand]

What's even more surprising is BREWSTER saying in the first fight.

"IT'S ALL ABOUT HEART" how Wlad quits and he is the one who will die before quiting.

Then in the rematch he does exactly what he criticized Wlad for even though Wlad didn't quit in the first fight.



Andrey

Very good point and well put. If it were all about heart, I guess Brewster had to rethink how noble that was, when he started getting pounded.

To hell with this warrior's heart nonsense, I am getting beat to hell in there.

[pipe wrenched]

I thought McGirt was just threatening to pull the plug to motivate Brew. I just can't see quiting in a world title fight. What happened to the "you're gonna have to kill me to beat me" warrior mentality?

[T.S.]

Brewster didn't argue either. He went out with a wimper and his tail between his legs. Why sugar coat this? That's what fcking happened.

[RDJ]

I wasn't shocked at all. This is very typical of Buddy McGirt

True. He stopped the Gatti vs. Ward fights waaaay to soon as well :lol: :hi:

[Bo Bo Olson]

McGirt was right.
Wald was "Ali"ing him. Punching his brains out with out risking getting knocked out. Brewster would have lasted one or two rounds more, and folks would be bitching, the fight should have been stopped sooner. Hell punches to Brewster's gloves were backing him up a full step.
McGirt had told him the round before, if he didn't do something he was going to stop the fight. All Brewster did in that next round was get stuck, and not move.
And Wald had hit him with a couple of very good rights here and there.

[KTFO]

To see McGirt stop the fight, out of consideration for Brewster taking too much punishment seemed odd


He obviously had too much ding-a-ling in his head by that time. :!:

[cpnasty]

True. He stopped the Gatti vs. Ward fights waaaay to soon as well :lol: :hi:


I was speaking of Mayweather vs Gatti, not a fight where his fighter had a shot of winning. Maybe you saw that fight as well:patsch .

[Ramshall1]

Buddy was spot on, he warned him and gave him another round to do something - he couldnt. The fight was over.

[Rock0052]

There was no sense in having a Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb type of situation. Good move by Mcgirt.

[Street Lethal]

There was one big difference between this fight and the last one. Wlad didn't mysteriously get tired as the rounds progressed.

Did they ever figure out what happened there? That was a strange moment.