Pawel Wolak upset Yuri Foreman with a pressure-filled fight that ended in technical knockout at the end of six after Foreman refused to answer the bell for the seventh round.
After his first career loss to Cotto, ACL surgery and the death of his longtime manager, Foreman (28-2, 8 KOs) of Brooklyn, N.Y., suffered a unexpectedly lopsided loss. Wolak (29-1, 19 KOs) set the tone early with heavy pressure and stalked Foreman from the opening bell. Foreman had few answers and made no adjustments throughout the super welterweight bout allowing Wolak to land countless combinations and clubbing right hands.
“I didn’t feel like myself tonight,” said Foreman. “From the long layoff, I didn’t feel sharp. I felt mushy.”
After six rounds, Foreman’s corner had seen enough of the one-sided scrap and called the fight. Wolak jumped up in elation and credited the dominant performance to his work ethic. “If you ain’t the fastest guy, you ain’t the slickest guy, you [have to] work like a madman,” said the 29-year-old emerging junior middleweight from New Jersey.
Incredible pressure from Wolak, Chavez wouldn’t last that long with him, but I think if Foreman would have tried to use his reach and jab jab jab all night, he could have done much much better, still great fight from Wolak with only a few weeks notice!
I think Wolak would wear Jr. the hell out he’s never in shape and probably why he pulled out.
Wolak would put so much pressure on Jr that he’d quit just like Foreman……
that explains why Chavez pulled from fighting Wolak 3 times.
Wolak vs Chaves Jr would be good …. If only Jr would stop pulling out of this fight…!
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