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Klitschko vs Mormeck: Wladimir Floats Tyson Comparison For Opponent, Mormeck Laughs

Wladimir Klitschko is having a much harder time legitimizing tomorrow's fight with Jean Marc Mormeck than he'll have in the ring. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Wladimir Klitschko is having a much harder time legitimizing tomorrow's fight with Jean Marc Mormeck than he'll have in the ring. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

After Wladimir Klitschko tried to flatter overmatched, undersized, old Saturday opponent Jean Marc Mormeck by comparing him to Mike Tyson, which was a clever way to insult the public's intelligence, Mormeck laughed it off and rejected the comparison:

"I'm not Mike Tyson, though sometimes it's a good PR stunt. I have neither the explosiveness nor the punch. But I know my skills. I had Haye on the canvas and shortly before a knock out which Klitschko could not do. What I missed out against Haye I will now do with him."

I keep reading these things where Wladimir and Emanuel Steward are trying to sell this fight. "He has a difficult style!" "This will not be an easy fight!" And honest to God, this is so bad -- Klitschko is a 50-to-1 favorite -- that it's making me lose respect for both of them.

Look, I don't expect Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO) say, "He is crap, and no one should watch this fight because it's not worth your time. Go have a nice dinner with someone special. Do anything else. It will be a better way to spend your time."

But it doesn't make it any easier to accept Klitschko facing Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO), a 39-year-old guy who is just a rotten challenger, and then trying to compare him to Mike Tyson because, I guess, he's short and black and old. They do have those things in common, but that's about it. I might give Tyson a better chance tomorrow than I give Mormeck, actually.

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