Our more dignified and mature fight journalism brothers over at THE SWEET SCIENCE have more talented boxing writers on their staff than Floyd Mayweather’s entourage has thugs. Today David A. Avila has an excellent article on the closest approximation to a legit heavyweight champion at the moment, Wladmir Klitschko:

Maybe Klitschko is more talented than any other heavyweight but that talent does not translate into entertainment. And entertainment is what prizefighting is all about.

“Did you hear what he said about wanting to entertain the fans?� said Goossen during a press conference last week for Arreola. “That’s what the heavyweight division needs, an entertaining champion. Not a guy who barely wants to exchange punches.�

I’m not saying Klitschko is a phony and not deserving of the heavyweight title. But he’s a sheep in wolf’s clothing. That wolf needs to come out. All that pitter-patter and jumping out of danger has got to stop.

Imagine James Toney running away from action? That would never happen. But Klitschko resorts to that tactic whenever the going gets tough. Or he holds on with those massive arms. Maybe he belongs in MMA?

Hopefully, on Saturday, I’m wrong.

Maybe a little of his brother Vitali will rub off and we can have a true heavyweight champion to brag about once again.

The wolf needs to show up.

MMA isn’t an option for “The Steel Hammer” since Wlad would get ground and pounded into oblivion. Vitaly Klitchko, you’ll recall, managed to undo a somewhat unjustified rap for lacking ‘heart’ when he fought Lennox Lewis like a crazed weasel with one of his eyeballs nearly hanging out of its socket.

Wladmir Klitschko: The Reluctant Champion @ The Sweet Science