Vegas betting suggests Klitschko poisoned

HEAVYWEIGHT Wladimir Klitschko may have been drugged or poisoned before his WBO title bout against Lamon Brewster in Las Vegas last month as part of an elaborate betting sting, according to Klitschko's lawyer.

Judd Burstein, who previously worked for Lennox Lewis, has filed papers in a Nevada court to ask the state's district attorney for a full investigation into the bout, which Klitschko, who was an overwhelming favourite, lost dramatically.

Klitschko, the younger brother of Vitali, the new WBC champion, was on the verge of winning the bout on April 10 and had put Brewster on the floor in the fourth round, when he fell apart in the fifth. After being caught by a left hook, Klitschko suddenly became very weak. He fell against the ropes and, as the round ended, he slumped to the floor, causing the referee to stop the bout.

Concerned doctors sent Klitschko to a hospital trauma unit with a neurosurgeon, but no brain injury was found.

Key to the argument is the unusual betting patterns before the bout, which saw huge support for the unheralded Brewster. When betting opened, Brewster had been an 11 1/2-1 underdog, but by the time of the bout, Brewster's odds at the Las Vegas casinos were just 3-1. Blood and urine samples taken from Klitschko after the bout have also been destroyed.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The General: Blood and urine samples taken from Klitschko after the bout have also been destroyed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

What does that mean? I mean, I know what it means but someone help me out here...conspiracy.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Key to the argument is the unusual betting patterns before the bout, which saw huge support for the unheralded Brewster. When betting opened, Brewster had been an 11 1/2-1 underdog, but by the time of the bout, Brewster's odds at the Las Vegas casinos were just 3-1. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The main way of identifing fixes has always been betting patterns. When a ton of unexpected money comes in on any team or in this case fighter, bells go off. Back in the early 70's the Kansas City Chiefs were taken off the board in Vegas when a ton of money was bet on the Chiefs for no logical reason.


wil.

Grrrr.....we did have money on "punky" brewster and the freaking Under.....

If 30% of harness races are fixed as some suggest on this board, then how many boxing matches are fixed?

I think we would find there is broad cheating in boxing. Most all of us will acknowledge it happens. Not sure we understand just how bad it is. I am guessing it is very rampant. I could be wrong.

Also some very strange action apparently came in on the under in this fight.

The key to the inquiry is the betting pattern leading up to the bout..

Once you have the information, you must act on it..Thats when the bells go off..

With the urine samples missing, this thing goes to the conspiracy stage..

Another black eye for boxing..

The Len Dawson/KC Chiefs accusations were actually in the late '60's(1967 & 1968).