According to a Ukrainian sports website, Wlad has resumed boxing training. https://sportarena.com/boxing/vladimir-klichko-pristupil-k-trenirovkam/
I hardly recognized him in that other picture in the surgeon outfit and glasses....Dr. Steel Hammer in his return.
The other picture? I see only one. And even that is an old photo inserted just for illustrative purposes.
It's not there now , it was some fat middle aged guy in green hospital gear. He must of read my post and booked........
I don’t like this. He went out the right way, coming very close to KOing the next #1, why risk tarnishing that? I’m sure WK knows what he’s doing and so do people at DAZN but HW is not the division where rewards outweigh the risks at his age.
Allegedly, the offer now is $80 million. https://shilfa.com/ukraine/vladimir-klitschko-offered-80-million-to-return-the-ring-media-gordon/
If Wlad takes care of his body like he always has, and doesn't get into too many wars, I could see him potentially beating Foremans record of a HW winning a strap at 46. This is assuming there will be another weak title holder in a few years time of the Stiverne/Martin caliber though.
You can bet your "bottom dollar" he'll still be in elite physical condition and I bet his ego is telling him he can bash up the division; but at pushing 43 this is a mistake and potentially a dangerous one.
With Wilder refusing to sign up to fight for DAZN I don't see that happening. With all his talk of loyalty and how DAZN business model limits the upside should it do better than expected. But then again Wilder contradicts himself every time he opens his mouth, which happens when you lie all the time. If Wilder keeps refusing the Joshua fight I see this as more a Joshua/Wlad rematch scenario. First fight was amazing and there was a lot of demand for the rematch at the time. Give Wlad a couple of return fights where he looks good and Joshua/Wlad 2 could be built up to be a big fight. Might also be a move from DAZN to prevent anyone else signing Wlad, limiting the big fight options for Fury and Wilder. If they can get most of the big name heavies signed to DAZN like they have at middleweight it could force others who are currently not with DAZN frozen out of big names to fight and force them to sign with DAZN eventually once they run out of viable opponents.
I'd honestly favour him over Wilder and Whyte, and give him a 50-50 with Joshua depending on how he fought him