Who were the most dangerous punchers Wlad faced during his championship run?

Those weren't during his championship run (Peter 2 was but Peter was far less dangerous at that point), barring Haye who I agree is the clear No.1 in that respect.

 

Not during his championship run.

 

First Brewster fight was pre-championship run, second fight Brewster was well done and his only win of any note post-Wlad was decisioning Sprott.

 

You are truly clueless regarding the Haye fight , but you outdo yourself when discussing the Pov bout.

The fight was indeed a very poor display of pugilism, but the fault was as much or more Pov's as it was Klitschko's.

The man had no strategy other than to try to bore in , head down, without doing the necessary work with his jab.

Here's what Pov himself said after the fight:

"Things didn't quite go as well as I wanted, but I never give up,"Of course, he was the better fighter,
He's the best in the world, that's clear."

Later, he said...

" What is there to explain? All I can say is that Klitschko was stronger than me. At that time, I was physically much weaker. "Tactically, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to give more, get close and fight. But you need to be able to do that and I didn't know how to."

A bit more incisive analysis there from Sasha than the nonsense you posted.
Unless, of course, you believe that Sasha was demonstrating his "rabid fanboyism and fanaticism" for Wlad.[/QUOTE]

I don't need another boring essay. I just need you to explain to me how Wlad fighting bums like Pianeta and Mormeck was more "in demand" than big money prestigious rematches against genuine contenders coming off impressive KO wins.

If you can't do that clearly and concisely (and I'm pretty sure you can't), we're done here.

 

Povetkin isn't a shitbag like Wlad so he wasn't going to make excuses. But he knew what Wlad did and so did everyone else.

Nice job not answering my question, as I expected.

 

"it wasn't really an era with many hard punchers"

If that's true along with Wlad's record as a non-titlist (down 16 times, KO'd 4 times), Wlad's hypothetical H2H reputation against big punchers is probably overrated. Especially since the two most dangerous punchers of his reign were 6'1-6'2, 213-226 lbs.

It also doesn't matter too much that there weren't that many dangerous punchers to fight because Wlad could have rematched his two most lucrative and prestigious opponents of his winning streak, who may well have been the two most dangerous punchers. He also could have fought Ortiz who was knocking around in the rankings since 2011/2012 at the latest, though that may have been asking for too much.

Some clown in the thread claimed that there was NO DEMAND for a Haye or Povetkin rematch but failed to explain how there was more demand, money and prestige in fighting Mormeck, Thompson 2, Wach, Pianeta and Leapai on that seven fight run. Especially if the Povetkin rematch was going to be officiated properly. Haye and Povetkin had a lot of hype after they destroyed Chisora and Takam respectively, the rematches could have easily been made a fight or two after that. It's obvious why they weren't made given the high reward; excessively high perceived risk.