David Haye is the most over hyped fighter in recent memory. People slate Wlads resume when imo it is very good yet look at Hayes:- He beat 2 soft champions in Mormeck and Maccaranelli. and then he went up to heavyweight and fought Barrett who was shot to **** and while the fight was exciting Haye made alot of mistakes and was very wild at times. People are looking at Wlads weaknesses whilst totally overlooking Hayes own flaws.
Ive always said that Wladimir is the champ by default. Its not that he is so much better than everybody else, its that everyone else in the division just plain sucks. There is only one person that is his rival, and that is his brother. To bad that they will never fight each other, and will hold the division hostage for a few years.
hes a turley great heavyweight povetkin and haye will just improve his resume the only heavyweight out there who could beat him is vitali
Wladimir's beaten a who's who list of contenders and former champions. He's doing pretty much everything people have asked of him. Wladimir Klitschko: 1.) Is beating everyone he's facing and is stopping them to boot. 2.) Has unified 2 belts and isn't responsible for Valuev's reluctance to unify a third. 3.) Hasn't lost a fight in over 4 years. 4.) Has handed 4 undefeated fighters their first career losses in a span of 3 years (Castillo, Peter, Brock, Ibragimov). 5.) Has fulfilled his mandatory obligations (Austin and Thompson) and was prepared to do the same with Povetkin before the injury. 6.) Has avenged one of his career defeats (Brewster), something people were hanging over his head. And finally, If you look at all of Klitschko's fights since the Peter fight and take away the fight against Thompson, an awkward southpaw, you could probably count the number of times he's taken power punches to the head. That is absolutely remarkable. Nobody is laying a hand on Klitschko other than the occasional jab some body shots here and there, which is exactly why I contend that Tony Thompson's performance against him was so impressive. He actually managed to breach Wladimir's defense and he still ended up getting knocked out. Love him or hate him, Wladimir Klitschko is a special fighter and he's not losing anytime soon.
i don't understand why anyone would not give Wlad respect. i can't suggest anything else for him to do.
his record is not outstanding. And also you should point out that he has devastating losses to Brewster, Sanders, and Purrity.
at the end of the day what should be clear to all is that Wlad is the #2 heavyweight in the division. Even though he has less belts, Vitali is better.
haha yeah...dont forget derrek jefferson and charles shufford...... i think you just hurt the argument
Awesome attitude. Keep blaming the only quality fighters in the Heavyweight division for how bad it is. Sound logic right there.
his resume would be better with vitali,haye,chagaev,valuev and povetkin on it even if it showed a couple more loses.
hes the best heavyweight in the 2000's but the hate should stop if he has a good 2009, he needs to get povetikin, chagaev, and maybe haye.....