I SEE THIS AS A ALMOST PICK EM,bUT NORTON USUALLY LOST TO BIG PUNCHER AND FOUGHT WELL AGAINST GREAT BOXERS. WHO DOES WLAD PLAY IN THIS MATCHUP? IM LEANING TOWARDS WLAD BUT ONLY 6/5 :huh:huh:?atsch
:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl You mean the same Norton who got completely raped by Garcia, Foreman, Shavers, Cooney? Hell get some knowledge you clown. Norton is a completely overrated fighter, because once he beat Ali. That doesnt make him that special. Wlad TKO2 Norton Wlad is the completely wrong style for Norton.
Don't you guys know anything? Wlad automatically loses to any past heavyweight fighter TKO Ring walk.
The Wlad who dominated Mercer or the Wlad who dominated Chagaev beats Norton. During his career, he had some off - nights and of course he could be beaten by Norton on those nights. The Wlad - critics always make the mistake of referring to his losses as if they are representative of him as a fighter in fantasy matchups. If both show up on their best nights, Wlad has superior power, is harder to hit, bigger, probably more accurate.
Wlad is no where near the fighter that Foreman was when he beat Norton. Ken was way past it when Shavers and Cooney took him out. Don't forget this is the Wlad that got spanked by Brewster, a club fighter, Purrity, a trial horse, and Sanders , a semi retired fat golfer. Compare those three with the guys that beat Norton. Norton arguably may have deserved to win all three fights with Ali. Wlad wouldn't qualify to be Ali's towel boy.
If the Ken Norton in this match up is a 'prime' version, then so is Wlad, and the version of Wlad that lost to Brewster was not the dominating HW he is now. Calling Brewster a club fighter is a gross disrepect to both him and the sport in general. Wlad was dominating Purrity for 10 rounds before he tired due to poor pacing from lack of experience, and Sander's is woefully underrated at times - he gave Vitali trouble like no one else had before.
I am seeing things strange...is anybody actually picking Norton over Wlad?? :huh:-( This must be some kind of a joke. I will bet all my savings, house, car, job, etc on Wlad. One right hand and it will be over.
Yup. These young 'uns see Wlad beating up Z-level no hopers and think he's an ATG. He's never won a competitive fight and has been brutally KO'd in virtually every close fight hes had.
When did Wlad win a competitive fight? When you back a glass-jawed fighter with...questionable heart to beat someone, you have to be sure its a complete mismatch. Anyone who can make a fight of it can beat those fighters who have all of the frailties; look at Wlad, lost to guys who really aren't even world level fighters, much less ATG's.
Yep, being decked twice by a pudgy asmathic D-level fighter, and nearly having a panic attack everytime he some much as gets into any physical contact, great
Wlad has never won a competitive fight? He dominated fighter that would be very competitive against Norton, because he is simply so much better than them. Norton - mercer would be a ring war. The young Foreman was a great puncher but very limited boxer and Wlad is three inches taller, has a much longer rage and better accuracy than Foreman. If Foreman could club Norton away with a few flush punches, Wlad would only need a few more.
wlad has power yes but not foreman type power .this could be an ugly fight with wlad jabbing and holding as norton tries to get close enough to work ,norton would hit wlad on his upper arms to try to bring his high guard down and effect wlads jab. if wlad were to stop norton it would not be early but very late as wlad likes to wear opponents down with his jab. personally though i see norton perhaps coming on strong to take a sd possibly knocking wlad down late to snatch the win in a ugly fight