I am ****** by your definition then. Anyways: "probably strong"? lol. Generally the haters in every sports far more stupid than the fans. (checked and confirmed....)
Wlad changed his style up in peter one in the middle rounds, its really that which led to him being so good now, if he fought like he did back then he would have been dropped plenty of times and stopped probably as well by now. Its too bad we cant see it fully tested by great boxers though.
Ali and Lewis used to hold a lot. The only all time great I can think of that would hardly ever hold is Tyson. Clinching usually doesn't work well for short guys because their opponent leans on them.
Doesn't matter. Wlad today is better than the Wlad in those fights. Those knockdowns weren't chin issues, they were all knockdowns due to being mentally unstable and lack of proper defensive skills for a man of his stature. Same thing goes with Golota. Both Wlad and Golota never really had bad chins, they just had bad mental states of mind and didn't know how to react properly/overcome mental stability from a hard punch. Golota, unfortunately, never learned that, Wlad did. Golota and Wlad have never been cleanly KO'd....they always came back up from the canvas. Thats not a sign of a bad chin. So all the ******s on this dumb forum claiming that Wlad has a "glass jaw", are just that....dumb ******s. The Wlad of the Peter I fight is twice as mentally strong and at least 3 times the fighter now. The Wlad of the Sanders fight is at least 4 or 5 times as mentally strong and about 5 times the fighter he is. A 2010 / 2011 Wlad KOs prime Purrity, beats prime Sanders by late KO / cruises to a UD, late TKO's/UD Brewster, easily gets past Peter, weather by late TKO or UD. Wlad right now, is in his mental and physical prime.
Helenius won't do ****. He was getting out boxed by Sugar Samuel Peter in the first 3 rounds. Helenious, right now would get embarrassed by both brothers. And even so in 2 years time. Even second tier HW's like Adamek and Arreola would handily beat him.