As Wladimir ages he gets better

Not going to happen.

Louis' record is consecutive title defenses. Wlad isn't anywhere near Loius' record.

 

It doesn't matter. His opponents look like **** as well so it evens out.

 

agreed the competition is horrible. worst I've ever seen but credit to Wlad for remaining a true pro and coming into all these fights in shape like he's fighting a champion. Wlads a true champ it's a shame there was no worthy opponents in his reign. Hopefully over the next couple years someone emerges and dominates a few top 10 guys, there's a few possiblities but the problem is no contenders wanna fight each other, they wanna feast on bums that do nothing for their development until they get to cash out in a loss to Wlad rather then fighting hard fights that prepare them for the champ.

 

How was this "proven today"? This win adds nothing to his resume of B-tier heavies as Thompson was a walking corpse at this point. Wlad should've gotten rid of him in round 2.