Chagaev............ready for Klitscho!

To me, it will be the true champion crowned.

Vitali beat a guy that Wladdy beat years ago, and as much as I appreciate having him back, that does not make him the champ except in this strange alphabet universe of modern era boxing..
Chag beat Valuev- enough said.

Between Wlad and Chag, they have defeated Byrd, Brewster, Sultan,,Peter, Valuev,and Ruiz.

This IS the championship.

 

Great fight? That is a good one.

 

A reasonably talented big guy beating up a not so talented small guy.
Yeah. Can't wait

 

Awesome, Chagaev is no joke, Wladimir didn't take an easy replacement and I'm actually shocked they took Chagaev. This shows you that Wladimir is here to fight all.

 

Couldn't put it better :thumbsup

I can't believe there's people who actually aren't looking forward to seeing it happen. It seems like they want to be able to keep bitching about the state of the Heavyweight division and don't really want things to improve, because this is a fight that needed to happen. And there's no excuses attached- both fighters will be ready and in shape for Saturday. It couldn't have gone this well if they'd each planned to fight each other from the start.

 

On paper. Yes.
The reality is that Wlad will annihilate Chagaev. He has no chance whatsoever. None.

 

It just reminds me of all the people saying how important the Wlad /Iggy fight was because it was the first unification fight the division has seen since 99. The truth is,the fight took place in early 08, and the fight did nothing to increase the popularity of the division or made Wlad any more great. The fight itself more and likely lost some mainstream fans that watched it that night, and the fans at the arena gave Wlad a standing Boovation for his uneventful preformance.

So to me this fight is better than Wlads last two lame oppenents, but it's clearly no Frazier/Ali or Bowe/Holyfield as some Wlad supporters like to make it out to be. I hope the fight is exciting, but I certainly have my doubts.

 

I'm looking foward to this on Saturday night.

You would probably pick a decent win on points for Wlad, but I wonder if Chagaev can outbox and outsmart Wlad in the earlier rounds.

 

I have a feeling the southpaw is going to KO Wlad..

Wlad is Godly btw.

 

This is the highest fight that is makable today in the division. Chagaev is in his prime, un-defeated and proven with a 3-0 record over top ten ring ranked heavyweights.

Any boxing fan will tell you that unifying belts in a divison enhances a fighters Legacy.

While Chagaev is not as popular as Tyson is, he certainly will offer more than the Tyson who fought Lennox Lewis.

Also, it takes two fighters to make a boring fight. Wlad's huge size, great hand speed, accuray & power have a way of making the other guy gun shy. In the end, Wlad delivers a very high stoppage rate.

 

I wont argue that the fight is more note worthy than say a bout against Austin or Rahman, but half the people on ESB cant be bothered watching it, what makes you think mainstream fans will be paying attention on saturday?

We dont even know if the WBA will even be on the line or not, and if it isn't, whats Wlad even getting from winning this match? The majority of boxing fans still think his brother Vitali would kick his ass, so there's still a question mark, not only in my mind, but several boxing fans who still dont know who the best in the division truly is.

 

This fight is going to crown the True Champion of the Heavyweight division. This is great for boxing. I can't wait.

 

I think this is actually going to be a very competitive fight. Similar to Lewis vs Mercer. I just have a feeling that Chagaev isn't going to go away easy in this fight and might actually have Wlad in trouble a couple of times. However, if Wladimir sticks to hit and run tactics and manages to catch Chagaev lunging in, this ends in a brutal KO.

 

That's exactly what I see happening. Probably very early as well