Wlad back in the day could win 8/10 times, the Wlad of today is diminished, and I do not think he can defeat Fury in a rematch. Age does that to you.
Look, I rate Wlad, I just don't rate him as someone who has been genuinely p4p #2 as long as is supposedly stated and think he has a limited skill-set but looked good in a **** era where he was substantially bigger and stronger than almost everyone he fought. Tyson Fury was ALL WRONG for him and Wladimir was frozen into inaction. He's a robot boxer with poor improvisatory skills but he does have many fantastic fundamentals and is a great athlete with huge power. He's hardly some god of the Sweet Science -- far from it. Height and size got him his success, not some all round impressive complete boxing skill-set.
Wlad would always have problems with guys like Fury because Fury could fight inside. People thought that Fury would get caught coming in or get pounded. Nobody knew that Fury could box a bit including Wlad.
He was scared. Why'd you think he faked an injury to have the fight rescheduled? He wasn't ready then, he knew he'd of got knocked out. The man needed time to prepare for Fury, it's as simple as that. He didn't expect Fury to outbox him though.
Wlad "put up a stinker" because he was bamboozled by Fury's "energetic" style and his smart boxing with constant hand and footwork feints. Fury is a fighter; Wlad is an athlete turned boxer, same as Joshua is becoming. Wladimir didn't expect Fury to show such skill and he was stunned into inaction for 11 rounds, which is frankly staggering and a big knock on his legacy in terms of having claims to being one of the greatest heavyweights, if he ever had one in the first place.
Fury is freakishly quick on his feet for a guy of his size. Theres a reason that he came in light and why he was confident. He knew Klit will only throw hands when he is pretty much guaranteed to land. His gameplan was therefore to make sure that Wlad never felt comfortable to land and it worked a treat.
Every single fighter gets put under a microscope on internet forums after a loss, especially when a huge favorite loses to a heavy underdog. Your game is much more transparent than any armchair critic's and you know it.
I still wouldn't write Wladimir off in the rematch. He MUST let his hands go next time. There were many times when Fury was out of position and in his strike zone.