how or when do you see wlad....

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  1. edgewood

    edgewood Active Member Full Member

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    how or when do you see wladimir klitschko retireing?
     
  2. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Perhaps not for a while. He's had a lot of fights already but he could have plenty more. He's dominating most of his opponents without getting hit nowadays. I would assume that he wants some kind of defining fight before he retires and there's nobody out there-bar his brother-with the reputation to give him one. Maybe he'll wait around for a young guy to tear up the rankings. On the other hand, maybe he'll get bored.
     
  3. He's got a good 3 or maybe 4 years left in him, he's only 32, and with the division as week as it is i don't see him losing for awhile:deal...
    As long as he stays healthy, and free of injuries he can probaly fight effectively for as long as he wants...
     
  4. Ilesey

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    He'll be around for a whil unfortunately.
     
  5. 2tall2slow2

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    He seems to really enjoy the sport so I'd imagine he'll be around for a long time. Just needs a nemesis
     
  6. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No more unfortunate than the rest of the division staying around.
     
  7. Nay_Sayer

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    The next KO loss will be the end.

    And with that fragile chin and psyche, it'll be soon...
     
  8. standing 8countboxing

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    Klitschko's last lost was 2004, so he may have gotten over some of those mental problems.

    I think he's around for a while longer, I don't see anyone in the top ten that's really going to challenge him, and it may take another year or two before someone comes up that could maybe knock him out of the top spot.
     
  9. JuanMa

    JuanMa business as usual Full Member

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    I think he will hang them up we he start's deteriorating in the ring.
     
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    4-5 years
     
  11. jisi

    jisi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wlad will not lost. He will retire as a Champion. If he feels he lost speed, he will retire. Wlad is an intelligent man. I hope that he can unify before retire.

    One day Wlad will be in the HOF and get the respect he deserves.
     
  12. Nay_Sayer

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    Did anyone see the Sanders or Brewster losses?

    Nope.

    I'm telling you, this guy is a KO waiting to happen...
     
  13. Nay_Sayer

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    Yeah, you're definately smoking some good drugs.

    Purrity, Sanders, and Brewster absolutely will not allow Klit the Younger into the HOF ever....
     
  14. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Currently, I still see Haye coming up to play that role and I think the fight will go through within the next year or two. If Haye throws out an impressive performance vs Valuev, which I'm counting on, he'll get back all the buzz he's lost and then some and the Wlad fight will be even bigger than it was before.

    By the time fights with Chambers, Povetkin, and Haye are settled, I believe Boytsov will be ready for a megafight, too.

    The fights just need to keep being made amongst the top guys in order to both allow a rival to develop and let the young crop of heavyweights clear out the old guard, but things have been improving on that front. :good
     
  15. Antsu

    Antsu Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don’t think those three loses will overweight everything he has accomplish
    I’m sure he will get HOF even if he will lose his next match and retire immediately after that.