.....but you know he was easily winning that bout and I'm sure now he regrets that fight and not finishing it off with just one arm....
He cannot take a punch without being hurt. So he will never be in a real fight. He just wins through running and hugging. That is not a real fighter. Nope, Vitaly is. Wlad was scared of a rematch with Sanders. He was scared of Brewster too, but waited till Brewster was shot, after Krasniqi and Lyahovich have ruined him. Best heavyweight champion since Lewis is Vitaly, who took Wlad´s rematch with Sanders, as Wladimir was very well aware that he would´nt beat Sanders. Vitaly destroyed Peter, who dropped Wlad 3 times !!! Chagaev fought noone of notice, so it´s not astonishing, that he hasn´t been dropped before. Besides Chagaev looked terrible in his two outing before Klitschko. One can argue that he lost to Skelton.
Wladimir wants Sanders but Kohl did not make it happen. At this time Wlad had a promoter. Today Wlad can choose what he wants to do. He is a free man. Wladimir took the southpaw Chagaev on short notice and Wlad fights great. This shows how good he is and which great Champion. Wladimir is one of the talentest heavyweights of all the time. Sdunek ruins him at the beginning of his career. Like he ruins Dimitrenko and other good boxers. This trainer can not train technican fighters. Wladimir won olympic gold and he is a great technican fighter. If he could work with Emanuel Steward since the beginning, Wlad would have never lost. **** this old DDR coach Sdunek who ruins fighters if they do not what he wants. Vitali fights not the version of Samuel Peter Wladimir fights. If you don´t see that you know nothing about boxing.
Yep, you´re right, he is not. But he has the potential to be. Unlike Wlad, Vitaly is a real fighter. He could fight in a war, which Wlad could never do, cause as soon as he is in a real fight, where is chin is tested, he is laying on the floor. Even C-class heavies as Puritty, Panell, Williamson were able to floor him.
Wlads chin is okay. Nothing wrong with it. He can take punches and handle pressure. Wlad is a great Heavyweight Champion who did not avoided anyone. In the last 5 years he only fights top contenders and make his mandatories.
You´re a complete joke. Wlad is not really talented, he just uses his size, that´s the only talent he really has. Take away size and reach and he is a journeyman, as he can´t keep his opponents at bay and his chin is made of glass. Vitaly has far more talent for fighting. As for Sdunek, he still is with Vitaly as far as i know and Vitaly still has success. Look at the comeback he made. So Sdunek can´t be that bad. Nevertheless i have to admit that Stewart is better for Wlad, as he knows how to teach his boxers to fight tall.
Yep, top contenders like a shot Rahman, a shot Brewster. It´s not his fault that there is no real challenge out there, but all this prainsing of him sucks, cause he isn´t even a fighter, he´s just a good athlete who knows how to use size and reach. To compare him with alltime greats is ridiculous. An alltime great must have the ability to go to war, which Wlad does not have.
nonsense, an alltime great must be a real champion and won his fights like Wadlimir nothing else. :happy
You are an complete joke if you cannot see what talent Wladimir really has. Emanuel Steward teaches Wladimir how to use his talent like Wladimir Zolotarew did. With this trainer Wlad won olympic gold in 1996. Now Wlad is "back to his roots" moving well and with great footwork. Unfortunaly Wlad could not work from the beginning of his career with Steward.But it was not to late for Wlad to change it and he continue his work with Steward! Great for Wlad, now he is the No. 1 at Heavyweight!
Wlad is the best Heavyweight out there today. His resume is far greater than Vitali's. Wlad would beat him if they fought today.