What if Wlad of today had fought Sanders?

Jab and grab all the way to a Ud or late stoppage for Wlad. I think Sanders win was a fluke...just my opinion.

 

I'm a BIG Wlad fan but Sanders' basically rushed him and south pawed him to death.

Sanders was and is Waldo's kryptonite.

 

I agree with this.

 

Actually Sanders just got lucky against even a green Wladimir, he seen he hurt him and went for broke. He couldn't have held that pace for very long without gassing. And also he was really just fighting in a "kamikaze" style, kill or be killed. And it worked that one time, but probably wouldn't never again......

 

Good post

 

Hard to be sure how Wlad would do, as since then he has not fought anyone with the same combination of fast hands and KO power that Sanders had. Has Wlad been flattered in recent years by facing a weak division or is he simply so much improved he makes everyone look terrible?

The fight with Haye may answer some questions about how much Wlad has really improved as Haye has comparable speed and power to Sanders or is at least the closest thing to it since then. Would be easier to call how this Wlad would do with Sanders after we see how he copes with another fast powerful heavyweight.

But I suspect Sanders speed, power and southpaw style would always be dangerous to Wlad. Vitali is much better at controlling range than the old version of Wlad and Sanders was still able to land the kind of punches on Vitali that would KO wlad. Sanders would undoubtedly be very dangerous in the early stages, even against this more controlled and refined Wlad.

But if I had to choose I would favour Wlad to be able to avoid getting caught early and KO a tiring Sanders. Sanders, while very talented was not dedicated to his training and would quickly fade and that's when Wlad would end it, in about 8-9 rounds.

 

Wlad of today fights much more relaxed, it's all in his stance and his movement, he used to fight so tense, tried to load every shot and his gameplan was usually hit before being hit. These days, he's more of a technician in the ring, works from his strengths and makes it very hard for anyone to get past the jab.

Wlad of today is much better and much more consistent than the old Wlad who used to throw with almost reckless abandonment,.

 

Sanders is highly underrated. had that guy been in top condition with a good trainer from day 1 and he would have been a unified champion.

Tremendous punch, one of the biggest southpaw punchers in history at heavy, right up there with MM. Real fast hands, good combination puncher, very good chin.

Frankly, he is the type of guy without tremendous conditio8ing who could knock someone out at any given time. Dangerous fighter.

 

wlad UD

 

"Sanders rushed Wlad" is a myth. Sanders did the absolute opposite. Of course he jumped on him AFTER he caught him and had him hurt. That's what you are supposed to do. Before that, he did nothing but back up, with his back literally on the ropes. No fighter has ever had success rushing Wladimir Klitschko. Ask Lamon Brewster, who said himself that he realized 10 seconds into his first fight with Wlad that there was no way he was going to be able to take him out rushing him the way that he tried off the bat. Which is why every time that you see Wlad fight, his opponents all try to sit back and wait for him to either make a mistake or tire. The problem is that Wlad isn't making those mistakes anymore and his conditioning is great.

 

Sanders would probably lose by way of inflated tire (around the belly)

 

Sanders still gets current Wlad to perform his crawling on all fours party piece and defeats him.

 

For those saying new Wlad would soften him up with jabs, didn't see many of Sanders fights, he was a much better fighter than given credit...

Sanders was nailing Wlad from outside and from angles he wasn't use to, and he was faster than any of Wlads opponents to date...

Sanders wins this fight regardless of which Wlad he's fighting...

 

I just broke a ****ing rib

 

Nah.