What is THE fight for Wlad out there?

Byrd was the number one at that time
and he beat guys like McCline, Tua and Holyfield

Your right Byrd wouldn't be a big thing in the 90's

But is a Peter pointvictory against Toney better than a Klitschko ko over Byrd ?

But do you think that Peter has improved more than Wladimir?????:think
Peter isn't still as good as the Byrd of 2000-2004
If Peter ko's an in shape Vitali and wins against Virches/Gomez
he is clearly nr2 but at the moment he is hyped like Haye.

 

true but world champions travel......sometimes.

 

True, but to me it is more important that they fight the most deserving opponents out there e. g. other (future) beltholders such as Valuev or Chagaev who are both based in Germany.