wlad has only been in a handful of real fights. not because of the lacking quality of his opposition but he makes his opponents look bad. he forces them to play after his gameplan and then he picks them apart. look at his last matches, either a one sided beatings or they decide to pick up the paycheck and not get hurt: byrd-osb, brock-osb, austin-paycheck, brewster II-mix of both. the last real fights were peter and brewster I. since both won't be fighting wlad again too soon, the question is, who will or could give him a real fight: povetkin, holyfield, chagaev? your thoughts are welcome...
He's only 24 man, **** sake, give it time ... Theres no pleasing some folks, he's never ducked anyone and he will never duck anyone, and by the time he fills out at heavyweight he will be a match for Wlad(i'm not saying he'll beat him, i'm saying he'll give him a hell of a fight, more so than any other prospect)
yes, of course an impressive win over an old tomato can and he's right back in there, I don't even remember his last decent victory, I'm sure Valuev, Lyakovich,Chagaev, Peter, could all give him a decent fight, he would kill evander the same as Apollo Creed was killed in rocky4, they even are both dillusional.
Even though Wlad is by far the superior fighter, I always wondered how he would deal with Valuev. Valuev is slow and really not all that good of a fighter, but he is so huge. Wlad has shown that he is prone to 'panic' (for lack of a better word). Would staring at a monster even bigger than himself make him think twice? It's an intersting thought. In the end, I'm inclined to think that Wlad would outmanuever the russian giant.
