Who will beat Wlad?

I wonder who he will fight next. IBF tournament wont be finished until march/april of next year. He won't get to fight the winner of it until the summer.
I think he will fight before then.

Because Peter and Mask is set for Feb, I don't think its either one of those.
Chagaev stays within the WBA (Lyak v. Valuev winner?)

I think if he wants a fight within his usual March/April time schedule he fights Ibragimov and I think he beats Ibragimov.

He will then fight Povetkin later on in the year in the fight of 2008 and that will be a fight.

 

Chag would be a good fight.

 

I actually doubt Valuev has the power to take Wlad out. I've seen him land flush on a lot of fighters but not with the effect you'd expect from someone his size. He throws many arm punches which is probably why he has a fairly high punch output.
Of course he does have a chance to wear Wlad down because of his massive tiring size and good stamina. But Wlad paces himself like a robot recently; i doubt Valuev can pull a Purrity although it's his best chance.

About Peter..... i doubt it. He improved his boxing skills somewhat, but he still has no chance in hell to outbox Wlad. His best chance is to get in there and throw big power punches like he did in their first fight. Wlad will be more confident now though, maybe a bit more agressive and McCline showed that Peter's chin isn't invincible as it seemed to be.
Maybe Peter's style of taking a lot of punishment as well as many sparring wars has taken its toll..... either way, he could take Wlad, but it's not gonna be easy.


Povetkin and Chagaev seem to be the future (besides Wlad). Neither of them has a good style to beat Wlad; Povetkin is a good pressure fighter/boxer but seems to lack big power which is needed against Wlad or he'll probably be outboxed, and Chagaev is more of a defensive, short range counter puncher who Wlad probably picks apart from the outside and tie up on the inside.

But of course with Wlad's chin you can never know...

 

You keep dreaming visions of Peter being something special but deep down inside we all know he ain't nothing special and I'd be shocked, yes shocked, if Wladimir didn't KO him in any rematch.

 

It's also quite possible that Oleg finishes Peter off with a right hand. Maskaev has already KO'd top 10 HW's with his power, Peter has yet to do so.

 

Wlad will not lose again until he retires. Lewis should not have, but the difference is Wlad is more focused than Lennox was against lower tier competition.

As long as he has Manny, he will finished unbeaten.

 

I,m not certain of a KO, but I think he'd beat himeasier than b4

 

I agree, Wlad will retire before he loses again.

 

I would be interested to see how he would fair against Valuev.

 

No way Wlad doesn't KO Peter in any rematch. What mcCline started Klitschko can finish and look good doing it too. Highlight reel material. I see Peter being countered and clobbered around the 5th or 6th round.