Why did the K's never fight Holyfield

Dino wrong again:

 

'He could count as mandatory'

Tells you all you need to know about how legit this mando really was!

He could count?? lol. Rahman was an absolute corpse by then and the IBF and wlad knew it

 

'He can count as a mandatory'

That phrase sums up the klitshckos.

Oh lepai won? He's absolutely honking at boxing but he can count as Mando

Povetkin pulled out? Just drag in Rahman he can count as mando.

When fury became his mando he had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the ring. And never mind Vitali running from semi shot Rahman

 

hes from a different era really, the early 90s. k bros were young men with nothing back then.


and to be fair, even in his late 30s he musta scared the shyte out of them cos he could actually box terrifically plus the whole package.

 

Yes Wlad was especially terrrified of old Holy when he saw Chris Byrd -- a guy Wlad knocked the living daylights out not ONCE but TWICE -- completely dominated and shut out old Holyfield.

 

Wlad gets no credit for dominating Mercer and Rahman. All I ever here is they were old washed up etc etc. Yet same people want to act like he dodged Holyfield. It's laughable. Wlad dominated Ibragimov and Byrd two guys that easily bested Holyfield. And neither one of them was the puncher Wlad was. Be glad Holyfield didn't get the fight because it would of been ugly for him. And the same ppl knocking that it didn't happen would be on here saying how mean Wlad is for beating up a washed up Holyfield. Trolls.

 

Exactly. They'd **** on Wlad for fighting an old Holyfield for 'handpicking a shot legend'. But now they **** on Wlad for 'avoiding Holyfield'. Only a complete nutjob would argue like that.

 

It was labelled a mando just to excuse the joke that was the fight. It wasn't no official mando and you know it.

Rahman didn't even have a train camp and Wlad only took him out one round earlier than a past it Holyfield did six years prior

 

The IBF said it's a mandatory. I didn't make this up, I'm sorry but it's the truth.

Of course it was a joke fight, Rahman was terribly washed up. There's no denying that. But the IBF gave him the mandatory spot so that's all there is to it.

 

Don't try and tell these idiots any facts, porch fact are all they deal in. If he hadn't rematched Brewster the same puddle drinkers would have a thread on that instead of Holyfield.

 

It wasn't high reward at all. It was zero reward actually.

Holyfield at the time wasn't rated anywhere near the top. Moreover, he had fought and lost to Ibragimov for the WBO title. The logical move for Wladimir was to fight Ibragimov and take his WBO belt, which was exactly what he did.

Ibragimov was undefeated highly rated WBO champion at the top of his game. Holyfield was well past his best, he was beaten twice in a row and he was well in his 40s. There was absolutely nothing to gain for Wlad, nor Holyfied was a credible opponent for him. In other words, it was just a waste of time with virtually no risk but also no reward and it was a meaningless fight that nobody wanted to see.

After beating Ibragimov, Klitschko fought WBO mandatory challenger Tony Thompson next. After that, he was due to fight IBF mandatory Povetkin, who got injured, and then IBF #4 Hasim Rahman was declared a mandatory fight by the IBF.

Those fights happened in 2008. In 2009, Wladimir was supposed to fight Haye, who pulled out. Wlad ended up fighting #3 HW in the world Chagaev for the Ring Magazine belt.

 

sure he did.

 

Another porch fact.

 

I dont know when in their careers a Holyfield fight made sense

in 99-2000 Holyfield was chasing Lewis and was in the big fights for undisputed.

By 2002-2003 Holyfield was locked in fights with Ruiz for the WBA title

Wlad was chasing Lewis at this time while Vitali was still trying to recover his image after quitting vs Byrd

Vitali wasnt really on HBO I dont think until he faced Lewis which was a surprise call and after that Vitali was a star

In 2003-2004 it looked like Wlads career was over

in 2004 Holyfield had his license revoked

in 2004-2005 Vitali was the champ but soon became injured

Holyfield wouldnt fight again til 2006 or 2007 and Vitali was gone

Wlad was the champ and was pursuing unification fights with WBO and WBA champs

Holyfield won in obscurity before going after titles vs Ibragimov and Valuev

I guess Wlad could have fought him instead during that time

Thats the only point where a Holfyfield fight made any sense though Evander was way past his best and it wouldnt mean anything for Wlad