Yip, he'd be able to take the odd risk. As things stand, he'll have to fight the perfect fight and thats why Wlad is rightfully favourite.
Yes. But ya can't have absolutely everything that you want He still has the capability, it just means less room for error.
Wlad does fight the way Steward wants him to,Manny is the reason Wladimir is now a boring jabbing machine.Okay,Wlad isnt as agressive as Manny would like but go watch Wlad pre Sanders and compare him to his last few fights,same man but totally different fighter. Comapre Wlad/Mercer in 02 to Wlad/Rahman in 08 for instance lol Wlad threw more bodyshots against Mercer than he has in his last 10 fights combined I reckon.