Will Wlad retire if he loses? Should he?

I think if Wlad looses to AJ, particularly if he gets stopped, he will probably retire.

 

Wlad should retire win or lose unless he manages to look great in victory indicating that he can still go on, which I strongly doubt will happen.

 

His legacy is sealed and can only improve with a win. I think he stay around just to satisfied his competitive spirits, he doesn't want to get out on a loss. Since he can't get the Fury rematch, he move to the next best thing in Joshua.
Should he lose badly this weekend, I think his inner circles would advise him to retire. If he beats the odds and win, he is a certified ATG.
Hard to find an old champion over 40, coming from a loss and supposedly can't pull the trigger no more, beat an undefeated prime KO artist that belongs to the future generation.

 

A devastating KO loss would be the clearest possible message he sure retire.

 

That's up to him. Larry Holmes fought on another 14 years and 25 fights after he was dethroned, was a top heavy for much of that time and got two or three shots at the title. He even managed to beat Ray Mercer.

He's got plenty of money and seems healthy; so it really depends on how well he does. If he looks as bad as he did against Fury then he should hang the gloves up. If the fight is close and a memorable war, then maybe he's got something left and it would be worthwhile for him to continue.

 

if he gets destroyed, he definitely should retire. if he wins he definitely should aim for wilder or parker. fury too, if he actually comes back.

 

If he lost by knockout I would hope so. He's accomplished a great deal in the sport, and has the second longest reign in heavyweight history, so why not ride off into the sunset with a good mind and ability to function normally. If he stays even after getting knocked out he risks hurting his legacy, by taking potential unnecessary losses and possibly becoming a journeyman himself. He had a great career, and has nothing left to prove.

 

He should've retired a while ago.

I imagine he either wants to destroy Fury's legacy by losing again (proving he was "just old").

Or he just doesn't want to quit earlier than Vitali did.

I've always felt Wlad was jealous of Vitali and always wanted to outdo him.

Well, Vitali won at 41. Now Wlad has to as well.

 

I think it all depends on how he performs. If he gets knocked out or can't pull the trigger then I think he'll retire. Or - I hope he retires if that's the outcome.

If he wins I think he'll continue.

 

In fairness to Holyfield, shadow of his former greatness that he was, he deserved to beat Valuev when he was 46 years old and become heavyweight champ for a fifth time. Even if Wladimir can't beat Joshua, he might still be able to beat Wilder.

 

It depends on how badly he loses the fight, if it is close he can go on, fight Wilder, knock him out and rematch Joshua. However, Vlad might win this fight and look good. He looks good in camp, seems to be focused, that makes a real difference. If Vlad is 75% he will win, if less, probably not, although he could land a lucky punch, which would knock Joshua out, Whyte staggered/hurt Joshua and he can't punch or fight................too many unknowns to predict the fight, but I won't be surprised if Vlad wins...............

 

If he can't beat someone as basic, unskilled and inexperienced as Anthony Joshua he really should retire, yes.

 

Better than going out on a series of devastating KOs, lol,

But who knows what will happen.