He is humble enough to realise it's not good for a guy that has gone down to lesser opponents lucky punches to get hit alot. So he uses his height and reach to the max. He is a quality boxer who almost always finishes the job.
Most here only know post Sanders Wlad. He had a lot of fights before that and most of them were "seek and destroy" type of bouts, even against tough opposition and even when he was already aware he was kinda chinny.
Wlad is far too fragile & timid to be a killer. He isnt aggressive & isnt a good finisher His style is effective but very limited, he can box at long range & nothing else. Jab-jab-grab, rinse & repeat.
:good:deal This Wlad has all the skills and physical attributes to be ****ing this current HW crop up and blowing them away like Tyson did in his prime but he's just far too cautious. Listen between rounds in his fights and Steward is getting annoyed in every fight, telling Wlad to let his punches go. I rate Wlad as a very good fighter and far better than anyone in the division today... shame Wlad doesn't rate himself so highly otherwise fighters like Mormeck wouldn't have lasted 40 seconds
Bull****.. they're both as bad as each other. Both tried to stay out of the range of the other while getting their shots off... it's just that Wlad was able to get his jab off while Haye was still out of range. If the tables were turned and it was Haye that had the massive reach advantage i wouldn't imagine Wlad would have took too many risks to land neither. Wlad is by far the better boxer but neither man have a fighters heart
It's a bit like Jim Carrey. The guy may be one of the 5 best and most talented actors in the history of film-making but he only does comedies. To some it's a waste of talent, he probably just does what works best for him.
Lol at Haye was trying to trade. He was smaller, slower, and had zero power compared to Wlad. And he knew that after the first thirty seconds. On his bike the entire fight
Yeah Wlad has a tremdenous talent and physical tools... but ((a big but), he is mentally weak When you look at his record you can realize all of his losses are fights that he shoulda won. I know that and you know that. How the hell he lost to Brwester and Purrity is that he folded menatally under pressure.