Wlad is "injured" and out till 2017....not fighting this year at all now!!

Just retire, dude. Jesus.

 

Scared of Browne???

Seemed happy to fight AJ but when the WBA said Browne was the man tried firstly to low ball an offer then next thing you know "injury..

 

I don't think he's going to fight AJ in the Spring now. He'll more than likely just fight someone as soon as he can get on RTL again (which is in March/April), then take the AJ fight in the Summer. He'll be warmed up.

 

I would rather have Wlad fight a tuneup before fighting Joshua, because Joshua is a good fighter, and more importantly he's stronger and fresher. Going straight into a Joshua fight with this long a layoff could be disastrous. Like you said, he needs to be warmed up.

 

Not scared of Browne I think, but they tried to lowball Browne with a $1 million offer while Browne got $1.45 million vs. Chagaev! It's a good thing Brownes handlers declined. As K2 couldn't close the deal quickly with Browne and for some reason didn't want to fight AJ for just the IBF Belt (maybe Hearns demanded options?), now Wlad is left with nothing for December.

I would blame K2's Bernd Bonte. His crisis management skills in the Fury aftermath were rather unremarkable.

 

It is a dull division without Wladimir. Fury is to be blamed for that the things got messy.

 

Can't really blame Tyson Fury for everything. He made the situation worse but it was bad anyway.

Wilder's been holding that WBC strap hostage for almost 2 years. Povetkin and Ortiz have been frozen out of all the titles. Joshua hasn't faced any genuine top-level opponent his whole career yet.
None of that is Fury's fault.

 

No one had big hopes for Wilder. That's why I don't blame him for being what he is - the worst title holder in decades. On other hand Fury took the crown and the ring and the expectations were high.