Wlad should fight more often

Some more thoughts anyone?

 

3 fights a year would already be an improvement. Wlad only fought twice a year during the last five years.

 

true, he fought 3 times in 2008, my bad

 

Well Rahamn wasn't supposed to get a shot in the first place, he was only a replacement for Povetkin. But it wasn't a last minute replacement and Toney was available, so I agree, Toney should have got the shot instead of Rahman, especially since Toney looked good and was in somewhat acceptable shape in the Rahman II fight. Then again many voices here would have claimed that Toney didn't deserve a shot at the titles any more than Rahman did. But at any rate Toney would have done better than Rahman.

 

no, it'll be fight #9 in nearly 4 years. That makes little more than two fights a year.

Checked it on boxrec again:

2004: 2 fights (to be fair he suffered a heavy KO loss to Brewster that took some time to digest)
2005: 2 fights
2006: 2 fights
2007: 2 fights
2008: 3 fights
(2009: likely only 2 fights again, due to Haye being a drama queen)

I followed Wlads career since his win over Axel Schulz, he fought more often back then, and he was way more exciting.

 

I think Wlad was far more entertaining and faced slightly better opposition before he found out that his chin wasn't good. He did let his hands go, tried to demolish his opponents and didn't fight in a safety-first mode like he does far too often now. He also fought more often. I liked watching his fights back then. But I'm not saying that he necessarily was a better fighter back then - he paid the price against Sanders and Brewster, so it's understandable that he had to change his style. But it's also understandable that his boring safety-first style is not very popular.