Wlad spoiling his legacy?

Hearn is full of ****

 

Calzaghe's legacy is built off the back of beating a faded 43 year old Hopkins.

They say Roy Jones would be p4p one of the top greatest fighters of all time if retired after the Ruiz win . Yeah , he is still an ATG , but not the kind of ATG he'd have been if he hadn't continued onwards. So im not so sure the theory of it being impossible to damage ones legacy after a certain age is entirely true.
If you are shot to bits sure , but Wlad has never entered the ring a shot fighter.

 

true, but with this he's basically securing 2 other historically significant achievements. Becoming 2nd behind Foreman as oldest man to regain a HW championship, prolonging his #1 position as most number of total days as champion. Joining his brother, Ali, Lewis, Holy as 3+ HW champions. Maybe even taking the #1 position in most succesful defences in total from Louis (still 3 defences needed, so probably not)

 

he can only improve his legacy

 

Calzaghe is overrated, and his fight against Hopkins didn't impress me, but Hopkins was coming off a good win over Tarver. Wladmir is coming off a poor loss to Fury.
Beating Wladmir now wouldn't mean much, would it?
You should know, you never rated Wladmir anyway.

I don't think Roy Jones deserves to be judged on his later career, after the first Tarver fight he was clearly no longer what he has been previously.

Likewise Evander Holyfield doesn't deserve to be judged on things that happened when he got old and started losing to ordinary fighters.

I guess it depends how people rate things.

 

Beating Wlad now would mean as much in man point terms as getting a drunken bang from a 28 women who has been banged 1,000 times by 30 different men.

Wlads cherry is popped and its clearly loose and easy now.

Wlad is most likely shot to shinola and loses again in his next fight. He was also terrible against Jennings and only won because Jennings was not very good either.

 

Wlad and Browne both roiders? LOL. Evidence?! (No, Clenbuterol isn't an anabolic steroid).

 

Only about 5% of the boxing world gave Fury any chance of beating Wlad. He wouldn't have been that much of a favourite to win if he was as past it as his fanboi's are trying to claim in order to scrub away the loss.
You can't scrub away a loos to a guy you were heavily favourite to blow away in a matter of rounds.
No only that , but Wlad had no visible signs of deterioration. He was sharp , he was in excellent physical condition , his stamina was better than it ever was. Fury would have gotten him outta there easy if he was over the hill. The people who say he was past it are the same who were saying he wins by stoppage in the rematch. So you can see its all baloney.

The problem lied in his reluctance to engage in a fight. Thats the only reason he lost , because he wouldn't go for it. That flaw was in him 10 years ago , its nothing new.

 

He might fight Ortiz instead once he wins the WBA.

 

It is a smart move. If he takes WBA crown, he could go for an unification later on and have more negotiation power. His legacy is top notch nevertheless.

 

So, despite all of Wladimir's flaws, you're saying he's unusual in the fact that he hasn't aged at all in boxing terms ?
Despite all his fights, his age of 40, and the losses he endured, he's as good as he ever was?
That makes him almost unique.

I don't think Wladmir was "shot" for Fury OR for Jennings, but he was probably starting to fade a bit, as we expect all fighters to do at that age (or before).
Since then, 12 months have passed, he's put himself through a couple of training camps for nothing, and he's now 40 years old.
Don't you think it's likely he's past his best at this moment in time?

 

Cash out? Surely if he was trying to cash out with money he'd take the Joshua Fight. Thats more money for 1 fight than he would make 5 fights with other people.

 

i like big daddy but wlad will have ass on a plate.

 

Not unless he loses. . .which ain't likely.

 

A lot of guys do it.

Cotto didn't really hurt his legacy by beating Geale rather than risk losing to GGG
Pacquiao won't really hurt his legacy by beating Vargas rather than risk losing to Crawford
Mayweather didn't hurt his legacy by beating Berto rather than risk losing to someone like Thurman or Brook

They don't do it any favours but it doesn't harm it