he is a great fighter... just i question his heart, and his mentality.... there both really weak..... if he had the heart and the courage like his brother.. then he be a wrecking ball....... hes not living up to his full potential
He's smart. He has no reason to get into big fire fights. Yeah yeah he could be more exciting blah blah, he's not some journeyman. He's the HW champ of the world and he's dominating.
Look at his record, KO %, and long streak of dominating wins.. I would say he is living up to his potential pretty well.
Every single day I see these threads you make trying to discredit Wladimir. Give it a rest for once I'll bite anyway. How does a guy who always picks himself up after knock downs and defeats have no heart? He has fought everybody and continues to look for the biggest challenges in boxing. If he had no heart he would have avoided Sam Peter when he was prime, or crumbled in their fight. He would also have avoided Ibragimov who was an unbeaten, hard hitting, fast southpaw and belt holder. He wouldn't have fought unbeaten and at the time number 3 in the division Ruslan Chagaev on two weeks notice. He would have avoided Haye who many saw as his biggest challenge in the division (me included) and had the speed and power all of the critics claimed was the tool to defeat Wlad.
Boxing is my life, I know what a fighter thinks, I did it myself. As a fighter, I mean a real fighter, you have to destroy the man in front of you to win. If you are happy to jab an inferior fighter for 12 rounds rather than take him out, you have failed the crowd and let down the sport.
Yet he always draws huge crowds and is a hero in the most populous country in Europe, and seemed to win the respect of a lot of British casual fans and even haters when he beat David Haye
Wlad is weak in Heart and mentality, and there's no one out of 7 billion people on Earth who beats him...........
I respect him as an athlete like many Brits do, his fight againsed Haye was a clear win but it was a disappointing performance. For a world Champ it was just pathetic.
:roll: only so much you can do when your opponent is running and diving all fight and just trying to land one huge punch.
First of all, people with weak hearts/weak mentalities don't have what it takes to be a pro boxer. Those are the guys that quit after their first sparring session Are you really implying a man thats been fighting at top heavy level for about 10 years has a weak heart? I applaud Wlad for his heart. He knows he has a shaky chin and yet he doesn't avoid fights with big punchers.... Why would a guy with a weak chin get into risky exchanges which are his opponents only chance of beating him? So he can get knocked out by lesser opposition again?
Weak Heart? If he had a weak heart, he would of never attempted to get up vs Sanders the many times. He would of never complained about the Brewster fight being stopped.