Wlad is a fascade created by modern boxing politics and marketing. Bowe would ktfo Wlad with that damn egg chin protected by investors. The dude has to play huggy bear with second rate opposition, he won't survive anywhere against Bowe.
Theres no excuse for the Povetkin fight. Wlad doesn't have the killer instinct to finish Bowe. This fight would retire Wlad, Bowe knocking him out of the ring with a big overhand right.
Understand the stlyes that make fights. Golota was a well schooled and well rounded boxer who could do it all. He fought Bowes fight and held his own. He slipped , bob n weaved and countered Bowe with combos in close. Wlad can do none of those things, nor had he the upper body movement to avoid Bowe's attack.
I dont think there's a fighter more mentally weak than Wlad. It took a lot of blood sweat and tears to revitalize his career. But as Roy said in the Brewster 1 fight, something like "Wlad never had to feed from the bottom". He folds if he cant jab, clinch, right hand, clinch etc. Wlad and Golota very different fighters. 96 Bowe is not prime.
Wlad punched himself out and ran out of gas in Brewster 1, not to mention all the body shots Wlad ate. Yes Wlad struggled with Sam Peter, a bum with a chin and a punch.
Your excuses are an embarrassment. Wlad had the gas run out of him. He had to keep knocking at the door with his jab to keep Brewster at bay and it eat into his fuel tank. On top of that Brewster was ripping him with hooks to the body. The ref also warned Wlad to box and not hold. Without fouling Wlad wasn't good enough to beat an ordinary guy like Brewster. Thats why he had to mobilat to Germany where he doesn't have to box within the rules and guys are not allowed near him. Just like the great Sven Ottke before him.
In Wlad's Defense Brewster could bang. A previous poster a while back knew a fighter who had fought Morrison and Brewster the name escapes me. Sais fighter remarked that Brewster hit harder than Morrison. As far as Peter being a super Frazier, that's laughable. I have respect for anyone that steps in the ring so maybe Peter isn't a bum but super Frazier he is not.