last time I remember wlad getting cocky, he got starched by that south african with the big stalin mustache
So you're telling us Wladimir might mose because he doesn't have a loud mouth type of personality? All of that means nothing when both are in the ring. What Muhammad Ali did IN THE RING mattered way more than what he did out of it.
I think some fighters seem to do better when they say something they have to back up and some seem to be more focused without the trash talk wlad seems to be one of the later
My point is the original argument is totally bogus. If the public perception really matters, then it will mostly be the perception where the fight takes place; and there Klitschko is the superstar and Haye the nobody. Pre-fight talk won't change much about it.