He is fighting this guy next, it is not worty of a champion. Let's face it, Wladimir may be a belt holder but he is a paper champ at best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_sbWnn-s0
His quality of opponents is declining that rapidly that Zelenoff might get his shot before the year is out.
What, is this the latest pool of ******s to join ESB? FFS i think less than 10% of the posters on here haven't even watched boxing until 1-2 yrs. Lesson morons, Wlad has cleaned out the division and he's one of the only champs who meets ALL his mandatories for his belts. In addition, he's faced ALL the top 10 guys in his division or will as soon as they're willing and eligible. Ducking Povetkin? The guy has been Wlad's mandatory since the IBF and he didn't want it. The challenger has been ducking the champ for like 3-4 years now. Learn boxing you dolts.
You sure are a skilled writer. Do you realize his brother took on half of the reasonable choices of opponents?
Why bring floyd into the discussion? Wladimir should fight the best contenders out there, not cherry pick bums just because they are happy to get 100k to show up and get jabbed and grabbed to death.