Chief rival? Was Haye his chief rival during most part of his reign? Or other beltholders? Because Wlad has beat them. Or are you talking about mandatories? Because Wlad has beat several of them over the years. Povetkin ducked him twice. Ok, he is Wlad's mandatory AGAIN, and I am sure they are going to fight this year. Pulev and Fury are novelties. I hope they can continue growing their career and, if so, they should get title shots in the future. David Price was also in that way until Thompson KOed him :yep Until this moment, Wlad has beat all of his "chief rivals". His next one is a guy that has ducked him twice and has no real chance.
Fury with a win over 2 world title chanllengers.Charr who has been busy with 2 KO wins and sole loss coming to BS doctor cut stoppage.Pianeta has never done anything except fight the coprse of the formerly drug addicted Oliver McCall. Pianeta had a draw with Sosnowski! LOL!Sosnowski lost in 2 HW prizefighter's in a row and was beaten by Tor Hamer was he not? Hamer then went on to qut against Glazkov.Pianeta is not good. He has a slim chance of landing "that shot" Rahman style but he wont.
Sosnowski was in his prime when? this year anbd last year when he lost both prizefighters? HAHA! You're sick.Or did you mean he was prime when Vitali cherrypicked him? When Vitali fought Sosnowski,he had zero good wns and only 3 10 round fights to his name! Sosnowski has never been good and never will be. He's a gatekeeper with barely a name.