Wlad's next opponent

How about Roy Bones Jr. since he did say he wanted to fight Wlad or had some unfinished business with him in that article someone posted recently.

 

Agreed about Sergei, but let's be honest, which potential fight does make much for Wlad's legacy?
Maybe Sanders for the sake of revenge, but he's far past it.

Virchis would be a good fight although Virchis is not very well known in the states; many people remember Sergei from his great fight with Brewster.

I think Sergei would be a good "stay active" fight. Not a legacy maker but a good win, just like Lewis vs Morrison for instance. Good win for Lewis.

 

My point exactly, well that and Holyfield brings the most loot to the table of the available opponents.

 

Fighting Holyfield or Sanders will bring no prestige, it will make him look like slayer of the old and infirm, how low has the world title sank if this is who qualifies, why not get Ali and give him a shot too!

 

Apparently you've forgotten Holmes & Tyson's reigns................

Bonecrusher Smith is no better than Jameel McCline, in fact I'd take McCline by KO.

Another stupid front page article goes on about how there aren't enough 1st round KO's anymore. Well did it occur to the author or you that maybe Joe Louis had many of his 1st round KO's against "bum of the month" type opponents? He's still a favorite of mine anyway.......Tyson on the other hand KO'd plenty of fighters who none of us can even name because they all sucked and never went on to do anything!

What about Holmes? Randall "Tex" Cobb sucked and you know it. Carl "The Truth" Williams was another TOS without as much power if you ask me. I grew up watching all these fights live and I know what I'm talking about.

What would all of you say if Wlad was to challenge Randall Cobb or Peter McNeeley? :huh In their primes of course :yep as if either had a "prime".

 

I agree with all of that post except the bull**** about how Brewster fought with a detached retina. The injury was healed and that was confirmed by several doctors and Lamon himself. The only thing that injury affected was Brewster's mentality and psyche. He seemed to be afraid to get hit a bit more.

Brewster said it best after the fight when he said Wlad was the better man on that night - period. Let's face it, most of us expected Wlad to beat the **** outta Brew the first time so it's not exactly a stretch by any means.

 

I'd give Holyfield a much better chance against Wlad than Roy Jones Jr. If punches from Tarver & Johnson can lay out RJJ then what would The Wladinator do to him? Scary prospect right there............

 

Plenty of posters give Lewis full props for beating McCall when he was in a crack induced haze, crying like a baby & refusing to fight back or even defend himself.

In fact I've heard many of you say stuff like "Lewis avenged his only 2 defeats" and "Lennox beat every man he faced".................

Holmes gets credit for defeating a very old Ali and Tyson gets credit for defeating a very old Holmes don't they?

What about Rocky's KO of very old Louis?

I rest my case. :deal :bart

 

Now you're starting to reach a bit here....

There are people on here that say Lewis's win over Holyfield is diminished because Holy was old and past his best. He was what, 36 and held the WBA and IBF belts at the time.

NOW, he's many years older, and his best win in the last few years is a win over Fres, followed by a win over 41 yr old Savarese.

I agree, Holy would bring the most money to the table. And maybe he could do a George Foreman - THAT'S why people would watch. But I don't really see it adding anything to Walds legacy.

 

"Mr. Sandman, lend me your ear..........."

Seriously, everytime I see your posting name that ****in' song is in my head for the next 20 minutes or so! :twisted:

Anyway, Lewis still gets credit for his win over Holy as well as his win over Tyson, although the Tyson purists say Iron Mike would've killed Lewis before prison and would've killed Holyfield before Robin Givens and **** like that. :-(

 

Yeah, but every fighters fan base can be a bit crazy at times.... moreso than the fighters themselves to be honest.

Valuev is the best fight out there IF you take out all of the other guys involved in title fights. Yeah, he's coming off a loss, but it wasn't a bad one, and was his first career loss. It wasn't a brutal KO loss like Brewsters was. Also he has some kind of profile in both the US and Russia/Germany. A fight between those 2 in either Germany OR the States would be pretty big.

He could fight a Tony Thomson etc, but that's not really different to a Brock or Austin fight.

Valuev at least poses some new tests for Wald. Not being the bigger man, having a smaller reach, being the shorter, lighter man in clinches etc.


Guys I'd PERSONALLY like to see him fight are Fatman Toney, Shannon Briggs or Rahman. I would really, really like to see Waldo crack them all around the ring. But that's more of a personal taste, than a real challenge.

One that would be pretty funny would be Golota. THAT would be a funny fight, waiting for another Golota meltdown.....

 

:yikes

:yikes