But Peter is no longer seen as the brutal KO puncher he once was thought to be. And McCline has shown that his chin is not granite, as was once thought. And Wlad is much better and more devastating, and has beaten in grand fashion, everyone he's faced recently. So it can be argued that a rematch between Wlad and Peter is much less interesting than it was going into the first fight.
Heavyrighthand I have already told you unfication is important, but the problem isnt trying to get guys like me and you to watch the heavyweight divsion again, its to bring back the average fan with appealing fights. Peter/Wlad is interesting because Peter gave Wlad a exciting fight the last time out, Valuev/Wlad would be a huge draw to the average fan, HBO could market that one to the hills. Unification is great Heavyrighthand, but the average fan doesnt seem to care, noone I know is even watching it besides me. My only question to you is, How will Wlad keep both titles in his possesion? Does He fight Tompson and then Povetkin or does he drop a title along the way?
You know why the average sports fan don't care? Because there is no single, unified champion for people to take interest in. And that is what this fight is trying to correct. Agian, look a bit farther past the immediate future. Look at the long term benefit of this. That's all I can say, as we've been over this over and over again, and you apparently just aren't seeing past the nose on the end of your face. No offense, of course.:good .
It don't really matter, after he's won the titles in the ring. We know one fighter won't hold very many titles for very long, but that is meaningless regarding determining who is the champion. All he has to do is beat the titleholders, and that's all. Let them strip whatever they want, after that.
Im not saying your wrong, but even if Wlad unifies as we both would agree that probably will happen, I still dont see any more people getting interested into the divsion again, especially in america. Wlad does not have the personality or the credentials to make the divsion popular again IMO, plus it takes more than one great fighter to get everyones attention again, Wlad alone cant do it.
Agreed, unless of course Peter beats Maskaev for the real WBC belt. Until then Peter has earned nothing.
Face it, Punisher33 doesn't want Wladimir to unify because he doesn't like Klitschko, plain & simple. It would add to WK's legacy & all time ranking and that kills him!
Everyone I named would not only be more competitve, but also more exciting for Wlad to fight instead of Iggy. I mean who cares if Wlad unifies, hes just going to have to give up one of the belts a couple months later anyways. Iggy is a boring fighter, who has no aggresion in his fight game, along with average power and a suspect chin. Everybody already knows Wlads going to retire Iggy easily, so Wlad proves nothing to me or anybody else for that matter.:tired
You are full of ****. Wladimir is a fine Champion that any decent fan should appreciate. He doesn't do drugs, talk like some phoney gangsta or get charged with ****, assault, gun possesion, etc. We need 1 true HW Champion and Wladimir will be the that guy. Get over it..................:tong
Let's say Wlad does KO Iggy in spectacular fashion then he fights Chagaev and the WBO strips him of their belt. Who would really care? We would all know that he was "The Man" anyway, because the fighter makes the belt not the other way around. The WBO could then make 2 undeserving Don King fighters fight for their worthless belt but only the fools would be fooled. Do you follow yet? This isn't exactly rocket science wew're talkin' about here..................
The description you gave sounds alot like Lennox Lewis doesnt it? It took him many years of facing legends and top notch contenders for him to become popular in the states, and we both know Wlad is very far away from Lennox Lewis status. :yep
Wlad is the man right now, with or without fighting Iggy for the joke WBO belt. I as a hater can even admit this, he needs to fight guys that will give him a fight, not a jab and grab bore fest for 6 or 7 rounds until Wlad decapitates his oppenent. Say what you want about Sam Peter, at least he gave Wlad a fight, thats more than I could say about Wlads last couple oppenents.
personally i'd prefer chagaev as i feel he would present more danger to my fighter, wlad. but, beggars can't be choosers, so im happy with this fight. put it this way. would you rather see wlad fight a top 30 fighter who was magically boosted up the ranks for a mandatory shot? and as far as politics go, having a second belt means he's the man, and the others will look silly if they claim they have more credibility to the throne then wladimir does. how will the fans like to see it settled? obviously the solo belt holder/s will be forced to fight 2-belt holder wladimir. in other words, the wlad-ibrag fight is not the most dangerous fight for wlad, but at least politically it will have started a chain reaction, and before you know it all the belts will be unified. (well, not the wbc belt if vitali comes back. but everyone will just have to go along with the dream they have until vitali retires permanently after he achieves this dream. im sure vitali is under no illusions about fully regaining his career. this is just a shot to achieve their dream, then it's riding off into the sunset straight away. maybe after that wladimir will get the winner of the wbc belt in a couple years).