i don't think wlad is affected by that stuff at all. the man's been a pro for more than a decade and been in 15 world title fights. guys like derrick jefferson and austin talked all kinds of **** to him before their fights and wlad destroyed both of them in 2 rounds. u could probably rattle inexperienced guys but wlad has been through some bad times and recovered. i reckon he's more battle tested than people give him credit for.
I think what he will be pissed about the most is thats he had 6 months inactivity and any fight on the 20th aside,it will probably 9/10 months out of the ring,in his prime aswell:verysad
yes. very unfortunate for him. no matter ur opinion of wlad, u have to credit him for trying to fight the top guys like Povetkin and Haye. Not his fault they pulled out tripping over tree roots or for whatever reason legit or not. It's not like he wanted to fight Rahman but how many quality opponents are gonna agree to fight wlad on three weeks notice. Meanwhile Valuev/Chagaev want no part of the Klits. As for Haye, he's gonna have to earn a mandatory shot now imo. I doubt Wlad is gonna wait for him. Remember, WLad has to fight Povetkin by September or get stripped. Wlad/Haye aint happening anytime soon. Im sure wlad feels he has a responsiblity to the 60k people to fight on june 20. I expect him to keep the date. expecting a worthy foe at this pt is hopeful at best. i feel real bad for those haye fans traveling who booked hotels already. damn...that's got be so disappointing
He may want to fight the top guys,but the top 2 fighters in the division will not fight each other.That fact remains.Add to that the WBA stuation and the division is a mess.I'm not attaching the blame to any one person,just pointing it out Also,the Brits that are still going will enjoy their weekend over there I'm sure:yep
Result for me in a way, as I got roped into weekend away in a caravan and was gonna have to avoid the result and watch it when I got back
The Sun is reporting it as a back injury and that Wlad still wants the fight to go ahead at some point as "haye needs taught some lessons". I e-mailed the ticket company in Germany this morning, I want my money back. They better not say that the ticket is still valid for Wlad v Valuev or something - **** that. Whole point of me going out was to see Wlad get knocked the **** out. If I don't get a refund I'll use the cheap flights I got and fly out and find the ticket company and ****ing demand my money. Yep, I'm still pissed off a bit.
I bet Flint is on cloud 9 right now. He must feel like Enzo has crawled under his quilt and started licking his balls.
Update: Fight should only be delayed by 3 weeks as long as Wlad does not fight a replacement on the 20th of June.