What Kind of Credit Will Wlad Get When He Beats Austin?

good KO by wlad with just one hand the entire fight.

Wlads last fight was novemeber 11th, these 2 fights are 4 months apart. Also Im sure Wlad will look to unify after this fight but it will be hard to do so because Briggs pulled out of his fight with Iggy and there will no other beltholders available... wlad will wait a month for the valuev/chagaev winner... if he cant make that fight who knows which bum he will be forced to knock out next

wlad will be looking to beat the shit out of austin to make sure that he is 100 percent able to fight again anytime/anywhere, hes not even gonna let austin get a measley head bump in, hes gonna take him out early im still waiting on my sportsbook to put out the over/under proposition, if its 5 rounds you gotta go under

Has Wlad hinted on how many times he'll fight in 2007? I'd hate to wait another 7-9 months before his next fight while Valuev racks 'em up every 3 months. Wlads last fight was novemeber 11th, these 2 fights are 4 months apart. Also Im sure Wlad will look to unify after this fight but it will be hard to do so because Briggs pulled out of his fight with Iggy and there will no other beltholders available...

I'm sure he won't care so long as he gets paid......

Beating a guy he's supposed to beat won't get him alot of credit.

Has Wlad hinted on how many times he'll fight in 2007? I'd hate to wait another 7-9 months before his next fight while Valuev racks 'em up every 3 months.

If he destroys Austin in about 2 rounds then he should get some credit. If he has any trouble with Austin he will be discredited a little. I think it is gonna be one sided for Wlad but he will take his time to bread Austin down and then go after him around the 4th or 5th round. I would love to see him destroy Austin in the first round though. You never know though, Austin may come right after Wladdy in the first round which will force Wladdy to take Austin out early.

we can say he is better than Sultan and LArry Donald who only got a draw out of Austin. and he will also be in the same level as Attila Levin, Harold Scoiners and Charles Hatcher all of them also defeated Austin........... is that good though??? i doubth it

It's hard to believe this fight will change anyone's mind. If he gets a first round TKO, those who always criticize him will call Austin a bum and move on. If he struggles and or even gets floored, his apologists will say Austin is underrated and Klitschko overlooked him. And, of course, the detractors will have a field day. I expect the first scenario to be much closer to reality. Klitschko TKO3 Austin.

well you got the title defense number and how much longer he stay with his winning streak. some part of people legacy is a winning streak you may not look it now but later people will say he defened his title more than 10 and had a winning streak of 20 fight blah blah...etc it not easy staying with a title for long time you need to train harder and each fight the pressure goes higher for fighters with title

when wlad knocks this 6'6" punk out, what will change about his level of respect on this forum? will he get more respect, lose respect, or will nothing change? the only reason why Wlad is fighting Austin is cause the IBF made Austin the mandatory after he drew with Ibragimov

well,,,,in this case it isnt wlads fault. austin is the mandatory and wlad would be stripped for not fighting him. boxing politics suck The IBF has been fucking with WLad for awhile now.... first it was giving TOS the mandatory spot ahead of wlad despite wlad beating him.... now serving up a hopeless challenger just to satisfy don king..... brock should have been the mandatory and wlad should be unifying right now... its also not wlads fault that briggs backed out of his fight this saturday just to avoid the obvious unification challenge that wlad would offer the winner afterwards

Wlad would gain zilch and if there is an upset ( which i highly doubt) Austin stands to gain the liberty statue. This is the problem i have with boxers fighting below par, sooner than later it is going to catch up with u well,,,,in this case it isnt wlads fault. austin is the mandatory and wlad would be stripped for not fighting him. boxing politics suck

This is the problem i have with boxers fighting below par, sooner than later it is going to catch up with u audley harrison???

Wlad would gain zilch and if there is an upset ( which i highly doubt) Austin stands to gain the liberty statue. This is the problem i have with boxers fighting below par, sooner than later it is going to catch up with u

This fight (assuming Wlad dominates like most of us expect), won't change people's perception of Wlad one way or the other.

If he knocks him out in 1 he gets more respect If it takes him 5 rounds or more he loses respect

U know Austin aint THAT bad! He is very under rated but yeah Wlad is WAAAAY better

Nothing can change. It's just a little show for us. Should be fun.