His top five victories are:
Chris Byrd - This is by far the best win in Wladimir's career in my opinion, there was no need to fight him again after a onesided domination in the first fight where I was very impressed with Wlad. He dominated a quicker, slicker version of Byrd who could slip punches and had a great boxing ability, Credit to Byrd's chin as he was able to get up despite knocked down twice, the only time he was stopped was against Ibeabuchi prior to that fight.
Samuel Peter - This win I give Wlad credit for but he still got knocked down 3 times and Peter recently got knocked down three times by Jameel Decline winning a slim decision after "almost" beating a former middleweight in James Toney.
Calvin Brock - Brock is a decent fighter but his chin was always suspect, he was knocked down by Jameel Decline but credit to him he managed to get up and finish the fight. Recently got beaten by a small HW in Eddie Chambers.
Lamon Brewster - He was coming off a loss to Lyakhovich and was Inactive for 15 months, there was no need to fight him at that point, I wish the fight was made before the Lyakovich bout which would have made it Interesting.
Ray Mercer - 42, Out of Prime.
The bottom line is Wladimir is a very talented fighter, the #1 Heavyweight out there right now, I am expecting him to KO Ibragimov in no more than 5 rounds but he has'nt fought guy's who have a remote chance of beating him, Ibragimov went life and death with Ray Austin and I dont think of him highly, but this is a first step to Unify the division and be a linear champ. I do not blame Wlad for this because of boxing politics and some other reasons such as the Heavyweight division sort of sucks right now the only good guy's are Wladimir and maybe Chagaev (Although he is overrated, Wladimir would have dominated Ruiz and beaten Valuev more clearly.) I think Wladimir cant afford another loss in his resume, if it happens he is pretty much done and although even in the current state of the HW division if he keeps winning by dominating his opponents the way he is IMO i will regard him high because it is not a fighter's fault what sort of opponents he is facing, what can a fighter do if someone else is'nt good enough?
Chris Byrd - This is by far the best win in Wladimir's career in my opinion, there was no need to fight him again after a onesided domination in the first fight where I was very impressed with Wlad. He dominated a quicker, slicker version of Byrd who could slip punches and had a great boxing ability, Credit to Byrd's chin as he was able to get up despite knocked down twice, the only time he was stopped was against Ibeabuchi prior to that fight.
Samuel Peter - This win I give Wlad credit for but he still got knocked down 3 times and Peter recently got knocked down three times by Jameel Decline winning a slim decision after "almost" beating a former middleweight in James Toney.
Calvin Brock - Brock is a decent fighter but his chin was always suspect, he was knocked down by Jameel Decline but credit to him he managed to get up and finish the fight. Recently got beaten by a small HW in Eddie Chambers.
Lamon Brewster - He was coming off a loss to Lyakhovich and was Inactive for 15 months, there was no need to fight him at that point, I wish the fight was made before the Lyakovich bout which would have made it Interesting.
Ray Mercer - 42, Out of Prime.
The bottom line is Wladimir is a very talented fighter, the #1 Heavyweight out there right now, I am expecting him to KO Ibragimov in no more than 5 rounds but he has'nt fought guy's who have a remote chance of beating him, Ibragimov went life and death with Ray Austin and I dont think of him highly, but this is a first step to Unify the division and be a linear champ. I do not blame Wlad for this because of boxing politics and some other reasons such as the Heavyweight division sort of sucks right now the only good guy's are Wladimir and maybe Chagaev (Although he is overrated, Wladimir would have dominated Ruiz and beaten Valuev more clearly.) I think Wladimir cant afford another loss in his resume, if it happens he is pretty much done and although even in the current state of the HW division if he keeps winning by dominating his opponents the way he is IMO i will regard him high because it is not a fighter's fault what sort of opponents he is facing, what can a fighter do if someone else is'nt good enough?
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