Wladimir Klitschko is going to unify the belts

[Fox McCloud]

LOL!! You think someone can beat Wlad right now? Wlad is going to beat the breaks off sultan.

So instead of answering anything at all in my post, you give a response that is exactly what my original post indicts.

How about that?

[lennon]

Wlad is the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. Feb 23rd he will prove it. Wlad is unstoppable, Wlad will KO all the suckers put in the ring with him now.


First time since 1999 beaches!!!!!!

Beatin a guy that cant beat Ray Austin and barely scarpes past a 46 year old Holyfield is really nothing to get excited about, the WBO belt is completley irrelevant to becoming Undisputed champion anyhow, until he beats a real fighter, if any ever appear, then Wlad is just another belt holder.

[landmine950]

Wlad

Well you know any fight he is in will be exciting....
Just a matter of time before his chin gets tapped and hes down sniffin the canvas again...Sultan? I doubt it..Mask?..maybe...Prob Briggs has as good a shot as any early on...and maybe Peter or McCline too....ANYONE really can KO him he's shown that.

[Silencers]

Well you know any fight he is in will be exciting....
Just a matter of time before his chin gets tapped and hes down sniffin the canvas again...Sultan? I doubt it..Mask?..maybe...Prob Briggs has as good a shot as any early on...and maybe Peter or McCline too....ANYONE really can KO him he's shown that.

He's already beaten Peter and McCline, although I would like to see him fight Peter again.

[beez721]

Uh cuz... Wlad gets KO'd ever time his chin gets touched.
and as of nov 2007 Vitali was still the champ "emeritus" or some such bull**** and demanding a fight against Maskaev or whoever could hand him a title..

yea,,,we know genius. he does indeed get knocked out everytime he's so much as touched. he's 3-49 with 44 knockout losses

[beez721]

I am going with the consensus and picking Wlad in this one. It just seems foolish to pick against him at this point. Yet, I do it with reservations. My boxing matchup sensibilities scream at me to go in the other direction. Let me explain.

Why has Wlad had such a resurrection to be the clear top HW in the world? Is it his power? Other heavies have great power. Is it his height? Other heavies have great height. Is it his height and power combined? Fewer have that, but they still exist. Heart? Maybe. But mostly, it has been his jab. His jab keeps everyone in position for the nuclear explosion of his right. Ask Calvin Brock.

So what is the problem? Ibragimov being a southpaw is part of the problem. You can't really jab a southpaw effectively from the right handed stance if he doesn't want you to, no matter how good your jab is. This is especially true in terms of slick southpaws, which against all predictions and logic is what Sultan has transformed into. The one punch that has made Wlad special and different from the man who was KO'd by three midlevel heavies (who Sutlan would go at least 2-1, probably 3-0 against) will not be a factor in this fight. Sultan, if he is aggressive and does not fight scared, will be able to get in and land quite often.

Yet, Wlad is so much physically superior that I pick him anyway, but I definitely have more reservations than most about the fight.

I agree 100% with this. southpaws are very difficult to reach with the jab and sultan also has good movement. wlad will have trouble,,,at least for a while. the question is does sultan have enough pop to really make wlad unravel? thats the bigger question. I think wlad does catch him eventually,,,but sultan will have his moments and is a much liver underdog than many are thinking. he's not going to come in out of shape ala austin and stand right in front of wlad as he did with austin

[beez721]

Beatin a guy that cant beat Ray Austin and barely scarpes past a 46 year old Holyfield is really nothing to get excited about, the WBO belt is completley irrelevant to becoming Undisputed champion anyhow, until he beats a real fighter, if any ever appear, then Wlad is just another belt holder.

another moron judging sultan on one lousy performance. he was 232 lbs for that fight. he's clearly a much better fighter when he's at his normal weight of 220 lbs,,which he was in all his prior and subsequent fights. he's an olympic silver medalist and legit top heavyweight. end of story. I love how you try to discredit wlad before each and every one of his fights

[ben41193]

I think he will unify if he gets the chance

[Mike Tyson77]

I am going with the consensus and picking Wlad in this one. It just seems foolish to pick against him at this point. Yet, I do it with reservations. My boxing matchup sensibilities scream at me to go in the other direction. Let me explain.

Why has Wlad had such a resurrection to be the clear top HW in the world? Is it his power? Other heavies have great power. Is it his height? Other heavies have great height. Is it his height and power combined? Fewer have that, but they still exist. Heart? Maybe. But mostly, it has been his jab. His jab keeps everyone in position for the nuclear explosion of his right. Ask Calvin Brock.

So what is the problem? Ibragimov being a southpaw is part of the problem. You can't really jab a southpaw effectively from the right handed stance if he doesn't want you to, no matter how good your jab is. This is especially true in terms of slick southpaws, which against all predictions and logic is what Sultan has transformed into. The one punch that has made Wlad special and different from the man who was KO'd by three midlevel heavies (who Sutlan would go at least 2-1, probably 3-0 against) will not be a factor in this fight. Sultan, if he is aggressive and does not fight scared, will be able to get in and land quite often.

Yet, Wlad is so much physically superior that I pick him anyway, but I definitely have more reservations than most about the fight.

Smart man, line em' up and Wlad will KO em'.

[The Hammer]

I'm hoping this is the year Wlad unifies three of the titles. He will do it if the IBF gives him time, and Chagaev is willing to fight him after he defeats Sultan.