Wladimir's showing

[TheFairPole]

I think that most Klitschko fans can agree that a Wlad that fights as technically sound as he did against Castillo is pretty hard for any heavyweight to beat. That is why the Klitschko fans think he is back. He showed no signs of any stamina problems either. He didn't even bread a sweat! I think that Vitaly should follow Wlad and try sparring all those rounds because stamina is the only issue I see with Vitaly. If Wlad has his head on straight he can be great, and it appears at least in this fight that he does. Good luck Wlad!

[moochi]

Castillo certainly didnt seem like he even wanted to test Wlad, but he didnt take a dive. He got punched in his face by a giant. He looked a little wobbled, which I assume is why the ref stopped it. If it would have went on longer, Wlad would have just punished him for another minute or so and it would be stopped anyway.

I didn't mean a dive in the way that it could have been fixed, but I meant he simply wasn't interested and showed no hunger at all.....thus when he got hit by a big one and went down, he wasn't interested in putting up a fight and getting up.

do you agree with me on this one?

[moochi]

u misunderstood me........i didn't mean that he dived in such a way, but rather that he went down and couldn't have been bothered getting up (which in my opinion, seemed that he was OK to continue).....

he showed no interest or hunger throughout the fight, and didn't bother getting back up..........i am sure you agree with me on this one!

[Winter]

Wladimir did very good. He will be champion very soon.

[vB Martin]

and what if you do?

It means I won't knock him for doing so, *******.

[vB Martin]

I think that most Klitschko fans can agree that a Wlad that fights as technically sound as he did against Castillo is pretty hard for any heavyweight to beat. That is why the Klitschko fans think he is back. He showed no signs of any stamina problems either. He didn't even bread a sweat! I think that Vitaly should follow Wlad and try sparring all those rounds because stamina is the only issue I see with Vitaly. If Wlad has his head on straight he can be great, and it appears at least in this fight that he does. Good luck Wlad!

I think that most Klitschko fans could agree that if he scored a split decision victory over the corpse of John L. Sullivan it would prove that he would be a hard opponent for any heavyweight, living or dead and deserved an immediate title shot with any current champ. This is why I listen to the fans no more than I listen to the haters.

Look at it from a more realistic perspective. Could he look as good as he did (and he did look good) against someone who was actually fighting him?

[TheFairPole]

I think that most Klitschko fans could agree that if he scored a split decision victory over the corpse of John L. Sullivan it would prove that he would be a hard opponent for any heavyweight, living or dead and deserved an immediate title shot with any current champ. This is why I listen to the fans no more than I listen to the haters.

Look at it from a more realistic perspective. Could he look as good as he did (and he did look good) against someone who was actually fighting him?

We'll have to wait and see!

[Neuraxis]

I think that most Klitschko fans could agree that if he scored a split decision victory over the corpse of John L. Sullivan it would prove that he would be a hard opponent for any heavyweight, living or dead and deserved an immediate title shot with any current champ. This is why I listen to the fans no more than I listen to the haters.

Look at it from a more realistic perspective. Could he look as good as he did (and he did look good) against someone who was actually fighting him?

Castillo was no less legitimate a prospect than Beck or Booker. I'd say more so than Booker, and Castillo has the best win by far among the three.

[Living Legend]

Wladimir's showing

Who saw the fight?

I saw the fight, he looked like the same dude to me, it wasn't hard for him to look good against a guy that used to be a middlewieght and was scared to fight him...

[Neuraxis]

I saw the fight, he looked like the same dude to me, it wasn't hard for him to look good against a guy that used to be a middlewieght and was scared to fight him...

Apparently you've been missing a lot of his recent fights then, and Castillo used to be a cruiserweight, not a middleweight.