First his loss to Brewster. People dont realize. Wlad didnt spar more then 6 rnds for a fight. Most of his fights he never had to really mix it up and releied on muscle. Not conditioning, he was in good shape but not warrior shape. Steward is fixing this, making him spar 10x as much before.
The Sanders loss, over confidence, never fought a guy like that, poor strategy.
The good thing is that he has seen the worse. Nothing is worse then these losses.
Steward can create the strategy, He can condition Vlad to fight an animal like Peter. Two main things.
Chin of course is the issue. Peter is a harder hitting, slower, less skilled Brewster basically. Peter can end it in one shot, but Vlad can shut him down.
Look for the first 3 rnds for Vlad to be SUPERGUNSHY- when peter moves within 3 feet of him Vlad will jab his head off. An occaisional right hand here and there. Vlad will make Peter work and catch him.
Rnds 3-6 will be the telling rnds. Peter will either start to get frustrated and bullrush vlad winging hooks and even catch him but in the interim get caught himself. If either guy makes it to 7-10, it will end somewhere around here. I look for Peter to get stopped on his feet sort of like Mercer due to amount of punches landed. He will get outsped, Vlad will have taken some shots, but will survive.
If he can get Brewster or Sanders-at least one back in the ring, he can beat them and move on to Byrd, Ruiz, and Toney. Vlad still has a way outside shot of becoming a great heavyweight .It would take about 10 good fights and rematches.
Or he could fold and get clobbered into next week.
Think about this, he has the same chin as tommy morrison and it took tommy the mercer and bentt ko to really learn how to fight hurt with ruddock, not be scared of Foreman.
This could be Morrison vs Foreman all over again.
The Sanders loss, over confidence, never fought a guy like that, poor strategy.
The good thing is that he has seen the worse. Nothing is worse then these losses.
Steward can create the strategy, He can condition Vlad to fight an animal like Peter. Two main things.
Chin of course is the issue. Peter is a harder hitting, slower, less skilled Brewster basically. Peter can end it in one shot, but Vlad can shut him down.
Look for the first 3 rnds for Vlad to be SUPERGUNSHY- when peter moves within 3 feet of him Vlad will jab his head off. An occaisional right hand here and there. Vlad will make Peter work and catch him.
Rnds 3-6 will be the telling rnds. Peter will either start to get frustrated and bullrush vlad winging hooks and even catch him but in the interim get caught himself. If either guy makes it to 7-10, it will end somewhere around here. I look for Peter to get stopped on his feet sort of like Mercer due to amount of punches landed. He will get outsped, Vlad will have taken some shots, but will survive.
If he can get Brewster or Sanders-at least one back in the ring, he can beat them and move on to Byrd, Ruiz, and Toney. Vlad still has a way outside shot of becoming a great heavyweight .It would take about 10 good fights and rematches.
Or he could fold and get clobbered into next week.
Think about this, he has the same chin as tommy morrison and it took tommy the mercer and bentt ko to really learn how to fight hurt with ruddock, not be scared of Foreman.
This could be Morrison vs Foreman all over again.

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