How Much Do Wlad's Losses Hurt Him?

[Sweet Jesus]

His first one doesn't mean anything. The Brewster one was comical. He should have avenged the Sanders one instead of letting Vitali take it though. That is the only one that really hurts him IMO.

[komodo]

They must hurt him but he's shown great determination to get back on track, it gives hopes to other HW that he is beatable if there was anyone decent out there that is

[IronDanHamza]

Not particularly IMO.

With or without the losses he's the best heavyweight of this era. He lost a few on the way to the top, most do.

[FloydTBE]

larry holmes is far greater than wald

[Jim Jeffries]

They will be talked about when he is gone from boxing but he has had a damn good run since. Losses happen to everyone and I think it says alot about him that he was able to bounce back and become the best in the world after 3 stoppages losses while some lose 1 fight and are never the fighter they were.

Lennox had 6 1/2 years between his losses and I've heard it argued that his prime was sandwiched between them. Wlad has gone longer than that without a loss, so if he's still prime now, it's certainly arguable that all of his losses were pre-prime.

The Puritty loss obviously doesn't affect him at all. A 12 round fight with less than two years as a pro, back when he was only 225 pounds, long before any semblance of prime.

Obviously his losses (and knockdowns in fights he won) tend to make him underrated in H2H matchups, with him usually losing by KO, even to guys that didn't resemble punchers.

But I expect him to rise in the rankings years down the road, especially if he's able to dominate several more years.

[Spray_resistant]

Lennox had 6 1/2 years between his losses and I've heard it argued that his prime was sandwiched between them. Wlad has gone longer than that without a loss, so if he's still prime now, it's certainly arguable that all of his losses were pre-prime.

The Puritty loss obviously doesn't affect him at all. A 12 round fight with less than two years as a pro, back when he was only 225 pounds, long before any semblance of prime.

Obviously his losses (and knockdowns in fights he won) tend to make him underrated in H2H matchups, with him usually losing by KO, even to guys that didn't resemble punchers.

But I expect him to rise in the rankings years down the road, especially if he's able to dominate several more years.

I wonder how long he will stay around, I read he wanted to break Holmes's number of defenses record.