Wlad/Sanders

[TheFairPole]

Wlad must make this fight happen before Sanders is gone for good! Otherwise people will always have questions about him! He has to take this risk and he has to win... End of subject!

[Nautilus]

Wlad must make this fight happen before Sanders is gone for good! Otherwise people will always have questions about him! He has to take this risk and he has to win... End of subject!

Kostya Tzyu has never had a rematch with Phillips, even though he would have beaten him easily in a rematch.

What Kostya did was the right thing -- just move on and don't get fixated on a rematch. Kotya did great and Wlad should do the same.

A rematch with Bruster would have be great though (because Wlad was drugged).

[TheFairPole]

Kostya Tzyu never had a rematch with Phillips, even though he would have beaten him easily in a rematch.

What Kostya did was the right thing -- just move on and don't get fixated on a rematch. Kotya did great and Wlad should do the same.

A rematch with Bruster would have be great though (b/c Wlad was drugged).

Yeah but Tzyu wasn't destroyed like Wlad was.

In my opinion Wlad can and will win a rematch with Sanders! He has to not be so careless and be more defensive and he wins a tough one! He could easily jab Sanders to death and should have! If he wants to be champ and an alltime great he has to avenge his losses like Lewis did! I think he will, but he has to learn to run and box defensively like Vitali does! He tried to go after Sanders right away and got caught! Let Sanders tire for 3 or 4 rounds and then open up on him! There is nothing wrong with winning like that! Wlad will win this rematch!

[Nautilus]

Yeah but Tzyu wasn't destroyed like Wlad was.

In my opinion Wlad can and will win a rematch with Sanders! He has to not be so careless and be more defensive and he wins a tough one! He could easily jab Sanders to death and should have! If he wants to be champ and an alltime great he has to avenge his losses like Lewis did! I think he will, but he has to learn to run and box defensively like Vitali does! He tried to go after Sanders right away and got caught!

He got caught exactly like that kid Varakin. Varakin tried to KO Sanders just like Wlad did.

[Neuraxis]

What ? Wlad just fought Davaryl who has a very high KO ratio.

TOS's KO % was 85% going into his fight with Wlad.

[Nautilus]

TOS's KO % was 85% going into his fight with Wlad.

so it is a good KO rate, right?

[Hurlex]

ahh....damn good point (and i dont say that much)

wlad getting owned and ko'ed is still on a lot of ppl mind..its not like vitali losing to lewis and byrd (lewis and byrd won the fight but dint beat vitali get me) but still was ahead on scorecards..or like wlad dominating lamon then losing..but in that fight wlad was owned and that still on a lots of ppl's minds.

i still say wlad fights toney...winning this fight can say a lot and will get his reputation back...toney cant hit hard so its a plus

[Mr. Ryan]

There are persistent rumors coming out of Europe that Wlad will fight Sanders in a rematch in the Spring and possibly as early as March. If there is a rematch, I think this could be the best possible scenario for Wlad. He either shows that the fight that sent him spiraling downward was no fluke or he knocks Sanders out and gets himself back on track. The haters will not agree, but I say Wlad needs this fight and if he wins impressively he is back!!! If anyone says that it's no big deal for Wlad to take this fight and defeat Sanders they are kidding themselves. If he loses then he needs to ride off into the sunset.

I think this is as meaningful a fight as Holyfield-Donald.

[Neuraxis]

so it is a good KO rate, right?

Not good, great. The only top 20 fighters besides TOS to have a KO % of 85% and up are Vitali, Mesi, Wlad, Peter, Brewster, and Tyson.

[Lefthookhappy19]

ahh....damn good point (and i dont say that much)

wlad getting owned and ko'ed is still on a lot of ppl mind..its not like vitali losing to lewis and byrd (lewis and byrd won the fight but dint beat vitali get me) but still was ahead on scorecards..or like wlad dominating lamon then losing..but in that fight wlad was owned and that still on a lots of ppl's minds.

i still say wlad fights toney...winning this fight can say a lot and will get his reputation back...toney cant hit hard so its a plus

Wlad would give Toney the beating of his life. This is a one or two round beatdown. He beats him worse than his brother would because of his greater punching power.