Who is harder to beat right now? Floyd or Wlad?

[bojangles1987]

Extremely tough question. I'm only going to vote Wlad because there's no higher division of possible fights where he may not be big enough.

[bojangles1987]

what a surprise neither of them fight the best!

Come on now, Wlad does fight everyone. Not his fault the competition mostly sucks.

[MurkaMan]

floyd was a bit better a few years ago, but he is still a remarkable fighter.
wlad was never better. So unless he still is still imrpoving he is in his prime. banks and manny said the same..

I disagree tho. In his last few fights he was flatfooted. We knew for a fact his legs where gone. Now he's fighting like a lw. He takes a break from boxing, then returns in his prime over and over again. When he fought Hatton, it was a sloppy but effective performance. When he came back and fought Juan, it was like wow. He had never looked that good. Floyd is something special. Wlad is just tall.

[The Gambler1981]

It is close, I would give Floyd the edge because he hasn't really been hurt bad but Wlad has shown that sort of weakness.

I wouldn't fault anyone saying Wlad though because he maximizes what he has and he has made his weakness almost impossible to exploit.


Both are incredibly hard to beat though.

[elgranluchadore]

floyd because he will duck any decent challengers forever

[IIG]

It might sound crazy, but I think a Wladimir loss is coming probably within his next three or so fights. Yes Pianeta got dominated, but I also saw him get inside a few times and land solid shots on Wlad. He still looks like he is deathly afraid of being hit, completely losing his form when his opponent connects. If Povetkin, Wilder, and Fury are his next three opponents, I don't think he goes undefeated through that list.

[Szef]

I disagree tho. In his last few fights he was flatfooted. We knew for a fact his legs where gone. Now he's fighting like a lw. He takes a break from boxing, then returns in his prime over and over again. When he fought Hatton, it was a sloppy but effective performance. When he came back and fought Juan, it was like wow. He had never looked that good. Floyd is something special. Wlad is just tall.

"Just tall" was Valuev, Wlad is superior athlete,has great speed, he moves like a welterweight, has great technique, excellent footwork and huge power in both hands. Only an idiot would say that Wlad is "just tall"

[balderasthebest]

gayweather

gayweather, because he picks his fights where he wont risk him self.

[Simurgh]

It might sound crazy, but I think a Wladimir loss is coming probably within his next three or so fights. Yes Pianeta got dominated, but I also saw him get inside a few times and land solid shots on Wlad. He still looks like he is deathly afraid of being hit, completely losing his form when his opponent connects. If Povetkin, Wilder, and Fury are his next three opponents, I don't think he goes undefeated through that list.

Unless he slows down dramatically I can't see that happening.

He was more aggressive in his last two fights and he wasn't giving much respect to either Wach or Pianetta.
If you look at those fights he fought with his hands down the whole fight. It actually looked very nice how he was able to dodge and then to unload.

Wlad hates to be hit, that's true but that's why he is lasting this long.

[Curtiz]

Wlad is so much harder to beat. Not due to skill either, due to his size and ****ty tactics.

If i was his size id do the same, doesnt mean i respect it though.