I expect him to show a bit more aggression, but at that age you're more or less set in your ways. Wlad's been fighting the same way for years; you don't suddenly change that overnight. Even if he made a conscious decision to be more aggressive, his every instinct will be telling him to hold back, to wait for openings, to throw that perfect punch. To go against those instincts in a live fight environment against a world class fighter is a dangerous tactic indeed.
Wlad might find himself mentally in two minds, both sides urging him to do the exact opposite. When you're not acting on instinct (or rather the instinctive responses honed from years of training) your responses are going to be that much slower, you're going to start overthinking and second guessing yourself, you're going to put yourself in vulnerable positions that you might not even be aware of because you're running blind.
Wlad might well have some more success in the opening rounds, but he's leaving himself vulnerable for a devastating stoppage later in the fight. Fury is a born brawler and will have no problems handling whatever Wlad throws at him. That's his world. Unfortunately for Wlad boxing has become Fury's world as well.
Wlad might find himself mentally in two minds, both sides urging him to do the exact opposite. When you're not acting on instinct (or rather the instinctive responses honed from years of training) your responses are going to be that much slower, you're going to start overthinking and second guessing yourself, you're going to put yourself in vulnerable positions that you might not even be aware of because you're running blind.
Wlad might well have some more success in the opening rounds, but he's leaving himself vulnerable for a devastating stoppage later in the fight. Fury is a born brawler and will have no problems handling whatever Wlad throws at him. That's his world. Unfortunately for Wlad boxing has become Fury's world as well.
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