Who will dethrone Wladimir?

[beez721]

Your analysis of Pulev is accurate, but Wlad is in his late 30's and has been matched very soft lately. I can see Pulev (who is very strong) wearing him down late and stopping him.

you never know at wlads age if those legs will hold up for 12 rounds against a strong durable guy like pulev but I don't think hes that far gone yet and pulev really isn't a big puncher. I think wlad should take this by comfortable decision but it wont be easy and like you said,,,,,wlad hasn't been in with a big strong heavyweight in quite some time so who knows for sure. he sure isn't getting any younger

[STEELHEAD]

It's always easier to pick the heavy betting favorite. But you can cash in big once in awhile if you take the huge odds and gamble. Pulev isn't a stiff like Leapai, Pianeta, or Wach.

sure.
and odds makers take into consideration the(what they call) girlie type betters when figuring the line.

[soul_survivor]

It's always easier to pick the heavy betting favorite. But you can cash in big once in awhile if you take the huge odds and gamble. Pulev isn't a stiff like Leapai, Pianeta, or Wach.

Pulev is not a threat. To beat Wlad you have to be willing to get into a slugfest but he has the same mentality as Wlad. Boring wide UD.

[LA_2_Vegas]

What do you mean neither's chin is tested? Wlad's been tested like mad lol


Pulev is not a fighter that can hurt or slug it with Wlad, He is far too conservative.

My bad that comment about looking careless in his last fight was about Fury, not Wlad. On Pulev, I agree with you.. it doesn't seems like he will be aggressive or dynamic enough to beat Wlad. I like that he has strong opinions about the drug testing and injuries and stuff like that, but in the ring.. I think he will allow Wlad to stay composed..when he's composed he is great. His lateral movement looked good against Leapai and I think he will take the same angle against Pulev and stand off to the side a little, as Pulev is very straight line

[soul_survivor]

My bad that comment about looking careless in his last fight was about Fury, not Wlad. On Pulev, I agree with you.. it doesn't seems like he will be aggressive or dynamic enough to beat Wlad. I like that he has strong opinions about the drug testing and injuries and stuff like that, but in the ring.. I think he will allow Wlad to stay composed..when he's composed he is great. His lateral movement looked good against Leapai and I think he will take the same angle against Pulev and stand off to the side a little, as Pulev is very straight line

completely agree, Pulev is tailor made for someone like Wlad.

I do think Fury will provide THE MOST entertaining fight of Wlad's career but I'm not sure if we'll see it.

[RAV3N]

Age or retirement I guess because no hw is good enough to challenge or beat him in this era sadly.

[Weltschmerz]

i want the HW champ to come out and be exciting. he is representing the position of the worlds strongest fighter who has more than a good chance to defeat every single man on this earth

wlad vs povetkin proved he doesnt have that but he redeemed himself with that leapai preformance. if he can keep doing that against legit top ten fighters not abc ranked fighters then i would rate him in my top 5. I DONT EVEN LIKE WLAD but if he shows the skills against the rest of his comp i think that proves he has what it takes to take on HWs of different eras

Vladimir was psychologically damaged by his defeats, and Steward made him profit from this by changing his style. I always believed Vitali could have been the greatest HW ever if not for the younger brother and his lay off.