Comments Thread For: Will 2015 Be Wladimir Klitschko’s Finest Hour?

[LacedUp]

If Wlad beats both Fury and the WBC champ next year then yes, he has a great shot at finally being FOTY but I think the Fury fight will happen, at it's earliest, in 2016. Wlad will fight against Jennings and then, in the final part of the year, face the WBC champ, with whoever that is, squeezing in a defence beforehand.

Wlad is never getting fighter of the year.

[Weltschmerz]

Fighting Jennings in the US is a good move and has nothing to do with cherry picking. Jennings is the best American heavyweight.

[LacedUp]

Fighting Jennings in the US is a good move and has nothing to do with cherry picking. Jennings is the best American heavyweight.

How is it not a cherry pick?

He's specifically fighting him to make him look good.

[Black Barty]

Good read, but one question: on what planet did Jennings look good in beating Szpilka and Perez? He looked all kinds of mediocre to me.

I have no problem with Wlad vs Jennings, he's certainly no worse than Mormeck or Pianeta, but let's not big him up.

[LacedUp]

Good read, but one question: on what planet did Jennings look good in beating Szpilka and Perez? He looked all kinds of mediocre to me.

I have no problem with Wlad vs Jennings, he's certainly no worse than Mormeck or Pianeta, but let's not big him up.

It's not out of the question that HBO asked for that fight.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

I'm pretty sure wlad is fighting Fury after Jennings.

[kafkod]

Pisses all over his resume? Wilder's resume is bad. But so is Jennings' for a heavyweight title contender. An out of shape Mike Perez who he probably lost to anyway and Szpilka is hardly the stuff of dreams. Add to that, he's very unentertaining in the ring. At least Wilder is knocking his guys out left, right and centre.

Jennings is the definition of a cherry pick. Why pack it in? It's an absolute cherry pick made to make Wlad look good on American soil.

I don't think Wlad is scared of Fury, come on. The guy is a 10 year heavyweight champion. He's not scared. He's just making business.

Wilder's best opponent is Malik Scott, who was coming off a KO defeat to Chisora. Szpilka and Perez were both ranked higher than Scott.
OK, Jennings only just squeaked past Perez, but Wilder would never even have gotten into the ring with him, nor Szpilka, probably.
Wilder's 32 KO's mean nothing, when you look at the guys he was fighting.
I wouldn't call any of Deontay's fights entertaining either. They just weren't competitive at all. None of his opponents had the slightest chance of beating him, including Scott, who didn't even come to give it a try.

[LacedUp]

Wilder's best opponent is Malik Scott, who was coming off a KO defeat to Chisora. Szpilka and Perez were both ranked higher than Scott.
OK, Jennings only just squeaked past Perez, but Wilder would never even have gotten into the ring with him, nor Szpilka, probably.

I'm not saying Wilder's is better. But I think both have unbelievably bad resumes for guys that are fighting for heavyweight titles.

None of them have fought anyone good.

[Weltschmerz]

How is it not a cherry pick?

He's specifically fighting him to make him look good.

Jennings is top ranked, young, hungry, undefeated. A real champion like Vlad travels to the US again to fight their main contender. Then he can fight the winner of Stiverne/Wilder next, the logic is perfect.

[The Big Dunn]

How bad is the HWT division when the champ's biggest year could be beating Bryant Jennings and the Stivernne/Wilder winner, especially if it's Wilder?

I guess if he beats Jennings, STivernne and then Fury that would put him in contention for FOTY.