Wlad vs Byrd 2

[Neuraxis]

First of all, I think Wlad does not deserve a title shot. At least not yet. He needs some tuneup fights before he goes for this. He also has unfinished business with Lamon Brewster, TOS, and Sanders (not nec. in that order). If this happens, I can foresee Wlad dominating the entire fight with Chris Byrd getting a decision in the end. You never know.

Well from what I've read this fight is going to happen until the end of this year. So Byrd will have defended against some flop like Jefferson or TOS or maybe even Whitaker because he is the highest ranked under the IBF who is available. Wlad is going to fight in March or April against someone in Germany.

The IBF top 6 rankings are as follows

1. Not Ranked
2. Hasim Rahman: will likely fight Vitali
3. James Toney: will likely fight Ruiz
4. Lance Whitaker: not sure
5. Jameel McCline: just lost to Byrd
6. Wladimir Klitschko: could fight Byrd later this year

[TheFairPole]

Wladimir wins this fight easily!!! Byrds brain is getting a little easier to rattle now so I'll say Wlad KO's Byrd within 6 rounds... As long as King has optoins on Wlad!

[Mr. Ryan]

Wladmir Klitschko I still think will beat Byrd. What is Byrd going to do to beat him? The same **** he did in Germany? Byrd's going to lose this one bad. I couldn't think of any better fight than this one for Wladmir now.

[Torino]

This is exactly the fight Wladimir needs to gain some of his confidence back. He already knows he can beat Byrd. Beating Byrd will go a long way in rejuvenating Wlad's career.

Now he just has to do it and keep DK out of the arena with his Vaseline and water bottles.

[Eyeh8you]

First of all, I think Wlad does not deserve a title shot. At least not yet. He needs some tuneup fights before he goes for this. He also has unfinished business with Lamon Brewster, TOS, and Sanders (not nec. in that order). If this happens, I can foresee Wlad dominating the entire fight with Chris Byrd getting a decision in the end. You never know.

Dude! Think before you Post! You honeslty believe that WK is gonna say "**** you Don, I want to repair my honor and take another 3 yrs fighting these guys, then and only then I'll fight Byrd for an easy strap!". Give me a break. DK is given the IBF belt on a silver platter to young Klitschko and you want him to avenge his losses instead? YEAH THATS GONNA HAPPEN!

[jedihillis]

What were the results of the first Klitschko/Byrd fight?

[Neuraxis]

What were the results of the first Klitschko/Byrd fight?

[guru]

burd is barely beating just about every decent fighter he faces these days, so i have to say that wlad has an excellent chance....

[!!Captain]

Awesome. It be cool to see the bro's both hold titles. Then, maybe they'll fight each other some day.

They won't because now Vitaliy is on HBO and Wladimir is on Showtime. Right now someone on HBO is biting their nails because they let Wladimir go to Showtime but there he is, going for one of the belts, courtesy of his big brother and DK. Oh well, that's what big brothers are for.

[Warrior Spirit]

Just found out that Wlad's next fight will be against Chris Byrd on April 30.
Source is Baltimore Sun.

While I do think that Wlad is a gutless ***** and I will be rooting for Byrd, I think that he can beat Byrd handily. Byrd's style is tailor-made for Wlad and you throw in the fact that Byrd hits like a girl, it sounds like we will have a new IBF heavyweight champion.