He's been looking that way for a while now. Getting those old man jowls and age lines. His body still looks ripped as ever, but the face tells the tale.
He's been looking that way for a while now. Getting those old man jowls and age lines. His body still looks ripped as ever, but the face tells the tale.
Not surprising. Same happen to Vitali. He aged basically overnight, that affected his performances agains Chisorra and Charr.
Taking into account that Wlad has been boxing much longer and the man had 68 fights, half of them being on an world level it's quite remarkable he is still able to compete on this level.
I don't see many guys being able to do what he did in the sport. Maybe AJ, he is dedicated, but we'll see.
I don't give Wlad more than 30% in the rematch, but not only because of his age, but because I rate Tyson very highly.
He beats the rest of the guys with ease. Maybe AJ gives him some problems due to explosive style, but Wilder,Ortiz and co.. I don't see any threat in them (I mean for Tyson).
Also, Fury is the only one who can beat Fury in this rematch i think. The reality is that Wlad is at an age now where is decline is going to be speeding up. There's no real way he can get any better or do any things differently. He is what he is now, but will gradually get worse.
I think it just depends how motivated Fury is and if he's conditioned enough to perform well. Wlad is still very smart and i'm sure his jab and right hand will still beat nearly every other heavyweight at this very moment. So Fury still needs to be 100% prepared, no doubt about that. If he is then i think he just has too much for Wlad these days.
He's been a great champ and very effective heavyweight but time is definitely catching up on him. I think Fury's style and size would have been a difficult task for Wlad even close to his best, never mind a 40 year old Wlad.
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