Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
Mate, trust me I'm not upset, and maybe I like a debate too much. But it all started where I was telling Eric he was being harsh on Wlad. I said many times he's had a great career, and I fully expected him to beat Fury easily in the 1st fight.
But I firmly believe, even when I like a boxer, you have to praise when it's due and criticise when it's due.
I don't have anything against Wlad, I don't dislike him, there are a lot of things I respect about him. But his time can't go on forever, and once that clock starts ticking fast, it's impossible to slow it down.
Completely agree with all of that and yeah Wlad is a lot closer to his 'Sell By' date than his Prime right now....he's on borrowed time not in just the heavyweight division but in boxing in general. I think he's still got a few fights left, but we're going to have to see him actually have some fights before we can judge if what happened vs Fury was a perfect storm of a fluke or the new reality for the guy.


Guys like Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are exactly where Wlad was when Lennox Lewis was king, it'll be very interesting to see how things play out and I for one wouldn't be opposed to an Undefeated Anthony Joshua fighting an Undefeated Deontay Wilder for the Undefeated/Undisputed Heavyweight Championship....of the World (in my Michael Buffer voice). I think THAT fight could really spur on a renaissance in boxing and they're young enough to have a few bites at the apples if the first fight between them is a good one....I really like the style matchup too a tight muscle bound clinical boxer and a loose wiry power punching gunslinger. It would be a beautiful thing for the sport.