Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by amat
I read this, and immediately I thought back to my Sports Illustrated from a couple weeks ago. In that, Wlad said regarding his standing atop the division this.

"I'm top. I'm not as top as I'd like to be, but I'm topper then the others."

And how exactly is fighting Austin, Brewster and Rahman in 2007 going to make Wlad as top as he'd like to be? This better not go through. The only person I want to see fight Rahman right now is Wlad's brother, Vitali Klitschko. But I'm not even sure he ever gets in the ring again.
Austin was the IBF MANDATORY

Brewster is something to pass time with AND avenge a loss

Rahman....I don't believe he'll fight Hasim and if he does it's probably because K2 feels bad for Rahman due to the lack of a title fight vs Vitali.

I doubt a Rahman fight happens unless a unification fight is out of reach
I understand Austin, and I understand Brewster. But he's said a bunch of times that he wants a big fight. Well, a big fight would be another titlist. And there is no way a unification bout is out of reach. For 1, Ibragimov hasn't even won his title yet. So I doubt they got into any type of negotiations. Maskaev and Peter haven't fought yet. And he should try hard for Maskaev. Really, his camp should, honestly.

Even if you can't get a unification fight, there are a lot better fights out there then Rahman. I wouldn't really mind Sergei if a unification bout was out of reach. Can't defend that Lyle. If he's going to fight Rahman, he should have either dropped the IBF or realized that or not fought Brewster. Don't really care what the circumstances are, that is a pathetic year for a top heavyweight.