I'm a little hot and cold on Wlad. I mean, we complain, but the fact of it is is Wlad is still knocking guys out. Our beef is he's taking like 3 more rounds to do it than we think is necessary. But shouldn't a fight maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses? Sure he took a while to KO a faded Rahman, sure Lennox did it faster against a prime Rahman. But Wlad isn't Lewis. No matter how Wlad beats his opponents we'll always remind ourselves of that fact. We'd love Wlad to risk it all and just lob bombs at guys. That strategy would probably work 90% of the time, especially in this era in the division. But Wlad fights to the other 10%, more cautious, but still with the result we want: he knocks guys out. At the end of the day he may not be better than his brother, but he is certainly more prolific, more active, less prone to injury and will be around a lot longer. Look at his record. The guy is on track to doing something most heavyweights don't: fighting a LOT of people. I think people, myself included, are being a tad too picky.
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