Next for Wlad

[Leighton]

Chisora, Helanius, Arreola or Haye. I would not put anyone else against them. Not even Povetkin. He lacks the fitness to go with the Klits. Looking at him after the Huck fight.

[TitoFan]

I'm about one more sorry ass HW fight away from saying he should start fighting them two at a time.


















......... I'm serious.

[0james0]

I would be happy to see him fight that whole list if he did it in one year. I'd like to see him fight once every couple of months, even two in one night or somethign different than the norm just to make it a little more exciting.

Tie one hand behind his back, fight blind folded etc.

The sad thing is that Wlad more than Vitali, probably could fight through most of that list in one night without breaking a sweat. I don't think Vitalie has the stamina to do that now.

[TigerFan]

Looks like Thompson in July...then hopefully Arreola in the fall.

[erics44]

he's one boring fucker

does he not have some marketing people or something to help him out?

[El Kabong]

He has no trouble filling the stadiums in Germany

[Beanz]

He has no trouble filling the stadiums in Germany

So does David Hasselhoff probably. Still dull. The German sensibility is a unique one. I am surprised that they haven't convinced Wlad to get a mullet and ride in on a white horse.

[Rantcatrat]

Lyle, what I keep going back to with Wlad, and I realize we've discussed this before, but is his lack of inside game. Your response was in part (correct me if I misquote you) that it's irrelevant because Wlad never has to work on the inside because he's so good with range and because of his long reach. That's true against the bum of the month club like Mormeck. Yet, even Mormeck got inside in the first round a few times, but he just didn't know what to do once there. With a one of the great heavyweights of the past, a fighter that knew how to get on the inside and what to do when there, and a referee that took points away for excessive clinching, I believe Wlad would struggle. Now, Clearly, Wlad is a great fighter and could compete in many eras, but I question whether some of the other great heavyweights of yesteryear wouldn't be able to get inside and tear Wlad up. That's the only reason why I am not sure I agree with you on how high Wlad should be on the all-time great list.

Mike Tyson said pretty much the same thing to the Wall Street Journal about his strategy. Here is what he had to say: "You have to fight Klitschko like Joe Frazier or Henry Armstrong. Come in behind the jab. Move your head all the time. Get inside and stay there. And when he misses, make him pay with devestating counter punches." "It would be very physical."