Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
When Wlad has fought heavyweights who were less durable like Jefferson and Austin, he stopped them early and easily.
He was the first guy ever to put Ray Mercer down with a shot to the head. The first ever to stop Ray Mercer. He's taken the 0's away from plenty of fighters, he's fought and beat more southpaws than any other heavyweight champion in recent memory.

People always go on about the negative of Wladimir...it's a shame fans aren't allowed to appreciate what a great champion the guy is. And I say "allowed" because any time you bring up how well he's done in the ring we get "Lennox Lewis this and Mike Tyson that and boy this division sucks no wonder people watch MMA" and that kind of bullshit irks me. Wlad is fighting in front of 50,000-60,000+ people and yet everyone is bitching about him.

One of the problems with boxing fans I feel is that they have very little appreciation for current champions, they always ALWAYS look to the past and I think it hurts the sport and you can't fully appreciate what boxing is at the moment if you're doing that.