Wlad is a bullshit champion!

[El Kabong]

If a fighter is around long enough of course he'll catch hell for his opponents especially when he beats all of them fairly easily.

Leapai is a MANDATORY....Wlad doesn't want to fight him, but in order to keep the WBO belt he has to. Wlad would have been scheduled to fight Boytsov had he not lost to Leapai....is that better, worse, or par for the course?

There's only so many heavyweights to pick from, some are inconsistent, some are undeserving but do well in big fights, some are deserving but lose in key fights, some aren't ready, some have nothing to give the fans but just want a shot at the belts.

[ykdadamaja]

These mandatories are the problem. I smell a conspiracy!!!

[FinitoElDinamita]

If a fighter is around long enough of course he'll catch hell for his opponents especially when he beats all of them fairly easily.

Leapai is a MANDATORY....Wlad doesn't want to fight him, but in order to keep the WBO belt he has to. Wlad would have been scheduled to fight Boytsov had he not lost to Leapai....is that better, worse, or par for the course?

There's only so many heavyweights to pick from, some are inconsistent, some are undeserving but do well in big fights, some are deserving but lose in key fights, some aren't ready, some have nothing to give the fans but just want a shot at the belts.

Exactly.. IF Boystov hadn't lost to Leapai, I bet you many fans would sell him as a genuine threat to Wlad..

I can't speak for all the fans but I clearly remember many Europeans hyping the shit out of Boystov to beat one of the Klits.. Well too bad he wasn't shit just as I figured..

Wlad has beaten the likes of Povetkin, Haye, Chagaev, Tony Thompson 2x, Wach, and those guys are better than the Arreolas and the Stivernes so I dont see where all this " ducking " is coming from..

lol @ Wlad ducking these ordinary fighters..