"quality" opponents Wlad "fought"

[Max Power]

I have no issues with the likes of Mariusz Wach because if that's the best we have around then that ain't Wlads fault. Not only that, Wach was big and did pose a threat, In fact he caught Wlad and had him worried for a sec in that fight.


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My Issue is with people like Francesco Pianeta who no one had heard of
-Lets take a look at that statement for a second.

So "no one had heard of" Francesco Pianeta yet he is fighting for 4 heavyweight world titles? CLEARLY an attempt to just make a little money with no risk. Now love or hate Mayweather, he would never fight someone unheard of just to make a little cash when he can fight high ranked fighters and make a killing.

He posed absolutely no threat!
-How can you sell a fight like this? Wlad toyed with him for 6 rounds and almost as if he decided he was bored, turned on and stopped him like he could have done it with his first punch!

Someone said to me that with low ranked fights (and some high ones) some fighters can charge a decent amount of $£$£$£ per commercial/advert. So if Wlads promotion had this, it benefits Wlad more to take the fight to at least the middle rounds.

Hence why Wlad decided 6 rounds was enough and just sparked him out.

NOW - I am not sure how true the advert/commercial thing is, but it is an interesting thought.

Interesting thought and interesting post.

I don't think Pianeta is a thrashing machine at all.

But Pianeta, as coddled as he might have been, was very big and strong. He always has a punchers chance vs Wladimir, however slight.

He WAS a credible opponent, you don't go around 30 fights unbeaten if you are not a decent boxer.

If you hadn't heard of him that's fine. There were obviously many who had.

If your trying to say that a guy like Pianeta...

THIS guy...

http://www.badculture.net/wp-content/uploads/wlad1.jpg

Is one of Wladimir Klitschko's shittest opponents, what that really means is that Wladimir Klitchko's resume must really be o good that it blows all other resumes completely out of the water.

When the fight was announced I created a thread, something like "who the fuck is Francesco Pianeta" and I can't remember anyone saying that they knew of him.

30 fights is fuck all, when they tried to sell it all they had was a win over a 47 year old Oliver McCall.

His second best win was against 44 year old Frans Botha! In 2009 he beat Matt Skelton who was 42.

IN FACT - If you look through like the 7 guys he fought before Wlad most of them are in their 40's and late 30's.

Lets not fuck about, looking good with pecks and a six pack doesn't mean you can box. Pianeta was 28-0-1 and had not had a single test in his career.

He was however lick your lips good for Wladimir Klitschko. He was unbeaten, in shape, had a win over a name (regardless how old).

It's ridiculous that he was even considered to be in the same arena as Wlad, when his best win was against McCall who was ranked 100+ in the world at the time.

Yes, Francesco Pianeta did not fight a high level of opposition to generate his padded record. I know this. The best opponents were well past prime.

But your comment trying to degrade Wlad's resume is off base, your claim "he was a good opponent for Wlaidmir though" is in direct conflict with your opening one "he did not belong in the same ring with Wlad".

So which is it? LOL You cannot have it both ways!

I will tell you what Pianeta was, he was a stay busy opponent, certainly not among Wladimir's best wins and was never promoted to be any kind of real threat. He got given an opportunity pure and simple and both made some money.

The thing is, Pianeta, despite his shortcomings, was a DECENT opponent!

He was STILL big and strong and he was STILL an unbeaten opponent.

No champion boxer in the past has ever faced the top competition ALL of the time, so why hold Wladimir to this standard exclusively?

If a guy like Pianeta is the example of a stay busy fight, I am very impressed.