The only way I could take away Wlad's height is to put him in a different weight class like WW or SMW, so he would still be the tallest WW or SMW & have the longest reach & IQ to use it.

With that being said: there are way too many bulldogs, pitbulls and Rottweiler's in those divisions willing to go through fire to give it.

A WW Wlad would be about Paul Williams' height. Neither Pac nor PBF took him on. So would they have fought Wlad at WW? Or avoided him, waiting for a Sergio to check his chin-chinny-chin-chin?