How many fights does Wlad have left... and who will those opponents be

[TitoFan]

The Ibragimov fight, the Haye fight...Wlad wasn't the one running, ducking, diving to the canvas. Wlad came in both of those fights ready to fight, his opponents did not. Sultan Ibragimov should have been disqualified for not throwing any punches, and David Haye after all that shit talk 4 years of it points to his fucking pinky toe and says "See, I'm brave to even step in the ring" neither of them came to win, neither came to give Wlad a fight, they came to get paid end of discussion.

For sure, both guys fought scared to death of Wlad. Especially Haye, who probably had the most shameful, disappointing performance ever after all the crap he talked.

I just think in those instances, if you're the star of the show you can't let an opponent drag you down and make you look bad. Sometimes that means taking risks you wouldn't normally take. I would have liked to have seen him step it up more and try harder to get those guys out of there. Even Manny Stewart was going crazy in the corner during the Sultan fight.

This has always been my point as well. You think I applaud either Sultan or Haye for their respective... (cough)... efforts? Hell no. Especially Haye, who after all his huge mouth running non-stop, turned in a disgraceful performance and then blamed his big toe. But the name of the game is boxing.... not Twelve Rounds of Pawing. If Wlad, as heavyweight champion of the world, cannot devise a way to engage a Sultan without exposing his fragile chin.... and thus decides to return Sultan's pawing with more of his own.... then he's not as technical as you are all making him out to be. He's the frigging HW champion of the world, for chrissakes! Good point about Manny, Bean. When even Wlad's corner is imploring for him to do something besides jabbing from a safe distance.... you know something's up.

[El Kabong]

Manny was yelling and telling Wlad what to do, but in the end if Wlad got sparked that's on Wlad not Manny. Wlad is the one in the ring, Wlad is the one taking the punches, Wlad is the one hearing it from the fans....so it's Wlad's call on what's best for him.

Sultan gave a very small window for Wlad to land punches, he spent the entirety of the fight hunched over in a crouch loaded up for a huge left hand which Wlad never allowed him to throw because Wlad didn't overreach trying for a KO. Sultan simply didn't want to fight and Wlad couldn't force him to.

[Beanflicker]

Personally I'd rather have Wilder/Wlad right now, and then the winner fight Fury (or Wlad/Fury now, winner fight Wilder). It kind of sucks to have Wilder and Fury fight, because they are currently the two most interesting matches for Wlad and the loser won't get to fight Wlad for another few years, if ever.

[El Kabong]

Personally I'd rather have Wilder/Wlad right now, and then the winner fight Fury (or Wlad/Fury now, winner fight Wilder). It kind of sucks to have Wilder and Fury fight, because they are currently the two most interesting matches for Wlad and the loser won't get to fight Wlad for another few years, if ever.

I don't believe for one second that Fury will fight Wilder...Fury will try to demand Wlad fight him because providing Fury beats Hammer then Fury becomes the WBO mandatory. I reckon Fury will lawyer up and try to stop Wlad from unifying the titles, OR the best result for Fury would be, take your time, allow Wlad to unify and then go fight Wlad (or Wilder) for ALL of the belts.