Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
Agreed, it's puzzling to me that Jennings has even taken this fight right away. I'd love to see him in against Wilder, Fury, Povetkin, etc. Those fights would be winnable for him, give him valuable experience and potentially increase the money he could pull in, all while Wlad gets older.
I don't think the fight was going to get any bigger regardless of what Jennings could do unless he got to Wilder and Fury first and beat them convincingly which let's face it wasn't going to happen as both of those fighters are likewise clinging to their unblemished records and looking to cash in on a big fight for all the marbles vs Wlad. Also there's something to be said about not having a bunch of fights especially ones on film where a boxer can study your style see your weaknesses, and train to exploit those....Jennings' team might be looking to surprise Wlad by showing him something he's not used to, but with Wlad's experience that's damn near impossible because he's seen it all. Maybe it's Jennings' team thinking they fighter is so green he won't know any better than to win.

I think that his people are like "well it's sink or swim time" even if he loses (when Jennings loses actually) it'll have happened early enough in his career where he can rebound from it and get right back on track with 2-3 wins after this fight. Jennings is a well rounded fighter and his power has been developing....it's just everyone that fights against Wlad is doing so with an inferior arsenal of offensive weapons. Wlad has the BEST jab in the division, he has the BEST hook in the division, he has the BEST right cross in the division and the guys on his list don't have the best defenses either.