Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
I always wonder how a 147lb version of him would do in the current welterweight division. And then I think he wouldn't be in the top ten. This is why I can't understand people having him in their p4p rankings.

Yes he's dominated the Heavyweight division for the last 10 years, but the opposition is laughable for top level boxing.
A 147 lb version of Wlad would do just fine given he still had height and reach advantages because that's the basis for his tactics. He started out boxing in a crouch under the late Fritz Sdunek. Sdunek had him as a pressure fighter much like Freddie Roach attempted to make him and there was kind of an argument about that style when Wlad was saying Roach tried to make him into a 6'6 Mike Tyson thereby NOT playing to his strengths at all. Sure Wlad has the handspeed and power to use such a style, but it puts him in a position where it's easier not harder to hit him....not a bright move in boxing. Manny Steward's style which Wlad still uses has been great and to argue against that is idiotic, I mean ANY argument against Manny's tactics for Wlad would be asinine because look where it's gotten him. He was good before, now he's great.

The opposition is laughable? Wlad has beaten any number of former Olympians and undefeated heavyweights, and again you can't blame Wlad for other fighters not being as good as him.