Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
The Peter fight isn't anything to go by...that is the ONE AND ONLY TIME he has ever fought like that. Wlad is a good fighter but he uses his head, people criticize his chin then want him to stand toe to toe with Sam Peter That's the stupidest bullcrap ever....never saw Lennox do it vs David Tua why complain about Wlad so damn much? Being able to beat a guy on points after getting knocked down 3 times isn't good enough?!?!?!
I'm just worried that the two knockout losses have made Wlad gunshy, and that he'll adopt the same tactic in his fights from now on, though he shouldn't have to against the likes of Byrd. Good point about LL being cautious against big punchers, the only difference is that wlad seems to have lost all confidence in his chin.

When LL was knocked out by Rahman, he might not have been reckless in the rematch, but he certainly wasn't backing off on his jab for twelve rounds.

I'm convinced that Wlad wasn't even hurt that badly by Peter (he didn't land anything clean), and that he only went down because he didn't believe in his ability to take a shot. Hopefully the fact that he got through the Peter fight may have given him some of the confidence back.