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he didn't KO Byrd, the fight was stopped. Secondly, Ibeabuchi did it in Byrd's prime. Third, I don't hate Wlad. I like Wlad and would root for him against Rahman or most other heavyweights. I just don't like the fact that people are acting like he beat Lennox Lewis or something. He beat a guy who probably should have more loses on his record and was ready to go. It's a win for Wlad, but let's not make it out to be more then what it is.

Fightbeat
He beat a guy that no one has convincingly beaten in the end.

He beat a guy that had a belt & he knocked his a** out...however you want to deemphasize that...you may try.

Again...he beat a guy that was marketed as the savior of the heavyweight division, he then beat a champion that no one else was able to beat, & everyone had Wlad written out of the picture.

If you want to bash him into the ground...then have fun...but Wlad's got as many ups as he does down...you just neglect to bring that to the page.
Really? Why do you reject the Ibeabuchi destruction? I think Golota beat him good too.

nobody denies he beat a guy with the belt.

I'm not sure how I bashed him? I said he made 100 excuses why he lost- fact
he held for Peter like crazy - fact
he lost to a golfer - fact

is he legit - maybe
does he have a good right hand - yes
does he have something to prove - yes

FightBeat.com
"lennox we miss you" ?? WTF is that?

Lets here you say that Wlad is the most talented heavy out there...and if you don't believe that then name one who is more talented....

SOOO MANY people out there not even one year ago were saying that Wlad was S*** becasue he had no chin, then it was something about his stamina, and so he accepted a fight with one of the heaviest punchers in the division (one that everyone was ready to crown the new division savior) and he dismantled this guys offense, took a punch flush on the back of the head and the chin, got up went 12 rounds to dominate and prove everyone wrong........AND SO NOW HIS PROBLEM IS THAT HE HOLDS TOO MUCH BEFORE HE DECAPITATES HIS OPPONENTS??

Tell me, whats it going to be next year, the color of his trunks People are always finding stuff to hate about this guy.

I remember when Holyfield, my all time favorite fighter, beat Tyson....his strategy was to hold Tyson when he got too close and walk him to the ropes. He did more holding in that fight then Wladimir did in his last two fights yet everyone called Holy a genius for implementing that strategy.


Nothing wrong with disliking a fighter but at least have the nads to admit it.


Yes, your article was one sided, yes everyone can see through it