I owe you rep amat.


GREAT POST


However Ray Austin DID deserve a shot because he drew with Sultan Ibragimov for the IBF title eliminator so it was either Sultan or Ray and Sultan made the decision to go for the WBO title which was then held by Lyakhovich and later by Shannon Briggs both fighters seemed easier to beat than Wladimir Klitschko however they didn't offer up a bigger payday.

That was Ray Austin's first (and more than likely) LAST title shot and Wlad did what was expected of him.

It's not WLAD's fault that Sam Peter had trouble with Jameel McCline, it's not WLAD's fault Ruslan Chagaev and Nicolay Valuev refuse to fight him.

As for Lamon Brewster being "in no shape to be in the ring" well Wlad basically did the same thing he did in the first fight only he had more stamina this go round and fought a superior technical fight...let's not fool ourselves Lamon took a beating in the first fight vs Wladimir