I think that's another thing. A lot of his opponents do fight scared. Mike Tyson also faced a lot of scared opponents as did a lot of fighters as did Roy Jones but they usually scored KO's and got their opponents out of there because they were on another level. Wlad is on that other level right now but doesn't really fight at his own pace but rather his opponent's. If you noticed in the final round today, Thompson came out considerably more charged then he had at any other time in the bout, had a lot more energy and put together some punches. Wlad responded with his best string of punches immediately thereafter.

Ibragimov was as tentative as you could possibly be in the ring but Klitschko was more then happy to carry him that way instead of turning up the heat on Sultan, he just plodded with neither of them taking many risks.

If Wlad wants to make himself more appealing to fans (which he should) then he is going to have to act like the best guy in the division and he's going to have to dictate the pace of these fights. I personally think his last impressive performance where he really put everyone on notice was against Peter. And that's strange because he was down 3 time sbut he battled through it and won it convincingly even having Peter out on his feet in the end there. It's no coincidence either imo as Peter was the last guy to bring a lot of energy into the ring with Klitschko and force Wlad to fight above his usual pace. That's why I wouldn't mind to see him in the ring with Povetkin and Arreola because I'm sure Wlad would win but I'm also sure he would do it with more vigor then he has been lately.