Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
his brother aside wlad is currently considered the best HW out there in current form, dominant and unbeatable against the current crop, including David Haye

If we look at when his current form started (which arguably started after Sam Peter 1) how good has that run been?

what has his best win been in that time? How many of his oppponents had the tools to trouble any of the main HW champs of years gone by? In that time how many times has wlad been in a fight where his opponent has a real chance of winning?

In current form would David Haye have had any more trouble with these fighters than wlad has?

Has wlad ever been really such an outstanding heavyweight?
He's done all you can ask of a champion. Fought ranked guys, taken unification fights whenever possible (the Chagaev fight was supposed to be unification after all bu the WBA changed their mind on recognising Chagaev). People expecting him to fight his own brother are being ridiculous, and just looking for excuses to critisize. He's taking the best challenge available right now in Haye, and wasn't the one who pulled out of the first fight. He'd probably get more love if he had a more attacking style. Other than that what can he do? It's not his Wladimirs fault heavyweight lacks any fighters to get excited about.

As for his best foe faced, Byrd was a very respectable fighter when they first fought, in his current run I'd go with either Ibragimov or Chagaev, probably Ibragimov as Ruslan had some many health and inactivity problems he probably didn't get the best of him.