Louis giving away 6 inches in height and 50lbs. Wlad, aware of how dangerous his opponent is, fights stink. Grabs, pushes, throws hard punches, grabs again. Louis not given room to throw his punches. Wlad hurts him badly with a right hand off a clinch, Louis goes down. it's round 4. Louis gets up, decides to stick with the body attack, hits Wlad in the body during teh clinches. Wlad drops him again in round 7...wlad's jabs are being to take a toll on Louis' face. However Louis' body punches are gradually taking their toll also. He starts to the body and then explodes a left hook up top. Wlad is down....a delayed fall. he get's up at 6 and there's a full minute left in round 9. Louis, does not let his man recover. Wlad clinches, the ref separates them and Louis throws everything at him. Right hand drops Wlad for the count of 10.
While obviously Wlad's better than the big men Joe fought, he demonstrated he could take on much larger opponents and dispatch them. It would take time and be difficult but I think it's a matter of time before Louis gets him out of there.
