How good was Sultan Ibragimov

He drew with the immortal Ray Austin. I think that tells the story of how good he was and the era he fought in.

 

I don't like the comparison either, but Moorer ONLY surpasses Sultan due to Sultans early retirement.

H2H, Ibragimov was better in every department, EVERY. :think

 

He chose to have a short career and denied us the chance of seeing what he could've achieve. After the Klitschko fight, if he had stayed in shape, he could have won another belt. I consider him from the same league as Chagaev, Povetkin, etc. Much better than his brother Timor.

 

They're not brothers, i don't even think they're actually related. Sultan is from Dagestan in Southern Russia and Timur from Uzbekistan i think.

 

Brothers? I didnt know. Always thought they were cousins or some ****. But yeah, Sultan was the better brother.

But Tiggy, for all his faults, is still a top 30 HW. He's got grit, the kind that keeps guys like him who are slightly deficient in the skills/power/chin dept in fights. His deficiency would be too mechanical IMO, but he more than makes up for it with his tenacity.:deal

 

A southpaw silver medalist who could have done a hell of a lot more than he did.

He started off his career using his hand speed and power to be an entertaining brawler who could whack guys out of there. When he struggled with the ordinary Ray Austin due to the fact that Austin was just so much bigger, he switched to a slippery boxing style.

If he would have integrated those styles to where he could change it up depending on the opponent, or even make adjustments in the middle of a bout, he would have been something special.

But alas, he was tired of figthing long before he quit. I remember even before he won the WBO belt we was talking about finding something else to do with his life.

But hey, more power to him, and god bless.

 

They were neither brothers nor cousins. It was a promotional gimmick.

 

**** I always thought they were bros.

 

I was very disappointed when Chagaev pulled out of their fight with an injury, then later when he retired. He could have made a solid career out of his abilities, but who can blame a man for walking away with his health intact and enough money to retire on? I won't be retiring at his age, that's a fact.

I was over the moon when he took Briggs' title. Incidentally, wasn't that the last time an American held a portion of the heavyweight title? It's been quite a while now if it was

 

Lol wtf these kind of ******ed threads always amaze me......why do you need to ask for a debate on how good Sultan Ibragimov was?!!atsch:roll:

Unless im mistaken hes a recent fighter, theres no mystery or debate over how good he was. His record is there for all to see.

He was a middlingly semi capable EE HW who won a paper title in arguably the weakest era in HW boxing history and struggled to beat a 80 year old HW great from a tougher era in Holyfield

 

His 'title' run was really weak and he went from an exciting KO banger to ultra defensive in terrible fights.

 

He was pretty good until Jeff Mayweather 'tweaked' his style.

 

good Ibragimov fight with a lot of KDs
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuWQstTxxKQ[/url]

 

Sultan Ibragimov is god

 

He was bored on boxing?:think Well that must have been it.. I was wondering his really, really lackluster performance against Wlad and then retiring just like that...

Anyway, decent small southpaw heavy he was. Lacked heart and desire IMO..