Seminole Hard Rock card results in (Ibragimov-Singh, Ortiz-Releford, Soloman-Negron)

what sup man. yeah i live in miami and was seriously thinking of going to this. gonna continue to look into it.

 

Ibragimov was far ahead on points going into the final round. Singh won the second, and possibly the sixth rounds at most. Ibragimov took almost every other round.

But for the first six and half rounds, the bout was very competitive. Singh connected with numerous fast jabs and occassional hard rights to Ibragimov's head. Sometimes he rocked Ibragimov with power shots. Ibragimov always maintained a points lead, though, consistently firing back more than he took. Singh ate many stiff rights during these rounds. Still, Singh was very much in the fight; Ibragimov's advantage in each round was never decisive.

Everything changed in the seventh, when Ibragimov hurt Singh badly with a body attack -- possibly breaking Singh's ribs -- and closed the round by stunning Singh with a good right. Singh was breathing really heavy as this round closed.

Ibragimov completely controlled the eighth round, connecting at will with jabs and occasional jolting rights to the head. Singh's strength was drained at this point.

At the start of the ninth, Ibragimov stunned Singh with a snapping right hand, and then dominated the round with jabs and occassional rights. With about 15 seconds left in the round, Ibragimov connected with a big right hand, and Singh staggered backwards as if struck by a baseball bat. Ibragimov then jumped on Singh and pounded him to the floor with a succession of straight rights to the head. Singh got up from the knockdown, but the bell rang before Ibragimov could close in for the kill.

Ibragimov spent the tenth stalking Singh, jabbing and looking for an opportunity to end matters with a right. Midway through the round, he floored Singh with a strong right. Singh got up, but Ibragimov unleashed a few jabs and rights that had Singh reeling like a drunken sailor. The ref then called the fight.

My scorecard read as follows (and I was generous to Singh):

1. Ibragimov
2. Singh
3. Even
4. Ibragimov
5. Ibragimov
6. Even
7. Ibragimov
8. Ibragimov
9. Ibragimov (plus a point for the kinockout)
10. Knockout

Overall, Singh proved himself to be a very tough cookie. He was bigger than Ibragimov, taller by an inch (6'3" to 6'4") and huskier in the shoulders, upper back, chest and arms. Singh was a good distance fighter with a tricky left hand, which he threw as a hybrid left jab/left hook, or as a hybrid left hook/left uppercut. Singh packed decent power in his right hand. The downside is that Singh is slow on his feet, tends not to put his punches together any more than throwing single jabs or single right leads, or by tossing the 1-2 and the 1-2-3. Worst, it was clear that Singh just didn't have the seasoning, polish, or toughness of Ibragimov, who has fought world class fighters and served as a sparring partner many top rated heavyweights in the '00s. The difference in experience was insurmountable for Singh.

Based on what I saw, I'm inclined to say that Singh is as good, or nearly as good, or possibly better than prominent European heavyweights such as Deitweiller, Koeber, Kretschman, Hoffman, and Gerber, and possibly even Vidoz.

Singh is not as good as Boytsov, Helenius, Ustinov, Virchis, Bakhtov, Pala, and Pulev. I don't know what to say about Platov, Pianetta, Fury, McDermott, and Sosnowski.

On the American side, I could picture Singh holding his own, or beating, Tye Field, Nikolai Firtha, Travis Kaufmann, and Javier Mora. Singh is definitely superior to the ranked Argentine fighter Gonzalo Omar Basile. I don't know enough about Chazz Witherspoon to make a judgment.

If Singh is motivated to continue fighting, his managers could make a run at getting him into the alphabet top-15 or top-20.