I give Sultan a 30% chance of beating Wlad. I give myself a 000.0 % chance of giving a **** what happens in the bull**** Jones-Trinidad "fight"
Sultan...the guy is a smart fighter and knows how to work the ring against stronger opponents....Tito doesn't have a bonified edge I can think of....Roy has the speed, size, strength, ring smarts and has been more active...I don't see anything going for Tito in this one...he did not bring his power up in weight against Hopkins...he was never able to hurt B-hop during the entire fight....and if Tito can't hurt Roy then he has nothing to fall back on.
Dawg - What bet did you lose to where you had to post that pic? :huh Tito has the better chance of winning - but niether will win.
It boils down to this. I think Tito can win late, but I don't think Ibragimov can win late. Wlad simply hits to hard. Jones has a weak chin, is old, gets caught on the roeps and corners too often, and has never been strong in the clinches. Jones could be up on the cards, then BOOM. Wlad seems to have no stmaina issues lately, and can clinch, and never gets caught in the corners or ropes. Plus Ibragimov will fear his power more than Tito will fear Jones power. I think Tito has a better to upset even though he is a shot fighter.
Agree. Not that I think he's going to pull it off, but Sultan's a smart fighter and very adaptable. Tito is doomed. A bloated, out of shape welterweight against a natural light-heavy. He's going to sleep.
Tito has a better chance of winning, I give him about 25% chance. I give Sultan a 20% chance of winning, Wlad has a very weak chin and might get caught with something big early on.
There is no doubt in my mind Sultan stands a much bigger chance than Tito, again it has to do with boxing styles - not with power. I don't see Trinidad fighting the grinding, physical pressure fight to beat Jones, and his only other chance - to time Jones when Roy darts in with no jab - figures to be cancelled out by the inactivity. Plus, I doubt that even the pre-Hopkins version of Trinidad had the chin to take a good 168 or 175 punch and that's even less the case now. I'll take Jones by 8:4 and a distinct possibility that he might score a couple of flash knockdowns if he catches Tito following him around. I'm sure Jone's could stop Trinidad if he comitted to some loaded bodyshots, but I doubt we'll see that level of risk form Jones unless Tito looks totally dead from fatigue near the end. On the other hand, Ibragimov stands a 30% chance of outpointing Wlad with his sneaky fast delivery, also Wlad will be trying harder than Briggs and Holyfield so there will be more mistakes opportunities for Sultan to time him. However, if he choses to pursue that, there's also a chance HE migh get timed by Wladimir, in which case he'd be in far more trouble than he was with Ray Austin. Briggs' and Holyfield's power r way overrated, Briggs only KO'd Liakhovich because he was way out of shape and dead tired. But I can cut Sultan some slack because it's tricky to fight a guy who does nothing but hang around and look for a lucky punch... Still, I think getting dropped in the Austin fight changed Ibragimov a little, I think he's now decided that his gameplans will be built around his exceptional mobility and above average handspeed. Against Wlad, hit & run is almost guaranteed, I'd be surprised if Ibragimov deviated from it unless he's certain Wlad is falling apart. Iggy has a chance here with M. Diaz & J. Mayweather on his side and in the same way Guzman beat Soto or Floyd beat Oscar.
