pulev wins by either mid round to late rsf or corner pulls him out or wide on points. chisora is a good standard jouneyman pulev is a talented top 10 heavy and the difference in class will be obvious IMO pulev is underated on esb and not talked about much but he has talent quite tall and rangy/fast hands for a heavy light on his feet /good jab and disguised jab that turns into a left hook /modereate power /not concussive power / pulev is not an easy fighter to figure out and chisora come forward style will lead to him being picked off and brokedn down slowly. wlad size and left hook power did for pulev / but against a good journeyman like chisora, pulevs class will tell.
If Chisora shows up in shape he has a chance. His style could pose Pulev problems as I don't think Pulev moves that well on the back foot. But Chisora hasn't looked the same fighter since losing to Fury the 2nd time. If he shows up overweight again he will lack the work rate to consistently pressure Pulev and Pulev will win a comfortable decision.
2 eliminators? How can Pulev and Chisora get a chance when both Takam and Parker are: Ranked higher and fighting each other with a date sorted? What's the IBF up to? P.S Chisora is rubbish. Just another hyped up journeyman from the land of hyped up athletes
Both are out of shape, shot and psychologically broken. This makes this fight somewhat unpredictable. Pulev struggles against pressure fighters. Yet, he used to have a good jab, movement and speed. Chisora used to be a good pressure fighter, but now he is too slow, lazy and predictable. My prediction is that Pulev should outbox Chisora.. in a boring ugly manner.
Used to be? Chisora hasn't beaten anyone of note, and yes I see he had a win over Malik Scott, but that's me saying Malik Scott is a feather chinned sook. I rate Chisora in the the same league as Tupou. :tired
You might wonder if They gonna protect Joshua after he gonna take the title from Martin, either ko or points. Many say that its too early for Joshua that Martin-fight may not be but the next fight could be a too much too soon. So IBF feed him with the Pulev/Chisora winner rather than the Parker/Takam winner. Parker is a dangerous mf. Too dangerous.
I bloody hope not. How I read it is that the vacant Number 1 and Number 2 positions will be filled by the two fights. The IBF website shows the bout in its schedule as: IBF - HEAVYWEIGHT (OVER 200 LBS) Voluntary Eliminator for #2 So the #1 spot will be the Takam vs. Parker, which I read into it as when the mandatory shot is scheduled unless the #1 spot can't do the fight, the #2 has next crack. Anyone else know how these ranking spots are organised????