Always the Parker-hater. Browne will get pummelled. Chagaev had him in allsorts and that pudding was a decade out of form.
But he's very slow and somewhat crude. Honestly I'm quite confident for Parker in this one, it plays to Parker's strengths stylistically. Browne's biggest asset vs Parker is his power. But Parker has a much better chin than Browne which negates any advantage Browne has in power.
I think we saw the best Browne has to offer against Chagaev.... and he was behind before rallying to stop an old, fat, lazy Chagaev late. Even if he's able to replicate the performance(I find that unlikely) it's doubtful that he'll have enough to trouble a younger, fresher and more skilled Parker other than an outside punchers chance.
Yes. Furthermore from social media I get the feeling than Browne hasn't been training seriously for a while. I doubt he'll even be at the same level as he was vs Chagaev, and to be honest that was not a good version of Chagaev anyway.
That's my impression as well... and yeah - had Chagaev actually taken the fight seriously, despite his being faded I doubt Browne would have won.
Russian Nationals are underway. Preliminaries 1/16 results in the super heavyweight division: Magomed Omarov/Pavel Doroshilov 5:0 Shamil Mirzalov/Nodar Dzhalogoniya 5:0 Ruslan Chobanov/Shigabudin Aliyev ??? Andrey Batyrev/Ilya Kuznetsov 5:0 Artem Suslenkov/Khodzhiakbar Mamakov 3:2 Maxim Babanin/Mikhail Tarakanov AB 3 Yaroslav Doronichev/Sergey Smolin 5:0 Ruslan Shamalov/Suleyman Gadzhikhanov DQ 3 Dmitriy Filinskikh/Dmitriy Sidorenko 4:1 Sergey Maltsev/Dmitriy Mukhin 4:1 Viktor Chebanov/Danil Ermakov 3:2 Sergey Egorov/Amerkhan Kuntayev 5:0 Ivan Veryasov/Vitaliy Kudukhov 5:0 1/8 results in the super heavyweight division: P.S. Pavel Doroshilov is continuing his career in the amateurs. Because of lack of fights, he moved back to amateurs. Also, Ruslan Shalamov is continuing his career in amateurs as well.Shamalov lost to young Arias in the pro ranks a few months ago. Statistics: The current amateur record of Ruslan Shamalov is 83 fights,75 wins and 8 loses. The current amateur record of Magomed Omarov is 300 fights with 250 wins.
Chagaev while maybe not at his peak was still top 15 at least at the time and only a year older then Browne. In no way was that the best Browne has fought either but I actually thought it was a decent performance to recover and beat him on his hostile home turf, I'm not sure how many others would have come thru the way Browne did. Trying to beat Parker in New Zealand won't hold any fears for him although Parker would be a deserved favourite
I feel like it's a bit harder to say whether a HW fighter has a weak chin, because just about everyone at HW can punch.
Russian Nationals are underway. Preliminaries 1/16 results in the super heavyweight division: Magomed Omarov/Pavel Doroshilov 5:0 Shamil Mirzalov/Nodar Dzhalogoniya 5:0 Ruslan Chobanov/Shigabudin Aliyev ??? Andrey Batyrev/Ilya Kuznetsov 5:0 Artem Suslenkov/Khodzhiakbar Mamakov 3:2 Maxim Babanin/Mikhail Tarakanov AB 3 Yaroslav Doronichev/Sergey Smolin 5:0 Ruslan Shamalov/Suleyman Gadzhikhanov DQ 3 Dmitriy Filinskikh/Dmitriy Sidorenko 4:1 Sergey Maltsev/Dmitriy Mukhin 4:1 Viktor Chebanov/Danil Ermakov 3:2 Sergey Egorov/Amerkhan Kuntayev 5:0 Ivan Veryasov/Vitaliy Kudukhov 5:0 1/8 finals results in the super heavyweight division: Magomed Omarov Ivan Smirnov 5:0 Ruslan Chobanov Shamil Mirzalov 5:0 Artem Suslenkov Andrey Batyrev 5:0 Maxim Babanin Yaroslav Doronichev 5:0 Dmitriy Filinskikh Ruslan Shamalov 3:2 Sergey Maltsev Viktor Chebanov 5:0 Ivan Veryasov Sergey Egorov 5:0 Quarterfinals: Magomed Omarov, Ivan Veryasov, Ruslan Chobanov and Maxim Babanin all trough to the semifinals. Both Ruslan Chobano and Ivan Veryasov looks impressive. Semifinals: In the semi's Maxim Babanin will fight against Ivan Veryasov. In the other semifinal, Ruslan Chobanov will fight Magomed Omarov. P.S. Pavel Doroshilov is continuing his career in the amateurs. Because of lack of fights, he moved back to amateurs. Also, Ruslan Shalamov is continuing his career in amateurs as well.Shamalov lost to young Arias in the pro ranks a few months ago. Statistics: The current amateur record of Ruslan Shamalov is 83 fights,75 wins and 8 loses. The current amateur record of Magomed Omarov is 300 fights with 250 wins.