Does Sultan have enough power to ko Holyfield?

Question is whether Sultan will be pushing for a KO.
I mean, that could play into Holyfield's hands.

 

it's bye bye and retirement plan for old evan :hi:

 

I agree, Ibragimove does not have the one punch power to KO Holyfield (who does?), but he could KO him with an accumulation of punches (especially to the body).

 

Win or lose, I think we can all agree that Holy at least has a shot here. I predict it will be an exciting fight, however long it lasts. The styles of the two guys should produce alot of action. I don't see Holy getting KO'd, maybe a late round stoppage due to sustained punishment, but no KO. I also recognize that he could do the same to Sultan. Ray Austin put Sultan on the canvas for crap's sake!

 

Holy is far from his best, but I think it was quite obvious in least in my opinion, when he was mismatched against guys like Toney and Donald, who are movers, he was going to struggle or lose. I actually thought Oquendo was a poor choice too, and he had a little trouble dealingwith his movement, but like you said Oquendo was just too inactive to sustain his gameplan,
In this fight, he has a guy that will be right in front of him, so Holyfield should have a real good shot of winning, if hes in the right condition to hang in there with the younger man, and Holyfield is doing the right thing staying in the gym and staying active.

 

Zakman - if you are saying someone has an iron chin that is good enough for me but I think that Holyfields low work rate is an invitation for Ibragimov to out punch Holyfield all night so I see a late stoppage

 

My guess Holy will taste the canvas surprisingly early, get up, box well for a couple of rounds but be a heavy bag with a pulse around round six and the ref will wave it off without Holy taking a real ten count.

 

i think ibragimov has enough power but only if he can land a lot of punches.

 

Holy struggled against Moorer and Byrd and both of them were southpaws like Ibragimov.

 

dont wanna see holyfield win because that'll over shadow foreman's accomplishments (even though foreman was older, almost 46, and won the lineal HWC, not just a belt). i'm that much of a foreman nuthugger:yep

 

I like Holyman but I really don't think he's going to get past Sultan. The Russian is just too tough. Besides, Klitschko is too big and too strong for Evander. IMO, Golota would have a better chance.

 

Some of you people are dicounting Holyfield ability to land clean effective headbutts.
If one of those suckers lands on Sultan, Holyfield could rally and score a stoppage for the win!


I'm hoping for a Holyfield win. As much as I think he should hang up the gloves, a Holyfield comeback will do more for boxing than having a slew of faceless, interchangeable, fighters trading belts every few months.

 

Holyfield headbutt complainers = small *****, aka pencil dick, needle dick, short stick, no dick, little dick, your a *****!

I'm sorry I can't resist picking on you dumbass'

 

Holyfield was TKO'd by a blown up middleweight who took steroids.

 

Since I am not a medical professional, I'm leaving the steroid thing alone...before Barry Bonds used roids to knock balls into the water, doctors prescribed steroids for medical purposes and continue to do so. I'll let the lawyers and doctors sort that out.

As far as your "blown up MW" position...

Toney beat up that one tough cruiser whose name slips my...Jirov.
He defeated HW Champ John Ruiz, something it took a giant to do...fought to a draw against former HW Champ Hasim Rahman (who incidentally was clubbing him with HW kidney punches the entire fight).
In addition, he also fought to a draw, and failed on the cards against future HW Champ Sam Peter...over the course of two fights, and 24 rounds.

...Toney hasn't fought at middle since 1992. It's been 15 years. James has had 81 pro fights (including the NC), and he only fought at MW for 46 months.
Interesting number... 46, the same number of times Toney has fought above the MW class.

James Toney's pro career:

4 years and 35 fights at MW.

15 years and 46 fights above middleweight.


...it's been official for quite a while guru, Lights Out is not a blown up middle...he's a fat heavyweight. Criticize him all you like, but calling him a blown up middle is incorrect. :smoke

Holy was TKO'd anyways...it's not like James put him to sleep.