Drozd - Makabu is official, poll added

That was once :deal

I think he'll be fine, it's also in Russia :nod.

:yep

 

That + millions more. :hi:

 

Not really Drozd is an ex brawler with good power and toughness while Makabu's skills seem to be underrated by many. Now he is quite flatfooted while Drozd has shown wonderful newfound footwork the last couple years but outside of that they're both skilled. He seems to have fallen in love with that footwork and does utilize it a little too much for my liking at times moving excessively but his mobility is a huge factor in this one.

Drozd was a completely different fighter back then and uterly transformed himself from a brawler to a classy boxer/puncher.

 

I've got Drozd here, Makabu is a good fighter but he's crude and his activity is not great either, I see Drodz outboxing him, his footwork is sublime.

Although Makabu has proven me wrong before, he reminds me of Froch that guy, he doesn't look amazing but somehow gets the job done every time.

 

Makabu got stopped in his pro debut so he is hardly immune from power punches. In fact; Drozd could also be the more durable of the two.

 

Makabu by come from behind KO

 

I read an interview about that apparently it was a language issue. He got dropped was okay but when the ref asked him something he didn't understand the question, just shook his head yes like 'i'm okay lets go", then the ref waved it off.

Have some of these people responding even seen Makabu fight? He fights much more like LHW/CW James Toney than Carl Froch.

 

Cafe has only been watching boxing for maybe five years.

 

Never considered Drozd a brawler. :conf

The loss to Arslan was the product of being green and poorly conditioned having fought stupid. I don't think his actual style back then was TOO different.

He was always pretty skilled.

 

Horrible? He knocked him out in 6. Huck isn't the best fighter on the planet by any means, but he has looked better than Lebedev over the past few fights for sure.

Because it was, please tell me what you scored it.

 

I did but I also never thought Mchunu was better than Drozd.

Slicker, but smaller and without the same base of fundamentals. (and has iffier stoppage losses than Drozd's)