Grigory Drozd vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk II

Wlodarczyk throwing about what weight he has...good money in the fight apparently...and he must believe that there is something else he can do, he must have some sort of plan.

Given his ability to adjust and adapt (which I admit he showed eff all of in the original) I'm intrigued enough to tune in.

 

Pointless rematch I'd much rather see Drozd v Huck or Drozd v Lebedev.
I'd prefer a Drozd Arslan rematch over this one.

 

Ooh, i would say most of all in the Rakhim Chakhkiev, a fight most of you guys were predicting he would be beaten, but I knew he would win :yep

But the Green fight is the definitive example here. It's rare to see fighters not boxing in the 1940s waiting that long to bring a fighter onto their punches but Wlod just waited and waited to introduce his right and when he did so it just changed the fight completely. Losing through nine (From memory) he turned the fight on its head and earned that KO.

He's a thinking fighter, definitely.

 

But that's the issue with adaptions - they're only ever going to reveal themselves after a portion of the fight has elapsed.

Apart from in rematches. Again, Wlod ticks a box. He struggled with Fragomeni the first time, but the second time he was absolutely dominant from bell, walking his guy in and mixing up what he showed him. Watching Fragomeni trying to get set in that fight is actually funny. What happened, I think, was Wlod worked out how his guy moved.

Fragomeni II made me curious to see Cunningham III.

Drozd does rather stretch this point. But I'm interested to see what he brings.

 

The Abraham comparison is only valid but it is the difference that make the comparison interesting. Wlod is really sneaky, lots of sneaky punches, whereas Abraham operates primarily by force. Although he does well in picking his moments.

What they do have in common is that they both invite the other man to press their space without either being at the top end of the scale as counter-punchers. Arthur is more static though, he likes the ropes or just plods in with his gloves high and allows the other guy to shoot like a less menacing Glen Johnson. Diablo leads a merry dance and he has the footwork for it.

Abraham has zero fragility though, Diablo leaks his life-force more readily, and that makes Wlodarcyk's job more of a balancing act. At a very basic level, he takes advantage of pursuit whereas Abraham is looking to time his rushes, both for the opponent and the judges.

Both these guys are really, really patient.