Holy-Ibragimov Coming Next

Agreed.

Ibragimov is far better than old punching bag, Lou Savarese. My feeling is that Sultan will be more aggressive in this fight, ala his performance against Whitaker, swarming old Holyfield, who at this point in his career is really little threat to ko anyone.

This could be a bad beating for Holy. I'm guessing Ibragimov overwhelms him and gets a stoppage around round 8 or 9.

 

My head says Sultan Ibragimov, but my heart says Evander Holyfield. I pick with my head 99.9 percent of the time, but I'm going to pick with my heart here...

Evander by UD

 

In what scenario do you see this playing out?

Sultan sure isn't going to get outworked by Evander. Evander doesn't have the speed to land a lot punches anymore, doesn't have the range that bothers the 6' 2" Sultan, and doesn't have the power to test Sultan's sometimes suspect beard.

Holyfield basically has no advantages in this fight other than his name and the fact that he has a ton of experience and will.

I don't think those things will be enough against a southpaw swarmer with such a high output fighting on his home turf.

 

:think I might have to change my pick...I'm thinking about this, and other than the fact that Evander is on a mission and has a great deal of heart, it's tough to see him winning. One can dream though

 

That's all well and good, and Evander was a great champ, but his time is gone. Ibragimov is a far different animal from a tentative Fres Oquendo, a club fighter Vinny Maddalone, and a 42 year old punching bag Lou Savarese.

Gotta respect the heck out of Evander, but all logic says he's in for a beating in this one.

 

You bring up some good points. You can argue an Ibragimov win better than I can for a Holyfield win...

I'm going to use my head on this one - I'll be picking Ibragimov on the prediction threads:good

 

Now watch Holy ko him in one and make me look like a complete dufus.

 

Hoyfield might shock the world again as he has before in the past, but I really dont see him winning this match unless he catches Iggys on the chin with a signature left hook. Im predicting Iggy to win by UD, but if Holyfield won it would help bring some attention to dying heavywieght division.

 

Ibragimov is going to beat Holyfield up badly for either a shutout-type UD or a TKO

 

Even though I would love for Holy to win as he is one of my all time favorite fighters, he will probably get dominated by Ibragimov. Just like he did last time he met a credible opponent - Donald.

 

Sultan definitely has a solid chin, but he was also dropped by Whitaker, Ahunanya, and Austin, although he popped right up each time.

Holyfield does not have enough to stop Sultan at this point. No way.

 

Complete lopsided UD for Ibragimov, and once again all the morons will give Holyfield another title shot after he beats a few top 100 fighters.