Holyfield/Ibragimov such a joke that it's on ESPN Classic,

I'm cool with it being on espn classic. It'll give them exposure. the more exposure boxing gets the better.

 

it would be even more of a sham if we had to pay for it so stop crying.

 

will it be a classic?

 

whatever. anyone who follows boxing knows oquendo's a solid hw- beat byrd was beating tua before getting caught -- the ruiz fight was a joke and stopped prematurely. the only difference between sultan's and holyfields' comp is that sultan beat one more bum who happened to have a belt b/c realistically sultan's recent comp is not much better.

 

It's smart to put it on Classic. That way, once Evander wins his history-making 5th belt at HW, they don't have to re-show it on Classic - it's already there.

I like it, and I'm glad it's not PPV.

 

The fight was scheduled late. None of the big networks were available, and ESPN's slate was already full with college football games. ESPN is paying a lot more money for this fight than they normally pay, and they're just putting it on the network that has availability. Sure, they could have made this a PPV and probably have made more money doing it that way, but the fighters want the exposure, so I applaud them taking the fight to a basic cable network over making more money for only diehard fans to watch.

 

True that. Seriously, is Briggs any better than Savarese? Probably not by much. Javier Mora is around the same level as Maddalone, maybe worse. Ray Austin and Goofi Whitaker are a step down from Oquendo. Ibragamov has had by far the easiest path of any heavyweight to the title in recent memory. This is a guy who drew with (and was knocked down by) Ray Austin and had serious problems with Friday Ahunanya. At the moment, I have to rate him top 10 simply because he's on a winning streak over decent comp, but I don't rate him any higher H2H than guys like Gomez, Skelton, Bidenko and Williamson. He has the agility to move around plodders like Briggs and Whitaker, but I think Holyfield will give him trouble, which is just sad because Holyfield isn't anywhere near the top tier of HWs right now.

I'll pick Sultan to win close, but he gets beaten badly by the first guy he fights who has a pulse.

 

I would be happy but my cable provider dropped espn classic:tired

 

I don't know what you are bitching about this is great news that the fight is being shown on ESPN Clasic. If this is actually true

 

OK

 

Fight is going to be on PPV! I emailed Main Events this morning. Their reply was, PPV!

 

Sweet!! I'll be glad to watch in NOT on PPV.:good

 

I am not sure I get your meaning, Rob. Are you saying that you enjoy a fight more just because you have to pay extra for it? :huh

 

Guess I won't be seeing it then. No way do I pay PPV prices to see this fight. Too bad; I think it would have been good for it to be on ESPN Classic.