I want to say Holy by UD, but I voted Holy by TKO. I think Holyfield is going to lay it all out there against Ibragimov and get it done.
Evander will be up for this final chance and make a fight of it but if Sultan goes downstairs, he will wear Evander out for a tko
holyfield has to give everything left that his body has to give to win this one. i think its doable. he's always been good against pressure fighters....hopefully he has one last great fight left in him. not that he'll retire if he wins but hey it'd still be nice.
I can't believe people think Holyfield will beat Sultan. Holy is going to get a beating and lose by KO or TKO.
As bad as holy has looked over the past few years, i still give him about a 50% chance of winning this fight. I cant get that fight with Sultan and Austin out of my head, the guy that fought Austin that night had no business even gettting to a title shot let alone winning it. I think that it speck volumes to how bad todays heavyweights are when you think that a 45 year old shot fighter has a good shot.
hopefully holyfield catches a severe enough beating to bring him to his senses and his fanboys back to reality obviously, getting embarassed (byrd, toney, donald) isn't enough to convince this geezer to hang it up
Not out of the question that Holyfield can't win this fight. Sultan can be very solid when he chooses to be, but i have been in the oposing corner and when we added pressure to his game we had the man on the deck.. he swallows his heart as soon as the going gets really tough..
I think Sulan's youth and skill may make him the winner by UD but i expect a very good performance from Holyfield too. The guy is a legend but not done enough on his return to be in the ring for another title shot let alone win it.
Even at his advanced age, I still consider Holyfield to have a better chin than Sultan. If Ibragimov decides to trade with Evander, that may give Holyfield his chance to win this. Unfortunately, Sultan's best chance is to follow a game-plan similar to the Briggs fight and win a boring, wide margin UD.
I'm shocked how many people are picking Holyfield. He beat Savarese but that is no indication of his form as Savarese right now is nothing but a journeman, Jeremy Bates is another journeyman who even managed to hurt Holyfield. Fres Oquendo is past his prime and definitly below Ibragimov and gave Holyfield all he could handle. Ibragimov will dominate Holyfield and win every round.