How do you see Wlad vs Ibragimov going down?

Is there a choice between Wlad kncoks him out easy, and Wlad wins a hard fought battle? That would be my choice.

I think Wlad will win, but it won't be an early blow out, nor will it be a hard fought battle.

I see a TKO win for Wlad in rounds 5 or 6, with Ibragimov having a few good moments, and possibly winning a round or two along the way.

 

I like Ibragimov, he seems like a cool guy, but Klitchko by KO in under 5

 

Wlad will JAB-JAB-JAB, and drop right hand bombs on Ibragimov and iggy's corner will stop it in the 11th due to swelling and cut's, iggy will make it deep into the fight on Heart and Will, and good conditioning, but it won't be enough:-(

 

****! I wanted to write the exact same thing but you beat me to it...

 

Too True

 

Ibragimov for a few initial rounds will backpedal all the way and stay safe outside, using shoulder roll as defence. Wlad won't land anything special but will take that rounds. Then Sultan will catch eventually Waldo and drop him down (like Davarryl Williamson did). And then the real fun will start, Waldo better pray.

 

Iggy has nothing to make Wlad worry, he doesnt have a good chin, hes not a power puncher, and he is not pressure fighter. I see Wlad missing alot of punches early on, but still getting some of his jabs in. It becomes apparent to Manny that he's just trying to take this fight into the late rounds where he could possibly hurt a tired Wlad, after the 6th round Manny pulls a Tyson/Lewis moment when he sees Wlad getting tired from chasing Iggy all night, he tells Wlad "Get this mother ****er out of there, you need to starting using your right hand more and set him up with the jab and unload the right".

Wlad finally listens and hurts Iggy with a straight right, Iggy tries to hold on but continues to get hit and not throwing back. The ref has no choice but to stop the fight, Wlad wins a by 7th round TKO.

 

I think Ibragimov has very good feet for a heavy. He will be able to create angles and give Wlad some trouble for a while. Wlad wins a decision by a good margin or KO's him late

 

I see Wlad throwing a right hand and Ibragimov going down.

 

Wlad KO

(rds 4 - 8 )

 

Sultan is cautious yes but Wlad is cautious as well and doesn't mind letting his hammers go. And when the hammers hit they hit hard so Iggy will fall sadly or maybe he'll take it and go all 12 and lose but showing he can brawl with the champs.

 

Wlad by wide UD or late TKO.

 

I think this will be a competitive fight.

Wlad could not KO an slow, inert Brewster in 6 rounds, so he should not be able to KO the fast, defensive, crafty, southpaw Ibragimov earlier than that, specially because he is as durable as Brewster.

 

Ibragimov doesn't have the defense to deal with the offensive fire power of Klitschko. I see this ending in a mid to late round kayo but an early ko is not out of the question. Ibragimov is too easy to hit.

And he doesn't have the chin of a Brewster either. He's been down at the hands of far less hard hitting fighters.