He's fighting Rahman, now!?!? Rahman has been knocked out by ****ing Oleg Maskeav twice, once completely out of the ring. Wlad might knock him over the ropes and into the first row. Rahman has zero chance in this fight and should be his last.
I really, really hope that Rahman puts on a good show before he goes to sleep and then takes his final big payday with him into retirement. Knocking out Lennox Lewis (out of shape, unprepared, or whatever) is still no small feat (most guys could not do it on their best night). Rahman is still potentially dangerous for perhaps the first few rounds. Wlad needs to put on a display against a slow, stationary target on this night. A slow Rahman should allow Wlad to look very good. Wlad needs to knock him out within 5 rounds to look good, it would be amazing if he could do it inside of 3! I doubt that it will be a great fight, but I'm looking forward to it anyway.
Rahman fought over confident in the second LL fight and got stopped. Hasim is a descent heavy. He has his flaws, but he is very strong and can punch. Wladdy is amazing in my book. His chin isn't the best, but neither was Lennox who was dominant when Holy aged. I don't question the younger Klitchko's skill and power or his speed, just his heart. He tends to crumble when he recieves what he dishes out. With that I think Wlad has a greater chance at beating the Rock compared to vice versa
BTW, any man would crumble from a Klit overhand right, but Wlad reacts weird to pressure. Review the Corrie Sanders and Brewster fights.
lucky punches are BS. you throw a punch to land it. rahman got a PERFECT shot in there. lol ill never forget when the replay was shown to him and he said oooooo larry that should be rated R. LMAO rahman, if he wins, would most likely have a couple milk fights to make cash and retire. he said he would retire if he won another title. i think he would try to maybe take a couple semi easy fight and walk off.
The only good news is that we would see big bad brother Vitali come in and fight Rahman afterwords and lay a beatdown on Rahman for revenge.
I remember Rahman was compared to Sonny Liston - Big, thick body, LONG reach, a killer jab, and a great right hand. He's still got it all, though he looked shaky in his rematch with James Toney. If he wins, and that's a BIG if, given his losses as of late against top notch competition, I'd be happy, but I don't see it happening.
I think I expressed myself poorly, I don't believe in 'luck' in the traditional way, but the existence of probabilities are a dead cert...otherwise the gambling industry would be struggling! The probability of Rahman getting that perfect punch may have been low enough that he would only land it one in ten fights against lewis but it was fortunate for him that it was their first meeting for the HW title when he landed it.
If Rahman were to pull out a victory it would be something special. let me tell you. Considering the direction of the respective fighters' careers, it would be unbelievable. I think Wlad KO's him though and if I were the referee I'd stop it the first time Rahman is in trouble cuz he's been put on ***** street a couple times and we don't need a guy like Rahman getting hurt in there. We don't want any fighters getting hurt period and this fight has the potential to end badly.