Is Mago the next Heavyweight champ ?

Damned ****ing straight.:deal

 

i'll make my judgement after he faces someone with a pulse

 

Mago will never manage the step up to world class, I'm sure of that. Very limited, especially in defence. And he's not exactly young is he?

 

Damn Right!:good

Think about few years on from this moment. Fukin cracking fights there waiting for us with all these upcoming guys and there are plenty of them.:deal

 

He's like 31 and not exactly shopworn. Young considering he's getting in the best shape of his life the past 2-3 yrs. The defense will come as the LOC gets higher, you'll see.:good

 

Is Magomed Abdusalamov the next champ? Who is his competition figures greatly into that question. I think the Klitschko brothers are 36 years old and 41 years old which is close to retirement age for a boxer, probably past retirement age to be more accurate.

The big Dagestani has looked fairly good against limited opposition. However, he seems to be an attainable target for some of the punches of even the lower level opponents he has fought but so far he has also shown a rock-solid chin which is something that another hard punching prospect from years ago did not have. Remember Courage Tshabalala?

Abdusalamov is reminescent of a young George Foreman, methodically stalking his opponent and eventually battering his outgunned opponent out of the fight. If he can take a punch like Foreman, well then, yes he very well may be the next champion. But also like Foreman, a Jimmy Young type opponent could make him look very bad.

The only thing I can say is that I'm very interested in watching him fighting his way into be a significant opponent. There are a lot of very intriguing opponents for the former Russian kickboxer; Sam Peter, Cris Arreola just to start the list. Hopefully he can headline a few boxing shows.

Abdusalamov has been training in Oxnard, California which has become the bright light for notable pugilist. I think that the Mexican boxing influence Abdusalamov is getting will work out well for his physical strength and talent. He's more of a rib crusher than a jab-n-jogger.

I expect Mago will develop into a noteworthy fighter but championship caliber, I'm not sure about. Especially since he is already 31.

 

Good post.

Yeah, seeing him vs some proven Clevel guys like Bahtov, Bydenko, Gavern and Ding would be nice as well. Ive never been a fan of throwing a prospect in with a contender though.
In the Blevel there are quite a few solid, but faded guys I think Mago could do fairly easily.......Mormeck, Grant, and Harris would be fairly solid wins, especially for a 15 fight guy. Solid names with a little less danger as say a Walker or a Peter or Arreola.

I think he'd beat those guys, but it would be too early to chance it as of just yet.:think

 

I noticed this too. His style is really similar. He is constantly and patiently walking forward. The only time he stops is to trade and when the exchange stops and his opponents backs up or circles, he keep walking forward. Foreman did the exact same thing. This pressure doesn't seem overwhelming, but if you can't stop the guy from continuing to come forward and you don't want to trade it takes quite a bit of energy to run around the ring backwards. If you tire out and stand in front of him, bad things happen.

Who knows if Mago has the chin to keep doing this strategy when he gets into the upper levels. If he doesn't, he could end up walking into some bad combos and get his lights put out. Regardless, he is a fun fighter to watch.

 

Is this HW era really as "shitty" as it's made out to be?

Is is really THAT bad?

There is a pretty solid second echelon of fighters forming as we speak:

Solis, Povetkin, Perez, Fury, Mitchell, Jennings, Adamek, Haye, Boytsov, Pulev, Chisora, Arreola, Nino Rodriguez, Travis Walker . . .and now Mago.

Seriously people. . .would these guys be "bums" or "pushovers" in other eras?. . .I'm not so sure.

Though obviously not the best era, I think this era is being underrated.

 

I can agree with both these points. (Very interesting comparison with Holyfield.)


- I still don't think Mago has a chance of making it to the top. His idea of defense is to block punches with his face, and at his age, that's not a good sign.

 

I defintely think he has a good chance because I think he is defintely one of the better 'prospects', if you can call him that. Although I think David Price will be the next real heavyweight champ. Although he hits like a mule he is too wild and rugged in my opinion, he leaves himself far too open at times and a good boxer could easily take advantage of that.

 

He might be, but he'd have to improve massively from what we see in that short video.

 

I can see him being right in the mix with those punches.