Pulev is a little bit faster and pretty akward punching style. Pulev is a later Starter and Wlad could go early for a knockout. I think it will be an early KO by Wlad Or a decision win type linke 117 - 113. But pulev is an excellent fighter and great contender. And there wont be much clinching in this fight. Wlad clinches always with short fighters because they try to get inside head first
Wlad by UD, about 116-112 or 117-111. Pulev will give him the toughest fight he's had in years. Pulev seems at his best in the later rounds so I doubt he'll be stopped.
Pulev is a big man with skills. He is in his prime, and un-defeated. This is not an easy fight for Wlad who's 38, and getting married soon with a pregnant fiancé. Wlad has had easy marks. Pulev is not easy. I see a close match in the first four rounds, with Wlads jab and right hand taking over in the middle rounds. Pulev should be able to land some on Wlad, which could make Wlad a bit cautious. By the end of the 12th, I see Wlad winning a somewhat competitive of fight, 8 rounds to 4.
I see Wladimir shooting that straight right down the middle and knocking Pulev down fairly early in the fight. Like he did against Chagaev. And depending on how Pulev reacts to it, whether he fully recovers and goes into survival mode and last a few more rds, or Wlad stopping the fight in the next rd. Wlad KO4-5 . We just don't have the information on how Pulev takes a big punch from a huge big man
I don't think I've ever picked against Wlad but I think Pulev pulls the upset here. I believe Wlad is slowing down and Pulev has the skill and should be very motivated here. I think Wlad has success the first half of the fight but eventually Pulev wears Wlad down for a late stoppage. Like to be wrong and see Wlad put in another dominate performance against a top fighter. Wlad is on a pretty historic heavyweight run and it would be nice to see it go on. I just think Pulev is the wrong guy at the wrong time.
If only the chicken**** didn't break our account bet. He still wouldn't honor it but it would be funny. In fact everyone should already call him out on it. Wlad wins, would like to say by stoppage but he's really methodical these days, depends how many power shots he wants to commit to. Pulev is good but he isn't outboxing Wlad.
Hey remember Dino and some other morons were claiming this fight would never happen. Wlad was scared of Pulev, and would duck him until he retires. Where are they now? Surely, if they were so confident Wlad was scared, why don't they clean up and bet on Pulev. Or post their predictions.
not sure I've ever seen Wlad get hurt to the body so that's a stretch to predict Pulev stopping him that way. I'm going to go out on a limb and say Wlad KO 4, statement win for the 38 yr old champ... but if he wants to be conservative it'll be a Wlad UD....
Dino is probably deep into a voodoo ritual right now, trying to create anyway that the fight doesn't happen. :stir :thedevil1
Same way I see it if the big Ukrainian abandons that boring Emanuel Steward / Lennox Lewis style. I want to see Klitschko slip Pulev's jab and answer with a right cross+left hook. At one time he had the ability to do that but he seems to have discarded two-fisted leverage in favor of a constant jab with varied timing thrown from varied angles and maybe a right hand if the planets and stars align just right.