Official Wladimir Klitschko vs Kubrat Pulev Poll

Will Dr Steelhammer Defend his Titles, Or Will the Cobra snatch them from his Tight Grasp?

 

Ye first few rounds maybe, 3 or 4. cobra then dominated thompson, thompson is a tricky customer so it was a good win. I see Pulev being tough and ready, and hes systemitically going to break wlad downbody shots, and his physical strength will be shown, hes already outmanned ustinov and dimentrenko. so the clinches are going to be 50/50. not klitchko pushing pulev down like he does to most of his opponents. Your right that Pulev is quite stationery and he does have that wofting left hand, which is basically a rangefinder for klitchkos right hand. Be A better fight then klitchko has been in for about a decade, before he got boring.

 

Its going to be a hard task for pulev i agree, hes not explosive and he hasnt got a devasting punch. But the punches he landed on ustinov and thompson, will have a greater effect on klitchko. Klitchkos punch resistance is not good.

 

Pulev will land on klitchko because he has a good reach, good footwork and knows his distancing well, he's no wach and he's no lepai, he is a skilful boxer with the 2nd best jab in the division, a good straight right to the body, with an unnerving temperament so he won't be leaping in stupidly like povetkin did, he will stand upright and fire shots on the from the same distance as wlad. Wlad won't be pushing pulev back either he will land shots on pulev, but in no way will he discourage the cobra from exchanging as he did with david haye. Pulev is a strong robust heavyweight. Wkadimir is never aggressive, he will spend the first few rounds jabbing and moving out of range, pulev must start early and get wlad hurting, because in the later rounds pulev will take over, klitchkos stamina is affected more than anyone's I've seen when he starts taking shots, his game plan flies out if the window and he turns grabby the octopus man. Pulev unfortunately isn't the most aggressive fighter I've seen when it comes to pushing a stoppage, and wlad only needs to last the 12th get the win. So hopefully we a more ruthless cobra on Saturday night.

 

Ustinov and Thompson have good chins, they just knew they couldn't win during the end,wkadimir on the other hand knows he can win and will be Extremely confident as always, but his chin will betray him, and if he realised he can't lay on the 250lb pulev like a dead fish. He will have to exchange, he either gets the knockout in round 4-6 with one his huge hammers or won't he won't do it, and when pulev starts Landing solid right hands consistently, it won't be just be wlads confidence draining, it will be his fragile stamina- a good chin greatly is the ability to fight as if you haven't been hit , it doesn't take a huge puncher to knock wlad out. It takes a consistent amount of punches, pulev will tough it out, I think he has a good chin. Never stopped in the amateurs and never hurt in the pros. Educated pressure will defeat wlad but u must land, whether it's with range finding jabs or huge hayemakers

 

Wlad is a supreme athlete, the speed reflexes power and reactions belong to wlad. But his inside fighting is a grab and push and a referee paid off well. Pulev is going to damage wlads body and he won't be quite as quick when his ribs are battered and bruised. Wlad is gonna be a clear favourite, and it isn't a huge puncher to beat wlad nowadays like everyone thinks. It's going to be a better dog fighter, kubrat pulev. This is a tasty match up, I'm picking pulev. Pulev footwork is the best of wlads opponents in a long while, people thought david haye had good footwork he didn't he had good running skills, there will be a big difference when pulev shows his footwork that allows him to get in punching range, get out of punching but mostly importantly stay in punching range while pushing wlad back!