Skelton will win.

did you watch those fights or going on hearsay ?

 

fair enough we all have our opinions ,and that you actually saw the fights yours are as valid as mine.

i thought chagaev boxed well v valuev

i also thought he boxed well v ruiz clearly outboxing ruiz.

but he was very guilty of swithcing of in the middle of the ruiz fight doing nothing for about 4 rounds and let the poor ruiz back into the fight.

virchis fight was appaling.

a fight between 2 good mates neither wanting to hit each other.

that was a stinker.

 

i thought the virchis fight was his most entertaining. they each landed hard single shots but hardly any combinations landed. they did seem to like each other way too much. virchis seemed happy after he lost :nut

i have seen his last 3 fights. chagaev is a good fighter but one-handed.

positives: very smart, high guard, good footwork, above average handspeed, good power, great left throwing it from different angles over the top or looping it, at least a decent chin although hasn't gotten hit with combinations (virchis had him buzzed a couple of times on single shots)

negatives: he has to land his left first to be effective. non-existent power right hand. has a lazy jab. must be set to land effectively and doesn't like being backed up. doesn't throw a lot of combinations. slows down late. his top cometition have been identical: slow and not highly skilled fighters.

he deserves to be #2 or 3 right now based on holding a belt and competition depth.

 

a fair assesment.
his right is basically a range fighter for his left.

his straight left down the pipe is very hard to defend against though.

 

yes his left is good because he puts different angles on it. i think ruslan can beat every hw out there except wlad. sultan-chagaev would have been a good fight and should have happened. i would see this as 50-50. I like sultan's two fisted skill and foot speed a little better though.

how do u see a wlad-chagaev fight going? i think wlad would just keep moving to his left out of range of chagaev's left and jab his face off. then start catching him w/lead rights. chagaev doesn't like to chase and wants his opponent to come to him.

seriously though, ruslan needs to change his alias. it's pretty embarrassing if u ask me