Sultan Will Trouble Wlad

I say you are right but I dont think this deserves its own thread.

 

I see Wladimir timing Sultan as he comes in or even on his way out. I just can't see this going the distance.

 

Since when has that stopped anybody????

 

Go Sultan!!!!!

 

ibrag's gonna have a tough time "moving in and out of range" as you say-- he's at a serious reach diadvantage and wlad isn't exactly slow. going in and out versus 2007 holy and shannon briggs is nothing compared to doing it agasint wlad

edit: if holy and austin were able to put good leather on sultan at times (and more than a few times by austin) it stands to reason that he's gonna get hurt by wlad

 

I already went through all those points - Sultan sliping/antecipating the jab, getting in and out and out-slickin Wlad to shade rounds and make it a close fight - if that scenario comes to be real, they still will say that Sultan was the second best heavy in the world. I already got the picture on Wlad, Calzaghe and Cotto around here - it's not a matter of rhetorics, they clearly have faith in their fighters - go tell a believer that there's no such thing as a God, it's the same ****...

 

I don't know. I just don't think Ibragimov has the sort of lateral or upper body movement to make that jab miss all night. Outworking today's Shannon Briggs or Evander Holyfield is a far cry from Waldo Klitschko.

Plus he moves in straight lines. That's not good versus a guy like Waldo. You have to know how to manuver around a guy like that, where his best chance of attack is you moving straight in or straight out. Look at how Brock manuvered Waldo before he got lazy/tired.

 

why you say Sultan cannot heart glass jaw Klitchsko?

 

Sultan will probably give Wlad some trouble early by doing just that....moving in and out. He'll try to slip and duck while moving in at different angles and speed. The lead left will be a big weapon for Sultan tonight. I think this might be effective for the early rounds. This will be something Wlad hasn't seen a lot of and might just give him fits. But Wlad is a smart fighter and eventually he'll figure it out and start timing Sultan either coming in or backing out.

Sultan has to fight an error free type of fight to hope to win this, and it won't happen. Wlad will start to have his way in the second half of the fight and eventually stop Sultan. Wlad by k.o.

 

Brock did ok in the early rounds, that may well for a good fight tonite.
Brag may have more that we think. He's hard to nail down.
He's going to get hit and hard, tho'.

 

Vlad will take his time, set him up and lights out, however, Ibragimov is much better fighter than he is given credit for, earlier he was known at a very hard puncher, Jeff Mayweather is working on his natural speed, this will most likely be a boxing contest, but Vlad will catch him. Jeff Mayweather had really good techique when he boxed, it is obvious what Jeff is trying to do. However, Sultan will try to test Vlad at one point, but he will be cautious, probably stick to his strategy which will to be quick, score points, but Jeff is underrating Vlad.

 

Iggy will give Wlad trouble early on, he will be hard to hit and on the move. By the 6 round Wlad will find his rythm and start to take over from there, landing his right hand with regularity and will go on to hurt Iggy in the 7th or 8th leading to a stoppege. Iggy's only real chance is to blitz Wlad early making him uncomfortable and loss some of the energy from the panic attack, and maybe get a chance at hitting Wlads glass chin with a solid left hand, it might be Corrie Sanders all over again.

 

Of course Sultan is capable of making it competitive. He's an undefeated heavyweight champion, why is everyone discounting that. Though, I still expect Wlad to win by stoppage.

 

Vlad wants to fight the best and he is doing the best he can to do such. Ibragimov is a good fighter and very underrated, but Vlad is prepared.