Why the heavyweight division needs Ibragimov to beat Wlad

Wladimir has said that he doesn't consider himself the champ but one of the champions until he unifies and I believe that he really wants to be undisputed. Ibragimov will be a good test to see if Wlad has figured out how to deal with someone similar to Corrie Sanders and I give him credit for taking the fight.

 

I agree!!

 

ibragimov has zero chance against wlad. zero.

 

Austin was Wlad's mandatory. Do you think being stripped of the belt he already had would have helped him unify the championship? If he beats Ibragimov, he's halfway to having an undisputed world championship; do you seriously think he'll stop there?

 

Just heard Sultan's opened training camp for Wlad's fight.

That means only now he is starting with specific boxing training for the fight, right? (sparring, etc) but he is in shape at cardio and wheight training, right?

These guys are supposed to be athletes, I hope they don't go sit on their asses for months between fights. Well, at least for Sultan's sake.

 

Lame. As if Austin was Wlad's choice for a defense & not a Don KIng Mandatory.

 

Right.

I think Chagaev will be purused, heavily, by Wlad to further unify. But Chagaev will see what happened to Ibragimov, and that, coupled with his manager Kohl, being in a spat with the K bros, will make this fight hard for Wlad to get them to agree to.

But I think the demand will be strong for it, and I think we'll see it, at some point over the next year or so.

As I recall, there was a recent german site article that said that Wlad's people have already contacted Chag's people about further unification.

So anyone thinking that Wlad is not committed to unifying don't know what they are talking about. Klitscko is the one pushing for unification, whereas someone like Chag merely says he is, but then does somethign else.

But credit to Sultan for taking this fight. He proved himself, to me.

 

Thanks for the info, Wlad has always been interested in unification, that I will give him. I just think theres too many factors involved in getting the Chagaev/Wlad fight made, especially if Wlad decapitates Iggy in simple fashion, which Im guessing will happen.

I would love to see Wlad face his biggest challange since Peter, I just question wether Chagaev wants unification as much as Wlad wants it. The way I see it is, Wlads trying to cement his legacy, while Chagaev is trying to hold on to the title as long as he can. Time will tell what happens, but Im hoping Chagaev/Wlad gets made sometime in late in 08.:good

 

Other way around I think - the HW division needs a clear top dog, and at the moment despite his previous losses, Wladimir fits the bill a lot better.

If Iggy pulls off the upset, that'll really upset the whole applecart. Nevermind Bowe and Holyfield, we'd probably have Pinklon Thomas and Mike Weaver dusting off the gloves with hopes of a miracle.

 

Really? I think a Wladimir victory would be better for the division. He seems ready to unify all the belts, and to be honest, he doesn't have much to fear.

 

Yes, the biggest factor being Chagaev's fear.

The second being his promoter not wanting to just give the WBA to Klitschko, which is probably what would happen. But if they have already contacted Chag's people, maybe communictaion lines are already being established.

A second unificatoin fight would be alot bigger than this upcoming one is, and from what I read, this one is gonna be big.:good

 

While it may be big Germany, its not going to have much of an impact on the states. Im the only guy I know thats going to be watching this fight, everybody I know that watches boxing are waiting for fights that involve B-Hop, Mayweather, or RJJ, there is no word on the street or even on the sports channels about this fight, I dont even think they will have a countdown for this fight on HBO or that.

It just seems like another fight to most people, I know in the past a unification fight at the Heavyweight level used to be an event, I guess most people have given up on the heavyweight divsion, which sucks.:verysad

 

If Ibragimov beats when, then he will lose to the next good guy he fights, and we will be right where we started.

 

lol. it's funny how people say the hws suck and cant draw but from all reports MSG will likely be sold out when Wlad-Iggy get it on. Hometown guys like judah and cory stinks fight in ballrooms and far from capacity arenas. ****, even Mormeck-Bell I and II were in front of like a couple thousand. The second fight was in France. The hws arent as bad as most say but paper champs like chagaev/maskaev dont help. Iggy and Wlad want to be the best and understand you have to fight the best to make such a claim. Trust me :yep

 

Im not questioning its popularity in European countries, but do you really see this fight being that popular on tv in the usa? I dont, most people in there 20s and 30s rather watch UFC or Mayweather, Hopkins, or RJJ on PPV.

I think this fight is important to the Heavyweight divsion, I just dont see enough people watching it in the united states to be considered an event, every Heavyweight unification match I remember was a big deal, and always on PPV, this fight just doesnt appeal to the average fan.:verysad