Your take on the Klitschko/Ibragimov unification bout Saturday night.

Klitschko will KO Ibragimov in the 5th round. :deal The only reason it takes that long is because Sultan is a bit of a mover with fast hands. It may take that long for Wladimir to find his range and land the big one.

 

IMO this fight ends early. I think Klitschko will take him out in the first three rounds.

Ibragimov will try to get inside in the first round, maybe get a little careless. Wlad will measure him with the jab and likely get Iggy's respect...Iggy will not be prepared for someone with as fast and hard a jab as Wlad has.

The next round Wlad continues measuring Iggy...Iggy will end up fighting a lot like Calvin Brock did, but imagine Brock circling Wlad a lot more to the left. Also remember Iggy has a bad habit of crossing his legs when circling...he will look akward...

Round 3, Wlad cracks him with the right hand and it will be over.

I don't think Iggy stands a chance for one good reason...he doesn't have a very good straight left hand...Wlad has always been most vulnerable to straight punches, his entire career...from Mercer's jab, to Sander's left, to the TOS KD to Brewster stunning him in the 3rd or 4th of their fight...Wlad has always had trouble with straight punches...but Iggy has a terrible habit of looping his left around as a sort of overhand left...that will not cut it against Wlad.

Not to mention Wlad has the best right hand in the business, and rights are what you land against southpaws.

 

Wlad takes him out in the 8th, Iggy will be very elusive during the early rounds, which will give Wlad few openings to connect with something big. By the 6th and 7th round Wlad will start to open up with the right hand more, under the instructions of Manny. Wlad will hurt Iggy with a huge straight right, and proceed to finish him until the ref jumps in and calls it. Wlad 8th round TKO.

 

Go Iggy :good he can do it, the Man has a solid chin, a heart of steel., and can fight, Wlad has been KO'D BY fighters a lot worse than Iggy so it can happen..

 

I want Iggy to win, bit the safe money will be on Wlad. i think it is only a matter of time before wlad loses again imo, he isnt THAT much better than everybody else imo, he has some major flaws.

 

ibragimov by ko
he has pretty good handspeed and is underrated when in offensive mode

 

Seriously?

 

Initially I predicted that Wlad would win by mid round KO,

but now I've changed my mind.

I'll take Iggy by split decision.

 

I'm taking Wlad by UD. I think Sultan will be very cautious just like he was against Evander and Briggs. On top of that, i think his chin is pretty good. Not great but enough to last the distance while trying to stay out of range most of the time. A bit of a guess on his durability though, there's a good chance he gets stopped for the first time.

 

Wlad won't KO him, but will most likely take a decision by winning it from the outside.

Wlad UD.

 

I'm one of the 5 on the poll. This is the year of the upset with the exception of Pac. Ibragimov TKO rd6

 

Wlad by T/KO!

 

Vlad by midround TKO or Knockout, could go into the later rounds, he is prepared for 12 full rounds if necessary, but I doubt if it will go the distance. Sultan is a good fight, good chin, but still not enough.

 

im picking IGGY..my mind tells me vlad will KO him but thats what he's suppose to do if you imagine the physical advantages, IF iggy wins, it'll be highly amazing!