KLITSCHKO-IBRAGIMOV Feb 23 [Madison Square Garden]
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Pavlik hopefully will go to Germany and fight him. Pavlik, IMO, would punch a straight through Abrahams face.
.. Duddy isn't anything special. Dude gets hyped because he's irish and gets punched in the face a lot and still wins. By most of the shit I've read Duddy should've lost the decision last night.
.. Duddy isn't anything special. Dude gets hyped because he's irish and gets punched in the face a lot and still wins. By most of the shit I've read Duddy should've lost the decision last night.
I think this was a good showing of boxing vs fighting. Klitschko boxed and did a good job of it. Ibragimov wanted a fight and may have won a fight, but Klitschko kept it from getting there with good boxing.
But people in general don't watch the heavyweights for boxing skill they want to bid dudes to fight it out tossing power blows at eachother face to face punch after punch.
I scored the first two rounds to Ibragimov and the rest to Klitschko.
But people in general don't watch the heavyweights for boxing skill they want to bid dudes to fight it out tossing power blows at eachother face to face punch after punch.
I scored the first two rounds to Ibragimov and the rest to Klitschko.
I don't know if I would qualify slapping down jabs for 3 rounds and stepping on your opponents front foot as good boxing. Clit-sko did a good job of executing an overly cautious, safe game plan. Although even his trainer, Emanuel Steward, wasn't satisfied that he chose the no-balls way of finishing the match without the knockout that was certainly there for the taking. Im sure if the same size and skill advantage were present at a lower-weight class bout, we would have seen a tremendous knockout.
Foot stepping is going to happen in a traditional fighter vs. southpaw fight.
Every time Klitschko opened up and started to fight a little bit Ibragimov would get scrappy and move in to try and score some hits. That was the only way Ibragimov was going to win the fight with the height and reach disadvantage he faced. Both sides knew it which is why Klitschko adopted the fighting style he did for the fight.
If Klitschko would have let that go he would have stood a chance of losing the fight. Sure he could have won that way too, but he also could have lost. Good boxing is what insured his victory I don't see giving up a guarantee for a maybe as wise.
Every time Klitschko opened up and started to fight a little bit Ibragimov would get scrappy and move in to try and score some hits. That was the only way Ibragimov was going to win the fight with the height and reach disadvantage he faced. Both sides knew it which is why Klitschko adopted the fighting style he did for the fight.
If Klitschko would have let that go he would have stood a chance of losing the fight. Sure he could have won that way too, but he also could have lost. Good boxing is what insured his victory I don't see giving up a guarantee for a maybe as wise.
