Just another one of Wacko's Drunken Round by Rounds: Wlad Klitschko vs Austin

vlad ko 5

Should be an easy night for Wlad. I'm torn as to what I want to happen. In fights like this I always root for the underdog and it would be awesome if Austin put on a great fight and shocked the world BUT for the good of the heavyweight division we need Wlad to win convincingly.

Wlad, Peter, Valuev and Vitali really are the future of the division and we need all these guys to look good and win impressively in their fights. If/when one of them slips up it weakens the division as a whole.

Right now Wlad is in the best position of any fighter since Lewis to be the man to unify and be the next true heavyweight champ, Peter is the closest we got to Tyson and Valuev with his massive size and almost Marciano equalling unbeaten record are crucial to provide longterm interest in the division.

Let's hope Wlad keeps the ball in play this weekend with a comprehensive win and that Valuev can do the business against Chavez later in the spring.

can someone please enlighten me on why this fight is even happening?

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Wlad's defense isn't so impregnable that Peter can't connect

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CC man I got a good laaugh out of that one. I haven't seen you around in a while, where you been?

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CC back - working on a degree. Keeps me out of trouble, but doesn't leave much time for the forum, either :-\

Gotta go with Wlad by KO/TKO in round 3. He's going to murder him with the jab and straight right IMO

Wlad by KO in 5.


I am rooting for Austin to be tough enough to get up enough times to get knocked back down enough times to make me happy.

Wladdie: don't knock him out straightaway, take a lesson from your brother when he fought Danny Williams. Put him on his ass, but let him get up a few times. Your boy DynoMight loves that the most.

Bloody, baby. Bloody.

I dont know but I find it really difficult to get excited about these HW fights,especially as of late. They usually turn out to be little more than hugging contests,very little punching or at best,they look like sparring sessions. The last HW fight I realllllly liked was Brewster Lyakovich,that was awesome!

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Originally Posted by El Gamo

I dont know but I find it really difficult to get excited about these HW fights,especially as of late. They usually turn out to be little more than hugging contests,very little punching or at best,they look like sparring sessions. The last HW fight I realllllly liked was Brewster Lyakovich,that was awesome!

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I don't know I still watching the heavyweights more than any other division. Even though most of the fighters are shite there is always that tension and drama of a possibility of a one punch KO.

Personally the Peter Toney rematch had me standing up and screaming at Toney to fight back. When he went down and was getting rocked by Peter that was the most drama of the year so far for me, closely followed by the spectacular Sprott KO of Audley Harrison.

Whilst I appreciate the faster, better skilled displays of boxing from the lower weights there's nothing like watching to huge guys slug it out.

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can someone please enlighten me on why this fight is even happening?

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Because last year Sultan Ibragimov was supposed to handle Austin & knock him out. He didn't & for some reason a lot of people felt that Austin did better during their IBF title eliminator than Ibragimov did.

That's hard for me to go along with seeing that Ibrag dropped him in the 4th & 10th rounds.

Then again...it could be that Ibrag is facing Javier Mora this month...or it could just be the fact that Austin was quite possibly looked upon as an easier blast out candidate than Ibrag. :lickish:

anyone know uk time for this fight ???

I'm taking a risk and I'm gonna predict an upset, Austin is big and experienced in the best shape of his life and if corrie sanders can do it so can he. Nothing much more to it that that, Klitschko is good but he's still got question marks around him in my opinion.

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anyone know uk time for this fight ???

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Right now, they're signing the anthems now.

Man if your gonna come out to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, not that new crap, gotta be off one of there old albums....horrible.

Wladimir Klitschko (50 fights, 47 wins with 42 ko's, & 3 losses) vs. Ray Austin (31 fights, 24 wins with 16 ko's, 4 draws, & 3 losses) Round 1: Austin comes rushing out trying to land bombs. Left hand gets in Wlad does fine with it. Austin jabbing to the body. Wlad’s just feeling with his jab. Austin lands his. Hooks & it gets blocked. Nice jab from Wlad. Snaps Autins neck. Left hook from Wlad. Nice. Austin continues to jab. Clench just after Wlad hooked him. Austin just continues to jab. Wlad cracks him with the jab again. Double jab from Austin. Hook by Austin & Wlad blocks it again. Jab from Wlad. Double jab from Austin. Body shot by Austin & then a jab. Clench. Wlad backs Austin up with the jab & there’s the bell.

Even round…lean towards Wlad.

Wladimir Klitschko (50 fights, 47 wins with 42 ko's, & 3 losses) vs. Ray Austin (31 fights, 24 wins with 16 ko's, 4 draws, & 3 losses) Round 2: Austin comes out first again & they both exchange jabs. Austin lands a right. Nothing on it. Wlad jabs & stops him in his tracks. Two lefts in a row from Wlad. Austin connected with something to Wlad’s chest. 1-2 from Austin & Wlad backs out of it. Big left hook & another & another & down goes Austing!! He’s out!!!