Can Bryant Jennings avoid being tied up by Wlad?

[ykdadamaja]

Can he? He fights "small" and "compact", in terms of he keeps his hands tight to his side and head when he is in close and throws short punches, and then only punches with good shots when he steps free. Also, he has the capacity to turn to the jack-rabbit, David Haye/Floyd Patterson-esque, which may give Wlad some trouble. Jennings is very well conditioned.

He also likes to keep on his back right leg, so he has his front left leg extended way out and works off of his back hip more than we have seen from a heavyweight.

Can Jennings keep tight and on his back leg all night and avoid being held down, for the most part, on the back of the neck, if anywhere else?

On top of that, keep the back of his neck HEAVILY greased. Greasy, greasy, greasy, so he can roll out from under Wlad's forearms on the back of his neck and back!

[Master]

Probably not but I think wlad will do less holding as he wants yo look good after his lame effort the last time he was allowed to fight in the USA. Wlad can not afford to stink out the fight but he will if he has to.

[El Kabong]

Won't matter

[Spicoli]

Interested to see if Wlad will follow him to the ropes and press advantages or just stand ring center and hold his jab out like he's waiting for falcons to land on it. Jennings is going to need to sucker him.

[El Kabong]

When you look at Bryant's record, and you look at his amateur career (what little there is of it), you get this picture of just how big of a longshot he is to win against Wlad. Mike Perez could have had a draw vs Jennings had he not been deducted a point in the 12th round. Other than that Jennings has fought Sergei Liakhovich in 2012...the only other fighter to be a true honest to God contender/title holder in the heavyweight division.

Sure Deontay Wilder has a bunch of bums on his record, but Bryant Jennings does as well. He's a good fighter and I want to see him do well, but this is going to get really ugly really quick like. I'm thinking Wlad by KO round 2....not sure how Bryant's chin is, but he's certainly not going to be able to fight his typical fight against Wlad. That showboating and gloating he does with his hands low....yeah that ain't gonna work so good.

[Beanflicker]

I imagine when you have a guy as big, strong and long as Wlad, if he wants to grab you he's going to grab you. It's a timing thing, Muhammad Ali was an expert at timing a clinch and Wlad definitely learned from the Greatest.

[beenKOed]

When you look at Bryant's record, and you look at his amateur career (what little there is of it), you get this picture of just how big of a longshot he is to win against Wlad. Mike Perez could have had a draw vs Jennings had he not been deducted a point in the 12th round. Other than that Jennings has fought Sergei Liakhovich in 2012...the only other fighter to be a true honest to God contender/title holder in the heavyweight division.

Sure Deontay Wilder has a bunch of bums on his record, but Bryant Jennings does as well. He's a good fighter and I want to see him do well, but this is going to get really ugly really quick like. I'm thinking Wlad by KO round 2....not sure how Bryant's chin is, but he's certainly not going to be able to fight his typical fight against Wlad. That showboating and gloating he does with his hands low....yeah that ain't gonna work so good.

I agree, Wlad will be doing whatever he wants.
Hopefully, Jennings will be able to go a few rounds, picking up some valuable experience along the way from one of the best.
I'm sure Jennings isn't fighting for the experience and anything can happen when the big guys get together, so he does have a chance.

[p4pking]

Not excited about this fight, I think it will be really easy for Wlad also. Jennings is good and would be even odds with anyone else in the division imo, but he won't have any advantage at all in this one.

[El Kabong]

Bryant Jennings IS a good boxer, he IS talented, I don't want people thinking that I'm giving him no chance to win the titles off of Wlad to be misinterpreted as "Jennings sucks". I think Jennings has a very good career ahead of him, but he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have the right skill set to trouble Wlad.

I'm looking forward to the fight because I believe Wlad is still looking to prove his doubters and critics wrong, he was very attack oriented vs Pulev, I don't see much changing for this fight in fact it's pretty much the same game plan.

[p4pking]

Agreed, it's puzzling to me that Jennings has even taken this fight right away. I'd love to see him in against Wilder, Fury, Povetkin, etc. Those fights would be winnable for him, give him valuable experience and potentially increase the money he could pull in, all while Wlad gets older.

[El Kabong]

Agreed, it's puzzling to me that Jennings has even taken this fight right away. I'd love to see him in against Wilder, Fury, Povetkin, etc. Those fights would be winnable for him, give him valuable experience and potentially increase the money he could pull in, all while Wlad gets older.

I don't think the fight was going to get any bigger regardless of what Jennings could do unless he got to Wilder and Fury first and beat them convincingly which let's face it wasn't going to happen as both of those fighters are likewise clinging to their unblemished records and looking to cash in on a big fight for all the marbles vs Wlad. Also there's something to be said about not having a bunch of fights especially ones on film where a boxer can study your style see your weaknesses, and train to exploit those....Jennings' team might be looking to surprise Wlad by showing him something he's not used to, but with Wlad's experience that's damn near impossible because he's seen it all. Maybe it's Jennings' team thinking they fighter is so green he won't know any better than to win.

I think that his people are like "well it's sink or swim time" even if he loses (when Jennings loses actually) it'll have happened early enough in his career where he can rebound from it and get right back on track with 2-3 wins after this fight. Jennings is a well rounded fighter and his power has been developing....it's just everyone that fights against Wlad is doing so with an inferior arsenal of offensive weapons. Wlad has the BEST jab in the division, he has the BEST hook in the division, he has the BEST right cross in the division and the guys on his list don't have the best defenses either.

[p4pking]

Yea true enough, everyone is in pretty much the same boat when it comes to fighting Wlad. Wilder, Fury or Tony Thompson are the only guys who would really be a litmus test for dealing with the size if nothing else, was my thinking. Perez is good but lazy, and he's smaller than Jennings to boot. Not to mention that was a very close fight.

[Beanflicker]

When you're talking about a Wlad, or a Mayweather, or any other dominant champ who's nearing 40 and the end of their careers, you have to take the opportunity to fight them when you get it, because there's no guarantee that opportunity will still be available in the future. Whoever whips Wlad first is going to take hold of the HW division, so you gotta take your shot before it's too late.

[El Kabong]

When you're talking about a Wlad, or a Mayweather, or any other dominant champ who's nearing 40 and the end of their careers, you have to take the opportunity to fight them when you get it, because there's no guarantee that opportunity will still be available in the future. Whoever whips Wlad first is going to take hold of the HW division, so you gotta take your shot before it's too late.

That must be taken into consideration as well as it's not every day, every year, or every 10 years that a fighter gets a shot at fighting a GREAT. This is a once in a lifetime chance for Bryant Jennings in terms of fighting a guy who will eventually be considered a legend of boxing, a dominant all time great champion.

[erics44]

im really hoping with the fight being in america that wlad is stopped from cheating, at least a bit

probly not tho, the ref is probably well aware of what he is being paid for