Wladmir Klitschko VS. Sultan Ibragimov & Undercard

[No Contest]

I may be the only guy picking Ibragimov in this fight(besides Sal), I think his speed is better than Wlad and if he can weather the first 5-6 round w/o catching a big right he should be in good position. Wlad has been real one dimensional lately and with him relying on the jab alot lately, the southpaw matchup comes into play with Sultan being able to drop his own lefts over the jab. I think this fight is gonna turn into a slugfest, with Sultan stopping Wlad.

[El Kabong]

I may be the only guy picking Ibragimov in this fight(besides Sal), I think his speed is better than Wlad and if he can weather the first 5-6 round w/o catching a big right he should be in good position. Wlad has been real one dimensional lately and with him relying on the jab alot lately, the southpaw matchup comes into play with Sultan being able to drop his own rights over the jab. I think this fight is gonna turn into a slugfest, with Sultan stopping Wlad.

He hasn't been "relying" on his jab, he's been using it to set up other punches...go ask Lamon Brewster how that felt though.

Wlad uses the jab to set up his other punches and he hooks off it....it's only right to use that punch, it's the best jab in ALL OF BOXING!

Ask Ray Austin and Chris Byrd if Wlad relied on the jab vs them!

Sultan's hands aren't faster than Wlad's either I don't know what makes you think that though, other than he has shorter arms.

Ray Austin knocked down Sultan on a left hook off of his jab....that FACT doesn't bode well for Sultan in this upcoming fight

[No Contest]

He only threw jabs in the Ray Austin fight until he finally threw a couple left hooks....the Brewster fight was just the jab and 1 2 all night, hey it worked but a better boxer has answers for that. He is only effective at range, his inside game is lacking if Sultan can solve the jab problem getting inside he should do alot better in close range IMO.

[El Kabong]

He only threw jabs in the Ray Austin fight until he finally threw a couple left hooks....the Brewster fight was just the jab and 1 2 all night, hey it worked but a better boxer has answers for that. He is only effective at range, his inside game is lacking if Sultan can solve the jab problem getting inside he should do alot better in close range IMO.

....well good luck to him if he's trying to solve the jab because there is a FULL arsenal of punches behind it.....watch for the hook and the uppercut in this match

[RozzySean]

He only threw jabs in the Ray Austin fight until he finally threw a couple left hooks....the Brewster fight was just the jab and 1 2 all night, hey it worked but a better boxer has answers for that. He is only effective at range, his inside game is lacking if Sultan can solve the jab problem getting inside he should do alot better in close range IMO.

What's wrong with that? It's Wlads job to get the other guy to fight his fight, and if he can control the fight with his jab until he can land a big hook or straight right, well, that's HW boxing. Yeah, Brewster was a 1-2 fest, but as I recall, he KO'd Austin with a left hook. Sounds like power in both hands to to me.

[El Kabong]

.....he STOPPED Brewster with pretty much only a jab....that's a weapon most guys would use if they had anything close to it.

And his hook is deadly! He just doesn't use it much....he hooks off the jab like no one else I have seen.

[No Contest]

I"ll also throw in that Wlad has horrible movement his upper body is as stiff as a board, and he is very upright, Sultan will use angles to get inside, its gonna be an interesting fight, you guys are completely sold on Wlad but I'm not. He has been lucky lately not catching many big shots, but think of the Sam Peter fight, but there one difference Sultan has more options than Peters stale rinse repeat tactic that Wlad just nuetralized with the jab.

[El Kabong]

He's tall, he's got a great jab....it's not often that he HAS to move. His defense has improved though.