The beginning of a new age in Heavyweight Boxing

[No Contest]

Are you talking about Skelton Wlad isn't fighting bums like him and if he had to he'd knock them out.....he KO'd Ray Austin in 2 and he told everyone beforehand that he wanted a unification bout but he had to fight his mandatory.


It's not just who you fight it's how you fight them....Joe Louis THE GREATEST Heavyweight Champion in the history of the sport had his "bum of the month club" but he beat them all by stoppage and gave the fans their money's worth.


But go ahead with your opinion I don't care

You gotta question Ray Austin being his mandatory, that was lame...

[Mikkel_K]

You gotta question Ray Austin being his mandatory, that was lame...

The funny thing is Ray Austin actually fought Sultan Ibragimov in an eliminator for this position. And drew.

[El Kabong]

That is an example of the outside forces on boxing....promoters and guys who run these alphabet titles work hand in hand sometimes and sometimes they try to undercut a fighter.

Ray Austin worked hard for his title shot by defeating Larry Donald, Owen Beck, and drawing with Sultan Ibragimov. Why Beck was rated so highly after his TKO loss to Monte Barrett is something worth thinking about but this is another thing in boxing....if only the boxers chose who they wanted to fight then we might get bum after bum after bum, if only the promoters chose it might be similar, if only the alphabet people chose then we might get only the guys who pay dues to that alphabet group...right now it's a mix of all 3 and it still doesn't work well at times.

Ray Austin was completely overmatched and Wladimir did what any good champion would do, he KO'd the fighter without wasting any time.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I actually look forward to this Saturday night in some respects.

I see Klitschko taking it with that straight right hand. Sultan's southpaw stance may play right into his hands.

[SweetPea]

I actually look forward to this Saturday night in some respects.

I see Klitschko taking it with that straight right hand. Sultan's southpaw stance may play right into his hands.

I agree. I think Klitschko wins this fight in big fashion. I don't see where Ibragimov has anything that could bother Wlad.