Quote Originally Posted by Bomp View Post
Wlad should win by early KO, Rahman should never have this shot.

There's always that question mark over Wlad, but if he loses it'll be down to him and not anything that Rahman does well.
If Wlad loses it'll be legit because Hasim Rahman will have to be fighting out of his skin. This is THE end for the Rock. If he doesn't make it now the next stop is the garbage heap. He knows he shouldn't have gotten a shot against THE champ and he's going to have to make the most of it. Remember what Lamon Brewster did in their first match? Rahman better keep that on a constant loop and be chewing on bark to harden up his jaw. He can't outspeed, overpower or outbox Klitschko. His best bet is to swarm and to stay on him, under him, around him and throw punches from everywhere. If he settles into a tempo Klitschko sets it's just a matter of time before he gets knocked out. But Rahman's big right hand could take out anybody if he lands it right.

Klitschko will jab Rock's right shoulder. Tenderize that arm so all he can throw is a fistful of cotton candy. Wlad is stiff, but Rahman isn't a salsa dancer, either. I wish Manny could get him into some kind of dance class that would force him to move his body. The guy is just so mechanical in there he never seems like he enjoys himself. Superman is supposed to LIKE flying. I'd like for Klitschko to go back to the corner and get yelled at by Manny for doing something that WASN'T by the book. Like Lennox Lewis not knocking out Mike Tyson when Manny knew his was ready. Look at what Vitali did with Sam Peter. He put his hands down because he knew he didn't need to waste energy keeping them up. He could reach across the ring anytime and hit Sam Peter. HE looked like he was having fun. Wlad fights like he's standing in front of an ATM.

I got off track. Klitschko will be Klitschko and he'll do everything we've been seeing him do with success lately. He'll jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab-jab and throw an occasional right in the first, open up a little bit more in the second and by the 3rd it'll be simple arithmetic to figure out who's going to win. Rahman could take it if he had any kind of heart, but he's still running on credit for a KO he scored 7 years ago. Hasim has never been more than a B level fighter and entered elite status because Lennox Lewis was distracted by trying to be a movie star.