POLL: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Hasim Rahman

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Are you jewish? Anyway, we got two guys in the ring, both can punch and both are looking to ko each other. The premise is pretty good. lol have you seen Rahman's recent fights he has looked utterly awful, no i am not jewish why do you ask?

Why is it terrible? why isn't it?

Even though I'm not a big fan of Klitschko, I don't really want to see him lose this. It would be a step backwards again, and we don't need that. The division needs to clear away the cobwebs, and Rahman is one of the spiders on that cobweb.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/67/fullj.68336dd18768694ccfede2a62c2a36e9/68336dd18768694ccfede2a62c2a36e9-getty-boxing-ibf-wbo-heavyweight-ukr-ger-us-klitschko.jpg http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081212/capt.1fcc76cb498943098406fbda79241b14.germany_boxing_mman106.jpg http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/46/fullj.e8f4803ff5867f96bfa80dc520a49cb3/e8f4803ff5867f96bfa80dc520a49cb3-getty-boxing-ibf-wbo-heavyweight-ukr-ger-us-klitschko-rahman.jpg Rahman is not in great shape but it wouldn't really matter either way in my opinion, his best chance to win is to catch Wladimir in the early rounds.

Yeah, in fairness Klitschko should win this about 95 times out of 100. I just think if Rahman can really get that jab working he may prove to be a tougher opponent than expected. It's been proven in the past that a jabber can be outjabbed, and certainly rahman is capable in that department.

Terrible fight wlad must win inside 3-4 rounds.

Just got info from the weight in. Wlad -- 111 kilograms Rahman -- 115 kilograms Dont know yet what is it in pounds. Wlad weighs about 245lbs and Rahman weighs around 255

55 vs. 1, lol.

Rahman quit on his stool against James Toney as soon as Toney landed a few clean shots. I think it's a waste of a fight, Wlad will win by TKO, Rahman will most likely just quit somewhere around 4-5.

Wlad is gonna fight like a scary little bitch as usual until Rahman is tired and frustrated with the jab and gets ko'd

The fight is sold out in Germany. On the contrary When Wlad was scheduled to fight Povetkin they had much more trouble selling tickets. The lack of promotion is mainly because (for this fight) Wlad does not care much if American public will watch it or not.well let's agree and disagree. Wlad always talks about his acceptance in the heavyweight picture, and how he wants to be the People's champion. He wants to be just as popular and respected in America, as he is in Germany. The fight is on HBO afterall, and audiences will tune in. Just recently Vitali and Peter were fighting in Germany, and you saw press conferences on youtube, various pics, quotes etc. But i can understand that Vitali-Peter fight was a bigger deal that Rahman. Intrigue was that Vitali was off for 4 years, and Peter was suppousedly in his prime. but when Wladimir was fighting Austin (a much lesser opponent than Rahman) i remember the fight being mentioned quite a few times. but maybe it could be that Wlad is focused too much on promoting the fight in Germany. but he cares, it's in his best interest to care.

Will a pic of him working from a southpaw stance do the trick? I read the report from their open practice but it was in ukrainian. http://allboxing.ru/fotolenta/img/028_wladimir_klit.jpgyeah it'll do, thanks. green k. i think this fight is being promoted poorly. I know that Rahman stands very little chance if any at all, but he's still a name opponent. So far i've only seen pics of them posing together, and the one you showed now. this shit gotta get more coverage, feels like a CIA secret operation.

In an open press training Rahman trained and worked the mitts out of a southpaw stance. any links?

Rahman's still carrying too much weight in his midsection you can tell by the presss conference shots so I doubt he'll be able to close the gap on Wladimir who's naturally taller with a longer reach anyway. On top of this it'll impede his upper body movement which is the absolute worst thing for him going up against a 1-2 hammer thrower like Wlad. I can't see this fight going past 6 rounds tbh if it does shame on Wlad. I forsee a very early stoppage and certainly wouldn't rule out a round one KO as crazy as that may sound.

I say Wlad by KO. Word is however that Rahman is very prepared having had a good camp. He has had over 100 sparring rounds so it would appear that he is motivated.

Unnecessary. Easy KO for Wlad.

Wlad by TKO/KO within 6. Yeah, I agree with this.

Rahman has looked terrible recently anything but a KO within 4 rounds will be a disappointment, and a KO defeat to Rahman would mean utter humiliation.

Wlad by KO. Is anything else a possibility? I'll go for round eight as well. He'll try and look exciting in the first round to match up to David Haye, but then he'll revert back to his usual tactics of jab, jab, jab.