Wladimir Klitschko: “There will be no mercy inside the ring!”

[ejk22]

If Briggs loses to Ibragimov, will you still consider Briggs as a serious fighter? I will not. There is no reason why Briggs should not wipe the floor with Ibragimov. If he does anything less than that he should give it up.

[ejk22]

PAUL750's sig says the following:

Juan Carlos Gomez was one of the most feared fighters in the world. He ruled the 190lb division. He was blessed with exceptional skills and self belief. Combining a southpaw stance, with a menacing rage, he cut a sway of devastation through the cruiserweight ranks.

A classy boxer, he can switch from destructive puncher, to fleet footed purist. His clinical and methodical style saw him ranked as one of the best ‘pound for pound’ fighters on the planet between 98 and 01.

My question to you is, do you believe this guy will become anything more than a great cruiserweight?

[realheavyhands]

This is just the way Wlad is and its cool cause he does his talking in the ring..

it also makes him soft and beatable in any fight

[Leo Pradun]

He can beat one hundred Ray Austin's, but until he unifies the titles and beats a tall heavyweight with power like Briggs, he won't have proved he's got rid of some flaws.

well I tihnk this is clearly what he wants to do but the sanctioning bodies and Don King make it hard for him..

[paul750]

My question to you is, do you believe this guy will become anything more than a great cruiserweight?

If he is given the opportunity to, yes. He's the most gifted boxer in the division without a doubt. Wheather or not anthing will come to fruition, remains to be seen.

[Leo Pradun]

If Briggs loses to Ibragimov, will you still consider Briggs as a serious fighter? I will not. There is no reason why Briggs should not wipe the floor with Ibragimov. If he does anything less than that he should give it up.

excatly at this point of Briggs carrer a loss to a guy like Ibragimov is not acceptable.

[Leo Pradun]

it also makes him soft and beatable in any fight

has he looked beatable is his last 4 four fights? I think your trippin buddy

[BloodClot]

If he is given the opportunity to, yes. He's the most gifted boxer in the division without a doubt. Wheather or not anthing will come to fruition, remains to be seen.

jaun Carlos Gomez was is and always be an overated Cuban turd....Im sorry you don't get smoked by Yanqi Diaz and called great in the same life time! He has absolutely no power at HW and any top 20 would probbaly hurt him bad.. Now please don't bring up his SSS and Oliver Mcall wins Their two turds shy of a ****pile! Seriously buddy who want to see the second incarnation of Chris Byrd?

AGAIN YANQI DIAZ!

[!!Captain]

It has been awhile since Wlad has fought an opponent who is an inch shorter or the same height as him. Jameel Mccline was the last guy to come close at looking Wlad in the eye and prior to Jameel it was Derrick Jefferson. On both those occasions, Wlad looked very good in the ring. Hopefully it will continue against Austin. If any of you watched those two fights, you will notice how confident Wlad looked in disposing of two big men. There was no fear or hesitation in his eyes.

That was pre-Sanders and Brewster though. Wlad has gone through some serious changes since then and fights completely different. There is hesitation in his eyes. I'm just glad Vitali is back...

[ejk22]

That was pre-Sanders and Brewster though. Wlad has gone through some serious changes since then and fights completely different. There is hesitation in his eyes. I'm just glad Vitali is back...

That is the troubling aspect of Wlad 2007. Yes Manny Steward has helped him out tremendously with some of the weakness's. However Wlad still looks somewhat tentative in the ring and fights with a safety first mentality. This guy was a path of destruction for his opponents up until the Sanders fight. What he did to fighters like Jefferson, Mccline, Mercer, Shufford, Barrett and Chris Byrd (in their first fight) was simply devastating. He at times looked like a ****ing machine. This fight with Austin is very important. If he destroys Austin then I think you will see the same confident Wlad prior to Sanders because he will have disposed of a guy who is just as big as he is.