Comments Thread For: Seth Mitchell Demolishes Timur Ibragimov in Two Rounds

[Evil Abed]

Would love to see him vs Arreola. I hope that's his next fight.

My exact thoughts.

Make it happem!

[Tobi.G]

Yes, a win against Arreola would make Mitchell the Top american HW right now. Forget Chambers he has no power.

[ILLuminato]

Mitchell will get a nice payday in losing to one of the Klits, that's about all...

[EdMon917]

I wasn't that impressed by Mitchell to be quite honest. Still good to see him win and continue learning.

[Tobi.G]

Stopping bragimov in 2 rounds, that alone is impressive. The guy has never been stopped or knocked down as a pro.

[EdMon917]

Stopping bragimov in 2 rounds, that alone is impressive. The guy has never been stopped or knocked down as a pro.

He was never in the fight and did not knock him down. It was still a good fight and win for Mitchell regardless of my opinion. I just felt that Ibragimov did not present a challenge for him throughout the fight. Tell early to tell I guess

[davros2010]

Mitchell looked ok, good stoppage win. He needs to work hard over the next 18months on defence and balance. He seems to have good power and throws good body punches. Just needs to keep up the training.

[ShoulderRoll]

Too many American heavyweights these days reach a certain level and then stop learning or improving. Mitchell needs to continue developing and mastering his craft, but if he does I think he has a lot of potential.

[Lucky Jim]

It was a great win. It's only natural for people to get on here and immediately try to undermine the performance.

It wasn't like Mitchell just landed one lucky right hand and ****! ref stops the fight.

He did a number of things well that bode well for him going forward.

1) He moved in behind a jab. He didn't just rush in hoping to land a big punch. Mitchell is the kind of guy who is always gonna get jabbed and occasionally caught with a right hand. His style dictates that he will take punches to land them. He isn't going to win fights with his jab like a Klitschko or Lewis, but he needs to use the jab appropriately if he wants to be successful. I thought he did that tonight.

2) He punched to the body with the right hand very well. As noted in the post fight he landed an unusually large amount of right hand body shots. It's a weapon you don't see often from a Heavyweight but a great example of a guy using the right hand to the body to open up a punishing offensive was Lyakovich when he defeated Lamon Brewster. He repeatedly opened up Brewster to a vicious left hook upstairs after leading to the body with the right. Mitchell showed that body shot, left hook upstairs combo tonight and got Ibragimov's attention right away.

3) Power with both hands. Pretty easy to understand the importance of that at Heavyweight.

4) Excellent finishing skills. Once he had Ibragimov hurt he unloaded big shots but he did it with patience and precision. Part of the reason people are skeptical of Mitchell is because they assume that such a largely inexperienced fighter will struggle with the finer points of the craft, such as finishing his man off. It was impressive the way he went after Ibragimov and whether the guy was KTFO or not he really wasn't leaving the referee any choice but to step in.

There are other things, but all in all I was very impressed with Mitchell.

Nice post. Let me add one ominous sign for Mitchell, though. He is a sucker for a straight right hand. Timur was landing hard rights almost at will. If that was someone with some real power throwing those shots, it might be a very different story.

[voneric]

He looked Good and his Right looks Very Heavy. Hopes he Learns a Lead Left Uppercut so he can lift the Chin alittle beforehand. Would like to see him Fight one of the European Fighters like Chisora Helenius or even Price just so he can Boost his status in the HeAVYweight Ranks, since the Americans seem to be producing 2nd Tier Talent at that division Lately