Ruslan Chagaev vs. Lucas Browne on March 5 in Grozny

[The Hammer]

Ruslan Chagaev will face his mandatory Lucas Browne for the WBA "World" HW title on Saturday, March 5 at the Akhmat Arena in Grozny, Russia.

[Redd Foxx]

Quickly scanning the threads I thought I saw, "Ruslan vs Lucas" and thought Provod and Matthysee were fighting again.

[dan_cov]

Really Chagaev should absolutely destroy a fighter like Browne but he is fat, shopworn and has been rather inactive so it makes me hesitant to pick what should be an obvious pick in Chagaev.

It should be a no brainer, Browne isn't anywhere near the quality of a fighter like Chagaev.

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Browne should win this providing he's not a fat mess on fight night.

[BostonGuy]

Really Chagaev should absolutely destroy a fighter like Browne but he is fat, shopworn and has been rather inactive so it makes me hesitant to pick what should be an obvious pick in Chagaev.

It should be a no brainer, Browne isn't anywhere near the quality of a fighter like Chagaev.

Browne could never be confused with a standout amateur boxer but he working on his boxing skills with a new trainer and he's been going really hard in the gym for the last couple of months. I follow him on twitter/instagram and he's always posting pics - and he looks like he's in incredible shape and he seems to be very motivated for this so called 'title shot.'

That said, I'm picking Browne to win. Sometimes in boxing you see a fight where the lesser skilled boxer is able to win because he wants it more than the other guy and he's in better physical condition.

[mlac]

ruslan is getting on a bit but browne is garbage, he only really has a punchers chance.

[The Hammer]

Browne should win this providing he's not a fat mess on fight night.

Browne is in great shape now. Check the photos on his twitter:

https://twitter.com/bigdaddybrowne1

[1hourRun]

Ruslan Chagaev UD. Browne can not walk and chew gum at the same time.

[BostonGuy]

The more I read Browne's tweets, the more confident I am that he'll upset Chagaev. Browne seems to be very dedicated in improving his boxing skills as well has his physical conditioning.

12 rounds of footwork drills, 12 rounds of pads, finished off with 30 mins on the xtrainer mask on.. Then 40 mins cardio and an hour walk

— Lucas Browne (@bigdaddybrowne1) December 16, 2015

[The Hammer]

The more I read Browne's tweets, the more confident I am that he'll upset Chagaev. Browne seems to be very dedicated in improving his boxing skills as well has his physical conditioning.

12 rounds of footwork drills, 12 rounds of pads, finished off with 30 mins on the xtrainer mask on.. Then 40 mins cardio and an hour walk

— Lucas Browne (@bigdaddybrowne1) December 16, 2015

He looks in excellent shape.

Chagaev will likely be overweight as usual.