I would not call Haye, Brewster, Byrd, Mercer, Rahman, Povetkin, Ibragimov tomato cans but I got what you mean, def not some Ali record.
Still a lot better than the opposition Wilder has been fighting.
You can argue that Ibragimov has similar resume to Eric Molina, Arthur Szpilka or Chris Arreola. But yeah, Haye, Povetkin and Brewster are miles better than what both Wilder and AJ (without Wlad) had in their resume.
You can argue that Ibragimov has similar resume to Eric Molina, Arthur Szpilka or Chris Arreola. But yeah, Haye, Povetkin and Brewster are miles better than what both Wilder and AJ (without Wlad) had in their resume.
Well, I know a lot of mates here bash him telling me "this is pro boxing" but Ibragimov was an oustanding amateur, and I think amateur boxing tells a lot on a fighter.
He won sylver in Sidney losing to Felix Savon in finals.
He did pretty good but lost.
Felix Savon was 6'5 ft slickster 3 times gold medalist in olympics and 6 times gold medalist in world championships.
He also legit as a pro since he took his title in 2007 from Briggs (let's go champ) who is a legit win IMO.
You can argue that Ibragimov has similar resume to Eric Molina, Arthur Szpilka or Chris Arreola. But yeah, Haye, Povetkin and Brewster are miles better than what both Wilder and AJ (without Wlad) had in their resume.
I forgot CHagaev who is the only man to ever beat Savon in the ring in an international competition.
Chagaev won the gold in 97 ams world championships beating Savon but got disqualified afterwards because he already fought once in pros.
Chagaev was undefeated, was WBA champ beating Valuev the giant, not some outstanding win but not a bad win for Wlad, might be a better win than Ortiz or Parker.
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