Timur Ibragimov WINS over Calvin Brock

[Hitman932]

igbraminov is a 3.5-1 underdog, make some money if you think hes gonna win

[Evil_Meat]

Any proof of this Briggs getting ko'ed?

[Evil_Meat]

Nvm I did read up about an interview, Timur Ibragimov said he landed a big righthand that dropped Briggs, but Briggs got up quickly. I love how people consider it a knockout when it's really just a knockdown, happens all the time.

[Guest]

I hate these threads that have predictions presented as present-day fact in their titles... gives me a heart attack.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Brock being beat though. In fact, I'd welcome it - at least that way maybe HBO/Showtime/ESPN would stop chasing the next US heavyweight and start reporting seriously on the current status of the division.

"Eastern Europeans are never gonna make it" - whadda you know, James, you just bored us all with a lacklustre draw against Rahman.

[blockhead]

brock is a joke, timur will knock him out.

[Undefeated]

Brock wins this by KO. Timur has never been hurt you say? He will be tonight.. Along with Julio. Julio is going down by a left hand straight on the ropes.

[BadMagick]

I hate these threads that have predictions presented as present-day fact in their titles... gives me a heart attack.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Brock being beat though. In fact, I'd welcome it - at least that way maybe HBO/Showtime/ESPN would stop chasing the next US heavyweight and start reporting seriously on the current status of the division.

"Eastern Europeans are never gonna make it" - whadda you know, James, you just bored us all with a lacklustre draw against Rahman.

I thought it was a good fight, and would like to see a rematch, personally.

Other than that, I agree, even though I can't stand the fact that the European guys are top over our American guys, but it's the way it is, and it should be reported as such. However, ESPN and the like don't do much on boxing to begin with so their opinions are essentially worthless to me. Except a guy like Max Kellerman, or a known voice in boxing, should they be working for one of the stations.

[K-DOGG]

Brock is the only American heavyweight hopeful out there at the moment. If he blows this opportunity, it's going to be main events in Hamburg for quite a while. I hope he steps up where Guinn & Mesi were incapable.

Of course, there's Terry Smith, who's only loss was to Brock. He's taking on Jameel McCline in July....

Lamon Brewster might still be in the mix; but it sure would be nice to see Brock prove himself a worthy contender.

[enadeus]

I don't know if you guys been reading the Timur interviews. He said he trained the hardest in his life for this fight. Brock just probably did his normal ****, and said that Timur is just another step overlooking him. Timur was great as an amateur, and he will beat Brock down to a UD. Then Brock will start with the excuse campaign saying he wasn't prepared well.

[Guest]

I thought it was a good fight, and would like to see a rematch, personally.

Other than that, I agree, even though I can't stand the fact that the European guys are top over our American guys, but it's the way it is, and it should be reported as such. However, ESPN and the like don't do much on boxing to begin with so their opinions are essentially worthless to me. Except a guy like Max Kellerman, or a known voice in boxing, should they be working for one of the stations.

It was a decent fight, I did enjoy it, but it left with me a sour taste in my mouth to see Toney high-fiving Rock like they'd put on the FOTY when he couldn't even get into shape. Toney was in bad form (by his standards) that night.

The worst part of the Euro/US reporting was Dan Rafael telling HBO (before the Rahman-Toney fight, ironically) that Brock was the one everyone should be watching as the next big thing. They should be more honest than that, because it seems all the "next big things" are from the former Soviet states.