Reply #13: It was a weird fight

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I agree that it was tough to watch. I think the match-up itself was of a kind that didn't make for much excitement. Klitschko is a big guy but he doesn't like to mix it up and loves to create distance with that great jab. Ibragimov is a "cute" fighter who doesn't force the action that much and prefers to use his wits, mobility, and counterpunching. And he was trying to stay away from that right hand even though Klitschko didn't often pull the trigger. I think the height difference wasn't that big a factor. A short brawler, like a Marciano would have come forward. Every time Klitschko stuck out that left hand, which he likes to do anyway but made an entire fight out of that tactic, a brawling fighter like a Marciano would have moved to his right and would have been hitting Klitschko's left shoulder and elbow, basically anything he could hit. Twelve rounds of having his shoulder and elbow pounded on I think would have discouraged Klitschko from using that tactic. Of course Marciano was a righty and had a powerful right hand. Unfortunately, it didn't look like Ibragimov had a very good right hook. I think a right hook to Klitschko's arm, head and body following the jab would have been Ibragimov's best punch in that fight but he didn't seem to use it much, preferring to use that right jab the whole fight, which wasn't working too well. Ibragimov just didn't seem to be willing to go all out and try different things and adjust. Maybe he isn't capable of that, however.