Sultan Ibragimov 219 lbs beat Evander Holyfield 211 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
Date: 2007-10-13
Location: Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia
World Boxing Organization Heavyweight Title (1st defense by Ibragimov).
The beginning of the fight was tentative, with Ibragimov mostly staying on the outside and avoiding exchanges, keeping Holyfield at bay with fast combinations. By the third round, Ibragimov began to take control of the fight. In the fifth round, Ibragimov’s in-ring dominance became more visible after he was able to hurt Holyfield with combinations to the head and body, and by the seventh the fight took on one-sided manner as Holyfield appeared to be unable to keep up with his younger foe. Holyfield had some success in the eighth, hurting Ibragimov with a counter body shot and a straight right hand. Ibragimov appeared to be unwilling to end the fight inside the distance in order not to walk into a game-changing counter punch. The championship rounds saw Holyfield unsuccessfully going for the knockout, as Ibragimov was able to effectively neutralize Holyfield’s offense and hurt Holyfield with precise body shots. Ultimately, the fight went full twelve rounds, with Ibragimov being declared the winner by unanimous decision, successfully defending his WBO world heavyweight title. The judges scored the bout 117–111 (twice) and 118–110
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Did holifield train for this fight surely😂😂😂
Bivol fights like Ibragimov
У Ибрагимова проблемы с пристарелым Холифилдом:)
Имхо Ибрагимов проиграл…
Good Fight!💥
İbrahimovvvvv🇹🇷🇦🇿
evander won
Fair play to Holyfield. There is like 12 years between them, and Sultan is seriously good! This is testament to the idea that some fighters can really fight right into their 40s. Sultan had one loss only and that was to one of the 2 brick walls, named Klitschko! Interesting how Sultan only lost to a fellow East Euro.
Ibragomiv left straight was crafty and had power holyfield has an iron chin he was getting tagged
an unequal fight, ibragimov won because evander was old through his age, already through many internal wounds. Evander wins.❤🎉
Купленные бой
Султан пушка
I was at that fight, he didn't beat Evander, that's total BS
Holifil petinju curang.
Well they both put up a good fight and both got good punches in. But the jabs are what won it for sultan. That’s my opinion anyway.
Усы Абдулатипова выпалил
Султан Ибрагимов ракета , Холифилд дерётся нечестно он бьёт головой , как и с Тайсоном .
Султан красавчик,холифилд так себе,безударный,вернее по ощущениям удар как у средневеса
☝️👍
Sultan İbrahimov büyük insan Türkiye'den selam
It’s surprising how Holyfield was still about in 2007, this was about 10 years after the Tyson fights. Although being a very dirty and rough fighter, we can’t deny that he was skilled, tough and had a long duration.
Ibragimov wasn’t the biggest heavyweight, and wasn’t around long, but he was a skilled southpaw. Got a good win over Briggs as well.