The author of the Youtube channel "NeKARATE" named the winner of the probable fight between Kazakhstani Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7 KOs) and Brazilian Esquiva Falcao (29-0, 20 KOs), bbabo.net correspondent reports.
As you know, American boxer Demetrius Andrade (31-0, 19 KOs) is going to vacate his WBO middleweight title and move to super middleweight to avoid a meeting with mandatory challenger Alimkhanuly. Thus, Eskiva and Zhanibek can compete for the vacant belt.
“The fight with Falcao is the most interesting for Zhanibek. Falcao is a very big name, a really curious guy. The puncher is formidable, there are no defeats.
What are Zhanibek's chances of becoming the owner of the WBO belt if he is at stake in this fight?
Alimkhanuly is left-handed, mobile, and there were complaints about him - everything is from his amateur style, there is no such destructive, annihilating, bloodthirsty style, but Zhanibek has progressed very steeply, now he is a fighter who dismantles his opponents for spare parts and almost every fight ends beautifully , enchanting, hard. Therefore, there are no questions regarding "unspectacular, ugly", this is a real top-level contender, he can do everything - he works well through his hand, moves well and breaks straight lines, and this is very important.
As for Falcao, this is not a whipping boy, this is the most difficult test in Zhanibek's career. Falcao knows how to do everything, he works well from a distance, he is directly a slugger who comes in from a two-pointer, and then begins to work on the opponent in combination. Moreover, it is very tough, very fixed, and breaks directly with uppercuts.
The only thing Falcao doesn't have is the desire to fight a moving opponent. For Falcao, this is a problem, despite the fact that he has a good amateur career behind him. But from the point of view of boxing, fencing at a distance and analysis by elements, Zhanibek is a higher class. But these are very close opponents, a very serious rival to Falcao. Zhanibek writes that he will knock him out, not the fact that he will knock him out. I think it's a tactical ploy. It is important for Zhanibek to box in this fight, it is most important to move, not fight, it is bad to fight Falcao - he is Brazilian and viscous, very strong, strong, but boxing with him at a distance on legs is a pleasure. Stylistically, this is convenient for Zhanibek. Therefore, my prediction is that Zhanibek will win, maybe Falcao will get tired in the last rounds and Zhanibek will be able to knock him out, but this is absolutely useless. With this guy you just need to box. Here, Zhanibek has more trump cards," the expert said.
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