Krasniqi - Minto [Spoiler]

[STEELHEAD]

Luan Krasniqi defeated Minto via 12 round UD (116 -111 twice and 115 - 112).

Luan was very cautious and didn't let his hands go as often as I would have wished. Minto threw an awful lot of punches but never really got through Krasniqis guard. Every time Luan decided to take the initative he seemed to hurt Minto.

In the 12th round Luan floored Minto with an uppercut, a left and two right hands. I was surprised that Brian got back to his feet after this beating.

It was a build-up fight, the work rate of Luan kinda dissapointed me, but all in all Krasniqi showed that he is easily a Top 10 HW and didn't lose his game during his 11 month period of inactivity

suprised minto lasted that long.
so dude, krasnigi looked in shape and is taking boxing seriously again?
beating minto put luan in top ten? you know you could be right. with all the clowns making up the hvwt division he should be in the top ten.

dude tell me you watched the sidorenko/cordoba on undercard.
was it really a draw or did wlad get a hometown favor?
sidorenkos the best. hope he dont pull a sven ottke. he needs to get out in the world.

[Atnan]

people hate on luan because hes albanian! **** you haterz

[STEELHEAD]

people hate on luan because hes albanian! **** you haterz

oh stop that ****. peoples in the u.s. don't know the differents between an albanian ,ukrainian,mongolian or a maveklian man.

[Derranged_]

BTW, how was fight itself? Any good exchanges? I'm kind of dissappointed that Minto lost but what can he take away from this fight to make himself a better fighter?

[PBDS]

Well, name ten HWs that you would put above Luan.

I will give you both Klitschkos, Peter, a game Brewster and that's basicly it.

Maskaev, Ibragimov and Rahman are at his level and Toney is done.

I would pick Luan against the likes of Valuev, Byrd, Ruiz, Skelton, Virchis or Danny Williams any day of the week.

....I would bet money on any of the four bolded versus Luan.

[michaelwbray]

Ten heavies who would beat him:

1. Vitali Klitschko
2. Wladamir Klitschko
3. Sam Peter
4. Lamon Brester
5. Nicolai Valuev
6. Shannon Briggs
7. John Ruiz
8. Hasim Rahman
9. Sultan Ibragimov
10. Calvin Brock

I'd favour Serguei Lyakhovich and James Toney over him as well.

[Dude]

BTW, how was fight itself? Any good exchanges? I'm kind of dissappointed that Minto lost but what can he take away from this fight to make himself a better fighter?

The fight was nothing special. Most of the time Luan was against the ropes and Minto unloaded on his gloves, shoulders, anything, until Luan would move away and fire a shot. Luan had some clean hits that made him win most of the rounds.

I don't know why a lot of people say that Minto is a technically sound fighter ... bescause he's obviously not. The guy fights dirty, always gets head first in the infight, lacks precision in his punches, etc. He has a lot of will and determination though, which got him 2 decent paydays in a row.

Luan said in the after-fight interview that he boxed very cautiously because he didnt want to take any unnessecary risks as he plans to box Shannon Briggs later this year.

It was a good test for Krasniqi after his injury ... but nothing more.

[Dude]

....I would bet money on any of the four bolded versus Luan.

Byrd - has lost his key ability to win a fight against Krasniqi: speed. Five years ago he would've ran around Krasniqi for an easy UD. Today he loses because he doesn't have the power to keep Krasniqi at bay and doesn't possess the speed to avoid getting hit.

Ruiz - c'mon, the guy lost his last two fights against Chagaev and Valuev and lost the fight against Toney before it was ruled a NC. The last fight he won, he was knocked down twice by Golota. The same Golota who got exectued by Brewster. The same Brewster who had an epic encounter with Krasniqi. Ruiz was never a great fighter and has everything but improved during the last two years. His style would give Krasniqi problems but I believe Krasniqi is faster, has more power and a lot more confidence which would make for 2nd KO loss in Ruiz career.

Virchis - is the living definition for slow. The guy is so slow that his entrance is nearly as long as Hameds. The guy is so slow, that you probably cant knock him out ... because he falls like half an hour later. I've seen every of his fights since knocked out Taras *****ko in the last seconds of their encounter and he has not improved one bit. Most of his fights are horrible to watch and his bout with Chagaev could've easily been the worst fight I've watched 2006. Krasniqi outboxes him with ease and doesnt have to take any risks on his way to a total shutout.

Valuev - I still think hes nothing more than a freakshow ... a giant freakshow. I have to admit that I was surprised with his stamina against Barrett and I like how he has improved gradually over his career. Anyway, he was on the (very) lucky end in two MDs against Donald and Ruiz and apart from that he hasn't really done anything important. He'll get exposed as soon as they allow him to face a hard-hitting top HW ... and Krasniqi is one of them.

[Dude]

suprised minto lasted that long.
so dude, krasnigi looked in shape and is taking boxing seriously again?
beating minto put luan in top ten? you know you could be right. with all the clowns making up the hvwt division he should be in the top ten.

dude tell me you watched the sidorenko/cordoba on undercard.
was it really a draw or did wlad get a hometown favor?
sidorenkos the best. hope he dont pull a sven ottke. he needs to get out in the world.

Krasniqi looked in shape, yes. I believe that he thinks that time is running out for his dream of being a WC. So, motivation really shouldn't be a problem for his next bouts.

I didn't watch the Sidorenko bout ... but I will post my opinion in this thread as soon as I have.