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Ray Austin floored undefeated prospect Sultan Ibragimov on route to a 12 round draw in an IBF title eliminator. Although the big Ibragimov floored Austin earlier, for large portions of the bout he was getting outboxed.

Outboxed by Ray Austin = not good enough (plain as).

Scatch another off the "saviour of Heavyweight boxing" list IMO.

Oh dear, Ibragimov was looking good earlier, compact heavyweight with fast hands and a decent dig, who knows, maybe he can come back from this, but being outboxed by Ray Austin isn't a good sign is it?

Think we're some way off a saviour.

Come back Vitali K, all is forgiven. :(

He isnt that 'big' but I was hoping he would win this one convincingly.

Thought he looked excellent against Mount Whitaker. Still, its not the end of the road, there is room to come back from this. Who gets the shot at W Klit now?

From Fightnews.com

In a bout where both fighters tasted the canvas, Sultan Ibragimov (19-0-1, 17 KOs) and Ray Austin (24-3-4, 16 KOs) battled to a twelve round draw Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida. Ibragmimov dropped Austin with a right hand in round four, while Austin returned the favor in round ten with a left hook. Ibragimov's aggressiveness was muted enough by the 6'6 Austin's work from the outside. Scores were 114-112 Austin 115-111, Ibragimov, 113-113. The bout was an IBF elimintor for the right to face world champion Wladimir Klitschko, so the the draw a rematch may be forthcoming.

Ibragimov rallied late, recovered from a KD and was competitive at least with the hulking Austin, but as you say Stu, he isnt the potential saviour of the division we might have hoped he could be.

According to Boxingtalk, it sounded like Austin was unlucky not to get the win - certainly punch stats supported this also.

Come back Vitali K, all is forgiven.

He'd rather be too obsessed with Lewis.