WHO, OR WHAT, IS STIPE DREWS?

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 08 Sep 2006, 07:27

Anybody seen this fella? European light-heavy champ.

Ive never actually seen him, but making the cardinal sin of judging him purely by looking at his record on Boxrec, I would assume he is a soft punching southpaw who wins boring decisions out in Germany.

Is there any more to him than this? Has he scored any good wins, does anything impressively? Or is he just going to be easy fodder for one of the current crop of faceless light heavy chumps?

Bard of Boxrec · Post by **Bard of Boxrec** » 08 Sep 2006, 08:29

Gargantuan tall lanky fighter with no tommy hearns style skinny guy snap, just awkward to fight.

sound skills but kind of robotic and def beatable by any top 10 fighter, they would just have a frustrating time against that size advantage. i believe paul briggs beat him, possibly dropping him although not certain on that.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 08 Sep 2006, 18:44

Good assessment from Blowe, I would like to see Elvis Michaelenko have a go vs Drews.

Good but nothing special at all.

Razor · Post by **Razor** » 08 Sep 2006, 19:17

Total boar-fests all his fight except the Briggs one, tall awkward rangy southpaw, doesn't like to get into wars, just comes in awkward angles and frustrates opponents

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 09 Sep 2006, 05:47

has a good choke hold i think, didn't he try to break paul briggs' neck?

E · Post by E » 09 Sep 2006, 09:09

I think Stipe Drews was the lead singer of a german metal band called Whiteviper. He died of a rohypnol overdose I believe....

Axe · Post by **Axe** » 09 Sep 2006, 19:41

stujones wrote:Good assessment from Blowe, I would like to see Elvis Michaelenko have a go vs Drews.

Good but nothing special at all.

Drews would beat Michailenko with ease, the Latvian had a very close call against Kurzawa while Drews virtually shut Kurzawa out.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 09 Sep 2006, 20:04

Axe wrote:
stujones wrote:Good assessment from Blowe, I would like to see Elvis Michaelenko have a go vs Drews.

Good but nothing special at all.
Drews would beat Michailenko with ease, the Latvian had a very close call against Kurzawa while Drews virtually shut Kurzawa out.

Yeah, I would favour Drews - although they sort of remind me of each other in that they are in the "good, but not special" bracket.

I have the Michailenko vs Kurzawa fight and I thought Elvis won by a bigger margin than he was given it.

Axe · Post by **Axe** » 10 Sep 2006, 17:44

stujones wrote:
Axe wrote:
stujones wrote:Good assessment from Blowe, I would like to see Elvis Michaelenko have a go vs Drews.

Good but nothing special at all.
Drews would beat Michailenko with ease, the Latvian had a very close call against Kurzawa while Drews virtually shut Kurzawa out.
Yeah, I would favour Drews - although they sort of remind me of each other in that they are in the "good, but not special" bracket.

I have the Michailenko vs Kurzawa fight and I thought Elvis won by a bigger margin than he was given it.

True that, but I'd list Drews among the A minus lightheavies and Michailenko in the B plus bracket. Both solid, but neither will be an unidputed champ any time soon.

What's going on with Michailenko anyway, the guy hasn't fought in ages?

Raff The Frenchman · Post by **Raff The Frenchman** » 11 Sep 2006, 04:06

very tall guy with poor power, decent speed and skill, good enough defense...fights in Germany and therefore can expect some few hometown decisions...he is boring to watch, awkward, clinches a lot, has a good jab and straight right hand tho...

salaco · Post by **salaco** » 12 Sep 2006, 05:48

Awful, awful..I hope Dawson KTFO, in fact I would be impressed if he does...

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 12 Sep 2006, 07:12

He looked good in the early rounds against Briggs until he got Knocked down then had points taken off for low blows and copped a bit of a hiding for the last few rounds of there fight.

Axe · Post by **Axe** » 12 Sep 2006, 23:11

Ben Keilty wrote:He looked good in the early rounds against Briggs until he got Knocked down then had points taken off for low blows and copped a bit of a hiding for the last few rounds of there fight.

Drews won the 12th though, didn't he?

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 14 Sep 2006, 10:14

Axe wrote:
Ben Keilty wrote:He looked good in the early rounds against Briggs until he got Knocked down then had points taken off for low blows and copped a bit of a hiding for the last few rounds of there fight.
Drews won the 12th though, didn't he?

It's been a while since a watched the fight but i remember him taking a lot of heavy shots in the later rounds, I will have to get it out of the collection and watch again.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 14 Sep 2006, 14:05

Drews just fouled all night versus Briggs and got a few points deducted, when he actually stood off and boxed he was more than in the fight, Briggs power told at the end of the day and Drews didn't fancy it.