Regardless, Makhmudov was described by others selling the fight as “terrifying”, “a big banger”, and “a man who carries frightening power in both hands”. We also heard, more than once, that Makhmudov is “going to shock the world.” By the time the fight comes along, however, we’ll have been told so many times what a lethal assassin he is, it really shouldn’t come as any shock at all.