Update this thread when there are great/good fights coming up in this division. I will start here for the potential fights lined up. George Groves vs Kenny Anderson 16th Mar 2012 Arthur Abraham vs Piotr Wilczewski 31st March 2012 Robert Steiglitz vs Mikkel Kessler 14th April 2012 Kelly Pavlik vs Scott Sigmon 14th April 2012 James DeGale vs Cristian Sanavia 21st April 2012 Karoly Balzsay vs Dimitri Sartison 21st April 2012 Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch 26th May 2012 That looks a good run to me. Except for the Pavlik/Sigmon fight, all of the others look good match ups. Balzsay/Sartison looks very even. I included the Pavlik fight as the Pavlik situation is of interest. I think the wins go Groves beats Anderson, Wilczewski beats Abraham, Steiglitz vs Kessler is a tough call as I think Kessler may have dipped and Steiglitz improved. I think the safe bet is Kessler still. Pavlik obviously, DeGale beats Sanavia, Balzsay beats Sartison and Bute beats Froch. Pick your winners and update any good match ups
Another interesting one coming up. Sakio Bika vs Henry Buchanan 17th May 2012 I would guess that Bikas rough tough style wins this one, probably on points
Groves - obvious Abraham - obvious Kessler - obvious Pavlik - obvious DeGale - obvious Sartison - obvious Froch - underdog but possible IMO. Gutsy call for someone who's not primarily a Froch fan. A lot of peeps on here would take you up on an avi bet. I've already committed to one. :deal :thumbsup
refreshing to see all the guys are ready and willing to face each other and not hiding out like in the Ottke-calzaghe era
Thats debateable with Ward ducking Bute After Ottke retired the fights happend, as you had Calzaghe undefeated world champ, Kessler undefeated world champ, Lacy undefeated world champ and Beyer 3 time world champ and the unifications and fights got made
Why do you say obvious to Abraham beating Wilczewski? Abraham hasnt done well at SMW and Wilczewski isnt a mug. Also did you see how tough Groves/Anderson 1 was? I also feel that Sartison/Balzsay is a good even match up. I favour Balzsay slightly for that one, but its not a confident guess
The Pole is not KO'ing AA. Sauerland gets him whatever decision. Ditto for Groves, he's not losing a decision to Anderson. Too big a step back if it happens. Sartison is on the comeback, Balzsay on his way out. Isn't this an in-house SES fight? There you go.
George Groves vs Kenny Anderson 16th Mar 2012 Arthur Abraham vs Piotr Wilczewski 31st March 2012 Robert Steiglitz vs Mikkel Kessler 14th April 2012 Kelly Pavlik vs Scott Sigmon 14th April 2012 James DeGale vs Cristian Sanavia 21st April 2012 Karoly Balzsay vs Dimitri Sartison 21st April 2012 Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch 26th May 2012 In all fairness to Cristian Sanavia he has a chance to pull off an upset, I feel like Frank doesnt really give a **** about Degale and seems to be throwing him into the deep First the Groves fight then Piotr Wilczewski now Sanavia? Former WBC Champion ( beat Markus beyer via SD, lost the return by KO) Fought Danillo Hausler twice (Loss MD and a Draw) Fought Karo Murat twice ( Loss UD, Loss TKO 10 ) Sanavia is no more than a strong Euro fighter but at least Degale isnt fighting tomato cans, gotta give the dude respect Meanwhile Groves is rematching Kenny Anderson . . . . atsch
Abraham was still able to Tag Froch and Ward, all be it too little too late and Knock out Taylor and Dirrel (even though it was ruled a DQ ). Im picking Abraham to win by late knockout seeing how Degale was able to hit him and going with the knockout loss to curtis stevenson i think it was? As for Sartison Balzsay im going with the Sartison, Balzsay has been scraping past at world level for some time now and I think its just going to be an easy night for the former champion, but thats just an educated guess