**** Kirks ESB Championship 2012 ****

Would be great. Would make up not just for the stupid ref, but also for me believing the fight was a 10-rounder atsch

Btw, Kirk, shouldnt a NC just be ignored record-wise? Just like draws are (Unless you pick the draw of course)

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvIIABpYvfo[/ame]

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD4TAOSWJKY[/ame]

 

^This promo was probably made by Frochovsky fans, cuz I think It's Polosh.

 

:yikes

 

Yeah I know this dude far exceeds my video editing skills.

 

1. Marco Huck

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Serbian Marco Huck is another dominant force at Crusierweight. He has fought many top opponents today, And never fails to entertain. He fought Steve Cunningham back when Cunningham was dominant, Huck Gave an effort but the green Huck was stopped in RD 12. This was back in 2007 so your talking prime Cunningham verses very Green Huck, So I believe today Huck would defeat Cunningham and deserves his spot above him in the rankings. Huck has also earned his spot here by defeating Ola Afolabi ( 6 ) by a very close decision in December 2009 in a war, Actually they will have a rematch May 5th in Germany so seeing as they have both improved much since then expect these powerful fighters to go to WAR again!

Huck has been victim of bad decisions and has also delivered a bad decision. Huck fought Denis Lebedev ( 3 ) in December 2010, Huck won by a Split Nod that most people thought the Russian Lebedev won by close margins. That's another excellent rematch! Huck surely knows now how Lebedev felt seeing as just last month Huck fought Heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin and lost a Majority Decision in a fight that it seemed the smaller Huck had defied the odds and carried his power up in weight, He seemingly was offten the aggressor and landed the harder shots throughout. He easily could have won that fight!

All of his career controversy put aside Huck is an excellent boxer-puncher type fighter who possesses knockout power. A real thrill for us fight fans to watch.

 

2. Steve " USS " Cunningham

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One of the icons of recent American boxing Steve " USS " Cunningham is known for his patriotic icon he's made for himself and his excellent boxing skills and also Body-builder level conditioning. While he may not possess excellent power or impress the extremely casual fan, This guy dominated the Crusierweight division for years and looked awesome doing it. Cunningham at 35, Isn't shot but is nearing the end of his rein for sure. He is coming off two extremely competitive losses, Both saw him hit the floor to the hard hitting Yoan Pablo Hernandez. Still I stand by the fact that his boxing is still good and he is still in excellent shape, He still has a quality year or two in the boxing game.

 

3. Denis Lebedev

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This exciting fighter is getting a bad reputation to the casual fight fan as the " legend beater ". In his last two fights he has been facing disgracefully light opposition, He recently defeated extremely shot legends Roy Jones Jr and James Toney. Toney lost by a shutout 12 round UD. Just a one sided beatdown. RJJ lost by a 10th round KO. Very disappointing that this is the approach he wants to take to get popular. But in his defense he has fought top notch guys before this, He knocked out contender Alexander Alexseev ( 9 ) in 2 rounds only! " Glass Joe " Enzo Maccarnelli in 3 rounds and had a close battle with Marco Huck that he lost by Split Decision in Huck's home country. Many thought the Russian Lebedev had won.

And besides, Lebedev will fight a decent opponent again April 4th, Lower level contender Shawn Cox, Cox brutally KO'd the tough Wayne Braithwaite in 1 round to earn this title shot. Cox has a punchers chance but not much more in most occasions.

Anyways Lebedev could very well be number 1 at Crusierweight right now because he should have won verses Huck, He is powerful enough that if he steps it up again and beats a top contender in impressive fashion he could earn another shot at Marco Huck that with fair judging I'd pick him to win.

 

Oh, ok. Seemed to remember that people got a loss for Dawson-Hopkins, but that was just us who picked Dawson that got a win deducted