This content is protected Thomas Oousthuizen beat Marcus Johnson on 27th April 2012 by UD Robert Steiglitz vs ended up fighting Nader Hamden 5th April 2012 winning by UD. (Steiglitz was originally to defend against Kessler. Then Steiglitz was to defend against George Groves who also had to withdraw) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Still to happen Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch 26th May 2012 Kelly Pavlik vs Scott Sigmon 8th June 2012 George Groves vs Kenny Anderson 30th June 2012 for Groves British title
...and Andre Ward was on HBO last night, a sign that the Dawson fight is probably in the making as we speak. I was hoping to see Ward-Bute next. :conf
Andre S.O.G. Ward ‏ @andreward For the record Chad did not call me out!! We've been talking about this fight for two months. He was told to say my name!! ****. I mean Bute would be available come Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec, why fight the LHW champ in that same timeframe?! Ward needs to clean up 168 before going for P4P matchups.
Ward doesnt seem to eager to fight Bute. I wouldnt be surprised if it doesnt happen. Ward will probably beat Dawson at whatever weight and then we will here how Ward isnt ducking Bute and went after a bigger fight etc. Dawson jumped SMW when he was in a good position for big fights but now I think would like to come back to the weight
This content is protected Still to happen Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch 26th May 2012 For Butes IBF title Kelly Pavlik vs Scott Sigmon 8th June 2012 George Groves vs Kenny Anderson 30th June 2012 for Groves British title This content is protected Glen Johnson vs Andrzej Fonfara 13th July 2012 (not sure yet if its at SMW or not) Robert Steiglitz vs Arthur Abraham 25th August 2012 for Steiglitz WBO title
Looking at the SMW history for most successful title defences and SMW title victories noted in brackets 1st) (joint) Joe Calzaghe (22) and Sven Ottke (22) both made 21 SMW title defences 2nd) Chris Eubank (15) with 14 SMW title defences 3rd) (joint) Nigel Benn (10), Chong Pal Park (11) and Lucian Bute (10) on 9 SMW title defences. Note, Park did vacate a title to contest for another SMW title Heres the interesting part, Lucian Bute has also made 9 SMW title defences and if he beats or draws against Froch, he will then have made 10 SMW title defences and be 3rd on the list and still active. I admit Bute hasnt in 10 SMW title fights fought at the same level of competition as the above mentioned but he still has time. 4th) Markus Beyer (10) made 8 SMW title defences as a 3 time SMW champ with Chong Pal Park 5th) Frankie Liles (8) and Steve Collins (8) 7 SMW title defences 6th) Mikkel Kessler (9) made 6 SMW title defences as a 3 time SMW champ and did vacate As title defences and SMW title fights go Bute is looking promising as an active SMW Edit.. Dont know why the #8 is coming out as a smiley (8)
Alot is said about Frochs run of opposition in Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler, Abraham, Johnson, Ward This content is protected and next Bute This content is protected champ. Froch has fought the 3 top SMWs of his era in that run, but look at Kesslers stong run some years back. Siaca This content is protected , Mundine who became This content is protected , Lucas, Beyer This content is protected , Andrade, Calzaghe This content is protected , Sartison who This content is protected .
I cant really understand why Kessler took the fight with Green. He was due to fight Steiglitz for the WBO SMW title, which if he won would have made him a 4 time SMW champ and given him a world title and good win, but instead fought Green for a Diamond belt at a new weight where he hasnt the same name. I do think now though that the Steiglitz fight would have caused him alot of trouble with Roberts workrate, jab and combinations. I guess now Kessler is a LHW now and off this thread :|. All the best to Kessler in the LHW division
Looking at the predictions for the fights that happend and who said what - I said (Bailey) - Wilczewski beats Abraham This content is protected Pavlik obviously This content is protected DeGale beats Sanavia This content is protected Balzsay beats Sartison This content is protected 3/4 Elvizzz - Abraham This content is protected Pavlik This content is protected DeGale This content is protected Sartison This content is protected 3/4 Drozzy - same as above 3/4 Jordan_Davies - same as above 3/4 Des3995 - same as above 3/4 Samuri Slice was very brave in going for accurate accounts but based on the winners regardless of how he thought the fight would go was 100% correct in his choices 4/4 Cafe - same choices as Drozzy, JD and Des for a 3/4 Samuri Slice leads with 4/4 while the rest of us are a point behind with 3/4 Drozzy and Elvizzz have predicted Froch to beat Bute while the rest of us have picked Bute
Glen Johnson vs Andrzej Fonfara 13th July 2012 (not sure yet if its at SMW or not) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's at Light Heavyweight, Still Johnson UD 12. Bika vs. Davis - Bika UD 12.
Has anybody mentioned Pascal/CLoud AUgust 11th in Montreal? NM! Sorry! thought this was 175/and 168 cause another thread close to this one was talking about how they are best divisions! Apologies!
The Kessler fight was at LHW but Kessler's weigh in was 169 lbs. Also today is the purse bid for Balzsay-Magee. And some 2 tier up and comers:Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye vs Jose Maria Guerrero-26.05.2012 Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna vs Ruben Eduardo Acosta-26.05.2012