**** Kirks Championships 2014 ****

I miss WBK... Kirk can u find a way to use the official rankings to name a mandatory ? And not be forced to do other rankings, hence the immense work that came with it ?

Maybe I'll think of something later...

 

Why did my record from page 20 5-2 transformed in 4-2 here ?

 

Have you guys seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjsNFUtfRRY

R.I.P

 

Zhong UD

 

Laszczyk UD
Hirales TKO7
Beltran UD
Maldonado UD

 

Zhong vs. Novoa picks are cut off.

 

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2/5 - Xiong Zhao Zhong vs. Oswaldo Novoa - 12x3 WBC Minimumweight Title

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:twisted:

 

I won't pretend to have called this one, as obviously I picked XZZ by UD, but:

The size of Novoa did matter, quite a bit...along with his superior work rate, aggressive disposition, and heavier mitts - which all were probably contributing factors in having bettered Zhong's form in their contrasting affrays with Resendiz.

This had a distinct Segura vs. Calderón/Margarito vs. Cotto I feel to it. (except that Zhong can't box half as well as either PR man...)

 

Besides the "bigger people are better" sentiment here (I've always said so :yep), I also have the strong opinion that the mini-me division isn't all that.
I mean about 1 out of 25 mini-me's will win a "world title" at some point of their careers, wich really keeps you thinking.

 

The problem with straw is the same as with cruiser - too much lure of glamor and riches a division north.

The flyweight range, light through super, represent an equally proportionate leap in lucrative opportunities as there is from at/under 199.99lbs to at/over 200.01lbs.

Guys who are naturally small enough to compete at 105 past the 'young growing lad' stage (and those kids will end up in the fly range, if not the bantam range, or feather or even higher) are rare across the global population, so it will never be deep. That said, there is always emergent talent but if reaching one's natural prime weight doesn't send them north, the lack of $$ will...and unfortunately some guys who truly are too small for fly, bantam, etc are forced to bulk up and take on bigger men just to get paid adequately.

Chocolatito, Ioka, Yaegashi, Calderón - all the best straws move up eventually. Many, I suspect, could easily keep making the weight if there were any money in it.

As a byproduct, you do get some mediocre titlists (like Zhong, and Novoa) scrapping for the leftovers when the p4p studs - or even just solid world class talents on par with those in other divisions - bail to climb both the metric and financial ladders.

 

FEBRUARY FIGHT LIST
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2/1 - Max Bursak vs. Jarrod Fletcher - 12x3 WBA Continental Middleweight Title (Germany SAT1) -

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2/1 - Gennady Golovkin vs. Osumanu Adama - 12x3 IBO & WBA World Middleweight Titles (Germany SAT1) -

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2/1 - Lee Selby vs. Rendall Munroe - 12x3 EBU & BBBofC British Featherweight Titles (SKY) -

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2/1 - Gary Buckland vs. Gavin Rees - 12x3 (SKY) -

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2/5 - Xiong Zhao Zhong vs. Oswaldo Novoa - 12x3 WBC Minimumweight Title -

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2/7 - Kamil Laszczyk vs. Daniel Diaz - 10x3 (ESPN2)

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2/10 - Steve Forbes vs. Fidel Maldonado Jr - 10x3 (Fox Sports 1)
2/14 - Devis Boschiero vs. Romain Jacob - 12x3 EBU Super Featherweight Title
2/14 - Chris Algieri vs. Emmanuel Taylor - 10x3 (ESPN2)

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2/15 - Juan Carlos Reveco vs. Manuel Vides - 12x3 WBA World Flyweight Title (TyC Sports)
2/17 - Manuel Avila vs. Enrique Quevado - 10x3 (Fox Sports 1)
2/19 - Daniel Geale vs. Garth Wood - 12x3 WBA International Middleweight Title (Australia Main Event)
2/22 - Miguel Vazquez vs. Denis Shafikov - 12x3 IBF Lightweight Title (HBO)

 

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Laszczyk UD Hirales UD Beltran UD Maldonado UD

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Laszczyk UD, Hirales UD, Beltran Jr UD, Maldonado Jr KO

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:deal

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Laszczyk UD Hirales UD Beltran Jr UD Maldonado Jr UD

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Laszczyk UD Hirales TKO7 Beltran UD Maldonado UD

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Laszczyk ud. Beltran ud. Maldonado tko. Oquendo tko.

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laszczyk ud oquendo ko6 gonzalez tko8 forbes ud

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Laszczyk sd Oquendo tko Gonzalez ko Forbes ud

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LASCZYK KO3

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Diaz TKO Oquendo TKO Beltran Jr. SD Forbes UD

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Laszczyk UD Hirales UD Beltran Jr TKO Forbes TKO Jacob UD Algieri UD Dapudong TKO Budler MD Reveco UD Avila UD Geale TKO Shafikov KO

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you probably picked Barthelemy in the Mendez fight
bout became a no contest
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