Kirks Championships: Boxing Predictions 2015

Trying to think of a 'stat' section I can put up.... but cant really think of any outside of the usual 'most ever KO's' 'best winning %' ect, ect.... I remember we used to do the 'Masters and Commanders' section, with all those little stats.

Maybe something record based like 'Best to 20, 50, 100' ect... chronicling who has had the best records within the set amount of fights throughout the years.

Just some stats to measure the past years and also to see how we stack up this year to years past.




:think

idk...

 

Provodnikov vs Matthysse.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWzQKVSHcCM&feature=player_detailpage

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I know by the time the fight comes I will be super excited for it (probably my 2nd favorite fight of the year to be honest) but theres a part of me that is also not so pumped for this great, great matchup.

I kinda feel that these two, while indeed they have had their shots at the big names and simply came up short, are being steered away from other fighters, certain fighters not wanting to fight them, and other circumstances making some fights not possible (Matthysse could have had Khan, Garcia 2, Malignaggi, Broner, ect) (Ruslan could have had Rios, JMM, Algieri 2, Chaves, Brook)

So now, these two devastating, fearless destroyers will alter their careers by locking on eachother.... this fight has all the ingrediants to 'ruin' both guys, regardless of who wins. And for Matthysse, he has had a few battles now.

I just would have liked to see both these guys get a crack at the 'Industry' one more time (Broner, JMM, Garcia, Rios, Bradley) before they potentially knock eachother off.

But, maybe I just need to appreciate a great matchup for what it is and hope it lives up to half of its potential. If it does it will be one for the ages.

 

Random question


Cotto beat Martinez
Martinez beat Pavlik
Pavlik beat Taylor
Taylor beat Hopkins
Hopkins won the tournament

who was considered the king in the 90's?



Can someone give me a lineal history of the middleweight division? I have a huge gap in my mind from Hagler to Hopkins.... there had to be a ruler in there somewhere no?

Where does Monzon fit in there? Before Hagler?


As you can see, my knowledge of boxing history from before I became a fan (early 2000's) is bad.

 

That's another thing I forgot to mention in there, is that its one of those fights I will just hate, hate to see either guy lose Hard for me to even root for a guy. I guess whoever trains harder/wants it more is who I will root for but I know I will be hoping Matthysse is able to pull it off.... not sure why.


but both guys are awesome and whoever wins I will be happy for the winner and feel bad for the loser.