****Kirks Championships 2017 ****

Find your balls men. Fortune favors the brave, and tomorrow there could be huge booty to be found.

How do you plan to win this by taking zero risks?????????? You're all evidently perfectly content with being second best to @KiwiMan.

There's every nightmare scenario imaginable tomorrow, and the fact that so many of you are going with the favorites is shocking, because the way I see it, there should be NO favorites. Hve some balls, take some risks, try to ****ing WIN.

Here's some ramblings of mine.

Thammanoon Niyomtrong vs. Rey Loreto
Featherfisted but skilled Thai wunderkind taking on tough as nails southpaw journeyman who's got a few upset wins under his belt, don't let his poor record fool you, Loreto has what it takes to turn back the tide of CP Freshmart, Rojas almost did, and Loreto is better than Rojas.

Martin Joseph Ward vs. Anthony Cacace 50/50
Two young undefeated and untested prospects in a genuine 50/50 match that's been pushed back a time or two, its incredibly hard to call, one fast with slightly better resume the other rangy and skilled southpaw, real toss up.

Kid Galahad vs. Jose Cayetano 65/35
Easiest pick of tomorrow, but Cayetano clipped Quigg a fair amount and Galahad isn't on Scott's level, Cayetano has a great chin and okay power, so you never know.

Lee Selby vs. Jonathan Victor Barros 70/30
Another fairly easy to pick match, Selby should be seen as the favorite, but Selby looked poor against Hunter and Montiel, and I doubt has the power to stop Barros, so it wouldn't shock me to see an upset here.

Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Arthur Abraham 50/50
Young overhyped lion vs. the old past it but still crafty lion, The fact that everyone is sleeping on AA here shocks me, he looked amazing against Krasniqi a far bigger Light Heavyweight, who throws fairly high volume of punches and he was walking him down and beating his ass, not many people attempt to walk AA down or lunge in with silly flurries, he's asking to be countered, and if CEJ can't hurt AA, and AA can hurt him, it will cause CEJ's output to drop and make him more cautious, and embolden AA. Eubank has beaten no one worth a **** at SMW, Quinlon would be destroyed by AA and every other top SMW in the division, let's not overrate that win, AA missed weight, and that probably means he's coming to put a beating on CEJ and wants the win, and doesn't give a damn about no stinking belts.

Omar Figueroa Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero 50/50
Shot young fighter vs. shot old better fighter, Figueroa barely beat or debatably drew with Demarco, Belmontes and Burns. Guerrero lost to KEITH THURMAN and DANNY GARCIA (which was close), yeah I know the whole Peralta thing, but that had more to do with Peralta's height and reach advantage that he utilized to great effect, and even then Steve Farhood and I both scored it a draw. Guerrero is a far better boxer on every level than Figueroa, and when it comes to inside fighting, he's better at that too. Demarco had Figueroa ready to go for the last 2 or 3 rounds, will the long layoff help or hurt the already wartorn Panterita?

Arthur Szpilka vs. Adam Kownacki 55/45
Chinny skilled HW vs. sloppy brawler, will Artur be up on the cards and caught with something big? After all Jennings stopped him or will Kownacki prove to be no match and get his ears boxed off by the crafty southpaw?

Marcus Browne vs. Sean Monaghan 50/50
Skilled southpaw vs. sloppy pressure fighter, both undefeated, Marcus KO'd Williams, so what, he lost to Hot Rod and was almost stopped, and Radivoje is a featherfist, was that performance an anomaly, I don't think so, he was looking ragged midway through the Sierra match and the Top Dog match, Browne has a **** gastank, and Seanie will force the pace, Marcus' power is overrated, and Seanie seems to have a solid chin, if Marcus gasses in the 6th like he usually does, can he last 12? Did I mention they're in Long Island not Staten Island?

Jamal James vs. Ionut Dan Ion 50/50
James is crap, he should have lost to Abreu and Omotoso and did lose to Yordenis Ugas, sure Dan got demolished by Hurd and Brook, but so would James, Dan should be able to outwork the predictable dull James, but will he get the benefit of the doubt on the cards?

Miguel Berchelt vs. Takashi Miura 60/40
Chinny skilled KO artist vs. chinny warrior KO artist, Miura's left is deadly no matter how shot he may have looked against Roman, he still has a chance, like I said the other day, just because Vargas beat Miura and Berchelt beat Vargas, doesn't kneejerk mean Berchelt beats Miura. While far more rudimentary than Vargas, El Bandido was arguably far worse off when he landed his come from behind shot that ended the match with Miura than he was after his prolonged one sided beating at the hands of Berchelt, I lean Berchelt, but not with any confidence.

Sullivan Barrera vs. Joe Smith Jr. 45/55
Barrera has been dropped or hurt in his last three fights against Ward, Parker and Shabranskyy, while he managed to stop the last two, he didn't do it early, he's an accumulation puncher, will he be able to do enough to dissuade The Irish Bomber from landing his bombs early? I doubt it, Joe seems to have a good chin and stylistically he's not the easy guy for Barrera to outbox, unlike Shabranskyy who is a rangy volume puncher, Joe likes to get in people's grills, and he can cut the distance and get in Barrera's grill. Skill vs. power, but is Barrera's skill great enough to overcome Joe's power and heart?

Jezreel Corrales vs. Robinson Castellanos 50/50
One man beat a shot past it Uchiyama the other man beat a shot past it Yuriorkis Gamboa, that's the reality, Castellanos is a solid counter puncher, especially against awkward fighters like Gamboa, and Corrales, Corrales doesn't have huge power, I'd say its similar to Gamboa's, so if Robin Hood can get the timing of Corrales, he can KO him or outclass him.

Think long and hard before making any hasty dismissive going with the favorite picks, because the reality is.... tomorrow is 50/50x12.