Kirks Championships : Boxing Prediction League : 2018

I was listening to good Saytricon(Dark Medieval Times to be exact) yesterday. Honestly they've been pretty woeful post Nemesis Divina(their magnum opus) But the same could be said about most of the 90s Norwegian BM bands who carried on.. a few of the Post-prison Burzum, Enslaved and Ihsahn has been going strong with his solo project since the demise of Emperor.


The vocals in Manilla Road grow on you - Mark Shelton may have an annoying nasally tone at first but after a while they really grow on you and they really do compliment the epic high fantasy/sword & sorcery lyrics and overall feel that the band are going for. Crystal logic, Open the gates and The Deluge are classic albums and worthy of a full listen in any case.

 

Bell Witch are good.... Been getting into a lot of Funeral Doom lately after the Ahab I take it?

 

Egidijus Kavaliauskas UD
Raymundo Beltran TKO
Edward Heno UD
Vincent Feigenbutz UD
Ryan Walsh UD
Tommy Langford UD
Chris Eubank Jr TKO
Tony Harrison TKO
Caleb Plant UD
Devon Alexander UD
Edwin Rodriguez TKO
Ladarius Miller UD
Ray Robinson UD
David Benavidez TKO
Danny Garcia UD

 

Beltran UD, arnfield sd

 

Heno UD, Walsh UD, Fiegenbutz UD, Langford UD, Eubank Jr KO, Harrison KO, Plant KO,Alexander UD, Ridriguez KO, Miller UD, Robinson UD, Benavididez UD, Garcia KO

 

Can someone explain why everyone is on CEJ? I'm not saying Groves will win but this fight is 50/50 and I'm surprised everyone is on Eubank Jr. I know Groves has been stopped but he is the natural SMW and I think he is more skilled than Eubank Jr. I think Groves will win (and I know that doesn't mean others do) but I'm just shocked everyone is rolling with CEJ.

 

I really want to go Groves too. But it's hard to shake the feeling of Eubank Jr. getting to him late out of my head. Groves fades, gets lazy on the inside he loses this... Needs to use movement, establish the jab and look to set up the right hand that nearly got Froch out of there. He can win but he'll need to produce something close to his best, not sure he has that anymore. We'll see this weekend!

 

It is possible that CEJ outworks Groves but I think people are counting on Groves to fade as the whole reason for picking Eubank. If that doesn't happen, I don't see CEJ winning. CEJ is far less experienced than Groves and I do believe he has less boxing skills / boxing IQ than Groves. If Groves fights smart, he should win easily. I think with Froch he abandoned his boxing because he seemed to have some hatred for Froch and wanted to knock him out; he came close in the first fight but the KD lead ultimately to his downfall (and I don't think CEJ has Froch's one punch KO power). Now hopefully Groves learned from his lesson because I do believe he is a level above CEJ.

We shall see Saturday, my money is on Groves though.

 

Robinson UD Wide, Alexander UD Wide, Miller UD, changing Lowe decision to SD

 

Feigenbutz UD
Eubank UD
Walsh UD
Alexander UD
Harrison UD
Garcia UD
Benavidez UD
Langford UD
Robinson UD
Miller UD
Rodriguez UD
Plant UD

 

I'm with you on all of that. I guess people feel like Groves is shot, I keep hearing that if it was the Groves from Froch I, he beats Eubank easy. But Groves is more battle-tested / experienced now and, if anything, has improved his skills since that fight. Maybe his chin isn't good but is Eubank really a huge puncher, especially at SMW? I don't think so.

I think the fight goes the distance with Groves winning a clear decision.

 

HENDO UD. FEIGENBUTZ UD. WALSH UD. LANGFORD UD. HARRISON TKO. PLANT UD. ALEXANDER UD.MILLER UD. BENAVIDEZ TKO. GARCIA TKO.

 

RODRIGUEZ TKO.

 

Kavaliauskas tko 8, Beltran tko 6