Whats everyones predictions for 2009? Here is a few of mine. *David Haye beats Wlad to become HW champion. *A lot of big names retire RJJ.Calzaghe,ODLH,Stanazol Shane Moseley *Floyd comes out of retirement again to fight PAC. He wins unfortunately proving not only is he an incredible tool he is the best fighter of this decade *Cronulla Sharks will be 42 yrs and still won **** all ( Barrett replacing Kimmorley:rofl:rofl:rofl Getting rid of Bird for ill discipline and replacing him with Matuia:rofl:rofl:rofl) *If Kessler unifies Mundine returns to SMW to become 3 time regular belt champion. Anyone know what Kats plans are?
Your a *******, leave the Sharks out of this :twisted: Yuri Foreman to win a world title, on points of course. Cotto to be smashed by Tony .........again. thus Jambo having to leave the forum......again. Charvez Jr to KO De La Hoya Good thread, ill add more when my brain lets me.
Would be interesting to see what Kickett does this yr after his first loss by Brutale KO no less. Hope Kegsy reads this and gives us some inside goss.Rematch with Elomar perhaps?
COTTO TO BEAT MARG IN THE REMATCH, AND BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING THE NEW P4P NO.1!!!!! Andre Berto to Whup Collazo, and become a true elite level fighter during 2009. Darchinyan to spank Arce, beat Montiel in a great fight and then look to rematch donaire. Chad Dawson to really open up on Tarver in the rematch, looking impressive and drawing Calzaghe into a fight. Dawson using his reach, speed, power and slick skills to outlast Calzaghe and win a close but clear decision. Yuri Gamboa to win a world title and become a genuine top p4p fighter. Haye to get spanked by Vitali, possibly go back down to cruiser to destroy Adamek. Povetkin and Arreola to put on a FOTY in the heavies, and breathe such much needed life back into the division. Juan Diaz to regain his status as king of the 135 pound weight class. Williams to rule at 154, beating Winky in impressive fashion. Hoya to murder Chavez Jr. Pac to knockout Hatton, and hopefully force FLoyd out of retirement. Dawson to call Kessler out, and proceed to absolutely dominate him. Kessler to beat Bute via decision 8-4. Froch gets beaten by Taylor and forgotten about. Pavlik and Abraham finally get in on, Pavlik winning on the cards, with both fighters being knocked down, Pavlik getting badly hurt. Tim Bradley to become the new king of 140, having some great match ups against new up and coming talen in guys like Ortiz, Devon Alexander and maybe Zab Judah coming back down. Vasquez facing Donaire and knocking him out. Calderon retires. None of Marcus's predictions come true, and he looks like a farken dickheeeeeeaaaad as per usual.
Yuri Foreman sucks, it will have to be a gift world title. My pick is he faces Williams and gets KTFO in brutal fashion:yep
Yuri Foreman continues to be the boringest fighter of all time, never winning a world title and continuing to bounce around like a ****en duck on a hot plate
Enjoyed reading these. I don't see a whole lot in Andre Berto at this point in time. I think he'll struggle against Collazo, but should still have enough to get a tight decision. If odds are offered I might put some change on Luis.
To be honest directly after the Forbes fight I thought he may be a little overated but after watching it again it was still a pretty damaging performance against an extremely solid guy at 147. I love his style and with some fine tuning still reckon he can be a dominant welter with all that strength. Collazo might not have the chin imo.
I'm definitely going out on a limb here, considering a lot of people in the boxing world don't rate him. Berto has a really interesting style, that i think people don't understand. He is a very strong welter. Has great stamina, absolutely top level in this regard. I've never seen him tired even in fast paced fights. He is very strong also, a thick, solid welter. Awesome hand speed, good combination puncher, uses some nice angles. I think he has a a decent chin to, despite the KD vs Rivera. A lot of people judge him as a pure boxer, but i don't think that is his style. He is the sort of guy who will stand his ground, and let his offense be his defence to a degree. With his strength, power and speed i think it will definitely work for him. Basically, he wants his opponents to try and trade with him, to match him punch for punch, knowing that he holds the physical advantages. He doesn't waste energy with his movement, he prefers to be strong, and explosive in his offense. Against collazo, he is stronger, faster, more powerful... I just can't see Collazo outboxing someone with the handspeed of Berto. On the inside, he isn't strong enough to trouble Berto either. I think its a bad style match up, and Berto will win in more convincing fashion then what Mosley did, cementing his status at the top of the division. Would like to see him then fight Clottey. I think he could win this in a tough fight, as Clottey is very good, very under rated. Berto's handspeed and stamina being the difference, as he sweeps the last few rounds to win a close UD.