**** Kirk's ESB Championships 2011 ****

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  1. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    What an awesome tourny this was, and I can, not, wait, to see its conclusion. :happy These are the type of fights and fighters that make me go, Damn, I love boxing :lol:
     
    kirk, Feb 9, 2011
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  2. kirk

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    Sounds good Alex, Ill get it up on the board :good
     
    kirk, Feb 9, 2011
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  3. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    A press conference was held today in Los Angele to announce that Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his IBF bantamweight world championship against undefeated rising star Abner Mares, who defends his WBC Silver bantamweight championship in the eagerly awaited finals of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. In what will be a hotly contested co-feature, former two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former IBF bantamweight world champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez will clash in the tournament consolation bout.

    Vic Darchinyan: I am a pure fighter. I was upset and pissed off after the Mares loss but my next fight I am very happy to be fighting against Yohnny Perez. I will beat him by knockout and show that I am much stronger. I am looking forward to this fight and will be in great shape. I will have no excuses and will prevail.

    Oscar De La Hoya: This event goes to show you how all the different promoters can get together to put on a great show for the fans. I thank Don King, Gary Shaw, Ken Thompson and Ken Hershman from SHOWTIME who has come up with the great idea of having tournaments amongst the top fighters. Whoever wins this tournament will be known as the best of the Bantamweight of the division. The public already knows whoever wins this tournament will be ‘The Man.’

    Abner Mares: First of all I want to thank God for letting me fight even after I earlier suffered a detached retina and many told me my career was over. Now I am at a special place in this tournament with three other great fighters and in the finals, thank God. I’m really excited to be here and thank the other promoters for having their fighters in this tournament and Showtime for staging the tournament.

    We all know that Joseph Agbeko and I are in the finals but Darchinyan vs. Perez is a great fight in itself and should not be thought of as third place but rather as a great fight. Joseph Agbeko, however, I see as a more complete opponent than Darchinyan and I am preparing for a very tough fight. He fought a very smart fight against Perez and he fought very smart to win their rematch. I expect a tough fight from Agbeko. Even though he is always smiling outside the ring, he truly becomes King Kong inside the ring.

    Joseph Agbeko: Boxing is the most beautiful sport in the world, I think. We have four bantamweights here who are all business in the ring but can be best of friends outside of the ring. Abner Mares is a great, young, determined fighter and peaking. But, I always come out as a winner and that builds my confidence. The only think I know is that on April 23rd, it is going to be winner take all, and I am going to drop Mares’ unblemished record to 21-1.
     
    kirk, Feb 9, 2011
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  4. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    02/12 - Omar Andres Narvaez UD Vicotr Zaleta
    02/12 - Yoan Pablo Hernandez Tko Steve Herelius
     
    J Griz 757, Feb 9, 2011
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  5. H .

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    Rico Ramos TKO
    Oleydong Sithsamerchai UD
    Eddie Chambers UD
    Omar Andres Narvaez UD
    Yoan Pablo Hernandez UD
    Steve Cunningham TKO
    Arthur Abraham TKO
     
    H ., Feb 9, 2011
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  6. psychopath

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    Kirk . . . please change my Valdez stoppage pick to
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    psychopath, Feb 10, 2011
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  7. Kayo-Kid

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    * Ramos - TKO

    * Cunningham - UD

    * Ioka - SD

    * Chambers - UD

    * Narvaez - SD

    * Hernandez - UD

    * Arthur Abraham - TKO

    These picks better pay off!!!!
     
    Kayo-Kid, Feb 10, 2011
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  8. kingalex

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    bet, looking for challenger)
     
    kingalex, Feb 10, 2011
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    02/11 - Oleydong Sithsamerchai vs. Kazuto Ioka - Sithsamerchai UD
    02/12 - Victor Zaleta vs. Omar Andres Narvaez - Navarez UD
    02/12 - Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Steve Herelius - Hernandez UD
     
    chatty, Feb 10, 2011
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  10. jordan1

    jordan1 Juan Lopez #1 Full Member

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    Hernandez Tko
     
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  11. Pimp C

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    Chambers UD
    Cunningham UD
    Ramos TKO
    Navares UD
    Abraham KO
    Hernandez UD
    Ioka TKO
     
    Pimp C, Feb 10, 2011
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  12. kirk

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    Just wanted to let you all know, I will be gone and wont be back until sunday night, so there will be no updates until then.
     
    kirk, Feb 10, 2011
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  13. BigBone

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    Give me Oleydong UD (could be interesting), Chambers TKO, Ramos UD (high upset barometer), Narvaez UD, Hernandez UD (highly competitve), Cunningham UD and Abraham TKO
     
    BigBone, Feb 10, 2011
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  14. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Oleydong Sithsamerchai vs. Kazuto Ioka- Oleydong Sithsamerchai by UD

    Gotta love this fight. Vet vs a relative new fighter, this is very intriguing. Both have good resumes and both have polar opposites in fights. Oleydong has basically for his whole career have some sort of title whether it be a minor or a major title. Right now he currently holds a major title at 105 for the 8th time I believe and as I said he has a very good resume, but has had many fights and is the polar opposite of Kazuto Ioka. Now, I like how they have moved Ioka along. 7 fights in a boom he's already fighting in a world title opportunity and no bull****. All 6 of his fights have been against very good quality opposition. May'be his handlers have moved him along a bit too quickly, but still I like how they have done it and I think everybody in boxing should act more like this. Instead of padding up record for the first 15 fights and then getting into top 20 territory. Anyway, this is a tough fight to call very very close. I am giving the nod to Oleydong by UD in a very close fight, but hell wouldn't be surprised if the boxing powers give the underdog the win yet again. It's been that type of month+ so far.

    Also, I'm taking Rico Ramos if you are going to count that fight, Kirk.
     
    DemolitionDan, Feb 10, 2011
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  15. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Victor Zaleta vs. Omar Andres Narvaez- Omar Andre Narvaez by UD
    Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Steve Herelius- Yoan Pablo Hernandez by UD

    These two fights for saturday night I'm pretty confident in. Narvaez is a damn good fighter making another title defense at 112 in Argentina. He should win yet again and keep his 0 in tack. While, Victor Zaleta hasn't done anything noteworthy so I think this fight will be pretty easy and Narvaez should win by wide UD.

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez-Steve Herelius is an interesting fight. Both are virtually the same. Fast, both technically, both have a pretty thin resume. I think though the difference in the fight will be Hernandez' size advantage and his relationship with the Sauerland and Germany is basically his home. He has fought there his whole career, while Herelius has fought their just the one time. So, I've got Yoan Pablo Hernandez by UD.
     
    DemolitionDan, Feb 10, 2011
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