Another Solid Weekend of Good Fights 3/18 - 3/19.

[FONT=’’’arial’’’]March 18th (Friday), 2011[/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’]At The Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Hollywood, FL [FONT=’’’arial’’’]

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[FONT=’’’arial’’’]Demetrius Hopkins (30-1-1) vs. Brad Solomon (16-0)[/FONT]
Chris Avalos (18-1) vs. Yan Barthelemy (11-2)
[FONT=’’’arial’’’]Cedric Boswell (33-1) vs. Bert Cooper (38-22)[/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’]The Main Event may not be for the "casual fan". Solomon and Hopkins are not bangers or brawlers....They are two BOXERS who are pretty calculating in their approach with solid movement, good jabs and all-around skill. But for the Boxing Purest Fans...this will be fun to watch. Solomon always looks pretty solid when facing fighters with limited skill as he did in dismantling previously undefeated Boricua Bomber Kenny Galarza...But Hopkins is not limited. Avalos vs Barthelemy should be a good scrap. And NO...your eyes are not deceiving you, That is indeed "SMOKIN" BERT COOPER...Back in action.[/FONT]
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At The Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, CA

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Luis Ramos (17-0) vs. Jose Hernandez (10-4-1)
James Kirkland (26-0) vs. Jhon Berrio[FONT=’’’arial’’’] (15-8-0) [/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’]Antonio Orozco (8-0) vs. Manuel Aguilar (6-1)[/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’]Lets not kid ourselves...This Main Event is Decent and also nice prospect Antonio Orozco is a solid addition, but everyone will tune-in to see the Return (2nd fight since being released from prison) of James Kirkland. I hope he gets to go some rounds in this fight instead of another 1st round KO. The Plan is to keep Kirkland Busy....he has another fight April 9th (no opponent named as of yet).[/FONT]
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[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]March 19th (Saturday), 2011[/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’]At The Lanxess Arena, Koln,Germany

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[FONT=’’’arial’’’]Vitali Klitschko (41-2) vs. Odlanier Solis (17-0) [/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’]I think people will tune in just to see two things...How much does Solis weigh? and What Round will Vitali KO him? [/FONT]
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[FONT=’’’arial’’’]At The Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada[FONT=’’’arial’’’]

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[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Lucian Bute (27-0) vs. Brian Magee (34-3-1)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Vanes Martirosyan (28-0) vs. Bladimir Hernandez (18-4)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Renan St. Juste (22-2-1) vs. Alejandro Berrio (32-5)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Pier Cote (14-0) vs. Michael Lozada (37-7-1)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Benoit Gaudet (23-2) vs. Adrian Verdugo (17-3-1)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Sebastien Gauthier (19-2) vs. Jovanny Soto (31-9-1)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Viorel Simion (12-0) vs. Pedro Navarrete (26-10-3) [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]It's a damn shame that Showtime will only show the Main Event...Because the Martirosyan vs Hernandez should be pretty exciting and Pier Olivier Cote is on his way to becoming a SPECIAL FIGHTER!!! Viorel Simion is a Romanian Fighter who several posters have been raving about...Personally, I have yet to see him.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=’’’arial’’’]At The City West Hotel, Dublin, Ireland[/FONT]
[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Guillermo Rigondeaux (7-0) vs. Willie Casey (11-0)[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=’’’arial’’’][FONT=’’’arial’’’]Fans here in the US are dying to see this fight. But as of Tuesday, I haven't heard a DAMN THING about where to see it or who will air it.[/FONT][/FONT]





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Great weekend of fights indeed. I love the April 2 and 9 weekends we've got coming up.

My level of interest in order:
1- Klitschko vs. Solis
2- Bute vs. Magee
3- Rigondeaux vs. Casey
4- Kirkland vs. Berrio
5- Martirosyan vs. Hernandez

Pretty safe and boring, I know...

 

The fights that are scheduled for the entire Month of April...FANTASTIC!!!!

 

Verdugo twice in one night??!!!

 

My Bad...It's fixed. It's 4AM, I guess the coffee is wearing-off!!!

 

I didn't know Martiroysan was fighting.... will he ever ste up his level of competition?

 

It's a shame Showtime won't show it.

 

A couple good fights this weekend. My favorites are the Klitschko-Solis and Solomon-Hopkins. I wanted to see Showtime air another live fight witht he Bute fight but atleast its going to replay Cotto-Mayorga.

 

RTE an irish broadcaster will air the fight. If you want to watch it over in america rte will be doing a live, free and legal broadcast of the fight on their website. Just go to [url]www.rte.ie[/url] at the time of the fight and you should find the stream. I think it starts at 10pm Irish time:thumbsup

 

Im definitely going to watch klitscho, bute and rigondeaux.

 

Any idea where/if the klitschko fight will be aired in the US?

 

Awesome...Thanks. Oh, a quick update everyone. Oliver McCall is a late replacement for "Smokin" Bert Cooper on the ESPN2 FNF Card.

 

My God I hope Rigondeaux delivers a better performance this time.

 

Added to the

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is Hot Young Southpaw Prospect from my gym in Albuquerque..."The Atrisco Kid" (Atrisco being a Rough Neighborhood in Albuquerque) Fidel Maldonado Jr (8-0) vs Juan Montiel (5-3) from Mexico City.