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

I take what I can get :good
The way I see it I'm already privileged having a job where I can follow it like that.

 

:yep Yea, no doubt that's true too.

 

Change my prediction to Paulie UD

 

Japanese results coming in so far:

Nishioka WKO9th
Aoh WKO4th

 

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: I hate myself right now.

WAR JAPAN!

And I will get your avatar ready Tackle before Monday.

 

And Gonzalez TKO4 Hasegawa! :happy

I'm 3-0, 2KO for the Japanese card :thumbsup

 

Me too. Unfortunately. Oh well, great fights (only caught Nishioka's KO, but the other two were exciting) and the weekend has just started. :bbb

 

I have mixed feelings about these 3 japanese results..

I love the fact that Aoh looked absolutely amazing. I though the fight would be 50/50 and was very close to picking Gutierrez.. but he absolutely blew him out of the ring and ended it all with a great body shot. He's a serious player. He and Uchiyama are serious players at Super Featherweight. I'd love to see him up against Litzau next.

Even though being a big favorite, Nishioka looked good once again. He ended the night by smashing Munoz's face with a nasty left straight, the same way he ended the night for Gonzalez 2 years ago.

Hasegawa.. man that 4th round. The fight was close all the way, but It seemed that Hasegawa was a bit sharper and was up in points. But once again the puncher caught him good in the 4th and ended the night for him. One have to wonder if it's time for him to leave the ring for good before he takes unnessesary punishment. I'm pretty sure he still has the skills to pick up a belt, but the featherweight division is stacked with punchers like Gonzalez.. He's had a great career so far in any case.

Gonzalez.. man.. he's a tough. He was the better man tonight. He went to the opponents country and did what he had to. I'd absolutely love to see him defend against Satoshi Hosono. That fight would be an absolute war.. and I'd be a chance of redemption for Japan.

I hope to see more triple headers. Japan's got alot of talent to showcase.

 

I missed my picks for the Japs fight but here are mine for the rest of the weekend if im not late
Lemiuex TKO
Garcia UD
Kirkland TKO
Adamek TKO
Maidana UD
Guerrero UD
Malignaggi UD

 

04/08 - David Lemieux vs. Marco Antonio Rubio - WBC title Eliminator - Lemieux KO
04/09 - Danny Garcia vs. Nate Campbell - Garcia UD
04/09 - James Kirkland vs. Nobuhiro Ishida - Kirkland TKO
04/09 - Tomasz Adamek vs. Kevin McBride - Adamek TKO
04/09 - Erik Morales vs. Marcos Rene Maidana - Interim WBA Light Welterweight title - Maidana TKO
04/09 - Robert Guerrero vs. Michael Katsidis - Katsidis TKO
04/09 - Paulie Malignaggi vs. Jose Miguel Cotto - Malignaggi UD


i really need to get back to being serious about these predictions. i've missed 2 easy weekends already this year and dropped like 20 spots. big wake up call! atsch

 

Danny Garcia Tko, James Kirkland Tko , Tomasz Adamek Tko , Marcos Rene Maidana KO, Michael Katsidis Tko, Paulie Malignaggi UD.


I figured I'd vote with my heart on the Guerrero/Katsidis fight.

 

Lemieux TKO Rubio
Kirkland KO Ishida
Adamek UD McBride
Maidana KO Morales
Guerrero UD Katsidis
Malignaggi UD Cotto

 

Hey what made you pick Katsidis if you Don't mind me asking?

I picked kats for a couple reasons and wanted to compare.

Obviously 1 is simply what my heart is pulling for.

But another, is the fact of what I saw in Robert's fight with Casamayor, is he can be caught clean at times when he is dominating, almost like Guerrero loses focus when he starts to coast. And with that, Katsidis will be bringing ALOT of pressure, knowing that Robert will be the superior boxer, but if Kats does his usual and starts getting to Robert early I feel he can get him out of there. Even if Robert builds an early lead.

Is your thinking the same at all on this one?

 

Hasegawa lost :twisted: I hesitated a lot before picking Hasegawa to win..I knew that Gonzales had the puncher's chance but still did'nt expected a fourth round KO! :admin

 

Same here :-(