Lightweight tournament set

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  1. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A lightweight tournament involving some of the most-recognizable names in the sport has been finalized by Golden Boy Promotions.

    Four bouts matching 135-pound contenders will kick off the tournament – called “Lightweight Lightning” – on April 4 in Texas (in either Austin or San Antonio) on HBO pay-per-view, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said.

    Edwin Valero (24-0, 24 knockouts) vs Antonio Pitalua (46-3, 40 KOs).
    Michael Katsidis (24-2, 20 KOs) vs Jesus Chavez (44-4, 30 KOs)
    Jorge Barrios(47-4-1, 34 KOs) vs Carlos Hernandez (43-7-1, 24 KOs)
    Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs) vs Julio Diaz (36-4, 26 KOs)
     
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    41fever Boxing Addict Full Member

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    looks good!!
     
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  3. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    that is one heck of a card


    I also liked how GBP said its to determine who the true lightweight champion is, its simple Campbell vs. JMM and theres your champion
     
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  4. asero

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    it can also be called valero's tournament...
     
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  5. PH|LLA

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    of that group I would rank them as follows:

    Valero
    Barrios
    Diaz
    Katsidis
    Casamayor
    Chavez
    who?
    who?
     
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    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    you're putting Katsidas over Casamayor?
     
    Boom_Boom, Feb 11, 2009
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  7. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    casa in a tournament? what's that...would casamayor fight 3x this year?

    he can easily beat diaz and barrios before valero would crash him
     
    asero, Feb 11, 2009
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  8. theunderdog

    theunderdog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    looks good. no one is going to comlain about that undercard.

    so those are the quarter finals then the 4 winners have a match with each other, then the two, the the survivor will challenge the winner of nate-jmm/diaz? that's something to look forward to in the year. if valero keeps winning, they'll run out of places in texas
     
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  9. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    A nice card that is ruined by it's ppv status.
     
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  10. Royal-T-Bag

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    Valero
    Casamayor
    Diaz
    Katsidis
    Barrios
    Chavez
    Pitula
    Hernandez
     
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  11. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    they should take out carlos hernandez who is shot to bits and replace him with David Diaz
     
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  12. nightmare nick

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    I think you can put Katsidas under "who"
     
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  13. asero

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    the semis between katsidis and valero would be the most exciting lightweight fight since diaz-freitas
     
    asero, Feb 11, 2009
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    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    You dont know who Famoso Hernandez is???
     
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  15. asero

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    put de marco and soto rather than the who's and it deserves a headline
     
    asero, Feb 11, 2009
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