Calendar of Major Boxing Events for the rest of 2013

It's crazy how Nashiro is a decade long veteran and seemed "past it" as far back as the losses to Suriyan Por Chokchai and Tomas Rojas in '11...if not the Cazares rematch to end his second run as WBA lord of the super flies in 2010 - yet he still only has a novice's ledger. 19-5-1? Looking at that you wouldn't think he was entering his eleventh legit world title match. :blood

He may be an older 31 than Denkaosan Kaovichit's 36, having been in far more wars against generally superior opposition.

I am dreading the legacy trampling return of Gerry Penalosa. :-(

 

Cheers. :thumbsup

 

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It turns out upon inspection that Rodriguez vs. Grachev is the official main event in Monte Carlo. :think That's a pretty heavy-duty "undercard" Lou DiBella invested in for it.

Also, before anyone mentions it, yes the main event in Macau on July 27th is Zou Shiming in his 6-round sophomore pro outing. He also "headlined" in his 4-round pro debut. **** that. I refuse to give any credence to such nonsense. The only hesitation I had naming Estrada vs. Melindo the main attraction was due to Evgeny Gradovich vs. Mauricio Munoz being a fine little scrap in its own right. Hell, the Zou Shiming freak-show doesn't even rank third in significance. It's firmly behind the Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Joe Hanks "men from boys" heavyweight match-up. :bart

 

If that doesn't get aired, so they can spend an extra 25 minutes talking up Shiming, I am going to mail the HBO Sports offices a bunch of anthrax.

 

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Dib himself is the "B-side" of this Friday's ESPN2 FNF, looking to use Mike Oliver to rebound. If he doesn't thrash Oliver he needs to head down under with his tail between his legs and just retire.

Oliver was once (briefly) a touted prospect when still an unbeaten flashy speedster, but got exposed for being a chinny idiot (worse than a Hank Lundy in that regard; although Lundy has more compensating talent anyway) by journeyman Rey Lopez - for which I was delighted to sit ringside - and later by Tony Escalante and JuanMa Lopez. I actually saw him another time here in Boston, struggling with and getting a gift over .500 fighter Castulo Gonzalez. :-(

Total garbage. If he isn't knocked out and quickly Dib has lots of explaining to do, and it would be a huge setback in his path to a rematch with Gradovich as the Mexican Russian moves on to bigger and better things.

 

I don't know whether it ever officially did, but it went from "maybe" in late May to "probably" a couple of weeks ago...

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2013/06/cotto-vs-bundrage-miguel-taking-big-risk-on-september-28th/

 

OK that might be a stretch. Tatú is a 2-time Latino champ, however. :deal