Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Kreiskott should just fight Musafarov himself.

 

Another poor match-up to the Klitschko-Fury card. Peter has been talking about Vitali, Briggs, Tony Thompson, etc. Firtha is a disappointment.

 

Firtha today is better and more challenging match-up than any of the old farts you listed in your post. Except for Thompson, maybe.

 

Vitali still #1 in the division son :deal

Briggs stops Firtha.

 

Werner Kreiskott is only a journeyman sure, but I really like how he's turned his career around from a bad losing record to a winning one. He's certainly improved over the last couple of years.

 

Dan Rafael:
Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Ortiz, said it agreed to a deal with Stiverne promoter Don King and sent out a contract. Camille Estephan, Stiverne's manager, also said the deal was agreed to.

"Don King went back on his word," Estephan told ESPN.com. "He changed his mind and pulled out of the agreement. He claims that he has [another] fight in October for Stiverne."

Stiverne said he was fine with any bout, just as long as he was back in the ring soon for his first fight since losing his world title by one-sided decision to Deontay Wilder in January.

So when I saw King at the Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto weigh-in last Friday at the MGM Grand, I asked him what happened to Ortiz-Stiverne?

King said, yes, he did agree to the fight. But he said when he received the contract from Golden Boy it specified it would be on HBO PPV. King said he agreed to the deal with the understanding it would be on HBO.

King said that he was willing to make the dangerous bout as long as there was wide HBO exposure for Stiverne. But once it was going to be on the undercard of a pay-per-view fight -- one that nobody expects to do huge numbers -- it didn't make sense. That, he said, is why the fight is not happening.

He said he has Stiverne lined up for another fight in October -- one that probably will be on Showtime's Oct. 24 card featuring featherweight titlist Gary Russell Jr.

Eric Gomez of Golden Boy disputed King's assertion.

"I know Dana Jamison [the top executive at King's company besides King] knew for a fact that the fight was HBO PPV because I spoke to her personally," Gomez said. "Of course, King knew."

Ortiz will remain on the card. Gomez said he is in the process of finalizing the opponent.

 

guy with no skill, no power. perfect fury opponent.

 

firtha hasn't fought in two years, and stunk even at his zenith.

 

King is in bed with Haymon. They weren't going to let Stiverne fight a good opponent on HBO. Back to can crushing some stiff on Showtime

 

Do you have a similar knowledge on cruiserweights as well Houmzz?