January 9th Yuriorkis Gamoba vs Roger Gonzalez - Not much of a test for Gonzalez his only real notable opponet was Jhonny Gonzalez and he was destroyed but it should be a good showcase fight for the rising star that is Gamboa anytime hes on its worth watching. Odlandier Solis vs Owen Beck - Its a fairly intriguing matchup Solis is one of the Heavyweight divisons brightest prospects and hes in there in probablly his biggest step up agianst Beck a guy whos been in with a handful of quality guys like Taurus Sykes,Dingaling Wilson,Valuev,Ray Austin and Monte Barrett. Anything less then a impressive and decisive win for Solis wouldnt do much for his stock. January 16th Carlos Quintana vs Eromosele Albert - Alberts been in with alot of decent guys like James Kirkland,Ossie Duran,Daniel Edouard,David Banks and Yory Boy Campas and only lost to Kirland out of that group so hes a stepup from Quintanas last bout. This should be a nice win for Quintana to build up some wins at 154 and put himself in contention to win another World Championship. James McGirt Jr vs Angle Hernandez - This is a decent little undercard fight for a couple of well known gatekeepers the winner probablly goes on to get a decent fight for himself. January 30th Herman Ngoudjo vs Juan Urango - This is a good competitive bout for the IBF 140 ib strap between two top 10 quality fighters at that weight. Urango is trying to regain that belt while Ngoudjo is looking for that elussive win and Championship. February 6th Yusaf Mack vs Chris Henry - Macks never fared well when hes fought the top quality oppostion but since he moved to 175 hes picked up a couple of solid wins and looks to give a test to Top 10 Light Heavyweight Chris Henry according to many "experts" February 27th Glen Johnson vs the dangerous TBA - Hopefully its someone solid to give Johnson some kind of real fight before another title shot. March 6th Delvin Rodriguez vs Isaac Hlatshwayo II - A rematch of there controversally first fight in South Africa last month that resulted in a draw after Hlatshwao was orginally announced as the winner.
Nice lineup... but FNF often kicks off the year with good fights and then as the season goes on the fights just get crappier and crappier. We'll see if ESPN2 can keep up the quality of the fights for once.
wow, great line ups. lots of blow outs but ESPN2 can't afford 2 names on each card so can't blame him.
I noticed Glen Johnson was number 1 rated by the WBC I think they should have him face someone for a mandatory challenger to Dicaou I seen Silvo Branco is the next top rated guy but theres no way hes leaving Italy and so many of those others are busy or the fight just wont happen with Glen Johnson like Hopkins,Henry ETC. Shaun George is the highest rated guy avalible id make that fight for the mandatory. Thats much better then having Glen fight some no hoper on FNFs.
Really ? I never pay much attention to these fellas from out of the country I never see them on TV and I never hear about them so out of sight out of mind you feel.
