In all honesty, i have to say i love coming into this thread because to me personally, outside of a handful of quality posters in the general that arent in this comp, i find the real fans here. For the most part you wont get all the trash and garbage i have to filter through the rest of the forum in here (outside of our playful banter which is all in fun) but everyone here are true fans and i have to thank you all for giving me a place to go on ESB when i cant stand being anywhere else on here :good anyways, i couldnt view the Calderon fight.... Ill admit i never really followed him, I dont have television so i really only see fights that are on HBO or Showtime that i watch at my friends (i make sure to try and never miss network fights) but all other fights like Calderons, and other less spotlighted fighters or foreign fighters, im reduced to reading round by rounds, and i dont know why but i kinda got a fondness for Calderon, i would always see pictures of him fighting guys much larger then him, and reading about how he pretty much shuts them down (though i heard he can be boring) And he seems a tad overlooked in my eyes... and i knew this was a big big fight for him and he gets stopped, just kinda sad in a way. But boxing can be merciless. Sounds like Maidana had a rougher then expected (by most at least) time with Chop, i hope i can view this fight, if i find highlights of it anywhere ill post it here :good
Without a doubt. Things have changed for the worse since the time I signed up over a year ago. TBH, If it wasn't for this thread I would have probably stopped posting on this site about 3 months or so. The crap-o-meter has gotten way out of hand.
All i can say is im glad you havnt left, you are a quality poster and ESB is better with you here good Not only that but you are well on your way to becoming our leagues 2010 champion :bbb *I know BigBone, i know lol... im sure you still got a lot left to prove down the stretch, cant discount Freddy's late surge eather :yep
Oh yea, I can't wait to put on my sig "Kirk's ESB 2010 Champion" :smoke Nah I'm just kidding I don't want to jinx myself, because BigBone, H, David, all those guys are still nippin at my heels. :yep
True that. The way I see it I'm already back to the #1 Challenger spot if I am not mistaking, but Demo has a very healthy lead so it won't be easy.
Yes i hear you and agree 100%. Im actually getting sick and tired of defending my Favorite fighters like Kostya Tszyu and Chris John to guys that constantly have bagged them out im sick of it. And dodnt get me started on the Floyd fans they are the worst i have ever seen. Im a Pac fan and like most good Pac fans not all we actually know a few fighters not just Floyd Mayweather.
Gets NO LOVE in any P4P lists IMO and he hasnt lost as long as Mayweeather. But most dont even have him top 10 P4P. Its a real shame. I have at leastnumber 7 or 8 in my list.
Damn ! I had confidence in my Corley-Maidana upset pick, at least Chop gave Maidana all he could handle :bbb:deal
Good stuff. I love this thread. This was the first year I took part in it and it's been fun and given me a reason to pay attention to some fights I probably wouldn't have otherwise.
I think my record may take a bit of a dive late in the season. I'm going for haymakers when it comes October... picking upsets to try to make some big moves. I'm getting outpointed heavily at the moment.
Hey Kirk... I don't know if you had a list for September, but here's one with my picks. Take what you want. Cheers! 01/09 Mzonke Fana vs Cassius Baloyi // Baloyi UD 01/09 Moruti Mthalane vs Zolani Tete // Tete TKO10 01/09 Jeffrey Mathebula vs Takalani Ndlovu // Mathebula UD 03/09 Oleydong Sithsamerchai vs Pornsawan Porpramook // Sithsamerchal UD 04/09 Luis Alberto Lazarte vs Nerys Espinoza // Lazarte UD 04/09 Felix Sturm vs Giovanni Lorenzo // Sturm UD 04/09 Omar Nino Romero vs Ronald Barrera // Romero KO7 04/09 Jorge Solis vs Francisco Cordero // Solis TKO6 04/09 Julio Cesar Miranda vs Ronald Ramos // Miranda TKO9 04/09 Jan Zaveck vs Rafal Jackiewicz // Zaveck UD 04/09 Roman Martinez vs Ricky Burns // Martinez TKO11 11/09 Wladimir Klitschko vs Samuel Peter // Klitschko UD 11/09 Daniel Estrada vs Reyes Sanchez // Estrada KO9 11/09 Steve Molitor vs Jason Booth // Molitor UD 11/09 Anthony Peterson vs Brandon Rios // Peterson UD 11/09 Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Orlando Salido // Gamboa TKO10 15/09 Anthony Mundine vs Ryan Waters // Mundine UD 15/09 Juan Carlos Salgado vs Daniel Jimenez // Salgado KO4 15/09 Jackson Asiku vs Jhonny Gonzalez // Asiku KO7 17/09 Freddy Hernandez vs Mike Anchondo // Hernandez KO5 18/09 Lovemore Ndou vs Bongani Mwelase // Mwelase SD 18/09 Enzo Maccarinelli vs Alexander Frenkel // Frenkel TKO10 18/09 Ryan Rhodes vs Lukas Konecny // Rhodes US 18/09 Dereck Chisora vs Sam Sexton // Chisora KO6 18/09 Kell Brook vs Michael Jennings // Brook UD 18/09 Darren Barker vs Matthew Macklin // Macklin UD 18/09 Nathan Cleverly vs Karo Murat // Cleverly UD 18/09 Saul Alvarez vs Carlos Manuel Baldomir // Alvarez UD 18/09 Shane Mosley vs Sergio Mora // Mosley UD 18/09 Daniel Ponce de Leon vs Antonio Escalante // Escalante UD 18/09 Victor Ortiz vs Vivian Harris // Ortiz TKO5 20/09 Takashi Uchiyama vs Roy Mukhlis // Uchiyama KO3 25/09 Daiki Kameda vs Takefumi Sakata // Kameda UD 25/09 Miguel Acosta vs Ricardo Dominguez // Acosta KO7 25/09 Juan Carlos Reveco vs Gilberto Keb Baas // Reveco UD 25/09 Humberto Soto vs Fidel Monterrosa Munoz // Soto TKO3 25/09 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs Jason Robinson // Wlodarczyk KO5 25/09 Andre Ward vs Andre Direll // Ward UD 25/09 Joey Gilbert vs Kassim Ouma // Ouma UD
Thanks Bolieu, ill combine your list and the list boppa sent me and then reduce it a bit and that will be our official list. tomorrow night the updates will be up, along with the official list..... :good