**** Kirk's Championships 2010 ****

11/13 - Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito - Pacquiao TKO
11/13 - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Ricardo Cordoba - Rigondeaux UD
11/13 - Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto - Jones UD
11/13 - David Haye vs. Audley Harrison - Haye TKO

 

Manny Pacquiao TKO
Guillermo Rigondeaux TKO
Mike Jones TKO
David Haye KO
BJ Flores UD

 

Pac ud

 

Kiiiiirk where are you, we need a featured fight update:deal

 

Pac tko. Rigondeaux ud. Jones tko. Haye tko.

 

11/13 - Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito - manny ud
11/13 - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Ricardo Cordoba - guillermo ud
11/13 - Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto - jones tko
11/13 - David Haye vs. Audley Harrison - haye tko




rios tko, if that fights gonna count

 

Pac UD
Rigondeaux UD
Jones TKO
Haye TKO

 

Pac UD
Rigo UD
Jones TKO
Haye TKO

 

Hey Kirk! So is $60 OK for Green-BJ?

Also, here are my picks:
Green TKO, Haye TKO (though I hope Audley destroys a part of himself lol), Rigondeaux TKO (damn hope so), Jones by TKO and Margarito... to lose by UD

 

Pacquiao TKO
Rigondeaux TKO
Jones TKO
Haye KO
BJ Flores UD

 

Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito- Manny Pacquiao by UD
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Ricardo Cordoba- Guillermo Rigondeaux by KO
Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto- Mike Jones by KO
David Haye vs. Audley Harrison- David Haye by KO

Alright then here we go a nice little weekend this week. Got a couple of decent fights here and there.

Anyway, let's start off with Mike Jones and Jesus Soto Karass. This is a nice little showcase fight for probably the most popular prospect in the U.S., Mike Jones. He draws big crowds and sell out crowds in Atlantic City and he has had a big long article about him in USA Today. So, back to the fight at hand. It should be a good one, Soto Karass is a come forward slug it out type fighter and Mike Jones will have to use a little boxing ability and a little big of slugging to get Karass to respect his power. I think he will be able to do all of that, and will eventually stop him late in the fight in a pretty entertaining fight.

Then we got Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Ricardo Cordoba this is interesting because this is a big step up for Rigo, and Rigo has been fighting decent competition since he turned pro so that is saying something, but Rigo is very talented and a two time gold medal winner and he is 30 years old so time isn't on his side which is why such a big jump for such little pro experience. Then we got Ricardo Cordoba why is he a dangerous oppoenent? Well, back in 2004 he got his first big name quality win over Celestino Caballero then in 2005 he lost by SD to Poonsawat Kratingdaengymm who is a very good fighter and a little tank. Then after a couple of controversial draws in Germany against Volodymyr Sydorenko in 2009 he got another shot at a world title and lost to Bernard Dunne by 11th round TKO in a FOTY canidate. So, now he is back and looking to get back on track vs Rigo. Will he be successful? I don't think so I see him getting knocked out by Rigo may'be in the middle rounds. Cordoba throws a lot of punches which I believe will be his downfall, which is why I think he will be stopped. Rigo is a smart, accurate fighter who places his punches perfectly. So, I got Rigo by stoppage.

Then we got the big fight in the U.K. David Haye-Audley Harrison. David Haye I think will score a pretty quick KO in this fight. Haye has big power, great speed, and is just too much for Audley Harrson. If anybody still doubted Haye's power at heavyweight before the Ruiz fight, then nobody doubts it now. Haye destroyed Ruiz and shot or not, that's still mpressive. Then we got Audley Harrison who really doesn't deserve a shot at the WBA world title that Haye is holding. Harrison won prizefighter and had to KO Michael Sprott, his last fight, by a last minute KO to pull that one off. Even before that he lost to Martin Rogan, got a couple of wins, got KO'd by Sprott, got a couple of wins (one of which was a rematch of a loss he suffered), and got beat a couple of times. So, he doesn't deserve a world title fight, but whatever he's got it. All in all, I don't see this one being all that competitive. Harrision needs to use his size and he needs to bring a an Evander Holyfield, Arturo Gatti type heart if he wants to win this fight. I see Haye by a blowout early to mid rounds around 4-6 I would say.

Then we got the main event in the U.S. Pacquiao-Margarito, everybody knows the backstory between these two guys so, let's cut right to the chase. Margarito is a big, slow, walk forward type fighter, so in that regard he is like Joshua Clottey, but he is a defensive mastermind at blocking punches with his chin and he throws a lot of punches so in that regard he is a lot like David Diaz. Then we got Manny Pacquiao who is super quick, good power, never tires and with all this in mind I think Pacquiao wins. The x-factor is Margarito's power, if Margarito's power is like say the power he has against Cotto or Cintron, then I may think twice about taking Pacquiao. So, this is really bugging me about this fight. We really don't know how hard Margarito hits. Basically, It all comes down to just a guess at how hard Margarito hits. He never was a one punch KO artist he was more of a wear you down type of power, not to say he didn't show one punch type power he was just mostly a wear you down type fighter. Anyway, with all that said I think Pacquiao uses his speed moves in and out and eventually beats Margarito by a hard fought UD, and I say hard fought because Pacquiao doesn't clinch and he will be moving all around the ring for 3 minutes every single round as Margarito smiles at him like a bloodthirsty animal. Should be a pretty entertaining fight and it definitely won't be that stinker that Clottey put up back in March.

 

hey kirk, i would like to change my pick for pac-margarito to

pacquiao TKO

thanks!

 

I like your write-up's :good