**** Kirks Championships 2013 ****

Gethin UD, Marquez UD

 

Oh yeah? Disrespecting my picks?

 

Gethin - Round1

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Marquez - Round2

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R7-draw

 

Beast has got the gist here. :thumbsup


"Tommy Gun" Oosthuizen (whose last name means something close to "East Side" in Dutch...literally, "Eastern Houses" :yep - so of course we must support him) has a heck of a right jab, maybe among the best p4p jabbing southpaws going now. He's got a very Gumby build as BSB said, and is a work rate guy with moderate pop but a preference for throwing lighter punches in bunches and mixing in drum solos on the body, so he kind of brings to mind a very pale version of Paul Williams. For someone who steps for ward and is willing to engage he keeps fairly responsible on defense and doesn't give up his usual height advantage even on the inside. All-around very solid talent heading towards being a top 5 SMW or maybe eventually LHW.

Brandon "Flawless" Gonzáles is a Mexican-African-American who at one point was the #1 middleweight in the US in the amateurs. He first started getting on television a few years back, and looked impressive but has failed to consistently land big dates maybe due to bad management. He actually has a better pair of victories than Boone & Mouton, the pair of top-shelf journeymen BSB mentioned. He beat Cuban defector Lester Gonzalez very handily when Gonzalez was still considered promising himself and beating lots of fellow prospects on the way up, although since then he went on to become a gatekeeper. His next time out he and teak-tough Ghanaian trial horse Ossie Duran had a war on ShoBox in which the veteran pushed him to his limits, with Gonzáles' defense falling apart by the end and leaving him resorting to frequent clinching. Admittedly, I thought Duran earned it close but clear and Gonzales received a bit of a gift. Bear in mind, Duran was coming off a couple of upsets and would only six weeks later have a FOTY candidate with very highly respected Avtandil Khurtsidze in another close, MD loss. So having fought on even terms with Duran on form as he's been is no black mark (although he technically ought to have lost his zero). He is trained by Virgil Hunter.


Oosthuizen is by far the best opponent Gonzáles will have faced - and only the second ever southpaw, after Lester Gonzalez (who is 7" shorter than Oosthuizen :! - so in terms of both styles and dimensions the South African poses a daunting challenge. If Gonzáles didn't learn from the Duran experience and focus on his problem areas to come up with a sound game plan under Hunter to play to his strengths, it'll almost certainly be his 0 that goes.

On the other hand, while Gonzáles isn't yet as proven or big a name as some past Oosthuizen opponents (former Showtime darling Marcus Johnson, banger Francisco Sierra, repeat contender Fulgencio Zuniga, top of the Aussie domestic heap Serge Yannick, and both of the kids who unexpectedly scored upsets over Librado Andrade: Aaron Pryor Jr. & Rowland Bryant) he might actually have more boxing skill and punching accuracy than any except Isaac Chilemba...against whom Oosthuizen drew. :think

 

Both from last year:


Brandon Gonzáles vs. Elie Augustama
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Tommy Oosthuizen vs. Rowland Bryant
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Tyson Marquez KO Carlos Tamara. Tamara looked pretty shot against Mathematico Nunez, last time I saw him.

 

I have the same pick, for basically the same reasons. (plus I'm still really high on Tyson ever since his rivalry with El Nica - and thus still convinced he thrashes any non-elite, which Tamara certainly qualifies as now if he ever was an elite and not just another flukey case of a lucky guy who dialed in a solid champ's # to grab a W above their proper level)

 

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

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(DEFENDING 2012 Champion)

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

 

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2010 CHAMPION JCS JR UD Marquez UD

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez UD

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez UD

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO5

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez UD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez UD

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Marquez TKO

 

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Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr UD Marquez KO Molina UD Huck SD Ndiaye UD Di Rocco UD Kamegai KO Charlo UD Lara UD Maidana KO Alvarez KO Gamboa UD Dawson UD Wake UD Tubieron KO Usmanee SD Ortiz KO Kovalev KO Gavin UD Wilder KO Buthelezi SD Budler SD Crawford UD Garia KO Chakhkiev UD Traux UD Barthelemy UD Bika UD Banks KO Broner KO Cuello SD Proksa SD Crolla SD Oosthuizen UD Golovkin KO

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Marquez KO

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Marquez TKO

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Sanchez jr ud Marquez tko

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Sanchez Jr UD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez Jr WUD Marquez TKO

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Sanchez UD Marquez UD

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Marquez UD

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Marquez ko2 Molina ko4 afolabo ko 11 rwbrasse sd di Rocco ko6 Perez ud charlo ud Lara ud Lopez ko8 green ko1 gamboa sd Dawson ud sosa ud kikuchi ud shiino ud usmanee sd Ortiz ud kovalev ko3 Gavin sd Buthelezi ud joyi ud sanabria ud Garcia ko2 wlod ko8 George ud barthelemy ud Bika ko4 banks ko1 broner ud cuello ud Mora ud Rees ko9 oost ud Macklin ko8

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