**** Kirks ESB Championship 2012 ****

Back.... hope everyones weekend went well. I see Alexander beat Maidana, seems like he looked pretty decent at 147?

Im tired as hell and wont be doing much right now other then some minor stuff.... Ill do most of the updates on tuesday.

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And a big thank you to the league managers doing their thing while I was gone, much, much appreciated :good :deal

 

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2/24 - Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz - 12x3 (ESPN 2 FNF) -

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2/25 - Alexander Povetkin vs. Marco Huck - 12x3 WBA Heavyweight Title (EPIX/Boxnation/ARD) -

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2/25 - Ermano Fegatilli vs. Antonio De Vitis - 12x3 EBU Super Featherweight Title (Sportitalia) -

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2/25 - Nathan Cleverly vs. Tommy Carpency - 12x3 WBO Light Heavyweight Title (EPIX/Boxnation) -

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2/25 - Denis Shafikov Vs. Lee McAllister - 12x3 EBU Light Welterweight Title (Sky Sports) -

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2/25 - Juan Jose Montes vs. Oscar Ibarra - 12x3 WBF & IBF International Super Flyweight Titles -

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2/25 - Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez - 12x3 WBO Super Featherweight Title (HBO) -

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2/28 - Nihito Arakawa vs. Ryuji Migaki - 12x3 OPBF Lightweight Title

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First of all, Juan Carlos Burgos dissapointed this weekend. There was no question who won the fight, but it was too close for comfort and he got into real trouble at the end.
Let's hope it was just a bad day, or a bad matchup for him.

If anyone thought Povetkin could be any kind of threat for the Klitschkos then last night will probably changed their minds.
Crude cruiserweight Marco"Capt'n Caveman" Huck pushed him to the edge (or like many saw it over it), and he was lucky to leave Germany with his paper belt in his posession.
Maybe Alexander just had a terrible off-day, but I fear the worst.

Nathan Cleverly put on a clinic last night defending his WBO LHW belt, but unfortunately for him he did that against a guy who shouldn't have been there in the first place and he couldn't even stop Karpency wich should tell you enough.
Cleverly should finally step up, but probably won't cut it against world level.

Adrian "The Problemchild" Broner continued his Floyd wannabee act (complete with style and attitude) with an impressive win over overmatched Eloy Perez. He even stopped him in round 4, although not with a suckerpunch like his hero.
"Pops" had to brush his hair again and we now know "Problemchild" probably gets his wish, cause a lot of the *****s will instantly convert to Bromos when Floyd loses, retires, goes to jail or whatever. While others start to hate his guts.

Devon "Finally looked great" Alexander had probably the best night of his boxing career last night, or at least his best night in a while.
He didn't needed the hometown (Missouri) judges to save him this time around, cause he soundly beat Marcos Maidana and even knocked him down at one point in the fight (wich didn't count, because he gave him a push down before he went).
So after 3 consecutive losses (from wich he got only one), he finally showed what the hype was about a couple of years ago.

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2/24 - Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz - 12x3 WBC Silver Super Featherweight belt (ESPN 2 FNF)

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2/25 - Denis Shafikov Vs. Lee McAllister - 12x3 EBU Light Welterweight Title (Sky Sports)

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2/25 - Nathan Cleverly vs. Tommy Karpency - 12x3 WBO Light Heavyweight Title (EPIX/Boxnation)

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Antonio Di Vitis - Ermano Fegatill - EBU Super Featherweight Title

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Thanks to Malden! :good

2/25 - Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez - 12x3 WBO Super Featherweight Title (HBO)

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2/25 - Juan Jose Montes vs. Oscar Ibarra - 12x3 WBF Super Flyweight Title

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3/2 – Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs. Sonny Boy Jaro – 12x3 WBC Flyweight Title
3/2 – Ed Paredes vs. Cosme Rivera – 10x3 (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/2 – Joan Guzman vs. Jesus Pabon – 10x3 (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/3 – Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Serge Yannick – 12x3 IBO Super Middleweight Title
3/3 – Kaizer Mabuza vs. Steven Wills – 12x3 IBO Light Welterweight Title
3/3 – Wladimir Klitschko vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck – 12x3 WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO Heavyweight Titles
3/3 - Ola Afolabi vs. Valery Brudov - 12x3 Interim WBO Cruserweight Title
3/3 – Fernando Montiel vs. Angky Angkota – 12x3 WBC International Silver Super Bantamweight Title (Televisa)
3/3 - Sammy Gutierrez vs. Omar Nino Romero - 12x3 (Televisa)
3/3 - Moises Fuentes vs. Michael Landero - 12x3 WBO Minimumweight Title
3/3 – Vicente Escobedo vs. Lonnie Smith – 10x3 (TeleFutura)
3/7 – Daniel Geale vs. Osumanu Adama – 12x3 IBF Middleweight Title (Main Event)
3/7 – Billy Dib vs. Eduardo Escobedo – 12x3 IBF Featherweight Title (Main Event)
3/7 – Kali Meehan vs. Travis Walker – 12x3 IBF Pan Pacific Heavyweight Title (Main Event)
3/9 – Kiko Martinez vs. Arsen Martirosyan – 12x3 EBU Super Bantamweight Title (Ma Chaine Sport)
3/10 - Ricky Burns vs. Paulus Moses - 12x3 Interim WBO Lightweight Title
3/10 – Zaurbek Baysangurov vs. Lucas Konecny – 12x3 WBO & IBO Light Middleweight Title
3/10 – Orlando Salido vs. Juan Manuel Lopez – 12x3 WBO Featherweight Title (Showtime)
3/10 – Miguel Angel Garcia vs. Bernabe Concepcion – 12x3 NABF & WBO NABO Featherweight Titles (Showtime)
3/12 – Masayuki Kuroda vs. Ryoichi Taguchi – 10x3 Japanese Light Flyweight Title
3/16 – George Groves vs. Kenny Anderson – 12x3 BBBofC British Super Middleweight Title
3/16 – Kendall Holt vs. Tim Coleman – 10x3 (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/17 - Kell Brook vs. Matthew Hatton - 12x3 WBA Inter-Continental & IBF International Welterweight Titles
3/17 – Giacobbe Fragomeni vs. Silvio Branco – 12x3 WBC Silver Cruserweight Title
3/17 – Antonio DeMarco vs. Miguel Roman – 12x3 WBC Lightweight Title (Televisa)
3/17 - Roman Gonzalez vs. Raul Garcia - 12x3 WBA Light Flyweight Title (Azteca)
3/17 – Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin – 12x3 (HBO)
3/17 – Edwin Rodriguez vs. Don George – 10x3 (HBO)
3/18 – Alex Leapai vs. Kevin Johnson – 12x3 IBF Australasian Heavyweight Title
3/18 – Yukinori Oguni vs. Hiromasa Ohashi – 12x3 OPBF Super Bantamweight Title
3/23 - Roberto Garcia vs. Antwone Smith - 10x3 (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/23 – Diego Magdaleno vs. Miguel Beltran Jr. – 10x3 NABF Super Featherweight Title (Showtime)
3/23 – Leonard Bundu vs. Gianluca Branco – 12x3 EBU Welterweight Title
3/24 – Nkosinathi Joyi vs. Katsunari Takayama – 12x3 IBF Minimumweight Title
3/24 – Takalani Ndlovu vs. Jeffrey Mathebula – 12x3 IBF Super Bantamweight Title
3/24 - Ryan Rhodes vs. Sergey Rabchenko - 12x3 EBU Light Middleweight Title
3/24 – Jan Zaveck vs. Bethuel Uushona – 12x3 WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Title
3/24 – Mariusz Wach vs. Tye Fields – 12x3 WBC International Heavyweight Title
3/24 – Hernan Marquez vs. Rodel Mayol – 12x3 WBA Flyweight Title
3/24 – Zab Judah vs. Vernon Paris – 12x3 (NBC)
3/24 – Siarhei Liakhovich vs. Bryant Jennings – 10x3 (NBC)
3/24 – Erik Morales vs. Danny Garcia – 12x3 WBC Light Welterweight Title (HBO)
3/24 – Carlos Molina vs. James Kirkland – 12x3 (HBO)
3/27 – Suriyan Sor Rungvisai vs. Yota Sato – 12x3 WBC Super Flyweight Title
3/30 - Manuel Charr vs. Taras Bydenko - 12x3 WBC International Silver Heavyweight Title
3/30 – Henry Lundy vs. Dannie Williams – 10x3 NABF Lightweight Title (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/30 – Elvin Ayala vs. Hector Camacho Jr. – 10x3 WBC USNBC Middleweight Title (ESPN 2 FNF)
3/31 – Arthur Abraham vs. Piotr Wilczewski – 12x3 WBO European Super Middleweight Title
3/31 – Kubrat Pulev vs. Alexander Dimitrenko – 12x3 EBU Heavyweight Title
3/31 - Omar Andres Narvaez vs. Jose Cabrera - 12x3 WBO Super Flyweight Title (TyC Sports)
3/31 - Jose Alfredo Rodriguez vs. Alberto Rossel - 12x3 Interim WBA Light Flyweight Title

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This is where we pit two past prime fighters against eachother and see who picks who to win, and who comes out the victor.

All matchups are open to vote by anyone who has placed a pick for the league this year. The voting never stops so if two months from now you place a pick for a matchup we already did, just quote the matchup and cast your vote and I will get it added.

This is not who has a better legacy, but who would in a fight between the two, the majority of the time.

Now, lets pit the best vs the best and see whos left standing when the dust settles.

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For the second matchup, a young, prime Vitali Klitschko goes up against a young, undefeated George Foreman. Pitting the iron chinned giant vs the power punching bull. Who wins? You decide.

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Vitali Klitschko
43-2 (40 KO's)
Height - 6'7
Weight - 245lbs
Reach - 80''

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDbbHGScNBM[/ame]




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George Foreman
76-5 (68 KO's)
Height - 6'3''
Weight - 220lbs
Reach - 82''

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7KnkWWXbQ[/ame]


Vitali vs Foreman

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* DANS BREAKDOWN *
Two super heavyweights in their prime and I think this would be a very fun to watch because it is highly intriguing with a lot of question marks as well. Foreman a devastating power puncher vs Klitschko a tough, awkward, fighter. Dissecting what Foreman was all about was he was very intimidating and a bully. I don't think any of this would affect Klitschko. Who is just a big bully as well. As mentioned earlier, Foreman had brutal power, but Vitali Klitschko has a very strong jaw. Foreman didn't have good stamina. In his prime, he would get you out early, and if he couldn't he would tire out. Vitali Klitschko has great stamina and when you factor in his output for a big man like he it is outstanding! Then we go over to Vitali's side. He is a man that has barely lost a couple handful of rounds in his career, but at the same time...who has he fought? He really hasn't been fully tested and really pushed. It only, unfortunately, has happened 1 time and that was a loss to Lennox Lewis. But, he was up in the fight and was stopped on cuts. If he doesn't get that cut, he may pass that test with flying colors, but then again, it was against a faded ATG in Lennox Lewis who was a bit out of shape. So, basically, what I'm getting at it is tough to really say how Vitali Klitschko stacks up head to head with some of the all-time greats, like Foreman, because he is definitely thee most unproven all-time Heavyweight. Alongside his brother, Wladimir. So, really going over this fight I got to think Foreman has a good chance, but if he doesn't get Vitali Klitschko out of there after 4 or 5 rounds I feel that Vitali Klitschko slowly starts to dominate and really put it on Foreman in the middle to late rounds. And with that I think he beats Foreman by decision and may'be knocks him out, but I think the safe bet is Vitali Klitschko via UD.
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Our Picks: Vitali vs Foreman



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This is where we pit two past prime fighters against eachother and see who picks who to win, and who comes out the victor.

All matchups are open to vote by anyone who has placed a pick for the league this year. The voting never stops so if two months from now you place a pick for a matchup we already did, just quote the matchup and cast your vote and I will get it added.

This is not who has a better legacy, but who would in a fight between the two, the majority of the time.

Now, lets pit the best vs the best and see whos left standing when the dust settles.

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For the first matchup I had to use Ali vs Tyson. It pits two of the most famous heavyweights ever against eachother in a classic, if not cliche at this point, lol, matchup.

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Muhammad Ali
56-5 (37 KO's)


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzofi_QltI"]You Tube[/ame]



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Mike Tyson
50-6 (44 KO's)


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Ali vs Tyson

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Dan's Breakdown
A Very popular fantasy match up between two of the most popular Heavyweights ever. The great part about that is everybody knows who they are, what they did, and who they did it against. I don't have to go into great detail about Ali's style of how he bounced on his toes, hands low, flicked out a jab, followed by a beautiful straight right, and continued to dance while he did all that. And Tyson, gloves up in a peekaboo style, bobbing n weaving, firing a quick hard bomb, a bomb if landed, that more than likely dropped whoever was standing in front of him. Well look at that, I ended up describing their style anyway. Well, if you didn't know what they did, now you know. Alright, now going back to their popularity, these are two of the most popular boxers, ever. Everybody knows who these fighters are. You say "Ali" everybody quickly thinks Muhammad Ali. If you say "Tyson" everybody assumes you are talking about Mike Tyson. With that though, that doesn't mean this would be a close battle where if they fought 10 times each fighter would win 5 times each. I think this fight is pretty easy, to be honest. I think this is a fight where everybody looks at that one attribute, Mike Tyson's power, and overrates him. When one fighter has power, everybody gets crazy and automatically loves him and talks about that power, but when a fighter neutralizes that power, then that fighter has problems. In this fight, I don't like Tyson's chances at all, I think he has a small puncher's chance and that is it. Tyson was strong and powerful, but his power could be neutralized and with that said let's take a look at common styles.

Muhammad Ali fought "Smokin" Joe Frazier. He definitely could resemble a Mike Tyson clone. A small heavyweight, with powerful hands, especially the left hook, head movement for 3 minutes a round, and massive heart and chin. Now, Tyson made be a little bit more powerful, a little more quicker...for arguments sake let's say he was a little quicker and a little more powerful than Frazier, the big edge is that Frazier was an unstoppable machine. He was the energizer bunny, he just kept coming and coming and coming. Tyson was never like that. Tyson, mentally, could unravel and he could become frustrated, and that is the BIG key in this fight. Ali frustrating Tyson with movement and Tyson not being able to get Ali out of there early. His only big attribute over Ali, his power. Ali had a big heart, and a big chin, he could definitely take a punch. Anyway, going back to the common styles theme. who did Tyson fight that was a common style to Ali? Well, he fought this man named James "Quick" Tillis. He fought Tyson when he was a young, up and coming prospect who knocked out everybody. Tillis, who was trained by Angelo Dundee, was able to move, and really have his moments against Tyson. It was a very close fight, a fight in which Tyson obviously won. Tillis though, while quick, is nowhere near the level of skill of an Ali. Tillis, didn't have the skills, stamina, (or the hands of stone like the champ from Panama. wink wink) or chin of an Ali. Definitely, a big gulf in class when comparing Ali and Tillis.

So, with all that said above, style wise, and common opponents style wise. I would feel very confident in saying Ali would pretty much dominate the fight against Mike Tyson. Early rounds, very tense, very dramatic, as Tyson loops with fire bombs they may catch Ali's attention, but Ali stays calm and patient and continues scoring with the jab. 4th or 5th round, Tyson starts getting a little flustered as he's down on points, but Ali quite often took a round or two off here and there if he knew that he was in control. I believe in the middle of this fight he starts slowing down a bit hanging on the ropes, Tyson fires away, Ali rolls from the punches. The punches look like they are doing a lot of damage, but Ali is being sneaky by rolling with them. He holds Tyson's head a bit, that pisses Tyson off which, mentally, starts messing with Tyson as well. Late in the fight Ali is now comfortably ahead, and the danger of Tyson's power is over. Tyson is getting tired, frustrated. Ali meanwhile is continuing a nice pace. Boxing, moving, etc. And every once and awhile lands a nice 4, 5, 6 punch combo that backs up Tyson just a hair. Championship rounds are a bit like the last couple of rounds, 7-9, Ali is dominating and Tyson is getting swelling up and winging punches, but they have no effect, and they miss. Ali cruises to a 9-3 type 12 rounds decision. Three more rounds though, and I think Ali stops Tyson. The reason why I don't think Ali stops Tyson within 12 rounds is because it took James Douglas 10 rounds to finally stop Tyson, and Douglas hit harder than Ali, and Douglas throughout the fight was throwing everything, but the kitchen sink at Tyson. But sticking with that though as well. A big 6'3 Douglas was able to jab and keep Tyson on the outside, but took risks by throwing tons of punches at him and, for the most part, staying in the pocket. Ali wouldn't take those risks and he would just dance away. So, that is why I would take Ali by decision rather than stoppage, but if it's 15 rounds, then Ali has a great chance to stop him.
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Our Picks: Ali vs Tyson


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Feb 15th 2012 : Adonis Stevenson 16-1 (13 KO's)
Feb 28th 2012 : Ray Ximenez 6-0 (2 KO's)