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

Mares will murder Morel, I agree
Andrade will murder Bryant too.

And Ramos Jr/Fransisco Vargas will also dominate there opponents.

But a gem in a pile of ****: Moreno Vs. De La Mora.

My tool for hyping this fight, I thought De La Mora bet Kameda! I believe Moreno's skills and slickness will get him the win. but by 116-112 type margins IMO.

Taylor-Traux is decent, harder fight for Taylor, Sort of a messuring stick, If he is going to make any type of splash at MW then he's gotta beat Truax, an undefeated fighter who holds 1 pretty good win to Andy Kolle, Not saying he's nothing special but at least a decent fighter so it's not THAT paded of an 18-0. But also not the type of undefeated teens record Lara has either ( bet Williams! ).

Extremely OK fight.

And NO Showtime didn't have an all bad year.

Here are a few close matched FOTY candidates on there. Joel Diaz Jr-Guy Robb, A war between two youngsters, Orlando Salido-Juan Manuel Lopez, Sure Salido won and was clearly ahead but was also knocked down and taken to a WAR. Campillo-Cloud, Bull**** decision but still an exciting comeback.

We still got Soto-Matthysse, Ortiz-Berto 2, Tarver-Kayode, Trout-Rodriguez, ect coming up. compare HBO and Showtime's upcoming fight roster and what interests you most? Hopkins-Dawson 2 is boring, Witherspoon isn't too big of a step up for Mitchell so not interested, Khan-Peterson 2 is good unless we get Cortez we might get war! Broner-Sykes or Clay are HORRID mismatches, and finally Chavez Jr-Lee which is a good fight IF Chavez isn't A CW come fight night!

 

I have Showtime up 3-2 on interesting fights.

PLUS we got some good shoboxes that werent even counted.

Showtime: Trout-Rodriguez, Soto-Matthysse, Berto-Ortiz 2

Vs,

HBO: Khan-Peterson 2, Chavez Jr-Lee

 

Stevenson tko. Taylor ud. Lara tko. Crolla ud. Evensen ud. Degale tko. Balzsay ud. Gonzalez tko. Quintero ud. Narvaez ud. Mares ud. Moreno ud.

 

4/20 – Jermain Taylor vs. Caleb Traux – Jermain Taylor TKO
4/20 - Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns - Erislandy Lara TKO
4/21 - James DeGale vs. Cristian Sanavia - James DeGale TKO
4/21 – Omar Andres Narvaez vs. Jose Cabrera – Omar Andres Narvaez UD
4/21 – Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel – Abner Mares TKO
4/21 – Anselmo Moreno vs. David De La Mora – Anselmo Moreno UD

 

Because Balzsay didn't deserve the nod over Stas Kashtanov.

I'm a bit torn on that one, actually.

 

And how sweet it will be! :happy

Hopefully it's bloody. (and Abner gives him a few whacks in the ballsack before knocking him the **** out cold)

 

Mabait ud.

 

Crolla TKO
Evensen UD
Balzsay UD

 

A few questions:

What do you think of Moreno-De La Mora? Underrated fight I think. As I have said I had Mora winning verses Koki.

How about a potential fight between Mares-Moreno? I think it gets close but in the end Morenos skills get him the nod.

 

Stevenson UD
Taylor TKO
Lara TKO
Crolla TKO
DeGale TKO
Sartison UD
Gonzalez UD
Quintero TKO
Narvaez TKO
Mares TKO
Moreno UD

 

Yeah, HBO has been even worse...which basically, says a lot of how horrible this year has been. And then when you factor in all the robberies, this has probably been the worst 3 and a half months in recent memory. You forgot Jessie Vargas and Lanardo Tyner. That was a street fight as well. But, that's only 3 fights. I mean, you really should be able to rattle off at least 4 good fights after almost 4 months.

And looking ahead, there really isn't much difference between the two. HBO and Showtime are both equally bad. Showtime might be the best next for 2012, but this year, it'll be by default. Hopefully, that's not the case, but nothing really boils the blood.

 

True. But Sartison also got a ****ed up knee.

 

Other change:

4/21 – Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel – Abner Mares TKO

 

4/20 – Adonis Stevenson KO
4/20 – Jermain Taylor UD
4/20 - Erislandy Lara KO

 

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4/20 – Adonis Stevenson vs. Noe Gonzalez Alcoba – 12x3

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4/20 – Jermain Taylor vs. Caleb Traux – 10x3 (Showtime)

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4/20 - Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns - 10x3 (Showtime)

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4/21 - Andreas Evensen vs. Willie Casey - 12x3 WBA International Featherweight Title

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4/21 - James DeGale vs. Cristian Sanavia - 12x3 EBU Super Middleweight Title

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4/21 – Karoly Balzsay vs. Dimitri Sartison – 12x3 WBA World Super Middleweight Title

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4/21 – Roman Gonzalez vs. Ramon Garcia Hirales – 12x3 WBA World Light Flyweight Title (Azteca)

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4/21 - Al Sabaupan vs. Marvin Quintero - 12x3 IBF Lightweight Title Eliminator for #1 (Azteca)

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4/21 - Jesus Silvestre vs. Edwin Diaz - 12x3 Interim WBA World Minimumweight Title (Azteca)

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4/21 – Omar Andres Narvaez vs. Jose Cabrera – 12x3 WBO Super Flyweight Title (TyC Sports)

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4/21 – Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel – 12x3 WBC Super Bantamweight Title (Showtime)

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4/21 – Anselmo Moreno vs. David De La Mora – 12x3 WBA Super World Bantamweight Title (Showtime)

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