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

Justice has been done! I should give khan tips in the appeals process

It's on pp karass will end your run and the true chaos will be crowned!

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Vazquez TKO

 

:rofl just realize the cap gettinf off SNV head when his bump

 

I hope the judges can help me during this match up :hey

 

I don't know why I stared at this for the longest time, now I'm hella dizzy :verysad

 

Rigondeaux UD
Marsili KO
Price TKO
Soto-Karass TKO
Vasquez UD
Chamber UD (just in case)

 

It's over pp, you may as well relinquish you title right now!

 

No thanks, if I'm going to lose my title, I'm doing it with a BANG :deal

 

Rigondeaux TKO8
Matthews TKO11
Price KO5
Chambers UD
Karass UD

 

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Rigo Ramos- Guillermo Rigondeaux by UD
Derry Mathews vs. Emiliano Marsili- Derry Mathews by UD
David Price vs. John McDermott- David Price by KO
Gabriel Rosado vs. Jesus Soto Karass- Gabriel Rosado by SD
Miguel Vazquez vs. Ameth Diaz- Miguel Vazquez by UD

Two weeks into the boxing season and it has been slow, really slow. Unfortunately, just a couple of really good fights have been shown. So, if you are keeping track the really early clubhouse leader for Fight of The Year would be -Michael Perez, network of the Year would be Showtime. But, anyway, too early, way too early to be saying that. But, this week there are a couple of intriguing fights and I think they might be pretty good.

Friday night we have a title fight on ShoBox. Guillermo Rigondeaux is taking on Rico Ramos. This fight is intriguing, but it looks to be a snooze fest on paper. Both fighters are undefeated, both are skilled, and both are counter punchers. A recipe for a boring, boring fight. Hopefully, it won't be as bad as Dyah Davis-Alfonso Lopez which is definitely the Worst Fight of The Year. (and hopefully that won't be topped) Again, this fight is intriguing, because it is a bit of a toss up. Who's going to throw more than 10 punches? Who will be the one coming forward? As bad as this fight is, style wise, it is an interesting fight to see who will win. What I'm expecting is Rigondeaux will be the one that comes forward, he'll be the one making the effort to at least try and throw. Ramos will be on his bike and lose the rounds because of that. A bit like Ramos' last fight against Akifumi Shimoda. This time though I don't think Ramos lands that lucky punch on Rigondeaux. So, basically, I'm going with Rigondeaux winning based on coming forward and landing a couple of more punches, throwing a few more punches. We'll see though, it is an interesting fight.

Earlier in the day though, Derry Mathews will be taking on undefeated Italian Emilano Marsili. Marsili is definitely not a household name so I'll tell you a bit about him and what he's like. He's a boxer, like his record indicates he doesn't have much pop. Hops around, uses angles, okay jab, paws with it a bit and doesn't have much power. He doesn't step into. Mostly, just a 1-2 type fighter. Oh yeah, he's a southpaw. So picture a southpaw. Circles to the right, to the left, jab, straight left, always moving, jab, jab, moves to the left, jab, straight left, moves to the right. Always moving, always using angles. Mathews is a boxer as well. A little bit faster though, and has a bit more tools in the tool box, I believe. Has a bad chin, doesn't take a punch well, but he shouldn't have to worry about Marsili's power. He doesn't have much pop in his punches. So, I think, it'll be a boxing match, I think Derry though is the better boxer of the two, but even if he isn't, he's at home and the judges will surely give it to Mathews. So, I've got Mathews by UD. Hmm, you know, I didn't even consider Mathews stopping him...I guess that's a possibility. I don't think I've seen Marsili's chin getting checked. Hmmm, but eh, I'll go with Mathews by decision. Yeah, why not.


David Price is the next heavyweight hopefully that people are trying to anoint as the next great heavyweight star. Price has the looks, the skills, and the power to be a great heavyweight. What he doesn't have are step up fights, nor does he have the experience. He's taking a big, huge, gigantic step up in solid low level contender/journeyman fighter John McDermott. McDermott hasn't fought in almost a year, and has only had 1 round under his belt in a year. So, rust could be a big factor and who knows what McDermott will look like and whether or not he's even taking this seriously. We'll see how he looks at the weigh in, but right now, on paper, this is a good intriguing fight. Right now, I'm going with Price and by KO. A lot of it depends on how McDermot looks. If he looks like a fat slob, well than Price by KO looks good. If McDermott looks somewhat in shape and is around 250 then he has a good shot at taking Price's oohhh. We'll see though, but I'm going with Price by KO.

This is one of those intriguing fights that has a chance to be really, really good. Gabriel Rosado and Jesus Soto Karass are two fighters that are bordering on being journeyman type fighters. And well probably some people do rate them as journeyman, but the main thing is that both fighters are really at the same level. Both are fan friendly and it should be a good fight. Most importantly, this is the main event of the debut on NBC Sports Network. This is an important fight for both fighters, and important for the sport of boxing as a whole. No title on the line, but both fighters will fight like it is. Both have below average to average boxing skills, and same goes for coming forward as brawlers. Rosado will probably be more on the backfoot, but both fighters should take turns leading. Karass is on a bit of a losing streak. In his last 4 fights he's lost 3 of them and 1 was a no contest. Many say though, he beat Mike Jones the first time around, but nevertheless, he is showing a bit of a wear and tear. Rosado has been winning of late. After having that tough stretch in the middle of his career being an opponent for Alfrado Angulo and Fernando Guerrero. He's dusted himself off and won his last 4. Prediction time: I think it's a good, close fight and one that Rosado squeaks by, by split decision.

For those that I guess read these breakdown on a weekly basis (all 5 of you ) you know how high I'm on Miguel Vazquez. I definitely think Vazquez is one of the best P4P fighters in the sport and definitely top 2 in his weight class. Vazquez is a superb boxer, and is once again taking on a power punching fighter. Ameth Diaz is a power punching heavy hitter who in his last fight knocked out Leo Zappavigna, that's why he's getting this shot against Miguel Vazquez, but he's a hard hitter. I think Vazquez though is just too clever, too crafty, for Diaz and outboxes him to a 12 round decision. There's always that danger with the power, but Vazquez is just too good and I don't think Diaz will be able to catch him. I've got Vazquez via UD.

 

Although I've become more of a lurker lately (due to being busy, and the high level of trolls) I still read your breakdowns Dan :bbb

When we hitting fight night back up?

 

Oh, man I haven't played that in awhile. You'll probably kick my ass. But hey whenever you got the time. Tonight, tomorrow afternoon, whenever you get the chance to get on just hit me up. And we'll get to work. :bokc

 

:yep I would think that one would notice that before the expression change, which is the true stroke of subtle brilliance there.

 

...and the board is poorer for it. :verysad




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