**** Kirk's ESB Championships 2011 ****

Burgos TKO
Rios TKO
Banks UD
Miranda TKO
Baas UD
Demarco TKO
Pabon UD
Vlasov UD

 

02/26 - Arden Diale vs. Julio Cesar Miranda-Miranda TKO

02/26 - Gilberto Keb Baas vs. Jose Antonio Aguirre- Keb Baas UD

02/26 - Antonio DeMarco vs. Reyes Sanchez- De Marco TKO

02/26 - Brandon Rios vs. Miguel Acosta-Rios UD

 

If it's still open . . . I'll put on $ 25 for Acosta.

 

Maxim Vlasov UD
Burgos TKO
Pabon UD
Banks TKO
Julio Cesar Miranda TKO
Jose Antonio Aguirre SD
Antonio DeMarco TKO
Brandon Rios TKO


SIDE NOTE: I don't see Banks listed to fight anyone on Boxrec...:huh

 

any takers on my bet ????


I GOT 200 ON BAM BAM

 

Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Frankie Archuleta- Juan Carlos Burgos by KO
Jesus Pabon vs. Americo Santos- Jesus Pabon by KO
Arden Diale vs. Julio Cesar Miranda- Julio Cesar Mirnada by KO
Gilberto Keb Baas vs. Jose Antonio Aguirre- Gilberto Keb Baas by UD

(Johnathon Banks fight was canceled due to Luan Krasniqi being sick)

Big big weekend. Such a big weekend I'll make this into two posts. Lots of fights and most of them really good tough fights, a couple are pretty close to gimmie picks and without further adou my picks for this weekend and why.

First up I've got Juan Carlos Burgos to stop Frankie Archuleta. Burgos is the much better fighter and far fresher fighter. Resume wise Archuleta wins there, but everybody notable he has fought, he has lost too. So, not really much to hang your hat on. He has fought the likes of Kevin Kelly, Rocky Juarez, Martin Honorio, and John Molina just to name a few. Burgos looks to add his name to that list and more than likely he will do that and stop Archuleta in the fight.

Americo Santos is making a comeback...unfortunatly. I guess he needs money or something because he really shouldn't be in the ring. For those that don't know Santos back in his prime you can say in every fight he would take numerous blows and just basically the defination of a tough hombre. Santos-Morelo was a classic fight...a very underrated fight. Very action packed both fighters too thousands of blows, literally, that fight was like ****ing Fight Night or something. Just rock em sock em robot action. If you can get your hands on that fight you should because it really is a hell of a fight. In 2007 that was his last fight where he was stopped in one round and hasn't fought since. Unfortunatly though he is coming back to boxing, for whatever reason, and he is taking on Jesus Pabon. Pabon is pretty good. Doesn't have much pop on his punches, decent enough power. Has good skills, quick hands. You know, a solid fighter, solid all around. He will be taking on Santos and I don't think Santos will be able to keep up with Pabon. He will be eating punches all night from the outside, and walking into punches. Evenutally, the fight will probably be waved late in the fight. Santos has a big size advantage, but I don't think it will really matter since Santos doesn't use his height properly anyway. Unless Santos has reworked his style and has no rust on him whatsoever, I see Pabon winning by a late stoppage.

I've got Julio Vesar Miranda by stoppage. He's better, Diale doesn't have the firepower nor does he have the experience to beat Miranda.

I've got Gilberto Keb Baas to beat Jose Antonio Aguirre by decision. Aguirre has a lot of tread on that body and 7 of his last 9 fights have been L's. Not to mention, I bet Gilberto Keb Baas has a bit on a chip on his shoulder because back in the day when Aguirre was a titleholder at 105 Aguirre beat Juan Alfonso Keb Baas. So, it all comes back full circle about 8 years later Juan Alfonso's brother Keb Baas will beat Aguirre.

 

03/04 - Otis Griffin vs. Yusaf Mack - Griffin tko
03/05 - Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton - Hatton SD
03/05 - Zab Judah vs. Kaizer Mabuza - Judah tko
03/12 - Jonathan Victor Barros vs. Miguel Roman - Barros tko
03/12 - Andy Kolle vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze - Khurtsidze tko
03/12 - Ricky Burns vs. Joseph Laryea - Laryea UD
03/12 - Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk - Martinez UD
03/12 - Miguel Vazquez vs. Leonardo Zappavigna - Zappavigna tko
03/12 - Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga - Mayorga tko
03/12 - Raul Garcia vs. Donnie Nietes - Garcia UD
03/18 - Demetrius Hopkins vs. Brad Solomon - Soloman UD
03/18 - Lucian Bute vs. Brian Magee - Bute UD
03/19 - Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solis - Solis tko
03/19 - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Willie Casey - Casey SD
03/25 - Ali Chebah vs. Ajose Olusegun - Olesugun tko
03/26 - Albert Sosnowski vs. Alexander Dimitrenko - Dmitrenko UD
03/26 - Dmitry Pirog vs. Javier Francisco Maciel - Pirog tko
03/26 - Tshifiwa Munyai vs. Danilo Pena - Pena UD
03/26 - Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis - Gamboa tko
03/05 - Gary Sykes vs. Carl Johanneson - Johanneson tko
03/12 - Powel Wolak vs. Yuri Foreman - Foreman UD
03/12 - Joshua Clottey vs. Calvin Green - Clottey UD
03/12 - Michael Jennings vs. Gary McMillan - McMillan tko
03/26 - Jorge Diaz vs. Teon Kennedy - Diaz SD
03/05 - Adrien Broner vs Daniel Ponce de Leon - PDL tko
03/26 - Miguel Angel Garcia vs. Matt Remillard - Garcia SD
03/26 - Denton Vassell vs. Bethuel Ushona - Vassel tko

I've picked some absolute shockers, but if they come off expect me to rocket up the league!!!!!!! war lufcrazy

 

damn them highlights of tito - vargas make me miss fernando. fantastic fighter who got threw to the lions at a ridiculously young age

 

Maxim Vlasov vs. Isaac Chilemba- Maxim Vlasov by UD
Antonio DeMarco vs. Reyes Sanchez- Antonio DeMarco by KO
Brandon Rios vs. Miguel Acosta- Miguel Acosta by KO

Starting off with the first fight on Showtime Antonio DeMarco-Reyes Sanchez. I'm intrigued for 2 reason, one is that this fight is taking place in Nebraska....and as far as I know I don't think I have seen a fight at Nebraska unless I just can't think of the fights that took place in Nebraska and I just forgot...and two is the fight itself. lol. Both are good fighters and should put some fireworks on. DeMarco very tough, more skilled than Sanchez, but Sanchez is no pushover. He is a tough fighter that has fought many good fighters as well. Miguel Vazquez, Ali Chebah, Rene Gonzalez, and Ricardo Dominguez. Same with DeMarco he's got a good resume in Jose Reyes, Anges Adjaho, and of course as everybody knows against Edwin Valero. I think, and Sanchez is a hot and cold fighter, sometimes he looks good and sometimes he looks bad. Who knows which Sanchez shows up, but either way i've got DeMarco to win by a mid to late round stoppage.

Really looking forward to this fight between Maxim Vlasov and Isaac Chilemba. Both are really good upcoming fighters in the 168 and 175 division. Vlasov has mostly campaigned at 168 and Chilemba has moved jumped up and down, but will be a 175 fighter from here on out due to the fact that in his last fight against Tommy Oosthuizen he was drained and ended up fighting to a draw. Resume wise Chilemba has the much much better resume. Vlasov hasn't fought much and this will be his first fight against a realy quality opponent. Chilemba on the otherhand has fought Charles Adamu, Doudou Ngumba, Michael Bolling, and Oosthuizen. Not to mention, his only loss he has avenged that so in theory you can say he is undefeated. Stylewise I really like Vlasov. He has very good skills and is an all-around good fighter. Presses forward, uses the jab nicely, throws nice quick combos, and I really like his defense. He adapts on the defensive end, he will go into a philly shell and start doing the shoulder roll, and he will use the basic blocking stance as his D. He is versatile and is, well, since people know who Dmitry Pirog is that's sort of who Vlasov is. A bigger, slower Pirog. So, you know, just an all around good fighter, but it could be he looks good because of his opposition. With all that said, I think Vlasov will win due to the fact that he does travel and this will be Chilemba's first fight out of South Africa, weight could be a problem for him, and his lack of jab is really crucial. He didn't use it enough against the taller Oosthuizen and he really stuggled having that jab in his face. Vlasov uses his jab quite well and is very active with it. So, I've got Vlasov winning by UD in this fight. A fight where this should be the headliner because it is very interesting.

Then we got the main event of the night!!! How can you not be pumped for this fight!? Brandon Rios and Miguel Acosta, son. Damn, this is a FOTYC. Fists will fly and I think this fight will end in a knockout. 70% sure somebody will knock someone out. The other 30% it could be a decision because both have strong wills, and massive heart, so it wouldn't be a shocker. Anyway, let's start with the challenger of the 135 belt, Brandon Rios. Rios, not much of a resume besides his minor upset win over Anthony Peterson other than that not much. Face firse brawler with massive heart and big power that looks to break you down with headache headshots and gut busting body shots. Then we got the champion Miguel Acosta, resume wise he is pretty thin as well, but he does have good scalps in Anges Adjaho when he was an undefeated prospect to look out for. and then back to back upsets against undefeated Urbano Antillon and undefeated Paulus Moses. Skillswise Acosta is very good to watch. Uses his jab, uses hooks, and uses uppercuts to the head and body. He uses it all. I like his defense where he goes into a philly shell and uses lots of head movement to get away from shots. He isn't afraid to fight off the ropes which he will probably be doing a lot against Rios and really counters and moves very well using nice footwork to spin off the ropes. With all that said, I've got Acosta winning by late KO. I think his boxing ability and power will weardown Rios and will get stopped late. This fight will probably look a lot like the Antillon fight where he was a very good action packed fight. I just think Rios with his style will eventually lose, and Acosta seems to have the tools to beat Rios and take another fighter's 0 away from him. Very much a 50/50 and one thing is for sure, is that there will be action and this will be a great fight whether who wins and how long it goes is a bit of mystery and we will have to find out the answer on saturday night.

 

Vlasov ud
Burgos ko
Jesus Pabon ud
Banks tko
Miranda ko
Baas ud
DeMarco ko
Rios decision

 

Kirk buddy . . . please take note of the following changes on my picks

Vlasov by stoppage

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Chatty . . . confirm if my $25 is on. Thanks