Kirk's ESB Championships 2011

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

Actually looking forward to this fight.....

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

Also, some interesting news.... heard that Hopkins vs Dawson 2 has been ordered, and also that Chavez has to fight Martinez, good things brewing in boxing (yes I know Im one of the few that actually look forward to a second Dawson/Hops fight )

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

Finishing updates, will be up within an hour and a half

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

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Andre Ward-Carl Froch. This. Is. It. Well, for the Super 6 tournament it is. It's bittersweet for me. Because when looking into 2010 and 2011 it was always, well we are guaranteed to have some of the best in the division fight each other. In 2012? No guarantees. And no more Fight Camp 360's, for the time being, (I'm really hoping there is a FC 360 for Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto, but that's my point atop, no guarantees. We may or may not. We'll just have to wait and see.) with the Super 6 you knew, okay, in 2011 I will see Froch-Johnson and Ward-Abraham...we wouldn't know when, but, we knew that they would take place. So, anyway, Andre Ward-Carl Froch, oh, one more thing, I was actually quite all right with this fight being pushed back to now. There was just something about it being stuck towards the end of October in the middle of mayhem. It just didn't feel right. This is about as close to a Super Bowl, or a World Cup, for all you non-American readers, as we will get in boxing. A tourney with some of the best fighters in the division and a conclusion. It just feels right that the biggest event in boxing (aside from a Floyd/Manny fight) is reserved for the end.

All right, there's my long winded intro...didn't plan on that being that long, but hey it is what it is. All right, Andre Ward-Carl Froch or Carl Froch-Andre Ward, doesn't matter to me, but we will finally have a unification and a lineal title holder. This is history we will be witnessing, one of the biggest fights ever at 168. Andre Ward has gotten here the easy way. He's gotten all his fights in California and has had 3 of the 4 in Oakland. People bash Ward for this, but I say why? Where was Ward supposed to face Allan Green at? Or Sakio Bika? Those fights had to be in Oakland, because that's the only place those fights would have sold at. If he fought Mikkel Kessler in Denmark, then that would have been 3 fights in Europe and 0 in the States in the first round. That's not exactly fair. So, Ward shouldn't get blame for having all his fights in Oakland. The semi-final fight against Arthur Abraham was in Los Angeles, and that was a good neutral venue. Abraham is an Armenian and L.A. has a big Armenian population so L.A. was fair enough. Abraham may have had more fans there for him, then Ward. So, when you break it down like that, how can you blame Ward for fighting in Oakland? All right, Ward has nice speed, good footwork, and just enough power to get fighter's respect. There really isn't much not to like about Ward, Ward just has every single tool in his toolbox. The best attribute though, is his mind. He has a great boxing I.Q. and can adapt in the ring.

On the other side is Carl Froch. His style may not looking good, it may not look pretty, but it definitely gets the job done. In 29 fights he's won 28 fights and he has an impressive resume, even without the Super 6. Charles Adamu, Brian Magee, Tony Dodson, Robin Reid, Jean Pascal, and Jermain Taylor. That is quite good, and then, of course, the Super 6 he has taken on Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, and Glen Johnson. Froch is on an impressive run and has looked fantastic in his last two fights barely losing a handful of rounds. In this fight though, I'm not expecting him to win a handful of rounds. I would give Froch a big hand if he won 3 rounds in this fight. Not to say Froch is bad, he's great, but Ward is just that much better. Everybody's got a key to why so and so will win. Ward's speed, Froch's power, etc. The key I'm seeing is punch placement. Punch placement? Yes, punch placement. Ward goes up and down stairs with his punches. Froch is strictly a head hunter. He hardly ever goes down stairs. Ward will be there sort of ending at the knees, Froch throws a jab or a left hook, Ward will move his head to his right, counter, and clinch. If you want to hit Ward with your left hook you have to aim, basically, for his waist, because that's where he moves his head, over to the right and comes up with a left hook or straight right. Also, when Ward starts leading, he'll be jabbing up to Froch's head, and he will jab at his and to his body to slow him down. Jab to the body, right to the body, move away, left hook to the head, clinch. Rinse, wash, and repeat. Froch really doesn't have a chance in this fight. Froch will miss Ward time and time again winging shots to Ward's head, and missing. Ward will throw and land and win this fight barely losing a round. Just a guess, I could, obviously, be totally, totally wrong, but Froch can't outbox Ward, and he has about a puncher's chance to stop Ward. Froch has good power, but he hasn't shown world class power. So, I've got Andre Ward by UD.
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:happy Great write up Dan, as usual m'man :good

Ill get the featured fight going right after the updates tonight

Samurai's Slice · Dec 15, 2011

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PinoyProdigy · Dec 15, 2011

Carson Jones TKO4 Ricardo Williams Jr, Williams was floored 3 times.

FIGHTER2R · Dec 15, 2011

Dam it, missed the jones fight. Rubio tko. Decarie ud. George ud. Chavez ud. Salido tko.

FIGHTER2R · Dec 15, 2011

Castellanos ud. At this point, might as well go for it, froch tko.

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

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12/02 - Anthony Dirrell vs. Renan St. Juste - WBC Eliminator
12/02 - Chris Avalos vs. Jhonatan Romero
12/03 - Alexander Povetkin vs. Cedric Boswell - WBA Heavyweight title
12/03 - Robert Helenius vs. Dereck Chisora - EBU Heavyweight title
12/03 - Ryo Akaho vs. Toyoto Shiraishi - OPBF Super Flyweight title
12/03 - Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Roinet Caballero - WBC Featherweight title
12/03 - Alejandro Sanabria vs. John Molina - WBC Silver Lightweight title
12/03 - Prince Arron vs. Brian Rose - BBBofC Light Middleweight title

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12/03 - Anselmo Moreno vs. Vic Darchinyan - WBA/IBO Bantamweight title

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12/03 - Brandon Rios vs. John Murray - WBA Lightweight title
12/03 - Mike Jones vs. Sebastian Andres Lujan - IBF Welterweight eliminator
12/03 - Pawel Wolak vs. Delvin Rodriguez II - WAAAR
12/05 - Ruslan Provodnikov vs. DeMarcus Corley
12/07 - Koki Kameda vs. Mario Macias - WBA Bantamweight title
12/07 - Daiki Kameda vs. Tepparith Kokietgym - WBA Super Flyweight title

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12/16 - Marco Antonio Rubio vs. Mohamad Said
12/17 - Antonin Decarie vs. Victor Lupo Puiu
12/17 - Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Felipe Carlos Felix
12/17 - Librado Andrade vs. Don George - IBF Super MIddleweight eliminator
12/17 - Jorge Paez Jr vs. Omar Chavez
12/17 - Orlando Salido vs. Carlos Manuel Reyes - WBO Featherweight title
12/17 - Robinson Castellanos vs. Orlando Rizo
12/17 - Carl Froch vs. Andre Ward - WBC/WBA Super Middleweight Unification
12/31 - Jorge Solis vs. Takashi Uchiyama - WBA Super Featherweight title
12/31 - Celestino Caballero vs. SATOSHI HOSONO - WBA Featherweight title
12/31 - Kazuto Ioka vs. Yodgoen Tor Chalermchai - WBC Minimumweight title
12/31 - Tavoris Cloud vs. Zsolt Erdei - IBF Light Heavyweight title
12/31 - Rigo Ramos vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux - WBC Super Bantamweight title

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kirk · Dec 15, 2011

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Team Europe

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Rubio KO
Decarie UD
Andrade KO
Chavez KO
Salido KO
Castellenos UD
Ward UD

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RUBIO TKO
DECARIE UD
ANDRADE TKO
CHAVEZ SD
SALIDO TKO
CASTELLANOS UD
WARD UD

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

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Rubio TKO

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, Froch TKO

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Rubio UD Decarie UD Andrade TKO Chavez UD Salido TKO Castellanos UD Ward UD

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Marco Antonio Rubio by KO Antonin Decarie by UD Librado Andrade by KO Omar Chavez by SD Orlando Salido by KO Robinson Castellanos by UD Andre Ward by UD

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Rubio KO Decarie UD Andrade KO Chavez KO Salido KO Castellenos UD

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Rubio KO

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Decaire UD Hasegawa TKO Andrade UD Chavez TKO Salido TKO Rizo KO Ward UD Uchiyama UD Caballero UD Ioka TKO Cloud SD (think this is off) Rigondeux UD (think is also off)

kirk · Dec 15, 2011

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Rubio TKO Decarie UD Hasegawa UD Andrade TKO Chavez MD Salido KO Froch TKO

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Rubio TKO Decaire UD Andrade TKO Chavez SD Salido TKO Ward UD

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Rubio - TKO Decarie - UD Andrade - TKO Chavez - SD Hasegawa - TKO Salido - TKO Castellanos - MD Ward - UD

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rubio tko decarie ud andrade tko chavez ud salido tko castellanos tko ward ud

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Rubio TKO Decarie UD George UD Chavez KO Salido TKO Ward UD

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Marco Antonio Rubio TKO Antonin Decarie UD Librado Andrade TKO Omar Chavez TKO Orlando Salido TKO Orlando Rizo TKO Carl Froch UD

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Rubio TKO Decarie UD Hasegawa UD Andrade TKO Chavez MD Salido KO Ward UD

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Rubio TKO Decarie UD Hasegawa TKO Andrade TKO Chavez UD Salido KO Froch TKO

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Rubio by tko/ko

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Kazuto Ioka UD, Guillermo Rigondeaux UD Decarie UD Hasegawa UD Andrade UD Chavez UD Salido MD Castellanos UD Ward SD Salido TKO

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Carson UD Rubio UD Rubio UD Decarie UD Hasegawa TKO Andrade UD Chaves UD Rizo TKO Ward UD Salido is gonna win by TKO

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rubio tko 8 decarie ud hasagawa ud george ud paez jr tko 5 salido sd ward beatdown 11 uchiyama tko 3 caballero ud ioka ud cloud tko 4 rigondeaux ud

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Gesta UD

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Rubio UD Hasegawa UD ANdrade TKO Salido KO Ward UD Takashi UD Caballero KO Ioka UD Cloud KO G. Rigondeaux KO

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Rubio by kayo

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Carson Jones TKO 5 Marco Antonio Rubio TKO 9 Decarie UD 10 Andrade UD 12 Paez SD 12 Salido TKO 9 Ward UD 12 Solis SD 12 Caballero UD 12 Cloud UD 12 Ramos UD 12

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Jones [TKO] Rubio [UD] Puiu [UD] Hasegawa [UD] George [UD] Chavez [UD] Salido [TKO] Castellanos [UD] Ward UD Uchiyama [UD] Caballero [UD] Ioka [UD] Cloud [UD] Rigondeaux [UD]

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Jones UD Rubio TKO Decarie UD Andrade TKO Chavez UD Salido TKO Castellanos TKO Ward SD

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