Lets crown some champions - these fights should do the trick for their divisions. Pick your winners. Not all of them are to crown are champ, but just interesting fights. SW: Roman Gonzales vs Nkosinathi Joyi (for me, these two are the top guys) BW: Hozumi Hasegawa vs Yohnny Perez/Abner Mares (the winner of that fight in May) FW: Chris John vs JuanMa/Yuiorkis Gamboa JLW: Humberto Soto vs Robert Guerrero LW: Ali Funeka vs Kevin Mitchell/Michael Katsidis JWW: Timothy Bradley vs Amir Khan/Paulie Malignaggi - vs Edwin Valero/Lamont Peterson WW: The obvious: Pacquiao/Clottey vs Mayweather/Mosley - vs Berto/Quintana JMW/MW: Pavlik/Martinez vs Williams/Cintron - vs Foreman/Cotto - vs Sturm/Sylvester SMW: Winner of super six (pick one) vs Lucian Bute/Edison Miranda LHW: Dawson/Pascal vs Hopkins/RJJ - vs Cloud/Johnson HW: Wladimir vs Vitali - vs Haye/Adamek vs Arreola
My picks: Roman Gonzales Yohnny Perez Yuiorkis Gamboa Robert Guerrero Ali Funeka (Kevin Mitchell) Timothy Bradley (Khan/Valero - Khan) Floyd Mayweather (Pacquiao, Berto) Sergio Martinez (Williams, Foreman, Sturm) Arthur Abraham (Bute) Chad Dawson (BHOP, Johnson) Wladimir Klitsschko (Haye/Adamek - Haye)
Wlad would beat Vitali handily. Clottey could shock the world if he steps up his punch output without sacrificing his defense. Williams is going to dominate Cintron. Foreman actually has a better chance than people think because of his reach and boxing ability. Cotto is always at a reach disadvantage when he fights at any weight above 140 but his fight are going to get tougher and tougher as his punching power won't translate as well at 154 as it did at 140.
Hw Id say Vitali Lhw Comes down to Dawson and Hopkins pretty close call Smw Ward over Bute Mw Probably Martinez comes out on top Welter that depends on what Shane has left if the same one that beat Margarito shows up id take him over May and Pac, If not id say Mayweather. JW Bradley Lw Funeka but what about Valero and Marquez both would beat Funeka Jl Soto Fw Gamboa Bw thats pretty tough i think all 3 are pretty even HTH,although Hasegawa has the best resume Sw Havent seen either cant comment What happened to Jb,FLy,Jrfly? and Cruiser
What's up anarci? Always good to see you in here keeping the order. Your comments are always insightful and, usually, spot on.
I pretty much just picked the divisions where i thought the fights would be most interesting. Ass for LW, it was simply because i thought those would be interesting fights, notthat they would necessarily be to crown a champion.
