Whose '0' will go in 2014?

...like Darnell Boone, years ago? :blood

 

Haha! atsch *restarts brain*

I mean to say I wouldn't be surprised if Stevenson is beat by someone else other than Kovalev, whereas I'd be surprised if Kovalev is beaten by someone else other than Stevenson.. I'd be surprised if he was beaten by Stevenson actually.

 

My actual prediction would be Loma wins but passes a major gut check against Salido and fans calmour more for a rematch than a Rigondeaux fight whereas Rigo struggles to get any decent fights all year and maybe fights once against another Agbeko level opponent.

Another fight of a similar level of in the pro ranks to Rigo-Loma I think could happen is Ioka v Inoue. Somebodies 0 would go there too.

 

:good

Same on both counts. I heavily favor Kovalev over Stevenson...and think despite his athleticism, power, and effective range control and use of his length against limited opposition, Stevenson is still ripe for a KO when he runs into anybody with the right blend of power, chin, fearless mindset, and timing. Kovalev fits the bill of course but he might not be the only player at light heavy that does. Fonfara is probably a tad slow and predictable to get it done, but you never know, he very well might - and there is a level or so between Fonfara and Kovalev.

 

Yeah, and there again you have Ioka whose ascent seemed crazy rapid when it started and now you have Inoue just about ready to make the leap to a title shot in half as long.

I don't think anyone should infer that Inoue and Lomachenko are superior to Ioka and Rigondeaux just because they were moved along faster, or that Ioka and Rigondeaux couldn't have risen through exactly the same level of competition - but they're certainly being marketed as bottle rockets, and standards of expectations for successful amateurs groomed for pro success have grown eminently steeper in just a few years. I wouldn't even be surprised if Lomachenko (if he can be dominant over Salido) and Inoue (with one more scalp to springboard himself into position; maybe kick Miyazaki while he's down?) are close to even money with their once-seen-as-haste-making predecessors.

 

The more I think about the more I think Ward v Golovkin will happen in late 2014.

I think the biggest fight GGG gets at Middle is Strum might finally fight him to cash out. But I see the Martinez-Cotto winner targeting Canelo or Mayweather at a catchweight. Quillin's on Showtime and wants none of it.

HBO may feel late 14 is the right time for GGG to move up to 168 before Ward moves up to 175 and GGG will probably feel he wants a career defining win as he will be 32 this year.

 

I predict that Stevenson will lose before the KOvalev fight.

If one of Pascal or Bute dominate the other and get the confidence back they lost against Hopkins and Froch, I think they may well beat the Pimp.

Kovalev is gonna have a GGG like struggle getting any decent names in the ring. The best fighters at 175 who will have any of that are Fonfara (if he doesn't fight Stevenson), Braehmer (Kovalev will likely have to go to Germany though) or Chilemba (same promoter)

 

Who are the 9 people who voted for Golovkin?? :roflatsch

 

They are called 'haters' :deal

 

:nono

The politically correct term is "mentally challenged".

 

D Garcia is a lucky lucky boy to still have his 0