Donaire v Montiel, Sturm v Hearns. Final thoughts.

is this your way of finally conceding on this issue? ::

 

What are you talking about? ::

 

Just joking, seemed like you were going around the block and back in trying to prove a point about Montiel.

 

i remember seeing a list of media predictions and ZERO media personnel picked darchinyan to beat mijares.

 

Nah, it's all good man. Not trying to prove a joint, more so trying to get a gauge of whether or not my gut feeling on the matter is that far from the consensus.

 

It was a mismatch, going in.

 

I'm looking forward to this one. I like Donaire; but, he tends to mix it up when he doesn't need to. That gives Montiel chances to stay in the fight and hurt him. I expect a good scrap regardless of the outcome.

Very good fight.

 

First rule of fight club is never count Montiel out, never.

This fight can go either way, great fight. We were due this kind of fight for a while now. The bad part is that I like both fighters so it will be bit dissapointing if it ends in brutal KO.

But at the same timing super exciting. ::

 

There were a few that picked Vic - I remember it being heavily in Mijares' favor (and as noted earlier, I was among them), but not a complete shutout. I don't remember who picked Vic, other than it being guys who generally go with the broken clock theory in almost always picking the underdog

Not sure how many picked Montiel to beat Hasegawa. Can't imagine it was as lopsided, though.

 

yea i was pretty sure that hasegawa was going to win too. that was a brutal stoppage.

 

Tommy Hearns is not happy with the direction of the thread. issed:

 

I was heavily in Mijares' corner as well. In fact, he's the reason I don't discount Montiel here. Donaire has better boxing skills but like Mijares he tends to get touched up when he doesn't need to.

 

agREED. I just never pick against Donaire. I even bet on him against Darchinyan, and won a nice payoff with the 8-1 odds. Just my general bias towards him.

 

Mijares was a bigger fav over Darchinian than Hasegawa was over Montiel. Mijares was around a 3-1 fav while Hasegawa was around 2 to 2.2-1.

 

I'm picking Montiel by stoppage even though I will be happy if Donaire wins.

I don't give a shit about that borefest Sturm-Hearns.

 

The Donaire family saga went a little mainstream here in the Bay Area this week...syndicated sports columnist Monte Poole had an article about it in yeterday's papers.

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_17397192?nclick_check=1

Poole: San Leandro's Nonito Donaire Jr. has many battles in and out of boxing ring
By Monte Poole
Oakland Tribune columnist

 

It is typical Spurm nonsense. Wait until Hearns is somewhat exposed and then make the big play. Hearns will most likely receive a career-best payday and 5 Star Hospitality in Germany, before duly following Spurm around the ring for 12 rounds, drop a 116-112, 117-111 and 115-114 decision, say he was robbed, never fight in Germany, I was poisoned, the usual.

I would love it, however, if Hearns uncorked one big right hand and draped Spurm over the ropes like a wet-towel on a radiator. Love it.

 

Every boxing fan would. The way Sturm has used and manipulated the German press and public, Israel should be more afraid of him than the Muslim Brotherhood.

 

Is Sturm political? I figured he was just there for the easy ride, collect his paydays, trot out some nonsense about ethnic purging, and concentrate on avoiding Abraham whilst fighting bums and washed-up fighters. Throw in a few grains of "I beat Oscar" from time-to-time, and he should be ok.

If you look at it from a boxing point of view, the guy is Ottke for the impecunious.

 

Of course not in a political sense, but the outright lies used to push this fight could be used for very evil things. Yesterday he had Axel Schulz declare a German Top Ten, that ended up with Felix Sturm at #2, who is physically too gifted for a limited brawler like Abraham. The only reason Wlad was likely No.1 is that he let Axel live when they fought. He also ranked Vitali Klitschko #4 behind (Sturm and) Sebastian Zbik for the same reason.

Add some more interviews, where Sturm badmouths Abraham and hypes up Hearns without any arguments and all of a sudden the dumb German public, really thinks that Hearns is as good as Froch. That Vitali can´t box, and that Felix is the greatest.

You can really see how Sturm ties it all together. If he was half as good at fighting as he was at selling bullshit, he wouldn´t need to do it all the time.

But enough of this bum now. Just hoping for the best, a brutal Hearns lucky punch and enjoying Donaire/Montiel tomorrow.

 

Evidently what goes on with Khan is not limited to England. The sight of Spurm sagging against the ropes as an ancient Castillejo tees off is enough for any fan of the sport to know that this guy is a fraud. Ottke, Klitschko, Abraham etc are all light years ahead of this bitch. Even Michelczweski, the original Imported Pils of the German boxing scene, was way ahead of this little manufactured punk. His silly little legs and his supplemented upper body, and his shitty style....he can rot.

 

Nobody cares about the Jones-Karass rematch?

 

to me that was a pretty dull fight after jones blew his load the one round

 

I still have hopes of Jones having an impact on 147-154 in the future, so I'm interested.

He should handle Karass easier this time around. If he stops him it'll make a statement.

 

there's a pic of jones i saw on fightnews and he looks like he's a crusierweight. either that or he's on some crazy juice.

 

How about ESPN3? ::

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/36998

 

I wonder if Nonito is still friendly with his brother, Glenn, who cheered him on to victory over Vic. Vic beat the crap out of Glenn.

 

:wack:

 

:hammert:

 

I got Donaire to beat Montiel. he just hits too hard.

I expect Jones to have a lot more respect for Soto this time and win a legit decision in a war.