Fightbeat prediction Championship

Are we just predicting the mayweather/ortiz and alvarez/gomez fights this weekend?

 

It's about time that British title fights, Commonwealth and European title fights were drafted into this thing of ours. Fights like Fury vs Chisora, DeGale vs Groves, Cleverly vs Bellew etc should all be considered, if, for no other reason, than because these guys are going to be fighting for "World" titles in the near future anyways.

 

Yep, agreed, but our fellow fightbeaters from across the World, I bet, would not agree.

 

I know for a fact that DeGale-Groves was included.

Cleverly-Bellew is next month and will be added to the list of picks, along with Hopkins-Dawson and others. We just made 10/1 the cutoff for now before adding more fights.

Fury-Chisora came at a time when the wheels basically fell off of this thing. It was temporarily restored, with Hut-Hut soliciting requests for Khan-Judah as a quick fix.

That said, do we want to add Fury-Firtha? I've seen similiar US-based matchups that were rejected as entries.

Plus, Hut Hut kept it "limited" to major title fights, or championship-level fights. For example, Mercito Gesta is a fight or so away from challenging for a world title and fights this weekend, but was never considered for this. Shit, the winner of Jessie Vargas-Josesito Lopez (on Ortiz-Floyd u/c) could very well next face Khan or Maidana, yet we're not picking that fight.

Just want to make sure a regional bias isn't being suggested here (which is silly anyway considering it's Hut Hut's creation).

 

As far as I can see, yes. Hut Hut has final say, but I don't see any other fights worth entering.

Flirted with adding Morales-Cano, but I doubt anyone here had even heard of Cano prior to last week much less have seen any of his fights.

 

Hear Hear.......any fight which attracts an interest, beyond some sort of freak-interest, should be considered. I'm not suggesting there was any bias, but that things do get overlooked. Some of the European fights can be hard to be pick, people who follow boxing in a truly cosmopolitan fashion, will pick up good points because they follow the racket. Kevin Mitchell vs John Murray was a good example where even following the fights can see you fall short.

 

I think Cleverly v Bellew should be in the predictions league this weekend.

 

It is, Jake feels that way too, and so do I. Plus a fight at a press conference that isn't faked and requires the Constabulary to break up is always a good fight to make Predoze on.

Bellew KO8
Bellew K08

Maths boy ain't ready for this Toxteth scally.

 

Mayweather UD 12
Mayweather KO 9

Alvarez UD 12
Alvarez SD 12

 

SHIIIIITITTTTT...i forgot all about this shit.....

 

Yup the fight is so big that nobody even knows when it is.

I already said I'd add the fight to the schedule - but for the date on which they actually fight, which is October 15.

 

For those who still need to make predictions for this weekend's bouts, please do so...

Victor Ortiz v. Floyd Mayweather - 12 rounds, for Ortiz' WBC welterweight belt

Saul Alvarez v. Alfonso Gomez - 12 rounds, for Alvarez' WBC super welterweight title

 

:doh: ::

Thank God one of us is on the ball.

 

Believe me, Warren's people send out press releases every day for that event. It's literally the first thing I read every morning when checking my e-mails.

This weekend's "big" UK fight is Tyson Fury-Nikolai Firtha.

 

The iphone sky sports app fucked up. Said the fight was this weekend, but i should have done my research and known.

I don't give two shits bout the Fury fight this weekend. ::

 

Jake, what's your thoughts on the tyson marquez v concepcion rematch? You think it'll go more or less the same way as the first fight?

 

You'll have to wait until next month, when I make my prediction ::

But seriously... I don't know. I'm amazed that the fight didn't ruin both of their careers to be honest. But I think I like Marquez in not quite as brutal a fight this time around. I don't see Concepcion fighting any other way than what we've already seen. That will (once again) be his downfall

 

Hut*Hut, your thoughts on adding the following to the schedule this weekend, if only for the sake of picking something this weekend:

Friday 9/23 Marcos Maidana vs. Petr Petrov - 12 rds, super lightweight

Friday 9/23 Vicente Escobedo vs. Rocky Juarez, 10 rds, lightweight loser-leaves-town match

Saturday 9/24 Jorge Arce vs. Simphiwe Nongqayi - 12 rds, WBO super bantamweight title (rematch)

Sunday 9/25 Dmitry Pirog vs. Gennady Martirosyan - 12 rds, WBO middleweight title

I'd say two of the four appear to be walkovers, but all four carry some semblance of relevance in the grand scheme of things (though Esco-Juarez probably the least of the bunch)

 

Reminder for those still participating to get your picks in for this weekend's fights:

October 1:

Sergio Martinez v. Darren Barker - 12 rds, middleweights
Andy Lee v. Brian Vera - 10 rds, middleweights
Toshiaki Nishioka v. Rafael Marquez - 12 rds, super bantamweights

 

(Also in my pick post)

Martinez KO 5
Martinez KO 3

Lee TKO 8
Lee UD

Nishioka TKO 8
Nishioka UD

 

Martinez KO 4
Martinez KO 4

LEE UD
LEE UD

Nishioka KO 10
Nishioka KO 5

 

I'll tidy all this up again, after this round of fights.

 

Sergio Martinez v. Darren Barker - 12 rds, middleweights
Andy Lee v. Brian Vera - 10 rds, middleweights
Toshiaki Nishioka v. Rafael Marquez - 12 rds, super bantamweights


Martinez KO5, W12
Andy Lee W12, Vera KO12
Nishioka KO8, W12

 

Not bad Irish, not bad.

 

Let me know when you're ready to discuss 4th quarter fights.

And yes Irish and Jimmy, it will include your precious Cleverly-Bellew title fight ::

 

Make sure you do :warning:::

 

So, am I top now?

 

Which will be a better fight than that Floyd vs Victoria farce.

 

Fights to consider adding for month of October:

10/8
Raul Martinez v. Rodrigo Guerrero - 12 rds (rematch), vacant super flyweight belt
Kell Brook v. Rafael Jackaweicz - 12 rds, welterweights

10/14
Jonathan Barros v. Celestino Caballero - 12 rds (rematch) for Barros' alphabet featherweight title

10/15
Bernard Hopkins v. Chad Dawson - 12 rds, for Hopkins' lineal LHW title
Nathan Cleverly v. Tony Bellew - 12 rds, for Cleverly's alphabet LHW title
Kendall Holt v. Danny Garcia - 12 rds, junior welterweights
Antonio DeMarco v. Jorge Linares - 12 rds, lightweights (vacant title?)
Hugo Ruiz v. Francisco Arce - 12 rds (rematch) for Ruiz' alphabet bantamweight titlie

10/19
Anthony Mundine v. Rigoberto Alvarez - 12 rds, junior middleweight

10/21
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam v. Edgar Sosa - 12 rds, for Pong's lineal flyweight championship

10/22
Marco Huck v. Rogelio Rossi - 12 rds for Huck's alphabet cruiserweight belt
Nonito Donaire v. Omar Narvaez - 12 rds for Donaire's unified bantamweight belts

10/28
Tony Thompson v. Eddie Chambers - 12 rds, heavyweights

10/29
Hernan 'Tyson' Marquez v. Luis Concepcion - 12 rds (rematch to FOTY)
Ivan Calderon v. Raul Garcia - 12 rds, strawweights

 

Kell Brook is fighting who?? Jeez, he needs to get a known face in the ring, sharpish.