What is a "Freak Card"?

BTW, if a mod wouldn't mind, could you change the thread title to also include Maidana-Morales in parenthesis so pepole know what fight card is being discussed?

 

Im a sucker for a Morales fight. Can't wait to see how he does although im expecting a Morales-Pac 3 type fight.

 

Read that Morales is a 6-1 dog in this fight...anybody taking those odds?

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-20110405,0,4272208.column

 

Wow. If I was a betting man, I'd take those odds for sure.

 

Apparently the boxing public doesn't have enough money-spending "freaks" as Rafael/Schaefer would prefer.

Steve Kim is reporting the MGM Grand is "offering free rooms AND tickets" for the event.

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/DHB/Kim040511.htm

 

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:bears: About time they got the Maidana-Khan fight up. :bears:

 

This fight would sell in LA. I don't know why they keep putting fights in Vegas.

 

$$$$$$$$$$

 

Can you call this shilling by Kevin Iole?

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-iole_boxing_shows_need_depth040511

Bob Arum, on undercards as a "customer-satisfaction" tool, not a "sales" tool:

 

If it doesn't sell tickets it doesn't make anything. I remember Gary Shaw giving back a site fee.

 

The purses:

Maidana: 500,000
Morales: 250,000 (plus)
Katsidis: 200,000
Guerrero: 125,000
Malignaggi: 75,000
Cotto: 30,000
Kirkland: 35,000
Ishida: 35,000
Garcia: 20,000
Campbell: 35,000
Chakhkiev: 25,000
Jolley: 5,000

...

 

Undercard stream begins in at 4 Pacific:

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/

 

Sounds like Dave Bontempo's talking about betting horses. ::

So that ends the audio...fights begin at 4 Pacific.

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Six round junior middleweight bout up first...Mikael Zewski (8-0, 5 KO's) vs. Clint Coronel (4-1-2, 1 KO).

 

The Golden Boy prospect's getting a tough fight from Coronel...sixth and final coming up.

 

Coronel landed some good hooks in the final minute of the sixth.

Zewski looked limited.

Split Decision

60-54 Zewski
60-54 Coronel
59-55 Zewski

For the Cameron Dunkin/Golden Boy fighter: Zewski

Canada avoids seeing anotehr undefeated prospect losing on consecutive nights

 

Four round heavyweight bout...Rakhim Chakhkiev, 203, 9-0, 7 KO's vs. Harvey Jolly, 203, 12-15-1, 6 KO's.

 

SUPER FREAK CARD!! SUPER FREAK!! SUPER FREAK!!!

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Solid first round. Chahkhiev facing a taller opponent here at 6'4 with a four inch advantage.

Chahkhiev landed some solid straight lefts, doesn't jab his way in all that much.

 

Chahkhiev can rake the body....scored a knockdown doing it the second...lefts did it.

 

In what? Reach? Height? Girth?

 

Jolley came out in the third with a few some decent jabs - shownig the problems Chahkhiev would have if he stays at heavyweight - but didn't have enough to keep doing it all round.

Chahkhiev swung and missed on a sweeping right hand and Jolley voluntarily went to the canvas to be counted out.

Chahkhiev KO 3 at 2:18.

 

Danny Garcia (20-0, 14 KO's) vs. Nate Campbell (33-7-1, 25 KO's) coming up next in a ten round junior welterweight bout.

Campbell comes in off an eight round loss to Walter Estrada on the Marquez-Katsidis bout, after which he briefly retired.

Is he coming in for more than the $35,000 check?

 

Campbell gave a decent account of himself int eh first round. Came out jabbing, winged a few right hands.

Garcia's solidly skilled, but a limited prospect.

 

Another competitive round in the second.

Campbell sticking with the jab and some right hands, Garcia working the jab and hook a little more, and did some decent work to the body, particularly in the second half of the round.

 

Garcia dug into the body in the third round. He's more of a left handed fighter, and he did dig it into the body of Campbell, who's activity definiltely went down that round.

 

Campbell tried to start the fourth better than he finished the thrd, but it didn't last.

Garcia still working the body.