ESB champ week 3 july predictions + rankings. Best week ever 11 predictions + some ch

[lbarrow]

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WelterweightAntonio Margarito ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Paul Williams ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ Referee: Lou Moret | Judge: David Mendoza | Judge: Marty Sammon | Judge: Tom Miller ~
~ WBO Welterweight Title ~


WelterweightKermit Cintron ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Walter Dario Matthysse ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ IBF Welterweight Title ~



WelterweightArturo Gatti ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Alfonso Gomez ([Only registered and activated users can see links])10


HeavyweightLuan Krasniqi ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Tony Thompson ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) WBO Heavyweight Eliminator


HeavyweightAlexander Dimitrenko ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Malcolm Tann ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title ~


HeavyweightMatt Skelton ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Michael Sprott ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title ~


Light MiddleweightBradley Pryce ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Anthony Small ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Middleweight Title ~


FeatherweightNicky Cook ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Steven Luevano ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ Vacant WBO Featherweight Title ~


LightweightWillie Limond ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Amir Khan ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ Commonwealth (British Empire) Lightweight Title ~


Light HeavyweightRoy Jones Jr ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Anthony Hanshaw ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12


Super BantamweightSteve Molitor ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) v Takalani Ndlovu ([Only registered and activated users can see links])12[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) ~ IBF Super Bantamweight Title ~


rankings:
sugarshorts 30
lamont zero 30
stinky gloves 47
pimp c 58
amsterdam 64
lbarrow 71
brooklyn 72
northend 77
oblate 77
zakman 96

ok everyone great week this. Here are the changes there will be no more yearly ranking stuff it will just be cary on from right now get your points and keep them until the end of the year to see who is overall best predictor. However, I know that the whole year would then have been for nothing cause zakman was ahead of the rest on the yearly rankings, so I will put extra points onto everyone who had yearly points. So zakman you are 76 points so far but I will but i will add 20 points onto it as you were leading the championship, oblate, northend, pimpc and brooklyn get an extra ten. Me, sugarshorts and amsterdam get an extra five as we did have ranking points. So now the points will just carry on until we have a winner at the end of the year. Feel free to ask if you dont get what I am talking about. :deal :good

[lbarrow]

Hoping to add on at least 60 this week.


Kahn TKO5
Skelton UD
Gatti SD
Margarito UD
Cintron TKO8
Thompson TKO12
Small TKO11
Molitor SD
Jones TKO9
Cook SD
Dimitrenko KO6

Get going. :hi: :happy

[brooklyn1550]

What a week!

Margarito UD
Cintron TKO7
Gatti UD
Krasniqi UD
Dimitrenko TKO9
Skelton TKO10
Small UD
Cook UD
Khan UD (look at the guy he is facing: 8 KOs in 29 fights - when will he face a puncher?)
Jones UD
Molitor UD

[lbarrow]

Well brooklyn at least he has stepped it up to someone who can box. i know loads of boxers who fight people who cant even box for the first twenty fights of tere career.

[brooklyn1550]

Well brooklyn at least he has stepped it up to someone who can box. i know loads of boxers who fight people who cant even box for the first twenty fights of tere career.

True, he is facing a good fighter and I give him credit for that, but we know Khan has excellent boxing skills and great speed, but I want to see him in there with a guy who has power and will test his chin.

[lamont zero]

Cintron Tko 9
Gatti Ud
Krasniqi Sd
Dimitrenko Ud
Skelton Ud
Small Tko 10
Cook Ud
Khan Ko 4
Jones Ud
Moiltor Ud

[lbarrow]

Lamont zero just too say i think u have missed out the margarito vs. williams prediction. :good

[Pimp C]

Williams UD
Cintron KO 5
Gatti SD
Thompson UD
Dimentrenko TKO 5
Skelton UD
Small TKO 9
Cook UD
Khan KO3
Jones UD
Molitor UD

[Amsterdam]

Khan UD

Jones UD

Williams UD

Mathysse TKO 5

Molitor UD

Sprott UD

Small TKO 10

Gomez TKO 9

Dimitrenko KO 6

Thompson SD

Cook UD

[oblate]

Paul Williams wins by ud
Kermit Cintron wins by tko in round 8
Arturo Gatti wins by ud
Luan Krasniqi wins by ud
Alexander Dimitrenko wins by ud
Matt Skelton wins by ud
Anthony Small wins by ud
Nicky Cook wins by ud
Amir Khan wins by ud
Roy Jones Jr wins by ud
Steve Molitor wins by ud

[lbarrow]

Is everyone ok with the new rules about carrying these points on till the end of the year no yearly points.

[Sugarshorts]

Margarito UD
Cintron TKO 8
Gatti UD
Krasniqi UD
Dimentrenko TKO 10
Skelton UD
Pryce UD
Cook UD
Khan KO 4
Jones UD
Molitor UD

[Sug3]

Paul Williams ud
Kermit Cintron 4th round ko
Alfonso Gomez 9th round tko
Tony Thompson 10th round tko
Alexander Dimitrenko ud
Michael Sprott 6th round tko
Nicky Cook ud
Amir Khan 5th round tko
Roy Jones JR 9th round tko

[Tito Time]

Paul Williams UD


Kermit CintronTKO8



Arturo Gatti UD

Luan Krasniqi TKO 4


Alexander Dimitrenko 5


Matt Skelton UD


Bradley PryceSD


Nicky CookUD

Amir Khan KO7


Roy Jones JrUD


Steve MolitorKO3

[Zakman]

LB - what an honor, you closed the yearly contest and declared me THE champ?? Thanks guy! :good I suppose after 30 years of watching the sport, I SHOULD be able to predict fights, right? :D

Anyway, here goes for this week. If my Margarito and Sprott predidctions come through I should widen the lead for this period:

Margarito TKO 8
Cintron TKO9
Gatti UD
Krasniqi UD
Dimitrenko TKO 7
Sprott UD
Small UD
Cook UD
Khan UD
Jones UD
Molitor UD

[Amsterdam]

I'm just going to note a few things Zak -

You don't like Tony Thompson, you picked both Guinn and Ibrag over him and he beat both of them by near shutout scores, I feel Kras is on the slide considering he struggled with tomato can Minto, so it's at least a toss up, mostly on if the Germans score it fairly.

We both made the mistake of overrating Gatti at WW about this time last year, while Gomez is a club fighter, he's not much worse than Carlos Baldomir and is a decent sized LMW over a totally shopworn Gatti. I think Gomez grinds him out like Bumdomir did.

Sprott, I agree, Skelton sucks.

Margarito/Williams is the pick em.

Either way, this is the best week because so many opinions can be formed on these bouts, I took the chance with Sprott, Williams and Mathysse.:lol:

[northend]

Williams ud

Cintron tko 6

Gatti tko 5

Thompson ud

Dimitrenko tko 4

Skelton tko 7

small tko 3

cook ud

Khan tko 7

Jones ud

Molitor ud

[Zakman]

I'm just going to note a few things Zak -

You don't like Tony Thompson, you picked both Guinn and Ibrag over him and he beat both of them by near shutout scores, I feel Kras is on the slide considering he struggled with tomato can Minto, so it's at least a toss up, mostly on if the Germans score it fairly.

We both made the mistake of overrating Gatti at WW about this time last year, while Gomez is a club fighter, he's not much worse than Carlos Baldomir and is a decent sized LMW over a totally shopworn Gatti. I think Gomez grinds him out like Bumdomir did.

Sprott, I agree, Skelton sucks.

Margarito/Williams is the pick em.

Either way, this is the best week because so many opinions can be formed on these bouts, I took the chance with Sprott, Williams and Mathysse.:lol:
I don't think much of Thompson - basically he's a slightly better version of Ray Austin, and every bit as old. The ONLY thing he's got going for him is that he's a southpaw. Luan is better than him in almost every respect. Unless he is washed up as you suggest he should beat Thompson rather easily.

Gatti-Gomez at this point is close to a pick 'em fight. Gatti may be damn close to done, but if he can beat guys like Daamgard a year and a half ago, he can beat even lesser fighters like Gomez now.

The Margarito pick is probably the one I'm most unsure about - but I think his big-fight experience will prove the difference.

Sprott's a on a roll, and Skelton is extremely limited. He's basically a clubfighter, and he's OLD.

[Amsterdam]

I don't think much of Thompson - basically he's a slightly better version of Ray Austin, and every bit as old. The ONLY thing he's got going for him is that he's a southpaw. Luan is better than him in almost every respect. Unless he is washed up as you suggest he should beat Thompson rather easily.

Gatti-Gomez at this point is close to a pick 'em fight. Gatti may be damn close to done, but if he can beat guys like Daamgard a year and a half ago, he can beat even lesser fighters like Gomez now.

The Margarito pick is probably the one I'm most unsure about - but I think his big-fight experience will prove the difference.

Sprott's a on a roll, and Skelton is extremely limited. He's basically a clubfighter, and he's OLD.

That's why I like this week, so much room for subjectivity and we'll see who the top dog is.:D

Well, here is the thing, Daamgard is a tiny 140 pounder type fighter with a known shaky jaw, and Gatti struggled with him before getting his brains beaten in by Baldo....

Gomez is a club level/fnf opener type fighter, but he's a decent sized 154 pounder, who's able to shed down to 147 without draining because of his body type, the guy's not a hitter, but he hits as hard as Baldo does and he's a bit larger as well with a CHIN that can take the shots of Manfredo and other MW's....

Manfredo is limited, but he's KOed SMW's, which Gatti simply couldn't do.

.............

Sprott's our guy mate, he KOed Fraudley, of course I am supporting him!:yep :good

But yes, Krasniqi's really on the slide that bad, he looked terrible against some journeyman and terrible against Minto, both of which he only threw like 15 punches a round, where as Thompson at 6'5 is a limited, older guy(Kras is just as old), but he can bully and land shots on a docile, smaller fighter.

Ray Austin would likely KO Krasniqi at this point, Krasniqi doesn't even have any desire to fight and is just collecting checks because of his name in Germany.

I see it as who gets the decision in Germany really...:yep

Sometimes you have to go with the club fighters my man!