Lets talk about this weeks match ups!!

[MSTR]

Looks like a fantastic week in boxing coming up. Especially in the welter weight division. Obviously the Williams v Marg fight has been highly discussed, but what are your thoughts on the rest. Do you think Gatti is completely shot and will get beaten by a second rate "contender" like Gomez? In the battle of the bangers Cintron vs Mathyysse, who do you believe will deliver the anticipated KO? Will Roy Jones still have enough left in the tank to dispose of a young and hungry prospect? Can Luan Krasniqi return as a top contender in the heavyweight division?

[Kegsy]

Looks like a fantastic week in boxing coming up. Especially in the welter weight division. Obviously the Williams v Marg fight has been highly discussed, but what are your thoughts on the rest. Do you think Gatti is completely shot and will get beaten by a second rate "contender" like Gomez? In the battle of the bangers Cintron vs Mathyysse, who do you believe will deliver the anticipated KO? Will Roy Jones still have enough left in the tank to dispose of a young and hungry prospect? Can Luan Krasniqi return as a top contender in the heavyweight division? I no mate. Probably close to the best weekend of matches for the year in Boxing.
World title fights & important matchups all over the joint.
I think Gatti will have too much for Gomez & move onto an intriguing matchup with Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr.
Matthysse is a banger, but have not seen enough of him. So i lean to Cintron.
Who knows with Roy Jones, i hope he has something left as he was 1 of my favourite boxers a few years back.
Krasniqi should have enough for Tony Thompson in Germany. Never easy travelling there.
That leaves the match of the round, Margarito & Williams.
I have already backed Margarito & i will stick by that. But its a just about a Pick'em fight IMO.
1 guy that i expect to win impressively is Steve Molitor in Canada. Very good technical boxer IMO.
Keep an eye on him.:good

[Sai]

Another pretty tough week tbh.

Im relatively sure that Cintron will bang out Mathyysse and that Krasniqi is done. The other 2 are really hard to call for me.

I fucking love Gatti, and my head says that hes finished, but the guy has such heart and hes going to be the last person in the world that believes hes finished. Hes been really confident about his camp, and seems to genuinely believe hes still got enough left in the tank for a title. I really hope he does too

RJJ is a problematic one. Hes RJJ, but hes just looked so shit of late. Hanshaws a solid prospect, but Im just hoping that Jones uses his experience and is prepared to admit that his speed is gone and will need to use a more orthodox fighting style to take this fight.

[pecks]

Oztriker and myself were talking about a meet up for the Hopkins/Wright fight.
Any of you Sydney cunts wanna meet up at the Casino, or another venue to watch this and the Katsidis fight?

[PorkChopExpress]

Gatti should get his win. Though we all know he's not on the level of the elite in the division and doesn't even really have much shot after whipping the journeymen etc.

I too couldn't comment on Matthysse. Will try and do some catching up this week on that match up.

If Kras doesn't have enough for Thompson then it is clear he should stay away. Would he come back to a solid challenge though? I think he is pretty confident of the win...

Jones Jones Jones... what can you say. I personally think he won't offer any more than he did in his last few fights. I hope that I am very wrong and we see a little flash of the old Jones from a few years ago. That'd be a wonderful thing for boxing. But alas, I think it's highly unlikely...

I am REALLY excited for Marg/Williams. Could go either way and I'll certainly be on the band wagon of the winner to go all the way. I'm leaning towards Williams this week. Last week it was Marg... will review and pick for the comp...

Guys, I was also gonna make a thread for those of you in Sydney but here will do - I went to the Sports Inn at Alexandria on Sunday for the Vic fight and it's an awesome little venue. I asked the bloke there and he said they try to get as many of the fights as they can. The more numbers they get, the more fights they'll get. So don't be afraid and head down there. I'm pretty sure they're showing atleast one of the cards on the W/E.

[PorkChopExpress]

Oztriker and myself were talking about a meet up for the Hopkins/Wright fight.
Any of you Sydney cunts wanna meet up at the Casino, or another venue to watch this and the Katsidis fight?

See my above post Pecks, I'll see if they're playing it too if you guys want?

[Sai]

Oztriker and myself were talking about a meet up for the Hopkins/Wright fight.
Any of you Sydney cunts wanna meet up at the Casino, or another venue to watch this and the Katsidis fight?

Im well up for it, Ive got noone to watch it with. Theres a few decent venues in the Cross that are showing it if you fancy coming out this way.

[MSTR]

I no mate. Probably close to the best weekend of matches for the year in Boxing.
World title fights & important matchups all over the joint.
I think Gatti will have too much for Gomez & move onto an intriguing matchup with Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr.
Matthysse is a banger, but have not seen enough of him. So i lean to Cintron.
Who knows with Roy Jones, i hope he has something left as he was 1 of my favourite boxers a few years back.
Krasniqi should have enough for Tony Thompson in Germany. Never easy travelling there.
That leaves the match of the round, Margarito & Williams.
I have already backed Margarito & i will stick by that. But its a just about a Pick'em fight IMO.
1 guy that i expect to win impressively is Steve Molitor in Canada. Very good technical boxer IMO.
Keep an eye on him.:good
What can you tell me about Steve Molitor? How tested is he, and what sort of amatuer background did he have? I have seen both Cintron and Walter and Walter is pretty sloppy defensively. Against Cintron this could spell doom, although I think Walter has more heart. If he can make it a rough fight in close maybe Cintron will fold like against Margarito? Most probably not IMO. Cintron is the superior technical fighter. I will be very interested to see how much Gatti and Roy have left. Would love to see Roy come back and win a title or a match against Tito to leave on a high note, and to be honest would just prefer Gatti to retire. A match up with Chavez JR would be a good test though

[pecks]

See my above post Pecks, I'll see if they're playing it too if you guys want?Yeah cool. They're definitely showing it at Star City, and they have pretty big screens there too. So maybe it's a goer to watch it there (nothing to do with the fact that it's a 5 min walk from my place).

[Sai]

Yeah cool. They're definitely showing it at Star City, and they have pretty big screens there too. So maybe it's a goer to watch it there (nothing to do with the fact that it's a 5 min walk from my place).

I could well come down and check it out with you all then. Ill be the short cunt with the crap hair and the comedy accent telling everyone Mundines overrated.

[pecks]

Im well up for it, Ive got noone to watch it with. Theres a few decent venues in the Cross that are showing it if you fancy coming out this way.Me and my friends were going to watch the Mayweather/Judah fight at the Kings Cross Hotel, but instead watched it at Pyrmont. Later on we found out that Snoop Dogg was there watching it.
Would have been quite a shock seeing him there watching it.

[Sai]

Sweet, I usually watch stuff at the Vegas. Beer is cheap and they have tiny asian barmaids.

[BoppaZoo]

i thought last week was tough well this week is murder.

man i changed my mind alot in all the fights.

in case of Margarito vs Williams. Marga has been good lately and so has Williams. but i leaned towards Williams because Margo's last loss against Santos he was a Southpaw just like Williams is.

well i reckon i changed Jones UD to Hanshaw TKO about 5 times each and finally decided to hope Jones has one more day in the sun.

Cintron and Gatti were easy picks but

Thompson vs Krasniqi well its in Germany but Thompson had a great win over Ibragimov so i think Tony's going to get the KO he will need to win in Gemany why because also Krisnaqi was average against Brewster and i think the same fate will happen to Krasniqi in this fight as the Brewster fight.

[pecks]

Sweet, I usually watch stuff at the Vegas. Beer is cheap and they have tiny asian barmaids.Is that the bar with the glowing lights in the toilets so that people can't see their veins?

[PorkChopExpress]

Yeah cool. They're definitely showing it at Star City, and they have pretty big screens there too. So maybe it's a goer to watch it there (nothing to do with the fact that it's a 5 min walk from my place).

Sweet, well Star City is probably more convenient for everyone... this place was cool cuz it's a little more quiet, cheap booze and good food. Plus i have a thing against Star City... dunno why, just think its shit. But a fights a fight!

[WhataRock]

What can you tell me about Steve Molitor? How tested is he, and what sort of amatuer background did he have? I have seen both Cintron and Walter and Walter is pretty sloppy defensively. Against Cintron this could spell doom, although I think Walter has more heart. If he can make it a rough fight in close maybe Cintron will fold like against Margarito? Most probably not IMO. Cintron is the superior technical fighter. I will be very interested to see how much Gatti and Roy have left. Would love to see Roy come back and win a title or a match against Tito to leave on a high note, and to be honest would just prefer Gatti to retire. A match up with Chavez JR would be a good test though

Ive seen his fight against Hunter and he carved him up.

His record doesnt suggest he is a big puncher but he showed great timing and accuracy to land some nice shots. He certainly showed a bit of pop in that fight. Remember his name around floating around as a very good amateur, think he had about 100 fights.
Ndlovu is tough, should push him hard.

Cintron is really improving out of sight. He is very talented but had little amatuer experience so he is a bit rough around the edges. He should beat the Argie but it wont be easy, its a good solid defence for him.

I think Gatti is that shot and out of his depth at welter that Gomez is a live chance of an upset, Gatti should win but I might put a little coin on Alfonso. Hope Arturo hangs them up soon, he has been such a service to the sport.

Roy is finished, though not huge Roy fan I dont want to see him loose to a fighter like Hanshaw. Johnson was bad enough, he is such a great fighter but his legacy gets badly hurt loosing to guys like that.

Krasniqi is on the verge of shotness, interested to see what he has left. Quite a good boxer but I think the 12x3 game wasnt quite meant for him, not all outstanding amateurs automatically become good pros.
Thompson though isnt outstanding by any means, plus he is pretty old too.

[Marcus]

Margo wins via points and calls out little Cotto. You would think Cotto would be at this fight, hope they interview him in the croud :good

[Sai]

Fuck, Im slightly nervous now about picking RJJ to win. With all the shit hes been pulling about the use of the gym Hanshaw is going to come in wanting to kill him.

[Robot16]

Oztriker and myself were talking about a meet up for the Hopkins/Wright fight.
Any of you Sydney cunts wanna meet up at the Casino, or another venue to watch this and the Katsidis fight?
Me, im doin the morning shifts on the next few sundays so i can watch the fights.
Damm 5am start, but at least the quakers inn is close.
Im probably gonna miss the cintron fight though:(.

[yogster740]

Williams late rd TKO
Gatti mid to late rd TKO
Cintron KO
Thompson UD
Hanshaw UD