Topic: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 227. (Read 30515 times)

This was one of the fights that surprised me the most, when I thought that Donaire was going to go out with everything to give a good knockout, I see that Inoue did the same with him, for me I thought that Donaire was going to dominate at least the first 2 rounds, but the way Inoue came out, I think that at that moment no one in the world could beat that being in a fight, it really was a very perfect fight for me, he had no mistakes, the little he received from Donire I imagine he did to measure his strength and the amount of strength that the boxer possessed, nonito Donaire this time things did not work out for him. Still, the stats favored Inoue.

Right, Floyd can't resist the money for sure, that's why he will be back with his exhition matches again to where he started it all, in Japan. I'm still baffled as to how Rizin can afford Floyd, maybe the first exhibition really gave them a big boost as far as business again as it was reported that Rizin is losing a lot of money as a promotional company. Nevertheless, having this fight again means they still have the big money to offer to Floyd and in return they will also rake profits. I thought though that Floyd vs Manny is being work out.

Wow! That was fast, he was just fighting Don Moore last month and now he have another exhibition fight, Floyd Mayweather surely knows how to keep his brand known and doing business anywhere in the world for more money. Though I'm not that sure that he started this whole exhibition matches, I know there some matches like these in the late 19th century but in 20th century, many have gone to exhibition matches after they retired, it's just that Mayweather is the remaining person who is capable to sell these fights now.

To those waiting for this weekend's big IBF-WBC-WBO unification fight. Here is a promotional video made by Top Rank entitled Blood, Sweat and Tears: Beterbiev vs Smith Jr..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB-8m6u9xzs

I always laugh every time I see the video of legendary Bernard Hopkins trash talking the then unpopular Joe Smith. BHop ended the fight losing badly as he was knockout outside the ring. Until now the old legend is bitter when it comes to that Joe Smith defeat and always says he was pushed outside the ring.

My take on this fight. If Joe Smith wants to survive and win, he needs to box smart and clinch every time Beterbiev comes near. Maybe Joe Smith can outmuscle the already 37 year old Beterbiev. I still pick Beterbiev to win by KO/TKO here. Based on previous fights, Joe Smith doesn't have the defense, technique and stamina to not get hit by those Beterbiev bombs. 
   

This is quite natural because from the start Bivol was not superior and became the underdog there, even I lost my money here because I was too confident with Canelo.
But on the other hand he is really surprising because I know that he is definitely under pressure especially with his country's problems which are being discussed at that time but with his professionalism he can deal with this calmly and he won quite impressively in this fight.

Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura in Japan.

It was reported that Floyd will have another exhibition in Japan under Rizin in September. We are very familiar that Floyd started his whole exhibitions matches.

And for those who haven't heard the news, Floyd was inducted to the Boxing Hall of Fame, together with a lot of boxers.

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34081958/emotional-floyd-mayweather-jr-calls-international-boxing-hall-fame-induction-career-highlight

Lots of expectation and surely it will happen if only Casimero don't have any issue in his weight, he could've fight Inoue this year because I know that Casimero won't have much trouble defeating Paul Butler. Unfortunately, Casimero is a bit too far to be in line against Inoue now and the latter's camp and Bob Arum won't be interested with it, sure money is not a problem but I'm sure Bob also want to give Inoue some freedom and that is to fight Butler next because Bob could lose Inoue he will continue to decide everything for him.

Yes same here, I didn't even know that Dmitrii Bivol was this good because he managed to put Canelo Alvarez on his place. I know that Bivol is a champion but I don't watch the fights in this division but when I saw him fighting against Canelo and defeated him makes me see more fights in this division. Especially this Artur Beterbiev who have a 100% KO rate with the same nationality of Bivol.

That's a great fight to see if we have Spence and Crawford in the welterweight they are the light heavyweight version, they are knocking out the opposition and I believe if they held a tournament these two are going to be the two last men standing, both are offense-oriented are not afraid to engage and, Bivol Beterbiev are two great match up and promoters should make this fight happens.

Yes, hopefully and again this is a good fight to begin with. There is already a story line behind, as they supposed to face each other and they have been trash talking as well prior to Casimero not making it and been stripped. And money wise, it will be in house fight.

I'm sure Bob Arum and Inoue can wait and see who the winner is. And then fight him next year before he can move up in weight if he decided too.


Beterviev and Bivol though are dominating the light heavyweight for the last 2-3 years. So I agree that they should also face each other for unification. I think Canelo chooses what he thinks is the less riskier, but Bivol is very good and I think it will be a close fight between Arthur and him.

I am also interested now, before Canelo challenge name, I have no idea about the champions on the division of Bivol but after the fight, I realize that there are plenty of exciting fighters in a higher division, I just got so hype with Canelo and now I'm hype again with the Canelo vs GGG trilogy.

5 next days, we will see a both championship on light heavyweight division will defending his own belt to collect more belt. Artur Beterbiev who own WBC and IBF belts vs Joe Smith Jr. who own WBO belt, anyone who win will face Dmitry Bivol who own the last belt e.g. WBA. I'm expecting Artur Beterbiev will win via KO against Joe Smith Jr. since he have 100% KO record. Joe Smith Jr ever lose against Bivol on 3 years ago, so he's the weakest champion on the light heavyweight division.

Honestly I'm more interested if Bivol will fight against Beterbiev in the future since whoever will win become an undisputed champion.

I reckon he should be the first one to be given an opportunity as the challenger. This is because it is his own belt hehehe. He never lost it versus anyone. Casimero's management should fight for their client's right as the no.1 WBO bantamweight contender considering that it appears that Butler has already shown his interest on Inoue for a unification. For boxing fans it might be a better storyline if a Filipino challenges Inoue as the avenger of his fellow Filipino hehehe.

I was just about right, the fight didn't go to distance, but Kelly has a big heart in this fight and it took Munguia a lot of rounds to be able to clipped Kelly and finished him out.

However, not sure if this peformance could fair against a good technical boxer and has power like Charlo. Sure, Munguia has serious power too, but Charlo can play defense. And if ever this two fights, I would favored Charlo to win and test Munguia chin in the process.

Fight hightlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51QNdJHIZE

It took Munguia 5 rounds to figure out and deliver that knock out punch and shows his power. Knock him down 3x. Respect for Kelly though, he was boxing perfectly until he was caught and it was over for him. The power of Munguia is in full display in this fight, upper cuts, left hooks. He will could a serious threat to Charlo at 160 lbs. And hopefully they can sit down and make the fight happen next year.

I wish that was easy the offense that John Riel Casimero did, in cutting his weight has caused him his fight and his belt because he uses a sauna that was against the rules, I really don't know if there is still a chance that Casimero will get back the title belt that Paul Butler had taken to him, Jonas Sultan was the replacement of Casimero, against Butler, and we all know that Jonas Sultan has defeated Casimero once, so when Paul Butler defeated Sultan he also though the same outcome would happen if he faced Casimero, But I highly doubted that because I really think if there would be a John Riel Casimero VS Jonas Sultan rematch I think that Casimero will win that because I think he already surpasses Sultan in giving a great fight against Zolani Tete, given a loss to Duke Micah and Guillermo Rigondeaux, I sure wish a match against Butler will be a great start for Casimero, and please I wish he doesn't do something stupid again.


It could be a good route for John Riel Casimero and it could also be a great end for him, Naoya Inoue just got level up in terms of his speed and punching power, and again I doubt if the WBO would approve that fight to happen despite what happens with the Paul Butler incident that he uses a sauna to reduce weight it is surely against the rules and because of that they might halt every fight of Casimero for now, but I am still wishing about it happening, I surely belive in the power of Inoue, but for a Filipino boxer winning, I think Casimero has a better chance, 

The referee is also very tentative in his decision, no warning, he just deducted a point for low blow from Kyoguchi while Bermudez is throwing low blow as well.

Anyhow, it's good that the Japanese still won, I can't imagine if it goes to the judges scorecard and who knows, there could be some home cook decision. I read some interviews of Kyoguchi that he was inspired by Inoue's knocking out Donaire 3 days ago that's why he went like a 'monster' in this fight.

If I'm not mistaken, Nonito Donaire is also under the banner of Probellum. They have 3 boxers in the same division fighting with each other namely Donaire, Casimero and Butler.

Casimero should move to other promoter like MP Promotions, however, it seems that Casimero is not in good terms with Sean Gibbons but Casimero should be in the same banner with Magsayo. Anyway, I agree that should be busy building his name again because he is not back from scratch because of that incident.

Anyone wanted to see a war? Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Esteban Bermudez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqvpBZCOs7Q

Kyoguchi won as he batters Bermudez in Mexico and defends his WBA 'Super' junior flyweight title.

But as you can see, it's clearly biased, the way I look at it. Referee deducting points from the Japanese fighter and it seems the ring physician still allow Bermudez to continue despite that opening from his temple. Nevertheless, Kyoguchi was not deterred and stop Bermudez in round 8.

I heard a lot of good  things from this kid, but I didn't know that he is being managed by El Terrible Morales. So that is good though, high KO percentage no wonder why they don't want to messed with him. Probably following the footsteps of Canelo but he need to step up and get good competition in his name. Yes, As I have said, chances are with the KO percentage, most likely Kelly will not last the full 12 rounds and could get knock out. So let's see if he can bring that power at 168 lbs as there are a lot of competition in that weight category.