I will not be around next week, so I am going to go ahead and write about the fights for the next two weeks now. Last week was a good one for me:
Brian's pick Huerta I pick Huerta Winner Huerta
Brian's pick Avila I pick Salido Winner Salido
Huerta looked decent, Alicea looked bad. Salido looked very good. He totally destroyed Avila. So, that means I went 2-0, the Brian's went 1-1.
The next two weeks, we have nothing spectacular. Three cards, one on Versus tonight, one on Telefutura tomorrow, and the return of ESPN's Friday Night Fights on the 28th. In the Versus opener, we get Tye Fields vs. Chris Koval in a 10 round Heavyweight fight. Fields
was born in Missoula, MT and fights out of Las Vegas. He is 39-1-0, 32 years old, and 6'9. In his last fight he won a knockout victory over knock-around Domonic Jenkins in August. The only names on his record are Bruce Seldon and Saul Montana and they were way past their prime when Fields beat them. He has 35 knockouts, and he has put a lot of cans on their cans. He is rated 66th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 15th on the active list. Koval
fights out of Youngstown, OH. He is 24-3-0 and is 25 years old. He has 18 KOs in his 35 wins, but he has been KO'd twice. In his last fight he won a split decision in a six rounder over the very iffy Chad Van Sickle in August. I have never seen him fight, though he has fought a decent name here or there, notably Shannon Briggs, the best name on either of these records and Alexander Dimitrenko. Of course, he lost to both of those guys. Koval is ranked 274th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 87th on the Active list. This is a record compiler compiling his record against a decent kid. Fields should have no trouble getting win number 40. The Brian's pick Fields 970.8 over Koval 775.2. I also pick Fields.
The main event on Versus should be a good one Joshua Clottey vs. Shamone Alvarez in a 12 round Welterweight fight.
Clottey was born in Accra, Ghana and fights out of The Bronx. He is 32-2-0 and 30 years old. In his last fight, he won a unanimous decision over a decent Felix Flores in August. I have seen him fight three times and, though he is not spectacular, I like him. He keeps coming, he throws some good punches and he takes a good punch. He gave Antonio Margarito all he wanted last December in a Welterweight title fight and beat Diego Corrales in April. His other loss came to Carlos Baldomir and he has also beaten Marlon Thomas. He is currently rated 24th in the All-Time Light Middleweight ratings and 11th in the Active ratings. Alvarez 
was born in and fights out of Atlantic City. He is 19-0-0 and 30 years old. In his last fight, he won a unanimous decision over a decent Germaine Sanders in August. I have seen him fight twice, though he does not stand out. Besides Sanders, the only other decent guy on his record is Jose Luis Cruz, whom he also beat. He is rated 109th on the All-Time Welterweight list and 21st on the Active list. Neither one of these guys has a huge punch, so this fight should go the distance. Clottey looks to be the better guy. He has fought far better opposition and though Alvarez is 19-0, the record of an up and comer, he is 30 years old, the age of a late start-protected guy. I guess it is conceivable that Clottey will submit to the ravages of time, but... The Brian's pick Clottey 942.1 over Alvarez 855.0. I pick Clottey to stave off father time a bit longer.
On Telefutura on Friday, we start with another 10 round Heavyweight fight, David Rodriguez vs. Marcus McGee. Rodriguez
fights out of El Paso. He is 26-0-0 with 25 KOs and 30 years old. His last fight was in June, a 2nd round KO over undefeated noname Rick Dyer. I have never seen him fight and he has never fought anybody of note. He is 186th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 47th on the Active list. McGee fights out of Tuscaloosa, AL. He is 19-14-0 and 36 years old. In his last fight, in September, he got knocked out by a kid fighting his fourth pro fight. I have never seen him fight but he has fought some names, Jameel McCline, Sultan Ibragimov, Michael Grant, Roman Greenburg, Malik Scott. But, he lost to all of them. Chances are, he might be looking for a soft spot in the ring to lay down in. Despite all of that, he will be the second best guy Rodriguez has fought. He is currently rated 378th in the All-Time Heavyweight ratings and 149th in the Active list. The Brian's put this at Rodriguez 857.6 over McGee 564.4. No way Rodriguez loses.
In the Telefutura Main Event, we get Urbano Antillon vs. Adrian Valdez in a 10 round Lightweight fight. Antillon
was born in Namiquipa, Mexico and fights out of Maywood, CA. He is 20-0-0 and 25 years old. In his last fight, he KO'd a fairly decent Wilson Alcorro in 2 rounds. I have seen him fight twice, though not memorably. He has fought some decent folk, in addition to Alcorro, he beat Fernando Trejo and Ivan Valle. He is currently ranked 89 in the All-Time Lightweight ratings and 23rd in the Active ratings. Valdez fights out of Ciudad Juarez. He is 18-5-3 and 27 years old. His last fight was a 4th round TKO over young and bad Julio Cesar Hernandez. I have never seen him fight, but he has some decent names on his slate, locing to Cesar Soto, Robert Guerrero, Ben Dunne, and Clarence Vinson, but beating Cesar Soto and Hector Javier Marquez. He is currently rated 146th on the All-Time Lightweight ratings and 63rd on the Active ratings. This should be a better fight than the first. Valdez has fought some good names, beating some. Antillon has never lost and is on a three fight KO run. Valdez is a little better than recent competition. The Brian's say Antillon 840.7 over Valdez 704.7. I can't find any reason not to pick Antillon.
That's it for this week. But next week, we see the return of Friday Night Fights on ESPN2. In the opening bout, we have Mark Woolnough vs. Darrell Woods in an 8 round Super Middleweight fight. Woolnough (red pants)
was born and fights out of Qualicum Beach, Canada. He is 16-5-1 and 26 years old. His last fight was a unanimous decision over noname Kareem Chartrand in October. I have never seen him fight. He has beaten Jose Spearman and Giovanni Alvarez, but has lost to Carl Froch and Otis Grant. He is currently rated 143rd on the All-Time Super Middleweight list and 100th on the Active list. Woods was born and fights out of St. Petersburg, FL. He is 26-11-0 and 40 years old. His last fight was a 1 round destruction by Allan Green. I have seen his last two fights. In the fight before the Green fight, he also got knocked down, but used his veteran wiles to take a surprise decision off Samuel Miller. He is long, lean, and old. He is not quick or strong, but he is a veteran and knows how to stay alive and steal some rounds. In addition to Green and Miller, He beat Emmett Linton and Kenny Ellis, and lost to Marlon Thomas, Kenny Ellis, and Joachim Alcine. Lots of decent names on the resume. He is currently rated 124th on the All-Time list and 81st on the Active list. The Brian's put this at Woods 721.9 over Woolnough 694.3. Woolnough is not a power guy, with only 5 KOs. I think he is a good boxer and doesn't think he can do stuff he can't, like KO Woods. So, I think he will do better than Miller. I also think the severe beating handed out by Green is the beginning of the end for Woods. I pick Woolnough.
The main event is a 10 round Heavyweight fight between Dominick Guinn and Robert Hawkins. Guinn
was born in Hot Springs and fights out of Houston. He is 28-5-1 and 32 years old. His last fight he lost a unanimous decision to Eddie Chambers in May. I have seen him fight 10 times, including 8 of his last 9. I think he is a guy far down on the slide. He always seems like he is not into the fight. He appears unmotivated, just getting along. He holds. He is not a big puncher. But, he can beat losers. He just can't beat anybody decent these days. He has lots of names on his roster, Chambers, Tony Thompson, Audley Harrison, Jame Toney, Serguei Lyakhovich, Monte Barrett, Michael Grant, Duncan Dokiwari. Of those, the guys he beat, Harrison, Grant, Dokiwari, turned out to be at the end. He hasn't beaten anybody on the rise. He is currently ranked 164 on the All-Time list and 64th on the Active ratings. Hawkins fights out of Philly. He is 22-10-0 and 37 years old. His last fight was a KO loss to Vladimir Virchis in November. I have seen him fight once and he did not look like he was any good. He also has some names on his list, Virchis, Jean Francois Bergeron, David Tua, Samuel Peter, Chambers, and Oleg Maskaev all beat him, though he did come up with a win against Terry Smith. He is rated 281st on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 118 on the Active list. The Brian's put this at Guinn 822.0 over Hawkins 686.2. This looks to me like a guy trying to get back on track by beating a guy with a decent record, with some good names, who isn't any good. Hawkins has no power, so he is not a knockout threat. The only question is whether Guinn is completely shot or if, in the last few months, he has found a little bit more in the well. Hopefully ESPN would not be bringing him back if he was done. I'll take ESPN, I'll take Guinn.
In Summary, the Brian's pick:
Fields----------I pick Fields
Clottey---------I pick Clottey
Rodriguez------I pick Rodriguez
Antillon--------I pick Antillon
Woods---------I pick Woolnough
Guinn----------I pick Guinn
Happy Holidays, I'll see you next year.
Brian's pick Huerta I pick Huerta Winner Huerta
Brian's pick Avila I pick Salido Winner Salido
Huerta looked decent, Alicea looked bad. Salido looked very good. He totally destroyed Avila. So, that means I went 2-0, the Brian's went 1-1.
The next two weeks, we have nothing spectacular. Three cards, one on Versus tonight, one on Telefutura tomorrow, and the return of ESPN's Friday Night Fights on the 28th. In the Versus opener, we get Tye Fields vs. Chris Koval in a 10 round Heavyweight fight. Fields
was born in Missoula, MT and fights out of Las Vegas. He is 39-1-0, 32 years old, and 6'9. In his last fight he won a knockout victory over knock-around Domonic Jenkins in August. The only names on his record are Bruce Seldon and Saul Montana and they were way past their prime when Fields beat them. He has 35 knockouts, and he has put a lot of cans on their cans. He is rated 66th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 15th on the active list. Koval
fights out of Youngstown, OH. He is 24-3-0 and is 25 years old. He has 18 KOs in his 35 wins, but he has been KO'd twice. In his last fight he won a split decision in a six rounder over the very iffy Chad Van Sickle in August. I have never seen him fight, though he has fought a decent name here or there, notably Shannon Briggs, the best name on either of these records and Alexander Dimitrenko. Of course, he lost to both of those guys. Koval is ranked 274th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 87th on the Active list. This is a record compiler compiling his record against a decent kid. Fields should have no trouble getting win number 40. The Brian's pick Fields 970.8 over Koval 775.2. I also pick Fields.The main event on Versus should be a good one Joshua Clottey vs. Shamone Alvarez in a 12 round Welterweight fight.
Clottey was born in Accra, Ghana and fights out of The Bronx. He is 32-2-0 and 30 years old. In his last fight, he won a unanimous decision over a decent Felix Flores in August. I have seen him fight three times and, though he is not spectacular, I like him. He keeps coming, he throws some good punches and he takes a good punch. He gave Antonio Margarito all he wanted last December in a Welterweight title fight and beat Diego Corrales in April. His other loss came to Carlos Baldomir and he has also beaten Marlon Thomas. He is currently rated 24th in the All-Time Light Middleweight ratings and 11th in the Active ratings. Alvarez was born in and fights out of Atlantic City. He is 19-0-0 and 30 years old. In his last fight, he won a unanimous decision over a decent Germaine Sanders in August. I have seen him fight twice, though he does not stand out. Besides Sanders, the only other decent guy on his record is Jose Luis Cruz, whom he also beat. He is rated 109th on the All-Time Welterweight list and 21st on the Active list. Neither one of these guys has a huge punch, so this fight should go the distance. Clottey looks to be the better guy. He has fought far better opposition and though Alvarez is 19-0, the record of an up and comer, he is 30 years old, the age of a late start-protected guy. I guess it is conceivable that Clottey will submit to the ravages of time, but... The Brian's pick Clottey 942.1 over Alvarez 855.0. I pick Clottey to stave off father time a bit longer.On Telefutura on Friday, we start with another 10 round Heavyweight fight, David Rodriguez vs. Marcus McGee. Rodriguez
fights out of El Paso. He is 26-0-0 with 25 KOs and 30 years old. His last fight was in June, a 2nd round KO over undefeated noname Rick Dyer. I have never seen him fight and he has never fought anybody of note. He is 186th on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 47th on the Active list. McGee fights out of Tuscaloosa, AL. He is 19-14-0 and 36 years old. In his last fight, in September, he got knocked out by a kid fighting his fourth pro fight. I have never seen him fight but he has fought some names, Jameel McCline, Sultan Ibragimov, Michael Grant, Roman Greenburg, Malik Scott. But, he lost to all of them. Chances are, he might be looking for a soft spot in the ring to lay down in. Despite all of that, he will be the second best guy Rodriguez has fought. He is currently rated 378th in the All-Time Heavyweight ratings and 149th in the Active list. The Brian's put this at Rodriguez 857.6 over McGee 564.4. No way Rodriguez loses.In the Telefutura Main Event, we get Urbano Antillon vs. Adrian Valdez in a 10 round Lightweight fight. Antillon
was born in Namiquipa, Mexico and fights out of Maywood, CA. He is 20-0-0 and 25 years old. In his last fight, he KO'd a fairly decent Wilson Alcorro in 2 rounds. I have seen him fight twice, though not memorably. He has fought some decent folk, in addition to Alcorro, he beat Fernando Trejo and Ivan Valle. He is currently ranked 89 in the All-Time Lightweight ratings and 23rd in the Active ratings. Valdez fights out of Ciudad Juarez. He is 18-5-3 and 27 years old. His last fight was a 4th round TKO over young and bad Julio Cesar Hernandez. I have never seen him fight, but he has some decent names on his slate, locing to Cesar Soto, Robert Guerrero, Ben Dunne, and Clarence Vinson, but beating Cesar Soto and Hector Javier Marquez. He is currently rated 146th on the All-Time Lightweight ratings and 63rd on the Active ratings. This should be a better fight than the first. Valdez has fought some good names, beating some. Antillon has never lost and is on a three fight KO run. Valdez is a little better than recent competition. The Brian's say Antillon 840.7 over Valdez 704.7. I can't find any reason not to pick Antillon.That's it for this week. But next week, we see the return of Friday Night Fights on ESPN2. In the opening bout, we have Mark Woolnough vs. Darrell Woods in an 8 round Super Middleweight fight. Woolnough (red pants)
was born and fights out of Qualicum Beach, Canada. He is 16-5-1 and 26 years old. His last fight was a unanimous decision over noname Kareem Chartrand in October. I have never seen him fight. He has beaten Jose Spearman and Giovanni Alvarez, but has lost to Carl Froch and Otis Grant. He is currently rated 143rd on the All-Time Super Middleweight list and 100th on the Active list. Woods was born and fights out of St. Petersburg, FL. He is 26-11-0 and 40 years old. His last fight was a 1 round destruction by Allan Green. I have seen his last two fights. In the fight before the Green fight, he also got knocked down, but used his veteran wiles to take a surprise decision off Samuel Miller. He is long, lean, and old. He is not quick or strong, but he is a veteran and knows how to stay alive and steal some rounds. In addition to Green and Miller, He beat Emmett Linton and Kenny Ellis, and lost to Marlon Thomas, Kenny Ellis, and Joachim Alcine. Lots of decent names on the resume. He is currently rated 124th on the All-Time list and 81st on the Active list. The Brian's put this at Woods 721.9 over Woolnough 694.3. Woolnough is not a power guy, with only 5 KOs. I think he is a good boxer and doesn't think he can do stuff he can't, like KO Woods. So, I think he will do better than Miller. I also think the severe beating handed out by Green is the beginning of the end for Woods. I pick Woolnough.The main event is a 10 round Heavyweight fight between Dominick Guinn and Robert Hawkins. Guinn
was born in Hot Springs and fights out of Houston. He is 28-5-1 and 32 years old. His last fight he lost a unanimous decision to Eddie Chambers in May. I have seen him fight 10 times, including 8 of his last 9. I think he is a guy far down on the slide. He always seems like he is not into the fight. He appears unmotivated, just getting along. He holds. He is not a big puncher. But, he can beat losers. He just can't beat anybody decent these days. He has lots of names on his roster, Chambers, Tony Thompson, Audley Harrison, Jame Toney, Serguei Lyakhovich, Monte Barrett, Michael Grant, Duncan Dokiwari. Of those, the guys he beat, Harrison, Grant, Dokiwari, turned out to be at the end. He hasn't beaten anybody on the rise. He is currently ranked 164 on the All-Time list and 64th on the Active ratings. Hawkins fights out of Philly. He is 22-10-0 and 37 years old. His last fight was a KO loss to Vladimir Virchis in November. I have seen him fight once and he did not look like he was any good. He also has some names on his list, Virchis, Jean Francois Bergeron, David Tua, Samuel Peter, Chambers, and Oleg Maskaev all beat him, though he did come up with a win against Terry Smith. He is rated 281st on the All-Time Heavyweight list and 118 on the Active list. The Brian's put this at Guinn 822.0 over Hawkins 686.2. This looks to me like a guy trying to get back on track by beating a guy with a decent record, with some good names, who isn't any good. Hawkins has no power, so he is not a knockout threat. The only question is whether Guinn is completely shot or if, in the last few months, he has found a little bit more in the well. Hopefully ESPN would not be bringing him back if he was done. I'll take ESPN, I'll take Guinn.In Summary, the Brian's pick:
Fields----------I pick Fields
Clottey---------I pick Clottey
Rodriguez------I pick Rodriguez
Antillon--------I pick Antillon
Woods---------I pick Woolnough
Guinn----------I pick Guinn
Happy Holidays, I'll see you next year.
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