Here's my list of upcoming fights no boxing fan can afford to miss, what a good year for boxing it is.

*Andrew Golota vs. Lamon Brewster
*Tomasz Adamek vs. Paul Briggs
*Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor
*Ricardo Mayorga vs. Javier Castillejo
*Felix Trinidad vs. Ronald Wright
*Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett
*Rocky Juarez vs. In Jin Chi



*= My Favorite Fighter/Predicted Winner



Add what fights you'd like to see as well

Here's my list of upcoming fights no boxing fan can afford to miss, what a good year for boxing it is.

*Andrew Golota vs. Lamon Brewster
*Tomasz Adamek vs. Paul Briggs
*Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor
*Ricardo Mayorga vs. Javier Castillejo
*Felix Trinidad vs. Ronald Wright
*Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett
*Rocky Juarez vs. In Jin Chi



*= My Favorite Fighter/Predicted Winner



Add what fights you'd like to see as well


all those plus
Kostya Tszyu-Ricky Hatton
Arturo Gatti-PBF

That list sucks. How you gonna anticipate Golota-Brewster when Golota is a ballbreaking bum and then not respect a great fighter like Ruiz? Completely hypocritical. Golota a quitter too unlike Ruiz who'd die before he'd quit.

Here's my list of upcoming fights no boxing fan can afford to miss, what a good year for boxing it is.

*Andrew Golota vs. Lamon Brewster
*Tomasz Adamek vs. Paul Briggs
*Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor
*Ricardo Mayorga vs. Javier Castillejo
*Felix Trinidad vs. Ronald Wright
*Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett
*Rocky Juarez vs. In Jin Chi



*= My Favorite Fighter/Predicted Winner



Add what fights you'd like to see as well

Agree with you list just want to add Hatton vs Tzyu amd Gatti vs Mayweather like the other fella. I really wanted to see Kelly Pavlick vs Ike Quartey but that fight has been shelfed. Pavlick was too much of a risk for Quartey and he is not a bigname.

I think Omarosa and Jose Canseco might get in a fight on the Surreal Life.

I think Omarosa and Jose Canseco might get in a fight on the Surreal Life.
I'll take Jose in round 3, after taking a horrific beating though

Canseco really should knock that worthless woman out

I'm looking forward to Tszyu vs. 20,000 beer guzzlers after he KO's Hatton, the guy still has to escape Manchester afterwards, somehow someway

That list sucks. How you gonna anticipate Golota-Brewster when Golota is a ballbreaking bum and then not respect a great fighter like Ruiz? Completely hypocritical. Golota a quitter too unlike Ruiz who'd die before he'd quit.

how the hell can you respect a man who hugs his way to victory (hugging is against the rules you know).

ooh and by the way golota beat ruiz and was robbed.

Does the Pretender use the Pretend Karma bar?
How can he have so much blue? LOL

That list sucks. How you gonna anticipate Golota-Brewster when Golota is a ballbreaking bum and then not respect a great fighter like Ruiz? Completely hypocritical. Golota a quitter too unlike Ruiz who'd die before he'd quit.

i'm not trying to imply anything but are you emotionally involved with ruiz? there must be a reason why you love him so much because it cant be his boxing ability. you even compared him to Ali, which is a big no no.

I can't wait till Saturday, Trinidad vs. Wright will be a great fight.

Agree with you list just want to add Hatton vs Tzyu amd Gatti vs Mayweather like the other fella. I really wanted to see Kelly Pavlick vs Ike Quartey but that fight has been shelfed. Pavlick was too much of a risk for Quartey and he is not a bigname.


Quartey is fighting Verno Philips now, that is a bigger risk I do believe.

Should be a great fight.

I'll take Jose in round 3, after taking a horrific beating though

Canseco really should knock that worthless woman out

I'm looking forward to Tszyu vs. 20,000 beer guzzlers after he KO's Hatton, the guy still has to escape Manchester afterwards, somehow someway


Lol, thats a fact! Tszyu better have his 'escape' route already planned to the finest detail for after he beats Hatton (in MEN, of all places! :eek: )

Atwa your list is okay..and of course add Tszyu-Hatton and Gatti-Mayweather. Out of them all, the Juarez-Chi sounds the most exciting..I've been wanting to see Chi fight for the longest!

how the hell can you respect a man who hugs his way to victory (hugging is against the rules you know).

ooh and by the way golota beat ruiz and was robbed.

Lol, I dont think anybody takes him seriously, really ;) I mean, how can they?

I'll take Jose in round 3, after taking a horrific beating though

Canseco really should knock that worthless woman out

I'm looking forward to Tszyu vs. 20,000 beer guzzlers after he KO's Hatton, the guy still has to escape Manchester afterwards, somehow someway

This could be the end of Tszyu's career even if he wins the fight. Those Brits can be brutal. Hope he makes it out alive.

That list sucks. How you gonna anticipate Golota-Brewster when Golota is a ballbreaking bum and then not respect a great fighter like Ruiz? Completely hypocritical. Golota a quitter too unlike Ruiz who'd die before he'd quit.



thanks for the laugh... this is absolutely one of the funniest things i have ever read.

Based on the list I would rather find a hooker instead of watching those boring fights.

This could be the end of Tszyu's career even if he wins the fight. Those Brits can be brutal. Hope he makes it out alive.

I was pretty much joking with my post...after talking almost daily with several British folks here, I'd like to think that theyre better peoples than that. Wont he had security with him anyway??

Quartey is fighting Verno Philips now, that is a bigger risk I do believe.

Should be a great fight.


Verno Phillips is not the devastating puncher that Pavlick is.

I'm surprised no ones said the upcoming Tyson-Mcbride fight. I'm planning on watching that one.

Verno Phillips is not the devastating puncher that Pavlick is.
Pavlik, devestating? he's fought nothing but truck drivers, let's see him KO a top 50 fighter before "devestating" is used

Pavlik, devestating? he's fought nothing but truck drivers, let's see him KO a top 50 fighter before "devestating" is used

He has fought good enough opposition to be ranked #6 by the WBA at middleweight and #11 by the WBC and *********. And Pavlick is natural middleweight, Verno Phillips is coming up from 154 to fight Quartey at middleweight.

how the hell can you respect a man who hugs his way to victory (hugging is against the rules you know).

ooh and by the way golota beat ruiz and was robbed.

Bull****, Ruiz won 10/12 rounds and Golota went crying to his locker room to be breat fed by his trainer. Clinching is legal otherwise he'd have been DQ'd many times and every fighter clinches. Don't hate because the other fighters out there couldn't cope with his tactics. Holyfield is a headbutting whore and I don't hear you complaining!

Bull****, Ruiz won 10/12 rounds and Golota went crying to his locker room to be breat fed by his trainer. Clinching is legal otherwise he'd have been DQ'd many times and every fighter clinches. Don't hate because the other fighters out there couldn't cope with his tactics. Holyfield is a headbutting whore and I don't hear you complaining!
Hey Pretender, I am starting to like you...

I'm gonna give u some good karma!

I swear some people got messed up logic. I mean why else do you think Tyson bit off Evander's ear?

He has fought good enough opposition to be ranked #6 by the WBA at middleweight and #11 by the WBC and *********. And Pavlick is natural middleweight, Verno Phillips is coming up from 154 to fight Quartey at middleweight.
I'm sure that he could KO Phillips too, the guy shows promise, I've just kinda learned from the whole Michael Grant nonsense to never judge a fighter's chin, heart, power, etc, until they fight somebody that'll be competitive, Pavlik still won't show his true colors vs. Phillips because Verno has no chance in that fight

Bull****, Ruiz won 10/12 rounds and Golota went crying to his locker room to be breat fed by his trainer. Clinching is legal otherwise he'd have been DQ'd many times and every fighter clinches. Don't hate because the other fighters out there couldn't cope with his tactics. Holyfield is a headbutting whore and I don't hear you complaining!

he cried cause he got robbed, if you score it 10/12 you must have been very drunk.

holding is ilegal, i know cause i box active, and no i dont hug my opponents. and he should have been DQ many many times.its not legal just because the ref does`nt do his job.

Its true that holy fought dirty, the reason im not *****ing about it is because where talking about ruiz and not holyfield.

he cried cause he got robbed, if you score it 10/12 you must have been very drunk.

holding is ilegal, i know cause i box active, and no i dont hug my opponents. and he should have been DQ many many times.its not legal just because the ref does`nt do his job.

Its true that holy fought dirty, the reason im not *****ing about it is because where talking about ruiz and not holyfield.

And that's why Ruiz a 2 time world champ and you're not a champ. Ruiz knew how to use tactics in the ring and defeat good fighters like Rahman, Holyfield, Oquendo, etc. If you think clinching is bad then you are screwed when you face a bigger fighter who tires you out by leaning on you.

jizzez you probably think of hitting the ball is tactic and not cheating.

there is 2 reasons i dont hug 1 its cheating and i risk beeing DQ
2 because i know how to fight on the inside.

sure hugging can be good just as elbows, headbutts, lowblows, kidney blows etc, but its called cheating, not clever tactic.

How you gonna compare clinches to headbutts and lowblows. Not even in the same category. EVERY fighter clinches so lets DQ them all!

As far as the "fights you can't miss" thing goes, I think every boxing fan hates to miss ANY fight (I'm ashamed to say I ditched a good friend's college graduation party to catch the last Hopkins fight, and was pissed that I had to celebrate my brother's engagement on the night of the Cotto-Corley fight).

But "fights you can't miss"? I think only the absolute superstar fights fall into this category, so I would say:

Trinidad v Wright
Gatti v Mayweather
Tszyu v Hatton (???)

I definitely want to see every other fight, but these are the three that I would sell out my friends and family to watch.

How you gonna compare clinches to headbutts and lowblows. Not even in the same category. EVERY fighter clinches so lets DQ them all!
have you ever seen George Foreman clinch? Or Winky Wright? NOPE, because they fight back istead of grabbing and hugging, but Johnny got plenty of practice with Stoney every night during training in their Posturepedic

plus, no foul is better or worse than another, a foul is a foul

Hell yeah they clinch. Foreman clinch in Ali fight when he was getting his ass kicked. Foreman clinched like crazy in the Moorer fight.

Hell yeah they clinch. Foreman clinch in Ali fight when he was getting his ass kicked. Foreman clinched like crazy in the Moorer fight.
Joe Cortez didn't have to break Foreman and Moorer even ONCE during that fight.....but you're the pretender so whatever you say, the opposite applies, so thanks for agreeing with me :)

Bull****, Ruiz won 10/12 rounds and Golota went crying to his locker room to be breat fed by his trainer. Clinching is legal otherwise he'd have been DQ'd many times and every fighter clinches. Don't hate because the other fighters out there couldn't cope with his tactics. Holyfield is a headbutting whore and I don't hear you complaining!



I hope your not making fun of Golota for running to his dressing room after the decison. Do you remember the Ruiz Toney fight?

Ruiz walked to the locker room quietly. Golota cried like an infant.

Ruiz walked to the locker room quietly. Golota cried like an infant.



Im sure once he got to the locker room he snuggled right in to Stoney's arms and let it go :)

Congradulatons on making it to 100 posts Warden. :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday:

Congradulatons on making it to 100 posts Warden. :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday:



Thanks man. Im really getting addicted to this site its friggen amazing. I've never been much for message boards but the people here are GREAT and really know there stuff.

How you gonna compare clinches to headbutts and lowblows. Not even in the same category. EVERY fighter clinches so lets DQ them all!

NO, NOT every fighter clinces, and its a BIG difference between clincing 5 times in a fight and clincing 10 times each round.

im not saying you should DQ for breaking the rules 2-3 each fight, but doing it 10 times each fight is DQ reason.

he dont know other than jabbin and grabbin.
remeber when he actually tried to box against Tua.

besides he was beat by 2 middelweights, nuff said.

That list sucks. How you gonna anticipate Golota-Brewster when Golota is a ballbreaking bum and then not respect a great fighter like Ruiz? Completely hypocritical. Golota a quitter too unlike Ruiz who'd die before he'd quit.
My list sucks, I didn't see you adding any fights to it *****. You're just pissed because Toney ****ed up your boyfriend.

And that's why Ruiz a 2 time world champ and you're not a champ. Ruiz knew how to use tactics in the ring and defeat good fighters like Rahman, Holyfield, Oquendo, etc. If you think clinching is bad then you are screwed when you face a bigger fighter who tires you out by leaning on you.
You and everyone on this forum knows that Ruiz is one of the biggest disgraces to the boxing world, and even being a champion. The heavyweight divison is in ruins, especially with Ruiz there. Toney messed him up, he ran crying to the locker room. Golota curbed Ruiz and lost on a bull**** descion because Dk messes with the fights. It's not rocket science, you probably haven't even seen the fight.

Ruiz comeback
Gatti vs Mayweather
Trinidad vs Wright
Rahman vs Barrett
Golota vs Brewster
Taylor vs Hopkins
Tszyu vs Hatton
Rafael Marquez vs Ricardo Vargas
Tyson vs Mcbride-Just for the what is he going to do next factor.

God damn summer looks like hotcakes for boxing.

Is noone excited about Tarver vs Johnson?

Is noone excited about Tarver vs Johnson?
I am, but I completely forgot about it when making my list, apologies.

Some of the undercard fights look interesting as well. The mysterious Vivian Harris fights in the Gatti - PBF undercard, and that Almazbek guy squares off against Casamayor before the Cotto fight. Lots of action at 140 right now.

Ward is also fighting before Tarver - Johnson, if I remember correctly.

How about the Lacy - Reid fight later in the summer? That one sounds like it could be interesting.

Some of the undercard fights look interesting as well. The mysterious Vivian Harris fights in the Gatti - PBF undercard, and that Almazbek guy squares off against Casamayor before the Cotto fight. Lots of action at 140 right now.

Ward is also fighting before Tarver - Johnson, if I remember correctly.

How about the Lacy - Reid fight later in the summer? That one sounds like it could be interesting.


I turned my back on Lacy, I thought he was going to be something great but he is just average....I was expecting him to be a KO artist and knock the fools at 168 but instead I get stuck with boring ass decisions...He doesnt appeal to me anymore despite his tremendous skills.

You are correct Ward is fighting on the undercard of Tarver/Johnson but sitting through Ann Wolfe doesnt excite me either.

I am excited about the Cotto and Casaymayor fight actually and after checking ticket prices and seeing tickets for only $4.50 to see the fight it makes my mouth wet and I have considered going to that fight as well.

We have some great fights coming up....We cant forget that stacked Don King PPV card that HBO chose NOT to air.

Rahman vs Barrett
Mayorga vs Castillejo
Toney vs TBA
Byrd vs TBA
Judah vs TBA

Now that is a god damn boxing card. Don King is the only promoter to stack his ppv card with champions and makes it worthy of my $49.95.

Yeah you wont be getting anything like that from the ****ty ass cards GBP is giving you for the same price.

lol atwa looks stoned!

I turned my back on Lacy, I thought he was going to be something great but he is just average....I was expecting him to be a KO artist and knock the fools at 168 but instead I get stuck with boring ass decisions...He doesnt appeal to me anymore despite his tremendous skills.

You are correct Ward is fighting on the undercard of Tarver/Johnson but sitting through Ann Wolfe doesnt excite me either.

I am excited about the Cotto and Casaymayor fight actually and after checking ticket prices and seeing tickets for only $4.50 to see the fight it makes my mouth wet and I have considered going to that fight as well.

We have some great fights coming up....We cant forget that stacked Don King PPV card that HBO chose NOT to air.

Rahman vs Barrett
Mayorga vs Castillejo
Toney vs TBA
Byrd vs TBA
Judah vs TBA

Now that is a god damn boxing card. Don King is the only promoter to stack his ppv card with champions and makes it worthy of my $49.95.

Yeah you wont be getting anything like that from the ****ty ass cards GBP is giving you for the same price.

Lacy's also fighting in maybe the most dysfunctional division in boxing, except for heavyweight of course. As long as Calzaghe's there nothing interesting in going to happen. Still, Lacy's last win wasn't too bad, though the Sheika fight was a bit of a disappointment. I know what you mean but I'm not giving up on him just yet.

What do you think of Cotto? I almost want to see him pay for getting that gift of a decision against Corley.

In the Don King card, what's the reason that Judah is fighting again so soon after Rivera? Is he really trying to take on all of his mandatories? I guess as long as they're guys like Rivera it'll basically be like sparring practice until his big payday comes along.

Also, I guess Mayorga's probably out of that one at this point :) .

Is noone excited about Tarver vs Johnson?


well i would have added it but i know i ain't missing it cause we gonna be there.

Lacy's also fighting in maybe the most dysfunctional division in boxing, except for heavyweight of course. As long as Calzaghe's there nothing interesting in going to happen. Still, Lacy's last win wasn't too bad, though the Sheika fight was a bit of a disappointment. I know what you mean but I'm not giving up on him just yet.

What do you think of Cotto? I almost want to see him pay for getting that gift of a decision against Corley.

In the Don King card, what's the reason that Judah is fighting again so soon after Rivera? Is he really trying to take on all of his mandatories? I guess as long as they're guys like Rivera it'll basically be like sparring practice until his big payday comes along.

Also, I guess Mayorga's probably out of that one at this point :) .


Well I thought Lacy would have been the savior and clean out the division...He has the tools but his confidence sucks and isnt willing to take a risk. He could easily clean up the division if he would let his balls drop.

Cotto, entertaining but waiting for him to get his ass popped hard and defeated. But very entertaining to watch and brings the excitement.

Probably to keep busy for Zab, but it is a sure thing he would probably be fighting DLH in the fall. Even though Zab says he doesnt deserve it a matchup with Mosley in July wouldnt come as a surprise either to stay busy. But Zab is defending his IBF belt this time around and then he said it is all names so he shouldnt have any mandatories but if that was the case then his mandatories would be:

Mosley
Collazo
Damgaard
De la Hoya

So I wouldnt be surprised to see him against Mosley, it is great that he is staying busy though.

Well I thought Lacy would have been the savior and clean out the division...He has the tools but his confidence sucks and isnt willing to take a risk. He could easily clean up the division if he would let his balls drop.

Cotto, entertaining but waiting for him to get his ass popped hard and defeated. But very entertaining to watch and brings the excitement.

Probably to keep busy for Zab, but it is a sure thing he would probably be fighting DLH in the fall. Even though Zab says he doesnt deserve it a matchup with Mosley in July wouldnt come as a surprise either to stay busy. But Zab is defending his IBF belt this time around and then he said it is all names so he shouldnt have any mandatories but if that was the case then his mandatories would be:

Mosley
Collazo
Damgaard
De la Hoya

So I wouldnt be surprised to see him against Mosley, it is great that he is staying busy though.


Lacy the savior? he is nothing, he is nowhere near the same level as Calzaghe, Calzaghe Vs Lacy won't happen anyway beacause Reid is going to show what an average fighter lacy is when they meet on Aug 6th.

Lacy the savior? he is nothing, he is nowhere near the same level as Calzaghe, Calzaghe Vs Lacy won't happen anyway beacause Reid is going to show what an average fighter lacy is when they meet on Aug 6th.


Perhaps you forgot to read WOULD in that post. If Lacy would take a risk perhaps he would be a better fighter....But then again if he takes a risk perhaps we would see him exposed. I am not sold on the guy but he has skills to be the best.