BoxingScene.com's Television Picks of The Week

by Cliff Rold

The year is all but over.

Timothy Bradley still has an appearance.  There will be some big stuff in Japan to end the year.  Mostly, it’s a wrap until the wrapping comes off and we usher in 2015.

Mostly.

There are still men heading to scratch and this weekend has a busy Saturday.  One of the best fighters in the world is in non-title action.  A potential future, and former, foe will also be in action. 

And on HBO, there are three competitive matches.  There are worse ways to spend a Saturday after the college football championships are in.

These are the picks of the week.

Pick It: Triple Header (Saturday, HBO, 10 PM EST/PST)

HBO doesn’t really have a main event one would look at HBO for, but they might have three ESPN2 main events on the same show.  The winners might have some bigger chances in 2015.  This is a stage to show their wares, with no clear winners.  At Middleweight, puncher David Lemieux (32-2, 30 KO) and Gabriel Rosado (21-8, 13 KO) are the official headliners.  The leather should fly.  There are more Middleweights in support.  James De La Rosa (23-2, 13 KO) will attempt to follow a career best win over Alfredo Angulo against undefeated Hugo Centeno (21-0, 11 KO).  Centeno might not be undefeated if not for a cut-saving No Contest against Julian Williams.  We’ll see if he’s still undefeated after this one.  Always fun, Jr. Welterweight Hank Lundy (25-3-1, 12 KO) faces Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KO).  Dulorme has won five straight since a loss to Luis Abregu.  Lundy has won three in a row since consecutive defeats to Ray Beltran and Viktor Postol.  Someone is going to lose their streak.

Pick BeIn: #1 Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Joebert Alvarez (Saturday, BeIn Espanol, 11 PM EST/8 PM PST)

While boxing fans wonder if Estrada will mix for a rematch with Roman Gonzalez in the biggest Flyweight fight in years, he stays busy with a relative unknown in non-title action.  The WBA/WBO titlist at 112, Estrada (30-2, 22 KO) spent a lot of his early career at 115 lbs. and returns for the undefeated Alvarez (14-0-1, 6 KO).  Given how hot BeIn has been this year, could we get one more gem we didn’t see coming?  When Estrada in on the tube he’s must see.  It will be worth it to find out.  

Pick More Espanol: Felix and Viloria in Action (Saturday, UniMas, 11 PM EST/PST)

If Estrada isn’t with Gonzalez early in 2015, he may see a WBO challenge from the man he defeated to win his belts.  Brian Viloria (34-4, 20 KO) will be in action against Armando Vazquez (21-11, 4 KO).  A win could get him his rematch.  Headlining will be Lightweight Jose Felix Jr. (27-1-1, 22 KO) against Luis Solis (15-5-4, 12 KO).  Of the three Saturday shows, this is the DVR special of the bunch.  

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Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.  He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com