Magnificent Seven PBP Mega-Thread PREDICTIONS / TALK

FOR HQ STREAMS http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=424313 STARTS 1pm EST 10AM PST SKYSPORTS BOXOFFICE Frank Warren’s ambitious card on Saturday sees a host of star names from his stable in action and seven belts up for grabs, sort of. The validity of the straps is questionable, there’s nothing higher than European belt on show and it ranges down to the almost unrecognisable international masters bantamweight title. Still, a belt is a belt and what’s on show really is the future of British boxing. This is a marked improvement on Warren’s “Night of Champions card” - there are still a few lopsided bouts but a lot of quality and plenty of scope for excitement on show as well. It’s a fantastic occasion for British boxing and its fans, it’s just a question of relaxing and enjoying the show. Here is a brief guide to all the major match ups. http://www.olympics.org.uk/Beijing2008/images/athlete/James_Degale2_350.jpg VS http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/bootletimes/dec2009/7/6/carl-dilks-250-963265191.jpg James DeGale 7(5)-0-0.................Carl Dilks 14(5)-2-0 British Super-middleweight eliminator match Olympic Gold medallist DeGale only made the weight at the second attempt and faces Carl Dilks in a British Super-middleweight eliminator match. This is shaping up to be a surprisingly good fight due to the animosity between “Chunky” and Dilks, having previously looked like a routine warm-up match for the up and coming prospect. At the end of this battle lies a shot at the British title as DeGale continues his fast-track to the big time. Yet his opponent Dilks looks very much up for it, describing this as a career making fight. DeGale poured scorn on his rival saying he was going to knock out Dilks in the sixth round, which of course infuriated the Liverpudlian as the press conference nearly saw things come to early blows. Everybody knows about DeGale, he is a good mover, fast hands and good head movement among other things, but his biggest weakness is over confidence. The Olympian has only boxed 20 professional rounds in his career yet you’d think by the way he acts he had boxed 200. In Dilks he has an opponent who is solid and has fought three times as many rounds as the Londoner. DeGale is expecting a walk in the park but Dilks is going to make life as difficult and uncomfortable for the MBE as he can and there could well be fireworks by the end of this one. http://images.sportinglife.com/09/03/330/Matthew-Hall_2004849.jpgVShttp://mm.denik.cz/1/d2/box_lukas_konecny_denik_clanek_solo.jpg Matthew Hall 23(16)-2-0....................Lukas Konecny 44(21)-3-0 Vacant European light-middleweight title Matthew Hall gets a crack at the big time when he takes on Lukas Konecny for the vacant European belt. With a record of 23-2, Hall has the calibre to graft his way up the light-middleweight division having put defeats to Anthony Small and a first round KO to Martin Conception behind him. “El Torito” is looking to break out of his domestic fighter guise and strive towards world glory. He is a pugilist who likes to come forward and in the past that has been his undoing, his chin is questionable and although he has scored knockouts a lot have come against lesser fighters. Konecny has been about a bit and in the process gained a great record of 21 knock outs in his 44 wins with just three losses. He is a very strong puncher and might just prove to be a bit much for Hall this time.