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This is a spin-off thread of 'Whose stock ROSE and FELL in 2006?'.
2006 in review for major American Promotional companies:
GBP--rise, even if the Pac deal falls through, they've signed good fighters and had big wins (Barrera x2, DLH, Hopkins, Mosley x2, JMM x2, Ponce-De Leon, Guzman, Vazquez), the prospects are growing (though the Escobedo loss hurts). Ouma got a nice wins over Francisco Mora, Marco Antonio Rubio and Sechew Powell and then acquitted himself pretty well vs. Jermain Taylor in a game effort in a fight way out his league (160 lbs.). Also got into the heavyweight mix with Sultan Ibrigamov, who has a title shot March 10 vs. Shannon Briggs.
Top Rank--fall, even if they can get Pac; PBF leaves, Morales was demolished twice, Castillo embarrasses all of boxing, Rahman embarrasses himself vs. Maskaev after blowing it vs. Toney, Raheem loses all momentum after the Morales win by stinking up BAD with Freitas, Martin Castillo gets stopped in Japan, Viloria chokes on Versus Fight Night debut and then can only draw with Nino in rematch, Santa Cruz gets KO'd after controlling an entire fight, Arce can't get a big fight (The good in '06: Cotto's rise to superstardom continues, prospects Vanes Martirosyan, Victor Ortiz, and Kelly Pavlik)/
Main Events--monumental collapse. Gatti and Vargas are KO'd brutally and as Lampley would say are now "ruined," Brock wins a snoozer on BAD vs. Ibrigamov, re-signs and then gets KO'd by Wladdy, Juarez looks good in defeat vs. Barrera in the first fight but loses soundly in the second fight, mega prospect Julio gets undressed After Dark and then squeaks one out vs. Cosme Rivera (a guy Judah blew out), Juan Diaz defects. (Is there ANY good for Main Events '06?)
DKP--roughly the same, but slight fall. After a rough start (almost completely losing his grip on the heavyweight division), he regained most of it in short order. He loses Rahman, Byrd, and Brewster and then they all lose their belts in their next fights. Then he goes and gets a piece of Valuev, signs Briggs who beats Liahovich, and buys half of Sam Peter to go with his half of James Toney. He also signed Juan Diaz, but it may have been a one-fight deal. Judah lost twice, both somewhat embarrassingly (but then was banished, to DK's credit), and Mayorga got steamrolled by DLH, but Spinks' win over Karmazin was bigger because the Mayorga result was expected. He also basically controls the 154-lb. division outside of the DLH-PBF fight (Spinks, Rivera, Simms, Mayorga, et al). The Peter/Toney II winner will probably beat Maskaev and Briggs may get a chance to unify with Klitschko next summer.
DiBella--fall. Taylor is the big name here, and he was very forunate to get a draw vs. Winky and then looked somewhat amateurish vs. the much smaller Ouma. The Chin Checkers both got checked, Codrington in spectacular fashion in less than a minute by Allan Green on ShoBox (will he ever live that down?), and Stevens by some journeyman fighting for a 'youth' title. Several fighters had televised losses in big fights: Malignaggi, though game, was thoroughly dismantled by Cotto; Ike Quartey lost a tough one to Vernon Forrest and then was overwhelmed by Winky; David Estrada was stopped by Kermit Cintron; Isaac Hlastshwayo was dominated by Kendall Holt; 'Too Sharp' Johnson was stopped by Jhonny Gonzalez; Fres Oquendo was beaten by Holyfield; Sechew Powell was lost vs. Kassim Ouma; and in Germany Kofi Jantuah lost a decent scrap with Arthur Abraham. That's a lot of losses on TV (domestically and internationally), but I will give DiBella credit for being willing to put his big names up vs. other promoters' big names (Cotto, Winky x2, Holyfield, Ouma, Cintron) without asking for any kind of options.
Gary Shaw--hard fall for the short-term, but good outlook. Winky Wright and Jeff Lacy are gone, and Chico Corrales wants out next. Signed Vivian Harris who looked good on BAD against Stevie Johnson and should get another 140 lb. title shot soon. Vic Darchinyan shined on Showtime twice and is demanding a shot against Arce. Chad Dawson continued to improve and looks ready to fight Adamek for a 175 lb. title next year. Rafael Marquez fought only once, but it was another good win vs. Silence Mabuza on Showtime. Anthony Hanshaw has come back strong and looks poised to win the 168 lb. ShoBox tournament.
Goosen Tutor--fall. Got Mayweather, but it may have been another one-fight deal. James Toney looked bad vs. Rahman and then lost to Peter. The Ghost Guerrero was having a promising year, especially his performance vs. Aiken, but then was thoroughly out-worked vs. Salido (drug controversy pending). Andre Ward had a nice win on BAD but the opponent was a joke, and then Ward got hurt and missed most of the year--his progress has been slow. Robbie Peden didn't fight this year (did he retire?) after being dismantled by Barrera last year.
Warriors--rise. It was a good year for Seminole Warriors Boxing, and at the top of the list is a guy who lost his big fight--Edison Miranda. Miranda's stock flew up the charts after his big stoppage of Howard Eastman (a guy neither Hopkins or Abraham could stop), and then he flew to Germany and broke Abraham's jaw and lost a controversial decision. He's back next week against Willie Gibbs and it's a shame he didn't get the decision vs. Abraham, because otherwise he'd be a sleeper for fighter of the year. Warriors also brought Shannon Briggs back to the top of the heavyweight but Don King signed him away a couple of months ago. Juan Urango got a 140 lb. belt via controversial decision (vs. Ben Rabah) and has a huge fight vs. Ricky Hatton next month on HBO. O'Neill Bell stopped Jean-Marc Mormeck to become the undisputed cruiserweight champ (first since Holyfield). Their recycle-the-heavyweights experiment has been effective this year, as Michael Moorer just returned with a KO win and a Oliver McCall is still plodding along. Timor Ibrigamov lost a forgettable fight vs. Brock, but Sultan Ibrigamov drew with Ray Austin but will get a title shot vs. Shannon Briggs on March 10.
Anyone want to add international promoters (Frank Warren, Universum, etc.) or other minor American promoters?
2006 in review for major American Promotional companies:
GBP--rise, even if the Pac deal falls through, they've signed good fighters and had big wins (Barrera x2, DLH, Hopkins, Mosley x2, JMM x2, Ponce-De Leon, Guzman, Vazquez), the prospects are growing (though the Escobedo loss hurts). Ouma got a nice wins over Francisco Mora, Marco Antonio Rubio and Sechew Powell and then acquitted himself pretty well vs. Jermain Taylor in a game effort in a fight way out his league (160 lbs.). Also got into the heavyweight mix with Sultan Ibrigamov, who has a title shot March 10 vs. Shannon Briggs.
Top Rank--fall, even if they can get Pac; PBF leaves, Morales was demolished twice, Castillo embarrasses all of boxing, Rahman embarrasses himself vs. Maskaev after blowing it vs. Toney, Raheem loses all momentum after the Morales win by stinking up BAD with Freitas, Martin Castillo gets stopped in Japan, Viloria chokes on Versus Fight Night debut and then can only draw with Nino in rematch, Santa Cruz gets KO'd after controlling an entire fight, Arce can't get a big fight (The good in '06: Cotto's rise to superstardom continues, prospects Vanes Martirosyan, Victor Ortiz, and Kelly Pavlik)/
Main Events--monumental collapse. Gatti and Vargas are KO'd brutally and as Lampley would say are now "ruined," Brock wins a snoozer on BAD vs. Ibrigamov, re-signs and then gets KO'd by Wladdy, Juarez looks good in defeat vs. Barrera in the first fight but loses soundly in the second fight, mega prospect Julio gets undressed After Dark and then squeaks one out vs. Cosme Rivera (a guy Judah blew out), Juan Diaz defects. (Is there ANY good for Main Events '06?)
DKP--roughly the same, but slight fall. After a rough start (almost completely losing his grip on the heavyweight division), he regained most of it in short order. He loses Rahman, Byrd, and Brewster and then they all lose their belts in their next fights. Then he goes and gets a piece of Valuev, signs Briggs who beats Liahovich, and buys half of Sam Peter to go with his half of James Toney. He also signed Juan Diaz, but it may have been a one-fight deal. Judah lost twice, both somewhat embarrassingly (but then was banished, to DK's credit), and Mayorga got steamrolled by DLH, but Spinks' win over Karmazin was bigger because the Mayorga result was expected. He also basically controls the 154-lb. division outside of the DLH-PBF fight (Spinks, Rivera, Simms, Mayorga, et al). The Peter/Toney II winner will probably beat Maskaev and Briggs may get a chance to unify with Klitschko next summer.
DiBella--fall. Taylor is the big name here, and he was very forunate to get a draw vs. Winky and then looked somewhat amateurish vs. the much smaller Ouma. The Chin Checkers both got checked, Codrington in spectacular fashion in less than a minute by Allan Green on ShoBox (will he ever live that down?), and Stevens by some journeyman fighting for a 'youth' title. Several fighters had televised losses in big fights: Malignaggi, though game, was thoroughly dismantled by Cotto; Ike Quartey lost a tough one to Vernon Forrest and then was overwhelmed by Winky; David Estrada was stopped by Kermit Cintron; Isaac Hlastshwayo was dominated by Kendall Holt; 'Too Sharp' Johnson was stopped by Jhonny Gonzalez; Fres Oquendo was beaten by Holyfield; Sechew Powell was lost vs. Kassim Ouma; and in Germany Kofi Jantuah lost a decent scrap with Arthur Abraham. That's a lot of losses on TV (domestically and internationally), but I will give DiBella credit for being willing to put his big names up vs. other promoters' big names (Cotto, Winky x2, Holyfield, Ouma, Cintron) without asking for any kind of options.
Gary Shaw--hard fall for the short-term, but good outlook. Winky Wright and Jeff Lacy are gone, and Chico Corrales wants out next. Signed Vivian Harris who looked good on BAD against Stevie Johnson and should get another 140 lb. title shot soon. Vic Darchinyan shined on Showtime twice and is demanding a shot against Arce. Chad Dawson continued to improve and looks ready to fight Adamek for a 175 lb. title next year. Rafael Marquez fought only once, but it was another good win vs. Silence Mabuza on Showtime. Anthony Hanshaw has come back strong and looks poised to win the 168 lb. ShoBox tournament.
Goosen Tutor--fall. Got Mayweather, but it may have been another one-fight deal. James Toney looked bad vs. Rahman and then lost to Peter. The Ghost Guerrero was having a promising year, especially his performance vs. Aiken, but then was thoroughly out-worked vs. Salido (drug controversy pending). Andre Ward had a nice win on BAD but the opponent was a joke, and then Ward got hurt and missed most of the year--his progress has been slow. Robbie Peden didn't fight this year (did he retire?) after being dismantled by Barrera last year.
Warriors--rise. It was a good year for Seminole Warriors Boxing, and at the top of the list is a guy who lost his big fight--Edison Miranda. Miranda's stock flew up the charts after his big stoppage of Howard Eastman (a guy neither Hopkins or Abraham could stop), and then he flew to Germany and broke Abraham's jaw and lost a controversial decision. He's back next week against Willie Gibbs and it's a shame he didn't get the decision vs. Abraham, because otherwise he'd be a sleeper for fighter of the year. Warriors also brought Shannon Briggs back to the top of the heavyweight but Don King signed him away a couple of months ago. Juan Urango got a 140 lb. belt via controversial decision (vs. Ben Rabah) and has a huge fight vs. Ricky Hatton next month on HBO. O'Neill Bell stopped Jean-Marc Mormeck to become the undisputed cruiserweight champ (first since Holyfield). Their recycle-the-heavyweights experiment has been effective this year, as Michael Moorer just returned with a KO win and a Oliver McCall is still plodding along. Timor Ibrigamov lost a forgettable fight vs. Brock, but Sultan Ibrigamov drew with Ray Austin but will get a title shot vs. Shannon Briggs on March 10.
Anyone want to add international promoters (Frank Warren, Universum, etc.) or other minor American promoters?
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