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  • #61
    Originally posted by JD1986 View Post
    Between May 19 and July 21, we have ten really good matchups:

    Hatton vs. Castillo, as mentioned by this thread, but also:
    Pavlik vs. Miranda
    Spinks vs. Taylor
    Katsidis vs. Guzman
    Briggs vs. Ibragimov
    N'Dou vs. Malignaggi
    Cotto vs. Judah
    Woods vs. Gonzalez
    Wlad vs. Brewster II
    Hopkins vs. Wright

    It can't get much better than this! The people who say boxing is declining are idiots.
    Not sure I'd call a Woods-JUGO rematch a good matchup. In fact, I'm not even sure why they're doing it again (though I'm guessing an eliminator had something to do with it). The first fight was eh, and not really all that competitive. Woods didn't dominate, but there was never any doubt that he was going to win the fight, pretty much from the opening round.

    And as good as some of those matchups are, where people get to say that boxing is declining, is that for probably 80% of the list, even casual fans will have to ask "What's their first name again?"
    As for predictions, I'm picking:
    Hatton vs. Castillo - Castillo
    Pavlik vs. Miranda - Pavlik
    Spinks vs. Taylor - undecided (Taylor should win, but my heart is w/ Cory)
    Katsidis vs. Guzman - cancelled
    Briggs vs. Ibragimov - don't care; a Briggs win (and by KO) wouldn't shock me
    N'Dou vs. Malignaggi - N'Dou by controversial decision in a stinker, though the only interest I have in this fight is that I'm friendly w/ Paulie
    Cotto vs. Judah - was picking Cotto, but present potential corner issues have me rethinking
    Woods vs. Gonzalez - Woods again
    Wlad vs. Brewster II - Wlad in a train wreck. Lamon is my favorite HVY, but should've stayed idle/retired
    Hopkins vs. Wright - Wright

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