The final months of 2008 are going to be very strong for boxing

[MetalVomit]

Diaz vs. Katsidis=fireworks

Rocky Juarez vs. Jorge Barrios=good matchup

Tarver (is going to get stopped) vs. Chad Dawson

(Hopefully) V. Klitschko vs. Sam Peter=if Vitali is in shape, he's going to stop Peter late.

Nate Campbell vs. Joan Guzman=should be a good fight, Guzman by decision

Bute vs. Andrade should be a good fight

Casamayor (is going to get butchered) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, not paying for it, but it should be good.

Mosley vs. Mayorga, will be a good fight. As skilled as Mosley is, I think he could either KO Mayorga, or lose a decision.

Berto vs. Forbes is significant

Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins=it's going to be a damn shame that Hopkins is going to be KO'd into retirement.

Calzaghe vs. RJJ=both may be past their primes, but this is going to be good stuff. RJJ by decision.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Paquiao. If Manny can carry the extra weight well, Oscar's going to be in deep ****.


MMA heads can say whatever they want about boxing, and I'm an mma head, but this is going to end up being a hell of a year for Boxing.

[number6]

Diaz vs. Katsidis=fireworks

Rocky Juarez vs. Jorge Barrios=good matchup

Tarver (is going to get stopped) vs. Chad Dawson

(Hopefully) V. Klitschko vs. Sam Peter=if Vitali is in shape, he's going to stop Peter late.

Nate Campbell vs. Joan Guzman=should be a good fight, Guzman by decision

Bute vs. Andrade should be a good fight

Casamayor (is going to get butchered) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, not paying for it, but it should be good.

Mosley vs. Mayorga, will be a good fight. As skilled as Mosley is, I think he could either KO Mayorga, or lose a decision.

Berto vs. Forbes is significant

Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins=it's going to be a damn shame that Hopkins is going to be KO'd into retirement.

Calzaghe vs. RJJ=both may be past their primes, but this is going to be good stuff. RJJ by decision.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Paquiao. If Manny can carry the extra weight well, Oscar's going to be in deep ****.


MMA heads can say whatever they want about boxing, and I'm an mma head, but this is going to end up being a hell of a year for Boxing.

The first 2 fights are a good call but the rest dont come close to some of the MMA cards out there.

[hishaam15]

Diaz vs. Katsidis=fireworks

Rocky Juarez vs. Jorge Barrios=good matchup

Tarver (is going to get stopped) vs. Chad Dawson

(Hopefully) V. Klitschko vs. Sam Peter=if Vitali is in shape, he's going to stop Peter late.

Nate Campbell vs. Joan Guzman=should be a good fight, Guzman by decision

Bute vs. Andrade should be a good fight

Casamayor (is going to get butchered) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, not paying for it, but it should be good.

Mosley vs. Mayorga, will be a good fight. As skilled as Mosley is, I think he could either KO Mayorga, or lose a decision.

Berto vs. Forbes is significant

Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins=it's going to be a damn shame that Hopkins is going to be KO'd into retirement.

Calzaghe vs. RJJ=both may be past their primes, but this is going to be good stuff. RJJ by decision.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Paquiao. If Manny can carry the extra weight well, Oscar's going to be in deep ****.


MMA heads can say whatever they want about boxing, and I'm an mma head, but this is going to end up being a hell of a year for Boxing.

almost all my predictions are the same as yours. one or two goin either way though

[The Hammer]

Yes, and there's a lot of other good ones coming up this fall:

Cunningham vs. Adamek
Froch vs. Pascal (date will be announced next week)
Banks vs. Macarinelli
Virchis vs. Gomez
Wladimir vs. Povetkin (probably on Dec 13)
Arslan vs. Jones
Garay vs. Braehmer
Dzinziruk vs. Julio
Abraham vs. Marquez

It's a great time to be a boxing fan!

[mrpain81]

I've been follwing boxing pretty closely for about 12 years, this will be the best year for me in that time frame.

[MetalVomit]

The first 2 fights are a good call but the rest dont come close to some of the MMA cards out there.

I'm not comparing the 2 exactly, I just hear a lot of **** from some of the bandwagon meatheads I know that say "mma is superior to boxing", "boxing has no top fighters (lmao)", blah blah blah. Truth is, it's been a little slow this summer, but this year has had some good ****, and the end of 08 is going to be awesome.

[number6]

I'm not comparing the 2 exactly, I just hear a lot of **** from some of the bandwagon meatheads I know that say "mma is superior to boxing", "boxing has no top fighters (lmao)", blah blah blah. Truth is, it's been a little slow this summer, but this year has had some good ****, and the end of 08 is going to be awesome.

Boxing has some great fighters, some of the headline fights this year have been fantastic.

Only problem is that because its such a high profile money making sport you tend to get a top fight on the bill and the rest just fill the time gaps. You get UFC cards where there there could be anything upto 8 top ten ranked fighters in their own weight class fighting on the same bill.

Maybe thats because MMA is just a growing sport at the moment and well behind boxing. As soon as the money is there i will imagine these stacked cards will fade away.

[MetalVomit]

I agree that typically the mma cards are stronger overall. The last ufc one was crazy. Huerta vs. Florian was mother****ing awesome.

[ElGranLuchador]

dude juarez is gonne get destroyed

[MetalVomit]

dude juarez is gonne get destroyed

Barrios has let me down before, maybe I'm underestimating him.