Two World Championship Fights: Chagaev vs Drumond....Kotelnik vs Maidana

[Ben_London.]

Chagaev by UD (a bit unsure of this one, because it's impossible to know how good Drumond is because he hasn't faced a top 100 heavyweight)
Maidana by KO (9th round or so)
Boytsov by KO (about the 5th round)

[Ben_London.]

I don't know anything about Maidana, so he is a wild card there. I do think Chagaev will pull of the knockout victory over Drummond. I'm also picking Boytsov to beat Garcia by knockout, in 4.

Interestingly, Maidana is a Universum-promoted fighter, so in a sense he's the home fighter.

Kotelnik was robbed against M'Baye and Witter received a gift decision over Kotelnik when they fought. If it goes the distance, I wouldn't be surprised if Andreas once again loses on the scorecards even if he deserves to win.

[Mr. Ryan]

Interestingly, Madiana is a Universum-promoted fighter, so in a sense he's the home fighter.

Kotelnik was robbed against M'Baye and Witter received a gift decision when they fought, so if it goes the distance, I wouldn't be surprised if Andreas loses on the scorecards even if he deserves to win.

I have been impressed with Kotelnik, I don't think he's a world beater but he is solid and has decent pop. This is interesting because the winner will probably fight Dmitriy Salita of New York.

[KESSLER]

Ruslan Chagaev (24-0, 17 KO's) will defend his WBA heavyweight title against undefeated Carl Davis Drumond (26-0, 20 KO's)

Andreas Kotelnik (30-2, 13 KO's) defends his WBA light welterweight title against Ring Magazine #9 LWW Marcos Rene Maidana (25-0, 24 KO's).

Also on the undercard: Top heavyweight prospect Denis Boytsov (23-0, 18 KO's) will fight Israel Carlos Garcia (19-2, 11 KO's).



Weigh In Results

Chagaev 227
Drumond 229

Kotelnik 139.5
Maidana 140

Boytsov 220
Garcia 256


What are your predictions??

I got Chagaev by 9th round TKO.
Kotelnik by UD
Boytsov by KO7