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Honestly, these are probably my favorite fights, next to mega-fights, obviously. Anyway, I've decided to come up with the 5 quickly approaching ones that matter most. To make it interesting, I'll make a prediction and that will obviously push this thread over the 1,000 replies mark. Here they are, in order of when they'll happen.
June 19th, Adrian Diacanu - Jean Pascal
This is probably the fight that least fights this type of fight, but it does have minor similarities. Diacanu hasn't really made the big splash in America, but he does have a solid following, overall. With that, however, a loss could really set him back and possibly set him out of the elite status all together. Pascal, on the other hand, lost the biggest fight of his career and seems to be getting the tag of a solid, but limited, fighter. This will be a big fight in Canada, so this really has them under the spotlight. The winner takes the right step, but the loser will have dug himself quite the little hole.
Winner: Adrian Diacanu, late TKO.
June 27th, Chris John - Rocky Juarez II
Rocky Juarez has had about 28 title chances and just can't seem to win the big one. Lost close ones to Barrera and Soto, and beaten pretty decisively by Marquez and Barrera in the rematch. He and John tied in their first fight and this one is to settle the issue. Chris John, on the other hand, aside from beating Marquez in a slightly controversial fight, has struggled to get fights of that nature. In America, he was becoming just another groomed, protected champion. If he lost that first fight, it would have been over for him in this country. Both guys need this one, and need it bad.
Winner: Chris John, decent UD.
July 4th, Eddie Chambers - Alexander Dimitrenko
In his only bid for any sort of 'major' Heavyweight title, Chambers started out strong but failed to capture the gold from Povetkin. Since then, he had some meaningless fights and a couple of confidence builders. After those, he faced Sam Peter, and though he won convincingly, he struggled to impress. Alexander, on the other hand, is stepping into the American 'spotlight' for the first time. And with a lot of foreign fighters, it's one and done if you lose the opening fight. This fight means a grand introduction or redemption. Should be a tense one.
Winner: Eddie Chambers, SD.
July 18th, Breidis Prescott - Edwin Valero
Prescott is flirting with becoming a one-hit wonder if he doesn't capitalize off his impressive 1 round KO of hot prospect Amir Khan. He has the power to do it, but is Edwin Valero the guy to cash in on. Valero, on the other hand, is flirting with becoming a over-hyped novelty act. He's got 25 wins and as many stoppages in his career. However, he's had about two actual challenges, and he was still picked to clearly win both fights. This fight will, for a lot of people, determine who moves closer to being taken seriously, while it banishes the other to playing the also-ran.
Winner: Edwin Valero, early stoppage.
August 1st, Junior Witter - Devon Alexander
Witter kept calling out Hatton. Over and over... and then it was over. Timothy Bradley is the man to blame for that when he 'shocked the world' in the U.K. and took home the title, off the waist of Witter. The fight went out of the window. This fight, for him, will determine if he's even gonna be considered a contender, forget a contender for the Hatton lottory. For Alexander, he needs this big fight. But, with that jump comes that risk. This loss to undo all the work he and his team have accomplished. It's a fight that both have to win and both can if they fight their fight.
Winner: Devon Alexander, UD.
There you go.
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June 19th, Adrian Diacanu - Jean Pascal
This is probably the fight that least fights this type of fight, but it does have minor similarities. Diacanu hasn't really made the big splash in America, but he does have a solid following, overall. With that, however, a loss could really set him back and possibly set him out of the elite status all together. Pascal, on the other hand, lost the biggest fight of his career and seems to be getting the tag of a solid, but limited, fighter. This will be a big fight in Canada, so this really has them under the spotlight. The winner takes the right step, but the loser will have dug himself quite the little hole.
Winner: Adrian Diacanu, late TKO.
June 27th, Chris John - Rocky Juarez II
Rocky Juarez has had about 28 title chances and just can't seem to win the big one. Lost close ones to Barrera and Soto, and beaten pretty decisively by Marquez and Barrera in the rematch. He and John tied in their first fight and this one is to settle the issue. Chris John, on the other hand, aside from beating Marquez in a slightly controversial fight, has struggled to get fights of that nature. In America, he was becoming just another groomed, protected champion. If he lost that first fight, it would have been over for him in this country. Both guys need this one, and need it bad.
Winner: Chris John, decent UD.
July 4th, Eddie Chambers - Alexander Dimitrenko
In his only bid for any sort of 'major' Heavyweight title, Chambers started out strong but failed to capture the gold from Povetkin. Since then, he had some meaningless fights and a couple of confidence builders. After those, he faced Sam Peter, and though he won convincingly, he struggled to impress. Alexander, on the other hand, is stepping into the American 'spotlight' for the first time. And with a lot of foreign fighters, it's one and done if you lose the opening fight. This fight means a grand introduction or redemption. Should be a tense one.
Winner: Eddie Chambers, SD.
July 18th, Breidis Prescott - Edwin Valero
Prescott is flirting with becoming a one-hit wonder if he doesn't capitalize off his impressive 1 round KO of hot prospect Amir Khan. He has the power to do it, but is Edwin Valero the guy to cash in on. Valero, on the other hand, is flirting with becoming a over-hyped novelty act. He's got 25 wins and as many stoppages in his career. However, he's had about two actual challenges, and he was still picked to clearly win both fights. This fight will, for a lot of people, determine who moves closer to being taken seriously, while it banishes the other to playing the also-ran.
Winner: Edwin Valero, early stoppage.
August 1st, Junior Witter - Devon Alexander
Witter kept calling out Hatton. Over and over... and then it was over. Timothy Bradley is the man to blame for that when he 'shocked the world' in the U.K. and took home the title, off the waist of Witter. The fight went out of the window. This fight, for him, will determine if he's even gonna be considered a contender, forget a contender for the Hatton lottory. For Alexander, he needs this big fight. But, with that jump comes that risk. This loss to undo all the work he and his team have accomplished. It's a fight that both have to win and both can if they fight their fight.
Winner: Devon Alexander, UD.
There you go.
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