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There are a couple of fights that are coming up at middleweight that are pretty sure to have an impact on the division in a big way, I figured I would just review some of them and see what people takes on them were.
-- Bernard Hopkins vs Jermain Taylor --
This is pretty much the obvious one, the winner is... well... the champion. So I guess that is kind of a big deal or something. I would expect Hopkins to win a suprisingly boring (if somewhat competitive) decision over Taylor in this one, but with all of these upsets and fighters getting old overnight I would not be shocked if Taylor somehow managed to defeat the old man.
-- Felix Sturm vs Jorge Sendra --
OK, I will be honost here, I have no idea who this Sendra guy is, so I am going to go ahead and assume that Sturm is gonna win this one. If this is the case then he remains probably the most deserving man for a title shot who is not named Wright.
-- Sam Soliman vs Tarvis Simms --
Soliman is probably the most under the radar of all the middleweight contenders. He has decent pop and has shown that he can win consitently, that being said I think that Tarvis is EVEN MORE under the radar and is actually really talented. He is the brother of recently stripped Jr. Middleweight Travis Simms (I know, evil parents) I expect him to win but still be a year or so away from having any real sort of claim at a title shot.
Okay thats about it, what do all of you think and where is the middleweight division headed?
-- Bernard Hopkins vs Jermain Taylor --
This is pretty much the obvious one, the winner is... well... the champion. So I guess that is kind of a big deal or something. I would expect Hopkins to win a suprisingly boring (if somewhat competitive) decision over Taylor in this one, but with all of these upsets and fighters getting old overnight I would not be shocked if Taylor somehow managed to defeat the old man.
-- Felix Sturm vs Jorge Sendra --
OK, I will be honost here, I have no idea who this Sendra guy is, so I am going to go ahead and assume that Sturm is gonna win this one. If this is the case then he remains probably the most deserving man for a title shot who is not named Wright.
-- Sam Soliman vs Tarvis Simms --
Soliman is probably the most under the radar of all the middleweight contenders. He has decent pop and has shown that he can win consitently, that being said I think that Tarvis is EVEN MORE under the radar and is actually really talented. He is the brother of recently stripped Jr. Middleweight Travis Simms (I know, evil parents) I expect him to win but still be a year or so away from having any real sort of claim at a title shot.
Okay thats about it, what do all of you think and where is the middleweight division headed?
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