A few notes from me on the new BLH

by SC on May 9, 2008 3:29 AM EDT

Again, this change is all for the better.

Our sidebar schedule will be taking a backseat to the schedule feature in the toolbar near the top of the blog, which has a few kinks at the moment that we'll get worked out.

Use the FanShots feature heavily, and the FanPosts as well. If you see a cool photo or story or something that you want to bring to everyone's attention, then use the FanShots. If you want to share something more substantial with your own thoughts, use the FanPost.

As you've probably heard, Mosley-Judah has been postponed for the time being. Some are saying that Shane's wife is working to have it fully forgotten about, which could mean Shane would take an easier fight against Ricardo Mayorga and hope to fight Miguel Cotto again in the fall. But the official word from Richard Schaefer is they're working on securing a new date. I'm not the biggest fan of the Mosley-Judah matchup, especially as a PPV with that super weak undercard they'd put together, but it's sure to be a good fight, so here's hoping we still get to see it, unless something amazing comes up.

I also highly recommend using the "Wide" display in the top block on the left side, especially if you're on a large resolution monitor.

We're coming up on a nice "special" Shobox card on Saturday night, with Junior Witter taking on Timothy Bradley, and we'll take a look at that fight and the rest of the 140-pound division sometime later today.

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Mosley/Judah

I was pretty disappointed to hear the fight was postponed. It’s a nice style matchup and I have a feeling they will trade in the middle a bit. A matchup with Mayorga on the other hand brings no drama and is a sure fire Shane KO. Now the wait begins for Cotto/Margarito.

BTW, wide view, much much better.

by BeastMode on May 9, 2008 4:27 AM EDT 0 recs

Don't like the new look

I love it.

A match up with Mayorga does bring drama. Have you forgoten about his last fights. I was just looking forward to Mosley-Judah just to see mosley destroy this somewaht sad excuse for a fighter. There also are quite a bit of good matches coming up before the Cotto obvious win over Margarito. There’s the Juanma Lopez fight the undercard before the Pavlik fight and there’s also Williams-Quintana II. See if Quintana knocks out that bum this time around. Then he’ll be saying “Which way did he go. Which way did he go.”

by CRAZEDANG1280 on May 9, 2008 10:59 AM EDT 0 recs

Zab-Mosley

I wasn’t really jonesing for this fight either. It would never happen in a million years, but believe it or not I’d kinda like to see Margarito / Mosley. I believe Shane would also win that one big, but I think that’s partially because Tony is the kind of stand-up fighter that I think would bring out the best in Shane, and there could be some fireworks there.

I really can’t wait to see Cotto / Margarito, but I don’t think it will be as competitive as some people believe. Margs seems to have trouble with southpaws, and Cotto is one of the best converted southies I’ve ever seen. He can switch up stances smoothly, and something tells me he will even start the fight left-handed to take away Margo’s size advantage.

Do I think Cotto will knock Margo out? It’s possible, but not likely. Tony seems very hittable, but he also seems to be made out of steel. Maybe a bad cut would change that scenario, but it would take a sustained beating to knock him down, and he’s going to be firing back hooks and uppercuts throughout any such beating. But despite what Kermit Cintron seems to think, KO’ing one hit wonders isn’t the best preparation for fighting someone like Cotto.

Shit I really wandered off the topic there. Hey, the new site is GREAT!

by jrok on May 9, 2008 11:46 AM EDT 0 recs

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Not to stomp on Kirmit’s hate parade, but the fight will be great. I guess he expected to win the fight without covering himself from Margarito’s hammers. I guess it will be hammers against mallets come this July.

by CRAZEDANG1280 on May 9, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up 0 recs