He beat Glen Johnson more convincingly than did Chad Dawson, plus he beat Julio Cesar Gonzalez twice. He just looked completely out of it that night, and he didn’t fight his fight at all. He may be shot at this point, but if he was just having an off night, then I’d expect him to beat Muriqi (against whom Tarver had an off night).

Mundine needs to just shut up and fight someone already. Danny Green was a more solid win than a lot of people give credit for, but the goodwill from that fight has worn off by now, and he almost got KOed by Crazy Kim. I don’t care if it’s not the biggest name fight in the world, but he just needs to fight SOMEONE already. Also, considering the path of the rest of his career, I’m convinced that he moved to 160 not only to avoid Kessler, but to avoid Sakio Bika. If Bumdine’s done anything, it’s fight the other name Aussie fighters, and I think he knows he can’t handle a rough and tumble fighter like Bika, so he moved down rather than get what would have been a big money fight in Australia.

If Sergio Martinez can build enough popular momentum off the Cintron fight (doubtful), I’d love to see Williams-Martinez. Still, at this point Williams-Mosley seems to make too much sense not to happen if Williams beats Winky. Unless Cotto can agree to a rematch, he’s the biggest money fight available for Mosley, plus he gets the added benefit of semi-avenging his own losses to Winky if he can take out someone who beat Winky. Mosley is the biggest available fight for Williams regardless of what happens, and he doesn’t have too many other options if Bob Arum continues to pitch a hissy fit and refuses to negotiate with him at all simply because the Williams-Pavlik negotiations fell through.

I can’t imagine Top Rank putting Alvarado against Alexander. Alexander is a good prospect, Alvarado isn’t. They’re just building him up to become the sacrificial lamb for one of their own fighters, or to get one big money shot for a big fight, because he’ll get exposed once he faces someone half decent. They’re not going to risk that perfect record for a no-money fight, especially not against someone who Alvarado would only have a puncher’s chance against.

DeGale reminds me a lot of Paulie Malignaggi. We’ll see if he has more power than that, but the style is similar, and he’s said he’s not going to change his style in the pro ranks. Chris Eubank flat out said he thought DeGale would fail because of lack of hunger, but then again Eubank’s a bit of a nutcase. Of the new wave of British prospects, I’m more excited about Tyson Fury at the moment than James DeGale.