TV and Internet Boxing Schedule - Weekend of April 23
by Brickhaus on Apr 20, 2010 11:29 PM EDT
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Thursday, April 22
TVMax (Panama), 9:00 p.m. Eastern, Luis Concepcion vs. Eric Ortiz, Irving Berry vs. Raul Guzman, Alberto Mosquera vs. Carlos Valdez. Concepcion vs. Ortiz is for an interim title, despite the fact that regular holder Daiki Kameda is doing just fine over in Japan. Usually for the TVMax boxing, there's a legal link available here.
Fox Sports Net, 10 p.m. Eastern, Enrique Ornelas vs. Julius Fogle, Deon Elam vs. Andre Hemphill. Another edition of Fight Night Club, and the quality is quickly degrading again. Last two cards, it was headlined by a prospect against a no-name; now it's just a gatekeeper against a no-name. The usual FNC fighters don't appear to be fighting on this one, but we will get former Contender contestant Deon Elam in his first bout back from losing to Hino Ehikamenor on the series. Once again, due to Jeff Wald's bungling, most of the guys who fought on the series haven't fought since, but that's a different story for a different post.
Friday, April 23
Sky Sports (UK), 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Rendall Munroe vs. Victor Terrazas, Martin Concepcion vs. Kevin Hammond. Munroe has vacated his European title to take this bout, which is a title eliminator for the right to face Toshiaki Nishioka. Terrazas is a 25-1-1 Mexican who beat Antonio Meza his last time out. Munroe is sort of a very poor man's Paul WIlliams, a southpaw volume puncher who's tall but doesn't know how to use it well. He doesn't have WIlliams' freakish athleticism, however. Bad Left Hook will have live, round-by-round coverage of this one.
TyC Sports (Argentina), 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Ulises David Lopez vs. Sergio Jose Sanders.
Azteca America, 10:00 p.m. Eastern, Sergio Rivera vs. Alejandro Barrera, Juan Esquer vs. Felipe Rivas. It's journeymen fighting nobodies, but it's still a big step up from what Azteca's been showing lately. The other day, my DVR recorded an Azteca card where the main event was between two guys with losing records, the fights haven't even shown up on Boxrec yet, and half the fighters on the card don't have records on Boxrec at all. And heck, one of the guys on that card (Daniel Valenzuela) is slated to fight on this one as well.
Saturday, April 24
Polsat Sport (Poland), 2:30 p.m. Eastern, Dawid Kostecki vs. Giulian Ilie. Kostecki seems to be collecting worthless titles. First he won the IBC light heavyweight title, now he's going for the WBF version of the belt. Maybe he should go after the Redneck Title next. If you happen to have Polsat Sport, you can watch boxing for about 10 hours straight, as they'll lead off with this fight, then move on to Froch-Kessler, then move on to Adamek-Arreola.
ZDF (Germany), 5:30 p.m. Eastern, Juergen Braehmer vs. Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky, Susi Kentikian vs. Nadio Raoui. This might be Braehmer's last fight for a while. Right now, he's out on appeal from an incident where he was sentenced to a year and a half in prison. If he goes to jail, then Braehmer will probably get stripped, and Zsolt Erdei will probably get back the title, which is rightfully his anyway, notwithstanding that he hasn't fought a live body at light heavyweight in years. Plotinsky is along the same line of completely unworthy challenger that Universum has been lining up for its fighters for years, and not too long ago lost to a guy with a losing record. No wonder most of their male fighters either have left them or are in the process of doing so. Kentikian is a relatively exciting women's fighter.
Showtime, 9:00 p.m. Eastern, Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler. This is the U.S. replay, and this is the one for which we will have live round by round coverage. The fight is also showing live on a slew of other channels worldwide (Primetime UK, a number of Danish PPVs, Polsat Sport, Hungary 1, etc.) at 5:00 p.m. Eastern, but the free broadcast just about everywhere is on replay. If you manage to catch it live, Edmund Gerber and Nick Klapppert will be fighting on the undercard. Bad Left Hook will have live, round-by-round coverage of this one.
Note from Scott: We're going to try to cover the Froch-Kessler fight live as it happens in the U.S. afternoon. That means there WILL BE spoilers on this site. DO NOT post spoilers anywhere else here, as this show is tape delayed for Showtime. If it works out, we will have a live thread in the afternoon, followed by a results thread that will not give away the result of the fight unless readers choose to click through onto the extended story page.
Fox Sports Espanol, 10:00 p.m. Eastern, Jorge Arce vs. Cecilio Santos, Miguel Beltran Jr. vs. Joksan Hernandez. Arce is jumping up to bantamweight, so this fight is supposed to be a tune up for him to face Eric Morel for an interim bantamweight title. Beltran won the super featherweight version of Campeon Azteca. He and Hernandez are exciting fighters, so this should be a good undercard fight, which you'll probably . If you happen to get Mexican Azteca, this card will be starting at 6:00 p.m. Mexico time on that channel, and you can watch this without missing the other major fights.
Cadenatres (Mexico), 10:00 p.m. Eastern, Victor Zaleta vs. Francisco Marquez.
HBO, 11:15 p.m. Eastern, Cristobal Arreola vs. Tomasz Adamek, Alfredo Angulo vs. Joel Julio. Bad Left Hook will have live, round-by-round coverage of this one.
Elsewhere in the world of boxing...
- On Thursday in Oklahoma, Carson Jones will take on Jason LeHoullier for an NABA title. Only a month ago, he drew with Delray Raines, the same guy who Ronald Hearns sent into next month last weekend. LeHoullier lost his last fight to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. At least Jones is staying busy after his upset win over Tyrone Brunson, but it shows what a farce the proposed Jones-Margarito fight would have been. On the undercard, Zahir Raheem will make his first appearance since getting his clock rung by Ali Funeka. Also, our favorite Comanche Boy George Tahdooahnippah will try to keep his undefeated record alive against a guy who is 9-8.
- Just to confuse people, the other Tomas Adamek is fighting this weekend as well, facing "Iron Djib" Mohammedi for the EU light heavyweight title (which is a step down from the European title held by Nathan Cleverly).
- On the undercard of the real Adamek fight, those in attendance will get to see undefeated prospect Rico Ramos vs. Reynaldo Lopez, U.S. Olympian Shawn Estrada and comebacking prospects Chris Avalos and John Molina.
- Hiroyuki Enoki will take on Alberto Garza in a replacement fight above the featherweight weight limit. Enoki is still somehow near the top of the WBA's featherweight rankings, despite going 1-3-1 in his last five fights, albeit against really good competition.
- Milan Melindo and Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista are fighting in a card in Dubai this weekend. Not exactly the megafight that Bob Arum wanted to use to pop Dubai's cherry.
- On Friday, Mauricio Herrera is fighting Efren Hinojosa in a card that is advertised as being on Fox Sports Espanol. It's not showing up on my channel, so I don't know if that's just because fox varies its coverage from location to location, or if they'll be showing the card in syndication later on. Herrera is a prospect who controversially lost to Mike Anchondo his last time out.
- On Tuesday, in Russia, Enzo Maccaranelli will attempt to reclaim the European cruiserweight title. After winning a title, he's lost three of his last four, all by knockout. He'll face Alexander Kotlobay. On the same card, two undeserving former title challengers will go at it when Dmitry Sukhotsky faces Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas in a light heavyweight battle.
- Also fighting in smaller bouts: Cristian Sanavia, Saul Montana, Victor Zaleta, former two-weight titlist Luis Perez, Mohamed Azzaoui, Juan Palacios, Yassine El Maachi, and Yaundale Evans.
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Brick… you are a whole lot of awesome…
Way too much info but it is always welcomed by me…
WBF and Tomas Adamek mention gets a rec….
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
Arreola via I JUST EAT TOO MANY BURRITOS in 2
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Apr 21, 2010 2:51 AM EDT reply actions
Ring of Fire !!
Go easy on that XXXtra hot El Yucateco Christobal
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
WTF ?
That is the second time my posts have gone onto the wrong thread ? Is this a common occurance here at BLH ? Two times in two days ?
It's not a matter of "IF" the North will break you.It's a matter of "WHEN" the North will break you.For up here every year counts as two on the outside.
by Ghostman (Son of the Wolf) on Apr 21, 2010 7:35 AM EDT reply actions
Not at all
I’ve never seen it happen before, I think you have probably just become confused about which tab you were on whilst typing.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 21, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Those Posts were meant for the Valero thread.
It's not a matter of "IF" the North will break you.It's a matter of "WHEN" the North will break you.For up here every year counts as two on the outside.
by Ghostman (Son of the Wolf) on Apr 21, 2010 7:36 AM EDT reply actions
Hers one for THIS thread !!!
Anyone heard that the fight is a guarantee to still be on ? I mean the Froch versus Kessler Fight of course ? I’m a little worried that the Volcanic Ash will still lead to it being postponed.The SuperSix is being delayed enough without this added to it !!! I’ve got Froch by TKO in a scenario where either Kessler stuns him and hurts him first in a come from behind situation.IMO Kessler is overated by a little and Froch underated.Kessler losing to a fighter in Ward who went 12 rounds with Miranda just two fights ago and Froch although IMO he clearly lost to Dirrel being better having beaten the then green Jean Pascal.What are the picks from my fellow posters and friends alike and how have they changed since the pre tournament ? JC ? Goatsnake ? Midnight (Ted) ? Don ?
It's not a matter of "IF" the North will break you.It's a matter of "WHEN" the North will break you.For up here every year counts as two on the outside.
by Ghostman (Son of the Wolf) on Apr 21, 2010 7:42 AM EDT reply actions
Last I heard
Flying Froch to Denmark was a priority and they’re going to get him there for the fight.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
hes getting a private jet there
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Apr 21, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Flights are back on now anyway
His fans are still going to have a lot of difficulty getting there due to a huge back-log of flights. I won’t be surprised if his following for this fight is quite considerably reduced by this.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 21, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Between everything that happened
The volcano, changing the date of the fight, having the fight in the middle of nowhere – I doubt he’s going to have many supporters there, and there probably wouldn’t have been too many to begin with.
But even in the worst case scenario, it’s about a 15 hour drive. If flights are stuck, it’s not too painful to get there that way. That’s like the equivalent of driving from New York to Atlanta.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Far too painful...
15 hours does not equate to a drive in the mind of most English people. Americans always seem much more at ease driving those kind of distances. I’d sincerely doubt many of ‘us*’ are driving there.
I’m calling Froch TKO8, more so based on my heritage & opinion about Kessler’s mindset than any boxing considerations.
- I’m English but I live on this side of the pond
by Flashpacker on Apr 21, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha I have a friend in Stavanger, Norway and he takes the ferry back to England from time to time. Hardly very glam for a pro boxer, even a fellow Northern Monkey like Froch!
*For all Americans
Northerners are stereotypically very cheap and tight with their money. Although not as bad as the Scots, who apparently reuse tea bags…
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 21, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Eeee lad it's a load of bloody rubbish.
Those Southern Nancys talk some bollocks. Us Northern Monkeys are a generous bunch of bastards – just don’t dare ask us to share our bloody chips and gravy – them’s fightin’ words around Lancashire. But it’s all true about the Jocks – tight as a fishes’ arse.
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
by Goatsnake on Apr 22, 2010 4:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually I am a very generous person
With the not very large amount of money I have. Now those Glaswegians though, they are an other matter!
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 22, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL mate
Your name alone tells me that generosity is part of your makeup. But the bloody Glaswegians? Short arms long pockets!
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
It should be good
I see Kessler winning though. Froch has that iron jaw, but he just does not win fights by decision. He could knock MK out, but I just don’t see it. I like MK by a close decision.
http://www.examiner.com/x-33584-Cleveland-Boxing-Examiner
by Cleveland Boxing Examiner on Apr 21, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
THE
only pre tournament pck that I may change might be Dirrel over Ward depending on how concussed Dirrel really was.I had Dirrel bu split decisio preTournament but now I’m not so sure.Had Dirrel not been fouled but say AA still dropped him and Dirrel rose to a UD I’d still lean towards Dirrel.That said the bizzare ending to that fight may have me changing my final pick.I am hesitant to do so because that would cpmpromise my standing of just how well I knew and still know this division.Lookinhg forward to the picks,posts,and comments to follow !!! Anyone else feel free whether I know you or not.
It's not a matter of "IF" the North will break you.It's a matter of "WHEN" the North will break you.For up here every year counts as two on the outside.
by Ghostman (Son of the Wolf) on Apr 21, 2010 7:47 AM EDT reply actions
Yuandale Evans
Is the man.
http://www.examiner.com/x-33584-Cleveland-Boxing-Examiner
by Cleveland Boxing Examiner on Apr 21, 2010 11:25 AM EDT reply actions
it’s kesslers fight to lose imo. he has the skills to outbox froch rather easily. i dont see froch landing enough to hurt kessler to win by ko.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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I'm with you
But then again, my picks haven’t been so great lately. I was pretty confident that Pavlik would beat Martinez, and we know how that one turned out.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I’m hoping that Kessler’s problem was dealing with the speed of Ward and not the awkward nature. Kessler said he is trying some new things and that almost ends poorly but I think he has too much talent for Froch. Let’s also remember that Froch should have lost his last two fights if Taylor didn’t get gassed and Dirrell was anywhere that wasn’t England.
by Waldo Rastel on Apr 21, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the Dirrel fight can be called a bad decision but whether Taylor was gassed or not,he got KTFO.You can’t take that away from Froch.
The fight isn’t over until the last second of round 12.
Plus,even if it had gone to the cards,with Froch winning a 10-8,possibly 10-7 a round 12,the scorecards wouldn’t have been as wide as a lot of people think.
Personally i had it 106-104 Taylor going into the final round so if it had gone to the bell,with the 2 knockdowns,i would have had it a 114-114 draw.
And before anyone says,just because i’m from the UK,i’m not biased towards Froch.
I have picked against him in each of his last 3 fights.
I still don't think his win over Taylor counts for much
Taylor is, arguably, shot, and he outclassed Froch early on.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 21, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Taylor against a B-level guy before I cann him "shot"
His punch resistance has definitely faded, but he did pretty much shut out Jeff Lacy the fight before Froch, and as you noted, he was effective against Froch for most of the fight.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I'm more inclined to just think that Taylor was never as good as some said he was
He beat weight drained Hopkins twice.
He drew with Winky, who had just struggled with Sam Soliman and hasn’t done squat since.
He beat Ouma well, which is a good win.
He struggled with Spinks.
He fought close to even with Pavlik, who also just might not be as good as some said he was.
Taylor probably is what he is – a good but not great fighter who has enough talent to get by, but once his punch resistance deteriorated, he was no longer able to be as effective.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I agree with you Brick
But I don’t think that agruing he is shot, or very faded, would be indefensible. It is, however, not an argument I would make myself.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 21, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Kessler
knows his career could well be on the line in this fight.The home support will also make a difference.
If it was in Nottingham i would be inclined to pick ‘The Sheriff’ but seen as it’s an away game,i think Kessler is gonna put in a big performance.
He knows he has to lay it all on the line.
I don’t think he’ll out-fight/brawl Froch though,I think he’ll outbox him.
Ward is obviously a very talented boxer but i agree with some who say that Kessler just wasn’t ‘at the races’ in his last fight.Obviously i still think Kessler would have lost but he just didn’t seem on the ball,for whatever reason.Ward was probably a big part of that reason.
Kessler just wasn’t ‘at the races’ in his last fight
What does this mean? Was he at the Home Depot in Emeryville and some dude came up to him on the day of fight and said, “Hey aren’t you Kessler? Shouldn’t you be getting ready for the fight?” And then Kessler said “Oh man your right! I wanted to get building supplies and am totally not ready to fight today! I should get to Oakland arena!” The man was ready to fight, he just got his ass beat by the better boxer. Sorry if that bursts your bubble but its the truth….
by Waldo Rastel on Apr 22, 2010 4:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha!
No,it doesn’t ‘burst my bubble’ as you so incorrectly state.You sound like you’re getting a bit senstitive just because i called you out on the post above.
I quite clearly stated that Kessler would have lost on any night to Ward but he didn’t look to me like the same guy who pushed Calzaghe pretty hard when he was previously fighting on away turf.I also gave Ward full credit by saying that he was a big part of the reason why Kessler looked bad.
You’ve never heard the term ‘not at the races’??….You need to get out more.
And lighten up while your at it. :)
Patronising much?
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Apr 22, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Its just a pet peeve of mine when people say that someone “Wasn’t ready to play.” These are professional athletes. They are always ready to play, he was just beaten by Ward, plain and simple.
by Waldo Rastel on Apr 23, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
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