MAIN EVENT
For WBA Welterweight Title
MIGUEL COTTO
WBA Welterweight Champion
Ring Magazine No. 1 Contender
(31-0, 25 KO, Caguas, Puerto Rico)
versus
ALFONSO GOMEZ
(18-3-2, 8 KO, Whittier, CA, by way of Guadalajara, Mexico)
Rematch for the IBF Welterweight Title
KERMIT CINTRON
IBF Welterweight Champion
Ring Magazine No. 7 Contender
(29-1, 27 KO, Reading, PA, by way of Carolinas, Puerto Rico)
versus
ANTONIO MARGARITO
Ring Magazine No. 5 Contender
(35-5, 25 KO, Tijuana, Mexico)
For the WBC Light Heavyweight Title
CHAD DAWSON
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
Ring Magazine No. 5 Contender
(25-0, 17 KO, New Haven, CT)
versus
GLEN JOHNSON
Ring Magazine No. 4 Contender
(47-11-2, 32 KO, Miami, FL, by way of Clarendon, Jamaica)
Depending on how the Orioles-Rays game is going, I might duck out of that early to catch part of the Showtime card at 9. In fact, I probably will. I'm jonesing for some boxing right now. We haven't done a fight here since March 27, and that had Cory Spinks and "Rootin' Tootin'" Newton.
Again, my picks for tonight: Cotto TKO-6, Cintron TKO-8, Woods UD Tarver, Dawson UD Johnson. I'm almost certain Dawson-Johnson will be up first on Showtime, which is further incentive to catch the first part of their show, which starts at 9PM ET from Tampa, Tarver's hometown in which he can't draw flies to shit unless he's fighting Roy Jones.
The HBO card is live from the wonderful Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, and begins at 10PM ET. We'll be here -- you should be too.