After Some Slow Time, FNF, Cleverly/Kovalev, Geale/Barker

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In transit, arriving late.
Aug. 16
At Chicago (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes): Andrzej Fonfara vs. Gabriel Campillo, 12 rounds, IBF light heavyweight eliminator; Artur Szpillka vs. Mike Mollo, rematch, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Adrian Granados vs. Mark Salser, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Paul Littleton vs. Louis Turner, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Junior Wright vs. Nick Kisner, 6 rounds, cruiserweights; Trinidad Garcia vs. Ramiro Bueno, 4 rounds, middleweights; Kristin Gearhart vs. Amanda Cooper, 4 rounds, female junior welterweights
At Santa Ynez, Calif.: Francisco Santana vs. Freddy Hernandez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Maggie Suarez vs. Gloria Salas, 6 rounds, female junior bantamweights; Franklin Lawrence vs. Darnell Wilson, 10 rounds, heavyweight; Abraham Lopez vs. Abriel Jose Pebenito, 4 rounds, welterweights; Pedro Duran vs. Manuel Romero, 4 rounds, featherweights; Jose Santamaria vs. Makani Sarellano, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Zlatko Ledic vs. Henry Calles Jr., 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Aug. 17
At Cardiff, Wales (HBO): Nathan Cleverly vs. Sergey Kovalev, 12 rounds, for Cleverly's WBO light heavyweight title; Gary Buckland vs. Stephen Smith, 12 rounds, for Buckland's British junior lightweight title; Ovill McKenzie vs. Enzo Maccrinelli, rematch, 12 rounds, for McKenzie's Commonwealth light heavyweight title; Lewis Rees vs. Dee Mitchell, 8 rounds, welterweights; Ronnie Heffron vs. Max Maxwell, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Craig Evans vs. Yousef Al Hamidi, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Liam Williams vs. Darren Cordona, 8 rounds, middleweights; Danni Griffiths vs. Courtney Richards, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Aled Cook vs. Keiron Gray, 4 rounds, middleweights; Rhys Evans vs. Matt Seawright, 4 rounds, lightweights
At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Daniel Geale vs. Darren Barker, 12 rounds, for Geale's IBF middleweight title; Jonathan Romero vs. Kiko Martinez, 12 rounds, for Romero's IBF junior featherweight title; Thomas Dulorme vs. Frankie Figueroa, 10 rounds, welterweights; Joel Brunker vs. Mike Oliver, 10 rounds, featherweights; Yordenis Ugas vs. John Williams, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Jonathan Macielo vs. Jose Alejnadro Rodriguez, 8 rounds, lightweights; Korey Sloane vs. Cornelius Whitlock, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Yunier Dorticos vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
At Cancun, Mexico (Fox Deportes): Takashi Miura vs. Sergio Thompson, 12 rounds, for Miura's WBC junior lightweight title; Yesenia Gomez vs. Arely Diestra, third fight, 10 rounds, female flyweights; Ana Julaton vs. Celina Salazar, 10 rounds, female featherweights; Juan Pablo Sanchez vs. Luis Sanchez, 12 rounds, lightweights; Eduardo Tercero vs. Jose Barretero, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Damian Vasquez vs. Miguel Meneses, 4 rounds, flyweights; Adan Mares vs. Tomas Sierra. 6 rounds, lightweights; Cesar Gandara vs. Victor Vazquez, 10 rounds, flyweights; Emmanuel Medina vs. Daniel Sabido, 4 rounds, welterweights; Geraldo Rojas vs. Josue Aguilar, 4 rounds, welterweights; Gabriel Lopez vs. Oscar Cruz, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
At Laredo, Texas (UniMas): Juan Diaz vs. Adailton De Jesus, 10 rounds, lightweights; Jose Ramirez vs. Mike Maldonado, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Dennis Shafikov vs. Santos Benavides, 10 rounds, lightweights; Alex Saucedo vs. Ramon Pena, 6 rounds, welterweights; Ivan Najera vs. Roger Rosa, 6 rounds, lightweights; Tramaine Williams vs. Raymond Chacon, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Hector Valdez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Danny Valdivia vs. Jamaris Chaney, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
At Carolina, Puerto Rico: Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Giovani Segura, 10 rounds, flyweights; Felix Diaz vs. Edgar Llanes, 10 rounds, welterweights; Jonathan Oquendo vs. Miguel Tamayo, 8 rounds, featherweights; Emanuel Jesus vs. Orlando Falcon, 4 rounds, welterweights; Jesus Soler vs. Gustavo Ortiz, 4 rounds, junior flyweights; Víctor Perez vs. Bryan Montalvo, 4 rounds, lighweights; Josue Declet vs. Harold Torres, 4 rounds, featherweights
At U.S. Virgin Islands: John Jackson vs. Tony Hirsch, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Julius Jackson vs. Joel McRae, 8 rounds, super middleweights; Rocco Santomauro vs. Arturo Santiago, 6 rounds, featherweights; Daniel Rosario Cruz vs. Jordan Wisenfeld, 4 rounds, welterweights; Miguel Santander vs. Eduardo Adorno, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Ariel Cabrera Jr. vs. Arnaldo Decelet., 4 rounds, junior middleweights

 
I know jab is on Cleverly....I lean Kovalev....lean Fonfara, not sure I wanna pay -240, so that may warrant a Camp play. Camp just never wins in the USA, and it should be a wild atmosphere in Chicago.

Still looking at Geale and Barker....seems like a snoozer.
 
Talked to Jab a few weeks back about Kovalev / Cleverly fight and I was definitely surprised to see him on Clevery I really like Kovalev in this fight as I feel he's better almost everywhere. I definitely give Cleverly an edge in the conditioning department and a slight hand speed advantage FWIW. IMO Kovalev gets a bad rap as some lumbering Frankstien and am shocked that many people see this as just another Lacy v Calzaghe. Kovalev was an outstanding amateur with 225+ fights and his foot work, athleticism, and boxing ability are, in my eyes, under valued by a lot of observers. Jab does have sound reasoning in Cleverly's way to win: avoid going toe to toe, use movement to make Kovalev chase, take him deep and out work him later in the fight. I just see that happening far less than he does.

I re-watched the Bellew, Karpency, and Murat fights and the number one thing I took away was Cleverly is a guy who believes in his chin and will absolutely not back down. He took some very solid shots against Bellew and went right back at him and while I'm definitely a big fan of his style I absolutely think it will get him in serious trouble tomorrow. Kovalev is no Bellew and if Cleverly decides to exchange in the first half of this fight it is going to end poorly for him. The crazy thing is that's exactly what Cleverly and his dad have been talking about all week, taking it right to Kovalev from the opening bell. Rafael put an article up yesterday with Cleverly's dad talking about how Cleverly had no problems out working Lateef Kayode in a sparring session at Wild Card. I seriously hope for his son's sake he's just talking up the fight and they don't consider Kayode comparable to Kovalev. Enough rambling though, I think Cleverly probably comes out trying to box early but knowing the energy that will be in that arena and the way Kovalev pressures I don't think there's much of a chance he stays out of a fire fight early.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9570223/cleverly-predicts-ko-hard-punching-kovalev (rafael's article.)
 
Just bought second row Alvarado v Provodnikov tix for 225$ (including service fees) a pop. A steal of a price in my opinion. CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS FIGHT! :cheers:
 
On my phone so can't go into huge detail but I'm on Cleverly +105. Think Kovalev can only win the fight by ko. Clev can out box him as long as he doesn't get caught up in a dog fight, IMO.

Also on Fonfara ITD +175 for half unit.

Enzo +220 1u.

Geale by decision +105 1u.
 
Hate to be against ya jab

Kovalev -130.../ 2 unts

I think Kovalev has that body shocking power that you cant plan for...like GGG and Lucas.....I just cannot trust Cleverly to not brawl and box the whole way...which would be the way he could win
 
On my phone so can't go into huge detail but I'm on Cleverly +105. Think Kovalev can only win the fight by ko. Clev can out box him as long as he doesn't get caught up in a dog fight, IMO.

Also on Fonfara ITD +175 for half unit.

Enzo +220 1u.

Geale by decision +105 1u.
Nice hit on Fonfara...my lack of FNF outs is getting quite old
 
Certainly understand if there is a slip up, but if we could keep the Kovalev spoilers out until the broadcast, it would be cool
 
Certainly understand if there is a slip up, but if we could keep the Kovalev spoilers out until the broadcast, it would be cool

:shake: Will do. On Kovalev pretty large here so I will sweat the Box Nation stream in silence for ya twink. Can't wait to hear the difference in the way the Brits and the HBO crew will call this fight.
 
I'm actually gonna miss the damn live fight. I've gotta bounce in a few to take my 5 year old to some thing for his school. Dad duties.
 
On my phone so can't go into huge detail but I'm on Cleverly +105. Think Kovalev can only win the fight by ko. Clev can out box him as long as he doesn't get caught up in a dog fight, IMO.

Also on Fonfara ITD +175 for half unit.

Enzo +220 1u.

Geale by decision +105 1u.
nice on Enzo....I think he needed that KO to win huh? I didnt see the whole fight tho
 
Hate to be against ya jab

Kovalev -130.../ 2 unts

I think Kovalev has that body shocking power that you cant plan for...like GGG and Lucas.....I just cannot trust Cleverly to not brawl and box the whole way...which would be the way he could win
good win....wish I was heavier on it, oh well
 
Kiko looks like a midget mauler in there...wow those were some shots

Romero wont last long if he fights this way
 
I wanted to bet Gio Segura....but I had a line for a women's fight in Panama

what.the.fuck.

Segura gets the 4th rd KO....good for him

I am a Gio fan
 
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