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Boxing Weekend for the 5th & 6th May 2007
Friday 5th May
Arena Savaria, Szombathely, Hungary
Light Middleweight –
Attila Kovacs v Robert Frazier for the IOB Light Middleweight Title
Prediction - Kovacs win on Points
This is a really tough fight to call, Kovacs is unbeaten in 17 fights, and does have the home town advantage, however Frazier has been in with the best and gave nearly all of them a run for their money, the likes of Winky Wright, Felix Sturm, Roman Karmazin and Sechew Powell just to mention a few and has only been stopped once although he did retire in the sixth round in his last fight with Anthony Thompson.
He will definatly be a step up from anyone that Kovacs has ever been in the ring with and this will tell how far Kovacs can go but he is only one year younger than Frazier at 32 years old how far is he likely to go anyway. Due to Frazier’s lastest bad run of 1 win in his last 7 fights and the fact Kovacs is in his home town I will go for a points win for Kovacs but don’t be surprised if there is a shock in this one.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Flyweight –
Hugo Fidel Cazares v Wilfrido Valdez Perez for the WBO Light Flyweight Title
Prediction – Carares win mid to late stoppage
Big step up in class for Perez and is considered a warm up fight for Cazares who takes on Ivan Calderon in August and won’t afford any slip up here, Perez is tough but Cazares should take care of business in the mid to late rounds.
Palms Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight –
Eddie Chambers v Dominic Guinn
Prediction - Guinn Points win
Unbeaten Heavyweight Eddie Chambers 28-0 takes his first real risk against under rated Dominic Guinn, Guinn has already been in with the likes of James Toney, Serguei Lyakhovich and Tony Thompson, and with wins against Audley Harrison and Michael Grant he certainly will be a handful for Chambers and I am going for an upset and it will see Chambers face his first Defeat.
Heavyweight –
Chris Arreola v Malcolm Tann
Prediction - Arreola win Late Stoppage or Points
Up and coming rated Heavyweight Arreola faces more experienced Tann in another good learning curve fight, Tann has a record of 23-2 but hasn’t really been in with anyone rated, Arreola is currently 19-0 and although still hasn’t had any real tests should be too good for Tann
Saturday 6th May
Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
Super Middleweight –
Michael Henrotin v Najim Ettouhlali for the Vacant IBF Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Title
Prediction - Henrotin points
Decent match up both men coming off good wins, home fighter Henrotin should just have enough to scrape a points victory
Super Middleweight –
Lansana Diallo v Sean Connell for the vacant WBF Super Middleweight Title
Prediction - Diallo win on Points
Experienced Diallo should have too much for Connell, neither men are highly rated
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Middleweight –
Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather for the WBC Light Middleweight Title
Prediction - De La Hoya points win
The big fight is at last upon us, both men have been in and beaten the best in their respected weight Divisions, De La Hoya is a six weight World Champion, winning Titles from Super Feather weight all the way up to Middleweight. Mayweather is 4 weight World Champion also from Super Featherweight up to currently Welterweight. De La Hoya is considered the bigger man competing at a higher weight for longer but looking at the stats Mayweather started out at 131lbs and De La Hoya only 2 pounds more at 133lbs.
The difference in my view is that Mayweather has beaten great fighters the likes of Corrales, Castillo, Judah and Gatti to name but a few, but De La Hoya has beaten legends the likes of Chavez, Trinidad, and Whitaker. De La Hoya is considered the older man at 34 but Mayweather is only just behind him at 30. As far as ring experience goes De La Hoya has definitely the edge, but Mayweather is still unbeaten at 37-0 while De La Hoya has 4 defeats on his record.
Hopefully this will be a fight and not a chess match, for me Mayweather is just biting off a little more than he can chew at Light Middle and Oscar will prove to be just too strong and won’t allow Mayweather to have his own way and box the way he likes, but who I am to write off the chances of the fighter that most believe to be the best Pound for Pound fighter in the world today. Should be a classic.
Super Bantamweight –
Rey Bautista v Sergio Manuel Medina
Prediction – Bautista points win
This fight could actually be better to watch than the May weather v De La Hoya, both fighter are undefeated Baustia 22-0 and the more experienced Medina 28-0. Bautista for me has been in with better competition and should have enough to beat Medina registering his first ever defeat
Super Featherweight –
Rocky Juarez v Jose Andres Hernandez
Prediction – Juarez points win
Juarez is coming off 3 defeats in his last six fights, 2 losses to Barrera and one to Soto, Hernandez is coming off a fantastic win over highly rated and previously undefeated American Superstar Jason Litzau however I think Litzau took Hernandez too easily and got caught with silly shots, when he boxed correctly he was making Hernandez look poor, Juarez will not make the same mistake and although Hernandez is tough and has decent power he shouldn’t trouble Juarez.
Welterweight –
John O’Donnell v Christian Solano
Prediction - O’Donnell win Late stoppage or Points
O’Donnell will be looking to impress and stretch his unbeaten record to 16-0, and I can’t see Solano messing with either of those plans, When Solano has stepped up he has been in trouble and is coming off 3 consecutive defeats. O’Donnell might do the job earlier but Solano is limited but tough and O’Donnell will be nervous, surrounded by such greatness on the bill.
