Any opinions/picks/thoughts on Fri Nite Fite-Verno Phillips vs Michael Lerma

[UT-Longhorn]

Here are the current lines--

9/5/2003 8:00 PM Verno Phillips vs Michael Lerma Fight on ESPN TV.
101 Verno Phillips -400
102 Michael Lerma +300
9/5/2003 8:00 PM Verno Phillips vs Michael Lerma fight will go
103 Over 9? rounds -325
104 Under 9? rounds +265
9/5/2003 8:00 PM Verno Phillips vs Michael Lerma
105 Phillips vs Lerma Draw +1500
9/5/2003 8:00 PM Verno Phillips vs Michael Lerma
107 Phillips vs Lerma No Draw -3000



Any thoughts on these?

 

[gardenweasel]

i`ve got a post

i`ve got a post

on this bout......i also noticed that they replaced nicolas cervera with epifanio mendoza as lonnie bradley`s opponent?????????

why?.....mendoza`s wild,but he`s tall as heck and throws lots of punches with power....at least early....i`d think a guy with next to no activity over the last 5-6 years would not want this kind of test....he`s 33 years old.....

bradley used to be very good....but 3 or 4 fights in 6 years??//

mendoza+220 at 5 dimes......maybe put a 10 or a twenty on it for kicks......if you want a hedge,maybe the over.....

not a major play....just worth a look at those odds if you are bored....take a look at it...just for some fun....

 

[yak rider]

saw this too but didin't know much about mendoza. read a couple other articles that bring up the same point. that is, that the replacement is much tougher than cervera and they don't know why in the world bradley would have accepted this guy as he is a slugger type. with short notice ya don't know what kind of shape he is in however.

 

[gardenweasel]

mendoza

mendoza

will either catch bradley early,or get outboxed.....

let me be clear...mendoza hasn`t beaten anyone of note.....he did put tokunbo olajide down in the first and got credit for a stoppage due to olajide injuring his leg when he went down....

but his opponents are drecch.....so when i say play it for fun,i mean don`t get crazy.....play the kid`s lunch money.....or something small....

i wish i had seen one of bradley`s recent bouts......

ohhhh....he`s only had one since 1999..... :nono:

 

[yak rider]

phillips fight

phillips fight

ut look back at some previous posts where both bl and gw have addressed this fight. i am on board with them. gl to ya

 

[yak rider]

vargas hurt

vargas hurt

don't know if you guys heard yet and sorry if ya did, but vargas fight is cancelled. vargas has hurt his back training. they have him going to therapy and don't know when he will be ready to fight again.