Quick Weekend Review:
Friday was nuts - doggies hitting all around the world.
+700 Lisandro Diaz TKO Fabio Moli
+380 Franz Both SD Timo Hofffman
+500 Sam Sexton TKO Martin Rogan
even Ricardo Torres, who was -1500 in Colombia, was DESPERATELY close to losing. He needed a KO in the 10th after being down twice in the fight.
Miranda was pretty piss poor - he is becoming the Mayorga of the super-middles. Anyone who can box is gonna line up to fight him.
But Miranda only gave the second worst performance of the weekend in my mind. Devin Vargas made Kevin Johnson look like Joe Louis.
Vargas was pathetically out of shape, shot his wad in two rounds, and gotten beaten around the ring like a rag doll until the white towel came in.
KJ opened at -185(!) and was the straight bet of the weekend for smarts who grabbed him early. By fight time, he was -440. Correctly so. Also, KJ by KO was +330! In hindsight, that is amazing.
I'm gonna give fight of the weekend to Sexton and Rogan, although in all fairness I did not see all of Fragomeni and Wlodarcyzk. Those of us on the Pole were a bit unlucky. But luck goes two ways. Anyone who had Sexton, Botha, or Ramirez this weekend came VERY close to losing. I had Ramirez, and although I thought he won his fight in Argentina, I was sweating bullets until the cards were read.
I'm always bitching about the close losses, but I try to remind myself of the close wins, too. It goes both ways. The losses always sting more, of course. We all want to win every time. Naturally.
Regrets: I did pretty well this weekend, with my two large bets being Ward and Teron. But I have two small regrets. I regret playing Hoffman in parlays, because he had a history of gassing out and his chin was not reliable the last few years. I thought he had it in the bag after 10, but the old vet Botha pulled it out. Damn him.
But the number one regret I have is not playing Sexton. Evan and a few other solid players were all over this one, and I just didn't do my research here. No matter who won, Sexton at that price was the one and only play. Particularly with how limited Rogan is. Toughness only takes you so far.
Seems like everyone did pretty well this week. Good job fellas. It is pretty quiet next week, but still some fights Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Cheers.
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