Boxing 8/18 - 8/21

[Romi]

updates PLEASE!!!!!

 

[tonymontana]

adamek comes back in the 10. if he stands on his feets he wins dec and he looks refresedin 11 but if grant lands flush ...

 

[THE_THONG]

colonel sheridan = horrible

 

[Zerwas]

fight is over!
Adamek on the run in the last round!

 

[tonymontana]

its over. Adamek was in trouble in the 12 but he wins a dec here. But Grant was worst a shot at these odds.

Grant incredible uncoordinated

 

[Zerwas]

Adamek wins a decision!

I only saw the last few rounds.
Did Adamek ever hurt Grant?
I thought he looked pretty unimpressive tonite.

 

[Romi]

Adamek wins a decision!

I only saw the last few rounds.
Did Adamek ever hurt Grant?
I thought he looked pretty unimpressive tonite.

No such thing as a "SURE" thing but I sure thought Adamak was close to it. I sweated that out a bit too much. We all know what happens to ADa if he fights an elite fighter. Hell I'd love to see him fight Chambers. I know who my dough would be on.

 

[GoldenTaint]

Adamek wins a decision!

I only saw the last few rounds.
Did Adamek ever hurt Grant?

no. outboxed him first 6 rounds or so, but didn't hurt him at all from what i could tell. grant did hurt adamek once, late. other than that, he basically did nothing all round, then tried to come on strong in the last five seconds and hammer adamek right after the bell.

I thought he looked pretty unimpressive tonite.

not much of a fight either way. adamek didn't do a lot, but then again, he's the champ. if the other guy wants his belt, he should be more active. no real way to take the belt based on grant's performance. this was a 51-49 borefest the announcer was pimping like old tyson-klitschko

 

[Quanah]

Gregory Tony (+500) - medium rare With very little to choose from this weekend, I took a long look at this one, watching a lot of video of both guys. Tony has made a very successful transition from kickboxing and K1 to boxing. He has shown considerable improvement even in his kickboxing career before concentrating on boxing. His boxing victory over Carlos Takam was very impressive. What I notice from Tony is that he does not hesitate. With over 70 kickboxing matches he is very comfortable in the ring and lets his punches flow, unlike a lot of career boxing guys who wait and wait for perfect positioning which rarely comes. He also has a hell of an uppercut, something I see from very few boxers these days. I think he could catch Helenius off-guard, who has a habit of waiting himself. For Helenius' part, although he does punch with some authority, he is a bit slow, lumbering, and methodical. I think Tony might be the more natural 'fighter' here. I thought Helenius would beat a shopworn Bidenko, and Brewster was just a shell, and always overrated, so I really don't put much stock in those victories. Check out his fight on youtube against Gbenga Oloukun...very unimpressive, and I think there was very little to choose from between the two. To me, this fight could well have been a draw over 8.

I could be entirely wrong here. It could be that Helenius strong amateur background will clearly tell vs. a loose guy like Tony. But at plus 5 I will take a shot that Tony will pull off the unlikely upset here.

Matt Godfrey (+950) - very very small I don't think so, but I also think the line is off. I think it should be set at about half of here. Godfrey very unimpressive as of late, but his solid amateur background gives him a shot. I think he will be well-trained and ready, giving himself the best opportunity to win. Huck can be a little off-balance at times, and if Godfrey keeps his composure he can be effective at landing well timed and placed shots. Hard to imagine a scenario where Godfrey can outlast Huck, but Huck has faced few men as well schooled as Godfrey.

Michael Grant (+850) - very very small I'm willing to take a few laughs for this one, and I may be the only boxing guy who thinks Grant has a prayer. I'm just playing the widespread odds for a little fun, and no I don't think it will happen...but I am not as high on Adamek at heavy as the fraternity seems to be. His fight with Estrada was give and take, and Arreola fought a horrible fight. IF Grant believes in himself, and can land a few of those jackhammers down the pike, I do think the possibility exists. I think Grant's size will pose some problems for Adamek, and he may well tire in dealing with the huge size and strength differential. Adamek has tired before.

Okay, will not be surprised at all to see myself go 0-3 here, but I do like all my plays at the price.

Also parlayed the three together at about the ratio of a six-pack for a car. :mj07:

Good luck fellas! If anyone has any plays that is.

:mj07: :mj07: :mj07:

I've got to do a better job, and probably should've mentioned that I wouldn't recommend anyone following these picks. Was just taking a few flyers on an off week, but that's not what a great capper does.

I have to admit, just a bit disappointed with the Helenius-Tony result. After the video I watched, I did expect Tony to challenge and he didn't. No need to be nervous on that one Romi, good logical call.

Godfrey is done...he's really slipped.

As for Grant, I guess he did what I thought he could, but it wasn't enough. I'm still not that high on Adamek at heavy. I think there are a host of guy's out there who would beat him, and he has to be selective with who he fights. Either Klitschko would murder him.

Got's to be more disciplined. When it's an off week, gotta be okay with that. Losses are losses, no matter how small. :nono:

BACK TO BASICS

 

[Zerwas]

@Golden Taint
Thanks!!

Up to this point (before the fight tonite) I thought Adamek did fine as a heavey.
Impressively stopping Golota, and clearly outpointing a very fit Estrada and an Arreola, who certainly was top 10 at this point!.

Maybe, Grant was just better than I expected, but maybe Adamek is not quite as good.

He certailny doesnt have his power anymore, and it appears as though he gets outmuscled by every top 20 heavyweight.

I dont know maybe he should take longer rests, his last fights have all been pretty tough!

 

[Andrey]

updated record

updated record

Over 10.5 Huck vs. Godfrey +215 1 unit LOSS


Boxing record
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2-1 fighter vs fighter (from now on I am not going to mention fighter vs fighter, all matters is total units)
+1.5 total units

 

[GoldenTaint]

@Golden Taint
Thanks!!

Up to this point (before the fight tonite) I thought Adamek did fine as a heavey.
Impressively stopping Golota, and clearly outpointing a very fit Estrada and an Arreola, who certainly was top 10 at this point!.

Maybe, Grant was just better than I expected, but maybe Adamek is not quite as good.

would lean toward latter based on this fight, but am not overly familiar with adamek.

also, the puffy announcers were claiming that grant opened a cut on adamek and THAT was why adamek seemed to back off around the 7th-9th rounds, waiting for his cut paste to firm up. it's hard to say for sure what happened, but adamek did seem to back off, and it didn't really seem due to grant stepping it up.

He certailny doesnt have his power anymore, and it appears as though he gets outmuscled by every top 20 heavyweight.

I dont know maybe he should take longer rests, his last fights have all been pretty tough!

i would give some slack for the other guy being a lot larger than adamek, although grant in no way used his size to his advantage. it looked to me like adamek intended nothing more than to outbox, outpoint grant, like that was his strategy. had that olympic feel most of the fight - point accumulation rather than punishment. adamek's strategy worked, apart from a few rounds where he abandoned the initiative, possibly for the reason the announcer stated. then he came back on at the very end. i thought grant staggered him very late, but he didn't follow up. if he'd really pressed to brawl at that point, it looked like he had a decent shot at knocking adamek out. but he didn't.