Ricardo Mayorga v Cory Spinks (undisputed welterweight title)
Hasim Rahman v John Ruiz (WBA heavyweight title)
Bernard Hopkins v William Joppy (undisputed middleweight title)
Wayne Braithwaite v Luis Pineda (WBC cruiserweight title)
Zab Judah v Jaime Rangel (WBO light-welterweight title)
Alex "Terra" Garcia v Travis Simms (WBA light-middleweight title)
Rosendo Alvarez v Jose Victor Burgos (WBA/IBF light-flyweight titles)
Luis Alberto Perez v Felix Machado (IBF super-flyweight title)
Okay some of these won't be televised but what a fantastic bill this shaping up to be. The crowd are going to get their money's worth on this night for sure. With the exception of the Judah fight all of these look like competitive match-ups, the little guys especially.
Don King show Dec 13th - one of the best ever?
Don King show Dec 13th - one of the best ever?
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Looking forward to Joppy vs Hopkins.
About a year ago I was tipping Joppy to finally end old' Hopkins' glorious reign. He looked sluggish and old against a poor Carl Daniels. However, I was mightly impressed with his fight against Haakar (okay, I know his opponent shit himself, but it was still great). He might be close to 40, but Hopkins has the cut body and the spring of a 27 year old and unless things have changed dramatically I expect him to get to Joppy late.
But, with Hopkins now there always (as there has been for the last 7 or 8 years) been that "unless".
I'm looking forward to the undisputed world Welterweight title fight. I'll be willing Spinks on all the way. Have a feeling for Mayorga, but Kurt Ermhoff is a shrewd character, who geniunely cares for his fighters - he wouldn't have agreed to this match up if he doesn't think Corey stands a chance.
And yes, he's certainly been told about James Hare pushing the IBF rankings.
About a year ago I was tipping Joppy to finally end old' Hopkins' glorious reign. He looked sluggish and old against a poor Carl Daniels. However, I was mightly impressed with his fight against Haakar (okay, I know his opponent shit himself, but it was still great). He might be close to 40, but Hopkins has the cut body and the spring of a 27 year old and unless things have changed dramatically I expect him to get to Joppy late.
But, with Hopkins now there always (as there has been for the last 7 or 8 years) been that "unless".
I'm looking forward to the undisputed world Welterweight title fight. I'll be willing Spinks on all the way. Have a feeling for Mayorga, but Kurt Ermhoff is a shrewd character, who geniunely cares for his fighters - he wouldn't have agreed to this match up if he doesn't think Corey stands a chance.
And yes, he's certainly been told about James Hare pushing the IBF rankings.
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Yeah, let's give Don King some credit for putting all these great matchups together on a single PPV. The man may be a greedy, corrupt S.O.B., but he has put on some of the best cards and fights of our time. I know a couple of guys who will actually be flying from Europe just to see this card. With there currently being some airline fare wars brewing (just last week I saw a round-trip from San Francisco to London on United for just US$159 each way), you Brits should consider popping over to this side of the pond for this one.