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Following on from last week's thread...

Souleymane M'baye vs. Gavin Rees -- M'Baye, pts
Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Wayne Braithwaite -- Maccarinelli, KO
Alex Arthur vs. Koba Gogoladze -- Arthur, late TKO/pts
Oscar Larios vs. Jorge Linares -- Larios, SD
Michael Katsidis vs. Czar Amonsot -- Katsidis, KO
Bernard Hopkins vs. Ronald Wright -- Draw


I changed my mind on the Maccarinelli result two or three times! That one really could go either way.

Mbaye
AA
Enzo
Katsidis
Larios
Hopkins

M'Baye KO
Maccarinelli KO
Arthur points
Larios points
Katsidis KO
Hopkins points

The Enzo fight is obviously a toss up, but it's the Hopkins/Wright fight that I'm really torn on. On one hand I think to myself that Hopkins punch output these days is just not gonna be enough to deal with Winky's consistent jab, but then I think to myself Hopkins is a sneaky f**ker who always finds ways to nullify his opponents weapons. I can't pick a winner in that fight at all.

M'BAYE KO
MACCARINELLI KO
ARTHUR KO
LARIOS KO
KATSIDIS KO
HOPKINS/WRIGHT DRAW

Souleymane M'baye vs. Gavin Rees -- M'Baye
Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Wayne Braithwaite -- Maccarinelli
Alex Arthur vs. Koba Gogoladze -- Arthur
Oscar Larios vs. Jorge Linares -- Larios
Michael Katsidis vs. Czar Amonsot -- Katsidis
Bernard Hopkins vs. Ronald Wright -- Wright

Souleymane M'baye vs. Gavin Rees -- M'Baye, pts
Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Wayne Braithwaite -- Braithwaite , KO
Alex Arthur vs. Koba Gogoladze -- Gogoladze pts
Oscar Larios vs. Jorge Linares -- Larios UD
Michael Katsidis vs. Czar Amonsot -- Katsidis KO
Bernard Hopkins vs. Ronald Wright -- Wright UD

Mbaye
Braithwaite
Gogoladze
Larios
Katsidis
Wright

M'BAYE KO
ENZO KO
ARTHUR PTS
LARIOS PTS
KATSIDIS KO
WRIGHT PTS (DISPUTED)

M'Baye-UD
Enzo-KO
Arthur-TKO
Linares-SD
Katsidis-KO
Wright-SD

M'baye - TKO
Maccarinelli - KO
Alex Arthur - PTS
Linares - PTS
Katsidis - KO
Hopkins - SPLIT DECISION

M'Baye TKO
Maccarinelli TKO
Arthur UD
Linares UD
Katsidis KO
Wright SD

Mbaye TKO
Enzo Mac KO
Larios points
Katistis KO
Hopkins PTS (Split).

Half way through the Arthur fight when I joined.

At this stage: I'll go for Arthur on points.

My winners:

M'baye - TKO
Maccarinelli - KO
Arthur - PTS
Larios - TKO
Katsidis - KO
Hopkins - PTS

I'm leaning towards Enzo and Bernard for reasons of physical strength. I feel Macca can recover from heavy shots a little better than Braithwaite, but we'll see; looking forward to it.

I'd expect Winky to be busier and quicker behind the jab, but think Hopkins has the size to wear his man down.

none of us went for rees then? lol

I did but my post has gone missing!

I think that goes to show what an unexpected performance that really was.

No one gave Gavin a real chance (at least I didnt!)

M'Baye just never got out of first gear and couldnt get to grips with Rees. All credit to the Welshman for fighting his fight and he was a well deserved winner.

Now Enzo Calzaghe has 3 world title belt holders in his gym. That takes some doing..

~ MIKEE ~ wrote:Souleymane M'baye vs. Gavin Rees -- M'Baye WRONG
Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Wayne Braithwaite -- Maccarinelli RIGHT
Alex Arthur vs. Koba Gogoladze -- Arthur RIGHT
Oscar Larios vs. Jorge Linares -- Larios WRONG
Michael Katsidis vs. Czar Amonsot -- Katsidis RIGHT
Bernard Hopkins vs. Ronald Wright -- Wright WRONG

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chesh wrote:M'baye - TKO
Maccarinelli - KO
Alex Arthur - PTS
Linares - PTS
Katsidis - KO
Hopkins - SPLIT DECISION

5 out of 6 in terms of winner. But, as to how the fights were decided, I was wrong on every one!

I got 3. Credit to anyone who picked Linaers. I was basing my prediction on his record as I'd never seen him before. Turns out he's an excellent fighter.

The only real shocker was of course Rees, which no one foresaw...