It is often said that when people are faced with a difficult choice, they draw upon prior experiences. In order to predict the outcome of this fight, I am doing just that.  I will admit that this pick is not an easy one – Edison Miranda lost the first bout with Arthur Abraham, and I usually do […]

I had to go to Wikipedia to check out Gary Lockett’s (30-1, 21 KOs) "boxing resume" to see if he was a worthy opponent for Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs). I felt like a headhunter using MySpace as a job recruiting site. I saw a lot of interesting names like Kai Kauramaki (13-13), Ayitey Powers (11-4-1) […]

Make no mistake about it, I am not as comfortable as I would like to be with this fight prediction. Picking against Bernard Hopkins (48-4-, 32 KOs) is like picking against Tom Brady in the fourth quarter – you just feel he’s going to find a way to win. However, I wouldn’t be doing my job […]

Two days ago I mentioned that Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KO’s) would beat the crap out of Alfonso Gomez (18-3, 8 KO’s) in my Tarver vs Woods; Dawson vs Johnson post.  The reason is simple.  Cotto is the superior fighter.  Need I say more? I really don’t need to, but I will share my sterling insight nonetheless.  At 27 years of […]