Lumpy Lumps come out and Plaaaaay. Yoooooooooooooooooo what up kids? Time to do work son, do work! Your Boy Larry doesn't have any picks this weekend but I am sure Da Moose Man will find some underground exotics for you and your bookie to play.
Before we go over the fight schedule lets go over some interesting news over the last few days in both Boxing and MMA. It says a lot about the direction each of these sports is going.
Besides Floyd Mayweather participating in WrestleMania on March 30th we also found out that Evander Holyfield and Iron Mike Tyson are in discussions about fighting again. Haven't enough body parts been bitten off already? I'm not sure who looks more desperate in this situation. Mike is the obvious choice for these shenanigans, but now the Real Deal is going down this path as well? The crazy part is that if the promoters did this right they would probably get me to order this mess on PPV. First of all it can't be more than $19.99. Secondly they should have 3 fights in total, 2 legit fights with up and coming known names and then the old men can get it on in their 6-8 rounder. Reality of the matter is that if it does happen it will probably go for $45, have about 2 hours of pre show BS showing all old clips and then these two fools will go out and basically spar for 4 rounds. Neither will end up throwing any haymakers. The heavyweight division is a straight up SNAFU.
OK so on the other side of the coin does the UFC finally have some legit competition? CBS has just signed a deal with Elite XC, which is the league that is shown on Showtime and also where Kimbo Slice is contracted. The deal seems to state that CBS will air four 2 hour shows per year during Prime Time on Saturday nights. First show should take place in April and Kimbo will be the headliner. WOW. They actually got on network TV before the UFC, pretty impressive. I hope it works but in reality it is probably going to be a bust. Why?
1. MMA is hot, but it is still such a niche sport. 3-4 million viewers are great numbers for Cable or PPV but its just average ratings for a network show.
2. Other than Kimbo they really don't have any well known names.3. Fight shows have basically been a bust on network TV and usually end up finding their place on basic cable. When is the last time you saw boxing on network TV? How about the Contender? Total flop when on NBC. WWE tried some shows on NBC as well and that failed.
I guess only time will tell.
BOXING
FRIDAY - at Marksville, Louisiana (ESPN2) -10 rounds, light middleweights: Sechew Powell (22-1, 13 KOs) vs. Kevin Finley (12-0-1, 9 KOs); 10 rounds, super middleweights: Allan Green (26-1, 18 KOs) vs. Antwun Echols(31-7-3, 27 KOs).
FRIDAY - at La Paz Mexico - 12 rounds, mini-flyweights: Raul Garcia (21-0-1, 15 KOs) vs. Ronald Barrera (22-3-1, 14 KOs).
FRIDAY - at Lemoore, California (Showtime) -12 rounds, IBF featherweight title: Robert Guerrero (21-1-1, 14 KOs) vs. Jason Litzau (23-1, 19 KOs); 10 rounds, heavyweights: T.J. Wilson (12-1, 8 KOs) vs. Travis Walker (26-1-1, 20 KOs).
FRIDAY - at Montreal - 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight title: Lucian Bute (21-0, 17 KOs) vs.
William Joppy (39-4-1, 30 KOs).
FRIDAY - at San Antonio, Texas (Telefutura) -10 rounds, bantamweights: Raul Martinez (21-0, 13 KOs) vs. Jonathan Perez (13-3, 10 KOs); 10 rounds, welterweights: James De La Rosa (14-0, 10 KOs) vs. Gabriel Martinez (16-0-1, 8 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Tokyo - 12 rounds, WBA minimumweight title: Yutak-a Niida (22-1-3, 8 KOs) vs.
Jose Luis Varela (14-3-1, 7 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Carson, California (Showtime) -12 rounds, WBC super bantamweight title: Israel Vazquez
(42-4, 31 KOs) vs. Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs).
SATURDAY - Ft. Wright, Kentucky - 8 rounds, heavyweights: Tony Tubbs (47-10, 25 KOs) vs. Paul Phillips (21-14, 19 KOs).
FRIDAY - at La Paz Mexico - 12 rounds, mini-flyweights: Raul Garcia (21-0-1, 15 KOs) vs. Ronald Barrera (22-3-1, 14 KOs).
FRIDAY - at Lemoore, California (Showtime) -12 rounds, IBF featherweight title: Robert Guerrero (21-1-1, 14 KOs) vs. Jason Litzau (23-1, 19 KOs); 10 rounds, heavyweights: T.J. Wilson (12-1, 8 KOs) vs. Travis Walker (26-1-1, 20 KOs).
FRIDAY - at Montreal - 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight title: Lucian Bute (21-0, 17 KOs) vs.
William Joppy (39-4-1, 30 KOs).
FRIDAY - at San Antonio, Texas (Telefutura) -10 rounds, bantamweights: Raul Martinez (21-0, 13 KOs) vs. Jonathan Perez (13-3, 10 KOs); 10 rounds, welterweights: James De La Rosa (14-0, 10 KOs) vs. Gabriel Martinez (16-0-1, 8 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Tokyo - 12 rounds, WBA minimumweight title: Yutak-a Niida (22-1-3, 8 KOs) vs.
Jose Luis Varela (14-3-1, 7 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Carson, California (Showtime) -12 rounds, WBC super bantamweight title: Israel Vazquez
(42-4, 31 KOs) vs. Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs).
SATURDAY - Ft. Wright, Kentucky - 8 rounds, heavyweights: Tony Tubbs (47-10, 25 KOs) vs. Paul Phillips (21-14, 19 KOs).
Saturday, March 1
UFC 82: Dan Henderson vs. Anderson Silva, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, PPV
UFC 82: Dan Henderson vs. Anderson Silva, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, PPV
4 comments:
Old Farts in Kentucky can make you dough. Two bums, with a total of nearly 100 years on this earth, square off in Kentucky in a little while. You have to take two-ton Tony Tubbs on this one because his opponent, Paul Rocky Phillips is being set up here. Old Rock HAS LOST 11 of his last 12! Plus, Rocky is a local guy at of Covington and has sniffed at every undesireable jernt all week.
An easy few bucks here. Play the parlay of Phillips with 2+ cuts, green mucuus out of a variety of orafices and the old dump in the pants play. (Why do they let these guys in da ring Lump?).
I just don't know Moose I just don't know. A few years ago Holyfield was banned from boxing in the state of NY due to lack of diminished skills yet last year he was given a title fight.
The only consistency is that there is no consistency!!!
My daddy is over 50 and just kicked the crapper out of old man Caleb last week. I put my kerns on the old Tony Tubby here. 50 is nifty!
Mr. Mr. Lumpp,
What were th results of th Tubbs fits? All i can find her in Cote Ivorie is
03/01/2008 Larry Phelps CANCELLED - BOXING EVENT - Shimmer's Hall - Ft. Wright, KY - White Lightning Promotions 7:30 PM KBWA-B-42
did rocky die? did Tubbs die? need to no now.
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