Another Exotic Pick from Mr. Moose

Here you go...More Bowl-licious picks from the Moose:

Moose Tracks & Droppings:

Back on the scene with the exotic machine....

The Filipino Killer eats up the malnutrition Strawweight L'Africane Nkosinathi Joyi. Florante Condes is a big-time puncher for a midget and is loaded with power. He's on a 9-0 streak, albeit against dem bums, but there is no way a #6 ranked straw-berry pulls this one off.

Because these guys have no weight, this could go 8-9 rounds so there is a great chance for aerial body fluids here. Condes on top so play:

- A mixture of snot & saliva drippings from the 3rd round on

- A few gas emissions as a result of Killer's stomach bombs (must be heard only by the first row)

- 2cm piece of upper jaw bone being emitted before the end.

Not a big-time play here but certainly enough to fill up the tank for a few years.

MMA Goes Primetime!! Weekend Fight Schedule

What up What Up Little Fighters?? This weekend boxing takes a back seat to the MMA. We have two exciting cards (for different reasons) happening.

First off on Saturday night, 9pm EST on CBS, MMA goes mainstream when EliteXC shows the first ever card on network TV. And of course the big attraction is the main event which pits James Thompson against Kimbo Slice. This is Kimbo's most legit challenge yet however Mr. Thompson does have a glass jaw so I am sure another Kimbo KO is in the making.
Actually since I missed the Classic Lump this week I will throw you one right now starring James Thomspon and Butterbean:


OK so EliteXC is getting the fanfare because they are the first on network TV (take that Dana White) however the better dukes are on Sunday night when the WEC is on Versus. Jens Pulver against the pretty boy Urijah Faber. This one is going to be fast and furious kiddies so don't blink!

OK Larry Lump is out here is the weekend fight schedule for ya. Peace and Corn Grease!

BOXING:
FRIDAY - at Baracaldo, Spain - 12 rounds, cruiserweights: Herbie Hide (42-4, 41 KOs) vs.
Ehinomen Ehikhamenor (12-2, 7 KOs); 8 rounds, heavyweights: Konstantin Airich (9-0-1, 8 KOs) vs. Danny Williams (38-6, 30 KOs).
FRIDAY - at Monroeville, Pennsylvania -(Telefutura) - 10 rounds, super featherweights: Monty Meza Clay (27-1, 18 KOs) vs. Fernando Omar Lizarraga (16-4-1, 12 KOs); 8 rounds, light middleweights: Latif Mundy (7-0, 2 KOs) vs. George Rivera (8-1, 3 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Cebu, Philippines - 10 rounds, super flyweights: Z Gorres (27-2-2, 15 KOs) vs.
Nick Otieno (15-1, 5 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Kempton Park, South Africa -12 rounds, IBF minimumweight title: Florante
Condes (22-3-1, 20 KOs) vs. Nkosinathi Joyi (17-0, 13 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Dusseldorf, Germany - 12 rounds, 12 rounds, WBA bantamweight title: Wladimir Sidorenko (21-0-2, 7 KOs) vs. Anselmo Moreno (21-1-1, 8 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Chetumal, Mexico - 12 rounds, interim WBC featherweight title: Oscar Larios (60-6-1, 37 KOs) vs. Feider Viloria (21-2-1, 15 KOs).
SATURDAY - at San Luis Potosi, Mexico -12 rounds, super flyweights: Fernando Montiel
(37-2-1, 27 KOs) vs. Luis Maldonado (37-2-1, 28 KOs).

MMA:
Saturday, May 31
Elite XC: Saturday Night Fights, Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith, Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson Newark, N.J., CBS
Sunday, June 1
WEC: WEC 34, Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver, Sacramento, Calif., Versus

Weekend Boxing Results-Paulie Malignaggi looked HAIRrible

Wake me up please. Larry is shot after a great memorial day weekend. As for the fights, well they were not so hot, at least when it came to boxing. Both Ricky Hatton and Paulie Malignaggi earned victories by decision, but no one looked very impressive. Paulie looked like a complete buffoon actually. The chooch comes out wearing hair extensions. I think he was going for the Italian/Brooklyn/Jamaican look. Anyways his pony tail comes undone half way through the first round and he can't see because his hair is in his face, it actually cost him the round. His corner then uses the glove tape to try and hold it down. That lasts for about 4-5 rounds and then it comes out again and the ref has to call time out. Then, which must be a first in boxing, he gets a full blown haircut in between rounds! Unreal!

Hatton and Malignaggi have already secured a fight date for this November. If they try to put this one on PPV the promoters are going to seriously be disappointed. Hatton by decision in an ugly boring fight...I'm already calling that one.

Here are your weekend fight results:

BOXING:
MANCHESTER, England (AP)—Ricky Hatton, Britain, outpointed Juan Lazcano, Mexico, 12, to retain his IBO light welterweight title; Paulie Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., outpointed Lovemore N’Dou, Australia, 12, to retain his IBF junior welterweight title; Craig Watson, Britain, outpointed Matthew Hatton, Britain, 12, to win the Commonwealth welterweight title.
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP)—Sirimongkol Singwancha, Thailand, stopped Chad Bennett, Australia, 1, to retain his PABA light welterweight title.

Weekend Fight Schedule-Ricky Hatton is back-Tito Ortiz is Out-Kimbo Slice countdown has begun

What UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLZ?
How y'all livin' today? Beautiful 70 degree day in the northeast and your Boy Larry Lump got a half day at his income generating job before the long Memorial Lump Weekend.
OK so some decent action this weekend in the fight game.
First thing to yap about is Ricky Hatton is back in his first fight since losing to Floyd Mayweather. Even better is that it's being shown on basic cable, the Vs. Network. Ricky should take care of business in front of his hometown, but who does he fight next? Unfortunately it's probably going to be Paulie Malingnaggi who is fighting on the under card. Paulie has zero power so the excitement factor is just not there for me.
In regards to MMA, UFC 84 Ill Will (guess they are running out of tag lines) takes place Saturday night. This will be the last UFC fight for Tito Ortiz who's well documented battle with UFC president Dana White has reached the point of no return. Tito has been fading as a fighter (but he does get to tap Jenna Jamison on a daily basis) so it's no real loss for the UFC.
So only about a week left until Kimbo Slice makes his prime time debut on CBS. He is fighting another cupcake but of course everyone is going to watch and see what the hype is all about. Is Kimbo the Mike Tyson of the new millennium? Seems that way so far.

Here is your weekend schedule. Enjoy:
Boxing
TODAY - at Lincoln, Rhode Island (ESPN2) - 10 rounds, cruiserweights: Aaron Williams (17-0-1, 12 KOs) vs.
Jose Luis Herrera (15-4, 15 KOs); 8 rounds, heavyweights: Jason Estrada (12-1, 2 KOs) vs. Derek Bryant (20-4-1, 17 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Newcastle, Australia - 11 rounds, light welterweights: Sirimongkol Singwancha (58-2, 33 KOs)
vs. Chad Bennett (21-2-3, 14 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Hannover, Germany - 12 rounds, cruiserweights: Dariusz Michalczewski (48-2, 28 KOs)
vs. Sven Ottke (34-0, 6 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Manchester, England (Versus) - 12 rounds, light welterweights: Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) vs. Juan Lazcano (37-4-1, 27 KOs); 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight title: Paul Malingnaggi (24-1, 5 KOs)
vs. Lovemore N'dou (46-9-1, 31 KOs); 12 rounds, welterweights: Matthew Hatton (33-3-1, 13 KOs) vs. Craig Watson (12-2, 4 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Chihuahua, Mexico - 12 rounds, flyweights: Jose Antonio Aguirre (34-7-1, 20 KOs) vs. Victor Zaleta (5-0, 3 KOs).

MMA
Saturday, May 24
UFC: UFC 84, B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk, Las Vegas, PPV.

Classic Lump Wednesday-Wednesday Night Fights

Oh man this one is a REAL Double Knockout, both these guys took almost 5 minutes to get off the canvas. Special thanks to BUMPnLUMP subscriber Richie Cakes for finding this gem.
Also ESPN2 has a little mid week boxing treat tonight: 10 rounds, lightweights: Stevie Johnston (42-5-1, 18 KOs) vs. Edner Cherry (23-5-2, 11 KOs); 8 rounds, super featherweights: Johnnie Edwards (13-2-1, 7 KOs) vs. Freddie Norwood (42-2-1, 23 KOs).
Maybe Moose has a mid week "exotic" for ya since the fight he picked this past weekend never happened.

Weekend Boxing Results-Yo Moose what happened with your pick?

Hey Moose man I can't find any info on your pick? What was the outcome?

Here is the rest of the weekend boxing results:
NEVADA (AP)—James Kirkland, Austin, Texas, stopped Eromosele Albert, Nigeria, 1, to win the vacant WBO NABO light middleweight title; Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuba, outpointed Darling Jimenez, Dominican Republic, 10, to win the vacant WBC International super featherweight title; Alfredo Angulo, Mexico, stopped Richard Gutierrez, Colombia, 10, to win the vacant WBO intercontinental light middleweight title; Mickey Bey Jr., Cleveland, outpointed Wilson Alcorro, Colombia, 10, lightweights.
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico (AP)—Jorge Arce, Mexico, outpointed Devid Lookmahanak, Thailand, 12, in a WBC super flyweight title eliminator; Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, stopped Fred Heberto Valdez, Mexico, 3, light flyweights; Jorge Solis, Mexico, outpointed, 10, Miguel Roman, Mexico, featherweights.
DURANGO, Mexico (AP)—Cristian Mijares, Mexico, outpointed Alexander Munoz, Venezuela, 12, to win the WBA and WBC super flyweight titles; Omar Salado, Mexico, stopped Julio Cesar Miranda, Mexico, 5, in a WBC flyweight title eliminator.
KHARKOV, Ukraine (AP)—Sergey Fedchenko, Ukraine, outpointed Peter Semo, Uganda, 12, to win the IBF intercontinental light welterweight title.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP)—Pawel Wolak, Mount Arlington, N.J., outpointed Troy Browning, Willingsboro, N.J., 10, to win the interim WBC USNBC light middleweight title.
KENNER, La. (AP)—Will McIntyre, Bogalusa, La., outpointed Zane Marks, Golden Meadow, La., 12, to win the vacant IBA Americas light heavyweight title.

Moose got a "mainstream" pick, Chris Byrd loses real bad

First off Chris Byrd looked horrible last night and got KO'ed in the 9th. He was slow, weak, and useless. Bottom line is he took off way to much weight. So he was getting blasted as a heavyweight and now as a light heavyweight, it's time to hang up the gloves.

OK so Moose stopped by and gave me a pick for tonight. Here ya go:

Moose goes out on a limb. Hope it doesn't break!

NO exotics this week so the Moose goes with society. Searched far & wide for bums & washed ups but with slim pickens of the cards, I'll go with a Mexican brawl:

Ulises Solisi of Mexico, a 26 year old bomber will defeat the Philippino Glenn Donaire, who can't punch but racks up wins anyway.

Reason for the Solisi win?

- He's a knock-out artist

- He's won at MSG

- Hometown favorite

Donaire fight a lot in the States, but normally at low-level venues. He lost his big shot at the MGM Grand in Vegas.

So, I go with "class"....Solisi for # 25.

Weekend Boxing Schedule-Chris Byrd is a Skinny Minny

ANOTHER rainy crappy Friday in the LumpMeg State. The only fight on this weekends schedule that sparks my Bumpiosity is the Chris Byrd vs. Shaun George fight. The Byrd man as you recall was the slick heavyweight champ for a while before Klitschko destroyed him a few times. Byrd was never a big heavyweight and really had no power but no one wanted to fight him because he was quick, had a great jab, and excellent defense. He wasn't going to knock anyone out and his fights were boring to watch but he made you look bad (which is why he rarely got and big paydays). So now the cat, I mean the Byrd, is going down TWO weight classes to the highly competitive Light Heavyweight division. I mean you got Hopkins, Jones Jr., and Antonio Tarver to deal with. Before I make any judgments I will let Chris get one fight under his belt to see how he looks. This just might be the right division for the Byrd Man to Soar...Larry Lump is one witty ass MO-F...shut ya mouth....

BOXING

TODAY - at Las Vegas (ESPN2) - 10 rounds,light heavyweights: Shaun George (16-2-2, 7 KOs) vs.Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs); 8 rounds, superfeatherweights: Koba Gogoladze (20-2, 8 KOs) vs.Ji-Hoon Kim (13-5, 10 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Durango, Mexico (PPV) - 12 rounds,WBA & WBC super flyweight titles: Cristian Mijares(34-3-2, 14 KOs) vs. Alexander Munoz(32-2, 27 KOs); 12 rounds, vacant interim WBC superfeatherweight title: Humberto Soto (44-6-2, 28 KOs)vs. Francisco Lorenzo (32-4, 14 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Aguascalientes, Mexico (PPV) -12 rounds, IBF junior flyweight title: Ulises Solis(26-1, 20 KOs) vs. Glenn Donaire (17-3-1, 9 KOs);12 rounds, super featherweights: Jorge Arce(48-4-1, 37 KOs) vs. Devid Lookmahanak (18-1, 9 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Primm, Nevada (HBO) - 10 rounds,light middleweights: James Kirkland (21-0, 18 KOs)vs. Eromosele Albert (21-1, 10 KOs); 10 rounds,super featherweights: Yuriorkis Gamboa (9-0, 8 KOs)vs. Darling Jimenez (23-2-2, 14 KOs); 10 rounds,light middleweights: Alfredo Angulo (12-0, 9 KOs) vs.Richard Gutierrez (24-1, 14 KOs).

Classic Lump Wednesday on Thursday-The Ultimate Fighter Snore Fest

Sorry that your boy has been MIA. Too much stuff going on in my world these days. Tomorrow I will come 'atcha with some rants and raves. Enjoy this wacky Lump that I dug up for ya.
On another note does anyone still watch the Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV? I DVR this show every week and man it blows. It is such a cut n paste basic reality show. Show a scene from the house where the guys are talking trash or getting drunk, show the fighters select the next fight, watch each team train, then show the fight. Seven seasons of the same ol crapola.

Anyways enjoy this wacky ass lump!

Weekend Boxing Schedule-Larry got nada

I really got nada for you today. My posts are not really about bringing you boxing news. There are plenty of sites out there with boxing news, plus I have links and the news ticker to keep ya up to date. So I'm only gonna yap when Larry got somethin to say. Samuel Peter will be meeting a Klitschko in October, unfortunately it's the wrong one. He is going to be fighting Vitali who has not fought since 2004. Must be nice to be out of the fight game for almost four years and then get a title shot your first fight back. Puts a lot of credibility into the sport. What do the top 10 "ranked" heavyweights have to say about that one? Well I guess L3 had to to get something off his chest after all.

Here is your weekend boxing schedule:
TODAY - at Vigo, Spain - 12 rounds, flyweights: Omar Andres Narvaez (26-0-2, 16 KOs) vs. Ivan Pozo (28-4-1, 18 KOs).
TODAY - at Atlantic City (ESPN2) - 12 rounds, junior welterweights: Mike Arnaoutis (18-2-2, 9 KOs) vs. Lanardo Tyner (19-0, 11 KOs); 10 rounds, light heavyweights: Elvir Muriqi (35-4, 22 KOs) vs. Omar Sheika (27-8, 13 KO's); 8 rounds, heavyweights: Devin Vargas (15-0, 6 KOs) vs. Dave Brunelli (8-3, 3 KOs).
TODAY - at Albuquerque, New Mexico (Telefutura) -10 rounds, welterweights: Mike Alvarado (20-0, 13 KOs)
vs. Michel Rosales (16-1, 14 KOs); 10 rounds, welterweights: Ray Sanchez (20-2, 15 KOs) vs. Patrick Thompson (13-12-1, 5 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Nottingham, England (Showtime) -12 rounds, WBC junior welterweight title: Junior Witter
(36-1-2, 21 KOs) vs. Timothy Bradley Jr. (21-0, 11 KOs);10 rounds, super middleweights: Carl Froch (22-0, 18 KOs) vs. Albert Rybacki (15-0, 8 KOs); 10 rounds, welterweights: Adnan Amar (21-1, 6 KOs) vs. Mark Lloyd
(10-0, 2 KOs); 10 rounds, lightweights: John Murray (23-0, 12 KOs) vs. TBD.

Classic Lump Wednesday

Your Boy Lx3 is swamped today but my main man Southpaw Sammy was yearning for a good Lump Down. I think you will be pleased with this weeks random selection.
ENJOY!!!

De La Hoya vs. Steve Forbes Final Thoughts-Weekend Fight Recap

OK I didn't do enough homework, should of known Steve Forbes would not go down. That was really the only surprise last night. Oscar easily took care of business in his unanimous decision. I actually gave him every round 120-108 (one of the judges gave the same score as well). So is Oscar ready for the Mayweather rematch? Tough call on that one. First of all the first fight wasn't even that entertaining so Larry Lump Lump is not very pump pumped for the rematch. Oscar's jab did look pretty good, but the only way he is going to beat Floyd is if he keeps using it throughout the whole fight and not just the first 6-7 rounds. I still find it hard to believe De La Hoya is going to get two more fights in this year. Especially if he loses to Floyd, who does he fight next, and why??

Here is the rest of the weekend boxing results:
CARSON, Calif. (AP)—Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, outpointed Steve Forbes, Las Vegas, 12, junior middleweights; Victor Ortiz, Oxnard, Calif., stopped Dairo Esalas, Comombia, 5, junior welterweights.
BADEN-WURTTEMBURG, Germany (AP)—Firat Arslan, Germany, outpointed Darnell Wilson, Takoma Park, Md., 12, to retain his WBA cruiserweight title; Alexander Dimitrenko, Ukraine, stopped Derric Rossy, Puerto Rico, 5, to retain his WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title.
MONTREAL (AP)—Antonin Decarie, Canada, outpointed Brian Camechis, Glouster, Ohio, 12, to win the vacant WBO NABO welterweight title.
BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, France (AP)—Jean Marc Monrose, France, stopped Johny Jensen, Denmark, 1, to win the European cruiserweight title.
CEBU CITY, Philippines (AP)—Bert Batawang, Philippines, stopped Samransak Singmanassak, Thailand, 4, to win the vacant WBO Oriental light flyweight title.

De Lay Hoya vs. Steve Forbes Prediction-Catching up with Iron Mike Tyson-Weekend Boxing Schedule

Oscar De La Hoya's 3 fight farewell tour kicks off tomorrow night in Carson California where he will fight Steve Forbes, another Contender Contestant being fed to the wolves. Listen, anything can happen, just ask Buster Douglas, but this isn't going to be one of those times my friends. Oscar by KO. The "exotic", as Moose would say, is that he does it in under 6 rounds.

Anyone watch E:60 on ESPN Tuesday night? They had a good interview with Iron Mike who is chilling in his million dollar home out in Vegas of all places. This guys owes the government millions of dollars and he still has a dope crib, phat rides, and still runs around with an entourage. The sad part though is he really looks like a defeated man who is fighting demons every day. But man when they showed clips of Mike back in the day it really reminded me what a force he was. That body shot to uppercut combo took out so many fighters, classic stuff. He also said there is no way in hell he is getting back in the ring with Holyfield of anyone else, he is done. Mike was saying that he gets up to 250K just to shake hands and make appearances now and then, not a bad gig. The fact that he is probably still the most popular heavyweight for whatever reasons good or bad shows how weak the heavyweight division is right now.
Here is part of the interview if you missed it:


And last but not least here is your weekend boxing schedule:
TODAY, May 2 - at Santa Ynez, California (Showtime) - 10 rounds, super middleweights: Andre Dirrell (14-0, 9 KOs) vs. Anthony Hanshaw (21-1-1, 14 KOs); 8 rounds, lightweights: Antonio DeMarco (17-1-1, 12 KOs) vs. Juan Castaneda (12-0, 9 KOs).
SATURDAY, May 3 - at Edinburgh, Scotland - 12 rounds, junior lightweights: Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 KOs)
vs. Alex Arthur (26-1, 19 KOs).
SATURDAY, May 3 - at Stuttgart, Germany - 12 rounds, WBA cruiserweight title: Firat Arslan (28-3, 18 KOs)
vs. Darnell Wilson (22-6-3, 19 KOs).
SATURDAY, May 3 - at Carson, California (HBO) -12 rounds, welterweights: Oscar De La Hoya (38-5, 30 KOs) vs. Steve Forbes (33-5, 9 KOs); 10 rounds, junior welterweights: Victor Ortiz (20-1-1, 15 KOs) vs. Dario Esalas (31-12, 25 KOs).
SATURDAY, May 3 - at Mexico - 12 rounds, junior bantamweights: Fernando Montiel (36-2-1, 27 KOs) vs. Luis Maldonado (37-2-1, 28 KOs).

Classic Lump Wednesday-The Mayweather Family Soap Opera continues..

Happy Lump Day from your Boy L3!
So as we all wait in "anticipation" for this weekends BIG De La Hoya fight (you smellin the sarcasm here?), I thought we would give you one of Oscar's better moments. I mean it's only fair since last weeks Classic Lump had him on the receiving end of a brutal Hopkins liver shot.
Before we get to that, lets talk about the real drama taking place during this weekends fight, the Mayweather brothers. These guys make the Adam's Family look normal. OK try and follow me here. Floyd Mayweather Sr. was the trainer for both his son and Oscar. He had to make a decision to pick a fighter when they both fought and he picked Oscar. Oscar felt uncomfortable with using his opponents dad as a trainer (small conflict of interest don't you think) so he went with Freddy Roach. So Floyd Sr. goes back to his son's corner and co-trains him with his brother Roger Mayweather. Floyd Sr & Jr. have a falling out and Sr. gets bumped from the training camp. So Floyd Sr. sits in the stands for the Mayweather/De La Hoya fight and roots for Oscar.
With me so far?
So now Oscar De La Hoya is fighting Steve Forbes this weekend. Floyd Sr. is back in the corner of Oscar, and Steve Forbes trainer is Roger Mayweather who has trained him in the past, but......
Floyd Jr. does not like the fact that Roger is training Steve Forbes, because if Steve wins it is going to ruin a huge payday for Floyd in the fall when he is supposed to meet Oscar for a rematch. Basically if Uncle Roger's fighter wins, Floyd can't feed his kids.
Sooo, Roger agrees to step down but Forbes still wants a Mayweather as a trainer so he hires the THIRD brother Jeff Mayweather, who is the more quiet laid back one of the group. As sand falls through the hour glass these are the wacky days of our lives...

OK so back to the Classic Lump, De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga. Mayorga talked so much smack before this fight. No one in De La Hoya's family was safe from his wrath. Trying to get into Oscar's head did not work though as you can see from the following clip.

Weekend Boxing Results

Monday's blow don't they? Especially when its almost May but you wake up to a 47 degree miserable rainy day. Wahh!
OK tantrum done. I really don't have much to say today. I watched the HBO show Countdown to De Lay Hoya Forbes. I will yap more about this fight on Friday but HBO is trying to make a big fight out of nothing. This one is gonna be a bust.

Here are your weekend fight results.
Saturday
DRESDEN, Germany (AP)—Zsolt Erdei, Germany, outpointed DeAndrey Abron, Youngstown, Ohio, 12, to retain his WBO light heavyweight title; Sergiy Dzindziruk, Germany, outpointed Lukas Konecny, Germany, 12, to retain his WBO junior middleweight title; Karoly Balzsay, Hungary, stopped Mantas Tarvydas, Lithuania, 10, to retain his WBO Intercontinental super middleweight title; Willy Blain, France, oupointed Daudy Bahari, Indonesia, 12, to retain his WBO Intercontinental light welterweight title.
QUERETARO, Mexico (AP)—Bernabe Concepcion, Philippines, stopped Torrence Daniels, Denver, 2, to retain his NABF super bantamweight title; Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Mexico, stopped Giuseppe Loriga, Italy, 9, super welterweights; Orlando Salido, Mexico, stopped Renan Acosta, Panama, 4, featherweights.
TRABZON, Turkey (AP)—Selcuk Aydin, Turkey, outpointed Lucky Lewele, South Africa, 12, to win the vacant WBC International welterweight title.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—Roy Mukhlis, Indonesia, stopped Pathompol Srisopha, Thailand, to retain his PABA super featherweight title.
Sunday
CHESTER, W.Va. (AP)—Brian Minto, Butler, Pa., stopped Chad Van Sickle, Grove City, Ohio, 1, heavyweights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pittsburgh, outpointed Rodney Jones, Little Rock, Ark., 10, to win the vacant NABA lightweight title.

Weekend Boxing Schedule-Mike Tyson Making Comeback??

Nahh just playing, Mike ain't doing squat. But next Tuesday at 7pm (EST) on ESPN they are catching up with the former champ, seems like from the previews that Mikey T still got major issues. Not too pumped up for this weekend's schedule however Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is fighting. This kid is good, real good. I hope he puts on a few more pounds and steps up to fight a big name middleweight. The kid is 35-0-1, I think it's time to go for a title. Anyways have a lumpy weekend and keep your ass off da canvas!

L Cubed is out

Boxing:
TODAY - New York (ESPN2) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights: Andrey Tsurkan (25-3, 16 KOs)
vs. Jesse Feliciano (15-6-3, 9 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Dresden, Germany -12 rounds, light heavyweights: Zsolt Erdei (28-0, 17 KOs) vs. DeAndrey Abron 15-1, 10 KOs); 12 rounds, junior middleweights: Sergiy Dzinziruk (34-0, 22 KOs) vs. Lukas Konecny (36-2, 18 KOs); 12 rounds, junior welterweights: Daudy Bahari (36-1-1, 18 KOs) vs. Willy Blain (18-0, 3 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Queretaro, Mexico (PPV) - 12 rounds, light middleweights: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (35-0-1, 28 KOs) vs. Tobia Giuseppe Loriga (24-0-1, 6 KOs); 12 rounds, super bantamweights: Bernabe Concepcion
(24-1-1, 13 KOs) vs. Torrence Daniels (10-3-1, 4 KOs).

Classic Lump Wednesday-Tribute to a Legend who should hang up the gloves

Beautiful day in sunny CT. So this week's classic lump is in tribute to Bernard Hopkins. The man has nothing left to prove, he was a middleweight champ for 10 friggin years! Sadly he probably won't shut it down, but hopefully his does. Let's be honest, he might even win a few more but his fights are never going to be on PPV again, his style is just so not fan friendly. One punch, clinch, one punch, clinch, and he really does not knock anyone out.
However no one can argue about his boxing reign. Just check it out here for yourself.
Before I get to the video highlight I wanted to let you know about some great Amateur boxing coming up to Bridgeport, CT on May 9th, the USA Boxing Olympic Invitational. I saw some fights up there last year and Harbor Yard is a great place to see dukes.

OK so here we go. This punch doesn't look like much but it was a perfectly placed liver shot. Your mind wants to get up off the canvas but your legs have absolutely no interest. You can totally see the frustration in De La Hoya's eyes.

Weekend Wrap Up-Your Boy is Back

To all you cats who were bustin my chops when I started this blog about my picks....BITE ME.
Your boy has been En Fuego lately. Not only pickin the winners but picking the exact outcomes.
Between me and the Moose you guys should be getting paid in full if you follow our advice!
Let me tell you the first 6 rounds of that Calzaghe/Hopkins fight was a bitch to score but by the end of the fight Mighty Joe was the clear cut winner. You had Hopkins charge in with one big punch then clinch and you had Joe land 4-5 pitter patter combos. Hopkins scored a flash knockdown in the first but after that no one was really hurt. Listen, it wasn't a pretty win for Calzaghe but fights against Hopkins are never pretty. Looking forward to a Joe C. to fight a Pavlik or Jones Jr. next.

I missed the UFC event on Saturday night but I did snag the Georges St. Pierre/Matt Serra fight on YouTube the next morning. Boring grappling fight but St. Pierre controlled the whole fight. Here are the rest of the weekend fight results:

Boxing:
LAS VEGAS (AP)—Joe Calzaghe, Britain, outpointed Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, 12, light heavyweights; David Lopez, Mexico, stopped Ryan Davis, East St. Louis, Ill., 5, middleweights.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP)—Adrian Diaconu, Romania, outpointed Chris Henry, Houston, 12, to win the interim WBC light heavyweight title; Jo Jo Dan, Romania, stopped Raul Balbi, Argentina, 3, to retain his NABA light welterweight title; Viorel Simion, Romania, outpointed Rudy Encarnacion, Spain, 10, to win the WBC Mediterranean featherweight title.
KATOWICE, Poland (AP)—Tomasz Adamek, Poland, stopped O’Neil Bell, Jamaica, 8, in an IBF cruiserweight title eliminator.
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP)—Sebastian Zbik, Germany, outpointed Marco Schulze, Germany, 12, to retain his WBO Intercontinental middleweight title; Rene Marcos Maidana, Argentina, stopped Arturo Morua, Mexico, 3, light welterweights.
FREDERIKSUND, Denmark (AP)—Evans Ashira, Kenya, stopped Mamadou Thiam, France 6, to win the vacant Universal Boxing Organization Intercontinental light middleweight title.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP)—Yuri Nuzhnenko, Ukraine, technical drawed Irving Garcia, Puerto Rico, 10, to retain his interim WBA welterweight title.

MMA:
UFC 83, Montreal: Jonathan Goulet def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka, TKO (strikes), 2:07 R2; Cain Valesquez def. Brad Morris, TKO (strikes), 2:10 R1; Rich Clementi def. Sam Stout, split decision; Demian Maia def. Ed Herman, submission (triangle choke), 2:27 R2; Jason Day def. Alan Belcher, TKO (strikes), 3:58 R1; Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen, TKO (elbows), 0;54 R2; Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek, submission (rear naked choke), 3:48 R3; Michael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy, TKO (fighter could not continue at end of round), 5:00 R1; Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes, unanimous decision; Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter, TKO (strikes), 3:01 R2; UFC welterweight title: Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Serra, TKO (strikes), 4:45 R2 (St. Pierre wins title).

Hopkins vs. Calzaghe quick pick

OK your boy is back in town and was not going to post until Monday, but screw it, let's roll the dice. I picked against him once, not doing it again, Calzaghe by decision.

That's all I'm sayin'. Will check back wit ya on Monday with a full post.

Peace

Cotto wins by TKO, another Contender get's destroyed, it's deja vu all over again

Well if you watched the Larry Lump/Moose interview on Friday you would of known that Cotto by TKO was a lock. The fight went EXACTLY as L Cubed Predicted. By the end of the 5th the ringside Doc had enough and stopped the fight. Cotto TKO in 5. Also, past BUMPnLUMP readers will also recall this post a while back: http://www.bumpnlump.com/2008/01/easy-call-for-larry-lumpthe-contender.html

So congrats Alfonso Gomez you have also made the list of Pretenders. Shall I refresh your memory on the results of fighters from the Contender TV showed when they stepped up to top 10 fighters?

1. Peter Manfredo Jr.-TKO'ed by Joe Calzaghe in 3.
2. Anthony Bosante-Lost by Unanimous decision to John Duddy
3. David Banks- Almost gets decapitated and lands in the second row after being KO'ed by Edison Miranda in the 3rd.
4. Alfonso Gomez-TKO'ed by Miguel Cotto in the 5th

Enough is enough already, these guys have not made it to the big time for a reason, they're not that good!

OK so the Moose Man had it a little harder this weekend. His boy Phlegm..oops I mean Glen Johnson fought pretty good even though he lost a 12 round decision to Chad Dawson. However the crowd was booing the result so it seems like some controversy took place. If you recall Da Moose said three bodily fluids would of been release by Johnson. It's very hard to confirm these facts because mainstream media tends to shy away from this kind of business, but I would not be surprised if Glen was able to keep his bowels under control.

Well, heading out to FLA tomorrow but I just needed to gloat before I hit the friendly skies. Have a good week my Lumpy Posse!!!