Boxing: February 7-9 [View All]

[H2O Man]

(All bouts subject to change)
THURSDAY - at Las Vegas (Versus) -
10 rounds, light welterweights: Kendall Holt
(22-2, 12 KOs) vs. Ben Tackie (29-8-1, 17 KOs).
10 rounds, light middleweights: Vanes Martirosyan
(18-0, 12 KOs) vs. Michi Munoz (20-1, 13 KOs)

FRIDAY - at Dover, Delaware (ESPN2) -
12 rounds, cruiserweights: Darnell Wilson
(22-5-3, 19 KOS) vs. BJ Flores (20-0, 13 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Temecula, California (HBO) -
12 rounds, welterweights: Paul Williams (33-0, 24 KOs)
vs. Carlos Quintana (24-1, 19 KOs); 10 rounds, welterweights:
Andre Berto (20-0, 17 KOs) vs. Michel Trabant (43-2-1, 19 KOs);
10 rounds, heavyweights: Chris Arreola (22-0, 20 KOs) vs.
Cliff Couser (26-14-2, 14 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Guanajuato, Mexico (PPV) -
10 rounds, light middleweights: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
(34-1, 27 KOs) vs. Jose Celaya (31-3, 16 KOs); 12 rounds,
super bantamweights: Juan Ruiz (21-4, 6 KOs) vs.
Bernabe Concepcion (23-1-1, 13 KOs); 12 rounds, WBC
light flyweight title: Edgar Sosa (30-5, 16 KOs) vs.
Jesue Iribe (8-4-1, 4 KOs). 12 rounds, middleweights:
Jose Luis Zertuche (19-4-2, 14 KOs) vs. Marco Antonio
Rubio (40-4-1, 35 KOs).

This is an interesting week for boxing fans. It is never safe to count on a Versus card actually coming off. Holt has some talent; Tackie did, but has been way over the hill for some time.

The ESPN FNF main event might be the most exciting fight of the week. Wilson scored an intensely violent KO last year on ESPN, and if he is in good shape, could win. But you never know when you fight an undefeated guy.

The HBO card looks good. It's hard to say how good Williams really is. This fight should showcase his talents. Berto is a tough kid, and looked to have improved in his last fight. This looks like a safe fight for him. I think that by the end of '08, he'll take a real step up. Then we'll see what he can do against the top ten.

Chavez Jr is being brought along slowly. I'm thinking there is a reason his people are going at this pace.

Enjoy the fights.