Some decent scraps coming up Oct. 15th & 16th

October 15
At Montreal (ESPN3.com live, ESPN Oct. 17 tape): Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Adrian Diaconu vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights.

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Nagy Aguilera, 10 rounds, heavyweights.

October 16
At Hamburg, Germany (ESPN3.com live, ESPN next-day tape): Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.


These fights should provide us with some entertainment during an October schedule that sucks otherwise.


Thoughts on these fights?

[quote="Ring"]October 15
At Montreal (ESPN3.com live, ESPN Oct. 17 tape): Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Adrian Diaconu vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights.

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Nagy Aguilera, 10 rounds, heavyweights.

October 16
At Hamburg, Germany (ESPN3.com live, ESPN next-day tape): Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.


These fights should provide us with some entertainment during an October schedule that sucks otherwise.


Thoughts on these fights?[/quote
Yeah, I got a question..."Antonio...you got any excuses for fighting this nobody instead of retiring like you should?"

Ring wrote:

October 15
At Montreal (ESPN3.com live, ESPN Oct. 17 tape): Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Adrian Diaconu vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights.

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Nagy Aguilera, 10 rounds, heavyweights.

October 16
At Hamburg, Germany (ESPN3.com live, ESPN next-day tape): Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.


These fights should provide us with some entertainment during an October schedule that sucks otherwise.


Thoughts on these fights?

What? They will be in Miami? I really wish I had the money to go. Spent all mine on the Pac vs Margo tickets and hotel room.

soonermark890 wrote:

Ring wrote:

October 15
At Montreal (ESPN3.com live, ESPN Oct. 17 tape): Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Adrian Diaconu vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights.

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Nagy Aguilera, 10 rounds, heavyweights.

October 16
At Hamburg, Germany (ESPN3.com live, ESPN next-day tape): Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.


These fights should provide us with some entertainment during an October schedule that sucks otherwise.


Thoughts on these fights?

What? They will be in Miami? I really wish I had the money to go. Spent all mine on the Pac vs Margo tickets and hotel room.

I thought of you Sooner when I saw that the Tarver fight was in Oklahoma, no worries, it might be fun to watch on Showtime, but it ain't worth buying a ticket to go see.

Ring wrote:

soonermark890 wrote:

Ring wrote:

October 15
At Montreal (ESPN3.com live, ESPN Oct. 17 tape): Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Adrian Diaconu vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights.

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Nagy Aguilera, 10 rounds, heavyweights.

October 16
At Hamburg, Germany (ESPN3.com live, ESPN next-day tape): Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.


These fights should provide us with some entertainment during an October schedule that sucks otherwise.


Thoughts on these fights?

What? They will be in Miami? I really wish I had the money to go. Spent all mine on the Pac vs Margo tickets and hotel room.

I thought of you Sooner when I saw that the Tarver fight was in Oklahoma, no worries, it might be fun to watch on Showtime, but it ain't worth buying a ticket to go see.

I just love to go to the fights. I really wish I could go. I might have to try and find a way.

Yeah, I got a question..."Antonio...you got any excuses for fighting this nobody instead of retiring like you should?"



LMAO, I hope the nobody kicks Tarver's ass, but chances are it's some handpicked tomatocan, and after the fight Tarver will announce that he's ready for the Klitschko bros.

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

If Briggs looks anything physically like he did against Liakhovich and Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali will break him down and destroy him, hopefully Shannon comes in, in decent shape.

Ring wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

If Briggs looks anything physically like he did against Liakhovich and Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali will break him down and destroy him, hopefully Shannon comes in, in decent shape.

I think Vitali is fading and it continues to show in this fight.

wilfredo vazquez jr. also fights in october i'll post a link here that night

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Ring wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

If Briggs looks anything physically like he did against Liakhovich and Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali will break him down and destroy him, hopefully Shannon comes in, in decent shape.

I think Vitali is fading and it continues to show in this fight.

Marble, you and I are the only ones saying he doesn't look the same. Maybe we are both wrong or we are on to something. He really didn't look the same during the Sosnowski fight.

David Haye is probably smart to avoid fighting either brother and then face Vitali next Summer.

captainanddew wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Ring wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

If Briggs looks anything physically like he did against Liakhovich and Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali will break him down and destroy him, hopefully Shannon comes in, in decent shape.

I think Vitali is fading and it continues to show in this fight.

Marble, you and I are the only ones saying he doesn't look the same. Maybe we are both wrong or we are on to something. He really didn't look the same during the Sosnowski fight.

David Haye is probably smart to avoid fighting either brother and then face Vitali next Summer.

If you and I agree on the bold? I'd bet we're wrong

If Vitali is fading like you guys say THEN Haye will get in the ring with him.

captainanddew wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Ring wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Going to be a fun weekend.

Tarver gets retired. Shannon puts up a strong effort and gets KO'd. and Bute and Diaconu win.

The Briggs-Vitali fight is a suprisingly good one.

If Briggs looks anything physically like he did against Liakhovich and Sultan Ibragimov, Vitali will break him down and destroy him, hopefully Shannon comes in, in decent shape.

I think Vitali is fading and it continues to show in this fight.

Marble, you and I are the only ones saying he doesn't look the same. Maybe we are both wrong or we are on to something. He really didn't look the same during the Sosnowski fight.

David Haye is probably smart to avoid fighting either brother and then face Vitali next Summer.

you are eh? Hmmmm.

SlickMoneyXL wrote:

If Vitali is fading like you guys say THEN Haye will get in the ring with him.

That is precisely what Haye has in mind. That is why I was disgusted (but not surprised) that after ducking Wlad's latest offer, Haye announcd he was targeting Vitali first.

I didn't see the last Vitali fight but I can only guess that he is slowing down. If he isn't slowing down at 39, he will probably last until 42 or 43 at the minimum considering the gap between the brothers Klitschko and the rest of the division. Also, we could then see Wlad last close to that long because he hasn't taken that much damage either. Just imagine Wlad reigning for another EIGHT YEARS (poor Ali).

Anyways, my point is there are scary and sad ramifications for the heavyweight division if Vitali isn't slowing down.

You guys thinks Briggs actually lands a shot against Vitali?

Arreola couldnt and his fat ass is in better shape than Briggs lol

The card I'm look forward to the most this month is this Japanese card late in the month. Linares is fighting, and you got Munroe vs. Nishioka which should be a great fight. The UK guys have repped well in the last month (the ones not named Haye), let's see what Munroe can do.

None of the underdogs stand a fighting chance.

I can't wait for October to finish.