ESPN and Showtime FNF thread for April 27th

:action: Some watchable scraps tonight, Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev will be the main event on the ESPN card from Austin, Texas beginning @10:00 PM ET, and Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson will be the main on the SHOBOX card beginning @11:00 PM ET.

April 27
At Austin, Texas (ESPN2/ESPN3): Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Javier Fortuna vs. Yuandale Evans, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Nick Gonzalez vs. Cory Yett, 4 rounds, welterweights

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At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Del Valle vs. Christopher Martin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Jose Pedraza vs. Gil Garcia, 8 rounds, junior lightweights.

There should be some decent action in these fights tonight, i've got a couple bottles of Beck's chillin' in the 'fridge.
:drunks:

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Originally Posted by Mars_ax

:action: Some watchable scraps tonight, Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev will be the main event on the ESPN card from Austin, Texas beginning @10:00 PM ET, and Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson will be the main on the SHOBOX card beginning @11:00 PM ET.

April 27
At Austin, Texas (ESPN2/ESPN3): Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Javier Fortuna vs. Yuandale Evans, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Nick Gonzalez vs. Cory Yett, 4 rounds, welterweights

and:

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Del Valle vs. Christopher Martin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Jose Pedraza vs. Gil Garcia, 8 rounds, junior lightweights.

There should be some decent action in these fights tonight, i've got a couple bottles of Beck's chillin' in the 'fridge.
:drunks:

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Mars I've noticed I disagree with some of your opinons, but I sure as heck like your choices in beer.

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:action: Some watchable scraps tonight, Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev will be the main event on the ESPN card from Austin, Texas beginning @10:00 PM ET, and Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson will be the main on the SHOBOX card beginning @11:00 PM ET.

April 27
At Austin, Texas (ESPN2/ESPN3): Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Javier Fortuna vs. Yuandale Evans, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Nick Gonzalez vs. Cory Yett, 4 rounds, welterweights

and:

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Del Valle vs. Christopher Martin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Jose Pedraza vs. Gil Garcia, 8 rounds, junior lightweights.

There should be some decent action in these fights tonight, i've got a couple bottles of Beck's chillin' in the 'fridge.
:drunks:

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Mars I've noticed I disagree with some of your opinons, but I sure as heck like your choices in beer.

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Well thanks armin. (I guess ;) )

I love imported beer, Beck's, Pauli Girl and other German brews, Newcastle Brown Ale, Bass Ale, Guinness, and others from the UK. It might sound like i'm drunk all the time from reading my posts, but I generally only drink something when good fights are on or 3 or 4 times a month. And then it's usually not over 2 beers or a couple shots of Crown Royal with a Pepsi Max chaser. I get a mild buzz and it relaxes me, plus beer goes well with boxing.

As for my opinions, they seem normal, at least to me, but I can see how someone else might not agree. These days i'll admit to being pretty set in my ways, anyway sorry for the rant.

cheers

FNF is starting....anybody else watching :cool:

No losses for any of the guys on the card? Should be interesting. Sillakh is a beast looking forward to seeing him in action again.

Alrighty, here we go with tonight's ESPN card from the Capital of Texas, = Austin, home of the University of Texas Longhorns, Hook 'um horns!

Bernardo and Teddy calling the action, first up on the ESPN card, Javier Fortuna vs. Yuandale Evans, 10 rounds, junior lightweights.

When Mayweather retires they'll always talk about how great he could have been if they hadn't taken away that 90 days he spent in county lock up. ;)

As long as Yuandale doesn't get caught jumping in, he should clean this guy out pretty easy.

Somebody's '0' must go, i'm thinking it may be Fortuna's.

Ahh...peace of mind :cool: Sillakh looked good last out, shifty slick! Evans had a giant day old pot roast in Lucero last time, Fortuna should make him hunt for it.

oh shit :o

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Originally Posted by killersheep

As long as Yuandale doesn't get caught jumping in, he should clean this guy out pretty easy.

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Well that's about as wrong as I've ever been. ;D

Wow, 1st round KO, Fortuna demolishes Yuandale.

Just...Woooooooooooow :o

That right there is a finsh!!! Speed killed him, not to mention zero survival know how

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As long as Yuandale doesn't get caught jumping in, he should clean this guy out pretty easy.

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Well that's about as wrong as I've ever been. ;D

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I predicted the exact same thing. Damn. That was brutal.

Excited about watching the Black Russian!

Since that fight's over early...what was up with that glasses rant by Teddy?

It seems he's just looking for something to bitch about ;D

It's hard to tell this early, but Fortuna looks like a great prospect @ Jr. Lightweight. I wish that fight would have gone a few rounds.

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Since that fight's over early...what was up with that glasses rant by Teddy?

It seems he's just looking for something to bitch about ;D

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Teddy can be a bitch, but at least he's passionate about boxing.

HBO2 is showing Mayweather-Corrales right now for those interested.

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It's hard to tell this early, but Fortuna looks like a great prospect @ Jr. Lightweight. I wish that fight would have gone a few rounds.

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Hell of a finisher. Thought he looked the faster of the two easily so not sure what Teddy was on about. Look forward to seeing him again

Dawson sounds punchy ???

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It's hard to tell this early, but Fortuna looks like a great prospect @ Jr. Lightweight. I wish that fight would have gone a few rounds.

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I'm always leary of jumping on quick KO guys, Derrick Wilson comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVM46zle9dI

Dawson - Hopkins should be worth watching tomorrow night, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

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It's hard to tell this early, but Fortuna looks like a great prospect @ Jr. Lightweight. I wish that fight would have gone a few rounds.

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I'm always leary of jumping on quick KO guys, Derrick Wilson comes to mind.

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Yup, what comes around goes around.

Montes has two left legs in there. Like a new born gazelle.

I'd bet money on seeing fireworks in Dawson-Hopkins before its over.

It doesn't look like Montes will put Laredo on the map tonight, and besides Mexican drug smugglers have already done that. :rolleyes:

Hey Montes, it's ok to slip or block the left hands.

I see what you're saying Spicoli, it's almost like Montes knee caps are on the side.

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Montes has two left legs in there. Like a new born gazelle.

I'd bet money on seeing fireworks in Dawson-Hopkins before its over.

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They seem to hate each other, if the much younger Dawson fights up to his potential, and keeps the pressure on the old man he should win a decision, especially if he can score a KD or two.

Not bad. Let's see the main event.

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Montes has two left legs in there. Like a new born gazelle.

I'd bet money on seeing fireworks in Dawson-Hopkins before its over.

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They seem to hate each other, if the much younger Dawson fights up to his potential, and keeps the pressure on the old man he should win a decision, especially if he can score a KD or two.

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Given time, B-Hop can break BCD down, Dawson just doesn't throw enough punches.

Did Cotto shave half his face?

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Montes has two left legs in there. Like a new born gazelle.

I'd bet money on seeing fireworks in Dawson-Hopkins before its over.

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They seem to hate each other, if the much younger Dawson fights up to his potential, and keeps the pressure on the old man he should win a decision, especially if he can score a KD or two.

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Given time, B-Hop can break BCD down, Dawson just doesn't throw enough punches.

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Its really a great study in the two...Hopkins has been quite compared to past and every time Dawson does an interview it begins with complaining, ranting followed by him saying he doesn't dwell on things etc ?!

If Dawson dreams of winning he'll have to finally escape the word "IF". I think Hopkins is already timing the rounds on him..

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Montes has two left legs in there. Like a new born gazelle.

I'd bet money on seeing fireworks in Dawson-Hopkins before its over.

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They seem to hate each other, if the much younger Dawson fights up to his potential, and keeps the pressure on the old man he should win a decision, especially if he can score a KD or two.

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Given time, B-Hop can break BCD down, Dawson just doesn't throw enough punches.

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Yeah, that's his biggest flaw, he's lazy, if he expects to beat Hop he'd better fight 3 minutes of every round, or Hop will steal a decision.

Here we go with ESPN's main event = Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev.

This looks like a mismatch.

Feeling out round

Right off the bat the terms...stiff and stand-up come to mind. He might just turn into a heavy bag before we know it :-X

Sillakh has fun in there, he's loose and easy flowing.

Sillakh reminds me of Campillo. Big time. Have to love thinkers with range

Teddy hack, ol' school style at 10:16 pm ;D

Denis Grachev knocked down in the 3rd, he's just too small, too slow and he's coming in wide open. I can't see this fight going more then a few more rounds.