Quote Originally Posted by shza View Post
I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic but I think the US fights are much better than the ones in Europe.

(Povetkin wins a boring, noncompetitive decision over a blown-up cruiser; and Cleverly dominates a nobody instead of facing a top 10 guy in the division. Maybe I'm missing something?)

I agree there's nearly no chance Maidana can win a decision in Alexander's backyard. We've seen that show before. But I've never seen Maidana not try to KO his opponent -- which is why he's never in a boring fight. I'll go with the majority view and pick Alexander on points but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him get caught and dropped. He's nowhere near as technically sound as many of us believed he might be when he was coming up.

I'm picking Broner too (also on points -- I don't see him KO'ing Perez) but I think he'll be in really tough. Easily the biggest challenge he's ever had.

The St. Louis fights should both be very competitive -- I'm looking forward to them.
I like Povetkin v. Huck. For one, Huck is in a lot of fun fights, and Povetkin's last fight against Boswell was entertaining. At 6'2, Povetkin is a small heavyweight. He weighs in around 220-230 for fights. Huck probably walked into the ring at 210-220 as a cruiserweight, and he's about 6'2 as well. I favor Povetkin, but I can see it being an entertaining scrap while it lasts. In my opinon, there is a lot at stake, if Huck were to pull off the upset, I bet he becomes Vitali's next opponent.

Cleverly's fight is blah blah. I agree with you there.

Broner v. Perez. Broner's toughest challenge since Ponce De Leon. Broner learned his lesson from the Ponce De Leon fight though, and i see him winning this one easily. I hope not though.

Similar to everyone else, I like Alexander by UD. Could Maidana pull off the upset? Sure, but I doubt it.

Don't forget about Burgos v. Cruz, on FNF this week, it should be a good fight.