Aside from ESPN and other fights...

[gyrokai]

... It's a pretty slow summer.

Thank god for Margarito and Cotto. If it weren't for them, the premier fights would be pretty low in the excitment area. Plenty of mismatches and "comebacks" and... you get the picture.

What do you guys think? Lets talk about this summer, fight wise.

[killersheep]

I think the hope that 2008 would be better than 2007 won't prove to be true. But there are some good matches, Judah vs. Mosley should be entertaining. This saturday has some good prospects on HBO against good competition.

Chris Byrd vs. Shaun George should be good, be interesting to see how much Byrd's power improves at 175.

[p4pking]

Yeah I agree, there isn't much lined up for the summer is there. Few fights I'm looking forward to coming up, Mijares Munoz will be great, and I'm personally looking forward to Judah Mosley next weekend. But Margarito Cotto really will be the fight to see over the next few months.

[Violent Demise]

2 rematches I'm looking forward to are Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda and Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres. Daniel Deleon vs Juan Manuel Lopez really has my attention. As does Forrest vs Mora. I'm looking forward to seeing Mora get smashed

[amat]

It always seems to me that the best fights are in the Spring and Fall. I don't know if any sort of factual evidence backs this up but when I missed basically a whole fall of boxing for school, it seemed like I missed everything.

[CFH]

2 rematches I'm looking forward to are Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda and Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres. Daniel Deleon vs Juan Manuel Lopez really has my attention. As does Forrest vs Mora. I'm looking forward to seeing Mora get smashed

Aside from Margo-Cotto, those are the fights that I am most eagerly anticipating. I think Abraham beats a weight-drained Miranda (again) and I think that Holt should be able to outbox Torres. I have no idea who's going to win the De Leon - Lopez fight though. Forrest is going to mangle Mora, and while I'm hoping that Mora finds a way to win (an unpopular opinion, I know) I just don't see that fight ending in any other way than a stoppage victory for Forrest.

[CutMeMick]

Really looking forward to Kess comeback, it's long overdue and hes making me look bad right now. I'm trying hard to defend him but it gets harder and harder to do so....

I'm also looking forward to BCDs next fight, it should be a stellar one.

Solis vs. Donaire is a very interesting match up
Gamboa vs. Jimenez should tell us a lot
Barrios vs. Juarez is interesting because it's a crossroads fight to me
Arreola vs. Chazz is gonna make 'em fight
Mijares vs. Munoz is a mouth watering fight

And from all the fights I'm most looking forward to....

Calderon vs. Cazares II

[Macho]

I really looking forward for this summer :

The rematch of Quintana vs Williams and Vernon Forrest vs Sergio Mora , in Jun 7
The Fight between Juanma Lopez vs Ponce d`Leon and Kelly Pavlik vs Gary Lockett , in Jun 7
Mario "El Pricipe" Santiago vs Steven Luevano , in Jun 28 in the same under card fight with Manny Paquiao vs David Diaz
The fight between Miguel Cotto vs Margarito in Jul 26
And the rematch between Ivan Calderon vs Hugo Cazares probably in August...........................all those fight and others will going to be an excite fight in this summer................

[gyrokai]

So the next exciting matchup is Judah Mosley?

Yeah, I'll watch that. How many rounds is Mosley going to keep Judah around, any bets?
I wouldn't be surprised if it goes to a decision either. If Judah keeps fighting, he'll have 10 hall of famers on his resume!

I'm sorry, I just can't get excited about Vernon Forrest or Sergio.

Quintana looks good though, would love to see him defeat pitter-patter Williams.

I'm not a Calderon fan AT ALL!!!!

Chris Byrd is FINALLY fighting at a smaller weight class! Wow. I didn't know that.
But it does sound like a 'comeback ploy,' to give hope to him and his viewers that he still has hope to keep fighting. I've always supported Byrd, but he never was able to take it past his limits. I think most middleweights hit harder than him.

Pacquiao needs to fight someone who's a threat to him. One more fight like this and he's on his way to becoming a "pound for pound Mayweather" type fighter.

Juarez ... ... woah, I just fell asleep!

Mijares is great. Donaire, the younger one, is B@D@SS!

These are great matchups, but nothing that transcends the matchup itself,
except when Cotto's going to get knocked down, THAT will be this summer's exciting moment.

[HattonTheHammer]

pavlik-lockett
hatton-lazcano
pac-diaz
quintana-williams II
Cotto-margo
klitschko-thompson

[Rotten Apple]

Really looking forward to Kess comeback, it's long overdue and hes making me look bad right now. I'm trying hard to defend him but it gets harder and harder to do so....

I'm also looking forward to BCDs next fight, it should be a stellar one.

Solis vs. Donaire is a very interesting match up
Gamboa vs. Jimenez should tell us a lot
Barrios vs. Juarez is interesting because it's a crossroads fight to me
Arreola vs. Chazz is gonna make 'em fight
Mijares vs. Munoz is a mouth watering fight

And from all the fights I'm most looking forward to....

Calderon vs. Cazares II

Those are great fights. I'm looking forward to Calderon-Cazares as well. Hopefully the winner fights Solis

[gyrokai]

Let me just say, I love this thread.

Thanks for all the input guys. Cheers!