Fights you want to see in 2009

[Onix]

Not sure if you mean fights that are scheduled or more likely to happen or fights that we just to see happen? I will assume the latter:

Cotto v Cintron
Cotto v Pac at 144
Cotto V Hatton at 144
Cotto V Margo II

Margo V Mosley
Margo V Williams II at 147
Margo V Clottey II
Margo V PBF (would love it and hate it)

Pac V PBF
Pac v Hatton
Pac V JMM III (Needs to happen!)
Pac V Baby Bull Diaz

Dawson V Calzaghe
Dawson V Hopkins
Calzaghe V Hopkins II

Haye V Peter
Haye V either Klitchko
Klitchko V Valuev
Arreola V any top 10 contender except for the Klitchko's
Arreola V Povetkin
Salita V any champ except for Hatton

That about sums it up, ill take those in any order over the course of 2 years hahah

[Mark TKO]

Hatton v Pac and winner of that v Floyd

Was wondering who the hell BCD was for a few minutes - just clicked


Haye v Klitschko - will be fun while it lasts

[Rantcatrat]

I apologize in advance if there is a post on the subject of most anticipated fights for 2009.

Not in order (well, only a little bit):

1. Pavlik v. Abraham
2. Margarito v. Cotto II
3. Cunningham v. Adamek II
4. Hatton v. Pacquiao
5. Vic v. Arce
6. BCD v. Calzaghe
7. BCD v. Hopkins
8. Kessler v. Bute
9. Juanma Lopez v. Celestine Caballero
10. Haye v. Vitali
11. Taylor v. Froch
12. Williams v. Forrest
13. Diaz v. JMM

Is that Williams v. Forrest match one you're projecting or did you read about that one?

Good list though.

Manny vs. Floyd or Cotto I'd love to see!

I just threw that one in there because it appears Williams moved up to jr. middleweight.

[KananKrus]

JMM vs BBDiaz
Margarito vs Cotto 2, or Margarito vs Williams 2
Pacquiao vs Hatton, Pacquiao vs PBF
JuanMa Lopez s Caballero, or JuanMa vs Gerry Penalosa.
Klitschko (any ?) vs. Valuev

Any of these fights, I'd tweak the food budget to get! On second thought, maybe excluding the one with Valuev... but for $24.95.... I'd reconsider.

[W1NKY]

gotta be pacman vs hatton deffo cant w8 2 see that fight wuld have luved 2 gone 2 it but its not in england anymore so just have 2 watch it on tv cant w8888 4 that 1. this is wat boxing is missin.

[Spicoli]

Humberto Soto vs. Urbano Antillon......ohh the carnage.
Guillermo Jones vs. Tomas Adamek
Yuri Foreman vs. Mike Oliver anything to get this kid a KO on TV
Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky hatton
Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Celestino Caballero?
Jermain Taylor vs. Librado Andrade
Kendall holt vs. Tim Bradley

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

Pac vs Cotto
Pac vs. Mayweather
Mayweather vs. Cotto
Margarito Vs. Cotto II
Pac vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Hatton?
Jhonny Gonzales vs. Israel Vazquez II
Humberto Soto vs. Anyone worthy enough <---his a beast.
Thats all I can think of right now.

[leftylee]

Floyd Mayweather v Paul Williams
Ricky Hatton v Timothy Bradley
David Haye v Vitali Klitchsko
Miguel Cotto v Antonio Margarito 2
Amir Khan v John Murray
Kell Brook v Craig Watson
Enzo Maccarinelli v BJ Flores
JMM v Nate Campbell
Breidis Prescott v Michael Katsidis
Juan Manuel Lopez v Israel Vazquez
Vic Darchinyan v Fernando Montiel
Joe Calzaghe v Carl Froch
Bernard Hopkins v Chad Dawson
Mikkel Kessler v Jermain Taylor
Kelly Pavlik v Arthur Abraham
Paul Smith v Darren Barker
Chris John v Steven Luevano

[ono]

gotta be pacman vs hatton deffo cant w8 2 see that fight wuld have luved 2 gone 2 it but its not in england anymore so just have 2 watch it on tv cant w8888 4 that 1. this is wat boxing is missin.

[Its gonna be a war]

calderon v Roman gonzales

[amat]

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I always wanted to do this. 2009 is essentially over, let's see what people said a year ago.

[amat]

Calzaghe: Pavlik will make me a happy bunny

Antonio Margaito-Paul Williams 2

Williams must wait his turn like all the rest, He had the chance to rematch Margarito. Both Williams and Goofy Goosen scoffed at the idea . Now they can wait till Tony is ready he's in the drivers seat now

Well I wouldn't say he's in the driver's seat anymore, Margarito would now be lucky to get to the back of the line. Still, you would wish Williams did more this year.

Antonio Margaito-Paul Williams 2

Yes, thats a good call.

Hatton: Pac is another one that could happen.

I really hope Pac can do something special against Oscar but that size difference sucks.

I also want to see Toney work his way at a final title shot and against any of the holders. Not exactly a super fight but one that would hold my attention.

Hatton-Pac happened. Toney, not so much

hatton vs witter, jmm vs pacman 3, pavlik vs kessler/froch.

all great fights but the 1 i want to see the most is pavlik vs abraham both are undefeated have titles and have very strong power and heart. abraham fought with a broken jaw for 8 rounds and pavlik gets knocked down sometimes but manages to knock his opponent out later on in the fight. if the fight should happen il be rooting for kelly

Again a lot expected of Pavlik, Margarito, etc.

Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Diaz
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Joan Guzman
Ricky Hatton vs Timothy Bradley
David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko
Kelly Pavlik vs Chad Dawson
Lucian Bute vs Mikkel Kessler
Andre Berto vs Shane Mosley
Juan Manuel Lopez vs Israel Vasquez

There fights i think could realistically happen Kelly Pavlik vs Arthur Abraham won't happen with Pavlik moving up to Light Heavyweight

None of these happened Berto-Mosley is in 2010.

I know it won't happen because Miranda has been shitting the bed as of late, but I wouldn't mind seeing Hopkins fight him. Mainly because after he pronounced Miranda the future of the middleweight division Pavlik handed him his head. Now that he fights at 168 he's right around the corner from Hopkins. I'd love to see what kind of trash-talking Hopkins does more so than the fight itself.

Juan Diaz vs. Pac
Vernon Forrest/Sergio Mora vs. Oscar De La Hoya
RJJ vs. Winky Wright
Chris Arreola vs. David Haye
Jonathan Banks vs. Chazz Witherspoon
Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward (FOTY IMO)
Ronald Hearns vs. Julio Caesar Chavez Jr.
Sam Peter vs. Wladimir Klitschko II
James Toney vs. Nikolai Valuev (I know it'd be freakshow of the year, but imagine how deep Valuev would have to bend to hit him)
Taurus Sykes vs. Jameel McCline (SIKE!)

You would have condemned us to one horrible year for boxing

[amat]

Pavlik - Abraham
Juan Diaz - Pac
Margarito - PBF
Margarito - Williams II
Cotto - Williams
Molitor (after he beats Caballero) - Vasquez/Marquez/Lopez
Campbell/Guzman - Casa/Marquez
Calzaghe - Pavlik
Jones - Hopkins II (they can even bring their walkers into the ring with them)
Hatton - Juan Diaz
Kessler - Bute

Blind nationalism is sinful.

its only for the bhop fight after that he said himself its not permanent he wants to fight abraham sometime at the begining of the year and its pretty easy for him to go up and down from 175 to 160 because its his natural weight and he is still young enough to do it

Sorry but i disagree theres no way he will move down 15 pounds and its not healthy to do so and when he fights Arthur Abraham whos left at Middleweight division ? then he will have to move up again and that will be even worse i would have liked to have seen Kelly Pavlik vs Arthur Abraham but its looks unlikely now unless Abraham moves up...........

And with the prospect of Kelly Pavlik getting a fight with Joe Calzaghe if he beats Roy Jones Jr theres no way in hell he will even consider Arthur Abraham.

I'd rather see Pavlik go to 168 then try and stay at LHW; I wonder how his chin will hold up there. An old Hopkins is one thing; but I would rather him take a more step by step approach to moving and staying at LHW; and would love to see him after the Hopkins fight tread the waters at 168 and fight the winner of Andrade/Bute if possible; or Kessler.

I'd also like to see Kessler/Miranda happen at some time in 2009.

And I too want to see Margarito/Williams II; there's business there that needs to be handled.

Also; Clottey/Cotto or Cintron/Cotto; plus a rematch with Margarito/Cotto.

Yeah again Pavlik didn't do so hot. Cotto/Clottey was a good one though.

James Kirkland vs. Alfredo Angulo.......two fiery prospects take turns wrecking one another but I like Angulo.

Margarito vs. Clottey 2......Lets put the asterisk hand excuse to rest.Great rematch Imo

Margarito vs. Williams 2......would love it but in no way do I see it happening,Williams on his way up with out a doubt I believe

Kelly Pavlik vs. Arthur Abrahams......gimme gimme gimme

Humberto Soto vs. Joe Cortez......pick up where he left off with Lorenzo

Cristian Mijares vs. Fransisco Montiel......pitching a tent on this one

Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton.......this would be fun

James Toney vs. David Haye......Fat man takes him to school but Haye is guaranteed excitment

Chris Arreola vs. Sam Peter....just entered head,hide the kids

Jermain Taylor vs. Mikkel Kessler......wtf


Joseph Agbeko,Jorge Linares,Winky wright,Steve cunningham,Allen Green vs. anyone on live TV......Andre Berto vs. a legitimate top ten fighter.....Antonio Tarver vs. An F-150 pick up truck.....Amir Khan vs.Juan Urango .....

Hatton-Pac happened, Mijares just fell off the map!

Wladdy-Haye
Adamek-Cunningham
If BCD beats Tarver would looove to see him fight Calzaghe.
Kessler-Froch
Berto-Cotto to settle that shit talk once and for all.
Soto Karass-Margarito
Devon Alexander-Malignaggi
Torres-Urango
Winner of JMM-Casa vs. Winner Joan-Nate
Loser of JMM-Casa vs. Loser of Joan-Nate
Katsidis vs. Prescott
Cook-Mitchell
Luevano-Linares
Jhonny-Cordoba
Hasegawa-Moreno
Mares-Mabuza
Arce-Munoz
Gorres-Navarro
Nonito-Narvaez
Solis-Calderon
Cazares-Sosa
Garcia-Oleydong

Not so Super Fights:
Perez-Agbeko
Gamboa-Santiago
Antillon-Roman Martinez
Bernabe-Bautista

Only Perez-Agbeko happened on Mick's list I believe.

Diaz v Hatton
Pac v Valero
Haye V Wladdy
Calzaghe v Pavlik
Kessler v Froch/Bute
Pavlik v Abraham
Kahn v Murray
Mayweather v Pac
Williams v Margarito
Taylor v Froch
Taylor v Kessler
Diaz v Pac

Any of them fights and i would be a happy bunny.

Wow only Taylor Froch. How do we miss so many? I would have predicted all of them

hatton v pacquiao
hatton v bradley
hatton v witter
calzaghe v pavlik
klitchsko v peter 2
haye v peter

In a time when Sam Peter ruled the middle of the rankings with an iron fist.

Actually, I think Calzaghe might make Pavlik look downright one-dimensional.

Good call.

Margarito-Cotto II
Hatton-De la Hoya
W/V Klitschko-Haye
Williams-Forrest
Abraham-Pavlik
Kessler-Taylor
W Klitschko-Povetkin
Jones Jr-Hopkins II
?

0 for everything

[CFH]

Pavlik - Abraham
Juan Diaz - Pac
Margarito - PBF
Margarito - Williams II
Cotto - Williams
Molitor (after he beats Caballero) - Vasquez/Marquez/Lopez
Campbell/Guzman - Casa/Marquez
Calzaghe - Pavlik
Jones - Hopkins II (they can even bring their walkers into the ring with them)
Hatton - Juan Diaz
Kessler - Bute

Blind nationalism is sinful.

It wasn't really blind nationalism, though I was hoping Molitor (along with Bute) could contribute to a resurgence in Canadian boxing, I just really thought Molitor had elite skills. He still might in terms of movement and speed, he just doesn't have a chin, accurate punching or any power.

I still think Hatton - Juan Diaz would be a great fight. So would Kessler - Bute.

[CutMeMick]

Adamek-USS also took place...