Hougigo's boxing/MMA picks

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 11:44 AM

Saw this posted.... this can't be him

**Mercersux** · 10-19-13, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Saw this posted.... this can't be him

It is him...HOLY SMOKES !!! If take him straight but you have to hedge provo by ko now. He almost loss as bad as the sandman did in the day.

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 08:24 PM

Well, kind of like Rios/Murray

Except Rios was already given that size advantage and he got Murray to fight the way he wanted

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 10:12 PM

Mike didn't start well, moved into a grove later moving, but then got pulled in again.... can't keep this up.

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 10:20 PM

Mike moving a lot, provo chasing a lot.
Launches jabs and then goes inside to try and neutralize his inside

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 10:27 PM

I have mike up by 1 after 5

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 10:48 PM

Provo is killing him now

**hougigo** · 10-19-13, 10:50 PM

Provo by RTD round 10

**Mercersux** · 10-20-13, 12:39 AM

Hopefully you played the hedge Houg cause it held. Got hairy those last few rounds. Alvarado just kept hanging in and hanging in. Thought he might squeek by til the end. Thank goodness Mike's corner has brains and knew he was kaput.

**hougigo** · 10-20-13, 12:45 AM

I was going to stick to my guns...but that face Pic made me really paranoid. Shoot, I was on the edge yesterday.... and that face pic did me in.

**Mercersux** · 10-20-13, 12:55 AM

Originally posted by hougigo

I was going to stick to my guns...but that face Pic made me really paranoid. Shoot, I was on the edge yesterday.... and that face pic did me in.

I got home from work tonight and popped on hbo to see if the fight had started and they were doing the announcements. It sure looked from the get go something was off with Alvarado. Can't say for certain if cardio was the a factor on Mike's side but those body shots from Provo made it an issue.

**hougigo** · 10-20-13, 12:59 AM

Originally posted by Mercersux

I got home from work tonight and popped on hbo to see if the fight had started and they were doing the announcements. It sure looked from the get go something was off with Alvarado. Can't say for certain if cardio was the a factor on Mike's side but those body shots from Provo made it an issue.

He was moving better round 2 and up, but Provo got to him

**SharpBoxing** · 10-20-13, 06:09 AM

Great fight!

**hougigo** · 10-20-13, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by SharpBoxing

Great fight!

Really was, Ruslan was in 2 great fights this year and showed he's not just an espn level fighter

**hougigo** · 10-21-13, 05:43 PM

Ugh.... literally right after I finished Mosley/Cano... i'm reading that the fight is off.
Mosley has just flown out of the country.
Evidently, there wasn't much interest in the fight (1.5k sold while claiming more than 6k sold) and both men were being paid more than they had to give (Mosley 700k to Mundine's 1mil)

**Mercersux** · 10-21-13, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Ugh.... literally right after I finished Mosley/Cano... i'm reading that the fight is off.
Mosley has just flown out of the country.
Evidently, there wasn't much interest in the fight (1.5k sold while claiming more than 6k sold) and both men were being paid more than they had to give (Mosley 700k
to Mundine's 1mil)

Not good. Was actually thinking of pulling a late nighter to watch this. Had a slight lean on Mosley going in. Oh well

**hougigo** · 10-21-13, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by Mercersux

Not good. Was actually thinking of pulling a late nighter to watch this. Had a slight lean on Mosley going in. Oh well

Didn't know how much their purses were before today, seeing it now though... there was no way they'd be making money to pay each man from the event

**Mercersux** · 10-21-13, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Didn't know how much their purses were before today, seeing it now though... there was no way they'd be making money to pay each man from the event

I think 700k is the same amount Mosley got for the Canelo fight. These peeps down under are nuts.

**hougigo** · 10-21-13, 09:01 PM

Originally posted by Mercersux

I think 700k is the same amount Mosley got for the Canelo fight. These peeps down under are nuts.

Yea, was reading they had to sell the fight PPV to even hope to make up costs...1.7 million to both the fighters? Seeing that now is so unrealistic.
W/E
Looking forward to Saturday.... I got Kid Chocolate NITD.
He has power, but I think he takes Chocolate the distance

**Mercersux** · 10-21-13, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Yea, was reading they had to sell the fight PPV to even hope to make up costs...1.7 million to both the fighters? Seeing that now is so unrealistic.
W/E
Looking forward to Saturday.... I got Kid Chocolate NITD.
He has power, but I think he takes Chocolate the distance

Didn't even know Quillin was fighting. ufc going off too so hopefully make some dough. Been a pretty damn good week so far.

**Mercersux** · 10-21-13, 10:00 PM

Just looked. Hopkins co-main. I'm looking forward to GGG. Guys and absolute killer. Thoughts on Hopkins v. Maruto? Can't say I'm too eager to on either fight tho. Might just focus on ufc. Maybe small on the boxing card for action.

**hougigo** · 10-21-13, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by Mercersux

Just looked. Hopkins co-main. I'm looking forward to GGG. Guys and absolute killer. Thoughts on Hopkins v. Maruto? Can't say I'm too eager to on either fight tho. Might just focus on ufc. Maybe small on the boxing card for action.

Murat ain't nothing special, Hopkins should outbox him to a boring decision..... nothing interests me to touch the fight.
Waiting for odds on Chocolate/Rosado
As for GGG, can't wait. Taking a bus up to NY to watch

**Mercersux** · 10-21-13, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Murat ain't nothing special, Hopkins should outbox him to a boring decision..... nothing interests me to touch the fight.
Waiting for odds on Chocolate/Rosado
As for GGG, can't wait. Taking a bus up to NY to watch

Dude that's dope. You'll have a good time I'm sure. GGG will have Stevens out by round 8. I also just found out they were going to show Mosley v. Mundine on espn3. Having that on my big screen through my xbox would have been nice. Oh well...

**hougigo** · 10-25-13, 12:25 PM

Call me crazy, but i'm waiting for Chocolate/Rosado props to take Chocolate NITD

**hougigo** · 10-25-13, 11:41 PM

Quillin vs Rosado

Out of thee televised fights in tomorrow's Showtime card, this is without a doubt the best fight on there. Honestly, Quillin does have power, nobody can dispute that. he knocked down N'dam 6 times and knocked down Guerrero 4 times before knocking him out, the same Guerrero that outboxed Rosado to a decision.
Now, most people will probably take Quillin since he's on a roll and Rosado recorded a loss against another big MW puncher, Golovkin. I don't blame them, but I'm leaning on this fight going the distance. Rosado is a fighter who gets better the more fights he takes, he's a guy who came up the hard way (less than 20 amateur fights i think) and learns from every fight. He also took Golovkin's punches pretty well with the fight being stopped on cuts as opposed to being knocked silly.
I envision both fighters taking the first few rounds to feel each other out, especially Rosado. As the middle rounds approaches, both men will open up more, but if Rosado feels the need to be more defensive, he'll move around more and pump the jab to try and keep Peter away. With both fighters trying to finish strong as the final bell nears.
I could be wrong here, Quillin has power that could catch Rosado and knock him down. Like in the Angulo fight, he might not be able to recover in time and get knocked out in the process. Me personally though, I'm leaning on Rosado trying to fight cautiously, yet smart to try and win his first title. He said that he's finally filled out into a MW frame and hopefully he'll give it his all instead of complaining afterwards. We'll see how well he does tomorrow when he fights Chocolate.

Fight goes the distance +120

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 05:45 PM

UGh, I wanted to take the Abraham fight over, but didn't know too much about his opponent.
His opponent is moving around a lot and barely throwing, Abraham is tired and this fight is most likely going 12.
Hate when I don't jump on things

**Ron_Paul_2012** · 10-26-13, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

UGh, I wanted to take the Abraham fight over, but didn't know too much about his opponent.
His opponent is moving around a lot and barely throwing, Abraham is tired and this fight is most likely going 12.
Hate when I don't jump on things

I have Abraham parlayed along with Quillin. Need B Hop &/or Wilder to win in order to complete half a dozen parlays with Parke, Manuwa, Lineker, Hettes & Sarnavskiy. Got great prices on both Wilder & B Hop. Great day so far with UFC FN 30 plays cashing! GL

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Ron_Paul_2012

I have Abraham parlayed along with Quillin. Need B Hop &/or Wilder to win in order to complete half a dozen parlays with Parke, Manuwa, Lineker, Hettes & Sarnavskiy. Got great prices on both Wilder & B Hop. Great day so far with UFC FN 30 plays cashing! GL

You're fine on Wilder/Hopkins, both in with overmatched opponents. Only one of the two who stands a chance of losing is Hopkins and that's if he gets old in the ring and Murat is busier than him. Hopkins doesn't like busier fighters

**Ron_Paul_2012** · 10-26-13, 07:04 PM

Murat's head trainer stayed in Germany with Abraham instead of going to America with Murat.

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 07:04 PM

Hearing that Rosado had to lose 5 pounds before weigh ins..... man... FML, why don't I hear about this stuff before I put down

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by Ron_Paul_2012

Murat's head trainer stayed in Germany with Abraham instead of going to America with Murat.

Ha.....Hahaha.... that's sad.
Abraham went against a nobody and Murat is going against an ageless wonder who's a beltholder.

**Ron_Paul_2012** · 10-26-13, 07:16 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

Ha.....Hahaha.... that's sad.
Abraham went against a nobody and Murat is going against an ageless wonder who's a beltholder.

I don't know if you watched the Abraham fight. But that old German in Abraham's corner is the head trainer for both Abraham & Murat. Abraham's match was very important. If he would have lost. He probably would have retired.

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by Ron_Paul_2012

I don't know if you watched the Abraham fight. But that old German in Abraham's corner is the head trainer for both Abraham & Murat. Abraham's match was very important. If he would have lost. He probably would have retired.

I mean, yea there's importance there... but honestly his opponent was of no threat to him compared to Murat against Hopkins.
Then again, Abraham is the bigger money maker and that Germany event looked pretty good seat packing wise.

**Ron_Paul_2012** · 10-26-13, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by hougigo

I mean, yea there's importance there... but honestly his opponent was of no threat to him compared to Murat against Hopkins.
Then again, Abraham is the bigger money maker and that Germany event looked pretty good seat packing wise.

Indeed. I really like how his German promotion goes all out with the musical entertainment, lighting and everything else. Their production is always flawless.

**hougigo** · 10-26-13, 08:01 PM

Originally posted by Ron_Paul_2012

Indeed. I really like how his German promotion goes all out with the musical entertainment, lighting and everything else. Their production is always flawless.

They go big over there in Europe... they have concerts and crap. Fights are Events, Arum and fiddy want to do that too.