We have a huge weekend of fighting action coming up! To have
major world title fights in both Boxing and MMA on the same night is proof of
the strengths of both of the sports. And both are mouth watering contests!
FROCH v KESSLER
Regardless of your opinion of Froch you have to give him
credit for reinventing himself since his defeat to Ward. After he was
outclassed in every aspect in his losing effort to Ward it looked like the
writing was on the wall. Then a performance against Bute that will go down in the annuals of
British Boxing as one of the all-time greats put him right back in the picture
and now finds himself more popular, and maybe more importantly, rated higher
than ever. All that being said this will be a tough test for him and as much as
I am willing him to win I feel Kessler will get this one again on points. Froch
will want this to turn into a brawl and I feel Kessler will be doing all he can
not to let Froch steer the fight that way. Froch needs to soak up the noise of
the crowd and control the pace early on.
Cain Velasquez v Antonio Silva
Oh boy-Talk about battle of the heavyweights. Cain Velasquez
is more or less the perfect MMA fighter; He’s strong, he’s fast, his stand up
game is as good as his ground game, he still has youth on his side and he has
tasted defeat and come back just as strong from it. I’m a big fan, just as
anybody who has ever had the privilege to see this man fight is. It’s extremely
hard to see somebody rising up to knock him from his throne-in a land of fighters,
a man like Cain Velasquez is King! However don’t write off a man who has
victories over Fedor and Overeem to his name. Antonio Silva may not look the
most natural fighter but his record speaks for itself and just ask Alistar Overeem what
happens when you take him for granted.
Junior dos Santos v Mark Hunt
My opinion on this one keeps flipping. In my head I see the
most natural fight going forward is Velasquez v Hunt but at the same time if a
man like Velasquez can throw everything
he has at Junior dos Santos and not able to knock him out, can Mark Hunt do it?
The four fights prior to his loss to his title loss were victories over Nelson,
Carwin, Velasquez and Mir….know if that isn’t the most impressive win streak
seen in the heavyweight division in recent time then I don’t know what is. My gut tells me Mark Hunt where my head tells me Junior Dos Santos, toss a coin for this one folks.
