Adamek v Arreola, recap

Excellent heavyweight fight.

8-4 (8-3-1) Adamek

Adamek fought a great fight, very disciplined. Excellent
Arreola fought with heart, much better stamina than he looks like. Again, he needs to loose 10 pounds. The question is "did Arreola hurt his hands."

I love Chris "look at me I look like Shrek."

Adamek v Arreola. prediction

I hear people say: "The heavyweight division really needs an exciting slug fest more than any other division."

If it becomes a slugfest I can't see Adamek winning. K hit Arreola with some good shots and he kept on coming. Adamek can easily out point Arreola though if he concentrates on winning rounds versus trying for the KO.

So, what's my prediction? This is tough. OK. I see Adamek doing a Billy Conn on Arreola, gets over-confident, gets into a slugfest and gets KTFO.

On the other hand, he might box the entire night and win 9-3.

Truly, I'm up in the air on this fight. Adamek was a quality light heavy but not a Roy Jones. I'm not so sure he can keep Arrela off of him, or stay away from him for 12 rounds.

Here's the prediction. A victory of Arreola.

Arturo Gatti would have been 38 today.

The video clip says it all. Arturo Gatti fighter of the year in

1996 (should have been)
1997
1998
2002
2003

John Ruiz v David Haye

Haye should win this rather easily. The Ruiz who fought Holyfield 10 years would have been a real test for Haye. And after all, if Haye is to take on the Klitschkos he would have to be a modern day Holyfield. As it stands, the present day version of Ruiz should not be too much competition for Haye.

Bernard Hopkins v Roy Jones Jr.

Bernard is a throwback to the Old Mongoose. It seems as if he is only getting better, but he should retire. Win Lose or Draw I hope this is his last fight.

Roy Jones is way past his prime and should have retired after his loss to Glen Johnson five years ago; and definitely after losing to Tarver for a second time. And what was he doing still fighting Calzaghe 2 years ago; and getting KOed by Danny Green last year.

Roy, one of the reasons I loved you, is that you said that you wanted to leave this game with your money and health in tact. You were great but you can't beat Father Time.

Hopkins is going to win. Jones will give it his all and I think it will go the distance. But I'm not happy about this fight. Both need to retire.

Klitschko v Chambers, Prediction

Is Eddie fast enough to slip Wlad's jabs, can he get inside, and if he does can he hurt Wlad? I don't think so. I think this could be a very entertaining fight though. But I think that Wlad is disciplined enough, that the moment Chambers starts opening up, he'll thread through some rights.

It would be nice if this was a good fight. However it ends up I don't want this to be another jabfest.

Jose Luis Castillo, may he stay in retirement

It's said that Castillo is broke and he needed the payday. If true then I'm happy he had one last fight. Castillo had some great wars with Diego Corrales and nearly (some say he did) beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. In a way it's a shame he kept fighting after the Ricky Hatton fight; that would have been the fight to go out on.

The time has come for Castillo to retire. A fighter of his caliber should not stay in the game after being beaten by a journeyman, all he can do now is get hurt.

Here's to the memories.
Jose Luis Castillo (60-10-1)