DemolitionDan Predicts this weekends fights (12-13 July)

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DemolitionDan Predicts this weekends fights (12-13 July, 2011)

 

After a couple of subpar weeks, boxing is back to it's regularly scheduled program. A lot of terrific fights on tap for the weekend and let's dive right in 'em.

 

First up, we'll start off with the main event of Friday Night Fights. A fantastic season for ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. This year and last year have just been phenomenal. Almost every week it's just terrific, this week is no different. Kermit Cintron and Antwone Smith are squaring off. You may say to yourself, Kermit Cintron? Didn't he just fight not too long ago? And yes he did. He fought just about a month ago against Carlos Molina. I thought that was a 50/50 fight going in, but had to roll with the favorite Cintron squeaking by a decision victory. It didn't happen like that, Cintron was beaten up for pretty much all 10 rounds, and lost by a wide UD. Just a month later he is taking on sort of the same style of opponent in Antwone Smith. Smith likes to press, solid D a lot of shoulder roll, James Toney like D rolling with the shoulder coming out with a straight right. Now, if this fight is 2, 3, 4 months later I easily take Antwone Smith by decision, but the fact that Cintron is coming back just after a month tells me that he may'be embarrassed by his performance and that he wants to bounce back with a vengeance. So, with that variable thrown in there it makes for a tough pick. Definitely a tough pick, but until Cintron shows fire and heart in the ring, I gotta roll with Antwone Smith. Who is pretty much just like Carlos Molina. He'll take a couple of rounds to feel you out and then boom here he comes, on you like a shirt, and if you don't like getting in dog fights, he's going to beat you then, and Cintron hates dog fights. He is mentally weak and I can't pick him because of that. Until he shows that in the ring, I can't pick him. I've got Antwone Smith winning via UD.

 

Juan Palacios is, so far in his career, a tough luck loser. He's gotten two world title shots and has come up short. Both fights on the road where he has lost two close decisions. His first lost came in his 5th fight, where he was stopped by fellow undefeated fighter by the name of Ernesto Castro. He has won every other fight, besides the two world title shots losing against Jose Antonio Aguirre and Oleydong Sithsamerchai. Other than that he has been perfect and has a couple of nice scalps on his record against Omar Soto and Sammy Gutierrez. With all that experience and his powerful style he beats up the overwhelmed Armando Torres....probably knocks him out.

 

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