ODDS & PREDICTIONS FOR “LOUSY” FIGHT WEEKEND

Friday, August 7, 2009

Buffalo Bills Casino, Primm, NV
(ESPN 2) Alfredo Angulo (15-1, 12 KOs) vs. Gabriel Rosado (12-3, NO KOs) Odds/Prediction: AA 4-1. The first of what looks like an entire weekend of crummy fights. Angulo should beat this NON puncher with ease.
Anthony Dirrell (17-0, 14 KOs) vs. Alfredo Contreras (10-5-1, 4 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Dirrell 5-1. Anthony just awaiting his turn at 168 with this “work” fight.
Travis Kauffman (17-0, 14 KOs) vs. Victor Barragan (10-4, 6 KOs) Odds/Prediction: TK 4-1. Travis looks far better here.

Red Lion Inn, Sacramento, CA
Michael Simms (20-11-1, 13 KOs) vs. Kelvin Davis (24-10-2, 5 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Who Cares? Simms is 3-10 in his last 13, Kelvin is 3-9-1. Once the most talented of all the 2000 Olympians, Simms is now nothing more than a pugilistic hobo!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, Cordoba, Argentina
Jorge Barrios (47-4-1, 34 KOs) vs. Moises Castro (27-11-4, 2 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Barrios 5-1. Yawn, yawn, another snoozer!

Bally’s Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Mike Jones (17-0, 15 KOs) vs. Lenin Arroyo (20-9-1, 4 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Jones 4-1. Mike is easy slot here.
Jerson Ravelo (19-4, 12 KOs) vs. Willis Lockett (12-8-5, 5 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Jerson 3 ½ to 1. Ravelo was once a prospect, now a stiff?

Pedro Fernandez
Auditorium Juarez, Guadalajara, Mexico
Saul Alvarez (27-0-1, 20 KOs) vs. Marat Khuzeev (18-4-1, 7 KOs) Odds/Prediction: Saul 5-1. Alvarez looks far better on paper.