Plays for the Week

Appreciate it man, this weekend was huge in my quest to get back in the positive before the end of the year.  I don't want to have to swallow a losing year for the first time.

Yeah, it was a good career for Roy no doubt about it.  His skills and reflexes in his prime were ridiculous, but after those diminished so did he.  His natural talent is what I will remember most about his career.  On the same token you have to remember that he had a stretch of a few years where he fought complete bums for HBO guaranteed money off of his name and how the tail end of his career came to a close with the brutal KO losses to Tarver/Johnson and his wide decision losses to Tarver and Calzaghe.  He didn't have the staying power because of what he depended on to rise to the top unlike a Hopkins who is just a master craftsman of core boxing skills.

I will be very surprised if that's the last we see of Calzaghe though.  He would be crazy to hang it up in my opinion, the opponents may not be there, but his name has more star power then ever after staying in the UK for a so many years against over matched opponents.  It may not be a big name fight, but if the fans like Kellerman want him to face Dawson it may happen and I really think he wins that fight.

1.5 to win 3.29
Calzaghe (-260)
Abraham ITD (-191)
Licina ITD (-195)

.5 to win 2.28
Calzaghe (-260)
Campos-Salita over 8.5 (-135)
Abraham ITD (-191)
Licina ITD (-195)

Hedge...
.60 of a unit on Jones by decision (+400)

.5 to win 2.01
Mosley ITD (-138)
Berto (-900)
Klitschko (-145) vs Peter
Calzaghe (-320) vs Jones
Taylor (-550) vs Lacy

Huge weekend and the remaining parlay pushes on to Taylor next weekend.  I really don't think there is a need to hedge based on the amount and I honestly don't give Lacy much of a shot based on how he has looked recently.  What a Saturday.

  Won 11.02 units for the week.  This has been one sweet ride post the Pavlik-Hops disaster weekend.

That historical question about Calzaghe's style is a good one.  I have never really thought about it.  I wouldn't consider myself a boxing history expert by any means, I am only 25 so it's not like I've been watching the sport for a real long time.  Most historical insight that I have really comes from my grandfather who got me watching it at an early age.  Just off of the top of my head based on the limited footage I've seen and what I have read through the years I'll spit out a few; it's pretty heavy company and I'm definitely not saying he is on their level in a historic sense but I can see some Harry Greb in him though Joe gets the power edge.  Also to a lesser extent maybe Henry Armstrong with less power or maybe even Billy Conn.  That's reaching back there quite a few years, but those were a few names that came to mind.  Joe's style is pretty unique and that is probably the biggest factor in him being undefeated for so long.

I think there is something to what Max said about the skin factor.  Scar tissue just doesn't seem to hold up as well when fighters age, another example of a big fighter recently would be Tyson of course a lot of that scar tissue above the eyes was courtesy of subtle Holyfield butts.  I think that is definitely reasonable about his reflexes really being diminished because of that step back down and his legs never looked the same either.  I have always thought he should have stayed at HW for a couple of years after beating Ruiz and then called it a career.

Appreciate it man, good luck to you also.

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I think there is something to what Max said about the skin factor.  Scar tissue just doesn't seem to hold up as well when fighters age, another example of a big fighter recently would be Tyson of course a lot of that scar tissue above the eyes was courtesy of subtle Holyfield butts.  I think that is definitely reasonable about his reflexes really being diminished because of that step back down and his legs never looked the same either.  I have always thought he should have stayed at HW for a couple of years after beating Ruiz and then called it a career.

Appreciate it man, good luck to you also.
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We can officially add Zab to the "bleeders" list. Cuts over both eyes last night against a no-hoper.

Congrats on the weekend FB.

Great week.

I guess you cant fault Dimes. With Augustus seemingly going to win, I was prepared to argue with them if they graded my bet a loss. With the shoe on the other foot, I really can't complain. 8 and 10 rounds really are different fights.