Friday Night Fights (08/08/08)

2007: +12.45 units
2008: +13.235 units

Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Tavoris Cloud
Cloud Inside the Distance (+135) (5dimes)
1 unit

Sorry for the late post.  I'm actually in attendance tonight here in Chicago.  I'm looking for Cloud to continue his string of KO's this evening against the sturdy but battle-worn Gonzalez.  There's a good chance that Cloud's promoters, 8 Count Productions, want him to get some rounds in tonight against a vet like Gonzalez considering he's won all but one of his fights by KO and that he's never been past 5 .  Still, I think Cloud's speed and power will begin to overwhelm his Mexican opponent sometime around the 9th round for a riveting finish in front of a nationwide audience.  Be back later with some post-fight commentary. 

I'm in the same boat with you, been a hectic week here and I knew i was a slow week so I really haven't paid much attention to the lines out there.

I took under 9.5 (+125) for a unit.  Have fun at the card.

Nice call AGAIN Brother. I thought Cloud might win ITD but I failed to pull the trigger.

Sorry about your wager Fullbrights. It really sucks balls that you lost by 1 minute in a fight that should have been stopped much earlier.

Yeah, nice win A2C.  Yeah, I saw where I lost, but I finally got to watch the my tape last night.  I think I may have thrown the remote through the TV watching it live.  I was impressed by Cloud in his first step up, but to be honest with you Gonzalez is a shell of himself now.  He has gotten drastically slower and he never had very much hand speed to begin with.  Tough loss, I played the under instead of Cloud ITD just because I wondered what would happen if Cloud had blown his load by round 6 or 7, bad move.