prescott vs Vazquez

i'm on vazquez and the over.  prescott will likely win, but i think vazquez is worth a shot.  the over in this fight i think is the best pick of the weekend.  good luck

have to agree but i havent found anything to parlay it with....i dont like playing juicy overs and unders solo

I'm on the Vazquez bandwagon also.  I still don't think much of Prescott.

So Khan was a stepping stone? He wasn't a move up in class for Prescott ?

I agree you don't put a banger in with a guy with a weak chin, but how can you be all over khan this weekend if his chin cannot last?

A true good boxer finds ways to protect the chin, so Khan will be  a champ but will not fight bangers/brawlers.. because he has a weak chin.. doesn't make sense.. a champ beats everyone.

Kotelnik is a very durable fighter,the fight this weekend reminds me of a replay of Clottey/ Cotto.. (Khan's back yard) ... Clottey being MUCH better defensively better overall skills.. and IRON chin.. versus a guy with suspect chin, suspect defense...but decent power.

Difference between Cotto and Khan is Cotto is older now and when he got rocked when he was young against a banger like Ricardo Torres he fought back and found a way to win, Khan just got laid out.

Taking Khan for so much money is very dangerous not because he cannot win, but because of the chin, and low level opposition, you cannot count a washed up Barrera and well he got leveled by Prescott who is fighting tonight who you say isn't that good.. doesn't speak volumes for Khan..

I expect a repeat performance same prediction for the Clottey fight (which we know how it was scored).

I pick Kotenlik he CAN win by KO about a 25 % chance of happening.. and it will go to the scorecards and Khans hand will be raised but the boxing fans will know who won the fight. 

I will not lay money on this fight due to it's in Khans backyard and we know the scoring is even worse there than it is here for hometown guys.

 Having picked the winner with Clottey only for Cottos hand to be raised isn't a good feeling, but it's boxing politics.

Khan is the last of what England has left so they will be out in abundance to support Khan (including the judges).

People will be surprised Kotenlik  is a very good boxer, great left jab, iron chin, good counter puncher, decent speed... nothing "off the charts" just like Clottey... one difference is Kotenlik doesn't go to the ropes he keeps it mostly in the middle and very easy for judges to see a fight.

 Only knock I see against Kotenlik is that he drops his left hand sometimes and can be countered with a straight right... just like Clottey..

Freddie Roach is NOT a good trainer, he has pac-man all he did was hand pick two opponents that were washed up and easy to beat... any B- Fighter would have beaten Oscar and Hatton that night.

I love Pac-man but his recent two fights should not make him  fighter of the year as he fought two men who were shot coming in. 

Freddie Roach is way out of his league here easy to put Pac-man in the ring with washed up guys... but putting a very YOUNG 22 year old.. in the ring against a guy who has a better chin, better defense.. and MUCH better opposition.. is a very tough task.. would

I be taking this fight if I was Khan's mananger or trainer? NO!! He's only 22 years old.. only reason for putting him in is to make money quick before the chin is exposed by REAL fighters in their prime.


Kotenlik seems like a safe bet as he doesn't have a ton of power like Clottey but the punches DO sting, and Khans Chin... for 12  rounds.. HMM tough call!

Will be a good fight regardless..

Good luck Mack you have a lot of guts for putting a ton of money on Khan. I hope you're right ..but man this is a tough pick.. Khan by decision seems like the only answer for Khan.. and well for Kotenlik to win seems like he needs a KO because like Clottey the cards will already be made up..

If I had to make a play it would be kotenlik a very tiny one.. only for entertainment purposes the line is way too high and the likelihood of Kotenlik  getting a decision in England is .. almost zero.

I don't care who wins lol I want to see Valero fight. I hope it's against stiff opposition for once.. maybe more of a boxer/puncher than a brawler because we know they fare against Valero (On the Canvas).

I agree with a lot of what Rich said (not about Roach though).  Except I predict straight up that Kotelnik knocks Khan out.  Khan may have the worst chin of any world class boxer in the game.

 

Atmanne Roach is not bad, but he is getting all that acclaim.. from one fighter yes he gets credit for hand picking Oscar and Hatton.. and making it more than what it was.. but really Pac-man didn't need Freddie Roach, Roach needed him.. they work well together but Roach is no super trainer- I love pac-man and I like Roach .. but fact is Pac-man and Roach got honors for beating 2 washed up fighters...

he gets too much credit for handpicking his fighters oppenents and winning match ups with brillant gameplans...but can he ever fix khans chin...i doubt it...

Yes but a brilliant game plan  indeed, but carried out by Manny Pacquio. Khan is NO Pac-man ... :)  I will give credit to Freddie Roach if he makes this fight look easy, this is a fight I would not be throwing a 22 year old in especially with a suspect chin.

I agree and I don't think the move up in weight is going to really help either.  Kotelnik isn't a big puncher by any means at all, but I still think he can stop Khan.  I thought that he even made Maidana wince a couple of times to the body.  I mean Khan has been down what 5 times?  Against whom?  I definitely think Kotelnik is the best fighter he's faced to date.

Did Vazquez watch the Khan tape in his locker room or something he is so nervous you would think he is in the ring with King Kong.  Going down from that jab was pitiful, he is so jittery he has no balance.  Bad 1st round that's for sure.

Don't know if I am the only one watching it, but Vazquez looking a bit better now.  His jab is having some success now at keeping Prescott at bay.

2-1 Prescott
29-27 Prescott

Could have caught a break with Prescott's glove touching in the fourth, but Cortez didn't see it.

I got it...

3-2 Vazquez through 5

47-47

Vazquez is really making this his type of fight.  Really wish that flash KD would have never happened in the 1st, I would be feeling good right now.

Teddy has it 48-46 Vazquez through 5.

Round 6 to Vazquez here.

Got it 57-56 Vazquez

I think Vazquez outworked him in round 7.

67-65 Vazquez here.

Teddy has it 68-64 Vazquez, that worries me.

Vazquez is fighting well, but Tessitore and Teddy are completely ignoring everything Prescott does.

I don't know, I mean he is throwing flashy power shots, but they are not coming close to landing.  He did look a bit better in round 8 it was the closest in a while.

I have it 86-84 Vazquez heading to the final round.