Boxing (May 27 thru June 2)

[H2O Man]

May 27, 2007

(All bouts subject to change)

Wednesday, May 30 - at Kansas City, Missouri (ESPN2) - 12 rounds,
featherweights: Adailton De Jesus (19-0, 17 KOs) vs. Marcos Ramirez
(24-0, 16 KOs); 8 rounds, cruiserweights: Rob Calloway (64-7-1, 51 KOs)
vs. Chris Thomas (16-7-2, 14 KOs).

Wednesday, May 30 - at Airway Heights, Washington - 10 rounds,
heavyweights: Alonzo Butler (25-0-1, 18 KOs) vs. Ralph West
(17-11-1, 14 KOs).

Friday, June 1 - at Miami (Telemundo) - 12 rounds, flyweights:
Alejandro Hernandez (17-3-1, 9 KOs) vs. Marlon Marquez
(11-1, 4 KOs); 12 rounds, super flyweights: Cecilio Santos
(22-7-2, 12 KOs) vs. Jonathan Perez (12-1, 9 KOs).

Friday, June 1 - at Cicero, Illinois (Telefutura) -
10 rounds, Freddy Hernandez (21-1, 7 KOs) vs. Ben Tackie
(29-6-1, 17 KOs).

Friday, June 1 - at Santa Ynez, California (Showtime) -
10 rounds, middleweights: James Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs)
vs. Ossie Duran (23-5-1, 9 KOs); 10 rounds, light welterweights:
Donald Camarena (18-3, 9 KOs) vs. Timothy Bradley (19-0, 11 KOs).

Saturday, June 2 - at Nassau, The Bahamas - 12 rounds,
super middleweights: Jermain Mackey (13-1, 10 KOs) vs.
Kirt Sinnette (14-0, 11 KOs).

Saturday, June 2 - at Atlantic City (PPV) - 12 rounds,
heavyweights: Shannon Briggs (48-4-1, 42 KOs) vs.
Sultan Ibragimov (20-0-1, 17 KOs); 12 rounds, welterweights:
Shamone Alvarez (17-0, 11 KOs) vs. Jose Luis Cruz (32-2-2, 26 KOs).
10 rounds, heavyweights: Calvin Brock (20-1, 23 KOs) vs.
Alex Gonzales (18-4, 8 KOs).

Saturday, June 2 - at Lake Charles, Louisiana - 10 rounds,
heavyweights: Chris Henry (19-0, 16 KOs) vs. Rafael Pedro
(20-5-1, 14 KOs).


Note: SNY (Sports New York) has the National Golden Gloves on this afternoon (semi-finals) and this evening (finals). What a way to spend the Sunday of a holiday weekend!

Interesting fights this week. The main event on the ESPN Wednesday Night Fights features two undefeated featherweights. I like seeing the lower weight classes get the attention they deserve.

Friday the Showtime card looks interesting. I'm thinking it is probably the late night ShowBox card. I don't see an ESPN FNF listed, but I hope that they have one from 9 to 11, then ShowBox from 11 to 1.

But the most important fight this week comes on Saturday, when Shannon Briggs "defends" his "title" against Sultan Ibragimov. It looks like Calvin Brock on the undercard, as well.