This saturday: Joan Guzman vs Ali Funeka, Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade

[2-0-Sixx]

Great lil card on HBO this saturday, both championship fights.

November 28
At Quebec City, Canada (HBO): Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade, rematch, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title; Ali Funeka vs. Joan Guzman, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF lightweight title; Pier Olivier Cote vs. Jason Hayward, 10 rounds, lightweights; Craig McEwan vs. James Parison, 8 rounds, middleweights; Kevin Bizier vs. James Wayka, 6 rounds, welterweights; Keith Thurman vs. Leonardo Rojas, 8 rounds, junior middleweight

Joan Guzman
29-0 (17 KO's)
33 years old
5′ 7″
67″
orthodox
Last four fights: Ameth Diaz UD, Humberto Soto UD, Antonio Davis UD, Jorge Barrios UD

vs

Ali Funeka
30-2 (25 KO's)
31 years old
6′ 1″
72″
orthodox
Last four fights: Nate Campbell LOSS UD, Zahir Raheem KO, JR Sollano KO, Yakubu Amidu UD

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Lucian Bute
24-0 (19 KO's)
29 years old
6′ 2″
70″ reach
southpaw
Last four fights: Fulgencio Zuniga TKO, Librado Andrade UD, William Joppy TKO, Alejandro Berrio TKO

VS

Librado Andrade
28-2 (21 KO's)
31 years old
6′ 2″
78″ reach
orthodox
Last four fights: Vitali Tsypko UD, Lucian Bute UD, Robert Stieglitz TKO, Yusaf Mack TKO

 

[trips]

some good ass fights!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Guzman is so fuckin fast. Check out 1:20 of this video (actually the whole video really):

 

[Anaheim*Rob]

I hope Andrade gets his revenge. He got fucked over in the first fight.

 

[trips]

yea man Guzman is a killer and so is Funeka, somebody is gona get fucked up big time. hope Andrade does his thing against Bute, he was robbed in his last fight(bitch ass referee)

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Andrade is a very solid fighter and he did get robbed. I go for him in every fight, except against Bute.

I hate to play the bad guy but I'm pulling for the French Canadian. Taking it back Eric Lucas style.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

yea man Guzman is a killer and so is Funeka, somebody is gona get fucked up big time.

Its such a weird matchup since Funeka has about a 5" height advantage and has a good reach advantage too, but Guzman is just so slick & elusive. It should make for an awkward, but entertaining matchup I think.

hope Andrade does his thing against Bute, he was robbed in his last fight(bitch ass referee)

Yeah fuck that french canadian. Hopefully they have a decent ref this time around.

 

[MOREBASS]

Going with Funeka with a decision, and Bute in the same way.


Rooting for Guzman and Andrade though.


How the hell does Funeka make 135 being that damn tall? Freak! LOL

 

[2-0-Sixx]

to think he's as tall as bernard hopkins and chad dawson. Fucking crazy.

 

[naner12]

I got the same as MB. I'll be pulling for Andrade though, Guzman not so much.

.. also that Berrio fight might be listed as a TKO win but that was a straight up knockout. The ref just stopped the fight because Berrio never went down he was just KO'd standing in the corner .. shit was brutal.

EDIT:
If you haven't seen it .. seriously watch this shit.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

not a fan of guzman naner?

 

[naner12]

It's not that I'm not a fan Guzman was always was one of those guys that I never cared much about. I'll watch him fight and definitely think he has skills but I never really cared if he won or lost .. and then the whole not fighting after making weight situation with Campbell I think just soured him for me a little .. especially since I was going back and forth on going to the fight. I would've been sick if I had bought tickets and drove to Biloxi.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Bute should go to the body more on his finishes to set up the top. He was straight head hunting.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Guzman 134.4, Funeka 133.9

Bute 166.8, Andrade 166.7

 

[naner12]

Guzman is getting whooped ..

 

[naner12]

No fucking way ..

 

[B-Buzz]

yo Naner is there a problem in boxing with them using MMA judges who don't know how to score fights?

 

[naner12]

yo Naner is there a problem in boxing with them using MMA judges who don't know how to score fights?

Not that I know of .. this was just a terrible decision. Are those guys MMA judges? I can't see any way you give Guzman 6 rounds even if you never watched boxing.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

It's nice when a bad decision goes my way. A draw? Haha, I'll take it. Guzman should have lost. I parred Guzman (-260) W/ Bute (-320). So now I basically have a straight up bet on Bute. 1.6 for .5

 

[B-Buzz]

Not that I know of .. this was just a terrible decision. Are those guys MMA judges? I can't see any way you give Guzman 6 rounds even if you never watched boxing.

was just making a bad joke with all the bad decisions mma's had lately lol. Weird the last two fights I've stayed home to watch have been Malignaggi-Diaz and this.