Post by Tractorpull on Feb 12, 2023 17:21:39 GMT -6
TESS VALMORE
KATIC/SIMS. The 44 year old Katic has a fine 19-5 record and has won 10 of her last 12. Sims will soon be 50, but that’s not the problem. She has had one fight in the last 12 years and her last win was in 2011. That should tell you who the winner will be and it won’t be Sims.
E.TURNER/LAUTENBACH. JMDD
HARA/ORTEGA. Hara has a combined record of 16-8, but is 0-3 in the FCBA Ortega made her debut last year and has a 5-1 record with that one loss being to Millie Bobby Brown in a title match last month. Ortega will run to her total to six
NEMOTO/CARVER. JMDD
HSIEH/SWEENEY. JMDD
N.LEE/STELLA. Lee has had six fights losing four. Those four fights were her last four. Stella has been around for seven years, however, has only had five fights. She has won four.. Her last win was in November 2020. Lee is two inches taller and fifteen years younger. I have to go with Lee to win
MATSUMOTO/GOHLER. Matsumoto has a combined record of 17-10. Her FCBA record is 0-3. Gohler has a combined record of 2-12 with her FCBA record being 1-1. Matsumoto has the experience. Gohler is seven years younger and almost three inches taller. I will go with Gohler despite her record.
CHENG/JOHANSSON Revolution Boxing seems to be pulling our all stops in this PPV. Cheng has a 4-3 record with her losses being at the hands of good opponents. Needless to say (If it is needless why say it? To make it long and impress you with the amount of work I am doing) Johansson has been around for nineteen years. She has held the Unified Bantam Title three times and has a 44-56-3 record. Now 38, she has lost eight of her last ten. Cheng is two inches shorter, but fourteen years younger. Johansson really needs to win this fight. She has yet to win for her new stable. I’m going to take a chance of Johansson, but won’t be shocked if she loses
IRIE/M.CYRUS. Irie made her debut two years ago and has a unremarkable 4-3 record. Cyrus has a 29-30 FCBA record and held the Unified Flyweight title eight years ago. She is 5-5 in her last ten. Most of those losses were to top of the line flyweights. Cyrus is five inches taller than her opponent. That spells disaster for Irie
LAVIGNE/BECKY G. This is the big one for Lavigne. This is her 100th fight and if she wins, she will be eligible for the Hall of Fame. To be honest, it will frost my butt, (what there is of it) to induct her because of her horrendous conduct after her wins. As I have said rules are rules. Becky G. has a career record of 12-12 and has won five of her last ten. In her last two fights, she has beaten Lowndes and Portman, so this is not going to be a walk in the park for Lavigne. I think Lavigne smells the Hall. She will win
ZEIGLER/RAMIREZ. Ziegler has a 11-3 record and has won eight of her last ten with her losses being to Millie Bobby Brown and Jenna Ortega. Ramirez’s record is 12-13. She has lost six of her last ten, but can’t be taken lightly as she has had a number of big wins. Her problem here is that she is 4 1/2 inches shorter than Zeigler. I think that is too much to give away against a fighter like Zeigler
E.ROBERTS/JUSTICE. Roberts has a 39-22 career record and has won seven of her last ten with losses being to Merced, Bassinger and Lavigne. Justice has a combined record of 26-36 but is 18-30 in the FCBA. She is three inches taller than Roberts, but has lost eight of her last ten. That is not promising. I have to think that Roberts will be victorious over Victoria.
B.THORNE/DOBREV. Dobrev has had 100 fight and 65 wins but one of her fights was at JMD reducing the fights for The Hall OF Fame to 99. If she wins this bout she will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. If she loses she will have to wait until her next win. She is going quite well winning nine of her last eleven.
Thorne has a career record of 54-19 and is a two time Unified Bantam champ. She has won twelve of her last fourteen. The two have fought three times with Bella winning two. I fear Nina will have to wait one more fight to get into the Hall,
BLASINGTHWAIGHTE/THERON. I am not allowed to predict Theron fights. If I was allowed to predict them I think I would pick Theron but I am just not allowed predict the fights.
N.A.LIND/N.SCOTT. Lind has a 23-17 career record and has won five of her last ten. Scott has a career record of 24-10 and has held the Unified Bantam title. She has lost six of her last ten and is in Hawkeye’s dog house. She really needs to win this fight. A couple more straight losses and she will probably be looking for another stable. The two fought last year with Lind winning. Scott has all the incentive. I have to go with Scott
CAMERON/EILISH. Cameron has a 23-19 record. She held the Unified Flyweight title with four successful defenses last year. Eilish is undefeated in nineteen fights. I would have to term her opposition as “protected” or mediocre. This is her chance to shine. I have never been high on Cameron, however I have my doubts about Eilish. Despite that I will pick Eilish to win the bout
CHOPRA/WINNICK. Chopra has been doing quite well recently winning eight of her last ten with her losses being to Reinhart and Kosarin. Winnick has won six of her last ten. Winnick is now forty-five and while Chopra is 40. I think Chopra will win. It’s not the age, it’s competition faced
ALY MICHALKA/AJ, MICHALKA. Two sisters going against each other. Aly has been around since 2010 with a record of 33-23. She has lost eight of her last ten
AJ made her debut in 2018, has had four fights, losing them all. There is only two years difference in age. Aly will teach her sister a painful lesson.
BERGLUND/O.HOLT. Berglund made her debut six yeas ago. but has only had five fights winning only one. Holt has a 29-13 record and has held the Unified Flyweight title twice. I think this is a mismatch but upsets do happen. Not this time. Holt in five.
SNOW/S.MILLER. Snow is another fighter picked out of obscurity by Queens. She has been in the FCBA since 2008 and has had twenty fights winning eight. Miller has a 65-33-1 record. This will be her 100th fight. If she wins, she will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. She has held the Unified Flyweight title twice. Another poor matchup. Miller is the third fighter to possibly get eligible for the Hall in this PPV.
PALICKI/LIMA I am looking forward to this fight. Palicki has a 47-43-1 record and has held the Unified Lightweight title three times and the Unified Welter title twice. She has held more official titles that some member of the Hall of Fame. She hasn’t done well recently having won only four of her last twelve. Lima has a
53-19 record and has held the Unified Lightweight title once. Lima will soon be 42 and Plaicki 40. Lima has won five of her last ten. Pallicki is one of my favorites. I have to go with the “Chin Checker” to win.
LAWLEY/I.BALDWIN. This will be Lawley’s first fight since losing the welter title. I don’t expect her to be in a good mood. Baldwin has a career record of 5-4 and just beat Iskra Lawrence in a Diamond Tournament. This bout could be a record for the size of participants since both are 6’2”, the two biggest in the FCBA. I have to go with Lawley to get back on track.
SANTORO/S.MITCHELL. Santoro has been doing well recently having won seven of her last ten with losses being to Saraya, Selena Gomez and Taylor Joy.
Mitchell has won six of her last ten with three of those losses being to top ten bantams. Size and age are not factors. This looks like a 50/50 fight to me. I will go with Santoro
LOPILATO/Y.GARCIA. Lopilato has won nine of her last ten while avoiding top twenty opponents. Boxing World has her ranked at 28 in the bantam contenders
Garcia made her debut in March and thus far has had three fights losing two to Minka Kelly and de Armas. I have to go with Lopilato to give Garcia some more painful experience.
H.FERGUSON/LYNN. This will be Ferguson’s 100th fight, but unfortunately she will not be eligible for the Hall due to a large number of JMD/D fights. She has won seven of her last ten Lynn had a great 2021 debut year with an 8-2 record. Everything pretty much fell apart in 2022 as she lost nine of ten. One of those losses was to Hannah in November. Lynn won’t fare any better against Hannah than she did last year. Ferguson in five.
OLSEN/A.LYNCH This will be Olsen’s ninety ninth fight, however she is another that has eligible fights reduced by a number of JMD/D fights. Despite that, if she stays away from JMD/D she should enter the Hall this year as she already has the win ratio. She has a 6-4 record for the year, however those losses were in her last four fights. Lynch has lost five of her last ten. Boxing World has Olsen ranked at ten in the bantam contenders, while Lynch comes in at twenty seven. The two have fought three times with Olsen winning two. She will make that three out of four.
SWIFT/COHEN. Taylor has an 80-40 record and is in the Hall Of Fame but has held the Unified Lightweight title only once. She is presently in a funk having lost five of her last six. Cohen has a 19-8 record but has lost six of her last ten. Two of those fights were bare knuckle and one at JMD. She is doing her best to break into the top ten, but twenty four is as far as she had gotten. On the other hand, Swift has dropped out of the top ten where she had been for ages. I expect Swift to get back on track with a win.
LIVELY/KERR. Lively with a career record of 44-42 is having a career resurgence having won seven of her last ten with her big win over Righetti in last month’s PPV and Upton last year. Kerr has a 41-27 combined record but is 23-23 in the FCBA. She has lost eight of her last ten FCBA bouts. That does not bid well, Lively will win
WEAVING/SCODELARIO. Weaving who also fights in the BBU and ACB has a 14-11 FCBA record. She has won six of her last ten with wins over Alyssa Lynch and Taylor Joy. Scodelario has a 48-20 record and has held the Unified Bantam title once. She also has won six of her last ten. One of those losses was to Reinhart in a title fight. I have to go with Scodelario to win
MERRITT/FRADEGRADA. This will be Merritt’s first fight of the year after losing a Mistress of the Body Saddle series to Swift last August. She has only fought fourteen times winning nine. Fradegrada has a 18-11 record as she is a member of one of the more active stables. Like Merritt, her last three fights were body saddle bouts against Swift. She had a 7-6 FCBA record last year, I am going to say Merritt will win however don’t bet on this prediction.
N.FISHER/S.TURNER. This will be Fisher’s first fight of the year and her eighth fight of her career. She has won five. Turner is a veteran of thirty nine fights winning 24. She has won seven of her last ten. She has faced the best opposition. She is also two inches taller then Fisher. Turner in six
S.GOMEZ/CULPO. Selena has a 46-26 career record and has won seven of her last ten. Boxing World has her ranked as the number nine championship contender. This will be Culpo’s first fight of the year. She has a career record of 5-5 losing four of five last year, however two of those losses were to Dobrev and Minka Kelly. I have to go with Gomez.
H.PALMER/BENSON Palmer made her debut last year going 5-3 over average competition. Benson had been around for twelve years and has a 25-39 record
She has lost eight of her last ten. Palmer is a little bigger and younger. I will go with Palmer
KUBICKA/CAVANIS. I admit I have been pushing Kubicka since I put her on the lightweight watch list (trying to look good, That’s me, not Sandra). Anyway she has a 23-9 record and has won seven of her last ten. Cavanis made her debut last year and has a 8-7 record. She has had three fights in the last fifteen months There is not much difference is size or age. This should be one of the better fights which I think Kubicka will win
CORRIGAN/RAYNER. Corrigan was another we had on our lightweight watch list but we had to take her off after a miserable end to 2022. She presently has an 18-8 record. Rayner made her debut in 2017 and has had three fights losing all three. Corrigan should get back on track with a fifth round KO
YUSTMAN/LAWRENCE. Shades of the past. Several years ago this would have been a main event. Yustman is ranked at forty nine in the lightweights and Lawrence at thirty in the lightweights and thirty three in the welters. Odette has lost six of her last ten. Lawrence has lost eleven of her last thirteen. The two fought seven years ago with Yustman winning. Lawrence has fought the better competition, is slightly younger and bigger. I would like to see Yustman win but I don’t believe that is going to happen. Lawrence in seven.
ROHRBACH/BROOK. JMDD
McRAE/G.HADID. McRae made her debut last year and is undefeated in nine fights while fighting a typical Front Street schedule. Just how good she really is remains to be seen. Ms Hadid has a 7-23 record. That doesn’t sound good, but it will sound worse, when it is revealed that she has lost seventeen of her last eighteen bouts. McRae will stay undefeated.
RODRIGO/D.R.RUSSELL. Rodrigo is another Front Street fighter who is undefeated, this time in eleven fights. Making her debut in 2021, she has beaten some good fighters such as Lavigne, Lind and Jovovich, a lightweight, Russell has a 9-10 record and has lost six of her last ten.This is not going to be a walk in the park for Rodrigo, but I think she will run her winning streak to twelve
RIGHETTI/DALE I never bet against Righetti. Ok, the last time she lost. In her nineteen year career she has lost two in a row only one time and that was in back in September and October 2009 when she was fighting at lightweight. Since moving to welter, she has not lost two in a row. I don’t care who Dale is or what she has done. Righetti will win
PAUSINI/DI PATRIZI This is the opposite of the Righetti bout. I don’t care what Di Patrizi has done. She will beat the Pausini. Any fighter who loses to Pausini should immediately be barred from fighting in the FCBA for their own good. They are a danger to themselves. Pausini loses her 34th FCBA fight in a row,
BRESLIN/V.HUDGENS. Breslin has a 16-9 record, but has lost four of her last five. Hudgens is a five time Unified Flyweight champ and is in the Hall of Fame. She has won seven of her last ten with losses being to Cameron, Cicchino and Michelle Williams, Breslin’s only advantage is that she is eight years younger and that simply isn’t going to be enough. Hudgens in four
LAMBORGHINI/LILLY. Lamborghini broke into the FCBA in 2021 with a sensational 19-4 year. Last year her record cooled off considerably to 8-7 after starting to fight better competition. She lost her first bout this year to Khalifa, a flyweight. Lilly is a seven time Unified Bantam champ and a member of the Hall. Now 43, age is becoming a factor. She has lost eight of her last eleven. Lamborghini is 15 years younger. I don’t think Lamborghini is good enough to beat Lilly even with the age difference.
KHALIFA/J.L.COLEMAN The IBB crowd is here in force. Khalifa broke in last year with a 15-5 record and won her first fight of the year, however, Boxing World holds her no better than 46 in the flyweights. Coleman has a good 29-16 record. She has won five of her last ten, but lost three of her last four fights. This will be her first fight of the year. I’m going to take a chance of Khalifa
VISMARA/LOVATO Vismara made her debut last year finishing the year with a 6-1 record. The one loss was to Spiranac. Lovato has a 47-28 record and has held the Unified bantam title once. She has won five of her last then lost her last four bouts, two to Lamborghini. Vismara is eight years younger and one inch taller but I doubt that is going to be enough. Lovato will win
LEOTTA/KYLIE JENNER. Leotta has a 19-12 record. She has lost six of her last ten with the losses being to top welters. She has wins over Palicki, Hannah Ferguson and Corrin. Jenner had a 10-3 record last year with wins over Swift (twice), Lima and her sister Kendall. Her losses were to her sister, DiDonato and Agdal. Leotta has a three inch height advantage, but that didn’t help Swift who was two inches taller. I am going with Jenner
CLAUSON/RATCHFORD. JMDD TItle
BOCCIA/UPTON. QUEEN of the BEACH TItle. Boccia has a 21-7 record and is ranked at eight in the welter while Upton is ranked at six. Upton has a record of
112-31 and has held the Unified Welter title four times. This fight is not only for this minor title but is also for the best of three. The two fought twice last year with Kate winning the first by KOing Boccia in six and Boccia knocking Kate out cold in the last bout. You know that Kate, Charlize and I form the Trio. I just can’t predict anything other than a Upton win
CICCHINO/M.B.BROWN. For the UNIFIED FLYWEIGHT Title. Brown has now won fifteen straight fights and is undefeated, but she has avoided all the top ten flyweights but Bassinger. Cicchino who has a record of 35-11 is ranked at thirteen. Cicchino has won eight of her last ten. One of those losses was to Brown. Cicchino has beaten Lily Collins. If she can beat Collins, she can beat Brown. I am going with Cicchino to end Brown’s winning streak and her title
JAMES/DIDONATO. For the UNIFIED LIGHTWEIGHT Title. James is the champ with a record of 18-0. This will be her fourth title defence. If there is a title of any kind suitable for lightweights you can expect DiDonato to show up. Unfortunately while her record is quite good at 59-25, you might say her title record sucks. She did hold the Unified Lightweight title back in 2020, but since that time she has lost four straight title Unified Lightweight title bouts. It’s about time she win one and time for James to lose. I am going with DiDonato to be the new champ
KOSTEX/T.ATKINSON. For the UNIFIED WELTERWEIGHT Title Kostex who has a 28-11 record shocked the boxing establishment by taking the title away from Lawley in an NFL (That’s not the league that plays in big stadiums) card in January. As her first defense, she chose Tahnee Atkinson. Atkinson with a 36-19 record is no tomato can. She fights a tough schedule. She has won seven of her last ten beating Hannah Ferguson (twice) Lively and Palicki. The two have fought four times with each winning two. They are the same age and height, but when it comes to the most important physical trait, its all Kostek. She’s blonde. She will retain the title
KATIC/SIMS. The 44 year old Katic has a fine 19-5 record and has won 10 of her last 12. Sims will soon be 50, but that’s not the problem. She has had one fight in the last 12 years and her last win was in 2011. That should tell you who the winner will be and it won’t be Sims.
E.TURNER/LAUTENBACH. JMDD
HARA/ORTEGA. Hara has a combined record of 16-8, but is 0-3 in the FCBA Ortega made her debut last year and has a 5-1 record with that one loss being to Millie Bobby Brown in a title match last month. Ortega will run to her total to six
NEMOTO/CARVER. JMDD
HSIEH/SWEENEY. JMDD
N.LEE/STELLA. Lee has had six fights losing four. Those four fights were her last four. Stella has been around for seven years, however, has only had five fights. She has won four.. Her last win was in November 2020. Lee is two inches taller and fifteen years younger. I have to go with Lee to win
MATSUMOTO/GOHLER. Matsumoto has a combined record of 17-10. Her FCBA record is 0-3. Gohler has a combined record of 2-12 with her FCBA record being 1-1. Matsumoto has the experience. Gohler is seven years younger and almost three inches taller. I will go with Gohler despite her record.
CHENG/JOHANSSON Revolution Boxing seems to be pulling our all stops in this PPV. Cheng has a 4-3 record with her losses being at the hands of good opponents. Needless to say (If it is needless why say it? To make it long and impress you with the amount of work I am doing) Johansson has been around for nineteen years. She has held the Unified Bantam Title three times and has a 44-56-3 record. Now 38, she has lost eight of her last ten. Cheng is two inches shorter, but fourteen years younger. Johansson really needs to win this fight. She has yet to win for her new stable. I’m going to take a chance of Johansson, but won’t be shocked if she loses
IRIE/M.CYRUS. Irie made her debut two years ago and has a unremarkable 4-3 record. Cyrus has a 29-30 FCBA record and held the Unified Flyweight title eight years ago. She is 5-5 in her last ten. Most of those losses were to top of the line flyweights. Cyrus is five inches taller than her opponent. That spells disaster for Irie
LAVIGNE/BECKY G. This is the big one for Lavigne. This is her 100th fight and if she wins, she will be eligible for the Hall of Fame. To be honest, it will frost my butt, (what there is of it) to induct her because of her horrendous conduct after her wins. As I have said rules are rules. Becky G. has a career record of 12-12 and has won five of her last ten. In her last two fights, she has beaten Lowndes and Portman, so this is not going to be a walk in the park for Lavigne. I think Lavigne smells the Hall. She will win
ZEIGLER/RAMIREZ. Ziegler has a 11-3 record and has won eight of her last ten with her losses being to Millie Bobby Brown and Jenna Ortega. Ramirez’s record is 12-13. She has lost six of her last ten, but can’t be taken lightly as she has had a number of big wins. Her problem here is that she is 4 1/2 inches shorter than Zeigler. I think that is too much to give away against a fighter like Zeigler
E.ROBERTS/JUSTICE. Roberts has a 39-22 career record and has won seven of her last ten with losses being to Merced, Bassinger and Lavigne. Justice has a combined record of 26-36 but is 18-30 in the FCBA. She is three inches taller than Roberts, but has lost eight of her last ten. That is not promising. I have to think that Roberts will be victorious over Victoria.
B.THORNE/DOBREV. Dobrev has had 100 fight and 65 wins but one of her fights was at JMD reducing the fights for The Hall OF Fame to 99. If she wins this bout she will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. If she loses she will have to wait until her next win. She is going quite well winning nine of her last eleven.
Thorne has a career record of 54-19 and is a two time Unified Bantam champ. She has won twelve of her last fourteen. The two have fought three times with Bella winning two. I fear Nina will have to wait one more fight to get into the Hall,
BLASINGTHWAIGHTE/THERON. I am not allowed to predict Theron fights. If I was allowed to predict them I think I would pick Theron but I am just not allowed predict the fights.
N.A.LIND/N.SCOTT. Lind has a 23-17 career record and has won five of her last ten. Scott has a career record of 24-10 and has held the Unified Bantam title. She has lost six of her last ten and is in Hawkeye’s dog house. She really needs to win this fight. A couple more straight losses and she will probably be looking for another stable. The two fought last year with Lind winning. Scott has all the incentive. I have to go with Scott
CAMERON/EILISH. Cameron has a 23-19 record. She held the Unified Flyweight title with four successful defenses last year. Eilish is undefeated in nineteen fights. I would have to term her opposition as “protected” or mediocre. This is her chance to shine. I have never been high on Cameron, however I have my doubts about Eilish. Despite that I will pick Eilish to win the bout
CHOPRA/WINNICK. Chopra has been doing quite well recently winning eight of her last ten with her losses being to Reinhart and Kosarin. Winnick has won six of her last ten. Winnick is now forty-five and while Chopra is 40. I think Chopra will win. It’s not the age, it’s competition faced
ALY MICHALKA/AJ, MICHALKA. Two sisters going against each other. Aly has been around since 2010 with a record of 33-23. She has lost eight of her last ten
AJ made her debut in 2018, has had four fights, losing them all. There is only two years difference in age. Aly will teach her sister a painful lesson.
BERGLUND/O.HOLT. Berglund made her debut six yeas ago. but has only had five fights winning only one. Holt has a 29-13 record and has held the Unified Flyweight title twice. I think this is a mismatch but upsets do happen. Not this time. Holt in five.
SNOW/S.MILLER. Snow is another fighter picked out of obscurity by Queens. She has been in the FCBA since 2008 and has had twenty fights winning eight. Miller has a 65-33-1 record. This will be her 100th fight. If she wins, she will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. She has held the Unified Flyweight title twice. Another poor matchup. Miller is the third fighter to possibly get eligible for the Hall in this PPV.
PALICKI/LIMA I am looking forward to this fight. Palicki has a 47-43-1 record and has held the Unified Lightweight title three times and the Unified Welter title twice. She has held more official titles that some member of the Hall of Fame. She hasn’t done well recently having won only four of her last twelve. Lima has a
53-19 record and has held the Unified Lightweight title once. Lima will soon be 42 and Plaicki 40. Lima has won five of her last ten. Pallicki is one of my favorites. I have to go with the “Chin Checker” to win.
LAWLEY/I.BALDWIN. This will be Lawley’s first fight since losing the welter title. I don’t expect her to be in a good mood. Baldwin has a career record of 5-4 and just beat Iskra Lawrence in a Diamond Tournament. This bout could be a record for the size of participants since both are 6’2”, the two biggest in the FCBA. I have to go with Lawley to get back on track.
SANTORO/S.MITCHELL. Santoro has been doing well recently having won seven of her last ten with losses being to Saraya, Selena Gomez and Taylor Joy.
Mitchell has won six of her last ten with three of those losses being to top ten bantams. Size and age are not factors. This looks like a 50/50 fight to me. I will go with Santoro
LOPILATO/Y.GARCIA. Lopilato has won nine of her last ten while avoiding top twenty opponents. Boxing World has her ranked at 28 in the bantam contenders
Garcia made her debut in March and thus far has had three fights losing two to Minka Kelly and de Armas. I have to go with Lopilato to give Garcia some more painful experience.
H.FERGUSON/LYNN. This will be Ferguson’s 100th fight, but unfortunately she will not be eligible for the Hall due to a large number of JMD/D fights. She has won seven of her last ten Lynn had a great 2021 debut year with an 8-2 record. Everything pretty much fell apart in 2022 as she lost nine of ten. One of those losses was to Hannah in November. Lynn won’t fare any better against Hannah than she did last year. Ferguson in five.
OLSEN/A.LYNCH This will be Olsen’s ninety ninth fight, however she is another that has eligible fights reduced by a number of JMD/D fights. Despite that, if she stays away from JMD/D she should enter the Hall this year as she already has the win ratio. She has a 6-4 record for the year, however those losses were in her last four fights. Lynch has lost five of her last ten. Boxing World has Olsen ranked at ten in the bantam contenders, while Lynch comes in at twenty seven. The two have fought three times with Olsen winning two. She will make that three out of four.
SWIFT/COHEN. Taylor has an 80-40 record and is in the Hall Of Fame but has held the Unified Lightweight title only once. She is presently in a funk having lost five of her last six. Cohen has a 19-8 record but has lost six of her last ten. Two of those fights were bare knuckle and one at JMD. She is doing her best to break into the top ten, but twenty four is as far as she had gotten. On the other hand, Swift has dropped out of the top ten where she had been for ages. I expect Swift to get back on track with a win.
LIVELY/KERR. Lively with a career record of 44-42 is having a career resurgence having won seven of her last ten with her big win over Righetti in last month’s PPV and Upton last year. Kerr has a 41-27 combined record but is 23-23 in the FCBA. She has lost eight of her last ten FCBA bouts. That does not bid well, Lively will win
WEAVING/SCODELARIO. Weaving who also fights in the BBU and ACB has a 14-11 FCBA record. She has won six of her last ten with wins over Alyssa Lynch and Taylor Joy. Scodelario has a 48-20 record and has held the Unified Bantam title once. She also has won six of her last ten. One of those losses was to Reinhart in a title fight. I have to go with Scodelario to win
MERRITT/FRADEGRADA. This will be Merritt’s first fight of the year after losing a Mistress of the Body Saddle series to Swift last August. She has only fought fourteen times winning nine. Fradegrada has a 18-11 record as she is a member of one of the more active stables. Like Merritt, her last three fights were body saddle bouts against Swift. She had a 7-6 FCBA record last year, I am going to say Merritt will win however don’t bet on this prediction.
N.FISHER/S.TURNER. This will be Fisher’s first fight of the year and her eighth fight of her career. She has won five. Turner is a veteran of thirty nine fights winning 24. She has won seven of her last ten. She has faced the best opposition. She is also two inches taller then Fisher. Turner in six
S.GOMEZ/CULPO. Selena has a 46-26 career record and has won seven of her last ten. Boxing World has her ranked as the number nine championship contender. This will be Culpo’s first fight of the year. She has a career record of 5-5 losing four of five last year, however two of those losses were to Dobrev and Minka Kelly. I have to go with Gomez.
H.PALMER/BENSON Palmer made her debut last year going 5-3 over average competition. Benson had been around for twelve years and has a 25-39 record
She has lost eight of her last ten. Palmer is a little bigger and younger. I will go with Palmer
KUBICKA/CAVANIS. I admit I have been pushing Kubicka since I put her on the lightweight watch list (trying to look good, That’s me, not Sandra). Anyway she has a 23-9 record and has won seven of her last ten. Cavanis made her debut last year and has a 8-7 record. She has had three fights in the last fifteen months There is not much difference is size or age. This should be one of the better fights which I think Kubicka will win
CORRIGAN/RAYNER. Corrigan was another we had on our lightweight watch list but we had to take her off after a miserable end to 2022. She presently has an 18-8 record. Rayner made her debut in 2017 and has had three fights losing all three. Corrigan should get back on track with a fifth round KO
YUSTMAN/LAWRENCE. Shades of the past. Several years ago this would have been a main event. Yustman is ranked at forty nine in the lightweights and Lawrence at thirty in the lightweights and thirty three in the welters. Odette has lost six of her last ten. Lawrence has lost eleven of her last thirteen. The two fought seven years ago with Yustman winning. Lawrence has fought the better competition, is slightly younger and bigger. I would like to see Yustman win but I don’t believe that is going to happen. Lawrence in seven.
ROHRBACH/BROOK. JMDD
McRAE/G.HADID. McRae made her debut last year and is undefeated in nine fights while fighting a typical Front Street schedule. Just how good she really is remains to be seen. Ms Hadid has a 7-23 record. That doesn’t sound good, but it will sound worse, when it is revealed that she has lost seventeen of her last eighteen bouts. McRae will stay undefeated.
RODRIGO/D.R.RUSSELL. Rodrigo is another Front Street fighter who is undefeated, this time in eleven fights. Making her debut in 2021, she has beaten some good fighters such as Lavigne, Lind and Jovovich, a lightweight, Russell has a 9-10 record and has lost six of her last ten.This is not going to be a walk in the park for Rodrigo, but I think she will run her winning streak to twelve
RIGHETTI/DALE I never bet against Righetti. Ok, the last time she lost. In her nineteen year career she has lost two in a row only one time and that was in back in September and October 2009 when she was fighting at lightweight. Since moving to welter, she has not lost two in a row. I don’t care who Dale is or what she has done. Righetti will win
PAUSINI/DI PATRIZI This is the opposite of the Righetti bout. I don’t care what Di Patrizi has done. She will beat the Pausini. Any fighter who loses to Pausini should immediately be barred from fighting in the FCBA for their own good. They are a danger to themselves. Pausini loses her 34th FCBA fight in a row,
BRESLIN/V.HUDGENS. Breslin has a 16-9 record, but has lost four of her last five. Hudgens is a five time Unified Flyweight champ and is in the Hall of Fame. She has won seven of her last ten with losses being to Cameron, Cicchino and Michelle Williams, Breslin’s only advantage is that she is eight years younger and that simply isn’t going to be enough. Hudgens in four
LAMBORGHINI/LILLY. Lamborghini broke into the FCBA in 2021 with a sensational 19-4 year. Last year her record cooled off considerably to 8-7 after starting to fight better competition. She lost her first bout this year to Khalifa, a flyweight. Lilly is a seven time Unified Bantam champ and a member of the Hall. Now 43, age is becoming a factor. She has lost eight of her last eleven. Lamborghini is 15 years younger. I don’t think Lamborghini is good enough to beat Lilly even with the age difference.
KHALIFA/J.L.COLEMAN The IBB crowd is here in force. Khalifa broke in last year with a 15-5 record and won her first fight of the year, however, Boxing World holds her no better than 46 in the flyweights. Coleman has a good 29-16 record. She has won five of her last ten, but lost three of her last four fights. This will be her first fight of the year. I’m going to take a chance of Khalifa
VISMARA/LOVATO Vismara made her debut last year finishing the year with a 6-1 record. The one loss was to Spiranac. Lovato has a 47-28 record and has held the Unified bantam title once. She has won five of her last then lost her last four bouts, two to Lamborghini. Vismara is eight years younger and one inch taller but I doubt that is going to be enough. Lovato will win
LEOTTA/KYLIE JENNER. Leotta has a 19-12 record. She has lost six of her last ten with the losses being to top welters. She has wins over Palicki, Hannah Ferguson and Corrin. Jenner had a 10-3 record last year with wins over Swift (twice), Lima and her sister Kendall. Her losses were to her sister, DiDonato and Agdal. Leotta has a three inch height advantage, but that didn’t help Swift who was two inches taller. I am going with Jenner
CLAUSON/RATCHFORD. JMDD TItle
BOCCIA/UPTON. QUEEN of the BEACH TItle. Boccia has a 21-7 record and is ranked at eight in the welter while Upton is ranked at six. Upton has a record of
112-31 and has held the Unified Welter title four times. This fight is not only for this minor title but is also for the best of three. The two fought twice last year with Kate winning the first by KOing Boccia in six and Boccia knocking Kate out cold in the last bout. You know that Kate, Charlize and I form the Trio. I just can’t predict anything other than a Upton win
CICCHINO/M.B.BROWN. For the UNIFIED FLYWEIGHT Title. Brown has now won fifteen straight fights and is undefeated, but she has avoided all the top ten flyweights but Bassinger. Cicchino who has a record of 35-11 is ranked at thirteen. Cicchino has won eight of her last ten. One of those losses was to Brown. Cicchino has beaten Lily Collins. If she can beat Collins, she can beat Brown. I am going with Cicchino to end Brown’s winning streak and her title
JAMES/DIDONATO. For the UNIFIED LIGHTWEIGHT Title. James is the champ with a record of 18-0. This will be her fourth title defence. If there is a title of any kind suitable for lightweights you can expect DiDonato to show up. Unfortunately while her record is quite good at 59-25, you might say her title record sucks. She did hold the Unified Lightweight title back in 2020, but since that time she has lost four straight title Unified Lightweight title bouts. It’s about time she win one and time for James to lose. I am going with DiDonato to be the new champ
KOSTEX/T.ATKINSON. For the UNIFIED WELTERWEIGHT Title Kostex who has a 28-11 record shocked the boxing establishment by taking the title away from Lawley in an NFL (That’s not the league that plays in big stadiums) card in January. As her first defense, she chose Tahnee Atkinson. Atkinson with a 36-19 record is no tomato can. She fights a tough schedule. She has won seven of her last ten beating Hannah Ferguson (twice) Lively and Palicki. The two have fought four times with each winning two. They are the same age and height, but when it comes to the most important physical trait, its all Kostek. She’s blonde. She will retain the title
