Post by Tractorpull on Jul 14, 2019 16:13:03 GMT -6
TESS VALMORE
Once again, I present this month’s edition of our much ridiculed predictions. As usual, it will be littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In the June predictions, I went 43-13 running my total to 1834-538 or 77% correct
JUSTICE/BASSINGER Bassinger won her first fight in the June PPV beating Parrish who is terrible. Now she goes against Justice, who although she has gotten positive comments in the past is a little less than average fighter. She broke a three fight losing steak with a win in the June PPV. Justice has fought some good talent and with her the experience. I go with Justice to win
ZENDAYA/DAY Zendaya is a 5’10” lightweight who goes by her first name (I had to go to IMDB to find out where she could be listed in the Archives). She has a 4-5 record after losing her last two bouts to a couple of good fighters. Day comes from the New Blood tournaments. She is 4-0 after winning the tournament which essentially means she hasn’t beaten anyone. Zendaya by a KO
PEREGRYM/SAGRA I admit that Missy is one of my favorites. She has a terrible 2018, but is trying to get back on track and has won both her bouts this year. A four time champion in two divisions. She needs to win seven of her next fifteen to be admitted to the Hall Of Fame. At the age of 37, the clock is ticking. Sagra is ranked in the top ten in both World Boxing and Tractorpull with Tractorpull having her at four. I would be delighted to see Peregrym win, but unfortunately I don’t think that is going to happen Sagra will win
D.CAMPBELL/LOWNDES Campbell is a good fighter who was tearing up the flyweights, but has recently fallen on hard times losing five of her last seven. Lowndes on the other hand has won four of her last five Boxing World has Lowndes ranked at five in the flyweights. I think that rating is inflated but I will go with Lowndes to win
S.MITCHELL/DOBREV Mitchell is another who has fallen on hard times. She has lost five straight and fallen to 26 in Boxing Worlds bantam rankings. Dobrev, on the other hand has won five of her last six, the loss being to Lovato in a title fight. I expect Dobrev to continue her winning ways.
McNAMARA/CARSON These two have a combined total of four fights and a combined total of zero wins. I don’t know who these two are and neither is blonde. McNamara in her last fight lost to Collins. Carson lost to Moretz Since Collins is a better fighter than Moretz, I have to go with McNamara
E.HENSTRIDGE/GOMEZ Henstridge who has won three of four this year is ranked at 26 in the flyweights. Gomez who has won three of her last five is ranked at 22 by Boxing World. Gomez is a good friend of my BFF, so I have to go with Gomez although I would have gone with her anyway
SCODELARIO/CHOPRA The is a top bantam fight. Both are members of he top ten bantams Chopra has won seven of her last eight with the lone loss being to Lovato is a title fight. Scodelario has won six of her last eight with her losses being to Kosarin and Lilly. Chopra has been impressive recently, but I am going to have to go with Scodelario to win
AMBROSIO/CERNY Cerny has had seven bouts two of which were at JMDD, She is 4-1 in conventional fights She is 2-1 for the year with one win being over Lopilato who is a bantam. Ambrosio had a eight fight win streak broken in her title to Swift. I look for Ambrosio to get back on track with a win
RHODA/GARNN This is Garnn’s debut in the FCBA. I know nothing about her other than she has a 6-1 in the BBU, but then I also don’t know anything about the BBU. Rhoda, I know, so I will go with Rhoda to win
KENDALL JENNER/KOSARIN Jenner is one of the top lightweights and has won her last six straight. Kosarin is one of the top bantams. When a top lightweight fights a top bantam, I always go with the lightweight. Jenner by a KO
C.MENDES/C.COLE Mendes has lost four of her last five. Cole has lost three of four this year. Cole is slightly taller and has had vastly more experience. I go with Cole to win
C.HOLT/LARSON Larson comes into the bout with an 8-3 record and on a four fight win streak. Holt is an on and off fighter who is somewhat unpredictable. She has won her last three with a big win over Ratajkowski. I think Holt will stop Larson’s win streak
OLSEN/S.BUSH Olsen has won four of her last six with the losses being to Kosarin and Ratajkowski.Bush is 3-2 for the year after beating Chastain in the last Doll Ball. Bush seems to have a lot of supporters, but I think Olsen will win
DiDONATO/PALICKI DiDonato is making waves in the lightweights. She has won seven of her last eight with her lone loss being to Ambrosio. Palicki is 1-2 for the year and has won four of her last six. The two time champion is a heavy hitter and one of the most dangerous lightweights despite her record being a little over 50% wins. I am going to have to go with Palicki to put a dent in DiDonato’s crusade to the top ten
LILLY/WOODLEY THIS IS A MISMATCH. Woodley evened her record at 7-7 after beating Dixon in the June PPV. On the other hand, Lilly, a six time unified champion, has won her last twelve, beating top bantams and being ducked by the champions since September of last year. I don’t expect Woodley to be much of a challenge. Lilly will win whenever she wants to end it.
V.HUDGENS/EVIGAN Well this is really embarrassing. In looking at Hudgens record, I discovered that Hudgens belongs in the Hall OF Fame and should have been inducted in February. She will be formally inducted next week. At present, She is on a five fight win streak. Evigan has lost her last three. In fact, in her last fight she lost to Hudgens by a TKO6 History will repeat. Hudgens chalks up win 70
CUTHBERT/M.FOX THIS IS A MISMATCH. Fox, while she has only held the title once, but has won 25 of her last 27. She is 3-1 for the year with her loss being to Michelle Williams. Cuthbert had one fight this year in beating Alba which is no big deal. That was her first fight since 2015. I don’t think the 37 year old Cuthbert is going to beat Fox, even in her dreams.
BEER/TISDALE Beer was introduced to the FCBA by Electra in order to give her precious little darling an easy win. Since then some managers have expressed interest including the Wiz. Why, I don’t know. She will be facing Tisdale in her second bout. Tisdale is a go to fighter for a win. She has lost her last ten and 13 out of 14. Her last win was almost six years ago. Beer should win. If she don’t interest is going to drop
B.THORNE/ROBBIE Thorne is having a little rough year, but can even her record with a win over Robbie. Robbie has beaten Ratajkowski and Minka Kelly but she lost to Winnick. If she can’t beat Winnick (nothing against Winnick) she is not going to beat Thorne. Thorne evens her record
CHASTAIN/WILDE Chastain lost the second fight of her career in the last Doll Ball Now she wants to bounce back against Wilde Wilde was once a top bantam before Bazz deteriorated In the last three years she has lost eight of her last ten, including a loss to Winnick I like Chastain, but this fight is not going to be a walk in the park. I may regret it, but I am taking a chance on Chastain
K.BELL/SEYFIELD Bell is a three time champion with her last title being in 2013. She has lost six of her last seven after losing to Panettiere in the June PPV. According to the Archive Seyfield’s last fight was on March 31, 2017 She lost to Kristen Bell. I doubt it will surprise you that I am picking Bell to win again
AMBER HEARD/KURYLENKO I’ll never forget Heard who is 0-4 for the 2018. In August of last year she lost a bout to Lively which ended up in a post fight brawl. I ended up fighting with almost the whole Chimera stable and while winning, I ended up in jail and had to cut a deal with McMahon to get the charges dropped. Kurylenko hasn’t been active in the last couple years. She has had only three fights since 2016 and lost them all. In April this year, she lost to Agdal. Heard is on the road to nowhere and is no Agdal, but she should be able to beat Kurylenko
MICHELLE WILLIAMS/HALE This is Williams first fight since losing the title in March and having an eleven fight win streak broken. Since losing the title in 2016, Hale has become an average fighter. She has fought Williams once before and lost. She will lose again
N.SCOTT/BENSON Scott is a refugee from the New Blood tournaments. She has a 3-2 record beating no one of any note. Benson has lost four of her last five. She is 1-0 in conventional fights this year beating Henstridge. If she can beat Henstridge, she should be able to beat Scott
PIETERSE/McCARTHY Pieterse hasn’t been very active in the last three years. She has won two of three beating Santoro and Drayton. I guess some think that Mac and I are mortal enemies. Actually we are friends. It’s a love-hate relationship. Every month at the Asylum, I end up wanting to stomp her aging butt, but it blows over and we are quite genial. I have to work with her at the Asylum, so in order to keep a little peace, I am going to predict Mac will win.
SWANEPOEL/GIBBS Swanepoel is less than an average lightweight who can pull an upset now and then as she did in March beating Agdal She hasn’t been very active in the last two years. Gibbs is an up and coming lightweight. She is 4-2 for the year Her win over Agdal will probably put her in the top twenty. I think she will beat Swanepoel without too much trouble
MOORE/PATTON Two top twenty fighters, both with losing records, That happens in the slim welter division Moore is a three time champion despite losing 56% of her fights. Patton has also lost 56% of her fights. Patton is now 43 which is 8 years older than Moore. Both have reputations as being heavy hitters. They have never met before. I think Moore will win
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D.R.RUSSELL/E.ROBERTS THIS IS A BLATANT MISMATCH I realize Electra doesn’t care for the word “gimme” so this is a mismatch. I also realize this match was made before Robert’s loss to Lowndes, but she wasn’t having a very good year before that bout. Roberts was ranked at 8 in the last Boxing worlds rankings. Where is Russell, who has lost two of three ranked? Out of 206 flyweights, she doesn’t make it into the rankings. Yeah, I seriously think that Roberts is going to win
FISHEL/VANTYRB Fishel is now 38. A member of the Hall Of Fame She is another whose number of bouts (229) have taken their toll on her body. She has lost her last six conventional bouts with her last win being in October 2015. Vantyrb is just another newbie trying to make a name by beating a Hall Of Fame member who is way past her prime and a shadow of her former self. She way well do it, but I hope that Fishel wins. If she don’t, she should consider retiring for good. I’m going with Fishel
THERON/HOLMES Theron getting back in the ring after the horrible mismatch she was forced into in February. She’s looking to get her mojo back in preparation for a cougar campaign She takes on Holmes who is in her forties, but a couple years younger than the GOAT. Holmes hasn’t been active recently, her last fight being back in June 2016. She has lost four of her last five, beating Berry in January 2015 Theron has lost five of her last nine as management continued to put her in with good much younger fighters, most of whom are ranked. The two fought once before with CT winning by a decision way back in 2005. I think Theron will repeat her win
L.COLLINS/S.HUDGENS Collins who has a 21-6 record is 3-2 for the year. Her losses were to Michelle Williams and Emma Roberts. Her wins were over average fighters and one newbie. She is 1-1 against Stella’s sister. Hudgens has a 10-5 record and is 3-1 for the year after losing to Hale in the June PPV. Collins will win
E.WATSON/KENDRICK Watson was sub-average fighter until she suddenly caught fire in 2018 and has a 14-4 record since then. She was ranked at 11 in the flyweights in Boxing World’s last rankings. Kendrick was doing fine until October, 2017. Since then, she has lost seven straight while fighting good opponents. The two have fought once before with Kendrick winning. I am going to go with Watson
LOPILATO/MUNN Lopilato has won eight of her last ten and while fighting Yustman and Cerny, for the most part the opposition has been so-so. That good enough to get her ranked at 27 in the bantams. Munn is another that has fallen on hard times. She has lost seven straight conventional bouts. Her last win was in March 2017. While I am not sold on Lopilato, I think she will win this bout
K.STEWART/M.CYRUS For the flyweight title. Everyone knows that I have serious issues with Stewart, so we are not going to go into that again. I’m not sure why Cyrus got this bout. Probably because she is a name and has a record that is slightly above water. She is 4-4 in her last eight, losing to good fighters and beating also rans The two fought once before back in May of 2012 with Stewart winning. Stewart will repeat
LOVATO/MAWBY For the bantam crown. Mawby got a title fight after being in three conventional fights. Eight of her fights have been at JMD and one at BMD whatever that is. She is 2-1 in conventional fights with the loss being to Lovato Lovato is no stranger to JMD, but she has won her eight last conventional bouts. I hope Lovato wins. I think she will
SWIFT/STRAHOVSKI Swift is 5-1 for the year after successfully defending her title against Perry. Strahovski is one of my favorites and has won seven of her last eight with the loss being to Kendall Jenner. I said that Swift was 5-1 for the year. That one loss was to Strahovski. It’s going to happen again
RIGHETTI/REGAN Five years ago this would have been super fight. The two ruled the welters. Now Regan has lost seven of her last eleven including a loss to Kendall Jenner, a lightweight. In the meantime, Righetti has won 23 of her last 24 and defended the title five times. The two have fought six times. This will be for the best of seven since their record against each other is 3-3. Regan has a chance, but it’s the old story. I don’t bet against Amanda
The appearance of Garnn on this card bring the new fighters to 49 for the year