Post by Tractorpull on Aug 13, 2019 22:22:38 GMT -6
TESS VALMORE
Once again, I present this month edition of my much ridiculed predictions. As usual, it will be littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In July I went 38-8 running my total to 1872-546 or 77% correct
LONGORIA/HEWITT We start off with a cougar fight. Longoria is now 44. She has been around the FCBA since 2004, but has only had 36 bouts, winning 20. She didn’t fight at all in 2011, 2014-15. She held the flyweight title once. She has lost her last six with her last win being in 2010. Hewitt turned 40 earlier this year. She has been in the FCBA since the beginning in 1999. She is member of the 100 fight club with 121 bouts winning 51. She has held titles in both the flyweight and bantam divisions She is currently on a eight conventional fight losing streak. I’m going with Hewitt to be the victor
CERNY/LIMA Fighters headed in opposite directions. Cerny seems to be on her way up while Lima, now 38, seems to be slipping. Lima has lost three of her last five, but all losses were to top opponents. Cerny is 3-1 for the year. Her big win was over Ambrosio who had just beaten Lima. That doesn’t mean the Cerny should beat Lima. She won’t. Lima will win
C.HOLT/S.MITCHELL Holt is 2-2 for the year with those losses being in her last two bouts. Mitchell is in a rough patch. She is 0-4 for the year and has lost her last six. The two have fought four times with Mitchell winning three of those bouts. I think Holt will close the gap with a knockout (everyone wins by a knockout)
FREGE/SCHERZINGER Scherzinger, now 41, is long past her prime and has lost five of her last six. She is fighting Frege, whose career has been an exercise in futility. As downhill as Scherzinger is, she is not that far gone. She will prevail
STEINFELD/RICKARDS Steinfeld has lost eight of her last ten including a loss to Rickards earlier this year. Rickards is 2-0 for the year and 11-4 for her career. Her list of opponents is not particularly impressive, but she is blonde. She will repeat her win
HEARD/PEREGRYM I’ll never forget Heard. Her fight a year ago got me involved in a post fight brawl and I spent the night in confinement. She’s lost four of her last five. Missy is one of my favorites and has a shot at the Hall Of Fame. This will be her 87th fight and she needs to win seven of her next fourteen. It’s going to be close, but she will make progress by winning this bout.
JUSTICE/DIZON Dizon has a great record in the BBU and a lousy one in the FCBA. She has lost four of five bouts including a loss to Frege. That should have persuaded her to stop fighting. Justice is also not championship material. She has also lost four of her last five, but she hasn’t lost to Frege. Justice wins.
BARROS/G.HADID Barros is a newbie with a 2-2 record Management pushed her too fast with her first two bouts being to Krsmanovic and Upton. She won her last two. Hadid is a more realistic opponent for a fifth fight. She has lost her last seven. The problem here is that the rookie Barros is now 37, twelve years older than Hadid. Barros will add another win to her record in a career in the FCBA that is going to be short.
LILLY/KOSARIN Two top bantams. Kosarin is 3-2 for the year, however one of her losses was to Kendall Jenner a top lightweight. Lilly is 6-0 for the year. The two have fought once before with Lilly winning. The bout could have title match implications. Lilly will repeat her victory
VANCAMP/BELLISARIO Bellisario is 1-1 for the year, but has lost six of her last ten. VanCamp a four time champion, however has lost three of her last five. One of her losses to was to Kendall Jenner, who seems to be fed bantams to boost her record that doesn’t need boosting. The two have fought three times with VanCamp winning all three. Bellisario hasn’t learned her lesson. She will lose her fourth to VanCamp
V.HUDGENS/M.WILLIAMS. Fans are treated to a bout between Hall Of Fame members who are not exactly friends. Williams has won thirteen of her last fifteen with her losses being to Stewart in a title bout and Hudgens. Hudgens has a 7-2 record for the year and is pounding on the door for a title bout. Hudgens, who has had less that half the fights that Williams has had, is eight years younger. The two have fought ten times with Hudgens winning six. I’ll go with history. Hudgens takes bout number eleven
BEER/GRANDE Beer is a newbie who has a 1-1 record. She is supposed to be a singer. If she is popular among the millennials, you can include me out. Grande is a prime example of why fighters never go away. She has lost her last thirteen and still serves the purpose of a go to for a win. This is Beer’s third bout so we can give her a break as far as her opponent is concerned. If she loses, her third fight should be her last.
E.HENSTRIDGE/EVIGAN Henstridge ended last year on a four fight win streak. That quickly went down the commode as she is 1-4 for this year against decent opponents. Evigan hasn’t done much better as she is 1-3 for the year. Two of her bouts were against Hudgens who pounded her out in six in March. Then, Evigan had the good judgement to fight Hudgens in July. It didn’t go she hoped. I’ll go with Evigan and hope Hudgens hasn’t pounded her brains out.
MAISIE WILLIAMS/KREUK Williams is 3-2 for the year with her biggest win being over Hale. Kreuk is a member of the Consortium, a prime stable that is aging. Kreuk, a member of the 100 fight club is now on the downside. She is 1-4 for the year while engaging top opponents. Her experience should prove the difference. Kruek will win fight 103.
RHODA/FLAIR I think everyone knows that I don’t like wrestlers in the FCBA. Flair has lost her last two to Upton. She is a little smaller than Rhoda and a little older. That encourages me to say that Rhoda will win. Al least I hope so.
KENDALL JENNER/WINSTEAD Winstead has lost four of her last five. Does she seek an easy fight in order to recoup? No, she chooses Kendall Jenner who she lost to earlier in the year. On the other hand, Jenner has won seven straight with her last loss being to Winstead. The two have fought three times with Jenner winning two. I would like to see Winstead wins just because she fights the toughest schedule of anyone. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that is going to happen. Jenner wins.
D.CAMPBEL/LOHAN Lohan is back. That’s really too bad. She’s another who the FCBA can do without. Campbell is another who is having a bad time recently. She has lost four of her last five. With her losses being to top opponents. Despite her recent funk, I think she will beat Lohan
BENOIST/GARDNER Benoist is 3-1 for the year with her lone loss being to Gardner’s stablemate. Bell Thorne. Gardner has lost three of her last five after losing to King in the July PPV. Gardner is younger and bigger. It won’t help as she is going to lose by a KO
O.HOLT/M.FOX Holt has won three of her last five after losing to Larson on the July PPV. One of her wins, however, was over Vanessa Hudgens. Fox has been on an unbelievable roll for the last three years being 27-2. Can Holt beat Fox? I think she can. Will she beat Fox? Probably not. The two have never fought. Fox will win
BASSINGER/KENDRICK Bassinger is a newbie who has had two fights and won both. Kendrick has lost her last nine which is exactly why Bassinger’s management made this fight. Not a bad matchup for a newbie. I don’t really know much about Bassinger. Kendrick has 15 times the experience and is 15 years older. I’m going to take a chance on Bassinger
MEIS/UNDERWOOD The only thing I know about Meis is that she is 41. I can’t find her listed in the Archives. I have no idea who she is I am going to pass
M.MOORE/PRINSLOO Moore is veteran welter who has held the welter title three times. She is pretty much of an average fighter who has had some big wins. She has a losing career record. Prinsloo has been around for four years, but has only had seventeen fights. She can be regarded as “promising” Moore should be a good test for her. Prinsloo will survive
G. HADID/BARROS Barros is a newbie who was pushed way too fast in her first two bouts losing to Krsmanovic and Upton. Since then management has become more realistic and she is now 2-2 in conventional bouts. G. Hadid is supposed to be a fighter. That’s open to question. She has lost her last seven finishing the sixth round only once. Barros should win. If she doesn’t management might look for someone above fifty in Boxing Worlds rankings for her next fight
E.STONE/MCNAMARA McNamara could be termed a newbie, although she broke in the FCBA in 2017. She has had only three fights. and she is 1-2. I’m not sure what about her persuaded management to sign her. Stone has lost eleven of her last twelve. It always amazes me that a manager with fighter like Stone, who is on her way to nowhere, keeps her around. Oh well, we will see if McNamara is going to turn out any better. I go with her to win
SCODELARIO/E.OLSEN Olsen is a better than average fighter (slightly so) She is 3-2 for the year. Scodelario is 7-3 in her last ten and was ranked at 8 in the bantams by Boxing World. Olsen was ranked at ten, but that ranking has probably gone down, I have little doubt that Scodelario will win
LOWNDES/HANRATTY Hanratty has a winning record with her wins being basically over average fighters. Lowndes doesn’t fit into that category. She is 5-1 for the year with the loss being a big upset to Rose. She won’t get upset again. Lowndes wins
CORRIGAN/SAMPAIO Corrigan is a newbie with three wins over poor fighters. Sampaio is a refugee from the BBU. She is 1-2. Would I pay to see this fight? Yes, with your money, not mine. Well anyway, let’s take a chance on Corrigan to win
KUBICKA/REFAELI Kubricka doesn’t fight much. She has had three fights in three years winning two, her wins were over basic nobodies. Things haven’t gone well for Refaeli since she was shown the door by oddman, although she continues to fight good talent. I’m going to go with Refaeli
STRIJD/KLOSS I thought I had seen a Strijd fight recently that she lost, but of course I can’t find it. I will go with her 7-4 record with her being 1-1 for the year. Kloss’s career record is 17-10. Some of the gloss surrounding her is gone. She used to be in the top ten. She is no longer in either poll. She lost two fights she had this year. She badly need this win. I think she will get it. Kloss wins.
ALDRIDGE/PALVIN Aldridge seems to becoming a streaky fighter. She won four straight, then lost three straight, and now has won her last two, Palvin had a fine first two years. Since then it has been downhill. She lost to Day in the last FNL card and now has lost six of her last seven. I am going with Aldridge
GIBBS/KURYLENKO Gibbs is definitely an up and coming lightweight. She has won eight of her last ten. Kurylenko will soon be 40 and doesn’t fight much anymore. She has had four fights in the last three years and lost all four, the last one being to Amber Heard, which is not a good thing. I have to go with Gibbs to improve her record
LYNCH/BARNES This is Barnes debut into the FCBA. She is a lightweight. Her opponent in a prime bantam who occasionally fights lightweights. She has fought Ren who is fighting for the lightweight title four times and has beaten her twice. Smackey has her ranked at 25 in the bantams. I think he has her grossly underrated. Needless to say I think Lynch is going to win.
E.WATSON/MORETZ THIS IS A MISMATCH Watson has won sixteen of her last twenty. Moretz has lost seven of her last eight. Boxing World has Watson at eleven in the flyweights. Where is Moretz? Way down at seventy-five. Now who do you think is going to win? Moretz? No, it “ain’t’ going to happen. Watson naturally
FERGUSON/BOCK THIS IS A MISMATCH Bock was the winner of a New Blood Welter tournament last year, whatever that means. The losers seem to have gotten more work than she has. She has had a total of five fights and the only two she has won were in that tournament. She has lost to some good fighters including Righetti. She wasn’t ready for Righetti and she won’t be ready for Ferguson who will win
STEWART/MENDES For the flyweight title A title defense, so do we get Hudgens? No. Well, how about Megan Fox? Nope. Lavigne? Can’t do. She used to hang out at Front Street, Lowndes? Who? Well, we get Camila Mendes! She is 2-2 for the year, but she did beat Cheryl Cole in her last fight. You know what else? Stewart has a four inch height advantage. Stewart will win
LOVATO/B.THORNE For the bantam title. Thorne is now 4-4 for the year after just beating Robbie. She had a huge win in May when she beat Lawrence, who is now a welter. She has a 26-9 career record. Not too shabby. Lovato is 8-0 for the year and this will be her fourth title defense. The two fought earlier this year with Lovato winning. Thorne could well win this fight, but I have to go with Lovato to retain the title
SWIFT/REN For the lightweight title Swift is obviously avoiding Kendall Jenner in a title fight. There’s a good reason. She has fought Jenner three times and got pounded into oblivion each time. So now Ren gets the call. She has a 24-6 record and is 5-2 for the year. Four of her wins, however, were over bantams. Last year she was 6-1 and beat not only Swift, but Kendall Jenner. Ren is a definite threat. I am going to take a chance on Ren to take the title (while my record in predicting fights overall is pretty good, my record in title fights is kind of miserable)
RIGHETTI.KOSTEK It’s now Kostek’s turn as Amanda marches through the welters. Does Kostek deserve a title shot? Yes. Will she win? Now you know the drill Obviously, Righetti will lose sometime but until she does. I am not betting against her.
Once again, I present this month edition of my much ridiculed predictions. As usual, it will be littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In July I went 38-8 running my total to 1872-546 or 77% correct
LONGORIA/HEWITT We start off with a cougar fight. Longoria is now 44. She has been around the FCBA since 2004, but has only had 36 bouts, winning 20. She didn’t fight at all in 2011, 2014-15. She held the flyweight title once. She has lost her last six with her last win being in 2010. Hewitt turned 40 earlier this year. She has been in the FCBA since the beginning in 1999. She is member of the 100 fight club with 121 bouts winning 51. She has held titles in both the flyweight and bantam divisions She is currently on a eight conventional fight losing streak. I’m going with Hewitt to be the victor
CERNY/LIMA Fighters headed in opposite directions. Cerny seems to be on her way up while Lima, now 38, seems to be slipping. Lima has lost three of her last five, but all losses were to top opponents. Cerny is 3-1 for the year. Her big win was over Ambrosio who had just beaten Lima. That doesn’t mean the Cerny should beat Lima. She won’t. Lima will win
C.HOLT/S.MITCHELL Holt is 2-2 for the year with those losses being in her last two bouts. Mitchell is in a rough patch. She is 0-4 for the year and has lost her last six. The two have fought four times with Mitchell winning three of those bouts. I think Holt will close the gap with a knockout (everyone wins by a knockout)
FREGE/SCHERZINGER Scherzinger, now 41, is long past her prime and has lost five of her last six. She is fighting Frege, whose career has been an exercise in futility. As downhill as Scherzinger is, she is not that far gone. She will prevail
STEINFELD/RICKARDS Steinfeld has lost eight of her last ten including a loss to Rickards earlier this year. Rickards is 2-0 for the year and 11-4 for her career. Her list of opponents is not particularly impressive, but she is blonde. She will repeat her win
HEARD/PEREGRYM I’ll never forget Heard. Her fight a year ago got me involved in a post fight brawl and I spent the night in confinement. She’s lost four of her last five. Missy is one of my favorites and has a shot at the Hall Of Fame. This will be her 87th fight and she needs to win seven of her next fourteen. It’s going to be close, but she will make progress by winning this bout.
JUSTICE/DIZON Dizon has a great record in the BBU and a lousy one in the FCBA. She has lost four of five bouts including a loss to Frege. That should have persuaded her to stop fighting. Justice is also not championship material. She has also lost four of her last five, but she hasn’t lost to Frege. Justice wins.
BARROS/G.HADID Barros is a newbie with a 2-2 record Management pushed her too fast with her first two bouts being to Krsmanovic and Upton. She won her last two. Hadid is a more realistic opponent for a fifth fight. She has lost her last seven. The problem here is that the rookie Barros is now 37, twelve years older than Hadid. Barros will add another win to her record in a career in the FCBA that is going to be short.
LILLY/KOSARIN Two top bantams. Kosarin is 3-2 for the year, however one of her losses was to Kendall Jenner a top lightweight. Lilly is 6-0 for the year. The two have fought once before with Lilly winning. The bout could have title match implications. Lilly will repeat her victory
VANCAMP/BELLISARIO Bellisario is 1-1 for the year, but has lost six of her last ten. VanCamp a four time champion, however has lost three of her last five. One of her losses to was to Kendall Jenner, who seems to be fed bantams to boost her record that doesn’t need boosting. The two have fought three times with VanCamp winning all three. Bellisario hasn’t learned her lesson. She will lose her fourth to VanCamp
V.HUDGENS/M.WILLIAMS. Fans are treated to a bout between Hall Of Fame members who are not exactly friends. Williams has won thirteen of her last fifteen with her losses being to Stewart in a title bout and Hudgens. Hudgens has a 7-2 record for the year and is pounding on the door for a title bout. Hudgens, who has had less that half the fights that Williams has had, is eight years younger. The two have fought ten times with Hudgens winning six. I’ll go with history. Hudgens takes bout number eleven
BEER/GRANDE Beer is a newbie who has a 1-1 record. She is supposed to be a singer. If she is popular among the millennials, you can include me out. Grande is a prime example of why fighters never go away. She has lost her last thirteen and still serves the purpose of a go to for a win. This is Beer’s third bout so we can give her a break as far as her opponent is concerned. If she loses, her third fight should be her last.
E.HENSTRIDGE/EVIGAN Henstridge ended last year on a four fight win streak. That quickly went down the commode as she is 1-4 for this year against decent opponents. Evigan hasn’t done much better as she is 1-3 for the year. Two of her bouts were against Hudgens who pounded her out in six in March. Then, Evigan had the good judgement to fight Hudgens in July. It didn’t go she hoped. I’ll go with Evigan and hope Hudgens hasn’t pounded her brains out.
MAISIE WILLIAMS/KREUK Williams is 3-2 for the year with her biggest win being over Hale. Kreuk is a member of the Consortium, a prime stable that is aging. Kreuk, a member of the 100 fight club is now on the downside. She is 1-4 for the year while engaging top opponents. Her experience should prove the difference. Kruek will win fight 103.
RHODA/FLAIR I think everyone knows that I don’t like wrestlers in the FCBA. Flair has lost her last two to Upton. She is a little smaller than Rhoda and a little older. That encourages me to say that Rhoda will win. Al least I hope so.
KENDALL JENNER/WINSTEAD Winstead has lost four of her last five. Does she seek an easy fight in order to recoup? No, she chooses Kendall Jenner who she lost to earlier in the year. On the other hand, Jenner has won seven straight with her last loss being to Winstead. The two have fought three times with Jenner winning two. I would like to see Winstead wins just because she fights the toughest schedule of anyone. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that is going to happen. Jenner wins.
D.CAMPBEL/LOHAN Lohan is back. That’s really too bad. She’s another who the FCBA can do without. Campbell is another who is having a bad time recently. She has lost four of her last five. With her losses being to top opponents. Despite her recent funk, I think she will beat Lohan
BENOIST/GARDNER Benoist is 3-1 for the year with her lone loss being to Gardner’s stablemate. Bell Thorne. Gardner has lost three of her last five after losing to King in the July PPV. Gardner is younger and bigger. It won’t help as she is going to lose by a KO
O.HOLT/M.FOX Holt has won three of her last five after losing to Larson on the July PPV. One of her wins, however, was over Vanessa Hudgens. Fox has been on an unbelievable roll for the last three years being 27-2. Can Holt beat Fox? I think she can. Will she beat Fox? Probably not. The two have never fought. Fox will win
BASSINGER/KENDRICK Bassinger is a newbie who has had two fights and won both. Kendrick has lost her last nine which is exactly why Bassinger’s management made this fight. Not a bad matchup for a newbie. I don’t really know much about Bassinger. Kendrick has 15 times the experience and is 15 years older. I’m going to take a chance on Bassinger
MEIS/UNDERWOOD The only thing I know about Meis is that she is 41. I can’t find her listed in the Archives. I have no idea who she is I am going to pass
M.MOORE/PRINSLOO Moore is veteran welter who has held the welter title three times. She is pretty much of an average fighter who has had some big wins. She has a losing career record. Prinsloo has been around for four years, but has only had seventeen fights. She can be regarded as “promising” Moore should be a good test for her. Prinsloo will survive
G. HADID/BARROS Barros is a newbie who was pushed way too fast in her first two bouts losing to Krsmanovic and Upton. Since then management has become more realistic and she is now 2-2 in conventional bouts. G. Hadid is supposed to be a fighter. That’s open to question. She has lost her last seven finishing the sixth round only once. Barros should win. If she doesn’t management might look for someone above fifty in Boxing Worlds rankings for her next fight
E.STONE/MCNAMARA McNamara could be termed a newbie, although she broke in the FCBA in 2017. She has had only three fights. and she is 1-2. I’m not sure what about her persuaded management to sign her. Stone has lost eleven of her last twelve. It always amazes me that a manager with fighter like Stone, who is on her way to nowhere, keeps her around. Oh well, we will see if McNamara is going to turn out any better. I go with her to win
SCODELARIO/E.OLSEN Olsen is a better than average fighter (slightly so) She is 3-2 for the year. Scodelario is 7-3 in her last ten and was ranked at 8 in the bantams by Boxing World. Olsen was ranked at ten, but that ranking has probably gone down, I have little doubt that Scodelario will win
LOWNDES/HANRATTY Hanratty has a winning record with her wins being basically over average fighters. Lowndes doesn’t fit into that category. She is 5-1 for the year with the loss being a big upset to Rose. She won’t get upset again. Lowndes wins
CORRIGAN/SAMPAIO Corrigan is a newbie with three wins over poor fighters. Sampaio is a refugee from the BBU. She is 1-2. Would I pay to see this fight? Yes, with your money, not mine. Well anyway, let’s take a chance on Corrigan to win
KUBICKA/REFAELI Kubricka doesn’t fight much. She has had three fights in three years winning two, her wins were over basic nobodies. Things haven’t gone well for Refaeli since she was shown the door by oddman, although she continues to fight good talent. I’m going to go with Refaeli
STRIJD/KLOSS I thought I had seen a Strijd fight recently that she lost, but of course I can’t find it. I will go with her 7-4 record with her being 1-1 for the year. Kloss’s career record is 17-10. Some of the gloss surrounding her is gone. She used to be in the top ten. She is no longer in either poll. She lost two fights she had this year. She badly need this win. I think she will get it. Kloss wins.
ALDRIDGE/PALVIN Aldridge seems to becoming a streaky fighter. She won four straight, then lost three straight, and now has won her last two, Palvin had a fine first two years. Since then it has been downhill. She lost to Day in the last FNL card and now has lost six of her last seven. I am going with Aldridge
GIBBS/KURYLENKO Gibbs is definitely an up and coming lightweight. She has won eight of her last ten. Kurylenko will soon be 40 and doesn’t fight much anymore. She has had four fights in the last three years and lost all four, the last one being to Amber Heard, which is not a good thing. I have to go with Gibbs to improve her record
LYNCH/BARNES This is Barnes debut into the FCBA. She is a lightweight. Her opponent in a prime bantam who occasionally fights lightweights. She has fought Ren who is fighting for the lightweight title four times and has beaten her twice. Smackey has her ranked at 25 in the bantams. I think he has her grossly underrated. Needless to say I think Lynch is going to win.
E.WATSON/MORETZ THIS IS A MISMATCH Watson has won sixteen of her last twenty. Moretz has lost seven of her last eight. Boxing World has Watson at eleven in the flyweights. Where is Moretz? Way down at seventy-five. Now who do you think is going to win? Moretz? No, it “ain’t’ going to happen. Watson naturally
FERGUSON/BOCK THIS IS A MISMATCH Bock was the winner of a New Blood Welter tournament last year, whatever that means. The losers seem to have gotten more work than she has. She has had a total of five fights and the only two she has won were in that tournament. She has lost to some good fighters including Righetti. She wasn’t ready for Righetti and she won’t be ready for Ferguson who will win
STEWART/MENDES For the flyweight title A title defense, so do we get Hudgens? No. Well, how about Megan Fox? Nope. Lavigne? Can’t do. She used to hang out at Front Street, Lowndes? Who? Well, we get Camila Mendes! She is 2-2 for the year, but she did beat Cheryl Cole in her last fight. You know what else? Stewart has a four inch height advantage. Stewart will win
LOVATO/B.THORNE For the bantam title. Thorne is now 4-4 for the year after just beating Robbie. She had a huge win in May when she beat Lawrence, who is now a welter. She has a 26-9 career record. Not too shabby. Lovato is 8-0 for the year and this will be her fourth title defense. The two fought earlier this year with Lovato winning. Thorne could well win this fight, but I have to go with Lovato to retain the title
SWIFT/REN For the lightweight title Swift is obviously avoiding Kendall Jenner in a title fight. There’s a good reason. She has fought Jenner three times and got pounded into oblivion each time. So now Ren gets the call. She has a 24-6 record and is 5-2 for the year. Four of her wins, however, were over bantams. Last year she was 6-1 and beat not only Swift, but Kendall Jenner. Ren is a definite threat. I am going to take a chance on Ren to take the title (while my record in predicting fights overall is pretty good, my record in title fights is kind of miserable)
RIGHETTI.KOSTEK It’s now Kostek’s turn as Amanda marches through the welters. Does Kostek deserve a title shot? Yes. Will she win? Now you know the drill Obviously, Righetti will lose sometime but until she does. I am not betting against her.
