The Contender II

[BigWeiner]

hey fellas...I saw the replays tonoght for the first time......The first fight between K-9 and forbes was a pretty good one.....Power/strength against speed........the next fight pitted 2 guys....1 who has a whole lot of heart and a supposed good boxer........The second fight showed 2 guys laying it on the line and i applaud that, but and it is a BIG BUT, both these fighters have HUGE holes in their games......1 guy lost so it does not matter....the other one is wide open to eat rights and combinations....He poses (means he watches after he throws) and he puts distance when he should be closing in (meaning he eats power punches)...also when he throws his jab he does not move his head well at all and someone will land and time a big right....

I concur with Weiner that forbes should win this .....easily

Great to hear Tony

[frankb03]

hey fellas...I saw the replays tonoght for the first time......The first fight between K-9 and forbes was a pretty good one.....Power/strength against speed........the next fight pitted 2 guys....1 who has a whole lot of heart and a supposed good boxer........The second fight showed 2 guys laying it on the line and i applaud that, but and it is a BIG BUT, both these fighters have HUGE holes in their games......1 guy lost so it does not matter....the other one is wide open to eat rights and combinations....He poses (means he watches after he throws) and he puts distance when he should be closing in (meaning he eats power punches)...also when he throws his jab he does not move his head well at all and someone will land and time a big right....

TTT, my no means am I a boxing expert. With no technical expertise I think Grady is the better fighter. Forbes keeps flailing away. Most of his blows don't land. The ones that do pack very little power and do little damage. Forbes is an expert at 'stealing' rounds, especially late in the round. I've never been impressed with Forbes.

In Forbes' three matches he's never hurt any fighter. I don't think Grady will fear him. Grady was hurt by Bravo. But I don't think Forbes can hurt Grady. Grady has hurt each fighter he's faced. He gave Bravo a beating.

The main reason I like Grady is for the first time in his career he has the time to train. He's said numerous times in the show he works 10-12 hours days. He never had the chance to train properly. In Contender, training is all he's done for weeks or months. I think Grady has improved with each fight.

The only way I see Forbes winning is if he's allowed to steal rounds.

My money is going on Grady +191

[frankb03]

i hated k9 i wanted walter wright to beat his ass. forbes should be a huge favorite, but grady dominated every round against bravo with the exception of that knockdown in the 1st

I liked K9 from the beginning. He was the underdog. The last boxer chosen. Did anyone notice how big he got throughout the show?

I disliked Wright. I don't like cocky athletes.

[BigWeiner]

TTT, my no means am I a boxing expert. With no technical expertise I think Grady is the better fighter. Forbes keeps flailing away. Most of his blows don't land. The ones that do pack very little power and do little damage. Forbes is an expert at 'stealing' rounds, especially late in the round. I've never been impressed with Forbes.

In Forbes' three matches he's never hurt any fighter. I don't think Grady will fear him. Grady was hurt by Bravo. But I don't think Forbes can hurt Grady. Grady has hurt each fighter he's faced. He gave Bravo a beating.

The main reason I like Grady is for the first time in his career he has the time to train. He's said numerous times in the show he works 10-12 hours days. He never had the chance to train properly. In Contender, training is all he's done for weeks or months. I think Grady has improved with each fight.

The only way I see Forbes winning is if he's allowed to steal rounds.

My money is going on Grady +191

I couldn't disagree more. I thought Fobres' first fight was the best fight of the whole show, and I thought the guy he beat was one of the best boxers on the show. I think Vinroy looked like he hadn't been touched after his fight with Grady. Grady's punches looked terrible to me, it looked like he never had a professional fight. Forbes doesn't have much power I'll give you that, but his combinations are lightening quick. K-9 looked like he had zero professional training, all he would do was hold the opponents arm and punch with his free hand, he should've been docked points in every fight and been DQ'ed. I'm no boxing expert, like I said from the beginning, maybe the tv editors fooled me, but Forbes was the better boxer by a landslide.

[BigWeiner]

Grady Brewer is 21-11 with 12 knockouts
His 11 loses spread out throughout his meaningless career.
Steve Forbes is 32-3 9 knockouts
He had the Super Featherweight Title, not confirmed, but I believe so. He won 6 of his last 7 fights not including the 3 contender fights.

I had no idea what their records were when I decided that Forbes would win this fight, I was basing it purely on what I saw.

[frankb03]

I couldn't disagree more. I thought Fobres' first fight was the best fight of the whole show, and I thought the guy he beat was one of the best boxers on the show. I think Vinroy looked like he hadn't been touched after his fight with Grady. Grady's punches looked terrible to me, it looked like he never had a professional fight. Forbes doesn't have much power I'll give you that, but his combinations are lightening quick. K-9 looked like he had zero professional training, all he would do was hold the opponents arm and punch with his free hand, he should've been docked points in every fight and been DQ'ed. I'm no boxing expert, like I said from the beginning, maybe the tv editors fooled me, but Forbes was the better boxer by a landslide.

ESPN edits the show for added drama. In Grady's first fight vs Vinroy the scoring was 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47.

I agree. Forbes' first fight was one of the better fights against a very good opponent, Freddy Curiel. Forbes won a split decision in his 2nd fight vs Nick Acevedo.

[BigWeiner]

29 year old Forbes against 35 year old Grady, it's on tonight.
Good luck everybody

[kbsooner21]

I thought Brewer was fighting tonight?

I may be totally off base here cause I don't watch the show, but my book had Forbes vs Brewer??

[10DimeBry]

I thought Brewer was fighting tonight?

I may be totally off base here cause I don't watch the show,me and my boyfriend are glued to DWTS, but my book had Forbes vs Brewer??

LOL i knew it

[BigWeiner]

I thought Brewer was fighting tonight?

I may be totally off base here cause I don't watch the show, but my book had Forbes vs Brewer??

Grady Brewer. Were you watching the dancing show too?

[kbsooner21]

hell no

I haven't watched contender though either.

[10DimeBry]

Grady Brewer. Were you watching the dancing show too?

yes he sure was. he even admits to watching it with his male friend. if you think i'm lying please ck out DWTS thread in non gambling.

[thaikarate1]

The chicks are not that great looking this time around.

please bring back Kelly!

[STaylor36]

Here's a decent value I found if you think Brewer has a shot tonight.

Will Brewer Win By Decision? YES +460


I think Forbes is the better fighter but Brewer has been very impressive so far and has a decent chance tonight. I don't think he could possibly knock out the admittedly superior Forbes, so if he does win it would probably be by a decision.

I took this bet for half a unit at +460 on Pinny.

Good luck.

[MRhotPICKS]

Forbes has something I don't think the others have... Stamina!! You can see them all tailing off towards the 4th and 5th rounds... I have been watching this from the beginning and would love to see some type of prop bet that has Grady for the first 4 rounds and Forbes for the last 6... I think its supposed to go 10 rounds anyway...

The sentimental pick is Grady... underdog, not been a professional before... The right pick I think is Forbes... if he isn't too cocky in the first round like he has been throughout this, he can get it done... But Grady will take the first round... Forbes just messes around using it as a warm up... watch and see