This week's fights .....

May 1 through May 5, 2007:

TODAY - at Montreal - 10 rounds, middleweights:
Dave Hilton (40-2-2, 26 KOs) vs. Adam Green (12-4, 6 Kos).

WEDNESDAY (ESPN2)- at Miami - 10 rounds, middleweights:
Luis Ramon Campas (88-9, 72 KOs) vs. Eromosele Albert
(19-1, 19 KOs).

FRIDAY - at Las Vegas (Showtime) - 10 rounds, heavyweights:
Dominick Guinn (28-4-1, 19 KOs) vs. Eddie Chambers (28-0, 16 KOs).

FRIDAY - at Las Vegas (Telefutura) - 12 rounds, light
flyweights: Hugo Fidel Cazares (24-3-1, 18 KOs) vs. Wilfrido
Valdez Perez (23-1-3, 16 KOs).

SATURDAY - at Las Vegas (HBO PPV) - 12 rounds,
WBC light middleweight title: Oscar de la Hoya (38-4, 30 KOs)
vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (37-0, 24 KOs); 12 rounds, bantamweights:
Rey Bautista (22-0, 17 KOs) vs. Sergio Manuel Medina (28-0, 16 KOs);
10 rounds, super featherweights: Rocky Juarez (26-3, 19 KOs) vs.
Jose Andres Hernandez (22-3, 14 KOs).


Whenever I see the name "Hilton" from Canada, I'm reminded of many years ago, when teams from NYS competed against the amateur teams from the north. Tough guys. I had a friend named Bob Edgett, who had a heck of a good team in the 1960s and '70s. I think the Hiltons from the '80s had some problems outside the ring.

ESPN's Wednesday Night Fights are going to feature Yuri Boy Campas against a tough young contender. Campas fought a war against Irish sensation John Duddy a while back. He is still able to provide a serious test for the young contenders, but this is going to take a terrible toll on him in another 7 or 8 years.

ShowTime continues to provide high quality fights on their Friday night shows. They are, of course, 2nd and 3rd tier fighters, but they are putting on matches that feature the guys who will be in the top tier in the next 12 to 18 months. If Eddie Chambers can get by Dominick Guinn, he will be a top 10 heavyweight. Guinn, who was at one time considered a potential champion, has not lived up to his potential. If there is any single example of a boxer who suffers from self-doubt, it is Guinn. Too bad, because he has all the physical tools.

Also in the news is another "come back" by James "Lights Out" Toney. He will probably win a couple of fights, and then get beat by the next serious contender he fights.

I believe that ESPN is planning to showcase a number of Mayweather and De La Hoya's fights starting Friday Night. HBO will also be showing their 24/7 series.

over Campas in a one-sided fight. Campas looked old, and took far too many punches. He was awarded one round on two of the judges' cards, and three on the other's. Teddy Atlas gave him one round. I think that he lost every round.

On the undercard, former contender Fres Oquendo TKOed a kid who had few boxing skills. Although Fres scored 4 knockdowns in 6 rounds, it was a boring fight. Both men wrestled and clinched far more than they boxed. Fres, who was trained by Freddie Roach for his last fight (the disputed loss to Evander Holyfield), was trained for this fight by his father and brother. He needs to find someone who can help him recapture the promise he had from 1997 through the first 8 rounds of his first loss, to David Tua in the spring of '02.