Boxing needs blood-filled battles that captivates the hearts of all those tuning in.

 

The world faces hard-times from multiple angles and it needs some bad asses to encompass their pain.

 

Here is "The Boxing Bookie's" first half of a top ten list of brawls that need to be made for the blood-lust filled fight fans:

 

 

10. Chris Arreola-David Haye (heavyweights): I despise the big boys on more than one level. They unfairly garner much larger purses than their smaller counterparts for merely being bigger... not better. For the most part the heavyweight division is made up of Wladimir Klistchko... and everybody else. "Dr. Steelhammer" is just head and shoulders above everyone else within the miserable weight class in terms of size, speed, discipline, and conditioning. Nevertheless, there is an amusing match-up amongst the big boys that could actually provide for some interesting fireworks. Chris Arreola vs. David Haye is a fun-filled heavyweight fight that would have somebody kissing the canvas inside of two rounds. It basically makes for a big-boy fight in the manner the big boys are supposed to fight.

 

Put this fight at the Home Depot Center tennis stadium and it could draw a solid crowd. Offer from HBO... $1.5 million.

 

9. Librado Andrade-Sakio Bika (super middleweights): Rugged is the best word that could be used to describe both of these guys. While neither Bika or Andrade would ever be mistaken for a floating butterfly, they both possess wild boar toughness with solid punching power to dent their foes. With both men being allergic to taking numerous steps back, it's a fight that will create a whole lot of blood.

 

Bika-Andrade doesn't have a clear live gate home so I'd put it up in Montreal, Canada where the fight would be appreciated. Offer from ESPN... 100k.

 

8. Juan Manuel Lopez-Celestino Caballero (Super Bantamweights): Free swinging fighter versus. placement/technician puncher. This fight is not going the distance due to the holes in Caballero's defense and the power he possesses in his tall, lanky frame. Juan Manuel Lopez is considered Puerto Rico's answer to the Izrael Vazquez's and Rafael Marquez's of the world. A fight between Lopez and Caballero would either solidify the Puerto Rican's potential as the next great little big man or... annoint Caballero as thee fighter that brings pain in abundance.

 

Lopez-Caballero should without a doubt take place on the island of Puerto Rico. Offer from HBO... $1 million.

 

7. Robert Guerrero-Rocky Juarez (super featherweights): Styles makes fights and this is a fight that has the correct characters to make for a lengthy display of brutality. While some of these other bouts provide the styles to produce broken teeth from the outset, Guerrero-Juarez is a battle of attrition and clean-punching in the latter rounds. Juarez has traditionally had issues with crafty boxers who stick-and-move throughout the night. Against Guerrero, "Rocky" would have no such issues as both men bring the fight in an extremely steady manner from the beginning until the end.

 

Guerrero-Juarez belongs in San Jose, California. Offer from HBO... 350K.

 

6. Edwin Valero-Humberto Soto (lightweights): It's the battle between seasoned, underrated boxer/puncher and heavily-hyped knockout sensation. It's these types of rumbles that draw intrigue from both sides as the hyped knockout artist has question marks galore. Soto-Valero could very well play out similarly to what was Victor Ortiz-Marcos Maidana. It would combine two extremely explosive punchers that look to end the night quickly from the initial bell.

 

This fight belongs in San Diego, California (if Valero could get medical clearance) as it is a short drive from Soto's residence of Tijuana, Mexico. Offer from HBO... 750K.

The rest of the list is to be continued later on this week...

 

PS. I'm of the opinion that the budget suggested for each fight is more than fair. Total amount spent on these 5 five fights... $3.7 million.