Mark Lyons checks in with this week's edition of One More Round.

This past Saturday, we saw a terrific fight from Japan between Hugo Cazares and Nobuo Nashiro, followed by Kermit Cintron demonstrating the proper tuck and roll method for jumping out of a burning building. I can’t say the prospects of a Paulie Malignaggi fight headlining an HBO card have me overly excited for this weekend, but Katisids/Mitchell & Ortiz/Campbell are very interesting and at least Kermit Cintron isn’t on the card.

This past weekend's action...

As you can tell by the intro, I’m of the opinion than Cintron dove out of the ring of his own volition. The editors of this site disagree with me, but I honestly don’t think there is an option B, it was plain as day in my opinion.

Up until that point, the in-ring action was pedestrian to put it mildly, but Kermit was fairing well in the proceedings. The Paul Wiliams camp came in thinking Cintron was only dangerous early, so Paul keeping his foot on the brake was by design. But looking slow and not being able to land when he threw was not part of the plan. Paul did not look sharp at all. He turned up the heat in the fourth and things were looking interesting when Cintron, well you know the rest.

I really have no idea why Cintron would do that in a fight he could have easily been winning. But this isn’t the first incident with him that has left me puzzled. Hearing that they were complaining that it would go to the cards, a ridiculous rule by the way, almost makes it sound like a game plan. The best way I can explain it to anyone who didn’t see it would be like a scene in a Die Hard or Lethal Weapon movie when somebody yells, "Everybody Get Down, Bomb!" right before an explosion.

As Kermit planted his left foot and drove with all of his force to springboard out of the ring, I must admit that I seriously laughed out loud. It wasn’t hard to catch at full speed, on slow mo it was a Saturday Night Live skit. As I watched poor Kermit wheeled off on a stretcher as a visibly shocked Buffer read off the cards I laughed again thinking that Cintron might go 1-0-1 against two P4P fighters while quitting in both fights.

I stayed up well into the morning and after the sunset Friday night to watch the rematch between Hugo Cazares and Nabuo Nashiro from Japan. It was well worth the following day’s exhaustion as they delivered one of the year’s best fights. Last years draw was action packed and this was even better, if not quite as close. Cazares looked strong and closed strong during the action packed final four rounds for a well earned decision. Well worth a YouTube viewing if you haven’t seen it. I feel odd giving credit for what should be the norm, but fight by fight I don’t know if there is a country that doles out fairer decisions than Japan does. I’d love to have some of their judges in major US fights.

Looking ahead to this weekend's fights...

I enjoy watching Amir Khan fight, he is fast and technically good. Not to mention his chin provides a drama to most any fight. Except for this one.  I’ll be blunt, not only can Malignaggi not win this fight, I don't believe he can even make it competitive. One thing I have to give Paulie is that he does have a strong chin. So it’s just a question of whether or not he can last the distance. His only advantage in the fight is his ability to take a shot compared to Khan, but his complete lack of power renders that moot. Khan by 12-0 decision in a fight that gets very ugly late.

Thankfully, the under-card gives us a far more intriguing fight from my perspective. I think Victor Ortiz has been given a bit of a bad wrap for the Maidana fight. He showed that he isn’t Matthew Saad Muhammad, not many are. But he took a great deal of punishment and his eye was in terrible shape. That being said, if Nate still has it in him, his inside work can certainly break Ortiz down.

I have to expect Ortiz to start well early and use his speed advantage to land combinations while Campbell begins to lay the ground work with his body attack. Nate should pick it up around the 3rd or 4th and then we will see what Victor is truly made of. It’s really hard to back an older fighter that fights so infrequently, but Campbell’s style just screams at me here and I’m going to take Nate by decision in a good one. Not that me picking experience over youth is any sort of upset.

Across the pond, Kevin Mitchell steps up to take on Michael Katsidis in another fight that is tough to call. Kevin is the more fluid boxer, but this is a big step up in class for him. If the fight lives up to the words being uttered before it then you should expect a belter. I believe that’s the proper terminology. In this one, I’m going to go with the hometown guy to get off the deck and box his way to a tight decision win.

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