NSB PICK EM 2022 #29 SATURDAY 7th MAY

[PICK EM CREW]

Saturday 7th May 2022




Las Vegas, NV USA (UTC-7)


Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol



12 ROUNDS

BETTING ODDS:

Canelo: (-475) Bivol: (+330) X2 on Dmitry





Optional X5 Multiplier only applicable on Bivol

Ways fighters can win:

DECISION: CLOSE (0-9), CLEAR (10 - 18), WIDE (19+)
KO: EARLY (1-4), MID (5-8) or LATE (9-12)

Examples of the ways you can state your decision:

PICK EM CREW, Bivol, KO, Mid x5
PICK EM CREW, ALVAREZ, DEC WIDE x2
PICK EM CREW BIVOL KO LATE

If no multiplier is specified in your pick (ie x2, x3) then it will be assumed that no multiplier is being used (x1)
If you wish to pick a Draw result, simply state your Username, both fighter names and DRAW, ie:

PICK EM CREW, CANELO BIVOL DRAW

NOTES:
-Picking the correct winner earns 20 pts
-Picking the correct method earns 10 pts
-Picking the correct detail is worth 10 pts
-Draws are worth 150 pts. A perfect pick without a multiplier is 40pts.

-CLOSE is 8 or fewer pts difference, eg 116 - 112, 115 -113 115 - 113 or closer. CLEAR is 9 - 17 pts difference, eg below 117 - 111 on all three cards WIDE is 18 points or over ie an average of 117 -111 or above on all three cards

-If you'd like to change your pick before the fight starts, post in this thread to do so. Ideally tag me so that I don't miss it.

-2X doubles your points and 3X triples your points. Everyone starts with 10 doubles and 6 triples to use throughout the year. If you forget how many you have left, check the leaderboard in the master thread. Every player also has 3 x5 special multipliers which can be only be used on an underdog (+100 or greater) fighter.


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If I could ask one of the mods to kindly sticky this thread and remove anything else Pick Em related except the 2021 masterthread, be greatly appreciated. And thanks once again for your help gentlemen.

-MEGA-, BostonGuy, TBear, jaded, LoadedWraps, bigjavi973

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

RJJ,

Canelo Dec Clear.

[PICK EM CREW]

Just the one this week - we would have had Hrgovic vs Zhilei to if it'd been on, but none of the other fights this weekend are really anything to write home about. However, weak card or not, the main is one that should have every boxing fan salivating. Despite some of the more bizarre criticisms around here Bivol is 100% legit and in his prime and for me represents the first time since the Golovkin fights that I could genuinely see Canelo losing, at least in the public eye if not on the judges cards. Criticisms of Bivol that he's a bit basic and one dimensional completely overlook his rock solid fundamentals, superb mobility and balance, great range control and pinpoint accuracy.

On the flip side Canelo has looked nigh unbeatable the last few years and even when his opponents have had short term success it always feels like a matter of time before he times and breaks them, all the while seeming utterly unfazed and implacable, completely certain of eventual victory... hard to bet against a man like that, although to my mind Bivol is cut from a different cloth from the likes of Mundo, Plant or Saunders.

Anyways, can't frickin wait, even if it will mean losing a night's sleep here in the UK.

Best of luck gentlemen


K

[Tatabanya]

Tatabanya, Alvarez, KO, late

[Mammoth]

Mammoth, Alvarez, Decision, Close x3

[Citizen Koba]

Bumping for the people...

[Mammoth]

Bumping for the people...

Bumping again for these same people

[Idunnoshet]

Idunnoshet
Canelo / Dec / Clear

[keithj]

keith
canelo dec clear

[mlac]

more out of hope than anything:
bivol KO late x5

i feel like bivol will probably win a boring 7-5 type fight and canelo gets a UD though.