Nsb pick em 2021 masterthread

[asgarth]

I'm gonna be away at a festival sat in a field this weekend and I don't even know if I'll have signal... usually it's spotty at best for this kinda thing. Ima make sure I got plenty of data though just in case.

Now... I'm kinda not sure which way to jump with this weeks Pick Em(s)... bare bones would be

Buatsi vs Bolotniks
Franco vs Moloney
Ortiz vs Kavaliauskas
Casimero vs Rigo

Which I could fit on a single thread.

But my inclination is to run with:

Thread 1

Buatsi vs Bolotniks
Franco vs Moloney
Barboza vs Moran

Thread 2

Ortiz vs Kavaliauskas
Casimero vs Rigo
Russell vs Rodriguez

So far I can only find odds on Buatsi vs Bolotniks and early odds on Vergil vs Egidijus so that ain't much help but I'd like soime opinions on which way we'd like to go NC Uppercut asgarth and as ever input from other players is always welcome and taken into consideration... although probably best to be quickish about it cos I'll aim to get the thread up this eve UK time, so in maybe 12 hours or so.

Also if anyone could let me know if there's any good fights I missed or anything be appreciated. Make your feeling s known gents!

K

I think we should also include Roger Gutierrez Vs Rene Alvarado III. Gutierrez won the second fight as a big underdog and we did a pick em for that earlier this year.

[Tatabanya]

Also if anyone could let me know if there's any good fights I missed or anything be appreciated. Make your feeling s known gents!

Well, given that you didn't include Andoni Gago vs Karim Guerfi for the EBU crown...

Seriously, one that I would definitely include is Gary Antonio Russell vs Emmanuel Rodriguez, on the Casimero vs Rigondeaux card. And, as Asgarth said, Alvarado vs Gutierrez III.

That would be two rounds with four fights each!

[Citizen Koba]

I think we should also include Roger Gutierrez Vs Rene Alvarado III. Gutierrez won the second fight as a big underdog and we did a pick em for that earlier this year.

I'm cool with that, damn good fight actually... missed it cos it ain't up on Boxrec yet, but I had seen it mentioned elsewhere. Guess that'd make it a two thread 'Mega' weekend whatever so we might as well go with 7 fights and the Texas and CA cards on the one thread, Eddies Backyard Brawls and Tulsa on the other.

[Tatabanya]

Also, I would like to alert all of you to a couple of nice ones which should happen next week (namely, before Pacquiao vs Spence) on Thursday and Friday.

Jaime Arboleda vs Jonathan Victor Barros
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs Kenichi Ogawa

(This is what a poor man does to give himself more chances of regaining some points after throwing away a fortune in wrong picks! )

[Citizen Koba]

Well, given that you didn't include Andoni Gago vs Karim Guerfi for the EBU crown...

Seriously, one that I would definitely include is Gary Antonio Russell vs Emmanuel Rodriguez, on the Casimero vs Rigondeaux card. And, as Asgarth said, Alvarado vs Gutierrez III.

That would be two rounds with four fight each!

Got Russell vs Rodriguez alreay down at the bottom there on the second list... I think we can pass on the EBU though..

Reckon that makes it 7 including Gemelo vs The Kid... Brentwood and Tulsa on one thread, Frisco and Carson on the other.

[Tatabanya]

Got Russell vs Rodriguez alreay down at the bottom there on the second list... I think we can pass on the EBU though..

Reckon that makes it 7 including Gemelo vs The Kid... Brentwood and Tulsa on one thread, Frisco and Carson on the other.

Oops! Sorry, I had missed it... Thanks!

[NC Uppercut]

I'm gonna be away at a festival sat in a field this weekend and I don't even know if I'll have signal... usually it's spotty at best for this kinda thing. Ima make sure I got plenty of data though just in case.

Now... I'm kinda not sure which way to jump with this weeks Pick Em(s)... bare bones would be

Buatsi vs Bolotniks
Franco vs Moloney
Ortiz vs Kavaliauskas
Casimero vs Rigo

Which I could fit on a single thread.

But my inclination is to run with:

Thread 1

Buatsi vs Bolotniks
Franco vs Moloney
Barboza vs Moran

Thread 2

Ortiz vs Kavaliauskas
Casimero vs Rigo
Russell vs Rodriguez

So far I can only find odds on Buatsi vs Bolotniks and early odds on Vergil vs Egidijus so that ain't much help but I'd like soime opinions on which way we'd like to go NC Uppercut asgarth and as ever input from other players is always welcome and taken into consideration... although probably best to be quickish about it cos I'll aim to get the thread up this eve UK time, so in maybe 12 hours or so.

Also if anyone could let me know if there's any good fights I missed or anything be appreciated. Make your feeling s known gents!

K

I truly support your 2nd inclination tbh. It’s gonna get busy but this also gives plenty of room to shake up the board!

[YoungManRumble]

Small suggestion but I think Close Decision should be up to 8 points instead of 6 possibly? Clear is pretty easy to abuse as default no KO pick.

[NC Uppercut]

Small suggestion but I think Close Decision should be up to 8 points instead of 6 possibly? Clear is pretty easy to abuse as default no KO pick.

We have really tried to balance it out as best as possible. To match the early, mid and late KO detail we tried to match as best as possible. We will revisit it for next years rules. If you have anymore suggestions please drop Em here for us to vote on.

[Citizen Koba]

Small suggestion but I think Close Decision should be up to 8 points instead of 6 possibly? Clear is pretty easy to abuse as default no KO pick.

All up for debate for the '22 season but we'll continue with the current split for this year... I know exactoly where you're coming from and it was one of the things I was keeping an eye on this year after introducing the extra option for decision picks... I was always aware that the CLEAR pick might end up the kinda default but I figured we had to draw the lines somewhere. What I'll do, closer to the end of the year is go back and analyse the results we've had and see how many fight results fitted into each DEC category and then have a think about how best to tinker them so we get a roughly even spread.