NSB PICK 'EM 2019 #56. 27th July 2019

Good to have you back with us man, I was kinda hurrying through the updates from last week to get 'em done before last nights fight so I didn't have time for acknowledgements, but I had noticed you'd been out of action for a bit. K I’ve been busy with work and life in general. Had to put boxing on the back burner. Sometimes I completely forget about certain fights, but I did watch Tank Davis last night.

NSB PICK 'EM 2019 #56 (07/27/19) PICKS AND POINTS TALLY RESULTS: WINNERS (CORRECT/TOTAL) Ramirez, KO, MID (12/32) PICK EM THREAD: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=822093 NSB pick em tally #51 NamePOINTSPICKSCorrectPerfectStreak3XUsed2xUsedA.K       alexnation       atomicsad       BMorph0100L  BPhontain       Baltimore20110W  bigjavi973       BigZ440100L  Blakbread9040100L  BLASTER120110W  boliodogs       BoxingFan85       califo       CauliflowerEars20110W  Chrismart0100L  Clegg       CryingBrandon       DamnWicked0100L  dan_cov       DuckAdonis20110W  eco1       EffPandas20110W  el_gringo       embryo       FrankieClutch0100L  Frankie2Jabs       g27region       Ganondorf0100L  HandsofIron       HarvardBlue       HeadBodyBodyBody20110W  hhs661       Idunnoshet20110W  j0zef       jackojuice       jpowell1000100L  Julia/Eddy       Justintimothyko20110W  Koba0100L  Koolkc1070100L  kushking       Mammoth0100L  mathed0100L  MickG       Mindgame       MinuteMaid5       Mooshashi       Mr.365       MulaKO20110W  NCUppercut40110W 1Oluminati       Onlybeinghonest       otrocubiche0100L  ReddFoxx0100L  repsa       RJJ-94-02=GOAT20110W  RobbieBarrett0100L  RockyB       ruedboy0100L  SceneBoxer0100L  Sheppirino       ShoulderRoll0110W  sinca       SinderellaMan       SnoopFrogg       SUBZER0ED0100L  Superbee       thatg       Theplungerman0100L  Trashman_0100L  Vlad       WarMikey       Ok gentlemen, not a lot of movement this week.. not a single person picked a KO for either fighter, and despite Ramirez being the bookies favourite - just - a sizable majority of us when with Hooker. Only special mention goes to NC Uppercut who had the courage to stick a x2 (the only multiplier used this week) on his late hunch change of pick. And bad luck to Theosis26, good to have you with us, man, and hope you'll keep playing, but by tradition I won't add you to the leaderboard til you've made your first correct pick. Better luck next time :beerchug:

B morph. Hooker. Dec. Wide. Good to have you back with us man, I was kinda hurrying through the updates from last week to get 'em done before last nights fight so I didn't have time for acknowledgements, but I had noticed you'd been out of action for a bit. K

Yea, I tend to agree about the P4P status between the 2. Although I feel like the Farmer v Davis fight is what needs to happen in order for them to be recognized more. I think that’s the exposure they really need You ain't wrong, man, both are exciting and talented young fighters and pretty much universally ranked near the very top of their division, but they're caught in the trap of not having any names to fight at 130... even Berchelt who's more accomplished than either ain't known outside of the boxing hardcore and in terms of building their names they'd be at least as well served by fighting each other. Fantastic fight if it gets made - lovely mesh of styles too - let's hope it gets made, then the winner to square off with Berchelt or move up (I suspect both will be moving up within the next year or two anyway). Oh yeah... and inspired change of pick, man! :beerchug:

B morph. Hooker. Dec. Wide.

Baltimore, Ramirez, Dec, Close

ShoulderRoll, Ramirez, DEC, CLOSE. Been going back and forth on this one and don't feel certain about either guy. Robert Garcia is an elite trainer though so maybe that will give Ramirez a slight edge.

Ramirez dec close

mathed Booker, DEC, CLOSE

Damn Wicked Hooker, decision, close

Yea, I tend to agree about the P4P status between the 2. Although I feel like the Farmer v Davis fight is what needs to happen in order for them to be recognized more. I think that’s the exposure they really need I kinda already addressed some of this in the UPCOMING AUGUST thread, but I'll put it here as well for completeness.. Gervonta and Tevin are both fine exciting fighters but neither has reached the levels of P4P regard or major popularity that would dictate their inclusion despite the magnitude of these mismatches... though your interest is noted and I'll bear that in mind when devising the polls for future UPCOMING threads. Yuriorkis vs Rocky was actually polled in the JULY UPCOMING thread and got very little interest (although I personally thought it'd make a good pick 'em and voted for it) - only about 25%, which wasn't close to the inclusion threshold.

******Change if Pick ******* NC Uppercut, Ramirez via Close Decision X2 Originally picked Hooker but have a feeling that Ramirez is gonna pull it off.

Koolkc107, Hooker, DEC, WIDE

Trashman_ Hooker, Dec, Close

Dang I even missed Tevin Farmer vs. Guillaume Frenois, 12 rounds, for Farmer's IBF junior lightweight title Did we forget about Gervonta Davis this weekend or mention Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Roman "Rocky" Martinez, 10 rounds, lightweights ? I kinda already addressed some of this in the UPCOMING AUGUST thread, but I'll put it here as well for completeness.. Gervonta and Tevin are both fine exciting fighters but neither has reached the levels of P4P regard or major popularity that would dictate their inclusion despite the magnitude of these mismatches... though your interest is noted and I'll bear that in mind when devising the polls for future UPCOMING threads. Yuriorkis vs Rocky was actually polled in the JULY UPCOMING thread and got very little interest (although I personally thought it'd make a good pick 'em and voted for it) - only about 25%, which wasn't close to the inclusion threshold.

Robbie Barrett, Hooker, Dec, Close If you think a fight is going the distance and won't be a blow out, always back the fighter who's promoter is promoting the card. Kid you not, it's sad that it should be a consideration, but I always got an eye on that when I'm making my picks... you got a fight as close on paper as this one you can't afford to ignore the home team advantage. I'm a fan of Hookers but everything else being equal I'd probably be leaning ever so slightly towards Ramirez for the win. Thing is it's boxing so everything else ain't equal... Hooker, DEC, CLOSE

BLASTER1 RAMIREZ dec/close

ruedboy Hooker Dec. Close

Dang I even missed Tevin Farmer vs. Guillaume Frenois, 12 rounds, for Farmer's IBF junior lightweight title

Did we forget about Gervonta Davis this weekend or mention Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Roman "Rocky" Martinez, 10 rounds, lightweights ?