Okay gentlemen, I'm just looking for a little feedback on which pick 'ems to include this week, cos there's a few options. I'll look to getting an upcoming pick ups thread done for next month in the near future but since I didn't do one this month we'll have to figure this week on the fly.
Ok, to business...
We got Regis vs Taylor for goddamn sure, and my first thoughts were just taking Chisora Price and Burns Selby from the same card... that would probably be the easiest and also all three fights are pretty close by the bookies (the widest is Pricey at about 3/1) so should make for good games.
Problem is looking through the schedules I'm also liking the look of Easter vs Granados and Shakur vs Gonzalez for the WBO Feather. Whilst some might see it as a lil bit of a mismatch Lubin vs Gallimore also got my interest piqued, but that maybe just cos I got a bit of a soft spot for Nate... either way think it'll be an entertaining fight.
Further afield Kanat Islam against Walter Kautondokwa might be of interest to some - certainly at one time I thought Kanat might be able to make some noise, but at 35 and with Kautondokwa probably his best fight to date on paper the future ain't looking particularly rosy.
Anyways... please make your feelings known, or if there's any fights that I've missed that you'd like to see in let me know that too. As things stand it'll probably just be the 3 top fights on the London card, but if enough people want some of the US fights in too that can be worked out.
I'll be putting up the Pick Em thread tomorrow evening UK time so there ain't really that long for opinions to come in, but it is what it is.
Regards
K
EDIT: Also just had my attention brought to the Ngabu vs Okolie fight which is actually IMO more intriguing than Chisora - Price or Burns - Selby, pair of quality unbeaten prospects squaring off is what it's all about for my money. Good call DA.
Prograis / Taylor is a must.
Stevenson / Gonzalez is a solid fight.
Lubin / Gallimore can be competitive.
Not too interested in doing a Pick 'em for the Chisora , Selby or Ngumbo fights.
Okay gents, gonna bump this a couple more times today then put up the Pick Em this eve.
Right now I think Regis vs Taylor and Selby Burns are the only ones in for sure.
Myself I'm liking Okolie vs Ngabu or Shakur vs Gonzalez, but I can see folk prefering Delboi vs Pricey or Easter vs Granados as the more familiar names.
Please make your feelings known gents
Regards
K
This ain't actually a thread to make picks in, man, gonna put that up tomorrow... I'm just canvassing opinion on which fights I'm gonna put in the game this week.
You played before under a different name this year? If you have you can just pick up where you left off if you give me your old name or if you ain't you're more than welcome to join in. The Pick Em thread will be stickied at the top of the NSB front page with ground rules in the first post and more info on the masterthread (also stickied), though judging by this post you kinda got the hang of how to make a pick already.
That's what's up thanks.
I love betting, I'll check it out. I predicted aj-Ruiz
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-bUI42vD6PY&t=15s
Selby Burns Draw
This ain't actually a thread to make picks in, man, gonna put that up tomorrow... I'm just canvassing opinion on which fights I'm gonna put in the game this week.
You played before under a different name this year? If you have you can just pick up where you left off if you give me your old name or if you ain't you're more than welcome to join in. The Pick Em thread will be stickied at the top of the NSB front page with ground rules in the first post and more info on the masterthread (also stickied), though judging by this post you kinda got the hang of how to make a pick already.
I think Del Boy vs Price is a bs fight so nah to that one for me.
Burns always loses his biggest fights so this seems like a likely L for him but I think this is a top ten fight or close to it if not so I can see this being a pickem fight.
Easter vs Adrian feels like a upset potential fight to me so that could be interesting.
And Ik people are crowning Shakur as the next bad mfer, but I think Joet should give him a good fight so I like that one & think there is some low level upset potential there.
I'm kinda with you on Price vs Delboi but a lot of guys seem to prefer the names they know.. so we'll see. I'm actually leaning more towards Okolie vs Ngabu off that card - what you reckon to that one?
And yeah... with you on Stevenson - kid's a talent for sure, but I'm never sold on the wunderkinder until they've been through some fire, and Joet's gonna be just as hungry. Another nice fight between quality unbeaten prospects like Okolie vs Ngabu.
I think it would be more interesting to include Okolie Vs Ngabu in there, but I don't know how the others feel. That can be a very good fight
Yep, good call. I was thinking of that one when I was looking through the schedules yesterday, but somehow missed it when I was putting up this thread today. I'll edit it into the OP now.