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First off a happy New Year from myself (Koba) and I hopefully the rest of the CREW to all our fellow boxing fans and afficinados on Non Stop Boxing.... as ever for all the arguments and debates we all have a shared love of the sport, which is of course what keeps is all coming back despite all the nonsense... as ever it's been a pleasure sharing another year in boxing with you. Cheers! 
OK so down to business, after an epic year of the pick em we once again went down to the wire, by early December we still had 6 players in with a very real shot keithj - this years' stellar debutante who led early in season and never really dropped out of the top 3 or 4 places, veteran ruedboy having his best year to date and slow burner YoungManRumble who despite a relatively slow start to the year powered through to a very strong finish and looked poised to take the title coming into the final fights of the year. Also worthy of mention mlac who was also right up in the top places until the very end of the year and strong finisher ShoulderRoll who nearly found a way through with his sprint finish.
So... the results for a split of the $500 annual prize fund provided courtesy of Boxing Scene with thanks to BIGPOPPAPUMP were as follows:
In addition we have numerous other category winners which used to come with POINTS awards, but have obviously been rendered a little reduntant by the change on the Scene's points sytem with the update this year. Hopefully at some point in the future we'll be able to return to offering some reward to those who scored particualrly well in certain areas, but for now a simple acknowledgement will have to suffice:
HIGHEST % WINNING PREDICTIONS: ruedboy - 75% (honourable mention Satir and mlac (satir actually had ahigher % but picked in too few fights)
MOST PERFECT PICKS: YoungManRumble 32 (not far off 30% and smashing the prvious record)
LONGEST WINNING STREAK: YoungManRumble 20 (honourable mention Baltimore on 19 who was just pipped in the final fight of the year)
Secondly whilst we obviously got a hardcore of PICK EM players who come back year after year (and 2022 will be our 5th year of running an NSB Pick Em league) we're always on the lookout for new players so with that in mind I'd like to extewnd an invitation to all Boxing Scene mebers, and especially our regular forum posters to join in with the 2022 Pick Em competiton which begins tonight with Ortiz vs Miller.
The game is very strightforward, and easy to play, every week or coupla weeks we'll be putting up a thread with anywhere from 1 to 3 fights on it and all you got to do is predict the winner and method of victory for each fight in the format WINNER, METHOD, DETAIL eg: MARTIN KO MID (5 - 8).
The thread for tonight's fight can be found here:
https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/b...ay-1st-january
And for any new players looking to join in it's as simple as posting your name and Pick as all the regular players have done. And I'd suggest that if you got any interest in jpo0ining in this years' Pick Em competiton either for a shot at winning the prizes or simply to test your knowledge and for the banter and bragging rights that you at least put post a pick for this first fight of the year. You can always drop out later but honestly if you want to be in with the best chance of a top placing next year consistency is one of the keys, miss more than a few of the early picks and it'll be along hard road back into contention...
For a few of our former players who have been put off by the hectic schedule we're gonna make a serious effort to pace things alittle more moderately this year and also try to keep a running advance schedule... and yes, I know I say this every year but gonna make extra efforts in 2022. I'm also gonna try alittle harder to keep on top of the leaderboard in 20222 although experience has taught me that's a tough ask, especially through the summer months. If there's anyone got a passing knowledge of spreadsheets and reckons they could spare acoupla hours now and then the help would be hugely appreciated!
Okay. Think that's about it... to any existing players if you can think of any other posters who might enjoy it who ain't playing already why not give em a shout out... see whether they want to join it, Ima take alittle break then give a few shouts see whether I can't drum up a few new players for 2022 - Madison boxing KillaMane26 Sparked_26 BangEM BIG Dunn larry x man down Earl-Hickey Chollo Vista Boxing-1013 ... damn, just of the top of my head... gonna have to come back to that pone. Load of other dudes too. Course if you ain't interested feel free to tell me to **** off...
Anyways, all the best to all of you whether you decide to join in or not, and of course a big welcome back to all the players from 2021 and previous years who I hope have enjoyed the game and the banter throughout the year. It's been a massive plaesure gentlemen and hope it's given you plenty of enjoyment through the year and maybe given you an added interest in some of the fights you might otherwise have cared less about. Either way, hope to see you back in 2022... let's make it the best year yet!
Regards
Koba and the CREW
OK so down to business, after an epic year of the pick em we once again went down to the wire, by early December we still had 6 players in with a very real shot keithj - this years' stellar debutante who led early in season and never really dropped out of the top 3 or 4 places, veteran ruedboy having his best year to date and slow burner YoungManRumble who despite a relatively slow start to the year powered through to a very strong finish and looked poised to take the title coming into the final fights of the year. Also worthy of mention mlac who was also right up in the top places until the very end of the year and strong finisher ShoulderRoll who nearly found a way through with his sprint finish.
So... the results for a split of the $500 annual prize fund provided courtesy of Boxing Scene with thanks to BIGPOPPAPUMP were as follows:
In addition we have numerous other category winners which used to come with POINTS awards, but have obviously been rendered a little reduntant by the change on the Scene's points sytem with the update this year. Hopefully at some point in the future we'll be able to return to offering some reward to those who scored particualrly well in certain areas, but for now a simple acknowledgement will have to suffice:
HIGHEST % WINNING PREDICTIONS: ruedboy - 75% (honourable mention Satir and mlac (satir actually had ahigher % but picked in too few fights)
MOST PERFECT PICKS: YoungManRumble 32 (not far off 30% and smashing the prvious record)
LONGEST WINNING STREAK: YoungManRumble 20 (honourable mention Baltimore on 19 who was just pipped in the final fight of the year)
Secondly whilst we obviously got a hardcore of PICK EM players who come back year after year (and 2022 will be our 5th year of running an NSB Pick Em league) we're always on the lookout for new players so with that in mind I'd like to extewnd an invitation to all Boxing Scene mebers, and especially our regular forum posters to join in with the 2022 Pick Em competiton which begins tonight with Ortiz vs Miller.
The game is very strightforward, and easy to play, every week or coupla weeks we'll be putting up a thread with anywhere from 1 to 3 fights on it and all you got to do is predict the winner and method of victory for each fight in the format WINNER, METHOD, DETAIL eg: MARTIN KO MID (5 - 8).
The thread for tonight's fight can be found here:
https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/b...ay-1st-january
And for any new players looking to join in it's as simple as posting your name and Pick as all the regular players have done. And I'd suggest that if you got any interest in jpo0ining in this years' Pick Em competiton either for a shot at winning the prizes or simply to test your knowledge and for the banter and bragging rights that you at least put post a pick for this first fight of the year. You can always drop out later but honestly if you want to be in with the best chance of a top placing next year consistency is one of the keys, miss more than a few of the early picks and it'll be along hard road back into contention...
For a few of our former players who have been put off by the hectic schedule we're gonna make a serious effort to pace things alittle more moderately this year and also try to keep a running advance schedule... and yes, I know I say this every year but gonna make extra efforts in 2022. I'm also gonna try alittle harder to keep on top of the leaderboard in 20222 although experience has taught me that's a tough ask, especially through the summer months. If there's anyone got a passing knowledge of spreadsheets and reckons they could spare acoupla hours now and then the help would be hugely appreciated!
Okay. Think that's about it... to any existing players if you can think of any other posters who might enjoy it who ain't playing already why not give em a shout out... see whether they want to join it, Ima take alittle break then give a few shouts see whether I can't drum up a few new players for 2022 - Madison boxing KillaMane26 Sparked_26 BangEM BIG Dunn larry x man down Earl-Hickey Chollo Vista Boxing-1013 ... damn, just of the top of my head... gonna have to come back to that pone. Load of other dudes too. Course if you ain't interested feel free to tell me to **** off...
Anyways, all the best to all of you whether you decide to join in or not, and of course a big welcome back to all the players from 2021 and previous years who I hope have enjoyed the game and the banter throughout the year. It's been a massive plaesure gentlemen and hope it's given you plenty of enjoyment through the year and maybe given you an added interest in some of the fights you might otherwise have cared less about. Either way, hope to see you back in 2022... let's make it the best year yet!
Regards
Koba and the CREW
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