Top 10 right now is really stacked. Lots of skipping possible. Will be interesting how it goes from now on...
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View PostNext weekend, we have two potential Pick Em fights on FRIDAY:
Fanlong v Pascal
Lejarraga v Metcalf
on Saturday we have
Benavidez v Lemieux
Buatsi v Richards
As Gilbert O'Sullivan would have it, "what do we do?"
The other 2 fights are with contenders but I'd imagine most people would go for a Benavidez and a Buatsi KO.
as an aside - didn't you get a perfect pick this weekend ?
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Originally posted by SteveM View Post
veteran picker Tata, why do you come with these obscure-ish fights that are with non-rules based match-ups? Don't the fights have to be either top ten contenders or by 'public demand' - surely you're not suggesting there is much interest in the highlighted fights? ... i've no idea who Metcalf is.
The other 2 fights are with contenders but I'd imagine most people would go for a Benavidez and a Buatsi KO.
as an aside - didn't you get a perfect pick this weekend ?
Yes, I did get my first perfect pick thanks to Boots Ennis, but I got wrong on both remaining fights (and, for good measure, I put my betting money on Castano from 9th to 11th at the last minute, after I had already decided to put it on Charlo... and so my three-hundred win went into the toilet...)
Yes, there's no popular demand for those two, but they're pretty balanced fights. See what happened with Ennis vs Clayton? It was in fact a mismatch. To be honest, I thought Yoka vs Bakole was another one... Only, it turned out to be a mismatch in reverse!
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View Post
Haha, you got me again...
Yes, I did get my first perfect pick thanks to Boots Ennis, but I got wrong on both remaining fights (and, for good measure, I put my betting money on Castano from 9th to 11th at the last minute, after I had already decided to put it on Charlo... and so my three-hundred win went into the toilet...)
Yes, there's no popular demand for those two, but they're pretty balanced fights. See what happened with Ennis vs Clayton? It was in fact a mismatch. To be honest, I thought Yoka vs Bakole was another one... Only, it turned out to be a mismatch in reverse!
I thought Yoka could outbox Bakole - wrong! I was very indecisive on Charlo-Castano - i went with the more proven fighter in the end without much confidence.
You lost $300 on Castano? - ouch!
edit - you would have won $300 if Castano would have gotten the ko? - you and your long oddsLast edited by SteveM; 05-15-2022, 03:39 PM.
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Originally posted by SteveM View PostYou lost $300 on Castano? - ouch!
edit - you would have won $300 if Castano would have gotten the ko? - you and your long odds
Instead I spread those 50, 30 on Castano 9-to-11 and 20 on a parlay elsewhere in an attempt to win 450 + 340. Well deserved punishment for my ****** greed.
Last edited by Tatabanya; 05-16-2022, 09:35 AM.
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Originally posted by SteveM View Post
well we can always find more balanced fights if we look hard enough but I'm pretty sure our pick-em contenders won't have the time or interest to research somebody like Metcalf's fights - in fact Mikey G might need paying as he could be hours searching for vids of their last two fights :-)
I thought Yoka could outbox Bakole - wrong! I was very indecisive on Charlo-Castano - i went with the more proven fighter in the end without much confidence.
You lost $300 on Castano? - ouch!
edit - you would have won $300 if Castano would have gotten the ko? - you and your long oddsYeah some of them just can't be found, but there is always something at least. So it's not really some hardcore searching on my part, but it takes some time. I just like to contribute something, because Pick Em is fun for me.
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View PostNext weekend, we have two potential Pick Em fights on FRIDAY:
Fanlong v Pascal
Lejarraga v Metcalf
on Saturday we have
Benavidez v Lemieux
Buatsi v Richards
As Gilbert O'Sullivan would have it, "what do we do?"
Originally posted by SteveM View Post
veteran picker Tata, why do you come with these obscure-ish fights that are with non-rules based match-ups? Don't the fights have to be either top ten contenders or by 'public demand' - surely you're not suggesting there is much interest in the highlighted fights? ... i've no idea who Metcalf is.
The other 2 fights are with contenders but I'd imagine most people would go for a Benavidez and a Buatsi KO.
as an aside - didn't you get a perfect pick this weekend ?
Fanlong vs Pascal... only intrigue for me is trying to figure out how the bookies got Fanlong the favourite even despite Jean having close to 30 months out of the ring. Fanlong has fought literally no-one and hasn't even looked stellar doing it. I know Pascal's old now but this is still an epic level change for Meng. Dunno.. maybe the bookies are seeing something in him I don't.
Buatsi vs Richards is a fun one despite Joshua being a big, big favourite I could see the very real possibility of the upset here... would I bet on it? no, probably not, even at those odds, but for those so inclined I'd say you could do worse.
Benavidez vs Lemieux - ugh, kinda got to... not expecting many to pick David though. Guess the first question is 'does Lemieux see the final bell' and the second is 'what round?'
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Originally posted by PICK EM CREW View Post
Yeah, despite the very real mismatch problem - especially with Benavidez vs Lemieux - we're gonna go with the two Saturday fights. Lejarraga vs Metcalf will be a barnburner as long as it goes, you know precisely what you're gonna get with Kerman, although it's a mystery to me why the bookies got it as close as they have - Metcalf is both outgunned and fighting in Kerman's back yard.
Fanlong vs Pascal... only intrigue for me is trying to figure out how the bookies got Fanlong the favourite even despite Jean having close to 30 months out of the ring. Fanlong has fought literally no-one and hasn't even looked stellar doing it. I know Pascal's old now but this is still an epic level change for Meng. Dunno.. maybe the bookies are seeing something in him I don't.
Buatsi vs Richards is a fun one despite Joshua being a big, big favourite I could see the very real possibility of the upset here... would I bet on it? no, probably not, even at those odds, but for those so inclined I'd say you could do worse.
Benavidez vs Lemieux - ugh, kinda got to... not expecting many to pick David though. Guess the first question is 'does Lemieux see the final bell' and the second is 'what round?'
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Originally posted by PICK EM CREW View PostFanlong vs Pascal... only intrigue for me is trying to figure out how the bookies got Fanlong the favourite even despite Jean having close to 30 months out of the ring. Fanlong has fought literally no-one and hasn't even looked stellar doing it. I know Pascal's old now but this is still an epic level change for Meng. Dunno.. maybe the bookies are seeing something in him I don't.
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View Post
Of course you were right, and I could have won a hundred on Pascal had I bet on the simple win... Instead I went for the late KO to win 500, and of course lost my money.
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