NSB Pick Em 2022 MASTERTHREAD

[Tatabanya]

please no Kovalev VS somebody-not-very-good's unknown brother

You'll see that - it will be a barnburner

Seriously though - I threw the fight in there as an oddity of sorts, but I doubt that anyone with a healthy mind would have even remotely considered its inclusion.

[Citizen Koba]

Fights for NEXT WEEK - SAT 14TH MAY

Just want to get in my ounce of opinion - mostly because I saw mention of having Kovalev vs Pulev's little brother at cruiserweight. I'm strongly against including this fight as it meets none of the criteria mentioned in the fight selection criteria except maybe if enough posters want it - which would be a head-scratcher for me. I had no idea that big brother HW Pulev even had a younger pro boxer brother at CW until this fight came on to the horizon. At this stage it is just a lottery of a fight due to new weight, inactivity, age etc. At least both Khan and Brook were former titlists and there was genuine public interest as evidenced by the show on the night.

But apart from those disqualifying reasons in my opinion - there's at least 4 better fights to choose.

1/ Jermell and Castano - no brainer.
2/ Ennis vs Clayton - No 4 WW (Ring) vs a regarded prospect. Although prob one-sided this is about a rising star who could be a future P4P No.1 a few years down the line.
3/ Gilberto Ramirez vs Dominic Boesel - No 5 LHW in a competitive fight with WBC no.5 ranked LHW
4/ Tony Yoka vs Martin Bakole - perpetual 'under-the-radar HW contender in Yoka - WBC no.10 vs no 14 WBC ranked ( Wallin is at 11, Helenius at 13 and Dubois at 15 for context) - so actually on paper the 2nd most competitive fight of the four I've mentioned.

Any 3 from those 4 or even all 4 - but please no Kovalev VS somebody-not-very-good's unknown brother

I've already pretty much decided on 1, 2 and 4. Whilst Zurdo's turned in some pretty decent performances recently against long past it contenders in Yunieski and Sullivan Boessel is not the kinda dude that'll make this a meaningful fight as evidenced by needing two shots to just about sc**** by euro level gatekeeper Krasnniqi. The other option was Zepeda vs Alverado but with Rene coming off 3 successive losses it doesn't have the shine of the WW and HW bouts. Apologies to Tatabanya who suggested it but Kovalev vs Tervel was never seriously in the running.

In each of the 3 fights chosen the outcome is significant within the divison for whichever fighter wins, whether it's for unified or for climbing the ladder to a not too distant title shot, whereas Boessel is more a stay busy for Zurdo, neither Kovalev or Pulev are ever gonna do anything at Cruiser (they're both 39 years old ffs and Tervel was never much to write home about anyway) and tough though he may be and a stiff challenge for a rising KO artist like Zepeda a win here ain't gonna reverse the downslide for Rene.

Nah 3 excellent fights between a pair of reigning champions and two pairs of highly rated prospects is tasty as hell far as I'm concerned, looking forward to all 3 of those bouts and even though I believe Boots will smoke Custio that ain't because Clayton ain't a decent fighter it's just because Ennis is that good.

[SteveM]

I've already pretty much decided on 1, 2 and 4. Whilst Zurdo's turned in some pretty decent performances recently against long past it contenders in Yunieski and Sullivan Boessel is not the kinda dude that'll make this a meaningful fight as evidenced by needing two shots to just about sc**** by euro level gatekeeper Krasnniqi. The other option was Zepeda vs Alverado but with Rene coming off 3 successive losses it doesn't have the shine of the WW and HW bouts. Apologies to Tatabanya who suggested it but Kovalev vs Tervel was never seriously in the running.

In each of the 3 fights chosen the outcome is significant within the divison for whichever fighter wins, whether it's for unified or for climbing the ladder to a not too distant title shot, whereas Boessel is more a stay busy for Zurdo, neither Kovalev or Pulev are ever gonna do anything at Cruiser (they're both 39 years old ffs and Tervel was never much to write home about anyway) and tough though he may be and a stiff challenge for a rising KO artist like Zepeda a win here ain't gonna reverse the downslide for Rene.

Nah 3 excellent fights between a pair of reigning champions and two pairs of highly rated prospects is tasty as hell far as I'm concerned, looking forward to all 3 of those bouts and even though I believe Boots will smoke Custio that ain't because Clayton ain't a decent fighter it's just because Ennis is that good.

good to hear Koba - sound minds etc etc

[Tatabanya]

I just realized that Inoue vs Donaire II is on TUESDAY (June 7)... We'll have to include it in the preceding weekend, methinks.

[SUBZER0ED]

I like that K , I really fughin like that
People dropping multipliers like a child dropping his pacifier lol
Like I said guys smacking that X5 and I’m only out by 200 points ( plus missing 4 fights )
Not even half way through

Soon Koba you know what time it is ?
Me calling for the cat , here kitty kitty

You still have to pick 'em right, bro!

[MulaKO]

You still have to pick 'em right, bro!

Goes without saying

[Citizen Koba]

I just realized that Inoue vs Donaire II is on TUESDAY (June 7)... We'll have to include it in the preceding weekend, methinks.

Yeah, that's the way to play it I reckon.... appreciate if you or someone else gives me a nudge if I forget to include it. Now let's see that'll be tagged on to Sat 4th June which is....

..Oooo, a nice week, Fulton vs Roman and Kambosos vs Haney.

So the Minneapolis fight on the Saturday, Melbourne on Sunday and Saitama on Tuesday... fkn lovely.

[Tatabanya]

So the Minneapolis fight on the Saturday, Melbourne on Sunday and Saitama on Tuesday... fkn lovely.

Yeah, and there's not even the stress of hurrying up for the following weekend, given that Trevor Bryan vs Daniel Dubois appears to be the only fight that might be considered for the Pick Em...

[Tatabanya]

Results:

BAKOLE DEC CLOSE
ENNIS KO EARLY
CHARLO KO LATE

Standings on May 15, 2022 (points only)

SUBZER0ED	1270
BLASTER1	1240
NCUppercut	1210
MikeyG	1190
SteveM	1100
MulaKO	1090
Mammoth	1080
RJJ-94-02=GOAT	1050
Koba	1040
ruedboy	1000
SceneBoxer	850
Chrismart	850
keithj	840
DamnWicked	820
DrHouse579	810
asgarth	750
mlac	730
siablo14	730
bmorph	730
jas	730
Koolkc107	700
Sheppirino	680
Baltimore	640
Tatabanya	610
Idunnoshet	610
ShoulderRoll	600
Satir	590
YoungManRumble	570
BigZ44	570
BobLoblaw	490
Ganondorf	480
superbee	470
PBRStreetgang	410
El-Malo-	370
kushking	270
mathed	270
hhh1200	130
El_Mero	70
Ygriffith	50
edpboxing	40
TheUptownKid	40
Anonymous2.0	40
KTFOKING	30
OnlyBeingHonest	30
sctrojan	30
Eco1	30

[Tatabanya]

Next 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?"