NSB PICK EM 2023 #2 - #3 : SATURDAY 21st JANUARY 2023

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Damn I thought Kongo edged that fight last night, admittedly haven’t watched it back yet though.

[MulaKO]

Damn I thought Kongo edged that fight last night, admittedly haven’t watched it back yet though.

Essuman had him real hurt plenty of times just kept smothering his shots
Should of gotten the ko imo but just couldn’t
High intensity fight , I really enjoyed it

[Citizen Koba]

Damn I thought Kongo edged that fight last night, admittedly haven’t watched it back yet though.

Could have gone either way TBH

[Citizen Koba]

Incidentally... PICK EM CREW - on the undercard of Beterbiev vs Yarde we have a nice WBA flyweight fight, Artem Dalakian vs David Jimenez, to be considered for next weekend.

An alternative for the latter might be (on Friday, though...) Bohachuk vs Gallimore, which could turn out to be a cràcker

Dalakian vs Jiminez should be in for sure - per TBRB they're #3 and #4 (#3 amd #6 per Ring) despite the fact that the absurd bias of the Boxrec algorithm against the lower weight classes only has it a 3 star fight.

Bohachuk vs Nate could be a fun fight but not only is in waaay further down the rankings but Serhii is also a much wider favourite than Artem is over Jiminez.

Great catch, man. I might have missed than one if I'd just run a 4* search.

[Citizen Koba]

And apologies I been relatively absent the last few days - I had a gruelling weekend but I'm now apparently a BBBoC accredited boxing for fitness coach courtesy of the Hatton gym in Hyde. Just call me Boxercise Koba....

Nah - it was a good course - heavy on promoting technique. Don't make me a real boxing coach of course but helped me nail down some of the fundamentals and learned a whole bunch about pad work... gonna get to work on the youth club kids next Friday.

High point of the weekend - kid next to me when we were doing introductions was a Latvian living in Telford (training outta Richie Woodhalls gym apparently) name of Konstantin - Kostya, of course. In the Hatton Gym. Stood right under a picture of a different Kostya. Wish I'd had my phone to hand to take a pic.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Essuman had him real hurt plenty of times just kept smothering his shots
Should of gotten the ko imo but just couldn’t
High intensity fight , I really enjoyed it

Was a fight of two halves. I had Kongo winning most of the early rounds and a few middle rounds, then Essuman dominated the last 4-5 rounds to close the gap. I was in the arena and admittedly haven’t watched it back but I had it 115-113 Kongo on the night.

[Tatabanya]

Helped me nail down some of the fundamentals and learned a whole bunch about pad work

I heard the Eubanks are on the hunt for a new trainer after last night...

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Could have gone either way TBH

I had no issue with the cards. Was a very close fight. Just wish I hadn’t burned my x5. Ah well…

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I heard the Eubanks are on the hunt for a new trainer after last night...

I thought he finally emulated Roy Jones Jr last night. The shot version who fought in the 2010’s.

[Tatabanya]

I thought he finally emulated Roy Jones Jr last night. The shot version who fought in the 2010’s.

Apparently, the only thing Eubank learned from Roy is how to get drained by going down in weight and lose punch resistance