NSB PICK EM 2023 #22-23: SATURDAY 8th APRIL 2023

[ShoulderRoll]

Hrgovic should have lost to Zhang in my opinion.

[SteveM]

Hrgovic should have lost to Zhang in my opinion.

you weren't alone in thinking that - there are good odds on Joyce getting knocked down - 11/1 - put a very small bet on - a flutter as they say here

[Tatabanya]

Well, if the Crew decides that we're going with Joyce vs Zhang, who am I to disagree?

[Citizen Koba]

Shit. Sorry gents. Regreting not putting Joyce vs Zhang now. I think we maybe need to start thinking about a fight selection team - off the top of my head SteveM, Mammoth and siablo14 to give a good cross section although BigZ44 , Tatabanya NC Uppercut mlac or many others could do the job just as well.

[SteveM]

No worries Koba - it was an upset, but they will come along - i just thought that too many people had bought into JJ. Zhang was never a 9/1 dog. 3/1 maybe.

Hope you're still on the recovery path.

If Tatabanya is on the team we need someone to rein in his enthusiasm otherwise we'll be picking straw weight interim belt fights every other week

[siablo14]

Shit. Sorry gents. Regreting not putting Joyce vs Zhang now. I think we maybe need to start thinking about a fight selection team - off the top of my head SteveM, Mammoth and siablo14 to give a good cross section although BigZ44 , Tatabanya NC Uppercut mlac or many others could do the job just as well.

Here is my take. If a weekend doesn't have any evenly matched fights available, feel free to put up one of popular mismatches. No more than one, though.

[Citizen Koba]

No worries Koba - it was an upset, but they will come along - i just thought that too many people had bought into JJ. Zhang was never a 9/1 dog. 3/1 maybe.

Hope you're still on the recovery path.

If Tatabanya is on the team we need someone to rein in his enthusiasm otherwise we'll be picking straw weight interim belt fights every other week

Ha that's my thinking - Tat's my brother but every week would be a 5 fight week.

I'm thinking you mammoth and siablo would cover the bases pretty well. Mammoth is kinda reseved but I value his opinions deeply, you've shown time and again that you know your stuff and siablos an enthusiast but prefers to err on the side of not putting in unnecessary fights. Honestly my biggest issue usually is combatting bloat - the temptation to throw fights in just because - and siablo wouldhelp moderate that I reckon. Whole lot of guys whose judgement I trust enough but it's really about who's got that little bit of time or who's willing to commit.

[NC Uppercut]

Shit. Sorry gents. Regreting not putting Joyce vs Zhang now. I think we maybe need to start thinking about a fight selection team - off the top of my head SteveM, Mammoth and siablo14 to give a good cross section although BigZ44 , Tatabanya NC Uppercut mlac or many others could do the job just as well.

Sounds great! Juggernaut would’ve shaken the board. Citizen Koba we need a main thread brother!

[Tatabanya]

Ha that's my thinking - Tat's my brother but every week would be a 5 fight week.

Nah, I just list what I see around, then kneel at the will of the powers that be.

An idea could be: two SURE fights every week, whatever the level. If there are, say, four big fights to choose from, let's reduce to the pair of best ones. If, on the contrary, there's scarcity of big ones, we'll seek for the more balanced among the minor fights. Not being conversant with less known fighters should initiate a learning process, not be a deterrent. That includes yours truly, needless to say.

All of the above would keep things here on a more regular pace, I believe.

And, about Joyce: I think no one here would have picked Zhang. I'm sure that without the eye problem Joyce would have knocked the guy out in the second half, as per my umpteenth lost bet... Four hundreds in the toilet in 15 days now. Mega-fùck.

[SteveM]

"No-one here would have .. " etc etc .... I had a 11/1 bet on Joyce getting knocked down. Not KO'd, not stopped. If but for the doctor he would have been knocked down. Needless to say I lost the bet.