NSB PICK EM 2023 #51 - #52: SATURDAY 26th AUGUST 2023

[SteveM]

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[Tatabanya]

Honestly - I had never seen Kosso fight before. But thanks to Mikey Gs epic work I could see he was slow as molasses on his feet. Ajagba has an outstaning jab, is quite athletic and had a 7" reach advantage - as Damn Wicked said "he may not be a great HW but he had most of the avantages in this fight" - of course , who knew he was going to implode like that. Idiot he is.

All my musings about Dubois ACL came to nothing. On retrospect he prob didn't have one in the Lerena fight. I had one in 2016 and I was on the ground rolling around in agony - there is NO way I could have played on. Seems like Dubois fortitude is in question. He is smart enough to take a knee when in trouble which I feel many fighters should but don't do yet in the 9th it seemed he might have been able to get up but prob decided that he had another 2 mins to survive and prob didn't fancy his chances of making it out of the round. I like him as a fighter though - he is mobile and would be competitive with all other HWs. And he is only 25 and has tremendous experience already.

I had seen that Kossobutskiy was not exceptional, but still didn't trust Ajagba, who is lethargic at times. Oh, well.

Dubois checked out after that legal body shot was turned into a low blow. He was fighting decently, but after that he just gave up mentally.

Thanks for the reminder re: DQ / KO... ... and thanks to your Ajagba multiplier, you just kicked me out of the Top 5...

[Tatabanya]

OK - results:

Ajagba KO early
Usyk KO late

Standings on August 27, 2023, more or less...

PLAYER	PTS		x2 left	x3 left	x5 left
FinitoxDinamita	1280		5	4	1
Mammoth	1220		7	3	0
mlac	1210		5	4	0
ruedboy	1160		7	3	0
SteveM	1150		3	2	2
Tatabanya	1140		8	3	0
RJJ-94-02=GOAT	1120		5	2	1
SceneBoxer	1080		8	2	0
SUBZER0ED	1050		3	2	2
DamnWicked	1030		6	4	2
BLASTER1	1020		6	2	0
ShoulderRoll	1000		6	3	2
BigZ44	980		6	3	2
Koba	980		6	3	2
Chrismart	970		7	4	0
siablo14	940		8	4	0
MikeyG	920		8	4	0
Baltimore	910		7	2	0
NCUppercut	900		7	0	0
Idunnoshet	860		8	4	1
Ganondorf	780		7	4	2
El-Malo-	670		7	1	2
BobLoblaw	550		5	4	1
Superbee	500		5	0	0
bobbybobberton	440		8	3	0
MulaKO	340		8	4	1
bmorph	330		7	4	2
ProblemChild_JakePaul	240		8	4	2
YoungManRumble	230		8	3	0
Fanofreason	220		7	4	2
jas	210		8	4	1
Eco1	200		8	4	2
mathed	190		8	4	2
BlakBread904	110		8	3	2
..david..	80		8	4	2
Ronan Smith	80		8	4	2
hhh1200	60		8	4	2
MusoMeanderings	50		8	4	2
-MEGA-	40		8	4	2
Satir	40		7	4	0
Koolkc107	30		8	4	2
The plunger man	30		8	4	2
Storm63	20		8	4	2
alexnation	0		8	3	2

[Tatabanya]

PICK EM CREW: next weekend, only Smith vs Eubank Jr rematch I believe.

I don't know if we'll run something for Sept 8, but special attention must go on the extended weekend starting on FRIDAY SEPT 15 with Luis Alberto Lopez vs Joet Gonzalez, then on Saturday 16 we have William Zepeda vs Mercito Gesta, and finally MONDAY SEPT 18 Kenshiro Teraji vs Hekkie Budler and Junto Nakatani vs Argi Cortes...

[NC Uppercut]

Ahhhh..still in the top 20! Good job everyone!

[NC Uppercut]

PICK EM CREW: next weekend, only Smith vs Eubank Jr rematch I believe.

I don't know if we'll run something for Sept 8, but special attention must go on the extended weekend starting on FRIDAY SEPT 15 with Luis Alberto Lopez vs Joet Gonzalez, then on Saturday 16 we have William Zepeda vs Mercito Gesta, and finally MONDAY SEPT 18 Kenshiro Teraji vs Hekkie Budler and Junto Nakatani vs Argi Cortes...

WELL, who made you the boss all the sudden!!

[Tatabanya]

WELL, who made you the boss all the sudden!!

I'm the less wealthy "boss" of all times...

[SteveM]

Ahhhh..still in the top 20! Good job everyone!

you're 120 pts away from top ten - you can do it - plenty of fights coming up

[MikeyG]

Hmm I don't see Kossobutskiy as a bum. From what I saw, he had some success. Ejagba landed quite a few low blows himself especially in the 2nd. And in 3rd after another low blow Kosso went intentionally low too. Really low. Kossobutskiy's mistake was that he got frustrated and lost concentration a few times in the fight which led to Ejagba having greater success. That is at least how I saw it.

[NC Uppercut]

you're 120 pts away from top ten - you can do it - plenty of fights coming up

Steve, last time! Stay out of it!