NSB PICK 'EM 2019 #56. 27th July 2019

[ruedboy]

ruedboy Hooker Dec. Close

[BLASTER1]

BLASTER1
RAMIREZ dec/close

[Citizen Koba]

Robbie Barrett, Hooker, Dec, Close

If you think a fight is going the distance and won't be a blow out, always back the fighter who's promoter is promoting the card.

Kid you not, it's sad that it should be a consideration, but I always got an eye on that when I'm making my picks... you got a fight as close on paper as this one you can't afford to ignore the home team advantage.

I'm a fan of Hookers but everything else being equal I'd probably be leaning ever so slightly towards Ramirez for the win. Thing is it's boxing so everything else ain't equal...


Hooker, DEC, CLOSE

[Citizen Koba]

Dang I even missed Tevin Farmer vs. Guillaume Frenois, 12 rounds, for Farmer's IBF junior lightweight title

Did we forget about Gervonta Davis this weekend or mention Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Roman "Rocky" Martinez, 10 rounds, lightweights ?

I kinda already addressed some of this in the UPCOMING AUGUST thread, but I'll put it here as well for completeness..

Gervonta and Tevin are both fine exciting fighters but neither has reached the levels of P4P regard or major popularity that would dictate their inclusion despite the magnitude of these mismatches... though your interest is noted and I'll bear that in mind when devising the polls for future UPCOMING threads.

Yuriorkis vs Rocky was actually polled in the JULY UPCOMING thread and got very little interest (although I personally thought it'd make a good pick 'em and voted for it) - only about 25%, which wasn't close to the inclusion threshold.

[PittsburghKid]

Trashman_
Hooker, Dec, Close

[koolkc107]

Koolkc107, Hooker, DEC, WIDE

[NC Uppercut]

******Change if Pick *******
NC Uppercut, Ramirez via Close Decision X2

Originally picked Hooker but have a feeling that Ramirez is gonna pull it off.

[NC Uppercut]

Yea, I tend to agree about the P4P status between the 2. Although I feel like the Farmer v Davis fight is what needs to happen in order for them to be recognized more. I think that’s the exposure they really need

I kinda already addressed some of this in the UPCOMING AUGUST thread, but I'll put it here as well for completeness..

Gervonta and Tevin are both fine exciting fighters but neither has reached the levels of P4P regard or major popularity that would dictate their inclusion despite the magnitude of these mismatches... though your interest is noted and I'll bear that in mind when devising the polls for future UPCOMING threads.

Yuriorkis vs Rocky was actually polled in the JULY UPCOMING thread and got very little interest (although I personally thought it'd make a good pick 'em and voted for it) - only about 25%, which wasn't close to the inclusion threshold.

[Damn Wicked]

Damn Wicked

Hooker, decision, close

[mathed]

mathed

Booker, DEC, CLOSE