NSB Pick 'em 2017

[BrometheusBob.]

NSB Pick 'Em Standings (Top 100 of over 600 Players)
Name	Rank	Points	Correct	Total	3X Left	2X Left
RockyB	1	785	28	34	0	0
siablo14	2	767	29	34	0	0
BigZ44	3	733	26	34	0	0
A.K	4	726	26	32	0	0
Chrismart	5	719	27	34	0	0
ShoulderRoll	6	715	26	32	0	0
AI Player #1	6	715	29	34	0	0
Onlybeinghonest	7	685	22	29	0	0
Jubei	8	680	24	34	0	0
bigdramashow	9	677	25	33	0	0
Redd Foxx	10	667	25	34	0	1
Oluminati	11	666	27	34	0	0
Clegg	12	665	25	29	1	1
-MEGA-	13	660	25	31	0	0
soul_survivor	14	650	26	33	0	0
Sugar Adam Ali	14	650	19	27	0	0
John Locke	14	650	24	33	0	0
BrometheusBob.	15	645	24	33	0	2
B Morph	16	615	20	27	0	0
g27region	17	612	24	31	0	1
FrankieClutch	18	600	18	26	0	0
HeadBodyBodyBody	19	590	22	33	0	0
NC Uppercut	19	590	21	33	0	0
Eff Pandas	20	587	21	29	1	0
check_hooks	21	580	21	31	0	0
koolkc107	22	577	22	34	0	0
BoxingFan85	23	570	18	28	0	0
-KEV-	24	556	20	22	0	1
123tommy	25	555	19	27	0	0
Vegemil	25	555	20	26	0	0
mathed	26	552	22	33	0	0
Pigeons	27	540	24	34	0	1
Caught Square	28	520	17	23	0	0
hhs661	29	516	18	28	1	0
Motorcity Cobra	30	505	20	28	0	0
blakbread904	31	480	19	30	0	0
Idunnoshet	32	477	16	27	0	0
j0zef	33	475	13	30	0	0
DreamerUSA	34	470	16	28	0	0
Ganondorf	35	462	19	25	1	0
PF Rudyo	36	460	16	21	0	0
asgarth	37	450	22	26	2	3
DoktorSleepless	38	431	18	23	1	3
*TonyMontana*	39	430	19	25	0	0
Superbee	40	420	16	24	0	0
StudentOfDaGame	41	417	19	31	0	0
Koba-Grozny	42	400	18	29	0	2
SilverMiles	43	390	16	25	1	2
Yorak Hunt	44	386	11	19	0	0
MindGame	45	380	12	24	0	0
Yammy25	46	379	10	14	0	0
jas	47	370	17	23	2	3
MulaKO	48	365	12	18	1	0
Last Roman	49	360	10	10	1	0
.:: JSFD26 ::.	50	354	11	20	0	0
Mirko Troll Cop	51	345	13	19	0	1
Anonymous2.0	52	330	10	12	0	0
chou5	52	330	15	18	2	3
JRB123	52	330	15	22	1	2
Sadiqkingofko	52	330	13	22	2	2
FLY TY	53	310	11	15	1	1
SUBZER0ED	54	300	9	17	0	0
ruedboy	55	295	12	18	0	2
B Phontain	56	290	11	15	2	3
juggler	56	290	13	18	2	3
Valoric_Fire	56	290	12	12	2	3
Damn Wicked	57	274.5	9	15	2	0
Rockybigblower	58	273	14	29	1	0
RuslanChagaev	59	265	12	15	2	3
Mammoth	60	260	11	15	2	2
Snoop Frog	60	260	9	15	0	2
Sun_Tzu	61	240	11	12	2	3
!WAR MIKEY!	62	235	5	9	0	0
Xoo	63	234	9	14	2	0
DR KEWL HAIR	64	230	9	16	1	2
The plunger man	64	230	6	12	1	1
gatica	65	225	11	16	2	3
adrikitty	65	225	7	7	1	2
otrocubiche	65	225	7	13	0	0
ironmt	66	190	8	11	2	3
ComicDon	67	175	7	11	2	3
Mukuro	67	175	8	14	2	3
cammoking123	68	170	7	8	0	3
Deanrw	68	170	7	10	2	3
kadyo's	68	170	8	11	2	3
MDPopescu	69	162	6	8	1	2
GGG Gloveking	70	155	7	12	2	3
Abovetheclouds	71	150	6	10	2	3
Aldo5408	71	150	7	14	1	0
bboy80	72	145	6	7	2	3
ESAU	73	140	3	5	1	3
oscar9992	73	140	6	6	2	3
revelated	73	140	8	7	2	3
Ryan8777	73	140	5	8	2	3
BrushMyHair.	74	135	7	16	2	3
the_blueprint	74	135	6	7	2	3
DrHouse579	75	130	5	8	2	3
DuckAdonis	75	130	7	12	2	3
bigjavi973	75	130	5	19	1	2
AddiX	76	125	5	7	2	3
Elroy The Great	76	125	5	9	2	3
HandsofIron	76	125	5	8	2	3

Fight Results		% Correct
James DeGale vs Badou Jack (01/14/17)	Draw	0
Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz II (01/28/17)	Cruz,DEC,CLOSE	33
Adrien Broner vs Adrian Granados (02/18/17)	Broner,DEC,CLOSE	79
Lucian Bute vs Eleider Alvarez (02/24/17)	Alvarez,KO,5	61
Keith Thurman vs Danny Garcia (03/04/17)	Thurman,DEC,CLOSE	68
David Lemieux vs Curtis Stevens (03/11/17)	Lemieux,KO,3	80
Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs (03/18/17)	Golovkin,DEC,CLOSE	85
Jorge Linares vs Anthony Crolla II (03/25/17)	Linares,DEC,WIDE	86
Marco Huck vs Mairis Briedis (04/01/17)	Briedis,DEC,WIDE	59**
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Jason Sosa (04/08/17)	Lomachenko,KO,9	95
Shawn Porter vs Andre Berto (04/22/17)	Porter,KO,9	90
Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko (04/29/17)	Joshua,KO,11	53
Saul Alvarez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (05/06/17)	Canelo,DEC,WIDE	79
Gervonta Davis vs Liam Walsh (05/20/17)	Davis,KO,3	88
Terence Crawford vs Felix Diaz (05/20/17)	Crawford,KO,10	93
Kell Brook vs Errol Spence (05/27/17)	Spence,KO,11	49
Adonis Stevenson vs Andrzej Fonfara (06/03/17)	Stevenson,KO,2	74
Andre Ward vs Sergey Kovalev II (06/17/17)	Ward,KO,8	47
Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn (07/02/17)	Horn,DEC,CLOSE	5
Joe Smith Jr vs Sullivan Barrera (07/15/17)	Barrera,DEC,WIDE	57
Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura (07/15/17)	Berchelt,DEC,WIDE	91
Mikey Garcia vs Adrien Broner (07/29/17)	Garcia,DEC,WIDE	75
Terence Crawford vs Julius Indongo (08/19/17)	Crawford,KO,3	88
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor (08/26/17)	Mayweather,KO,10	96***
Roman Gonzalez vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (09/09/17)	Rungvisai,KO,4	19
Oleksandr Usyk vs Marco Huck (09/09/17)	Usyk,KO,10	97
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Carlos Cuadras (09/09/17)	Estrada,DEC,CLOSE	68
Saul Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin (09/16/17)	Draw	1
Joseph Parker vs Hughie Fury (09/23/17)	Parker,DEC,WIDE	67
Yunier Dorticos vs Dmitry Kudryashov (09/23/17)	Dorticos,KO,2	67
Jermell Charlo vs Erickson Lubin (10/09/17)	Charlo,KO,1	59
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux (12/09/17)	Loma,KO,6	61
Billy Joe Saunders vs David Lemieux (12/16/17)	Saunders,DEC,WIDE	51
Antoine Douglas vs Gary O'Sullivan (12/16/17)	O'Sullivan,KO,7	18

**These picks were not added to score and do not affect rank.
***Novelty fight worth half points

Prize:

At the end of the year I will donate 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 epoints to the winner.

... At the end of the year I will also donate 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 e-points to the winner.

Another user has offered to up the ante:

I'll give winner $100 worth of boxing clothing from Feint Boxing

Introduction:
Freedom brought my attention to a game on the BoxRec forums where you make fight predictions and receive points based on how accurate your prediction was. Over the course of the year players have the opportunity to score dozens of fights and maneuver their way through the rankings.

To start, I'd like to gather some input from everyone here on NSB. I'd like to know who is interested in playing & what people think the rules should look like.

Throughout the year I'd also like continual input from everyone playing on what fights are big or interesting enough to include in the game.

If the game ends up being a success, we can always discuss ways to change/improve the game for the upcoming year.

Ground rules:
- At least one week prior to each fight, a new thread will be made for the purpose of allowing people to record their predictions.
- Predictions must be made prior to the start of the fight
- You do not need to make a prediction for every fight to stay in the game, but obviously you will receive no points if you do not pick.

Terminology:
RESULT METHOD
KO = Will cover all type of stoppage wins - TKO, KO, DQ
Decision = Will cover all type of decision wins - UD, MD, SD, TD

RESULT DETAIL
If you picked KO, either 1-4, 5-8, 9-12. (Or 1-3, 4-6, 7-10 for a 10 rounder)
If you picked DEC, either 'CLOSE' or 'WIDE'.

CLOSE = Total score difference is 12 pts or less
eg. 116-112 on all three cards or closer

WIDE = Total score difference of >12 pts
eg. Wider than 116-112 on all three cards

If the fight is a 10 round fight or ends in a technical decision, the cutoff line of 12 pts is scaled down to the number of rounds fought.
eg WIDE for a 10 round fight will be wider than 97-93, 97-93, 96-94.

MULTIPLIER
Every player will have the option to use multipliers throughout the game when they feel especially confident of their prediction. It can also allow players who joined late an opportunity to get in the game by scoring a big pick.

2X = Get twice as many points for this prediction. You will have three of these in the game.

3X = Get triple as many points for this prediction. You will two of these in the game.


How scores/rankings will be updated
After each fight, your score for that fight will be calculated as follows:

Correct Fighter = 20 pts
Correct Method = 5 pts
Correct Detail = 5 pts

Wrong Fighter = 0 pts

Draw = 0 pts for all not picking a draw. If you correctly pick a draw, you will win 120 pts.

The total of above results in your BASE SCORE. Your BASE SCORE for a fight will multiplied by all applicable multipliers / bonuses.

NEW: Bonus multipliers are now proportional to the betting odds, assuming one fighter is at least 5/1 or so in most major sportsbooks. All bonus multipliers will be announced at the time the fight thread is made, and not altered at any later point. More specific details to come.

Other Details
-Score and rankings updates will be made within 24 hours after a fight.
-Rankings will include number of remaining multipliers you have left.
-If you attempt to use a multiplier that you do not have, I will use the highest available multiplier that is less than the one you tried to use. For example, if you say 2X without any 2Xs left, I will treat it as a 1X play. If you use a 3X without any 3Xs left, I will try to use a 2X.

[Sadiqkingofko]

so do you want to start the same thing on this site??

[BrometheusBob.]

so do you want to start the same thing on this site??

That's the idea

First fight will be - James Degale vs Badou Jack, Jan 14th.

I'll probably make the thread for that fight after the new year, and link it here.

[bambam182]

anyone who stays undefeated is who you nut huggers will ride in 2017.

DUCKING DUCKING DUCKING DUCKING DUCKING.

[John Locke]

Count me in

[BrometheusBob.]

The rules are somewhat modified from BoxRec's PTBF, but are pretty similar overall. Before the game starts my mind is pretty open as to what the rules can be as long as people believe the rules are fair and fun.

[Prince Madison]

yeah im in if its kept simple. Dont know if there is a way to factor in robberies/controversial endings though, was saying this to freedom earlier. Would piss me off if i made a good pick, like with chisora and kovalev on points recently and the judges say otherwise and i get jack****, yet people who made the standard ward and whyte picks would get the points. Is why i stopped boxing betting after groves froch 1 where i had money on groves

[BrometheusBob.]

yeah im in if its kept simple. Dont know if there is a way to factor in robberies/controversial endings though, was saying this to freedom earlier. Would piss me off if i made a good pick, like with chisora and kovalev on points recently and the judges say otherwise and i get jack****, yet people who made the standard ward and whyte picks would get the points. Is why i stopped boxing betting after groves froch 1 where i had money on groves

For now I've put in that players will get 50% points if you guess a close decision for one fighter and it ends up being a close decision for the other fighter.

I wouldn't describe Groves/Froch 1 as a robbery, just a stoppage that rubbed some the wrong way. I will likely go the way of the official decision in order to avoid having to make the call as to whether a fight is a robbery or not.

[Prince Madison]

For now I've put in that players will get 50% points if you guess a close decision for one fighter and it ends up being a close decision for the other fighter.

I wouldn't describe Groves/Froch 1 as a robbery, just a stoppage that rubbed some the wrong way. I will likely go the way of the official decision in order to avoid having to make the call as to whether a fight is a robbery or not.

cool yeh count me in then. And thanks for organising it all by the way.

[John Locke]

For now I've put in that players will get 50% points if you guess a close decision for one fighter and it ends up being a close decision for the other fighter.

I wouldn't describe Groves/Froch 1 as a robbery, just a stoppage that rubbed some the wrong way. I will likely go the way of the official decision in order to avoid having to make the call as to whether a fight is a robbery or not.

Rewarding extra points for 'controversial' fights is going to be a problem, whether a fight was controversial/robbery or not is subjective, people are gonna have different opinions. I would recommend going by the official result/scoring.