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    NSB PICK EM 2019 MASTERTHREAD


    OK Gentlemen, guess we (by which I mean I) can't put this off any longer. Time to get this show on the road


    For those unfamiliar with the Pick 'em it's essentially a year long prediction league. Every week or coupla of weeks we'll put up one or two fights of interest and invite anyone who wants to play to make a prediction on the result. The origin of the game is lost in the mists of time, but some attribute it to the semi-mythical figure of BrometheusBob back in 2017 after he purloined the idea from a rival website. It nearly died in 2018 after BroBob found it necessary to do some stuff in real life and it was decided to split the workload and make the game more likely to survive future dropouts by having it run by a small team instead of an individual.


    This years' PICK EM CREW consists of Koba-Grozny, NC Uppercut and 2018 winner otrocubiche, representing the UK, US East Coast and Las Vegas, respectively, though we are on the lookout for additional CREW members if anyone wants to put up their hand. Any questions, problems or suggestions can be brought to our attention either here on the masterthread or by PM and we'll do what we can to help.


    The game is open to all posters whatever your reputation or post count, is hopefully simple enough to pick up and for most of us at least adds an extra bit of fun to the fights as well. Maybe it even helps us to test and improve our knowledge of the sweet science and the men who put their health on the line, week in, week out, for our entertainment.


    Details on how to make your picks are laid out below and will also be repeated in each Pick 'em thread throughout the year, but essentially follows the format of choosing Winner, method (KO or DEC) and detail ie how close a dec is or when a KO will happen.


    For those familiar with the game from last year there has been a couple of relatively small changes put into place already and there may be some more in the pipeline, though none which should effect play greatly at this stage.


    Firstly the points given have been changed to put more emphasis on getting the method and detail of victory correct.. the points scored will remain at 20 for picking the correct winner, but will now be 10 each for correct Method and detail picks instead of the previous 5.


    Secondly the underdog multipliers have been overhauled, lowering the threshold and increasing the multiplier. This may make tactical picks a more realistic option for those more into the gamesmanship of the Pick 'em, but hopefully not to the extent where it should upset play balance in any significant way, or disadvantage those who just prefer their picks straight up and down.


    In addition, due to the increased number of fights we included last year compared to 2017 (79 compared to 40 odd) we have decided to increase the number of multipliers available to the players. Whilst this will not show as an immediate effect we will be crediting all active players with an additional 5 x2 multipliers and 3 x3 multipliers on or around the halfway point of the year.


    On balance most players seemed fairly happy with the mix and frequency of fights last year, so we're going to aim to stick to roughly the same guidelines and expect to see roughly the same number of Pick 'ems. In general all title fights between fighters ranked in the top 10 per TBRB will be included plus any non-title fights of particular fan interest. Fights with guys in the top few places of the P4P rankings will also generally be included even when (as often happens) they are a prohibitive favourite. Furthermore we're going to make every effort to include all the remaining fights in this seasons WBSS, and will continue to do so if they start another season this calender year.


    Further information on the discussion and ideas thrown out can be found in the 2019 Pick 'em discussion thread here:


    https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...d.php?t=803396



    All that remains is to sling up a new leaderboard (with some minor changes to the order of the column headers) add in the results of Pick 'em #1 and we're good to go I reckon. As with last years Pick 'em I strongly encourage all players to check their results and scores, and to this end - as always - I'll be including a copy of the leaderboard and points tally on the masterthread after each update.



    NSB PICK EM 2019 FINAL STANDINGS


    NSB Pick 'Em 2019 Final Standings
    NameRankPointsTotalCorrectPerfect%StreakBest Streak3XLeft2XLeft
    Baltimore12720836716811900
    ruedboy226108669178012200
    Chrismart325008365147811000
    Mammoth424908567197911400
    BigZ44524708064158011300
    Idunnoshet62460836422771800
    Koba624608464157611000
    RJJ-94-02=GOAT724508666157711100
    MulaKO824408365197811700
    ReddFoxx824408666157711000
    jpowell100924208663137311000
    ShoulderRoll1024108363137611100
    BLASTER11123808665197611000
    DamnWicked1223207859197611000
    HeadBodyBodyBody132280865816672800
    Blakbread904142210836113731800
    SceneBoxer142210855721671700
    Theplungerman1521808159117301300
    otrocubiche1621708458126901000
    Koolkc107172100795622711900
    mathed1820907557167611120
    EffPandas1920706852127611001
    NCUppercut202060865214600700
    Ganondorf2120408459167011017
    DuckAdonis2219207457187701007
    CauliflowerEars231770554097341101
    SUBZER0ED24159073478643717
    Trashman_25158053401375101016
    Frankie2Jabs2615606245127301254
    RobbieBarrett271540574314755915
    BoxingFan852814805542127611035
    Justintimothyko29112044339751869
    BMorph30103035257711813
    FrankieClutch31990393010774758
    Mindgame3287032245752638
    RockyB3369027203740839
    j0zef34640141329331029
    bigjavi9733464028125432225
    Articulateboxin3563020113551700
    alexnation3649019133681739
    Oluminati3747016122754449
    Mr.3653843010858010410
    A.K39400221617326510
    MickG40360952560437
    SnoopFrogg413501064602349
    HandsofIron42330961671247
    jackojuice4329011101915569
    Haewood324423066110066510
    Sheppirino442301071705558
    CryingBrandon45220121008324610
    BPhontain461909727816610
    Mooshashi4619012725804610
    Julia/Eddy471802062300269
    Superbee4817011615522610
    el_gringo49140321672259
    SinderellaMan49140631501269
    Vlad50130321672259
    kushking5112011110011510
    califo5290431751269
    Rexy52905204001510
    MinuteMaid553802201002269
    dan_cov53804317522610
    BoxingLives53804307511610
    Clegg53805306002610
    James0954503206701610
    thatg5450320670269
    g27region554011110011610
    Thaim554011110011610
    eco1554022010022510
    sinca55401101001169
    Onlybeinghonest5540211501159
    Tbear56302105011610
    embryo572011010011610
    StargazerV572011010011610
    hhs6615720210500169
    ThomasJK5720210501135
    atomicsad0100000610
    boliodogs0100000610
    HarvardBlue010000069
    repsa010000069
    WarMikey0100000610







    Fight ResultsTotal Picks

    Total Correct

    Jose Uzcategui vs Caleb Plant (2019/01/13)

    Plant, DEC, WIDE

    39

    8

    Badou Jack vs Marcus Browne (2019/01/19)

    Browne, DEC, WIDE

    39

    6

    Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner (2019/01/19)

    Pacquiao, DEC, WIDE

    41

    37

    Keith Thurman vs Josesito Lopez (2019/01/26)

    Thurman, DEC, WIDE

    38

    38

    Eleider Alvarez vs Sergei Kovalev (2019/02/02)

    Kovalev, DEC, WIDE

    38

    7

    Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Jose Zepeda (2019/02/10)

    Ramirez, DEC, CLOSE

    36

    36

    James DeGale vs Chris Eubank Jr (2019/02/23)

    Eubank Jr, DEC, WIDE

    36

    14

    Anthony Dirrell vs Avni Yildrim
    (2019/02/23)
    Dirrell, DEC, CLOSE

    36

    33

    Erislandy Lara vs Brian Castano (2019/03/02)

    DRAW

    35

    0

    Dmitry Bivol vs Joe Smith Jr (2019/03/02)

    Bivol, DEC, WIDE

    33

    31

    Shawn Porter vs Yordenis Ugas (2019/03/02)

    Porter, DEC, CLOSE

    32

    29

    Errol Spence Jr vs Mikey Garcia (2019/03/16)

    Spence Jr. DEC, WIDE

    41

    34

    Sergei Lipinets vs Lamont Peterson (2019/03/24)

    Lipinets, KO, LATE

    34

    13

    Vasyl Lomachenko vs Anthony Crolla (2019/04/12)

    Lomachenko, KO, EARLY

    37

    37

    Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer (2019/04/13)

    Shields, DEC, WIDE

    37

    25

    Peter Quillin vs Caleb Truax (2019/04/13)

    NO CONTEST





    Sergei Derevyanchenko vs Jack Culcay
    (2019/04/13)

    Derevyanchenko, DEC, CLOSE

    32

    32

    Terrence Crawford vs Amir Khan (2019/04/20)

    Crawford, KO, MID

    38

    38

    Danny Garcia vs Adrian Granados (2019/04/20)

    Garcia, KO, MID

    38

    30

    Daniel Roman vs T J Doheny (2019/04/26)

    Roman, DEC, WIDE

    32

    32

    Wisaksil Wangek vs Juan Francisco Estrada (2019/04/26)

    Estrada, DEC, CLOSE

    34

    14

    Nonito Donaire vs Zolani Tete (2019/04/27)

    FIGHT CANCELLED





    Regis Prograis vs Kyril Relikh (2019/04/27)

    Prograis, KO, MID

    31

    30

    Robert Easter Jr vs Rances Barthelemy (2019/04/27)

    DRAW

    31

    0

    Saul Alvarez vs Daniel Jacobs (2019/05/04)

    Alvarez, DEC, CLOSE

    41

    33

    Jarrett Hurd vs Julian Williams (2019/05/11)

    Williams, DEC, CLOSE

    32

    1

    Emanuel Navarette vs Isaac Dogboe (2019/05/11)

    Navarette, KO, LATE

    32

    25

    Miguel Berchelt vs Francisco Vargas (2019/05/11)

    Berchelt, KO, MID

    32

    32

    Naoya Inoue vs Emmanuel Rodriguez (05/18/19)

    Inoue, KO, EARLY

    36

    33

    Josh Taylor vs Ivan Baranchyk (05/18/19)

    Taylor, DEC, WIDE

    37

    36

    Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale (05/18/19)

    Wilder, KO, EARLY

    38

    34

    Katie Taylor vs Delfine Persoon (06/01/19)

    Taylor, DEC, CLOSE

    36

    35

    Callum Smith vs Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (06/01/19)

    Smith, KO, EARLY

    37

    36

    Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz (06/01/19)

    Ruiz, KO, MID

    38

    1

    Gennady Golovkin vs Steve Rolls (06/08/19)

    Golovkin, KO, EARLY

    36

    36

    Yuniel Dorticos vs Andrew Tabiti (06/15/19)

    Dorticos, KO, LATE

    35

    21

    Mairis Breidis vs Krzysztof Glowacki (06/15/19)

    Breidis, KO, EARLY

    35

    26

    Josh Warrington vs Kid Galahad
    (06/15/19)

    Warrington, DEC, CLOSE

    35

    31

    Sullivan Barrera vs Jessie Hart
    (06/15/19)

    Hart, DEC, WIDE

    37

    15

    Tyson Fury vs Tom Schwarz
    (06/15/19)

    Fury, KO, EARLY

    38

    37

    Andrew Cancio vs Alberto Machado (06/21/19)

    Cancio, KO, EARLY

    30

    7

    Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Julio Ceja (06/23/19)

    Rigondeaux, KO, MID

    34

    33

    Richard Commey vs Raymundo Beltran (06/28/19)

    Commey, KO, MID

    30

    26

    Demetrius Andrade vs Maciej Sulecki (06/29/19)

    Andrade, DEC, WIDE

    35

    35

    Jermall Charlo vs Brandon Adams (06/29/19)

    Charlo, DEC, WIDE

    35

    34

    Rob Brant vs Ryota Murata (07/12/19)

    Murata, KO, EARLY

    36

    6

    Daniel Dubois vs Nathan Gorman (07/13/19)

    Dubois, KO, MID

    36

    18

    Joe Joyce vs Bryant Jennings (O7/13/19)

    Joyce, DEC, WIDE

    36

    29

    Rey Vargas vs Tomoki Kameda (07/13/19)

    Vargas, DEC, WIDE

    35

    32

    Dillian Whyte vs Oscar Rivas (07/20/19)

    Whyte, DEC, CLOSE

    34

    31

    Caleb Plant vs Mike Lee (07/20/19)

    Plant, KO, EARLY

    35

    34

    Luis Nery vs Juan Carlos Payano (07/20/19)

    Nery, KO, LATE

    35

    33

    Sergei Lipinets vs Jon Molina Jr (07/20/19)

    CANCELLED





    Yordenis Ugas vs Omar Figueroa Jr (07/20/19)

    Ugas, DEC, WIDE

    38

    25

    Keith Thurman vs Manny Pacquiao (07/20/19)

    Pacquiao, DEC, CLOSE

    38

    15

    Maurice Hooker vs Jose Carlos Ramirez (07/27/19)

    Ramirez, KO, MID

    32

    12



































































































































































































    **These picks were not added to the score and do not affect rank.

    ***Novelty fight worth half points






    2019 Pick Em Prizes:



    (in case the eternal admiration of your fellow posters just ain't enough for you)

    Winner: $300 payable by paypal
    1st Runner Up: $150 payable by paypal
    2nd Runner Up: $50 payable by paypal

    All prizes provided courtesy of Boxing Scene.



    Players wishing to be involved in a Boxing Scene points based sweepstakes are invited to do so either the by PM or by making your interest known in the thread below.




    NSB PICK EM CHAMPION 2019

    BALTIMORE



    Previous winners:

    2017 - RockyB

    2018 - otrocubiche



    Ground rules:



    - 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 EARLY (1-4), MID (5-8) or LATE 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 less than 12 pts

    eg. 116-112 or closer on all three cards.

    WIDE = Total score difference of >=12 pts

    eg. Equal to or 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 equal to or 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 five of these in the first 6 months of the game year and will be given five more on or around July 1st.


    3X = Get triple as many points for this prediction. You will begin the game with three of these and receive three more at the mid-point of the year.


    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 = 10 pts

    Correct Detail = 10 pts

    Wrong Fighter = 0 pts

    Draw = If you correctly pick a draw, you will win 120 pts. Everyone else will get 0.


    The total of above results in your BASE SCORE. Your BASE SCORE for a fight will multiplied by all applicable multipliers / bonuses. If more than one multiplier is applicable to your score the multipliers will be added together before being applied, ie: a x4 underdog multiplier combined with a x3 play multiplier will result in your score being multiplied by x7 not by x12.


    Bonus multipliers will be made available for fights with a +400 (4/1) or wider favorite. The amount of the multiplier can be found by reference to the list below:


    Underdog Multipliers
    OddsMultiplier
    <400x1
    400 - 699x2
    700 - 999x3
    1000+x4



    In all cases we reserve the right to make exceptions to the above and will be monitoring the underdog multiplier during the year to check that play balance is not adversely effected.



    Other Details

    -Score and rankings updates will be made within 48 hours after a fight... maybe.

    -Rankings will include number of remaining multipliers you have left.

    -If you attempt to use a multiplier that you do not have, we 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, we will treat it as a 1X play. If you use a 3X without any 3Xs left, we will try to use a 2X.


    LIST OF PLAYERS (AS OF 06/09/19)


    Robbie Barrett, bigjavi973, SUBZER0ED, jpowell100, Redd Foxx, RJJ-94-02=GOAT, Chrismart, Ganondorf, Eff Pandas, BLASTER1,HeadBodyBodyBody, BlakBread904, FrankieClutch, HandsofIron, DuckAdonis, RockyB, trashman, otrocubiche, j0zef, Mammoth, NC Uppercut, ruedboy, Idunnoshet, superbee, MindGame, The plunger man, koba, Frankie2Jabs, ShoulderRoll, BigZ44, koolkc107, Mooshashi, B Phontain, mathed, kushking, A.K, Damn Wicked, Baltimore, sinca,
    MulaKO, b morph, alexnation , atomicsad, BoxingFan85, califo, Clegg, dan_cov, eco1 , el_gringo, embryo, g27region, HarvardBlue, hhs661, Eddy Current, OnlyBeingHonest, SceneBoxer, SinderellaMan, Snoop Frog , War Mikey, Sheppirino, that g, jackojuice, MickG.





    Sticky me -MEGA-, BostonGuy, TBear, jaded, LoadedWraps, bigjavi973
    Last edited by PICK EM CREW; 12-30-2019, 07:07 PM.

  • #2
    Welcome to this years pick 'em gentlemen, finally got this thing underway, though the observant among you will have noticed that the leaderboard does not, as yet, have any leaders on it (or anyone else for that matter).

    Getting this up took a bit longer than I thought and I got an early start tomorrow so if you'll acept my apologies I'll aim to have it updated with Pick em #1 by tomorrow eve and Pick 'em 2 and 3 by Tues at the latest.

    Please feel free to use this thread for any comments, suggestions or general discussion of the Pick 'em and we will try to keep you abreast of any changes or developments here. Also we are in the process of setting up a social group which all players of the pick 'em will be invited to join. This should make it easier to share information, canvass opinion and send out reminders although all information is likely to be found on this thread too.

    Good luck and inspired picks for 2019 to you all.

    Regard Koba
    Last edited by Citizen Koba; 01-19-2019, 06:19 PM.

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    • #3
      What is the 2019 thread already stickied?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by BIGPOPPAPUMP View Post
        What is the 2019 thread already stickied?
        Sorry, man. That was the discussion thread to throw together ideas and changes the players wanted to see for this year. I've linked it in the novel I just wrote above.

        That one can be taken down now and replaced with this if that's OK, but make sure you leave up the actual Pick 'em thread for tonights fights.

        cheers and thanks

        Koba
        Last edited by Citizen Koba; 01-19-2019, 06:46 PM.

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        • #5
          I got 0/3 correct so far haha, IDKSAB :_(

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          • #6
            Originally posted by HeadBodyBodyBody View Post
            I got 0/3 correct so far haha, IDKSAB :_(
            I shouldn't worry too much, man. Most of us picked Uzcategui and Jack for the win so you're only a step behind the pack. For a site full of boxing fans we're really not doing very well at all.
            Last edited by Citizen Koba; 01-21-2019, 11:26 AM.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Koba-Grozny View Post
              I shouldn't worry too much, man. Most of us picked Uzcategui and Jack for the win so you're only a step behind the pack. For a site full of boxing fans we're really doing very well at all.
              Always good vibes from you, man!

              One of the great things about boxing is that you never stop learning, think my main problem is that I keep forgetting what I've learned... lol

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              • #8
                btw, I'm up for helping run/score the Pick 'Em, if help is needed, but I'll only be able to do that after June

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by HeadBodyBodyBody View Post
                  btw, I'm up for helping run/score the Pick 'Em, if help is needed, but I'll only be able to do that after June
                  Superb, we'll keep that in mind for later on in the year. I'm gonna be pushed to find time in July and August so that could fit in quite nicely.

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                  • #10
                    Nsb pick 'em 2019 #1 (01/13/19) picks and points tally.

                    NSB PICK 'EM 2019 #1 (01/13/19) PICKS AND POINTS TALLY.


                    RESULT:

                    Plant, DEC, WIDE
                    [/B]


                    War mikey 0*
                    FrankieClutch 0*
                    Ganondorf 0*
                    SceneBoxer 0*
                    HarvardBlue 0*
                    boliodogs 0*
                    BigZ44 0*
                    Redd Foxx 0*
                    atomicsad 0*
                    jpowell100 0*
                    Idunnoshet 0*
                    Mammoth 0*
                    DuckAdonis 0*
                    Chismart 0*
                    Robbie Barrett 30*
                    bigjavi 0*
                    Subzeroed 0*
                    mathed 0*
                    Blaster1 0*
                    Blakbread904 0*
                    MulaKO 0*
                    HeadBodyBodyBody 0*
                    RockyB 0*
                    otrocubiche 0*
                    ruedboy 0*
                    AK 30*
                    ShoulderRoll 0*
                    Mindgame 30*
                    Clegg 30*
                    NC Uppercut 30*
                    Koolkc107 0*
                    Julia Slobberts 0*
                    RJJ-94-02=Goat 0*
                    Oluminatti 30*
                    Koba 0*
                    Damn Wicked 0*
                    Snoop Frogg 0*
                    Baltimore 30*
                    B Morph 40*
                    Last edited by PICK EM CREW; 01-21-2019, 10:25 AM.

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