Best and worst predictions you have made over the last 10 years

FastSmith7 · Sep 21, 2024

I predicted Gabe Rosado to beat Bek Melikuziev and the exact round in which he would knock him out

kirk · Sep 21, 2024

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I cant really think of my best picks. My wins never really stick out to me.

My worst pick in the history of the sport by far though has been Canelo vs Kovalev. I really cant overstate how badly I picked this.

To preface this, I had been spot on on almost every Canelo fight up to that point, (and the ones after), and so I feel I had Canelo fairly well gauged.

For this fight, I watched Kova vs Yarde, the most recent Kova fight at the time. Yes, Kova was diminished, but even what I was seeing in that fight, I just didnt see Canelo handling well. In fact, I remember questioning if Canelo could even beat Yarde convincingly.

Kova was so long, and controlled distance so well, I didnt think Canelo would be able to close that distance on him with much success. I felt Kova would be able to keep him at the end of his punches through most of the fight, and I thought his power would keep Canelo fairly caged in there even if he did want to press on the gas more.

I was in shock when Canelo was able to walk Kova down and get a highlight reel KO on him.

Given the 'studying' I did prefight, given my familiarity with the fighters, and given how sure I was in the outcome, this is by far and away my worst pick ever.

Second place would probably be AJ vs Ruiz 2.

Given the nature of their first encounter, AJ had massive pressure on him in the rematch. It can not be easy facing a guy who throttled you in your last fight, and didnt win just from a fluke punch, but repeatedly bounced you off the canvas in multiple rounds before stopping you.

So it was a twofold pick, I thought Ruiz was a bit of a bad matchup for AJ (thought so before the first fight actually) and I felt it would be hard for AJ to not get caught again when throwing combinations, against the faster Ruiz, coupled with implosion level of pressure on him, facing the guy that took his 0 in such an 'embarrassing' manner months earlier and with the world watching this rematch.

I did have my doubts about AJs mental toughness at the time, and kinda felt the pressure would be too much along with the opponent somewhat having his number.

AJ proved me wrong by showing how much of a professional he is, coming in super sleek and boxing a very intelligent and disciplined fight for majority of the match.

I was very happy to be wrong for that.
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Guess you can add AJ vs DD on here. Though, I did think DD could stop AJ, I thought it would be with AJ winning the action and DD landing a fight ender. Not DD battering AJ around the ring riund after round.

Sigh.

dmt · Sep 21, 2024

kirk said: ↑

Guess you can add AJ vs DD on here. Though, I did think DD could stop AJ, I thought it would be with AJ winning the action and DD landing a fight ender. Not DD battering AJ around the ring riund after round.

Sigh.
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A lot of us including me got this wrong. I thought AJ was a 70-30 favourite. I was almost imagining a Wlad-AJ like fight where both guys get hurt and once wins the slug fest.

Never did i envision a complete one sided battering.

Salty Dog · Sep 21, 2024

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its fine if you want to further than 10 years. I remember Pac DLH as well. My thoughts were similar to yours. Jesus Christ.
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Yeah. That was one of the most shocking outcomes I've ever seen. Pac was scary that night.

CST80 · Sep 22, 2024

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Best Predictions (this is just scratching the surface)...

Ruiz vs. Joshua 1
Usyk vs. Joshua
Usyk vs. Fury
Bivol vs. Alvarez
Garcia vs. Haney
Mendoza vs. Fundora
Fundora vs. Tszyu
Berinchyk vs. Navarrete
Espinoza vs. Ramirez
Billam-Smith vs. Okolie
Takam vs. Yoka
Bakole vs. Yoka
Merhy vs. Yoka
Bakole vs. Anderson
Nunez vs. Rakhimov
VIlla vs. Ellis
Valenzuela vs. Cruz
Valenzuela vs. Colbert
De Los Santos vs. Valenzuela
Kabayel vs. Makhmudov
Kabayel vs. Sanchez
Vianello vs. Makhmudov
Ball vs. Ford
Smith vs. Eubank Jr.
Suslenkov vs. Hunter
Nishida vs. Rodriguez
Heaney vs. Bentley
Tapales vs. Akmadaliev
Resendez vs. Hurd
Lopez vs. Warrington
Lopez vs. Conlan
Leo vs. Lopez
Gill vs. Conlan
Martinez vs. Gill
Gesta vs. JoJo
Cacace vs. Cordina
Barrios vs. Ugas
Woodall vs. Richards
Parker vs. Zhang
Wood vs. Conlan
Baluta vs. Barnes
H. Garcia vs. Colbert
F. Martinez vs. Ancajas
Dubois vs. Hrgovic
N. Ball vs. Lowe
Lopez vs. Lowe
Lopez vs. Flores
Ryder vs. Jacobs
Akui vs. Dalakian
Magsayo vs. Russell
Crowley vs. Abduqaxorov
Butaev vs. James
Gvozdyk vs. Stevenson
Zepeda vs. Tanajara
Ponce vs. Ritson
Santillan vs. Rocha
Straffon vs. Tennyson
Ramos vs. Figueroa
Gollaz vs. Davies
Cullen vs. Yildirim
Fuzile vs. Ward
Ogawa vs. Fuzile
Martinez vs. Ioka
Bahdi vs. Sylve
Figueroa vs. Nery
Cunningham vs. Foster
Hernandez vs. J-Rock
Arias vs. Chaney
Silyagin vs. Abdugofurov
Angulo vs. Quillin
Santamaria vs. Alexander
Fundora vs. Lubin
Povetkin vs. Whyte
Povetkin vs. H. Fury
Joyce vs. Dubois
Froch vs. Bute
Rigondeaux vs. Donaire
Horn vs. Pacquiao
J-Rock vs. Hurd
Molina vs. Provodnikov
Pacquiao vs. Thurman
Brook vs. Porter
Garcia vs. Khan
Sor Rungvisai vs. Chocolatito 1
Sor Rungvisai vs. Chocolatito 2
Warrington vs. Selby
Warrington vs. Frampton
Browne vs. Chagaev
Maidana vs. Broner
Taylor vs. Davies
McDonnell vs. Kameda
McDonnell vs. Kameda II
Spark vs. Love
Smith Jr. vs. Fonfara
Smith Jr. vs. Hopkins
Smith Jr. vs. Hart
Smith Jr. vs. Alvarez
Saunders vs. Eubank
Pedraza vs. Beltran
Helenius vs. Teper
N'Dam vs. Murray
Groves vs. Eubank
Donaire vs. Burnett
Montiel vs. Kirkland
Matias vs. Dadashev
Matias vs. Hawkins
Nakatani vs. Verdejo
Pradabsri vs. Menayothin
Carroll vs. Quigg
Jojo Diaz vs. Farmer
Bolotniks vs. Burton
Bolotniks vs. Michel
Granados vs. Imam
Lee vs. Korobov
Richards vs. Pitters
Martinez vs. Pavlik
Garcia vs. Cheeseman
WIlliamson vs. Cheeseman
Harrison vs. Charlo
Kovalev vs. Alvarez 2
Pascal vs. Browne
Pascal vs. Jack
Casimero vs. Tete
R. Alvarado vs. Cancio 2
Xu vs. Rojas
J. Vargas vs. Ali
Munguia vs. Ali
Abregu vs. Dulorme
Volny vs. Butler

Goddammit!!! Robbed of wins (there's too many of these to count).
Lemos vs. Hitchins*
Miller vs. Ruiz*
Walker vs. Crocker*
Ngannou vs. Fury*
Navarrete vs. Conceicao*
Ryder vs. Smith*
Cruz vs. Davis*
Conceicao vs. Valdez*
Rosado vs. Jacobs*
Herrera vs. Garcia*
Postol vs. Ramirez*
Perrella vs. Harrison*
Sokolowski vs. Adeleye*
Martinez vs. Williams 1*
Korobov vs. Charlo*
Trout vs. Mall Charlo*
Trout vs. Mell Charlo*
Trout vs. Alvarez*
Zepeda vs. Ramirez*
JC Martinez vs, C Edwards*
Uzcategui vs. Dirrell*

Worst....
Crawford vs. Horn
Wilder vs. Zhang
Whyte vs. Fury

Easiest Win
Crawford vs. Spence

Most Bitter Loss
Martinez vs. Cotto
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And another.... Dubois vs. Joshua.

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