~ ESB's BIG FIGHT PICKS ~ Valuev-Ruiz / Calderon-Cazares ~

Hey guys, the league is back and there should be big fights for many consecutive weeks to come. I'll count the scores from the Clottey-Judah and Vic-Kirilov fights sometime this week. Please vote on which fights you want included next week (Diaz-Katsidis and Barrios-Juarez are already included). Later!

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• correct winner = 15
• correct winner + correct decision pick = 25
• correct winner + correct stoppage pick = 30

Decision picks:

• correct wide or close decision pick* = 30

Stoppage picks**:

• 3 rounds or less off correct stoppage round = 35
• 1 round off correct stoppage round = 40
• correct stoppage round = 45

Draw = 50 points

* a wide unanimous decision: a decision where all three judges score the fight for one fighter and two or more of the judges' scores are four points or more apart e.g. 116-112, 115-111, 116-111, etc.
* a close unanimous decision: a decision where all three judges score the fight for one fighter and two or more of the judges' scores are three points or less apart e.g. 115-112, 116-113, 114-112, etc. A split decision or a majority decision is scored as a close unanimous decision.

** a disqualification or retirement will count as a stoppage win.

Blue riband events - really big fights like Pavlik v. Taylor, Calzaghe v. Hopkins, etc. - will count for twice the points as usual big fights. Scores for those blue riband events get multiplied by two.

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Please post your picks as follows: e.g.

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", if you think Calzaghe will win a unanimous decision over Kessler at a difference of points greater or equal to four points

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", if you think Calzaghe will win a decision over Kessler at a difference of points smaller or equal to three points, a majority or split decision.

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", if you think Kessler will beat Calzaghe by stoppage, disqualification or retirement in the third round.

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" if you think the fight between Calzaghe and Kessler will end up a draw.

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If for some reason you miss a week and you are in the top 25 in the league, you will be allocated the median score for that week. Everyone has 3 lives (will be "saved" up to three times). This, to ensure top pickers are not demotivated by their failure to pick one week.

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A clean sweep system will be applied for weeks with 5 fights or more. The clean sweep bonus will be 20 points.

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If, by common consensus, a clear robbery might have occured, a review panel made up of kg0208, sean, McGrain and sues2nd will decide whether the result should be overruled for the purposes of our league. Unless they all agree unanimously that it was a robbery, we go by official results.

Good luck! :good


One other thing.. we are already in the second half of 2008, if you're not in the league, sorry, but it's too late to join.






This week's fights:

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Valuev wide UD
Calderon close UD

 

Great variety of picks!

 

Someone asked for the scores pre Judah-Clottey and Vic-Kirilov..

northend: 900
*iceman: 865
**dangerousity: 830
bolieu_mtl: 825
KobeIsGod: 800
*C Money: 785
psychopath: 785
*theunderdog: 785
*Amsterdam: 770
kg0208: 770
*MSTR: 760
**196osh: 745
**Pimp C: 745
jaco: 740
**Cooke: 735
brooklyn1550: 730
bulakenyo: 725
huki: 725
*PacDbest: 725
**cardstars: 720
**Scorpy: 720
IntentionalButt: 715
*Zakman: 715
caliboxing: 710
Shifty107: 705
Astola: 700
*IPitydaF00l: 700
*This bloke: 700
*jupzrooni: 695
oblate: 665
*they_killed_kenny: 645
**cuchulain: 615
*CJLightweight: 590
**Hatesrats: 585
**Arriba: 575
andyzOr: 535