|:| Big Fight Pick'em League |:| Miguel Cotto v. Joshua Clottey - 13th of June |:|

I'm going with the slight upset here, in what is really almost a 50/50 fight; Pacquiao T/KO 10.

 

This content is protected

Leaders' Board [average points/fight]:

1. KobeIsGod: 24.2
2. Shifty107: 24
3. BigEars: 23
4. dangerousity: 21.6



Total Points After 6 Fights:

KobeIsGod: 145
dangerousity: 130
Decebal: 125
*Shifty107: 120
D-MAC: 120
bolieu_mtl: 120
*BigEars: 115
Zakman: 110
bulakenyo: 95
196osh: 95
GazOC: 85
cuchulain: 60
Pimp C: 55
***Strike: 50
***Dorfmeister: 45
huki: 40
psychopath

This content is protected

: 30

---------------------
* = Joined after 1 fight.
*** = Joined after 3 fights.

This content is protected

Please tell me if I got a total wrong.


Picks:

KobeIsGod: Pacquiao T/KO 9 Hatton; W Klitschko T/KO 6 Haye;
Shifty107: Pacquiao T/KO 10 Hatton;
BigEars: Hatton T/KO 9 Pacquiao; Cotto UD Close Clottey;
dangerousity: Pacquiao T/KO 8 Hatton;
Decebal: Pacquiao T/KO 10 Hatton;
D-MAC: Pacquiao T/KO 7 Hatton;
bolieu_mtl: Pacquiao T/KO 10 Hatton;
Zakman: Hatton T/KO 10 Pacquiao;
Strike: Hatton T/KO 7 Pacquiao;
bulakenyo: Pacquiao UD Close Hatton;
196osh: Hatton T/KO 10 Pacquiao;
Dorfmeister: Hatton UD Close Pacquiao;
GazOC: Hatton T/KO 7 Pacquiao;
cuchulain: Hatton T/KO 10 Pacquiao;
Pimp C: Hatton T/KO 11 Pacquiao;
huki: Hatton T/KO 6 Pacquiao;
psychopath

This content is protected

: Pacquiao UD Close Hatton;

This content is protected

To those who are struggling, please up your game. No one who is taking part in this league should score less than 15 points/fight, on average. Anyone (including me) who scores a total of less than 15/fight after 12 rounds will no longer be included in the League, even if they themselves have only picked less than 12 times, e.g. because they started late or missed a week. Tough, but fair - plenty of warning and time to shine too.

After we go 15 rounds, the 3 pickers with the lowest weekly average will be dropped. After another 3 rounds, yet another 3 pickers will be dropped and so on, until we are left with the 7 best pickers. The League will continue for another 7 rounds and then the winner will be announced.

Good news for those with one life left - after 12 rounds, you win back the extra life you've used up.

Good luck, everyone!


RULES:

Everyone gets two lives. If you miss a pick; you lose one. If you miss yet another pick you lose your last life and you are out of the league.

The system used to score fights will be the following:

*I HAVE CHANGED THE SCORING SYSTEM SLIGHTLY TO MAKE IT MORE BALANCED*

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

Decision picks:

correct wide or close decision pick* = 30

Stoppage picks**:

1 round off correct stoppage round = 30
correct stoppage round = 35

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.

How to post your picks:

Please post your picks as follows: e.g.

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

"Calzaghe UD close", 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.

"Kessler T/KO 3", if you think Kessler will beat Calzaghe by stoppage, disqualification or retirement in the third round. Always pick a stoppage round when you make a pick!

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

This content is protected

Please feel free to pick on any fights, as soon as they appear here. You don't need to wait for the week of the fight to pick on the particular fight:

This content is protected

(I will announce any other fights that come up that will take place by the 20th of June as I spot them, once I decide to include them)



HOW TO JOIN:

You need to be invited to join.

To be invited, you simply need to impress ESB with your fight analysis skills and your general posting quality and conduct.

Alternatively, join one of the following prediction leagues and make it to the top and stay there for a while and you will get an invitation, for next season. Good luck!

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/...114406&page=34

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/...110292&page=58

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/...t=491&page=108

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/...d.php?t=135742

:good

 

Shifty107, since you've picked all the correct winners so far, you won yourself the privilege of deciding whether we should run JMM v. Mayweather and Chagaev v. Valuev or not. I wasn't going to include either, to be honest, but you have the final say on whether we run either/them or not... Please inform me of your decision within the next week. Thanks.

KobeIsGod, don't forget, you also won yourself the privilege of picking a fight for us to run, that hasn't been included so far.

NOTE: if Shifty107 decides we should run Chagaev v. Valuev, the next fight will be just that, so don't forget to pick on that too - check this in advance of that fight.