~ ESB's BIG FIGHT PICKS ~ four new fights!

Forrest over Mora was "group think"? :huh

Having never heard of these guys and watched both of their previous four fights, I'm pretty sure most would pick even Forrest 2.0 to thoroughly outclass Mora. AFAIK northend hasn't put up any analytical reason behind that one; it was him 'going out on a limb'. Very lucky there IMO...unless he did spot something the rest of us were blind to; I'd love to hear what the warning signs were for him.

Although overall, yes, he's a master picker.

 

Thks for the kind words.

 

Seeing many of Forrest fights IMO he has the tendancy to get off his game easily sometimes even in his wins.Mora has and awkward style and likes to steal rounds with his little outburst.I know that Mora fought I believe every fight at Middle,and figured that he may handle Forrest power enough to squeek out a dec.Along with Forrest being 37 and a few other little things along the way that got me thinking.If I told everyone what I look for in the fights,I wouldn't be doing so well for the last 5-6 years in the comps now would I.LOL:good

 

Damn Bruh . . . let us borrow your crystal ball sometimes.

No matter how I analyze their previous fights . . . I just can't see how Mora would out punch Forrest. :-(

You're good at it. :good

 

Yes group think. Every one was going with Forrest as the obvious choice. This guy didn't listen to popular opinion, sat and watched the fights, took reputation out of the equation, and made an excellent pick. One that could have squandered his chance in the comp.You can say what you want about not giving him credit, but the fact is, he has done this consistently. If you think it was a "fluke", maybe you are jealous??? I can't see any other reasoning behind it. He must have been confident enough to change his pick, and risk the lead.

 

On that Mora/Forrest fight . . . what I missed is Mora taking that weight loss positively. He beat Forrest in stamina . . . :yep

 

Oh, got all right except this one. 2nd time in this comp I was very tempted to go with the upset now but just couldnt do it. dammit! lol.

 

You don't read posts very carefully do you? :blood

Whether it was popular or not isn't important; it was, IMO, the logical choice regardless of reputation. My whole post was basically about a hypothetical situation, if you took someone who was completely ignorant of both fighters (but somehow knowledgeable about the nuances of boxing) and showed them tape of both in their recent fights, that person would probably pick Forrest based on the tape alone. You seem to have completely ignored that, which was the crux of my post - instead choosing to go off on this hypersensitive reactionary kick as though you needed to defend northend, who, mind you, I wasn't attacking in any way shape or form. Nowhere did I say I didn't give him credit for his pick (or picks in general - in fact I even complimented him as a master picker in that very post...another thing you ignored in your crusade) - what I said was (again, paying attention comes into play) that as far as I could tell, my guess was that it was a lucky pick UNLESS he could provide some pre-fight analytical insight, which I would be happy to hear (and he did provide some in the following post...which I was happy to hear).

So sensitive. :-( :yep

 

Very lucky there IYO. So in other words, a FLUKE. Which part didn't i read correctly???

 

:roll:

UNLESS is the word that continued that sentence. :deal

Stop embarassing yourself.

 

Hypersensitive.... All i did was disagree with you haha. ^^^^^^ post seems hypersensitive if anything. What your whole post is based around, is ignorance. You are GUESSING that an ordinary person would not pick Mora, based on styles, age, stamina or any number of factors. That is just silly. It is totally subjective. As shown consistently, Northend used his superior analytical ability to get the correct result. A superb pick. Credit where credit is due.

 

Embarrassing myself hahah? Who to, YOU? Please... You have made a silly assumption that because he didn't post an analysis, he just made a lucky guess. Silly on your behalf. Anyone with that sort of precedant for tipping, obviously analyses fights.

 

At the time, I didn't know, as he hadn't posted any analysis and all we had to go on was the wording of his post, which included the phrase "going out on a limb" - which could be interpreted as taking a stab in the dark on a 'hunch', or, as now seems more likely, could mean "going against the grain" because you know something everybody else doesn't. I have applauded his analysis SINCE he posted it. Why are you still harping on my conjecture PRIOR to him posting his analysis that it may have been a lucky guess? That's not some terrible insult, first of all, and second the guy doesn't need you to defend him. He responded by posting a bit of his reasoning, and I replied respectfully to him. Where in this equation does it become your affair or cause to have a problem exactly?

 

That is silly? Okay, I suppose any guesswork when you don't have any concrete evidence is silly. atsch Or is it just guesses that you interpret as slaps in the face of people you think should have their asses kissed unconditionally, without even a shred of healthy, non-malicious skepticism brought to bear?

You're kind of being an ******* here.