ESB's Big Fight Picks - new Prediction League Idea!

Time well spent, though!:yep

In fact, if you don't want to, you don't have to spend more than 2 extra minutes...because ALL the fights in this league will appear in the other two too! You just have to copy and paste those picks into this thread and there you go!

 

huki,

the fact that you were thinking of reviving a Prediction League similar to this one gave me an idea - may I ask you to be so kind to run it yourself, with Amsterdam and the others, if they feel they can chip in, if you have the time?

You could take the ideas you agree with from this thread to add alongside your initial plans for such a League, you could change some of the bits that C Money, for example, would like to see improved, how you see fit, and decide the best scoring system, amongst yourselves...I will chip in with some ideas too...

Due to an unforseen work pressure, I feel I would not be able to dedicate as much time to this League as I originally envisaged. Whenever I have time, though, I will be glad to help with counting up scores, etc.

I would be very glad and thankful if you agreed!:good

 

Thank you very much, huki!:good

 

Hey, huki....

I had a thought about the scoring for decisions...

The current system by which you call either close or wide decision is unfair, firstly because te delimitation is arbitrary - should it be a difference of 2 points, 3 points or 4 points or what? and because it suffers from the same problem that calling a stoppage in the first 6 rounds or in the last 6 rounds (MSTR model) does - you can be out by 1 rounds (in this case - 1 point) - and you are out completely.

For example: Let us assume a system called 2 points' difference and under as being close, and 3 or more points dfference - wide. Wat if you think the difference will be 3 points...? You vote for wide, but it happens to only be called 2 points difference by the judges...you were only slightly wrong, and yet you get no points at all...it's as if you had called it a very wide UD...say complete shut out by 12 points...this doesn't make sense!

Only way, I can see to reward those who get closest the most, just like we do for the stoppage system whereby the closer you call to the actual stoppage round, the more points you get, is to do the same for the decision calls - after all, the system is very similar.

Take Quintana v. William:

~ referee: Jack Reiss | judge: Michael Pernick 116-112 | judge: Tony Crebs 116-112 | judge: Jose Cobian 115-113 ~


Two of the calls were 116-112, so this i taken as he difference - 4 rounds.

Posters will be asked to call, instead of "wide decision" or "close decision", the number of points difference for a certain fighter...

Thus, if you call:

Quintana decision by 4 - you get 25 points
Quintana decision by 3 - 20 points
Quintana decision by 5 - 20 points
Quintana decision by 2 - 15 points
Quintana decision by 6 - 15 points
Quintana decision by 1 - 10 points
Quintana decision by 7/8/9/10/11/12 - 10 points

something like that...much fairer.

:good