~ ESB's BIG FIGHT PICKS ~ Pacquiao vs Diaz! ~

Well, after 24 hours of voting, it has been decided that Pac-Diaz is a blue riband event worth twice as many points as regular fights and Barrett-Fields will not be included (since it only got 48% of the yes votes).

I'm gonna be gone for about three weeks, so after the voting ends on Friday for what fights should be included during those weeks, I will create the new league threads that could be bumped later. A couple of people have offered to count the scores up, so however you guys choose to work that out, it would be appreciated.

Vote for the fights that you want included in the league. Here's a schedule (the ones without the *** are automatically included):

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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

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All those who have two stars in front of their names: If you are in the top 25 and miss another week, your score will be increased only once more only, with the mean score that week. If you are outside the top 25 and miss another week, you will be struck off the list of competitors. You will not be allowed to rejoin.


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

 

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