Garcia vs. Haney: A Cautionary Tale Against Buying Into Groupthink Foregone Conclusion Narratives.

Just like, aside from Garcia vs. Haney.... so far in the first 4 months of 2024 alone, they were spot on about...

Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Artem Dalakian *
Ramon Cardenas vs. Israel Rodriguez *
Eduardo Nunez vs. Shavkat Rakhimov *
Riku Masuda vs. Jonas Sultan *
Jesus Perez vs. JoJo Diaz Jr. *
Miguel Madueño vs. Justin Pauldo *
Joseph Parker vs. Zhilei Zhang *
Jairo Noriega vs. Azael Villar *
Nicklaus Flaz vs. Luke Santamaria *
Nicholas Walters vs. Joseph Adorno *
Chris Kongo vs. Florian Marku *
Sebastien Fundora vs. Tim Tszyu *
Jackson Joe England vs. Jamel Herring *
Ricardo Nunez vs. Pablo Vicente *
Artem Suslenkov vs. Michael Hunter *
Ralfs Vilcans vs. Shefat Isufi *
David Jimenez vs. John Ramirez *
Ismael Barroso vs. Ohara Davies
Dario Morello vs. Luca Chiacone
Jayson Vayson vs. Takeru Inoue
Sivenathi Nontshinga vs. Adrien Curiel
Daishi Nagata vs. Koki Inoue
Sandy Messaoud vs. Meriton Karaxha
Tsubasa Narai vs. Yuna Hara ^
Thanongsak Simsri vs. Miel Fajardo ^
Alexander Pavlov vs. Thomas Piccirillo ^
Uisma Lima vs. Haro Matevosyan
Melvin Jerusalem vs. Yudai Shigeoka ^
James Flint vs. Campbell Hatton ^
Endry Saavedra vs. Issac Hardman ^
Owen Cooper vs. Eithan James
Gianluca Ceglia vs. Frank Urquiaga
Jaouad Belmehdi vs. Alfred Lamptey
Raymond Ford vs. Otabek Kholmatov
Ashlee Eales vs. Stanley Stannard
Billy Allington vs. Mark Smither ^
Julian Smith vs. Orestes Velazquez
Rene Tellez Giron vs. George Acosta ^
Miguel Esparza vs. Daniel Garcia
Jackson Chauke vs. Quaise Khademi
Keita Kurihara vs. Froilan Saludar

...right?

And with fair scoring..... these would've been massive upsets too.

Starling Castillo vs. Jesus Saracho *
Julio Cesar Martinez vs Angelino Cordova *
Richardson Hitchins vs. Gustavo Daniel Lemos *
Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Sean McComb
Teófimo López vs. Jamaine Ortíz *
Natasha Jonas vs. Mikaela Mayer *

Most bookies DKSAB, they just go with the safe picks, which tend to be the undefeated A-sides. There's no real science to what they do, they certainly aren't analyzing fighter's differing styles and how well or poorly they'll mesh with their upcoming opponents. They're groupthink lemmings, who if they had a real brain for the sport, would know stumbling blocks when they see them. Merely prompting people to think harder and critically more often, isn't unreasonable and certainly isn't too much to ask. Denigrating the mission statement of this thread, is kind of encouraging intellectual laziness.

I have the benefit as someone who runs a Boxing League on here, to know just how many upsets there's been, and who's picked them. Most of the above upsets have been called by one or more of the smarter posters on here. The only ones that weren't called, I'll add a ^ denoting it. The asterisks denote the upsets above that I've called, and the upsets below I was robbed of.

 

Without a doubt, picking an underdog and getting right, for the sole purpose of showing off your prowess when it comes to understanding the fight game is one thing. Betting actual money can be treacherous as hell, due to all of the robberies. But if you do get it right, my God, you could rake in a mountain of cash. It still pisses me off that I didn't put money on Joe Smith Jr. KOing Fonfara, I've never been so sure of a seemingly outlandish outsider pick to date, sometimes being such a stickler when it comes to eschewing vices is painful as ****.

 

I'll make sure to rub it in thrice as hard in a thread dedicated to you if Gvozdyk pulls the upset and KO's Benavidez, like I think he will.

 

Not a dime, I avoid all addictive vices like the plague. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs or gamble, I even restrict myself to one cup of coffee and one soda per day, and even stopped playing video games 15 years ago. I'm clearly a control freak. Although avoiding gambling is one of the bigger challenges for me.

 

Pretty much. You summed that up quite concisely.

 

Rehydration Weights. Exactly 3 pounds more.

Ryan Garcia 153
Devin Haney 156

 

Might be one of the great fight shots ever captured.

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