Kirks Championships : Boxing Prediction League : 2018

I'm currently watching Thor. Great film in a great series.

 

Attaboy CST, I might join you in that pick soon. Schwarzkopf looks incredibly flawed, I don't think Cardos can get a decision in Germania though and don't think he can KO him.

For now:

Schwarzkopf SD, Parker UD, Taylor KO, Burnett UD, Alimkhanuly UD, Berchelt KO

Think Donaire will send Burnett on his ass too but I don't think Nonito can finish guys nowadays.

 

11/3 - Timo Schwarzkopf vs. Florin Cardos - 12x3 EBU-EU Super Lightweight Title
11/3 - Zach Parker vs. Darryll Williams - 12x3 BBBofC British Super Middleweight Title
11/3 - Josh Taylor vs. Ryan Martin - 12x3 WBC Silver Super Lightweight Title
11/3 - Ryan Burnett vs. Nonito Donaire - 12x3 WBA Super World & WBC Diamond Bantamweight Titles
11/3 - Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Vaughn Alexander - 8x3
11/3 - Miguel Berchelt vs. Miguel Roman - 12x3 WBC World Super Featherweight Title

Schwartzkopf UD
Parker KO
Taylor UD
Burnett UD
Alimkhanuly UD
Berchelt KO

 

Hey @nellybc you haven't made any WBK picks.

 

IMO, welterweight is the best division, both currently and historically. Perfect combination of power, speed and technique.

 

Schwarzkopf UD; Parker KO; Taylor KO; Burnett UD; Alimkhanuly UD; Berchelt KO.

Sanchez UD; Jerusalem UD; Papin KO; Wach KO; Crolla UD; Usyk KO; Mann UD; Glowacki UD; Briedis UD; Kameda UD.

 

Kavaliauskas UD; Saucedo SD; Parodi UD; Wierzbicki UD; Balski UD; Krasniqi UD; Lejarraga KO; Rios UD; Arias UD; Miller KO; Nantapech SD.

 

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Ryan Martin SD, Burnett UD, Miguel Berchelt KO/TKO, Oleksandr Usyk UD,
Mairis Breidis UD, Jarrell Miller KO/TKO, Dmitry Bivol KO/TKO

 

Depends what you mean.

For me the best division will always be HW. Nothing gets me going like a good competitive fight between the big guys.

But if you're talking about from a skill point of view I think it's a real close call between WW and LW on both counts.

WW today has two incredibly skilled fighters in Spence and Crawford. LW today has two incredibly skilled fighters in Lomachenko and Garcia. The next level of fighters such as Porter and Garcia are definitely better than the likes of Pedraza and Campbell but then the tier below that favours LW imo. As I said really close.

Historically speaking it's an interesting one. I used to be obsessed with resumes and lineage but over the years I've become much more of a h2h kinda guy. For my money the best ever WW fighters are:

Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns
Jose Napoles
Floyd Mayweather
Charley Burley
Kid Gavilan
Emile Griffith
Luis Manuel Rodriguez
Oscar De La Hoya

And the best ever LW fighters are:

Pernell Whitaker
Roberto Duran
Benny Leonard
Henry Armstrong
Joe Gans
Alexis Arguello
Carlos Ortiz
Shane Mosley
Barney Ross
Tony Canzoneri


I hate sitting on the fence but how do you split those guys really? I rate Robinson the best fighter ever but Sweet Pea is one spot below him. In my top 20 ATH fighters I have 5 of those listed WW fighters and 4 of the listed LW fighters. But then my top 15 has 4 of the LW guys and 3 of the WW guys.

Really close.

Insanely close.

That being said, I hate sitting on the fence so l agree with you, WW gets the nod for me on both counts.

 

Here's the last of my movie picks 1940-1930 and the Silent Era
1940
1.His Girl Friday
2.The Philadelphia Story
3.Fantasia
4.Pinocchio
5.The Great Dictator
6.Rebecca
1939
1.Gone With the Wind
2.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
3.The Rules of the Game
4.The Wizard of Oz
5.Stagecoach
6.Only Angels Have Wings
7.Goodbye, Mr Chips
8.Ninotchka
9.The Ugly Duckling
1938
1.Pygmalion
2.Angels With Dirty Faces
3.Olympia
1937
1.The Grand Illusion
2.The Awful Truth
3.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
4.Heidi
1936
1.Modern Times
2.My Man Godfrey
3.Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
4.Fury
5.The Great Zeigfeld
6.Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
1.Bride of Frankenstein
2.Mutiny on the Bounty
3.A Midsummer Nights Dream
1934
1.It Happened One Night
2.The Scarlet Empress
3.Triumph of the Will
1933
1.42nd Street
2.Gold Diggers of 1933
3.King Kong
4.The Testament of Dr Mabuse
5.The Invisible Man
1932
1.Trouble in Paradise
2.Freaks
3.Grand Hotel
4.The Mummy
5.Scarface
6.White Zombie
1931
1.M
2.City Lights
3.The Threepenny Opera
4.The Public Enemy
5.Dracula
1930
1.All Quiet on the Western Front
2.Frankenstein
3.The Blue Angel
4.L’Age d’or
Silent Era
1.Metropolis
2.The Kid
3.The Passion of Joan of Arc
4.Man With a Movie Camera
5.The Gold Rush
6.Sherlock Jr
7.The Immigrant
8.The Cabinet of Dr Caligary
9.Safety Last!
10.The General
11.A Day’s Pleasure
12.Battleship Potemkin
13.Un Chien Andalou
14.Nosferatu
15.The Phantom of the Opera
16.A Trip to the Moon
17.The Skeleton Dance
18.The Great Train Robbery
19.Steamboat Willie
20.Gertie the Dinosaur
21.The Birth of a Nation

 

Top 15 Films Of 1940
1. The Grapes Of Wrath -love Steinbeck, holding off watching until I read the book
2. Escape
3. Pinocchio -classic
4. Fantasia -classic
5. Rebecca -didn't care for it
6. The Philadelphia Story -liked it a lot
7. His Girl Friday -loved it
8. The Great Dictator -has it's moments
9. The Mark Of Zorro
10. Te Thief Of Baghdad
11. My Favorite Wife
12. Comrade X
13. The Mortal Storm
14. Black Friday
15. Foreign Correspondent

Top 15 Films Of 1939
1. The Wizard Of Oz -holds up
2. Gone With The Wind -In my top 5 all time
3. Ninotchka -didn't really like it much
4. The Women
5. Wuthering Heights
6. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington -Jimmy Stewart was great
7. Only Angels Have Wings -liked it
8. Stagecoach -liked it
9. In Name Only
10. Idiot's Delight
11. Son Of Frankenstein
12. Drums Along The Mohawk
13. Jesse James
14. Bachelor Mother
15. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Top 10 Films Of 1938
1. You Can't Take It With You
2. Bringing Up Baby
3. The Lady Vanishes
4. In Old Chicago
5. Holiday
6. A Christmas Carol
7. Jezebel
8. Marie Antoinette
9. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
10. Vivacious Lady
-didn't see them
Top 9 Films Of 1937
1. Lost Horizon
2. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs -like it
3. The Hurricane
4. The Awful Truth -fun stuff
5. Dead End
6. Shall We Dance
7. Saratoga
8. Stella Dallas
9. Grand Illusion -pretty good

Top 6 Films Of 1936
1. These Three
2. Modern Times -love me some Chaplin
3. Dracula's Daughter
4. Dodsworth
5. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town -love Jimmy Stewart
6. Fury -love me some Fritz Lang

Top 10 Films Of 1935
1. Bride Of Frankenstein
2. Sylvia Scarlett
3. Barbary Coast
4. The Informer
5. Captain Blood
6. Werewolf Of London
7. The Raven
8. Mutiny On The Bounty -liked it
9. China Seas
10. Anna Karenina


Top 4 Films Of 1934
1. It Happened One Night -liked it
2. Tarzan & His Mate
3. The Scarlet Empress - didn't actually like it
4. The Black Cat

Top 8 Films Of 1933
1. King Kong -classic
2. Queen Christina
3. The Invisible Man -hated it
4. Island Of The Lost Souls
5. Ladies They Talk About
6. Bombshell
7. Ecstasy
8. Son Of Kong

Top 10 Films Of 1932
1. Grand Hotel -overrated
2. Tarzan The Ape Man
3. Freaks -this I liked
4. The Sign Of The Cross
5. Scarface -piece of garbage, the remake is amazing though
6. The Most Dangerous Game
7. The Old Dark House
8. Shanghai Express
9. White Zombie -didn't like it
10. The Mummy -didn't like it
11. Strange Interlude
12. Vampyr
13. Red Dust
14. The Mask Of Fu Manchu
15. Hot Saturday

Top 11 Films Of 1931
1. Frankenstein -liked it
2. Dracula -liked it
3. Dracula (Spanish)
4. City Lights -love it, such a great movie, one of the funniest of all time, I love so much about this movie
5. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
6. A Free Soul
7. M -I think this might be in my top 20 all time
8. Private Lives
9. The Public Enemy- s'alright
10. Waterloo Bridge
11. Street Scene

I know M is beloved, but I'm not too keen on Peter Lorre, especially when he's playing a pedophile.
-You must have something against serial killer movies. This is the Silence of the Lambs of it's day. Peter Lorre is excellent here. He was like the Daniel Day Lewis or Tom Cruise of Germany before the Nazis ran him off. Lang is at the height of his powers. The editing and shot selection is spectacular. And the plot is phenomenal. Criminals can't take the extra heat the cops are putting on them, so they decide to catch the child killer and put him on trial themselves. That's amazing! I love detective stories and crime stories. This has it all.

Top 5 Films Of 1930
1. The Divorcee
2. Anna Christie
3. Hell's Angels
4. Earth
5. The Unholy Three
-didn't see

Top 20 Silent Films
1. Pandora's Box -on my list to see
2. The Passion Of Joan Of Arc - I love this movie. Did you see the Criterion collection version with the Voices of Light score? I can't imagine watching it without that beautiful score.
3. Metropolis - I saw the Gorgio Moroder version with 80s pop songs and loved every minute. Top 20 film all time.
4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
5. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
6. The Golem
7. Nosferatu -didn't care for it
8. The Phantom Of The Opera -didn't care for it
9. The Sea Hawk
10. The Gold Rush -love Chaplin, so funny
11. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari -didn't care for it
12. Destiny
13. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
14. Ben Hur
15. Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
16. The Crowd
17. Battleship Potemkin -innovative but overrated, hated it
18. The Unknown
19. Lady Of The Night
20. October

 

Parker KO; Taylor UD; Burnett UD; Alimkhanuly UD; Berchelt KO.

 

I thought the only good film in the Thor series was Ragnarok.