Bad Left Hook Fight Night Prediction Standings, Week 3
by Scott Christ on Mar 1, 2009 9:51 AM EST
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Your updated Bad Left Hook Fight Night Prediction Standings. Thanks for playing, and never fear, we'll have three fights to pick this weekend with Boxing After Dark.
"Wins": All you have to do is get the winner right.
"Losses": You got the winner wrong.
"Knockouts": Knockouts are granted when you get a fight exactly right, like if you had picked Adamek by TKO/KO-8 or a draw for John-Juarez.
"Draws": Draws come when fights are declared draws, period, unless you picked a draw. Then you'd get a knockout.
| Name | W | L | D | KO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| jrok | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Miller | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Zocalo | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BabyBull1289 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| schraubd | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3zilla | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BrianBrock | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JasonTryp | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DRose87 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| keyz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Option27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| sigidy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| strike4A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| bp | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| lcollins1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TXroyal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| battle axe of doom | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pops Daniels | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Upstait | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brickhaus | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| boxingstudent | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaos100 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LemmeFindOut | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| sdsuaztec4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BLee2525 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| cylee1180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Messed With Baby Bull, Got Baby Horns: Only a few of you were brave enough to pick Juan Diaz for the upset win, which by the way was another one of Dan Rafael's "just got a feeling" calls in his chat this week. Another: Jones over Calzaghe. Those who were burned by the Diaz pick were battle axe of doom, sdsuaztec4, and BLee2525. The latter two competitors put their picks in last minute.
Dionisio, You Cad: Brickhaus, Pops Daniels and lcollins1 took a notch in the L column this week by taking Dionisio Miranda to beat Giovanni Lorenzo. Took less than six minutes for that L.
One Guy Picked Johnathon Banks: It was Upstait.
The Damned Draw: Most of us feel Chris John won a good, competitive fight against Rocky Juarez, but put another in that D column anyway. Of the 25 people that picked a winner in the John-Juarez bout, 19 of us (76%) picked Chris John to win. This was far less a debacle than the gruesome Martinez-Cintron scoring, but draws stink no matter how you slice it.
The Original 9: Myself, Matt, jrok, Zocalo, TXroyal, BabyBull1289, Zocalo, lcollins1 and JasonTryp have been in this baby all three weeks. Matt and jrok remain unbeaten at 8-0-2 with one KO pick each. JasonTryp didn't pick winners in the Friday night card, so he's two fights back now, but still hasn't gotten one wrong. Zocalo and BabyBull are both just one L down, and the other three of us have made a couple bum picks. Two of us picked Matt Vanda over John Duddy (me and TXroyal). That one was so bad I thought I'd bring it up again.
Correct Adamek "KO" Calls: TXroyal, 3zilla, keyz, battle axe of doom
Correct Marquez "KO" Call: BrianBrock -- yep, all of one of us got this one. Nobody got Lorenzo (KO-2) or called the John-Juarez draw.
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damn way to make me feel like shit for picking my hometown hero SC
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Mar 1, 2009 6:31 PM EST reply actions
takes balls to pick an upset
At least you didn’t pick Matt Vanda over Duddy. By TKO.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
“I’m fair but I’m firm”. SC rips on his own pick more than any other. I picked the guy who got KO’d vs. the other guy on the prelim last night.
well he picked a good fighter
I picked Matt Vanda. I mean come on.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Mar 2, 2009 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
i was just kidding by the way.
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Mar 2, 2009 2:01 AM EST up reply actions
I know
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
It should be the original 9. I have picked all three weeks
I tried to make up ground this week with Diaz and Rocky picks. That didn’t work out to well but it happens. I’m only picking guys that I think will win from now on and not worry about standings. That will work its self out.
you are right
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
2 things
I’m no longer picking fights where I don’t know the fighters. And, I’m going with Kirkland because I’ve watched him, Pops Billingsly and Ann Wolf up close and they do it right. He doesn’t listen to shit as far as technique and tactics, so I’m not confident, but I’ve got Kirk by early KO.
I don't think it's a matter of listening
Ann Wolfe was no tactical wizard herself. Kirkland’s style is very similar to hers.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Pops is his real coach. Ann is more marketable and a better face, but Pops is Kirk’s original trainer since he was 13. He does try to impress Kirk with tactics and defense, also tries to get him to stop the Tysonesque first round attacks. It’s exciting to watch a guy attack someone like they’re in a Wal-Mart parking lot, but it doesn’t usually make for a long career.
I generally think fighters are who they are and it’s very hard to get them to change that. You can tell John Duddy to box and he might do it for nine rounds, but in the 10th against Vanda he put himself in stupid positions. Kirkland will probably always be a mauler, whether it’s wise or not. I don’t think you can make Kirkland a defensive-minded fighter any more than you can make Winky Wright a slugger.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
yeah Kirk ain’t changing, I just hope he makes enough $ to be comfortable and doesn’t get in anymore trouble.
he'll always have a career in boxing
Guys that punch like him and make entertaining fights have no difficulty winding up on TV. Edison Miranda got a Showtime main event after Pavlik beat the living crap out of him. It just takes another big KO to get right back into the good graces.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
At least you didn’t pick Matt Vanda over Duddy. By TKO.
The funny thing was, it almost happened. In R10, Duddy heard the NYC crowd start to chant “DuuuddY, DuuuddY, DuuuddY,” and transformed like the Wolfman under a full moon. And as soon as he did that, Vanda hammered him with flush shots. I thought that line Pat Burns shot him about “anger management” was a classic. Duddy almost blew a shutout in the last round because, no matter what anyone teaches him, he is a creature of instinct. And that instinct is go out guns blazing, even though it will eventually mean going down in flames.
"I want to see ocean. I want to see black people. I want to see palms." - Wladimir Klitschko
ok, I held off but...
totally psyched to get a pick right all by myself :)) Ok, backslap over.
Ps I have no idea the boxers people are talking about above?! :( Will have to youtube names…
cheers dude
Just did….I absolutely appreciate now what you said in the earlier post, it was just like a parking lot brawl. Eye opening…pretty wild. Not pretty.
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