The Bad Left Hook Pick'em Game: Season 13 - Week 8

This weekend's action features a couple of bouts between top ten fighters. A clash of British lightweights tops the bill, with Kevin Mitchell (BLH #5), heading to Scotland to battle it out against Ricky Burns (#3). The other top ten bout, has Rodel Mayol (#10) traveling to Mexico to face off against Juan Carlos Sanchez (#7) in a match-up of flyweights.

A couple of fights from Northern Ireland are on the line-up, with promising super-bantamweight Carl Frampton taking on Canadian Steve Molitor, and Lee Selby putting his British & Commonwealth crowns on the line against Martin Lindsay in a featherweight encounter.

Also on the game-sheet is a rematch of a tight cruiserweight bout from 2011, with Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (#5) taking on Francisco Palacios in Poland, and rounding out this weekend's match-ups are a couple of Friday fights, with Gabriel Rosado (#10) facing Charles Whitaker, and Jhonatan Romero going up against Efrain Esquivas.

For those that haven't played before, welcome to the best pick'em game going. Please join right in and start playing (just make sure to check out the rules - we promise they are very simple).

An explanation of how to fill out your selections appears at the bottom of this post - please follow these instructions as it makes it easier for us to tabulate the results quickly each week.

You can check out the current standings here.

Let’s get to the week 8 line-up…

**** Remember you do not need to make a selection on every fight. If you are unfamiliar with any of the fighters, and don't want to risk points, you are free to PASS on any pick. You must make at least one selection to receive the 10 point participation bonus****

A. Pick the winner - Ricky Burns vs Kevin Mitchell (Saturday, September 22)

1. Burns to win – risk 8 points to win 5.
2. Mitchell to win – risk 5 points to win 8.

B. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Ricky Burns vs Kevin Mitchell (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, September 22)

1. Burns by stoppage – risk 1.5 to win 8.5.
2. Burns by decision – risk 4.5 to win 5.5.
3. Mitchell by stoppage – risk 1.5 to win 8.5.
4. Mitchell by decision – risk 2.5 to win 7.5.

C. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr vs Rodel Mayol (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, September 22)

1. Sanchez to win (any method) – risk 8 to win 3.
2. Sanchez by stoppage – risk 1.5 to win 9.5.
3. Sanchez by decision – risk 6.5 to win 4.5.
4. Mayol (any method) – risk 3 to win 8.

D. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Carl Frampton vs Steve Molitor (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, September 22)

1. Frampton to win (any method) – risk 7.5 to win 2.5.
2. Frampton by stoppage – risk 4 to win 6.
3. Frampton by decision – risk 3.5 to win 6.5.
4. Molitor (any method) – risk 2.5 to win 7.5.

E. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Lee Selby vs Martin Lindsay (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, September 22)

1. Selby to win (any method) – risk 7 to win 2.
2. Selby by stoppage – risk 3 to win 6.
3. Selby by decision – risk 4 to win 5.
4. Lindsay (any method) – risk 2 to win 7.

F. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs Francisco Palacios (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, September 22)

1. Wlodarczyk to win by any method – risk 7.5 to win 2.5.
2. Wlodarczyk to win by stoppage – risk 2 to win 8.
3. Wlodarczyk by decision – risk 5.5 to win 4.5.
4. Palacios (any method) – risk 2.5 to win 7.5.

G. Pick the winner - Jhonatan Romero vs Efrain Esquivas (Friday, September 21)

1. Romero to win – risk 5 points to win 4.
2. Esquivas to win – risk 4 points to win 5.

H. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Gabriel Rosado vs Charles Whittaker (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Friday, September 21)

1. Rosado to win (any method) – risk 7.5 to win 1.5.
2. Rosado by stoppage – risk 5 to win 4.
3. Rosado by decision – risk 2.5 to win 6.5.
4. Whittaker (any method) – risk 1.5 to win 7.5.

Please fill out your selections as follows:

Enter the LETTER of the fight first, then whether it’s a single (1), double (2) or triple (3) followed by the NUMBER of your pick and the NAME of the FIGHTER and METHOD of victory (where applicable).

**** You have 10 doubles and 5 triples to use over the 10 week season ****

For Selection A, if you want to use one of your doubles on Burns to win...

A. (2) – 1 – Burns to win

For Selection B, if you want to pick Burns by decision without using a double or triple...

B. (1) – 2 - Burns by decision

For Selection C, if you want to use one of you triples on Sanchez by stoppage...

C. (3) – 2 - Sanchez by stoppage

For Selection D, if you wish to pass...

D. Pass

Good luck!