The Bad Left Hook Pick'em Game: Season 15 - Week 3

After a slow start, the action heats up in week 3 with a big featherweight match-up on HBO between undefeated Mikey Garcia (BLH #4) and the tough and tricky Orlando Salido (#1). The show also features Gennady Golovkin (#3) taking on longshot Gabriel Rosado (#10) in a battle of middleweights, and a 130lb match-up between Juan Carlos Burgos (#9) and Rocky Martinez (#5).

NBC Sports has a potentially solid show, with an intriguing lightheayvweight clash between Gabriel Campillo (#3) on Sergey Kovalev in the main-event. We've got the undercard match-up between Elvin Ayala and Curtis Stevens on the game-sheet too.

And rounding out the action is the latest installment of the Prizefighter Series, with the welterweight division getting the tournament treatment on this edition.

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 last week's standings here.

Let’s get to the week 3 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 - Mikey Garcia vs Orlando Salido (Saturday, January 19)

1. Garcia to win – risk 9.5 points to win 6.5.
2. Salido to win – risk 6.5 points to win 9.5.

B. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Mikey Garcia vs Orlando Salido (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, January 19)

1. Garcia by stoppage – risk 3.5 to win 6.5.
2. Garcia by decision – risk 2.5 to win 7.5.
3. Salido by stoppage – risk 1.5 to win 8.5.
4. Salido by decision – risk 2.5 to win 7.5.

C. *Over/Under - Mikey Garcia vs Orlando Salido (Saturday, January 19)

1. Over 8 1/2 – risk 6.5 points to win 2.5.
2. Over 11 1/2 – risk 5 points to win 4.
3. Under 8 1/2 – risk 2.5 points to win 6.5.
4. Under 11 1/2 – risk 4 points to win 5.

*Over 8 1/2 = 8 full rounds completed, plus 1/2 round - fight must go past the 1:30 mark of Round 9.

D. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Gennady Golovkin vs Gabriel Rosado (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, January 19)

1. Golovkin to win – risk 11 to win 1.
2. Golovkin to win by stoppage – risk 9 to win 3.
3. Golovkin by decision – risk 2 to win 10.
4. Rosado (any method) – risk 1 to win 11.

E. *Over/Under - Gennady Golovkin vs Gabriel Rosado (Saturday, January 19)

1. Over 7 1/2 – risk 4.5 points to win 4.5.
2. Over 9 1/2 – risk 3 points to win 6.
3. Under 7 1/2 – risk 4.5 points to win 4.5.
4. Under 9 1/2 – risk 6 points to win 3.

*Over 7 1/2 = 7 full rounds completed, plus 1/2 round - fight must go past the 1:30 mark of Round 8.

F. Pick the winner - Juan Carlos Burgos vs Rocky Martinez (Saturday, January 19)

1. Burgos to win – risk 8 points to win 6.
2. Martinez to win – risk 6 points to win 8.

G. Pick the winner - Gabriel Campillo vs Sergey Kovalev (Saturday, January 19)

1. Campillo to win – risk 6.5 points to win 4.5.
2. Kovalev to win – risk 4.5 points to win 6.5.

H. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Gabriel Campillo vs Sergey Kovalev (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, January 19)

1. Campillo by stoppage – risk 1 to win 9.
2. Campillo by decision – risk 5 to win 5.
3. Kovalev by stoppage – risk 3 to win 7.
4. Kovalev by decision – risk 1 to win 9.

I. Pick the winner - Curtis Stevens vs Elvin Ayala (Saturday, January 19)

1. Stevens to win – risk 5 points to win 4.
2. Ayala to win – risk 4 points to win 5.

J. Pick the winner - Prizefighter Welterweights - Sam Eggington, Chad Gaynor, Dale Evans, Glenn Foot, Rob Hunt, Stevan Pearce, Mark Thompson and Calum Cooper (Saturday, January 19)

1. Thompson to win – risk 4 to win 8.
2. Foot to win – risk 2.5 to win 9.5.
3. Evans to win – risk 2 to win 10.
4. Gaynor to win – risk 1.5 to win 11.5.
5. Cooper to win – risk 1 to win 11.
6. Hunt – risk 1 to win 11.
7. Pearce, Egginton or any late sub (all are covered with this pick) – risk 1 to win 11.

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 Garcia to win...

A. (2) – 1 – Garcia to win

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

B. (1) – 2 - Garcia by decision

For Selection C, if you want to use one of triples on over 11 1/2...

C. (3) – 2 - Over 11 1/2

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

D. Pass

Good luck!