The Bad Left Hook Pick'em Game: Season 19 - Week 9

A ton of action on the line-up this week, with several very competitive looking match-ups. The first couple of fights take place on Friday in Japan and Australia with Akira Yaegashi taking on Edgar Sosa in a big flyweight encounter and Chris John going up against Simpiwe Vetyeka. Make sure to take into account the time difference - those fights will be taking place very early in the morning US time.

If you want to wait on making selections for some of the other match-ups, that's fine, just add your picks for the Saturday fights by replying to your own comment for the Friday fights (see the example in the comments).

Saturday's action starts in Germany, with Darren Barker and Felix Sturm battling it out in an intriguing middleweight clash. The rest of the action takes place in the US on Showtime and HBO, with good fights on both cards. The most significant of these bouts has Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara in match-up of 154lb contenders. The Showtime card also features Zab Judah taking on Paulie Malignaggi and Devon Alexander going up against Shawn Porter. Guillermo Rigondeaux takes on Joseph Agbeko in the HBO headliner, though the fight of the night might just be the undercard match-up between James Kirkland and unbeaten youngster Glen Tapia.

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 9 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 - Edgar Sosa vs Akira Yaegashi (Friday, December 6)

1. Sosa to win – risk 9 points to win 7.
2. Yaegashi to win – risk 7 points to win 9.

B. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Chris John vs Simpiwe Vetyeka (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Friday, December 6)

1. John to win – risk 10 to win 1.
2. John to win by stoppage – risk 2 to win 9.
3. John by decision – risk 8 to win 3.
4. Vetyeka (any method) – risk 1 to win 10.

C. Pick the winner - Darren Barker vs Felix Sturm (Saturday, December 7)

1. Barker to win – risk 8 points to win 7.
2. Sturm to win – risk 7 points to win 8.

D. *Over/Under - Darren Barker vs Felix Sturm (Saturday, December 7)

1. Over 11 1/2 – risk 7 points to win 3.
2. Under 11 1/2 – risk 3 points to win 7.

E. Pick the winner - Austin Trout vs Erislandy Lara (Saturday, December 7)

1. Trout to win – risk 8 points to win 7.
2. Lara to win – risk 7 points to win 8.

F. *Over/Under - Austin Trout vs Erislandy Lara (Saturday, December 7)

1. Over 11 1/2 – risk 7 points to win 3.
2. Under 11 1/2 – risk 3 points to win 7.

G. Pick the winner - Zab Judah vs Paulie Malignaggi (Saturday, December 7)

1. Judah to win – risk 7.5 points to win 5.5.
2. Malignaggi to win – risk 5.5 points to win 7.5.

H. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Devon Alexander vs Shawn Porter (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, December 7)

1. Alexander to win – risk 11.5 to win 2.5.
2. Alexander to win by stoppage – risk 3 to win 11.
3. Alexander by decision – risk 8.5 to win 5.5.
4. Porter (any method) – risk 2.5 to win 11.5.

I. Pick the winner / Method of victory - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Joseph Agbeko (technical decision counts as decision, DQ counts as stoppage - Saturday, December 7)

1. Rigondeaux to win – risk 13.5 to win 1.5.
2. Rigondeaux to win by stoppage – risk 5 to win 10.
3. Rigondeaux by decision – risk 8.5 to win 6.5.
4. Agbeko (any method) – risk 1.5 to win 13.5.

J. Pick the winner - James Kirkland vs Glen Tapia (Saturday, December 7)

1. Kirkland to win – risk 8.5 points to win 3.5.
2. Tapia to win – risk 3.5 points to win 8.5.

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 Sosa to win...

A. (2) – 1 – Sosa to win

For Selection B, if you want to pick John by stoppage...

B. (1) – 2 - John

For Selection C, if you want to use one of triples on Sturm...

C. (3) – 2 - Sturm

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

D. Pass

Good luck!