The 13th Round

Stray is under the weather so I'll be substituting for him this week.

RESULTS and POINTS BREAKDOWN:

Fight #1- SCRATCH

Fight #2- WBO International and Vacant WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Titles-
WBO International champion Alexander Povetkin (WBA #2, TTR #4, The Ring #4, WBO #6, IBF #11; 33-1, 23 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Christian Hammer (WBO #1, WBA #3, IBF #5, Transnational #8, TTR #11; 22-5, 12 KOs)
- Povetkin's WBA Continental title and Hammer's WBO Europe title were not on the line.
- The scores were 120-108, 119-109, and 120-107.
- Note: on December 12, Tyson Fury accepted a backdated two-year ban for testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone. One of the provisions of the ban was that Fury was disqualified from his February 28, 2015 win over Christian Hammer. It has not yet been announced what the official result of the Fury-Hammer bout will be- a No Contest, a No Decision, or disqualification win for Hammer.
.....9 points for picking Povetkin plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #3- Welterweight bout-
Jamal James (22-1, 10 KOs)
KO-3 2:12
Diego Gabriel Chaves (WBC #5, WBA #5- both at 147; WBO #8 at 154; 26-3-1, 22 KOs)
- James sent Chaves down and out with a body shot.
.....11 points for picking James plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #4- Super Lightweight Bout-
John Molina, Jr. (TTR #12 at 140; 30-7, 24 KOs)
KO-4 1:27
Ivan Redkach (WBC #37 at 135; 20-4-1, 16 KOs)
- Redkach dropped Molina in round 2 but the resilient Molina recovered and floored Redkach in rounds 3 and 4.
.....10 points for picking Molina plus 2 points for picking hom by KO/TKO

Fight #5- Welterweight Bout-
Jessie Vargas (WBC #4, The Ring #10; 28-2, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Aaron Herrera (33-8-1, 22 KOs)
- Vargas, fighting for the first time since his UD 12 loss to Manny Pacquiao on November 5, 2016, floored Herrera in the sixth round and went on to win by three 100-89 scores.
.....8 points for picking Vargas plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #6- WBC Silver Bantamweight Title-
Champion Nordine Oubaali (WBC #7, TTR #10; 13-0, 10 KOs)
KO-7
Mark Anthony Geraldo (WBO #13; 34-8-3, 15 KOs)
- Geraldo's WBO Oriental title was not on the line.
.....9 points for picking Oubaali plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #7- WBO World Middleweight Title-
Champion Billy Joe Saunders (TTR #4, The Ring #4, Transnational #5; 25-0, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
David Lemieux (WBO #2, The Ring #3, Transnational #4, TTR #5; 38-4, 33 KOs)
- The scores were 117-111, 118-110, and 120-108.
.....10 points for picking Saunders plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #8- Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight Title-
Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan (WBC #33; 27-2, 19 KOs)
TKO-7 1:03
Antoine Douglas (WBC #8, WBO #8, WBA #10; 22-2-1, 16 KOs)
- Douglas' WBC FECARBOX title was not on the line.
- O'Sullivan floored Douglas in round 7.
.....11 points for picking O'Sullivan plus 2 points for picking himby KO/TKO


Fight #9- Vacant WBO Asia Pacific Junior Welterweight Title-
Hiroki Okada (IBF #7, WBO #9, WBC #11; 17-0, 12 KOs)
TKO-6 0:59
Jason Pagara (WBO #8; 40-3-1, 25 KOs)
- The vacant title was available to Okada, who weighed in at 140, only. Pagara weighed in at 142 1/2, 2 1/2 pounds over the divisional limit.
- Okada was leading by three 50-45 scores going into the sixth round.
.....10 points for picking Okada plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #10- IBF Eliminator for the #1 Spot in the Junior Featherweight Ratings-
Terence "TJ" Doheny (IBF #3, WBA #4; 18-0, 13 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Mike Tawatchai (birth name: Pipat Chaiporn; AKA Mike Ruawaiking; IBF #7; 44-11-1, 27 KOs)
- The scores were 117-111 and 116-112 for Doheny and 115-113 for Tawatchai.
.....9 points for picking Doheny plus 2 points for picking him by decision

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High:
KStat/Drin - 57

Changes:
Stray moves into 4th past Manny who DNP.
KStat moves into 6th past Tainos who DNP.

Feel free to double check your scores
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1)~TheVamp~47~1398
2)~Drinquor~57~1354
3)~Gilgamesh~45~1341
4)~straycat~50~1258
5)~mannymac~DNP~1212
6)~KSTAT~57~1207
7)~Tainos~DNP~1166
8 )~Lurkyshaka~DNP~665
9)~TopNotch86~DNP~566
10)~Chef~DNP~361
11)~Marciano1952~DNP~289
12)~DBO~DNP~161
13)~Astor~DNP~65
14)~Cagiva~DNP~55
15)~Jeff_Lacy_KO~DNP~41
16)~Presteezh~DNP~29

Thanks Vamp

We need to drum up some ideas to keep people interested enough to see this through.

straycat wrote:Thanks Vamp

We need to drum up some ideas to keep people interested enough to see this through.

I think it's the length of the season...

Half a year is alot to ask.
Maybe still have this as a challenge but maybe a shorter challenge can be added...

Or tournament style challenges where people make picks and the points decide the head to head winners... and people move on to the next match up... etc

With the NCAA tournament coming up... people will be into knockout style tournaments... or hell even round robins... treat it like a football season... where a people go head to head against each other each week... picks deciding the score and the winner.

Kinda a fantasy boxing type of thing.

Maybe 16 weeks and a winner take all $10 buy in.

i think with the same format things will end up the same once people feel they are out of the range of winning. They'll just quit.

The money would catch peoples attention, but after it's paid, it'll just go back to what it's been.

Ya sad some people feel winning is everything when playing a simple game.