We’re one third of the way through 2.0, and everything is still very bunched up. There’s a six-way tie for first place; three other people have gone three for four; and 15 people have called two of the four fights accurately, enough to keep them in very close range. Even the people who are one for four or zero for four are very much alive.
The call of the week goes to epark88, who not only called the Fernando Montiel upset of Hozumi Hasegawa (500 + 100) but also predicted the round closed to the knockout (+100). Unfortunately, those are the only points epark88 has. Only four other people — cNcEDDIE, Migs88, stickfigure and Not Sure aka Jay Ari Yin — went with Montiel, and now three of them are tied for first.
For the bigger U.S. fight, 21 people got the accuracy bonus for calling a Floyd Mayweather UD over Shane Mosley. What was surprising to me is that when I added it up, almost as many people — 20 — went with Mosley to win in some way. A few netherworlders went with Mayweather to win, but by some other kind of decision or, rarely, by KO.
This coming weekend brings us another TQBR Prediction Game 2.0 worthy bout: Paul Williams-Kermit Cintron. Look for that prediction thread midweek. In the meantime, your standings are below; as usual, if you see a problem with the tabulation, let me know and I’ll adjudicate. (I’m still sick, but not as drugged up, so maybe I won’t have screwed it up as many times this week as I did last.)
STANDINGS
Apemantus: 1850
Chris: 1850
David Schraub: 1850
The Flying Buttresses (JohnPaulFutbol): 1850
stickfigure: 1850
cNcEDDIE: 1850
Migs88: 1850
Drederick Tatum (Scott Kraus): 1800
PI Joe (Irvin Ryan): 1700
Doug Fischer’s Ponytail (ALEXMAC): 1700
PJ Prediction King (PJ): 1250
Bigmaxy: 1250
johnkzoo: 1250
I likea da predictions (morelandj): 1200
D.C. Senators (edub): 1200
Team Tell Me I’m The Greatest (me): 1200
Manila Ice (JB): 1200
nazarioz: 1200
beccapooka: 1150
Geordie Dancer (Andrew Harrison): 1150
Arthur Billette: 1150
Team Great Santini (willfrank): 1150
Cardscott5: 1150
Not Sure (Jay Ari Yin): 1150
BOB77: 1100
epark88: 700
The Weasel (Funky Badger): 650
team individuality: 650
sam.fong: 600
fadein2bolivian: 600
the legend: 600
Malignant Narcissism (Eric Naff): 600
Unifythebelts: 600
Paul Kelly: 600
The Queensberry Fools (Eugene Dammrod): 600
DukeShadeBlue: 600
Pretty Toney: 600
ShortFuse (RoWyN): 500
Ben Olson: 500
Hit Dog: 500
Jordan Adair: 500
Southern Comfort (Dobbler): 500
gavaniacono: 500
gavia: 0
PalookaJoe: 0
Team Fingermonkey (ScottB): 0
Stats: 0
Fish Hook Combo (FlorencioR): 0
Burbank Baker: 0
venom.0420: 0
Queensberry Wench: 0
Paolo: 0
Donkey Puncher (Brian.McNeeley): 0
BoricuaBasher: 0
