Union Cane's Prediction League - 12th and Final Round

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Union Cane's Prediction League

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Week Eleven Results

1. Vitali Klitschko v. Tomasz Adamek (12)	Vitali Klitschko TKO 10 (LKO)
2. Yuriorkis Gamboa v. Daniel Ponce de Leon (12)	Yuriorkis Gamboa TD 8 (LKO)
3. Paul McCloskey v. Breidis Prescott (12)	Paul McCloskey UD
4. Juan Carlos Salgado v. Argenis Mendez (12)	Juan Carlos Salgado UD
5. Oliver McCall v. Bert Cooper (10)

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Week Eleven Review

Tomasz Adamek is a two-weight world champion, and therefore clearly no mug, but he was no match for Vitali Klitschko. Simply too small to compete, Adamek did well to last as long as he did but was never going to beat the bigger man.

Paul McCloskey should change his name to McLucky, after a terrible start he somehow managed to turn things round (helped no doubt by the home crowd cheering every punch he threw, let alone landed) and get a controversial decision against Breidis Prescott.

Some very high scores this week, even without the McCall / Cooper result, which is not in yet. which is now a voided fight.

When will I learn not to use fights from these back-water third-world countries?

'Predictor of the Week' is a tricky one this week, with Mind the windows Tino., alma, licence_007 and Reborn-DeeMcK-Reborn all getting all four fights spot on and amassing 16 points each. As it's impossible to split them, this week's award goes to Michaels, Sean, who, despite all the points on offer, still only managed a paltry 3 points. Took some doing that, well done Sean.

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Week Eleven League Table

Position	User Name	Weekly Score	Total Score
1	The genius of PBF	14	100
2	coxy0001	13	99
3	Knowsit17	14	96
4	Union Cane	9	91
5	rowley	13	90
6	Jdizzle	14	89
7	Mind the windows Tino.	16	87
8	Dazstarr	13	86
9	ian_jamsie	9	85
10	compelling and rich	8	84
=11	sodhat	6	82
=11	alma	16	82
=13	Il Gialloblu	5	78
=13	The Galveston Giant	13	78
=15	Eyetoldyouso	9	75
=15	JJJohnson	12	75
17	TopHat24/7	14	71
18	Michaels, Sean	3	69
19	bhb001	9	64
=20	licence_007	16	57
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=20	eddyfightfan	12	57
22	WelshDevilRob	13	56
23	DavidBlunkettsuppercut	13	37
24	Boxtthis	0	36
25	prettyboykev	10	34
26	Reborn-DeeMcK-Reborn	16	33
27	Super D Boon	0	31
28	TRUSSMAN66	0	29
29	PPVxHOTTY	0	28
=30	Sugar Boy Sweetie	0	27
=30	Day V Lately	0	27
32	Dominic Dicoco	0	24
=33	Solder_of_Fortune	0	23
=33	Steffan	0	23
35	d260005p	0	19
36	Scottrf	0	17
37	Lumbering_Jack	11	16
38	wow_junky	0	14
39	spencerclarke	0	9
40	wheelchair1991	0	8
41	King Raoh	0	4

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Week Twelve Fights

It's the final week, so we are going out in style with ten fights to predict :

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr v. Victor Ortiz (12)
2. Erik Morales v. Pablo Cesar Cano (12)
3. Jessie Vargas v. Josesito Lopez (10)
4. Anthony Crolla v. Juan Montiel (8)
5. Saul Alvarez v. Alfonso Gomez (12)
6. Tyson Fury v. Nicolai Firtha (12)
7. Ryan Greene v. Willie Thompson (10)
8. Willie Casey v. Daniel Kodjo Sassou (8)
9. Stephen Smith v. Lee Selby (12)
10. Paul Smith v. Paul Samuels (8)

Remember, the Top 20 qualify for next season's Prediction Premiership, so it is all to play for.

Get predicting, and good luck!

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Scoring and Rules

For any newcomers and the forgetful, scoring and rules as follows :

• Predict the winner - 1 point

• - Predict the method (KO*/Pts) - 1 point

• - - Predict Early / Late (for KO) or Unanimous / Split / Majority (for Pts) - 1 point

• Get all three above correct - 1 bonus point

• 10 points will be awarded for correctly predicting a draw.

• *TKO, DQ, TD or Retirement all count as KO

• I will list fights 1 - 5, this list will be definitive, when predicting please list fights in the same order.

• Any entries that are subsequently amended will be void.

• If a fight is cancelled, or if a fighter drops out and is replaced, that fight is then void.

I think that just about covers it, any questions feel free to ask.

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Predictor of the Week Award

Week One	Knowsit17
Week Two	Knowsit17
Week Three	The genius of PBF
Week Four	Sugar Boy Sweetie
Week Five	Il Gialloblu
Week Six	coxy0001
Week Seven	ian_jamsie
Week Eight	eddyfightfan
Week Nine	coxy0001
Week Ten	JJJohnson
Week Eleven	Michaels, Sean
Week Twelve	-

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

Do you ever regret starting this Union?

rowley wrote:Do you ever regret starting this Union?

Every day mate, every day.

rowley wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

Do you ever regret starting this Union?

Thanks Union, i'm a newcomer and forgetful so i have to work twice as hard at the rules.

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

no adolf, won't repeat myself, it takes you too long to update it anyway, it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.

Cheers then.

Young_Towzer wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

no adolf, won't repeat myself, it takes you too long to update it anyway, it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.

Wowzers Towzers, anger issues there my friend. It wasn't that much of an unreasonable request was it?

There are way more important things to get cross about (no disrespect Union).

it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.
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It's not wrong now is it, the phone hacking scandal is wrong, MP's cheating their expenses is wrong, bankers earning obscene bonuses on the back of the taxpayers having to bail them out is arguably wrong. Having to wait for a couple of days for the results of an online prediction competition which to the best of my knowledge carries no actual prize is mildly frustrating at best.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

no adolf, won't repeat myself, it takes you too long to update it anyway, it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.

Wowzers Towzers, anger issues there my friend. It wasn't that much of an unreasonable request was it?

There are way more important things to get cross about (no disrespect Union).

Now then eminem, well you think you are with that rapping, no anger issues, i won't repeat myself, ....was i talking to union though, i don't remember commenting on you lol?

rowley wrote:it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.
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It's not wrong now is it, the phone hacking scandal is wrong, MP's cheating their expenses is wrong, bankers earning obscene bonuses on the back of the taxpayers having to bail them out is arguably wrong. Having to wait for a couple of days for the results of an online prediction competition which to the best of my knowledge carries no actual prize is mildly frustrating at best.

Not in Towzerland Rowley. Union is a cross between Himmler, Fred Goodwin and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Young_Towzer wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Young_Towzer wrote:1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Mitchell TKO
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns PTS
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Purdy PTS
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez in 8
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck in 6

The rules are up the top there, would you like to try again?

no adolf, won't repeat myself, it takes you too long to update it anyway, it's wrong you make the people wait 2 days til they see where they are in the table.

Wowzers Towzers, anger issues there my friend. It wasn't that much of an unreasonable request was it?

There are way more important things to get cross about (no disrespect Union).

Now then eminem, well you think you are with that rapping, no anger issues, i won't repeat myself, ....was i talking to union though, i don't remember commenting on you lol?

lol? Oh dear.

If you're not playing YT, do us a favour and sling it.

Cheers.

Union Cane wrote:If you're not playing YT, do us a favour and sling it.

Cheers.

The keyboard doorman is telling me to 'sling it', i did go away until mind the double glazing got on his high horse, Ciao.

Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

Union deserves a ban here to be honest. Over 24 hours after the fights finished without an update for his free predictions game?

What was he doing with his free time, having a social life?

coxy0001 wrote:Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

I hope not, mate. I'll get kicked out if we do.

Scottrf wrote:Union deserves a ban here to be honest. Over 24 hours after the fights finished without an update for his free predictions game?

What was he doing with his free time, having a social life?

Agreed, Scott. The nerve of it, eh ?

Scott & Windy, get your predictions in...

HumanWindmill wrote:

coxy0001 wrote:Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

I hope not, mate. I'll get kicked out if we do.

Also, a lie detector would be no use on Windy, I'm not sure how well they work when the subject doesn't have all of their faculties intact.

Fists of Fury wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

coxy0001 wrote:Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

I hope not, mate. I'll get kicked out if we do.

Also, a lie detector would be no use on Windy, I'm not sure how well they work when the subject doesn't have all of their faculties intact.

Ouch !

Any fallout from that one is up to you to sort, mate.

Union, you know me well enough to know that I'm better looking backwards than forwards. I'll leave it to you clever sods who know the modern game much better than I do to slug it out for glory.

Now, where's my Benny Leonard bio ?

Not sure I want to enter with no chance to win Union. If you're interested though:

Murray UD, Burns UD, Watson UD, Marquez EKO, Huck EKO.

I'm the only one picking Watson? He's a much better boxer than Purdy, despite the first result (which came almost from nowhere).

Fists of Fury wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

coxy0001 wrote:Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

I hope not, mate. I'll get kicked out if we do.

Also, a lie detector would be no use on Windy, I'm not sure how well they work when the subject doesn't have all of their faculties intact.

Can imagine it now:

Questioner: What is your name:
Windy: Oooo, i don't know. It's slipped my mind, give me a minute...

HumanWindmill wrote:Union, you know me well enough to know that I'm better looking backwards than forwards. I'll leave it to you clever sods who know the modern game much better than I do to slug it out for glory.

Now, where's my Benny Leonard bio ?

Having someone of your calibre onboard would bring kudos to the competition. I can see that I'm aiming too high though, I reckon Fists has more chance of getting his Lennox Q&A set up...

coxy0001 wrote:

Fists of Fury wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

coxy0001 wrote:Just a quick one Windy, but are we going to vetoe new members? Maybe give them a questionnaire or something? Or maybe submit them to a lie detector to ascertain whether they're wums or not?

I hope not, mate. I'll get kicked out if we do.

Also, a lie detector would be no use on Windy, I'm not sure how well they work when the subject doesn't have all of their faculties intact.

Can imagine it now:

Questioner: What is your name:
Windy: Oooo, i don't know. It's slipped my mind, give me a minute...

I'd call you a cheeky sod, coxy, but since you're probably not far from the truth my conscience wouldn't allow it. Careful, though. You lot who are currently in your prime years will blink and suddenly find yourselves in your mid fifties, nursing a Horlicks and petting your beloved dog, being cheerfully nagged by your wife and fondly recalling the fighters of your youth.

Mark my words.

Yep, we'll be there recalling the halcyon days of Tyson Fury, Sir Audley Harrison et al.

Union Cane wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:Union, you know me well enough to know that I'm better looking backwards than forwards. I'll leave it to you clever sods who know the modern game much better than I do to slug it out for glory.

Now, where's my Benny Leonard bio ?

Having someone of your calibre onboard would bring kudos to the competition. I can see that I'm aiming too high though, I reckon Fists has more chance of getting his Lennox Q&A set up...

High praise, Union, and I thank you for so nice a compliment. Nonetheless, you fellas leave me standing when it comes to the current fighters, so I'll watch and learn.

Union, don't I get 10 rather than 9 for last week?

Lucian Bute KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Brandon Rios KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Rico Ramos KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method, 1 for time, 1 bonus) = 4
Paul Williams UD (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2

= 10

Anyway, here is next weeks from me:

John Murray UD
Ricky Burns UD
Lee Purdy LKO
Juan Manuel Marquez EKO
Marco Huck LKO

murray late KO
burns late KO
purdy draw
JMM early KO
huck UD

Boxtthis wrote:Union, don't I get 10 rather than 9 for last week?

Lucian Bute KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Brandon Rios KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Rico Ramos KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method, 1 for time, 1 bonus) = 4
Paul Williams UD (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2

= 10

I can only accept your original predictions mate, I can't be trawling through the thread to check if anyone has amended their entry.

You originally picked Bute by UD, so just 1 point there.

1. Mitchell UD
2. Burns UD
3. Watson UD
4. Marquez EKO
5. Huck LKO

Union Cane wrote:

Boxtthis wrote:Union, don't I get 10 rather than 9 for last week?

Lucian Bute KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Brandon Rios KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2
Rico Ramos KO Late (1 for winner, 1 for method, 1 for time, 1 bonus) = 4
Paul Williams UD (1 for winner, 1 for method) = 2

= 10

I can only accept your original predictions mate, I can't be trawling through the thread to check if anyone has amended their entry.

You originally picked Bute by UD, so just 1 point there.

Fair enough, but surely you could just look now and see that I changed it in plenty of time.

Boxtthis wrote:Fair enough, but surely you could just look now and see that I changed it in plenty of time.

I could, but equally I could apply the rules to the letter and your entry would be void as you amended it.

I'm still smarting from the fact we have to wait two days for Union to update the scores whilst he selfishly gets on with living.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I'm still smarting from the fact we have to wait two days for Union to update the scores whilst he selfishly gets on with living.

To be fair, I have now included a scrolly thing at the top to make up for this fundamental flaw in my game, you can spend your Sunday watching that go past, then before you know it Monday morning will be here and the results will be up.

That's the best I can do.

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I'm still smarting from the fact we have to wait two days for Union to update the scores whilst he selfishly gets on with living.

To be fair, I have now included a scrolly thing at the top to make up for this fundamental flaw in my game, you can spend your Sunday watching that go past, then before you know it Monday morning will be here and the results will be up.

That's the best I can do.

I noticed the scrolly thing actually. Good effort.

Glad I joined your league now after initially shunning it. Your forgiving nature is a lesson to us all.

I am not so ready to forgive. Personally struggle to see why the phone hacking thing is getting so much attention in the press when this is getting a free pass. How anyone can think hacking the phones of dead servicemens family or obtaining the medical records of the prime ministers ill child is on the same level as a bunch of boxing fans having to wait a day to get the results of a competition with no prize is beyond me. Dark forces are at work on this one. When this one breaks it will make Watergate look like a trivial little matter.

But Jeff, we have to wait TWO days. Are you understanding that? TWO whole days.

Tino. I was annoyed at one day, incandescent with rage does not express my feelings on the matter now. How someone can get banned for using the wrong colour font on their posts but Union is still free to pollute the boards in this manner is truly staggering.

Union Cane wrote:

Boxtthis wrote:Fair enough, but surely you could just look now and see that I changed it in plenty of time.

I could, but equally I could apply the rules to the letter and your entry would be void as you amended it.

Or, alternatively, you could just act in a reasonable manner rather than trying to apply 'rules to the letter'.

I heard there was another prediction league floating about.

I would join that but I don't think the creator of it likes me.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I heard there was another prediction league floating about.

I would join that but I don't think the creator of it likes me.

At least the creator of that has some respect for the players.

Boxtthis wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Boxtthis wrote:Fair enough, but surely you could just look now and see that I changed it in plenty of time.

I could, but equally I could apply the rules to the letter and your entry would be void as you amended it.

Or, alternatively, you could just act in a reasonable manner rather than trying to apply 'rules to the letter'.

Why not publish your own results, giving yourself an extra point?

Boxtthis wrote:Or, alternatively, you could just act in a reasonable manner rather than trying to apply 'rules to the letter'.

I'm not applying the 'rules to the letter' though, if I was you would have scored 0.

1. Murray Late TKO
2. Ricky Burns PTS UD
3. Lee Purdy Late TKO
4. Juan Manuel Marquez Late KO
5. Marco Huck Early TKO

Murray, KO, Early
Burns, points, UD
Purdy, Ko, Late
Marquez, Pts, SD
Huck, Ko, early

1. John Murray v. Kevin Mitchell (12) Murray KO Late
2. Ricky Burns v. Nicky Cook (12) Burns Points UD
3. Lee Purdy v. Craig Watson (12) Watson Points SD
4. Juan Manuel Marquez v. Likar Ramos (10) Marquez KO Early
5. Marco Huck v. Hugo Hernan Garay (12) Huck KO Early

Union Cane wrote:

Boxtthis wrote:Or, alternatively, you could just act in a reasonable manner rather than trying to apply 'rules to the letter'.

I'm not applying the 'rules to the letter' though, if I was you would have scored 0.

Haha, well this is good fun - definitely being played in the right spirit.

Kevin Mitchell UD
Ricky Burns UD
Craig Watson LKO
Juan Manuel Marquez LKO
Marco Huck EKO