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	-

Pornsawan Porpramook? Are you f***ing kidding?! Jees, picked out of a hat here we go.....

1. Jamie Barboza v. Brian Magee (12) Magee UD
2. Derry Mathews v. Stephen Jennings (10) Jennings ETKO
3. Mike Alvorado v. Gabriel Martinez (10) Martinez LTKO
4. A J Banal v. Tyson Cave (12) Banal ETKO
5. Muhammad Rachman v. Pornsawan Porpramook (12) Porn UD

Magee late TKO
Mathews UD
Alvarado early KO
Banal early KO
Rachman SD

knowsit posting late again....... Can we run an IP address check. He could be in Australia and therefore already be ahead in time and know the result.....

So you got it all figured out razzaq, you just couldn't leave well enough alone

One hour to go!

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Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Scott. I demand that you stop ignoring me and tell me what has happened to Sean?

rumour has it he was banned.

the lord doth work in mysterious ways though.

Again, almost every winner correctly called but for some reason the likes of Magee, Banal and Alvarado choose the night I'm predicting their fights to turn into powder puff punchers

Your miles ahead anyway

Knowsit17 wrote:Again, almost every winner correctly called but for some reason the likes of Magee, Banal and Alvarado choose the night I'm predicting their fights to turn into powder puff punchers

I'm the same, decided to go all out for KO's after originally doing UD's, then they all decide to box to UD's.

Results are in...

Getting earlier by the week Union. Good work.

Cue another round of gloating from Jeff this morning.

Good job getting the results in. Here are my predictions before getting stuck into the grind: -

1. Chilembe, KO, late
2. Sato, Ko, Early
3. Saludar, Ko early
4. Petalcorin, Ko, late
5. Pavlik, KO, Late

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Getting earlier by the week Union. Good work.

Cue another round of gloating from Jeff this morning.

Speaking of gloating, do you think I should get out of bed now, or wait 30 minutes until the sun is directly on the pool? I was unfortunately woken up early as the farmer was spraying his vines.

"farmer was spraying his vines"

razzaq, I've never heard it called that before.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Getting earlier by the week Union. Good work.

Cue another round of gloating from Jeff this morning.

More than happy to oblige, still third but closing the gap on Knowsit. Believe the term is the form horse.

rowley wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Getting earlier by the week Union. Good work.

Cue another round of gloating from Jeff this morning.

More than happy to oblige, still third but closing the gap on Knowsit. Believe the term is the form horse.

I had my best ever week as well. If I had bothered to enter on week one, I might in for a European slot. Shame on me.

Knowsit has spluffed his load early, fully expect to mount my back 9 charge from this week in.. Think Nicklaus in '86

Djenny Lukusa EARLY
Koji Sato EARLY
Froilan Saludar LATE
Randy Petalcorin LATE
Kelly Pavlik UD

Steady climbing! I'm going for a champions league finish!

Cheers Union!

1. Djenny Lukusa v. Douglas Chilembe Lukusa LKO
2. Koji Sato v. Fukutaro Ujiie Sato PTS
3. Froilan Saludar v. Gabriel Pumar Saludar PTS
4. Randy Petalcorin v. Michel Rodriuez Petalcorin PTS
5. Kelly Pavlik v. Darryl Cunningham Pavlik LKO

A new record, I have heard of one of the fighters this week.

rowley wrote:A new record, I have heard of one of the fighters this week.

It is a poor week, that's for sure.

Happy 'Yorkshire Day' by the way...

Union Cane wrote:

rowley wrote:A new record, I have heard of one of the fighters this week.

It is a poor week, that's for sure.

Happy 'Yorkshire Day' by the way...

Does that concept even exist.

(sorry Jeff)

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Does that concept even exist.

(sorry Jeff)

It does, Boycott and some chef bloke were blathering on "abaht" it on "t'wireless" this morning.

We're always happy in gods county, have already had a stirring verse of Ilkley Moor by Tat whilst looking at my shrine to Fred Trueman this morning, an evening watching Last of the Summer Wine should mark the occasion properly.

*Baht 'at

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Does that concept even exist.

(sorry Jeff)

It does, Boycott and some chef bloke were blathering on "abaht" it on "t'wireless" this morning.

Was it the mighty Brian Turner? Or the guy with a french sounding name from Leeds. Or James Martin. The list goes on.

Didn't want to go to Yorkshire on em Union, you know how these southerners struggle with proper English.

Yorkshire gastronomy. Great stuff. Used to remember my gran's Sunday roast.

Starter: giant Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy
Main: roast beef and yorkshire puddings
Desert: Yorkshire puddings with lemon curd and or jam

razzaq wrote:Yorkshire gastronomy. Great stuff. Used to remember my gran's Sunday roast.

Starter: giant Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy
Main: roast beef and yorkshire puddings
Desert: Yorkshire puddings with lemon curd and or jam

You forgot the amuse-bouches of bread and dripping. Stuffed into a giant Yorkshire pudding.

Does Yorkshire Day involve getting a Yorkshire pudding, creating a hole in it and then vigorously thrusting oneself's manhood through it?

I understand, from 300 miles away down south, that this is common day to day practice... Is there a different ritual on this special day?

Yorkshire is ok the parts iv gone to. Iv mainly been to Sheffield which is not a bad place

Iv also been to that Chernobyl Museum. Unbelievable really to think of how much money Yorkshire county council must of spent on building up a replica town to show people what it was like after the disaster. Did the residents of Rotherham have any say in that at all by the way?

"The Land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it"

Dylan Thomas.

Well, the fights happened and there were no major surprises (were there?).

Me being 'Predictor of the Week' is about as big a surprise as I could have imagined.

rowley wrote:"The Land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it"

Dylan Thomas.

Agreed

Anyway Rotherham was ok really. I was there for the football. I remember all the beer drinkers I was with were chuffed as you cant really get Stones Bitter in south Wales so they were on it by the bucketfull. Some Leeds United fans came down looking for trouble but the old bill soon chucked them back on the train to sunny Leeds

The good old days of watching CCFC away

To be honest Steffan Rotherham is a complete dump and I say that as someone who lives there, however could not let an insult pass unchallenged on Yorkshire day could I.

rowley wrote:To be honest Steffan Rotherham is a complete dump and I say that as someone who lives there, however could not let an insult pass unchallenged on Yorkshire day could I.

Fair enough

Iv been to worse places though. Stoke deserves a special mention

Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

Union Cane wrote:Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

Ok fine. Do you actually plan on doing a caption this week or you just gonna leave that blank post there on my competition by the way?

Steffan wrote:

Union Cane wrote:Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

Ok fine. Do you actually plan on doing a caption this week or you just gonna leave that blank post there on my competition by the way?

The caption is dull Steffan. Deadly dull. You can do better than that. I think Union's blank post may be his way of agreeing with me. I could be wrong though.

Union Cane wrote:Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

I liked wish you were here, Scottish Passport too, although the downside was the holidays were in Scotland.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Steffan wrote:

Union Cane wrote:Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

Ok fine. Do you actually plan on doing a caption this week or you just gonna leave that blank post there on my competition by the way?

The caption is dull Steffan. Deadly dull. You can do better than that. I think Union's blank post may be his way of agreeing with me. I could be wrong though.

This is the last week im doing it anyway. Sadly the accusations of corruption and reports of it being 'dull' have had a detrimental impact on me

I tried...I failed...and now I must move on

Quitter, show some backbone Steffan, the reaction is nothing compared to waht Union has to endure for his reverse linear threads, he ploughs on with them, he has some character it would appear.

Steffan wrote:Do you actually plan on doing a caption this week or you just gonna leave that blank post there on my competition by the way?

I will leave the blank post if that is ok, I wanted to enter because I like you, but I didn't want to waste any unnecessary finger-skin on typing out a caption that, well, frankly, wasn't going to win.

You should keep the competition running though, just try to find some slightly interesting imagery.

Don't give up, remember what Ghandi said :

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

I shall have a think about it...

1. Djenny Lukusa v. Douglas Chilembe (12)
2. Koji Sato v. Fukutaro Ujiie (12)
3. Froilan Saludar v. Gabriel Pumar (12)
4. Randy Petalcorin v. Michel Rodriuez (12)
5. Kelly Pavlik v. Darryl Cunningham (10)


I shall make my debut in this picking game of the very famous 10 in the fistic arts!

1. Djenny Lukusa v. Douglas Chilembe (12) -Lukusa by Early KO, slightly nicer name, Chilembe sounds very common!

2. Koji Sato v. Fukutaro Ujiie (12) - Sato by Late KO only because it'll be late in the fight before I can pronounce the other guy's name.

3. Froilan Saludar v. Gabriel Pumar (12) - Saludar on points because his name sounds like Vicente Salvidar so has the slightly better name

4. Randy Petalcorin v. Michel Rodriuez (12) - I predict a draw here. Neither name really jumps out at me.

5. Kelly Pavlik v. Darryl Cunningham (10) - I have heard of one of these. Pavlik by Late KO. Darryl is the not very good half-brother of cruiserweight champion Steve on the basis that I said so rather than have any evidence or facts to back up my assertion.

Oh well, with a little luck I might still scrape the end of season award for Most Consecutive Weeks In The Lead:

Lukusa vs Chilembe - draw
Sato late KO
Saludar early KO
Petalcorin UD
Pavlik UD

Steffan wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Steffan wrote:

Union Cane wrote:Alright Chalmers, enough of that, this is a Prediction League not Wish you were bleedin' here...

Ok fine. Do you actually plan on doing a caption this week or you just gonna leave that blank post there on my competition by the way?

The caption is dull Steffan. Deadly dull. You can do better than that. I think Union's blank post may be his way of agreeing with me. I could be wrong though.

This is the last week im doing it anyway. Sadly the accusations of corruption and reports of it being 'dull' have had a detrimental impact on me

I tried...I failed...and now I must move on

you cant quit until ive won it at least once.....

I thought Union Cane did the caption competition anyways? How comes Steffan has it now? I thought Cane had the rights to both the Caption Comp and the Prediction League??

Did Mr Cane sell the IP on his caption competition to Steffan or did Steffan just steal it?

Super D Boon wrote:I thought Union Cane did the caption competition anyways? How comes Steffan has it now? I thought Cane had the rights to both the Caption Comp and the Prediction League??

Did Mr Cane sell the IP on his caption competition to Steffan or did Steffan just steal it?

I dont really remember UC caption competition to be honest. I certainly wouldnt have tried to steal it. Anyway he can have it back if he wants. Im done after this week

Well I thought on the old 606 he had it but not sure.

Anyway, I hope he takes account of my predictions and adds me to the table! I have a good feeling about my selections, all based on some very detailed analysis!