Two people this weekend got a nice 600/550/600 combo in the TQBR Prediction Game, and you guessed it: Those two people are now our leaders for 5.0. NattyChamps aka DukeShadeBlue has a 50-point edge over Apemantus for first place. There were 19 people overall who got all three picks right, but a couple of them were late predictions that didn’t count and the rest of the others weren’t as highly bepointed prior to this weekend as NC and AMT.
The call of the week honors are shared by stickfigure and Not Sure aka Jay Ari Yin, both of whom predicted Nonito Donaire winning by knockout in the 5th, one round later than when Volodymyr Sydorenko actually went to his knee for the final time. Four people had Saul Alvarez correctly winning by unanimous decision over Lovemore N’dou and 15 people had Humberto Soto correctly beating Urbano Antillon by unanimous decision. So even though they were more accurate, they were more plentiful, which makes them less cool.
(Upset picks were most popular for Antillon, who won the respect and admiration of eight of us before the fight, and afterward surely all of us. Only one other upset pick came across the wire, with beccapooka getting the not-call of the week by predicting N’dou to conquer Canelo.)
You know what else is rare, besides two people calling a fight within a round of its actual conclusion? Prehistoric sharks photographed alive:
Your standings are below. As always, please notify me of any tabulation errors and we can adjudicate:
STANDINGS
NattyChamps (DukeShadeBlue): 4050
Apemantus: 4000
Bundy Bears (ALEXMAC): 3950
Internet Tough Guy (Dobbler): 3950
stickfigure: 3800
Not Sure (Jay Ari Yin): 3700
Basque Country: 3500
Pretty Toney: 3350
THE COMEBACK KID (cNcEDDIE): 3350
the legend: 3350
Team Spacely’s Sprockets (willfrank): 3250
Philly Shell (Hit Dog): 3250
Team Skullduggery (PJ): 3200
Miggs 88: 3200
Paul Kelly: 2800
Gumbercules (BigMaxy): 2750
Cardscott5: 2700
beccapooka: 2650
Paul Williams’ Campaign Manager (Tim Starks): 2650
The Count Of Monte Fisto (cguenard): 2600
Team no shot (edub): 2250
Arthur Billette: 2250
Orbital Bone Surgeons (IrvinRyan): 2150
The Garbageman (ScottB): 2050
Yuriorkis Gamboa Constrictor (Scott Kraus): 1750
TJChim: 1750
The Flying Cintrons (Queensberry Wench): 1600
BenOlson: 1550
Neon Leon’s Two Front Teeth (Andrew Harrison): 1200
David Schraub: 1200
FunkyBadger: 1200
Manila Ice: 1150
AskTheBoxer: 1050
joebentvice: 1000
Ben Smitheman: 600
ArnoldO: 600
Ako si Navarette: 600
Todd Aguiar: 550
Team Atlas (Sam Fong): 500
fadeintobolivian: 500
Stiff Jab: 500
ShortFuse (RoWyN): 500
FightFreak: 500
nick63: 500
Datu punol: 500
Noypi: 500
reneth: 500
Dachs: 500
Melzor Uchiha: 500
baron: 0
Unifythebelts: 0
audley harrison jab of the century (FlorencioR): 0
Fidel: 0
Tito Flores: 0
