The Predictorship Challenge: Season Four

D4's Predictorship Challenge tm 2012

Welcome to Season 4 of D4's Predictorship Challenge, and we kick off with a great weekend of boxing ahead of us.


Week 1 Fights to Predict (Saturday 31 May 2014)

Carl Froch vs George Groves
James DeGale vs Brandon Gonzales
Kevin Mitchell vs Ghislain Maduma
Simpiwe Vetyeka vs Nonito Donaire
Felix Sturm vs Sam Soliman




Remember to put one of these suffixes to the fighter you think will win.

EKO = Early rounds KO
MKO = Middle rounds KO
LKO = Late rounds KO
WPTS = Wide Points Decision
CPTS = Close Points Decision

Or call the bout a DRAW

Mislabelled predictions could miss out on points.


Good luck!!!




The Rules:

Section A (scoring)



1) 3 points for a picking the winner of the fight.

2) Bonus 1 point for predicting the correct method of victory, (PTS or KO)

3) Bonus 2 point for the predicting if it will be a LKO, MKO or a EKO correctly.

4) Bonus 1 point for predicting a WPTS or a CPTS correctly

5) EKO = Early KO, any stoppage in the first third of the fight, e.g 1-4 in a 12 round fight and 1-3 in a 10 round fight

6) MKO = Late KO, any stoppage in the middle third of the fight, eg 5-8 in a 12 round fight and 4-7 in a 10 round fight

7) LKO = Late KO, any stoppage in the last half of the fight, eg 9-12 in a 12 round fight and 8-10 in a 10 round fight

8) WPTS = Wide Points Decision: A decision victory by 5 rounds or greater than by the middle scorecard or the majority scorecards.

9) CPTS = Close Points Decision: A decision victory by 4 rounds or fewer than by the middle scorecard or the majority scorecards.

10) Predict a correct DRAW and score 10 points.

11) Points for a DRAW will be awarded if any official judge scores the fight even.

12) Canceled fights or a No contest decision: No points given.




Section B (Late Entrants & Missing Weeks)

1) A "late entrant" is someone that did not start the current league season in week 1.

2) "Late entrants" will be accepted up till the 5 week

3) After "late entrants" have completed 4 weeks they will be given an "average score"

4) The "average score" will be determined by the number of points accumulated in their 4 weeks, divided by 4 and times by the number of weeks that the league has been running for.

5) Once an average score has been given the "late entrant" will be subjected to penalty points.

6) The penalty point given will be determined by the amount of weeks missed.

7) There will be a 3 point penalty point deduction per a week missed. e.g. If you miss the first 3 weeks you will received a 9 point deduction.

8) Average scores will be rounded up to the nearest integer

9) You can also attain an average score if you have missed one week after the league has started. If you have competed in 7 of first 8 week of the league your average score will be added on the 8th week.

10) A 5 point penalty will apply to those who have missed a week and have been given an average score.



Section C (Running of the League)

1) The league will run for 10 week (not necessarily consecutive)

2) Whoever holds the number 1 position at the end of the 10 weeks shall be declared the winner of the of league.

3) Predictions to be in before the ring walks for the latest, preferably on Friday.

4) A maximum for 40 entrants will be allowed to compete in the league.

5) Non participation in 3 consecutive weeks of the league will result in Disqualification from the league until the end of the season.

6) No new entrants allowed in the league after the 5th week has been completed.

7) Reserves the right to amend the rules.