Selecting An Opponent

Cap · 10-08-2005, 09:26 AM

OK. You've got a fighter that you like and you're ready to get him a fight. How do you go about selecting an opponent? Say, your guy is 16-1 against mostly mediocre opposition, but he's beaten those guys easily. You're at a crucial point. You don't want to see this mug get creamed in the first round, but you need to move on up.

Do you analyse the one loss and try to avoid a similar boxer? Do you take that same guy on again to reverse the loss? What do you look at? Do you sort fighters in the main list according to their ratings (which you wouldn't really know so precisely in real life) to find a good beatable opponent? In real life, you'd check a potential opponent for his win-loss record, ask is he lefty or righty, has he got some pop or really heavy hands, what kind of style does he have, would his style give your guy fits or make him look bad, etc. Then you add all of this up and weigh the risk and possible reward.

Or do you folks just use some kind of mathematical selection system?

Cap

javier_83 · 10-08-2005, 09:41 AM

Nice question i am looking someone wiht a similar recod

meade95 · 10-08-2005, 11:22 AM

Good question -

Depending on how his first loss went (Dec, KO or TKO) I would like for him to try and reverse that loss (unless it is just a completely bad style match-up for him).

mh2365 · 10-08-2005, 11:29 AM

I have the system that I follow which doesn't leave much of a choice, but generally if I like the fight I will try and pick the easier fight for him. Like Herrera in my uni ... if given a choice between two 7 rated fighters he has to fight and one is a boxer and one a slugger ... I'll go with the slugger because he has consistently lost to boxers.

Now if my set-up indicates he has to fight the next highest rated fighter and there is only one 7 rated fighter, then that's who he fights.

10-08-2005, 09:26 AM	#1
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,049	Selecting An Opponent OK. You've got a fighter that you like and you're ready to get him a fight. How do you go about selecting an opponent? Say, your guy is 16-1 against mostly mediocre opposition, but he's beaten those guys easily. You're at a crucial point. You don't want to see this mug get creamed in the first round, but you need to move on up. Do you analyse the one loss and try to avoid a similar boxer? Do you take that same guy on again to reverse the loss? What do you look at? Do you sort fighters in the main list according to their ratings (which you wouldn't really know so precisely in real life) to find a good beatable opponent? In real life, you'd check a potential opponent for his win-loss record, ask is he lefty or righty, has he got some pop or really heavy hands, what kind of style does he have, would his style give your guy fits or make him look bad, etc. Then you add all of this up and weigh the risk and possible reward. Or do you folks just use some kind of mathematical selection system? Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

10-08-2005, 09:41 AM	#2
javier_83 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,091	Nice question i am looking someone wiht a similar recod

10-08-2005, 11:22 AM	#3
meade95 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,095	Good question - Depending on how his first loss went (Dec, KO or TKO) I would like for him to try and reverse that loss (unless it is just a completely bad style match-up for him).

10-08-2005, 11:29 AM	#4
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	I have the system that I follow which doesn't leave much of a choice, but generally if I like the fight I will try and pick the easier fight for him. Like Herrera in my uni ... if given a choice between two 7 rated fighters he has to fight and one is a boxer and one a slugger ... I'll go with the slugger because he has consistently lost to boxers. Now if my set-up indicates he has to fight the next highest rated fighter and there is only one 7 rated fighter, then that's who he fights.