Thanks for the congratulations. This was my first season here, and it was a great ride. My hat off to FatSandman, who came really close to win.

To present myself, I live in Monterrey, Mexico. I enjoy a lot watching boxing, but many of you know far more than me. In the other hand, I have a deep statistical background, having adapted the Elo rating system used in chess to other sports.

This year I started playing in a similar contest to this one, "Gurus del Boxeo". In the last two seasons I have won handily, so I came here to test me against a thougher opposition. I was pretty confident that I would end winning, but after seeing the high level here, I guess my chances to repeat the championship are no higher than 40%.

About the contest format, I really like the joker pick. It makes each week more variable, but in the long run the better players come ahead.

On the other hand, I find the "post your picks" system clumsy. It is a grind for the admin (Kudos, BG!), and it is prone to mistakes. During this season twice I got more points than the correct number, and had to contact BG to fix it. In Gurus we have an automated system, it is much better. I guess Saddoboxing should write its own script. If the problem is money, I would be happy to donate my prize to start the work.

I have collected all my picks and FatSandman's in a spreadsheet, to be sure that the totals are right. And indeed, the final difference is 2 points. You can see it at:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...yb2N3c0E&hl=es

(I do not have the last week picks by FatSandman, but he confirmed his total as 43).

I played well, but in the first months I was too "UD" happy. It costed me a few points, and I had to adjust the model. FatSandman a few times picked specific KO rounds, which I see as a losing proposition. He lost 9 points that way; had he picked simply "KO", he would be the winner now.

Thanks again for this great tournament. I have a few rules suggestions for the next season, I will post them in a later post. For now, it is time to celebrate

See you next season

Comegalletas.