NEW YORK (
October 12, 2015) – Five world championship fights, highlighted by the
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin vs.
David Lemieux world middleweight unification showdown, are featured on the next
$2,000 Throwdown Fantasy Boxing Game, online at
www.ThrowdownFantasy.com, powered by
CompuBox.
Think you know all about Golovkin and Lemieux? Go here to take this short quiz to prove it:
Boxing fans have another opportunity to back up their fight predictions, as well as earn bragging fights and cash winnings, simply by registering to play the hottest (Oct. 13-17) group game of the season.
Class rises to the top for this group game as 12 present or past world champions, plus an Olympic gold medalist, are showcased. Below find the complete Oct. 13-17 line-up with fighter salaries:
Three-time, two division world champion Devon Alexander is favored to defeat welterweight Aron Martinez, IBF featherweight title-holder Lee Serby makes his first title defense versus five-time, three division world champion Fernando Montiel, former world light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is an underdog vs. world title challengerAndrzej Fonfara, and three-time, three-division world champion Koki Kameda is favored over defending WBA super flyweight titlist Kohei Kono.
Two-time light welterweight world champ Lamont Peterson meets 2008 Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz with world title-fight implications for the winner, while former super middleweight champion Andre Dirrell returns to action heavily favored against Blake Caparello.
The boxing world will be fully focused on the Oct. 17th HBO PPV show at Madison Square Garden as two of the most explosive punchers in the world, WBA Super/Interim WBC champion Golovkin and IBF title-holder Lemieux square-off in one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year. In the co-feature, the new pound-for-pound king, Roman “Chocolito” Gonzalez, defends his WBC flyweight crown against four-time, two divisionworld champion Brian Viloria. Cuban heavyweight Luis Ortiz is a prohibitive favorite to defeat Matias Vidondo for the Interim WBA title.
There are three easy ways to play Throwdown Fantasy: 1. Select five fighters from the game group, using the $25,000 salary cap (see above); 2. Then track scoring in real time, earning points for wins, knockouts and CompuBox statistics (see example chart below); 3. Scoring the most points wins. Most games last a full week and each has multiple winners.
Fighters receive points based for how they perform, rewarding each style of boxing, and
New players who sign up now receive FREE entry into Throwdown Fantasy Boxing’s monthly Freeroll game. Throwdown Fantasy also provides a $250 free roll that players may enter using Throwdown Points (3 free entire upon registration) and $25.00 free game. Signing up and playing is free. People have an opportunity to register and play for free and then move onto paid games.
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