All I heard and read before was that Canelo seemed interested but at 168. But after Crawford changed his tune and became interested in making that ambitious historic feat, Canelo is showing some hints that he is uninterested because he wouldn't get any credit if he wins. But I felt like Canelo is just trying to make an impression to the public that he is not the one pushing this mega fight. Canelo will propose this fight if Bud wins his rematch with Spence. I believe Crawford no matter how good he is in his current division, will be at a whole new level at 168. Financially, he is high-reward and low-risk fight for Canelo at 168. And Crawford at 36 with lesser reflexes, Canelo is not a welterweight and might just eat his punches just to land his own big punishing shots.

Mate, I love Bud to beat Canelo but it is very hard to imagine a 36-year-old moving up 2 divisions in 5 months if it happens in a Cinco De Mayo weekend. In total, that's 3 divisions north in less than a year. Bud will be slower and Canelo will crush him.

BoMac might get the Trainer of the Year here in 2023 since he had another solid win last weekend although it was not a title fight. His new fighter Chris Eubank Jr. made sweet revenge by beating Liam Smith in their rematch. But the fat man made his own headlines, he was arrested in the airport on his way home to the US after security found a loaded gun and ammunition in his baggage.

What if you are appointed as a bitcoin investment manager by the Central African Republic? Would you consider the 4-year cycle of bitcoin? Will you buy and accumulate 2 years earlier until its next halving and then sell them after the halving year? I am not sure if the big financial institutions are doing this but more likely that some of them as already into this type of strategy.

The volatility of bitcoin will continue until it reaches its long-term potential. Maybe if the whole valuation of bitcoin reaches double digits in trillions of dollars its price will have difficulty making big waves. 

I see nothing wrong with Spence hiring another coach because it is normal. He will learn more by shifting to other coaches. The issue however is he won't be having an easy tune-up with his new coach as he will be doing a rematch against Terrence Crawford. And I agree with @Kemarit since Roy Jones is not a proven good coach.

With regards to the potential Canelo vs. Bud next year, it sounds crazy but really doable if Canelo approves it. If I were Canelo, I would take it since it is the biggest fight in boxing right now. He will be bashed a lot though if he wins and it could be worse if he loses to someone who moves up two divisions. I like Bud to win but I believe Canelo will be too much and destroy him.

Would've loved to see an upset in this game but it is really hard to pull an upset especially if the team is nearly dependent on a single player. The main focus of the defense will be obviously on Luka Doncic. I remember when Luka was having a hard time converting his shots in the first half against Cape Verde, Slovenia also struggled. And against the Canadian favorites where it has a lot of options for their offense.

Big props to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, that was a very solid performance. Barely missed his shots except during the times when he tried for the threes. I won't be surprised if Canada wins this FIBA World Cup for the first time.

Christian Wood is not on the same level as Anthony Davis but at a minimum contract of just over $2 million next season, that's already a steal. His stats deserved a double-digit contract so this is another big achievement in terms of the Lakers' negotiating strategy. Wood is a good shooter outside and inside so he is definitely another offensive player to not take for granted. He is also in mid 20s which means he can still be developed, especially his defense.

The Lakers are really doing well this off-season with very good additions. And with Bron still playing at an elite level, this team will definitely give the top favorite teams a run for their money.

Maybe we can see some betting odds later once the date is getting nearer to its fight night. Or maybe betting odds are only available to local countries where these two fighters came from.

Yukinori Oguni was a good opponent some years ago. He is a former world champion. But he went inactive or probably made a retirement and then some years later he made a comeback but only settled to draw against a mediocre opponent. Oguni is currently more than a year inactive so this should be an easy fight for Casimero.

About Casimero's quick rise in the rankings, it is normal since he is a 3-division world champion and it's been a long time since he lost a fight.

I'm really surprised at how Quest made a 2-0 run on Luna Galaxy after they lost earlier in their upper-bracket series. About Team Secret, I am not really fond of Crystallis' performance and I share the same opinion after seeing a lot of online negative comments. But I am curious as to why Puppey continues to keep him. Sad to see Puppey ending his longest TI participation streak. I don't know if he can bounce back in the next season or if he will follow Koroky's fate.

For many years, this should be the first time in TI that there is no team with more than 1 Filipino. And SEA only has 2 representatives. So hopefully this is a wake-up call since the other regions especially South America looked more deserving of more slots.

That's right. People who started to invest bitcoin in 2021 are still on the losing end. And we do not know what percent of them are still holding it until the next bull run which is usually in a 4-year cycle. The majority of the early investors pretty sure sold their holdings already and then bought back for another hold.

In my situation, I think I bought bitcoin at $500+ something before but I sold them all last 2018 or 2019 at $3k to $4k range. And here I am again starting to accumulate monthly at a higher price. But we're all probably very optimistic that bitcoin will reach another ATH in the next bull run which is expected to start next year and peak in 2025 if we are to based on its price history.

So the date remains alive but we haven't heard from the Haney team if they are still fighting on the said date. The contract has been signed though so I also wonder if the Haney's are just going to honor the date.

As for Regis Prograis, it's very funny since he said that if Haney is not ready then he is looking forward to giving Adrien Broner a shot at his belt. And Broner lately also said that he is back and is interested in facing the belt holders. It's funny though. I wonder if Broner can still make the 140-weight limit. Broner with his popularity became the target of Prograis, Rolly Romero, and Ryan Garcia. They're probably seeing Adrien Broner as a high reward with low low risk.

Yeah, I also believe Gobert is no longer in his prime and Batum is also old. But still, they should be enough to at least proceed in the next round. That game against Latvia was very winnable and they were leading more than 10 in the 4th quarter before the rally. So I agree that luck is also not on their side in this tournament.

If they're ranked 5 in the world then they will be dropped hard once this tournament officially ends and updates are available. Maybe outside the top 10 already? I wonder what France look like if Wembanyama played. The Spurs decided to excuse him from the national team for further development. But he and Gobert will have their chance to team up and get back their glory in the 2024 Paris Olympics. That will be the biggest basketball event and at the same time, their nation is the host. Should be fun to watch.

It is less likely that Jerwin Ancajas will score a knockout because Takuma Inoue is a smart boxer with very good stamina since nearly all of his fights went the distance. Takuma is not known to punch that hard reason why he only has 4 KOs in his 18 wins. And by the way, Takuma's only defeat was by decision and not by knockout so we shall see if Jerwin is capable of catching him clean.

I would like to see Jerwin becoming champion again but I actually voted for Takuma by decision. Jerwin is going to get schooled if he is not bringing something new to his technique.

Yeah, many players have realized this and are now willing to make moves even if they get bashed. Personally, it's better to follow what you want to avoid regrets in the future and stay unaffected by negative remarks. Dame is a very good example of the current superstars that stay loyal to their city and because of that he's probably more loved with minimal bashers than the other superstars. To be fair, Portland tried to make moves in the past but they were not enough and it's also not consistent probably due to limited resources, unlike the other rich teams in the NBA.

Dame is now 33 and he wants to play his remaining years while he is still significant in a team that has a real chance of winning the title. Portland should at least try to ship him to Miami as per his request for his many years of loyalty. Hopefully, a 3 or even more team trades will do this before the start of this season.

Anyways, it's just coming from rumors but it will remain speculations because the NBA and the Warriors will never allow the public to know something that isn't good for public consumption. They're even very disappointed as to why the video of the punching incident circulated online since they want it to remain private.  

It is what it is. Poole actually played decent in the regular season and then something went wrong during the playoffs. If I were the management I wouldn't trade a young potential due to a single bad playoffs performance especially over a past prime yet more expensive player. Unless something is happening behind the public. Just my 2 cents. I doubt GSW will do better this coming season which means at least reaching a conference finals.

Chill mate. It is what it is. What do we expect from a very corrupt country? The unwanted coach is also like a government official, he's got no shame and will continue to do the job and accept his salary and incentives no matter how ineffective he is.

It is really funny that most of the country ignored the sports and athletes that are actually playing world level yet they never get the attention or enough support from the government, media, business sector, and its citizens. And to realize that the Philippines along with Lithuania are the only 2 countries in the world where this sport is number 1. Lithuania at least with only 2 million population is playing like a real basketball country. The Philippines has over a hundred million in population. I heard it spent over a million dollars for Jordan Clarkson alone to play. Its lawmaking body is also quick to approve foreigners to become naturalized citizens just for the sake of this sport. While offering minimal to zero support from the other sports athletes which prompted some of them to just relocate to other countries where they got sponsorships.

Team Ancajas were very confident about moving up in weight after the first defeat. They said they are moving up in weight. I don't know why the change of decisions. But it is indeed very tough to decide since they have a rematch clause on Fernando Martinez. So the final decision was to activate the rematch clause against Martinez and then move up in weight. Should Ancajas won in that rematch, he would've probably gotten ranked in the top 5 of these sanctioning bodies since he moved up in weight as a champion. He lost the rematch but he is lucky that 2 of the sanctioning bodies still ranked him in the top 10.

I really want to see something new in Ancajas' strategies this time, otherwise, Takuma Inoue will outbox him for the 12 rounds.

I also forgot about the spreads but the ML odds aren't good enough for me as the Slovenians were expected to win the game. I was so focused on watching the game and was intrigued as to how Cape Verde was holding its own line. After reading the comment here I just realized that I missed the opportunity to bet on Slovenia when the scores were tied or very close. I was also confident that Slovenia would win on ML.

The biggest upset here so far is the early exit of France since they still have many line-ups that finished 3rd in the last FIBA World Cup. They also have good NBA players like Gobert and Fournier.

Very good traders can still actually perform great trades even without big screens. But having a big screen, a separate comfortable room for trading and many screens help them to become more effective and productive. For instance, you want to see bitcoin/usdt charts with various indicators. So it is quicker and less hassle if you have many screens and bigger screens. Having a lot of screens also helps them monitor more pairs rather than just a few ones.

Not all good traders have these kinds of trading materials but probably all of them dream of having all of it so they can be more focused.

Iron Mike can offer some tips but he never fought someone as big, smart, and as skillful as Fury before. But indeed he can boost Ngannou's morale. While Ngannou literally has a very low chance of winning already, his inactivity of nearly two years further diminished his chance of causing an upset. He is also turning 37 so aside from not being known as a quick fighter, his reflexes won't be the same as before.

The best I can see for Ngannou is to not care about winning rounds. He better not waste his already limited energy trying to jab without having plans to follow it up with a power punch. I'll be very glad to see Ngannou catching and putting Fury down and causing a major upset but he needs to do it before he runs out of gas. Fury also knows that Ngannou will be tired after 3 or 4 rounds so he might stay away from harm and just use his jabs in the early rounds. 

As for the rematch in MMA, I doubt Belly Duck will grant it. He even refused a huge money from Saudi for a chance to become the first ever undisputed heavyweight champion in this 4-belt era.

In the past Johnreil Casimero indeed talked many times about fighting Luis Nery of how he beats the Mexican. I guess nobody is ducking between them and they just went separate ways. Also, Nery was already at 122 when Casimero was still fighting at 118 as the WBO champion. Now it's just talks about challenging each other since both of them have no belts so they also know that it may not be worth it. Both fighters were also the ones mentioned as Inoue's targets in his title defense. So the real target is Inoue for the belts and the money. Nery might have a better chance of getting Inoue first since he can be named as the WBC mandatory but he is banned in Japan which means Casimero might get Inoue first. But maybe Casimero and Nery will finally fight each other down the line but for now, they need to take a belt first. 

We're all expecting another huge Inoue win here but it's also interesting to predict how the fight goes on. Tapales might be too underestimated here just like when Iron Mike underestimated his opponent during his fight in Japan which cost him his undefeated record.

It's a good thing that Tapales can shift from an aggressor to a counter-puncher and also he can be awkward. These are very much needed in order to confuse Inoue. Maybe Tapales is once again developing another strategy that is something new. Tapales don't have to match the speed of Inoue here, all he needs is the timing.