A real bummer that the Kings weren’t able to win game 7 against the Warriors. I thought they were going to light the beam and end the Warriors legacy but it just wasn’t in the cards. Steph Curry showed why he’s one of the best of all time and they live to face the Lakers. That should be a great series to watch!
Too inexperienced I guess, Sabonis was nowhere to be found in the second half, while Looney is having another tremendous rebounding game. Fox, probably hurt by his injuries, can't buy a basket. And then Malik Monk saying that Curry is old? backfired on them just like what Brooks says to Lebron and they are now both eliminated. Curry dropping 50 points in a Game 7? that's the record for now and it's hard to break that one. And so we are going to see two GOAT's going against each other and renewing their rivalries back when Lebron is still with the Cavs. The Warriors will have the home court advantage in this series and for sure will have to take advantage of that. |
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Oscar didn't ditch Canelo though unlike what he did to Ryan after the loss. Just what I have read on news sites.
I haven't followed it though, I saw Floyd comments on no show of Oscar Dela Hoya in the post fight. However, this is Oscar responds, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says the reason he didn’t attend Ryan Garcia’s post-fight press conference last Saturday night is that he was advised by his security team not to attend because he had received “death threats” all week long and they felt it was too dangerous for him to be in attendance.
https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/oscar-de-la-hoya-blames-death-threats-for-his-no-show-at-ryan-garcias-post-fight-press-conference-after-loss-to-tank/262224) And another thing that caught my attention though is the case of Bernard Hopkins as well. He was accused according to Oscar of having a testosterone cream in his hands when he touch Tank in the weight it and was requested by PBC to be out right ban in the fight inside. So Bernard is absent as well. Hard to know that truth though, and probably we might not know the reasons behind why both of them are absent. The death threat was absurd already, but the Hopkins accusations is very different and most likely the first time that we have heard this before. |
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Knicks dominating the paint so far. 3-16 from 3 ain't gonna cut it though. They need to just hit some more 3s and keep defending the 3. This is going to be a great series. Expecting this one to go 6 or the full 7. Need Randle back as well.
Nah, the Heat turn it around in the 3rd quarter took the lead and that's it. No Randle for the Knicks so it's going to be a big problem for them. Quickley just had 9 points in the game. While Gabe Vincent started hot in this game with his shooting prowess. And as usual, Jimmy shows up in the game and score when it's needed. I just the experienced of the Heat is one of the big factor here, Lowry, and then Kevin Love, with that 3 outlet pass for easy points. As I have said, the Knicks need Randle to play, they need his presence inside the court. The Knicks didn't have the rhythm in them after the first quarter. No spark and the Heat put a good defense and body on Brunson. |
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So no surprised that he revealed a no rematch clause. And most likely believed in himself that he has the tools to beat the monster in his division. We all know that Inoue is the one moving up in weight so he is not tested at super bantamweight. And we have seen in boxing history that although you can be great in a division and dominate it, different story when you move up and facing a natural and bigger fighter than you.
Or maybe it could be the other way around. Maybe he believes that once he loses, he won't be able to win again, and his decision might be to move up in weight to try his journey in a new division. Both fighters are not champions, so honestly, I don't find it interesting to have a rematch. It will only delay Inoue's future successes if he has to fight the Fulton again in case he wins. If he can move up after winning a belt, then he is on his way to making history in boxing by winning as many championship fights in different divisions. I doubt that fighters have that kind of mentality though, I mean they are warriors inside the ring and for sure no one cross their minds that they are going to lose. Even at defeat, some of them can't accept it and says that they still won, and there are robberies in boxing that the fighters wanted to take revenge. So no one believes that once they loses to certain fighter, they won't be able to win. They can adjust and re-adjust their strategies outside and inside the ring. @inthelongrun - yeah, most likely Fulton is after the money fight with Inoue clash. He did say that he wanted to go out and move to 126 lbs and him and Brandon will make a rematch there. But fighting Inoue is too tempting to resist, and at the same time it's a lucrative fight for him money wise and legacy. |
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@Boafeng, @bisdak40. Is there a rematch clause for Fulton and Inoue? It appears that this has not been made clear in the news. I cannot find anything that mentions a rematch clause in my hard 10 seconds of searching hehehe. I will do more searching on google later, however, this should be easy to find but is not.
It would also be good for the division if there was no rematch clause. Tapales vs. Akhmadaliev had none and Tapales does not have any mandatory defenses. This implies that he will be given the freedom to fight for a unification against either Fulton or Inoue.
There is no rematch clause, listen to this interview, straight from Fulton himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1HlyBFnBm4&t=109sGo move to 1:33, he was asked about a rematch clause and this is his answer. There is no rematch clause.
So there you go, one and done for Fulton and Inoue. He knows Inoue has been knocking out fighters in 118 lbs, but obviously he believes that this is his division and not even Inoue can beat him at 122 lbs. Well, just as what I expected about that topic because I believe Steph Fulton will climb the next weight class regardless of the outcome if their bout with Inoue. If I'm not mistaken, Fulton was already prepared to climb but it was delayed because he waited for Naoya Inoue after he suddenly announced that he will be leaving the bantamweight and will proceed towards super-bantam. Actually that was his plan though if I'm not mistaken, him and Brandon Figueroa will have a rematch, but it's going to be at 126 lbs. And we've witnessed Brandon going up in weight without any problems and then defeating Mark Magsayo to end a belt. So perhaps win or lose in this fight against Inoue, he will definitely move up one class above and chase another belt. So no surprised that he revealed a no rematch clause. And most likely believed in himself that he has the tools to beat the monster in his division. We all know that Inoue is the one moving up in weight so he is not tested at super bantamweight. And we have seen in boxing history that although you can be great in a division and dominate it, different story when you move up and facing a natural and bigger fighter than you. |
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Since the beginning of March until now the bitcoin price has jumped significantly where the bitcoin price is trading again in the $28k area. Although we don't know exactly what factors make bitcoin pump. We expect, the current price hike to continue and get to above $35k soon.
Bitcoin has grown from $16k to $28k in the first 3 months of the year, and that is considered an impressive gain for bitcoin. I think instead of expecting another big rally, we should think of the scenario bitcoin will correct from now on, bitcoin can't go up one circuit without a correction. We are still in the bearish season so we cannot expect bitcoin to go up forever without falling. Correct. Indeed bitcoin began to grow back since the beginning of this year. However, that does not mean that the recent rise in bitcoin prices indicates that a bullish phase has occurred, instead we are still in a bearish season because bitcoin price movements are not very significant. Therefore, let's take a look at how far bitcoin's price has moved so far this year. whether the bullish season will occur this year or the bearish season will continue. You can count it a growing as high as $31k in the first 4 months, although that run was not sustainable as obviously it's a mental price for others to sell their bitcoin to make money. Buying at the lowest low in November, then for sure the price picking up and going $31k, you make a lot of profits already so it make sense to sell to take that short term money. And we are in the end of month, April and the price is above $29k. So it might not end as green candle for us. But still the price is getting stronger like every month. So this pump might continue though and going till the end of the year. We are technically in the bearish phase and so with that, don't expect like new all time high. We might come to a point that this might might bring us to the $40k-$50k level and then the real bull run will start next year. So exciting times ahead so just continue to buy and HODL. |
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Dynasty didn't even start on the first place, we've seen some crazy results in this years playoff, No. 8 Heat knocking out No. 1 seed in Bucks in the East. Then no. 7 Lakers eliminating no. 2 Memphis Grizzlies. And the way that he Lakers taunt Grizzlies at the end of the game is too funny, dancing around. In the end though it was the sportsmanship that prevail. Two years straight that Grizzlies failed and then Morant say's that he is fine in the West and then the Brooks disrespecting the King. Karma is really a bitch, but I doubt that they are going to learn their lessons though. For the Bucks, there are news that coach Mike Budenholzer job might be on the line after their early exit, as he failed to adjust his team. Leading the game in the last 2 games but eventually choking and losing that very important game. |
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I pick Astrolabio in this fight.
Although Moloney only lost against two top boxers in his weight e.g. Inoue and Emmanuel Rodríguez, but his winnings are mostly against weak boxers. Nawaphon Kaikanha who previously beaten by Moloney is one of the example, he have 58 fights but most of them are unknown boxers.
On other hand, Astrolabio lost 3 times in 2017-2018, but it's already 5 years ago and I think those lost are the factors how Astrolabio can reach at this point. He ever beat Guillermo Rigondeaux who's one of a good boxer, Astrolabio win via unanimous decision while Casimero only win via split decision.
Vincent's lost was early in his career, so we can say that maybe he was still too green that time or doesn't have the benefits of having a good trainer in his side. But once he matured, his career really took off and his last 3 wins is very impressive indeed, that's why now he has that opportunity to level up and become a champion in the bantamweight. And as what others mentioned, do not underestimate Filipinos as they might look weak or something, but they can deceived their opponents. On the other hand, although Moloney has face tough opponents, he always feel short. Meaning he could not be in the caliber of elite fighters in bantamweight, more of a gate keeper boxer. |
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Most likely the majority here could be in the last tier. No offense, but it seems every one is late on the bandwagon, or least just join the fun in 2017 and we really don't know what to expect or at least have plans to accumulate as much as we can. Or even if he did save a lot, maybe sold off during the height of the bull run to make money and take that profits.
Nothing is wrong with that, but at least if we didn't sell our stash and wait for the bear market, accumulate, rinse and repeat them maybe as time goes by, we could be going up in the tier position.
But I would understand if everyone is not going to disclosed how much BTC they have.
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Haney is probably bigger, but they'll be on the same weight on the day of the fight. So just like the Tank vs. Garcia fight where Garcia was the taller fighter and probably bigger, Tank Davis was still able to find a way to hurt Garcia and knock him out. That was a different match. It was just a matter of time before Davis would land that perfect punch to bring Garcia down, regardless of how tall or big Garcia is. As to Haney and Loma, they both don't have that super powerful punch like Tank's. So this is most probably a fight that ends in a decision. So with a bigger Haney that also has a longer reach, Loma will really have to be quick and make use of his unbelievable footwork to close the distance and score. You bring a good point, in this case Loma is known to have a very good and quick foot work. And that's how we see Loma during the start of his career, unbelievable footwork that no one can match, not even quality Olympians like him in Rigo, who just quit in his stool because he can't cope with Loma's technique. So their style could really be a match made him heaven here. And what we have said, this could be a tactical and a chess match. Unlike to Garcia and Davis fight wherein they rely on their power to win via knockout. This one, the boxing IQ of this boxers will be in display. There could be rounds that Haney is dominating because of his long reach and taking advantage of his height. And then the next round, Loma coming back with his superior movement and hand speeds and then touching Haney at will. So it could go into the distance and gonna be hard to score for sure. Yes, the word here is technical. Both Haney and Loma are technical fighters. So this is a completely different match from Davis vs. Garcia in which a knockout is expected to happen. Both Tank and Garcia are just looking for the perfect timing to knock the opponent down or out. In Loma vs. Haney, the battle is about points. The goal is simply to outsmart, outmaneuver, and outpoint the other. Any knockdown or knockout is just a bonus and is unexpected. Yep, that will be the proper term here, going to be very 'technical' match as both their skills because they don't have the power, it's not that they can't produce a knockout, it the right situation presents itself, then maybe they can win via knockout. But most likely, this two loves to pit their style against each other. So it's going to be a back and forth battle in the ring and as you have said, if we see a knockout or knockdown, it's going to be a big bonus for us. And base on the odds, the over and under rounds is 10.5. And the odds for the over round 10.5 is very low at 1.17. So even bookies predicts that this fight might go down the full distance. And the winner will have to go to the judges scorecard. Bookies know it for sure because as you guys have mentioned, both Haney and Loma are not known to be a knockout boxer because they are more known for their technicalities. So, the odds released by the bookies did really make some sense that this fight would likely end in the judge's hand and not by a way of some TKO or KO but who knows, one of them might commit a mistake that will be a reason that the fight will end much earlier than expected. But I'm expecting a tight fight with full of defense and counter attacks. Both of this guys as we have said is very technical, so I'm not really seeing anyone of them committing mistakes like over extend the punch. Although I would say that Haney has history though of being over aggressive and it might cost him this fight if he do it against Loma. Sort of like he is very confident and could be underestimating the great Loma. Like in his fight against Linares, Haney was almost knockout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpPHztgLTLE. He was lucky that it was the end of the round. And here is Loma against the same boxer getting a flash knock down, but he didn't wobbled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ezsYovJZcU |
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Great catch, and yes, it's true after the Chipmixer seizure, there are a lot of new and old mixer tumbler that suddenly highlighted and it's obvious criminals will have to do what they're best, cloning mixer sites because it's so easy and it's instant money for them. I also recommend: - Bookmark our favorite mixer
- Used this forum, go to the ANN thread and that's where we should search
- Report this sites so that it will be taken down
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while in live casino, like playing roulette there is 15sec gap in every spin, in that 15sec i can think something, or sizing bets and close my gambling session for that day.
and also live casino's dealer is front of me i can see we are cheated or not, but i don't know if they use rigged roulette or not.
We still don't know if we are cheated though even in live casino dealer, we don't know if that roulette is biased to a certain number. And obviously casino's has the house edge in roulette, so the longer you play the chance that you might lose as well. And here is a video of a live casino dealer cheating,  So in any case, there are still ways for casinos to cheat, just saying, whether it's supposedly provably fair or live dealer. |
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I have reason deep to understand cryptos to a point but nothing seem to make different, in this last week, I have done a lot of reading to accumulates more ideas, gained radical knowledge of the market. Often time I met saying I'm into trading I don't do investment, on the other some I'm into investment, trading is on a very high risk demands. I ask this questions severally what's your reason why you chose trading to be better off than investment? What's the major risk involved, the challenges expected of you? Traders always wants to said when am trading I have time to watching over what am doing, I practically watch over the market either against my risk or for risk taken.
Trading can be much expected in price, you can earn enough if the market favour you, you chose when to close your open trades.
Over to you investors, they will said trading is rigorous and difficult to navigates through, trading incurs too much losses that's why I prefer to fix my money as investment watch it grow with due time, and if the market falls I can decided to take my money but the good thing is that I don't have to stress myself.
Now over to you reader, which aspect of bitcoin is best or worst experience? Where are you good at! Trading or investment? Bursts our brain with your expertise
Both has it's advantage and disadvantage, and it depend on individual preferences. There could be some traders who just like that, wanted to gamble everyday, sitting and staring on their home screen for long and analyzing the data and make a trade and obviously wanted that adrenaline of making a money online like everyday. As compare to those investors, and I think majority of us fall in this category. We don't want to complicate things on our end, so we just buy and DCA for the rest of the years and accumulate, and just watch our portfolio grow overtime. So there's not one size fits all formula for us, really on to us, whether we are risk averse or not. |
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Okay, So let's start with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy. The pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to businesses and supply chains around the world, leading to widespread unemployment and economic contraction. In response, governments around the world have implemented massive stimulus packages to support individuals and businesses, which have led to concerns about inflation and currency devaluation.
one potential solution that has been suggested by some is investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a hedge against inflation and a store of value in uncertain times like this. What do you think about this idea? Do you believe that cryptocurrencies are a reliable safe haven asset?
Isn't it late to discussed though? and if I'm not mistaken, they have been debated many times in his community. If ever there is a global problem right now, it's the war in Europe and then the inflation that every country is facing, and more recently, it's the banking crisis. Specially the latter, it seems that crypto is again being look at a store of value, hedge against inflation and obviously we want to preserved our money, without the value going down. And recently, we have another bank in near collapse, billions worth of money being withdrawn and we can only make the conclusions that those who are getting their money out is putting it to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-officials-lead-urgent-rescue-talks-first-republic-sources-2023-04-28/ |
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I'm coming up to 81, and I'm a Bitcoin maximalist. I've rejected most of the current and other controls that try to restrict my lifestyle. I'm now living in a converted van, and I love the freedom. I'm considering a Raspberry Pi based installation to manage my Bitcoin node, and maybe do a bit of mining. Although I'm living primarily offgrid, I'm still a member of conventional society, and utilise thosed facilities that are useful to me. I'm monitoring the current banking changes, and hoping to increase my use of Bitcoin.
So, is there anyone else here that is questioning the current political and banking changes, and moving to an independent offgrid lifestyle?
No offense mate, but I'm imagining you somewhat of a character in Red, a movie which stars Bruce Willis. I'm seeing you as the John Malcovich character there, Marvin, who's living on the van and trying to live off-grid because he is afraid that the FBI or whatever agencies are trying to track him and their group.  . The only bitcoiner that I know from this forum who's trying to go off grid is Elwar, ‘seasteading’ in Thailand but faces lot of challenges. |
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According to Kemper's formula: A person need a total of 0.06624605 BTC in order to guarantee wealth worth $1 million.
Never heard of this formula, but I would say I doubt it though, I mean market is very volatile so maybe in the next coming years this could be true, but how about the future? Definitely this is a chance that btc can we worth $1 million in the future and so I guess the goal still for us is to scope as much as we can and not just what this formula has suggested. There were even school of thoughts that at least having 1 BTC should objective, or what we call our holy grail. It's just so odd that everyone has his/her opinion on how much we should be saving. One thing that I agree though is that bitcoin could be a powerful thing in the future. And we don't need to look and see how it goes, just today, government are trying to control or even regulate it globally. But we know that it can't be stop at this point. |
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Jimmy Butler on his 2020 form! He hits an insane shot in the last second of the game to force overtime, what a play. Congratulations to the Miami Heat for eliminating the 1st seed of the Easter Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks, they are now advancing to the second round of the playoffs.
Yeah, it's just about time that he comes back into form. And it's just too bad that it was the Bucks that fell victim for Jimmy's insane basketball IQ. So yes, they are moving into the second round. Lakers against Memphis was another interesting match after letting game 4 slip through their finger tips, Memphis took proper care today and made a huge statement as to why they the favorites coming into the series.
They still in the lead though, and they have a big chance to eliminate the second seed Memphis at Crypto.com. For sure the atmosphere and ambience are going to be crazy. And the fans should go out and support the Lakers because it's not an easy thing to beat the Memphis specially on how Ja Morant is playing in the last 2 games. Lakers is the favorite as far as the odds currently. |
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Davis is more experienced than Garcia. Well, the respect has always been there as these two know each other and they're looking forward if by some time in the future, there will be some promotions that will make them have a 2nd round of their match.
I don't think it's need a rematch, Tank clearly beat Ryan Garcia by knocked down Garcia down for 2 times. Even Garcia will have a couple fight with other boxers, it's just a way to convince everyone if he's still able to fight, but I believe no big change will happen when he fight with Tank. We may say that it might or might not need some rematch since it's still a fresh match after all. This match is like the match of the year and everybody has talked about it. And it wouldn't be surprising if the promoters will come by to them and ask for a rematch and that's why I think that it can possibly happen since both of them have shown no disappointment to most fans. Garcia need to accept the reality if he's not able to fight in lightweight anymore, he can't move to light welterweight because Tank will move up too. So the better option for Garcia is back to super featherweight as Shakur have moved to lightweight.
I guess that he'll do some of these options only if he don't wanna face him again for the meantime. Match of the year as far as the hype, but in the fight itself, it was a clear domination of Tank Davis, so I don't see it qualifying for fight of the year. There is a good match though still for us, and that is Haney vs Loma, this could be fight of the year of the match goes like back and forth between the two and it's hard to see who is winning. Yeah, seems that Garcia has accepted that he can't be a lightweight anymore, time to move up to light welterweight at 140 lbs so that he won't rehydrate himself to death just like in this fight. And most likely it really affected his power because he can't rehydrate his body because there is a clause that he can only go as high as 10 lbs to recover before the actual fight. There are fighters that rehydrated as high as 15 lbs just to get their body to 100%. |
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It is true that a single punch is more than enough to change the outcome of any fight, and it is one of the aspects which makes boxing so exciting compared to other sports, as a boxer could be losing on the judge score cards with no possibility to obtain the victory this way and with a single punch they could win the fight and do so in a way that is not only more impressive but way more authoritative, as what can be more authoritative than to win while you are still standing up and your rival lays defeated on the floor.
Remember that in boxing, a lucky punch should always be associated with strong power. Even a boxer will manage to successfully land a blow on their opponent, if it's lacking power then it's useless. Referring to Nghitumbwa, his credentials at this point isn't yet enough to consider him a strong puncher in this division. On the other hand, Casimero is proven to have a well-built structure that for a chance to knock him down, his opponent should really have that strong punch that can withstand his defense. Since Nghitumbwa is somehow new to the scene, we won't really know what he is capable of once he stepped on the ring. For Casimero, should be a tune-up fight for him if the goal is to be included in the contender's list. Being defeated by a non-popular boxer and unranked like Nghitumbwa means Casimero is nowhere within the level of the top-ranked boxers at 122 lbs division. Although I don't see it happening. It is also worth noting that John Riel Casimero is now on his comfortable division, or should I say at least he is on the right weight class where he is not having any problems anymore regarding on his weight. So, his built might be buffed a bit just like what we saw when he fought Akaho recently and meaning he can absorb and survive stronger punches this time as he is not that drained compared when he's still at 118. This Nghitumbwa will just be a steppingstone, no matter how good I look at him because if he's that strong and can provide a good toe-to-toe fight with Casimero and other boxers in this industry, then I think by now we already know who he is and what he's made of. But since we don't know him that much, then that means he can't just stand in-front Casimero and block his way towards the bigger boys in this divsion. I wouldn't say it's a stepping stone for Casimero, this is just another fight that he needs to win, simply as that. This Nghitumbwa has nothing to offer in his career, Casimero has face more tougher opponents in the past. Nghitumbwa is not even a former champion, so most likely he was cherry pick by the camp of Casimero so that he will look like a great fighter again. And with that, John Riel should win this easy, via a brutal knockout. And if that happens, then maybe his Japanese promoter can now chase a good boxer in this division, inching closer to maybe the champion in this division. So he should beat him bad, close him out early to send the message across. |
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^^ I think it has something to do with with some very old wallets starting to move again that might cause panic in the market right now. Or maybe the news of Apple removing the bitcoin whitepaper in all of it's updated version. But we will see next, maybe when everything is clear, we will have our own speculation as what is the factors that causes the massive volatile that we have seen in the last 18 hours or so.
And with that, at least we are back to $28k, but it won't be enough to continue our green candle at the end of the month. But we are still ok if we can go to the support line of $28,500 after retested $27k and it's a bit scary to see that nevertheless a clear bounce back for us to reclaim the big support of $28k. Now, we should look forward and see how May will do.
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