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1581  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 06, 2022, 07:17:43 PM
Guys, today I was visiting some sports/news sites and I read a news article about Chet Holmgren's injury (to be more specific an update on his injury) and it said that he could return to the NBA maybe at the end of the season regular or early playoffs.

As incredible as it may seem, I tried to access this site again to view it more calmly, but it seems that the content was taken down... To be more specific, this news I had read was on the ESPN website.

Has anyone seen any news similar to this about Holmgren's injury!!?
Too risky for me. The word here "could" mean he isn't 100% and if that's the case then it means that he can get re-injured again if they will force him to play.

Look at Klay. He spent 2 years sitting in the bench and working every day for his injury to get healed. Last season when he came back, he isn't the usual Klay where he is scoring more than 20+ but his contributions to the team and their title is still huge. I think it's best for OKC to just let Chet sit for the whole season if he isn't 100% healthy at the end of the season. I think we will agree that OKC will not reach the playoffs this upcoming season, right? I mean they only have young and talented players.

Whether this is true or not, it's best for him and for the OKC to rest him this upcoming season while focusing on his body because that body will not last long knowing how strong NBA bigs are right now.

I definitely agree on this! They should not rush Chet's healing process because that could lead in a more serious situation where he will rest for years and that could badly end for the young Chet as his just about to start his career in the NBA. Also, letting him play in the near end of regular season is not the best option for the team as he will just confuse the whole roster with the current system they are building just like when Klay played on the GSW after 2 years of resting.

It might be more best for Chet to focus more on himself in training separately and buffing himself up in the gym and some weights as he needed that more so that he's more buffed when his time will come to play again for the league.
1582  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler - Undisputed Bantamweight Bout - December 13 on: September 06, 2022, 05:50:42 PM
That is why the percentage of Inoue winning isn't 100%.  There is always this extra factor, the one that is unpredictable that can turn the match into an upset win.  But in the case of Inoue, I think Inoue can handle the strongest punch of Butler, so Butler winning via TKO/KO is really slim.  The only way for Butler to win the fight is to outpunch Inoue and drag the fight to judge's decision.  Which is kinda hard for Butler because as far as I know (if I am not mistaken), there are only 2 of Inoue's fights that go to the judge's decision.

That's right. Upset is not possible here because a LUCKY PUNCH SHOULD BE THE STRONGEST PUNCH.

Even Paul Butler can able to land successfully a blow on Inoue, is the power enough to take the monster down?

Therefore, don't expect a lucky punch rather Butler needs to rely on his own strategy to win.

Only time can answer that for us, but since we are speculating based on power and performance, Butler is in a situation of near impossible to defeat the monster of Japan and that is his reality. Even if let's say that Butler successfully lands a perfect blow just like you said, Inoue will withstand it and his chin already proven to withstand any punch he receives.

He can't be waiting for that one lucky punch and the right moment to defeat Inoue because that time and lucky punch might not come Grin Butler will just be shocked that he is the one receiving that punch he waited.
1583  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Shakur Stevenson vs Robson Conceicao - Sept 23 on: September 06, 2022, 05:24:21 PM
There is a lot of speculation about Shakur, I really wouldn't know what to do with an eventual bet of this kind, when we go to see each other Conceicao is a very good boxer, and it's not for nothing, but I've liked the fights I've seen of him a lot, it is also hard and surely Conceicao will not want to surrender and fight with everything.

I am in telegram groups that are very active in boxing and have a lot of confidence in Shakur, so the odds will be very much in his favor, and this urges me to bet more on Conceicao because the profits that can be produced if the He wins sopn very big, of course I see this from the point of view of a bettor and at the same time as an athlete.

Robson is a decent boxer and can keep up with other excellent boxers in the league too that's why he got this far but the downside is that he have some limitations on how long he can keep up, we saw how he was defeated by Valdez while Shakur didn't have some much trouble defeating Valdez and we can see that the scores are quite wide to compare.

But I support you on your decision mate, Robson's odds is good if ever he wins in this fight but his chances are just slim. Anyway, we never know for sure because there has been lots of upsets lately.

Robson and Shakur both have a very good track record when it comes to their fights.
As of right now, Shakur has fought 18 fights and hasn't lost a single one of them.
As well as Robson, he also fought 18 times. As of right now, he has 17 wins and one loss to his name.

It looks like this will be a really close fight, based on the way it looks on paper. It is true that, at the same time, it does seem like the pendulum is a little bit heavy towards Shakur's side at the moment. But that does not mean Shakur is going to be the winner. There is no doubt that both fighters are very capable and that this is going to be a very interesting fight between them.

Yes, they both have a good record in their respective career but we cannot really base everything in the paper as that's not how the winner of the fight is decided and perhaps watching their recent performances will help us to see who will likely dominate. Also, based on that, I think we can quite assume that it will be Shakur. But yes, it's not decided yet, so let's see it together in the day of their fight.

Robson is good though and I think he deserves some credit for what he did because he reached this far but we can't really deny the fact that Shakur might just add another defeat in his record because Shakur will just pass by in this stage for him to get that fight he wanted against Joe Cordina who holds the IBF belt.
1584  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Haney vs Kambosos II (Undisputed) on: September 06, 2022, 05:01:17 PM
Obviously this year alone has been almost full of upsets and the famous one is when Canelo lost against Bivol when he is clear the heavy favorite to win over the defending champion of LHW. Haney surely doesn't want to be in the list of upsets that has happened this year or will about to happen, they should look further to avoid that from happening because Kambosos is surely preparing so much for this rematch because he really looks like an amateur boxer in their first encounter.
I do not think that Haney has to worry too much about it, if they were close in terms of technique then there could be some room for worry, but since Haney is so above of Kambosos and this is not something you can learn so quickly the difference between the two should remain wide enough for Haney to get an easy victory, with that being said it is important that Haney still prepares himself properly as we never know what it may happen during a fight.

There is no reason why Haney and his camp needs to worry, and I really think that is also one of the reasons why this fight has almost no hype at all because the people are already expecting Haney to win again in this rematch. I mean, people really do think that Kambosos cannot make a huge difference in this fight in a short amount of time. What we saw in their first encounter is almost an enough reason to believe it's enough, Kambosos will just end up losing his face again in the public.
1585  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 05, 2022, 11:53:49 AM
He really needs a huge adjustments for his skills to somehow blend well with LeBron and AD's style of play.


Westbrook had enough time to blend with Lebron and AD, but did we see that last season? The answer is no, so WB have another season to finally test if he can really blend, after this if he still fails, I don't know what will happen.

But the Lakers still decided to keep him, there's nothing we can do on that but to criticize him and the management if WB is still inconsistent or the same as last season. Under a new coach, we are expecting that he would change the system and improve it, it also means that Wesbrook will improve to see the team improve.

Aside from improvement, Lakers needs to be a championship team as that's what people are expecting on them.
1586  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler - Undisputed Bantamweight Bout - December 13 on: September 05, 2022, 11:17:06 AM
Naoya Inoue is really a great boxer, besides having the absolute majority of fights ends with a knockout, which is quite rare for the lightest weight, Paul Butler of course has more experience in the ring, but he is 5 years older and it seems that he is not a favorite in this fight, unless the puncher's chance

Experience can't help a fighter against Inoue, if that experience really is a big thing, then Donaire could have won against Inoue, but look what happened, Inoue just stop him in the early rounds to prove that he is the king of this division.

I gotta agree with that because Inoue is just a special fighter, he is unbeatable in this division, so it's about time for him to go up in weight after he will win this undisputed fight. I can't wait to see this fight honestly although I must say I'm not expecting a close fight as most likely it's just a one sided beatdown.

We are unanimous here with our prediction that Inoue will win, even if OP will create a poll, I'm expecting everyone will be voting on one side only. The fact that we have no debate here about who will win the fight, it's pretty obvious that we all believe that Inoue will win.

Butler will have the biggest fight of his life, it's Butler against the world, so it's a big challenge for him to prove that people are wrong.
1587  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: September 05, 2022, 07:43:32 AM

In the recent article I have posted, it's clear that Ancajas is having difficulty maintaining his weight that's why they hired a new nutritionist to help him be in good shape for this rematch. The camp stated that because of how Ancajas struggles to catch the required weight, he becomes not 100% on the fight which should not be a reason why they end up losing.

We need to trust his team as no choice after all but to support him.

If that's the case then he really needs to work things out just for this fight and he might consider moving to the upper division where he is more comfortable and with some worthy opponents waiting for him. of course, it is completely different and if he can adopt in that weight class as soon as possible, he can also be one of the top boxers there. All he needs to do right now is to train and dedicate this fight for his dream so that he will have a strong motivation to never give up.
Ancajas should give his focus and determination first to win this rematch so he can win back his title too. If he has difficulty in reaching the required weight, for sure the team is already working on it so he will be totally fit for the upcoming fight. I want to bet on Ancajas this time because I know his boxing potentials is high and he has still a lot of rooms to grow.


He was the champion, this fight is just his chance for him to get back the belt, so nothing new here, he just have to make an improvement and beat Martinez. However, if the outcome will be the same as in the previous fight, then there's no room for him to grow anymore in this division, the next step should be leaving the division by going up.
1588  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 - September 17 on: September 05, 2022, 07:16:22 AM


This fight does not need trash talk to hype it, it was the fans who requested to see it and here it is, so I can say that it's going to be a sold-out fight and the fans will be entertained watching this. Canelo is the winner in the previous match but anything can happen here, GGG could win here and maybe retire to give Canelo a lesson that trash talking is bad.

Canelo just hates GGG for backstabbing him in the past now this is his time to take revenge, there's really no need to thrash talking show off on this fight, they are not meeting for the first time this is their third match its time for both fighters to show respect, GGG is doing that he is more concentrated on the fight while Canelo is not, he is thrash talking GGG he seldom does that to his opponents, I think GGG is getting in his head and he is aware that he badly needs to win this fight, to climb to the all-time greats again.

Whatever his reason, it doesn't look good on him because we idolized Canelo and we know he is not a trashtalker. Thing is, if he gets trashtalked, he is easily affected, so that's not good because it will lose his concentration in the fight, and I'm afraid this time the judges won't be able to save him.
1589  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 - September 17 on: September 04, 2022, 11:15:13 AM
GGG does not have to mind the trash-talk, he needs to focus on this fight and prove to the world that he can beat Canelo. Imagine if GGG will win here, that would give Canelo 2 losses in a row and will result in reducing his popularity. People will also remember that GGG is the better fighter between the two, so I understand why GGG is silent, it only says he will do the talking in the ring.
Yep, a good result is sweeter than a good words, if GGG can beat Canelo in this fight, I think many fans already stop to follow him since he can't prove if he's better than GGG. Not to mention how many bettors already lose when he fight Bivol before, they will be disappointed.

Maybe it's either Inoue, Crawford or Spence will become the best pound for pound boxer.

Light heavyweight also isn't a place where Canelo can easily beat the champion, it's a big challenge for him.

True, and I think because of the language barrier, GGG doesn't mind those trash talk, his seen better days when boxers trying to intimidate him by trash talking but in the end, he closes those big ass mount by either a TKO or KO victory.

There could still be bettors who are going to back up Canelo no matter what, just like the die hard fans of other boxers during their prime like Manny or Floyd.

This fight does not need trash talk to hype it, it was the fans who requested to see it and here it is, so I can say that it's going to be a sold-out fight and the fans will be entertained watching this. Canelo is the winner in the previous match but anything can happen here, GGG could win here and maybe retire to give Canelo a lesson that trash talking is bad.
1590  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler - Undisputed Bantamweight Bout - December 13 on: September 04, 2022, 10:45:22 AM
So it might not be easy for Butler to do a run and gun style and for sure he will be tired as well and the fans might not like it and we can hear boos from the crowd.

Butler does not run like Rigo, so most likely Inoue can still catch him in the end. What would happen is it will take the fight longer but the result, I'm sure it will still be the same as our expectation. Anyway, an entertaining fight is just what I'm after here, so let's hope it will be fun.

The fastest in that division is not going to fight Inoue because he is not a champion anymore, he was beaten by Casimero in a split decision, so he has no business fighting Inoue. With that, Inoue is now having the easiest opponent for a unified championship fight, so it's alright to celebrate early.

What next for Inoue after this? probably we can expect that he will go up in weight, the question is, can he still dominate?
1591  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 - September 17 on: September 02, 2022, 06:20:28 PM
Well, things would be different if Ramirez will win the fight against Bivol, because Canelo said, he won't fight his fellow Mexican and if Bivol losses he won't be as interested as today in having a rematch for him. So, I guess if Ramirez wins the fight, Canelo will have no choice but to fight him. And finally, we'll get to see how truthful Canelo to his words. He still hold onto those words until now though. However, Ramirez is determined to beat Bivol and fight Canelo on his latest statement.
Things are getting interesting between this 4 fighters.

What do you mean by saying "if Bivol looses, he wont be interesting" ? Bivol is top1 right now, if he looses, he will be top2-top3. Such competitors are always interesting. And it is always interesting to have a rematch with a an opponent, that has totally outclassed you. Canelo fans saw how Bivol has beaten Canelo. If Canelo skips a rematch, fans will be disappointed as minimum, and as maximum could say that Canelo is afraid of Bivol.

Light Heavyweight? definitely he is top together with Beterviev. So for sure, he can still makes fight and huge money and for sure Canelo might go with Bivol next even if he losses his fight. Again, as I have said, Canelo is not interested on all Mexican fight in Light Heavyweight. So it's either Bivol or Beteriviev. Or this might be something odd, but he says he can go as high as fighting Usyk at a catchweight, but we don't know if he is serious or not.

Nah, he cannot possibly be serious to take on a catchweight against Usyk because we already what would've likely happen to Canelo if both camps agreed into 190-200 lbs fight. It is already clear that he is struggling in LHW because of the added weight, how much if he will add more weight exceeding the LHW. Against Beterbiev? I don't think that Canelo can take that fight either.
I think that the best case scenario would be that Canelo will try and settle the score against Bivol even if the latter will be defeated in his upcoming fight against Zurdo.
1592  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: September 02, 2022, 05:51:22 PM
I really wouldn't have much faith in Ancajas, although at one point he was very good, I think he has lowered his performance, and when I say performance I mean his physical condition, in his fights he manages to show a clear fatigue, but of course he is very remarkable, I know that everyone gets tired, but it is more noticeable to him, and on the other hand Martinez is in great shape, he is gaining much more fame and I think he has much more motivation than ever, I think these things help a lot and it is something to be taken into account.

Now I don't know, I think that the capacities that Ancajas can develop in the last few months that he has prepared should be taken into account, this can be very decisive.

I guess we can call it that way, it's a faith that he can redeem what he lost in their first encounter while also supporting Ancajas regardless of the result because he is a fellow countrymen.

I think that fatigue we saw on Ancajas is a result after he met the required weight because days before the fight, he's still struggling to meet the weight needed while he is training in double as there's a last minute replacement which is Martinez. That's why he looks like he didn't have enough energy. But we'll see it this time as things could be much more different than their first fight.
1593  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 01, 2022, 05:32:31 PM
I agree, let's say we give Westbrook a chance this season, if he improve under coach Ham then good for the Lakers. If not, then for sure in the middle of the season we might see him get traded. And there are rumors that Ham wanted Pat and Russ play at the same time. So it will be an interesting combination to see them both in the floor. Two high octane players, gonna be fun.

I think Los Angeles Lakers are always open to giving Westbrook a chance.

However, if things really not worked out and they see Westbrook is really struggling in his role or anything, it will be hard for the Lakers to trade him in the middle of the season as here in the off-season, they can't even find a good trade package from other teams. Maybe much more difficult during the off-season.

If they will decide to keep Westbrook, they should risk on him the whole season and just work on trading him the next off-season.

I'm kind of curious though what Darvin Ham's strategy for Westbrook, so I guess we will see it soon. But if in any case that plan fails, the Laker's have Patrick to take take Westbrook's role.

According to some report that Darvin Ham plans to put both Westbrook and Pat Bev in the starting line up and play together side by side.
Also, there are rumors that Pat Bev and Westbrook had conversations already. I guess they are now building a chemistry and forget their beef before.
Pat Bev seems to have a good professionalism towards his teammates and Westbrook seems a nice guy as well. I hope this will work out for the Lakers this season.
If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's indeed good if those reports and rumors will turn out exactly true, Pat Bev and WB playing side by side is surely an interesting sight to see together with Lebron and AD. But they still need a reliable 6th man so that the team can still be dangerous if one of the main line-ups is resting.

Anthony Davis's health plays an important role for the team because if he won't be around, Lebron will again take heavy load for that.

Austin Reaves can be considered as their 6th man even if the kid is yet to prove that he can produce good numbers every game for the team but he is already proven to be more reliable than Westbrook especially at times when it is badly needed, Reaves was there trying to step up his game and he is consistent for that.
1594  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Commentary and commentators in sports. on: September 01, 2022, 05:03:52 PM
Commentators are one of the most important parts of a game. Nowadays a game is incomplete without a commentator. The commentators are quite entertaining during the game. Sometimes retired players are the commentators and they give interesting information about the game. It can be said that as much as I get pleasure from the commentators, I also get knowledge about the game.
Many people even prefer to watch the sports because of the commentators since they're such a legends and there's a uniqueness that people are waiting when they're cast. When the commentator already replaced by different person because the old one was retired, the new one might got bullied and the crowd wouldn't really enjoy to watch the sport since the hype already different. Commentators is very important and they're make people excited with the sports.

A side story from the commentators are only available before any game/fight starts or in-between, talking about other topics aside from the main event will be viewed as unprofessionalism towards the commentators and they could lose their job for that fact. They know what to do and where are their boundaries. But back to the topic, commentators are truly relevant to any sports we see these days as there are some times that we can't catch up from what happening, it's their work to keep us updated on what has happened.
1595  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Shakur Stevenson vs Robson Conceicao - Sept 23 on: September 01, 2022, 04:29:31 PM
^^ Everyone is after the money, no more legacy or pride or try to be called the best in boxing. And of course there are styles as well, styles that make people buy tickets and wanted to see the fighters live to see how good they are like Tank Davis. But then again, boxing politics will stand in our for us fans to see if this fight is going to be made or not. But it's better for Shakur to just take one step at at a time, beat Robson in a dominant fashion like he did against Oscar Valdez and as I have said, go and unify the belts, we've seen Josh Taylor did it this year and Canelo has done that in 168 lbs. He should chase history first, before pursuing money fights.


If he will win against Robson in their upcoming fight, then its not only history that he will chase but also lots of money will be in his possessions. However, it’s always good to see a good boxer taking one step at a time because that will also give him enough time to master his own boxing skills and enhance what needs to be more develop. As for Shakur, it won’t be hard for him as he has already titles that prove his worth in the ring.

I really believe that Shakur will really win in this upcoming fight, I know that there's also other factors that could potentially get Shakur defeated but those chances are much slimmer. Though this is just a title defense fight, this fight is also an important step for his career as he will gain more experience from Robson and this fight will open more doors for him. Maybe after this he can go and fight against Joe Cordina to add the IBF belt in his possession.

Chances are high for Shakur to win here, I have to look at who is the manager of Joe Cordina, if Top Rank can make a fight with him after this fight. As what we discussed on different boxing threads, sometimes it's the promotion as the hindrance for a huge mega fight. This promotions have ego like Arum having a hard time against PBC and vice versa. So it will be interested if the handler of Cordina is not on Arum's radar.

I don't know who is the manager of Joe Cordina but his promoter is Eddie Hearn, they are already eyeing for Shakur Stevenson next because the latter holds the WBC and WBO but the deal is still blurred because Bob Arum has also issues with the Matchroom boxing which is also under Eddie Hearn. I can remember that Bob Arum says that the Matchroom cannot produce many viewers that's why the fight won't be profitable.
1596  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 - September 17 on: August 31, 2022, 06:05:53 PM
I guess not many know that Pacman beat Keith Thurman at the age of 40 and became WBA champ? Thurman was 30 years old and had only wins in his record before that fight. George Foreman became champ at 45 in a weight devision, where every punch is deadly. Holyfield had boxing fight at 46.

I know I might sound annoying, but I find it stupid when people use young > old rule in sports. Experience is what matters.

There is no denying that there are boxers, I should say that elite ones that can really fight and become a champion at age 40. So maybe GGG will be considered elite if he can still fight like when he was still at his prime against this version of Canelo. As for the experience, both have the same and maybe GGG will have the slight advantage. But this fight is going to be contested at 168 lbs, Canelo's comfort weight and it will be in years that GGG will go up in weight, so this is very important factor to consider int his fight.

We will be able to answer those questions after this trilogy like whether if GGG can be still considered as an elite boxer at his current age, but if ever GGG will be defeated dominantly then I think he should really consider hanging his gloves even though he already said he won't because there's not much he can do now and his legacy will be threaten as he will be viewed as a trophy to add in their record for the younger generations.

On the other hand, Canelo and GGG shouldn't underestimate each other because they both know how good they are inside the ring and both of them is already a veteran in this career. It will be fun watching this soon!
1597  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: August 31, 2022, 05:28:13 PM
The Ancajas team will have to make significant adjustments for the upcoming fight with Martinez, since in the first fight Ankahas could not restrain Martinez's attacks and turn the tide of the fight in his favor and acted, as it seems to me, without initiative, I hope now he will have more motivation.

I think in the first fight, Ancajas failed to adjust since Martinez is just a replacement so the strategy that Ancajas works for months had been wasted.  So I think that is a fair enough reason to mess up on their first fight.  Even Pacquiao in his post-fight interview stating that he had trouble adjusting to Ugas during the fight shows how difficult it is for a boxer when there is a sudden change of opponent.  But I think this 2nd fight will be different since Ancajas has ample time to review and scout the opponent and create a sound strategy to beat Martinez.

Let's take that as a valid excuse, but if you look at the other side, Martinez could also use that as an excuse if he loses the fight. now, there are no more excuses because they are given a rematch if Ancajas think it's the adjustment that made him lose the fight, then for sure, he can make the right adjustment in this fight given he had plenty of time to prepare.

That's why excuses are not good in boxing, because it will only lose respect to the winner of the fight, why not give credit to the winner and for the loses, he has to work harder next time, make the right adjustment so the opportunity of the rematch will not be wasted.

I agree, having an excuse also means that you are not admitting that you've lost the fight and that will be troublesome as you're feeding your brain the wrong idea and that could further result into another loss in the future because you will eventually underestimate your opponent. Admitting your mistake is the right thing to do and make that mistake as a reason to thrive hard so that in the next fight you will have a different result.
1598  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 31, 2022, 04:24:30 PM
 
I just hope that he have learned the lesson that being overconfident is also dangerous. But yes, despite that he's aware of who can he beat and win.

It's better for him to have that emotion set at the normal setting so that it won't overwhelm him when he's on another match whether it will be from a lower division fighter or of the same.

Who? Donaire? I don't really think that he have that kind of attitude where goes being overconfident to his foe because of his capabilities, we know Donaire's attitude towards Inoue though but none of it shouts that he's overconfident.

Even us didn't really expected that Inoue will evolve that much because we think that they will still have a long 12-round fight where there will be a long blow-by-blow punches all the way to the 12th round. But Inoue finished Donaire in just 2 rounds with a stoppage.
On his match with Inoue, he said that he's going to beat Inoue and that's what I think that he became overconfident on that time. That's just my opinion and if you think guys that it's not a sign that he's overconfident with those words, that's okay.

It is what I've thought of him.

But I want the best for him if he ever will have another match again. We all love to see him back and healthy again with a win.

Well, I think Donaire can beat Inoue if he is still in his prime, but sadly his body can't catch up with his words since he already lost a lot of speed due to aging in their fight.  But as far as I know, Donaire has never been overconfident in his fight, to the point that he is slacking in training.  Having a self confidence is helpful in a boxer since he can think clearly and won't be intimidated by the opponent.



Yes, right. Those words that Donaire has said before the fight isn't a sign of being an overconfident but he is just confident on himself that in the rematch he is more prepared. But when the rematch started, it was evident that Inoue has evolved into a literal monster where Donaire was left astonished because he didn't expected that at all, Inoue now is really on a different level!
1599  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: August 31, 2022, 03:59:34 PM
I agree, let's say we give Westbrook a chance this season, if he improve under coach Ham then good for the Lakers. If not, then for sure in the middle of the season we might see him get traded. And there are rumors that Ham wanted Pat and Russ play at the same time. So it will be an interesting combination to see them both in the floor. Two high octane players, gonna be fun.

I think Los Angeles Lakers are always open to giving Westbrook a chance.

However, if things really not worked out and they see Westbrook is really struggling in his role or anything, it will be hard for the Lakers to trade him in the middle of the season as here in the off-season, they can't even find a good trade package from other teams. Maybe much more difficult during the off-season.

If they will decide to keep Westbrook, they should risk on him the whole season and just work on trading him the next off-season.

The whole league and other teams will be watching Westbrook's performance this coming season, if he turns out to be much more effective then the Lakers could get some teams that are interested on him but the management should keep him because he is starting to show progress that could help the team achieve another ring.

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If they will decide to keep Westbrook, they should risk on him the whole season and just work on trading him the next off-season.
The Lakers don't have to work anything like trading him because Westbrook will be in the free-agency once the 22-23 seasons ends. If they decide to keep him then that means keeping him the whole season.
1600  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Haney vs Kambosos II (Undisputed) on: August 30, 2022, 06:29:43 PM
Haney for me will not let the victory he achieved in the first instance be taken away, I don't know, I haven't seen much news about Kamobosos, but I think he must be having one of the training sessions to go out and kill Haney, if this is so we could see that Haney's acknowledgment will make this look like they want to repeat and there will be rematches, if Kambosos wins, then Haney will ask for the rematch, and that's how they will go, that's why I say if this is won by Kamosos, it will make it very interesting, without However, I don't think this will happen, but everything is possible, I think that they can do a good job if both boxers go out with that desire to the ring.


Kambosos may be silent these days because of the trainings but he can't really change the fact that his chances to win is much smaller than Haney and the latter will indeed make sure that he will still win for the 2nd time around and keep the undisputed name with him along with the belts he earned. No offense for Kambosos fans here but I can't really see an upcoming trilogy and that means that Kambosos will get lost again and pave a way for Haney to Loma soon.

I agree, Kambosos is welcome to undergo to an intensive training to prepare well but he cannot really deny that Haney can and will dominate him in the ring just like he did in their first encounter. Kambosos is not a knockout specialist too so that makes defeating Haney much more complicated. He should try climbing the next division if in-case he get defeated here in their rematch.
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