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1901  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: September 24, 2022, 08:40:40 AM

Both will sure make adjustments on the fight. And even a weight drain Ancajas can absorb Martinez best punch, what's more if Jerwin is in his best shape and no issues with weight? It could be a different outcome. And so this is what we are expecting from him in this fight. Bring the fight to Martinez and be a banger, the style that he is known for.

Let's see if he can prove to the world that he is the better fighter, it's hard to just speculate, we should give respect to the winner, yes, Ancajas may have struggle maintaining the weight but there's nothing to be blame of, but himself and it's not a valid excuse.

Yes, if he losses again then we can say that Martinez is the better fighter and has every right to end Ancajas reign as of the longest super-flyweight. But if he win by a dominating fashion, then he is back and the first win by Martinez could be considered as a fluke. And the best thing for Jerwin is maybe go up, nothing for him to proved because he has been a champion in this division for many years already.

He is actually the better fighter already because he is the champion, Ancajas is just trying again hoping he can beat a stronger Martinez, and though I'm optimistic that Ancajas will win, but I believe it's going to be very difficult for him beating Martinez. Well, it's time for him to prove that his excuse is valid, and that is by winning here.
He still has a chance to win though if we are going to factor that he is weight drain in their first fight and if he just healthy, he could have secure a unanimous decision.

Now, barring all excuses, and assuming that Jerwin will come in healthy 100%, no problem with the weight whatsoever, then maybe he will going to beat Martinez as expected by the majority here.
1902  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Go home with a profit and come back to end up losing a lot. on: September 24, 2022, 07:09:42 AM
A friend of mine works in a casino (land-based) and he told me yesterday that there was a client who with a stroke of luck won a good amount, about $8k. He exchanged the chips for cash and went home. After about half an hour, my friend sees him walk back in the door and went on a gambling binge all the night, only to end up losing his winnings and more.

At the end of the session he signed the self-exclusion.

If it weren't for the fact that this person is going through a drama, the story would make you want to laugh.

Has this ever happened to you or do you know of cases like this?
Not the "signed the self-exclusion" in the end though. But I know a taxi driver, who win big in our country, like $2k or more. So that's enough for him to put food in the table for his family and maybe not work as a cab driver for weeks. But he chooses to go back and you know what's going to happen to those who wanted to stretch their luck. So he lost everything and now back to being a driver, ouch.
1903  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple (XRP) goes up, Bitcoin stays flat or even lose value on: September 23, 2022, 10:46:10 AM
We better wait for the outcome itself and see how it will go. If it favors XRP then good for them and it's holders, for sure they could be like x50 or even higher returns.

But with today's run, I don't think it's going to be sustainable, the news has sell already, we might be seeing some incoming dumps in the next couple of days.

So the best time to invest is what for the price to go down again and wait till the final decision comes out.
1904  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is dead! on: September 23, 2022, 10:24:03 AM
Those who bought bitcoin earlier at a cheaper price, of course, made a profit and perhaps even now with a profit, there are those who bought bitcoin when it was close to its ATH and now they are at a loss. If the financial situation allows, then just need to hold and the situation will be corrected, can also buy more now, to average the price. But the most important thing in this situation is not to sell at a loss, because when bitcoin rises in price again, the situation cannot be corrected...

According to some analysts, the current decline in bitcoin is normal things and need to be like this, because bear market actually good for the long-term price of bitcoin itself in the future. I also believe in that. Because, no business is 100% profitable, buying stocks and gold which is said to be lower risk, also experiences a bear market. Of course this is only a predictions, but the cycle and history maybe have similar pattern. Just wait and see, bitcoin rises again.
And this is how the market is built from the beginning, as for us, this is normal. Of course, we wanted to experience a bear market, but that process will make you touch in the future. So everyone here should undergo a bear market, survived and adjust. And when the price rises again, at least you will learn that there is something good afterall in a bearish market, you can accumulate because the price of bitcoin is at a huge discount.
1905  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Haney vs Kambosos II (Undisputed) on: September 23, 2022, 09:30:01 AM
^^ Right, so even if Lopez moves up to 140 already, we have someone trying to get into the picture and put his name around those established boxers in the lightweight.

So we will see how he will adjust to it, maybe he can challenge for the belt because guess what? Shakur is with Top Rank as well so it's a win win situation for him to get into this weight class ASAP because Haney is also on the same stable and so is Loma.
1906  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 23, 2022, 08:55:31 AM
I'm sorry for spoiling the Wolves discussion but are users here aware that Ime Udoka has been suspended for the upcoming 2022-2023 NBA season. Just this time, they already given his sanction and that is to suspend him for the whole season.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/celtics-coach-ime-udoka-suspended-2022-23-season-rcna49079
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The Boston Celtics have suspended coach Ime Udoka for the 2022-23 season, effective immediately, and with no guarantee he will be back with the franchise in the future.

In case some don't know, Udoka had "an improper intimate and consensual relationship with a female member of the team staff."  that's why he got suspended and he apologized for it. I don't know if this is a big news but I'm pretty sure that the Celtics franchise is heavily affected by this one. He has been a very good coach in his first season, and he led the Celtics to NBA Finals. Their assistant coach, Joe Mazzulla will be their interim head coach. 

Any thoughts with this one? How will the Celtics be affected by this?

It's a little strange to me how professional sports has gotten so anti-workplace relationships.  Cheerleaders are threatened with the loss of their job if they converse with players, even outside of the workplace.  Now coaches can't bang who they want (granted he was married to Nia Long so the guy is an idiot)...  I think maybe it's about time to stop policing relationships between consenting adults.  You know this sort of thing is happening all over the league in every sport.  Seems like the NBA is speeding down a slippery slope with this one.
And it turns out that the NBA is now on a scandalous rampage, from racism to alleged sexual encounters between adults. So there is a domino effect now and it could harm the whole organization.

And we have been talking about female coaches and then we are hit by this case. So what will happen if in the future there will be cases like it? female coaches having sex with her staff or even players? This things are turning ugly for the league.
1907  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Shakur Stevenson vs Robson Conceicao - Sept 23 on: September 23, 2022, 08:17:47 AM
So Shakur Stevenson is stripped of his WBO and WBC belts. If Conceicao somehow manages to pull an upset then he can take the 2 belts. Although even if Shakur is having a hard time making the weight limit, I am still doubtful of an upset. For as long as Conceicao cannot make a clear win per round then he still can't take the judges' nods as Shakur is being built as the next big thing in boxing despite his lack of power.

After this fight, Shakur can take a tune-up at 135, and then he can take the winner of the Loma-Haney/Kambosos fight.

This is unfortunate but Shakur's health is more important than making a cut so he relinquished the title, I also believe that Shakur is far superior to Conceicao, Shakur will win this bout then he will move up a division that is loaded with talents, it's a good match up between any of the two Loma or Haney or even Ryan Garcia, it's good that he chooses to move up so he can test his skill on a division with a lot of skillful boxers and see if he can rule that division, this is a big challenge ahead for Shakur but he must first beat Conceicao decisively which I believe he can.
Yes, no more unification fight for him because his body can't make 130 lbs without problems. So instead of defending his belt and make the weight, he decided to relinquished his 2 titles in this fight. Not sure if Robso though feels disrespected, or maybe there is a clause in this fight about getting over the limit and that the other party will pay. Anyhow, the fight is just 2 days away so we will see Shakur last fight at 130 lbs and then move up next for a more lucrative division.
1908  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 23, 2022, 07:57:16 AM
Kind of crazy that Mayweather is saying him and McGregor are going to rematch and McGregor is saying he’s not interested. Starting to seem like Mayweather is losing his shine a bit if he’s chasing MMA fighters around for fights. I sort of thought he’d be retired by now but he keeps fighting exhibitions. He’s addicted to boxing.
He realized that indeed he was not as phenomenal as he used to be and of course it was a good thing for him at this time to do some exhibition fights because indeed this was something that could be considered as one of the fields of money for him at this time because he realized when this luster is almost gone but when he still wants it like that then indeed money will still be available.
But it's hard now considering McGgragor's current reaction is to say he's not really interested in it.
On the other hand I also read a statement from UFC president Dana White who said McGregor-Mayweather 2 shouldn't have happened. because McGregor has two fights left on his current UFC contract, meaning he will be free to fight Mayweather once his deal expires.
He is addicted to making money, that's for sure. Yes, he knows that Canelo is already the cash cow and all attention has shifted already. So just to remain relevant in the boxing community, he resorted or at least pioneered this exhibitions and make money, easy millions per fight. And in their first fight with Conor, it generated and easily gross as one of the highest PPV numbers, only second to his fight with Manny Pacquiao. But there is some roadblock, it's Dana White, so not sure how they can get away with it since he is against the second fight or even the first fight.
1909  Economy / Speculation / Re: 1 Bitcoin, Not for everyone. on: September 21, 2022, 12:09:26 PM
perhaps Now that the potential of Bitcoin have been globally let out and with regards to more innovation, the price will continue to go that many can not afford 1.

It's not really necessary to own 1 bitcoin. As long as you accumulate, you will still enjoy some good amount of profit once its value reaches a point where it's price goes above $100k. It would just make us frustrated if we feel jealous to someone who owns 1 or more bitcoin. We should appreciate that we are one of the early adopters of bitcoin that we are able to accumulate while it is not that expensive yet.
At the rate on how the price moves as compare to it's scarcity? definitely hard to get 1 bitcoin in this year. And it might takes years to accumulate and so it will be a big challenge for everyone if we had this kind of dream.

Nevertheless, to not put any pressure upon ourselves, then just save and accumulate as much as you can. Sell if you needed fiat and then go on. Maybe there will be a time that you might reach your goal of 1 bitcoin.
1910  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 21, 2022, 11:42:05 AM

Wow, LA Clippers have a huge chance to be a champion this season, as long as John Wall will be healthy and he will still perform the way he used to when he was still with the Wizards, I think LA Clippers can make it to the NBA finals. I know we have the Warriors here, but I'm now rooting for a new team that is a great contender.
Hopefully, they stay healthy. I wonder if they will put John Wall into load management like they are doing with Kawhi. Wall is also prone to injury, so if they load manage him, they can prevent some serious injury. They are great team in paper, hopefully they can convert it in the court.

They can manage him for sure as the Clippers is a good team, and even their 2nd unit is very competitive, remember when Paul George was injured? No PG and Kawhi and yet the Clippers still remained competitive. I like the way they play as a team, to be honest, they are really good, and they'll get better once they are fully healthy.
Yes, they remained competitive and even made the playoff. But it's better if the two superstars are healthy so that we will see the full potential of this team. And now they have John Wall to boot, so it will be exciting how far they can get this year. So might see Kawhi on load management, but as long as they are going to winning and be in the top of the West, then it will do good in the long run and it might prevent him from being injured again.
1911  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Dmitry Bivol vs Zurdo Ramirez on: September 21, 2022, 11:24:23 AM
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I don't think Bivol cares much about the money. Former Soviet fighters are more glory hunters rather than money. Bivol already rejected Canelo's offer for the undisputed titles at super-middleweight. Bivol is a small light-heavyweight and I believe he can make the super-middleweight limit with no difficulty. But he opted to stay at 175 and openly mentioned that he wanted to fight 3-belt champion Beterbiev for the undisputed championships.

No one fights for charity. Bivol is putting so much time and effort in to this, and he deserves a decent payout. If I am not mistaken, he is yet to receive any payment for his win against Canelo. Bivol is a Russian citizen, and there is a blanket ban on wired bank transactions to Russian citizens from the United States. The organizers should have taken care of this, but I guess they never thought that Bivol would win the fight. It is not the question of whether Bivol cares about the money or not. He deserves that amount and it should be credited without much delay.
Yes, we are in the modern era of boxing, every boxer now goes for the money. And it's just just to hear that Bivol hasn't received the money that he deserved after winning against Canelo.

They should have done something by now that they have made the money to Bivol's part. And so the next fight, in cases he won against Ramirez, everything should be settled already.
1912  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: September 21, 2022, 10:23:28 AM

They have the date of Nov 19 if I'm not mistaken, but it can be taken by anyone if they don't reach an agreement as early as November as there will be no time left to prepare.

I think that was only a tentative date, it's not official yet that's why we are still discussing on when they will make the official announcement. Some are saying this fight will push through this year, but until now there's still no announcement so I think we are losing patience here.
I know that is a tentative date, but they keep on floating that one to the fans and they want us to believed that indeed the fight is going to happen that time. But so far, there is no official announcement from either camp. So yes as a fans, we are all losing patience because we wanted to see who is the best super welterweight right now. They are the only 2 fighters in that division that can claim to that title and we want to see this fight happened and don't keep up hanging around for so long.
1913  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 21, 2022, 09:38:11 AM
2. Manny Pacquiao vs. Jaber Zayani - February 2023 (Saudi Arabia)
So this is Manny's former sparring partner? Just so weird that Manny had to accept this fight, but in any case if this is going to be made in Saudi, then for sure money are going to flow in this one as we all know that this is a rich Arab nation and they are all crazy on boxing in the last couple of years. So it will be good for Manny if he will be exposed in the Middle East, but for sure he has a lot of fans there. So he will be busy after his December fight with a South Korean Youtuber and then Feb with Zayani.

1914  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Few crypto thoughts of the day on: September 20, 2022, 11:21:07 AM
1. The minimum deep that BTC dived to was 17,500$ do you still think we are going below 13,000$? If yes please explain.
Possible, the bear market is going to spill up to next year and so we will be tested for sure and that $17,500 might not hold and we will see another lows.

2. Does it matter if you build a crypto portfolio at 15k per BTC or 10k per BTC.
Of course, the cheaper you get BTC the better.

3. In 2020 covid was the reason why BTC crumbled to 3,500$ what will happen in 2023 that will bring the same deep dive to crypto market.
That's why I believed that we might see a record setting lower lows next year.

4. Crypto keeps looking stronger every year, it's getting more recognised and big players of the world are saying BTC is a better store of value than the dollar for long term, are they right.
We have government recognizing it already, and many could follow what El Salvador did. And it's the question on what will be next for us, where is the money coming from. That is the question that I also asked myself before, specially when I read S2F model prediction to $100k. And although we didn't reach that price, government and other big institutional entities is the answer. It could be the same next bull run and maybe another surprised source.
1915  Economy / Speculation / Re: Suppose Bitcoin Price start to rise in 6 week to $30,000 -will you buy or sell ? on: September 20, 2022, 10:27:07 AM
Bond yields are hitting new highs. Stocks and crypto all look weak and like they will break their lows if the fed hikes 1% on Wednesday.
Just shows how stocks and crypto are correlated, but the volatility is obviously not the same, the last CPI reports pushes us down to -10%, while stocks was not that huge.

Honestly you need to be nervous when yields are hitting new highs. Usually the bond traders know something we don’t. Most likely tomorrow will be chop and Wednesday will be crazy volatile.
I guess everyone should be nervous, but needs to settle down specially if you are a crypto investor. We are in a bear market so expect the worst, even if there will be huge dump again this coming Wednesday. So just be prepared to re-invest.
1916  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: September 20, 2022, 09:11:55 AM
We don't know what happened in the negotiation, because they kept most of the details the most important thing now is the fight will finally push through, the Canelo - GGG did not live up to our expectations I'm sure this fight will, and what a way to set the date, at the last quarter of the year if there's enough action, drama and it lives up to the hype then this fight could possibly be one of the candidates for the fight of the year.

After this secret conversation, I hope the final decision will now be officially signed.

We are waiting for this fight for several months. They should treat the boxing community with a good news. Smiley

A well-deserve treats coming from both camps, by announcing the dates it will save the fans time and money to allocate for this fight.

I'm pretty sure that there are lots of fans who really wanted to see these two champs inside the ring fighting.

No doubt it can be a fight of the year, both are known to be undefeated and the belts that in stake, something that a fighter would
really try everything to win.

But until and unless an agreement is reached, this will only remain to be a dream match in the sport of boxing. And the final agreement isn't just something that even both fighters verbally agree to. It will have to be in the form of contract signing. Until a contract is agreed to by affixing their signatures, nothing is final. So dates, venues, purse-split, etc don't mean anything if in the end either one of them won't sign. But I hope both of their camps would also take into consideration the strong demand of the boxing fans. And that's to make this fight happen.
Yes and so we shouldn't be get as excited though, there are still a lot of things that the camps need to settle in writing. And so there is no still sign contract, everything that the media has reported, nothing concrete about this fight.

They have the date of Nov 19 if I'm not mistaken, but it can be taken by anyone if they don't reach an agreement as early as November as there will be no time left to prepare.
1917  Economy / Gambling / Re: I Have a Question ~ Are 1xbit Campaigners Playing on 1xbit? on: September 20, 2022, 08:41:37 AM
But what are those people who have such a bad reputation going to do for spreading the 1Xbit scam?

Those who have an inactive/active account with almost no earned merit or those who can't be accepted on any good signature campaign can join the 1xbit signature campaign. Or those who have multiple accounts may work on this project. Or those who had negative trust though 1xbit now not accepting negatively trusted users who got negative trust not for promoting 1xbit.
it is given that those are the accounts that advertising this site , and Wondering what will happen to their accounts once the campaign is Over or atleast they are being denied of payments or being scammed from this 1xbit .

and yes they are not actually playing in that site but only using the site as their bread and butter .
Those accounts are going to hibernate again for sure because there aren't any campaigns that are going to accept members who have negative trust.

I will just answer the part of wherein you join a campaign, for sure if you join a signature campaign, you should at least test what you have been promoting and see how the platform is. This is how you return the favor from those gambling sites. Get to feel and play some games on the platform.
1918  Economy / Gambling / Re: Will duelbits pay 20k bet? on: September 20, 2022, 08:20:21 AM
If someone bet high amount (20k)+ on this casino and win  like 2-5x time more his money.

would the casiino pay him or find excuse not to pay and ban his account?
And why would the casino not pay you that amount of money if you win? The question arises if there is a suspicious activity on that account or it seems that there are red flags and maybe that is the time that they will hold your account. I did not say ban your account right away. They will have to do some investigation by their fraud team and everything looks fine they they will simply pay you simply as that. Although with the current gambling regulations that we have, a KYC might be ask, just saying.
1919  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 20, 2022, 07:47:07 AM
So it might be change on him, perhaps coming off the bench. So there will be a lot of experiments on coach Ham, on how he will have to find the perfect fit in this new Lakers.

Speaking of coming off the bench, there's a rumor that Westbrook might probably become a part of the Lakers' backup squad for the first time in his career since his rookie days. Westbrook is always part of the starting lineup the entire his career.

Schroder will now be the starting PG adding to that.

Maybe part of Coach Darvin Ham's plan. Let's see.

I cannot imagine Russell Westbrook's feelings and emotions right now upon knowing that Schroeder his former backup in OKC is the one to start and he is now the backup PG. Although I am not that sure if Westbrook has grown enough to be mature but I still doubt the guy. But if the Lakers cannot send Westbrook out then they will make history. I guess this is the first time in basketball history that a backup PG is paid $47 million for a single season.  Cheesy
And that's why we never really know what's going to happen with this superstars. Sometimes you faded and other took over the job from you. Or you get injured and not the same as you where once was.

With San Antonio and Utah losing their superstars, I would expect the Lakers to easily qualify for the playoffs next season. I am also curious if Dallas is becoming stronger next season or weaker. They lost Jalen Brunson but maybe Christian Wood and the other players will step up, especially Dinwiddie in the PG position.

For the Dallas though, still depends on how Luka will play. We can't discount the fact that Jalen was the biggest break for them last season. But it is still Luka who orchestrate everything. He is still in his prime and could developed Christian Wood as his new partner.
1920  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 17, 2022, 05:20:01 AM
He tried to do what he had to do at the same time and he won at some point in time but later on Pacman realized that he is not getting any younger and should only pick one fight at a time that's why he retired after he lost to Ugas and focused on politics as he is also busy at that time for the presidential election.

Now, that he almost got all the time in the world, and just like what we've speculated, Pacman is not coming back but on an exhibition fight.
With the losses that he's made, that also made him realize that he's aged although he can still really box well. But age does really play a factor for athletes like in boxing.

That's right! But if only Manny Pacquiao wasn't that busy enough in his last fight then I seriously bet that the outcome of the fight would be much different and Yordenis Ugas would be the one who got defeated. Pacquiao was too busy that time he is also a senator while he is also preparing to run for presidency and then he got a fight.
And maybe there are too many things going into the mind of Senator Pacquiao that time, yes, he might have given all his time and focus to train, but the plan was put out of the window when Spence is not available and then Ugas step in as the replacement.

He can still fight but having that thought of doing other priorities will make him less than with the best that he can. Manny can still make a lot of money with his fame and body through his age but I agree just for these showmatches and not with pro anymore.

And what if the crazy mind of the Paul brothers would come to that point that any of them would invite Manny to a showmatch and sure, it will make him a lot of money to be honest. More than probably the usual amount he's getting from his pro matches.
And so if he wanted to make a comeback in pro boxing (not exhibition), Manny should shelve off everything in the table and focus on the fight at hand. But I guess still up to him if he wishes to make a comeback or not. Maybe his family doesn't want him to do so because he is not that young anymore. He can do exhibition just to keep him in fighting, at least he won't get the damage as severe as if he make a pro fight comeback.
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