According to Donaire, he is confident that he can now take down and deal with Inoue.

Well, as for any boxers, if the question asked to them is about their status of the fight, they will surely answer that they are prepared.

From what I see of Donaire, he knows very well the strategy to beat Inoue but the question is, how he will apply those strategies in the actual fight as that wasn't easy to unleash without meeting some certain factors.

It's a big help. If you are from the PH, you will see everywhere that everyone is gambling in e-sabong. But since worst cases were reported as mentioned by OP, it ended up being suspended. Until now, no progress or status about those missing persons that got "kidnapped" related to e-sabong.

Obviously, legal cockfight operations are continuous here. The one that halted and suspended is the online version of it. The usual and normal operation of legal cockfighting operations here won't be banned as it's already been here for a long time. Of course, illegal operators who will operate e-sabong will be hunted down.

Actually, homecourt is not really the case here as both teams established a win on their respective home court. But you are right, Miami Heat is really a tough team if everyone will contribute and not just Jimmy Butler. Actually, his teammates are helping him on the part that isn't on the stat sheet but it shouldn't be always like that as real stats is necessary to do so.

About defending Tatum, yes it's always a key for the Miami Heat since Game 1 to minimize Celtics' offense but knowing this team, they are not just relying on Jayson Tatum mostly in the offense.

I don't see something special here so I don't understand why others take this as a big deal.

If it's really Casimero, why should we think if there's an intention? He just wants to watch the fight, that's it. Anyhow, he is connected to these both boxers and since there's a slim chance for Casimero to fight one of them, he will just watch the show.

Not unless he will step in on the show and announce something, that is the intention.

As far as my knowledge about that is concerned, Kiefer Ravena can manage to play at the "whole" PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference that's why even though there's a new contract offered to him in Japan B-league, he can still help NLEX this upcoming conference on their rally. NLEX has no choice though as they are not even active in the trading market if there's a possibility to totally trade Ravena. Even Coach Yeng is interested in keeping him for the team.

We can call it disrespectful if, in the middle of the conference, he left out for the team just to accept the new offer to play in Japan.

Yeah, sounds special, and seems K. Ravena is overrated to me but that's what the agreement they have signed up.

Agree with. @3.90 is something you can't usually get to a titleholder and considered a big name in the boxing world regardless if they are in their prime or not. If I remember it right Bivol has @3 odds as an underdog against Canelo and take note he's still in his prime that's why it's just reasonable for GGG to have that decent odds fighting against Canelo.

Personally, I'm considering placing a bet for GGG and will disregard any boxing analysis about his disadvantages or possible flaws. I just feel he will have a good retirement celebration by defeating Canelo in their trilogy match.

That's actually my concern since Game 1 of their series against the Boston Celtics. Jimmy Butler is really damn good but the adjustment of his teammates is what I looking for. I know Heat is just allowing Butler to be the main guy but if that's always the case, there will be a big problem if Butler will be  a) defended well by the Celtics b) having the worst night c) be injured (of course we don't want that to happen).

Since the series is now in the decisive game, I hope both teams will give us a close and competitive game.

Can't wait to watch the Final playoffs game this year.

I think that's not the current situation. In the upcoming NBA Finals, regardless of who will win tonight between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, the Golden State Warriors will surely be the heavy favorite. I think saying it's "balance" might not be appropriate. Even referring to the current NBA Champion outright odds right now, the odds for those remaining Eastern teams have a wide gap on the Warriors' odds.

But anyhow, I'm hoping regardless of who will in the Eastern Conference Finals, they will give the Warriors a tough competitive game.

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My pick: Boston Celtics -2.5

Since dito na ako nakataya sa pustahan dito sa amin, no choice at yan talaga ang magiging pick ko. Wala talaga ako pinapaboran sa dalawang team na ito pero iyong pagkapanalo ng Miami Heat last game is dahil nagpursirge si Butler. Walang step up sa mga teammates niya kaya paano na lang pag napagod tong main scorer nila. Nagawa pa ngang makalamang ng Celtics sa late quarter kahit buong game sila humahabol. Ilan beses na rin tinambakan ng Celtics ang Heat sa homecourt nila kaya no pressure kahit gaano pa kalakas sumigaw audiences ng FTX arena.

I think with the current status of the Government's strict compliance regarding e-sabong, no high officials will put their names at risk to protect some illegal operators. In other words, "lie-low".

There should be the right timing for these corrupt officials to do their illegitimate operations. That's how dirty politics works and not just they will just execute something without good timing. And now that there's a new administration coming that is also vocal on keeping the ban on "e-sabong", it's adding more risk for these officials' names to protect illegal operators.

I'm sure there are not many cases today of illegal operators being protected by some officials but instead, they are working on themselves to operate. There's even recent news that police hunt down an online sabong operation and one of the people who attempted to flee injured himself lol.

Yes, Vargas' achievement is really a big deal, 35 wins with no defeat yet. Magsayo surely got a good challenger.

However, Vargas resides for a long period in the BantamWeight division while the other hand, Magsayo is already an experienced fighter at the FeatherWeight. There might be a big change in the environment that Vargas might experience entering a much upper-weight class and facing the champion.

That's why maybe others looked at Vargas as a threat to Magsayo because of that 35-0 record and considered the former as an experienced boxer compare to Magsayo. That might be true but since Magsayo is used to fighting at Featherweight, that's already a big advantage for him against Vargas.

Right. Golden State Warriors are already established as dominant Warriors before Kevin Durant's arrival there. This team is doing good without Kevin Durant much more especially since their bench players are also doing their best this playoffs. It's like there are lots of Splash Brothers there aside from the original duo of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson - which is now finding his shape too after the long rest because of injuries.

Anyways, this series is now over and we can now ask OP to lock this thread.

Well then, instead of doing some lots of "what if" and speculations, why not just those people who thinks Gambling is the main reason for several changes on their body consult a professional and let these experts do the diagnostics.

If I were in their place and experiencing the same, I will never link my physical changes to gambling since hey, we are talking about physical conditions here. Let the professionals diagnose us instead of doing a self-analysis on our conditions. We might not even know what's our status now and the worst - it's already severe.

Not true mate. There's no such thing as a delay if you meant for the schedule.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals does have a fixed schedule regardless of how early the playoffs series is ended.

That's why the early a team finished a series, the longer their resting period. Since the travel time is now Coast-to-Coast, from East to West, and vice-versa, teams should have a period of good rest before playing at the NBA Finals.

The bottom line is, every players, every teams, that are currently alive in the playoff series deserves to get a ring. They won't reach their respective spots if they didn't give their best. Technically speaking, both Miami Heat and Boston Celtics shows their off-night and best nights already making it difficult to analyze the per-game results. I admit, I too was having a hard time analyzing their game.

In their last game, I honestly even thought that the Celtics will now advance to the Finals by 80% but I'm wrong. The series between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics is really a close match. Since they have now reached the Final game, there should be no room for any mistakes.

GGG is now in the retirement period and honestly, I see the odds for him make sense. Even though he did a KnockOut win against Murata in his last fight, the latter is not even considered a heavy opponent for him but still, GGG seems to struggle during the early rounds of that fight and just began to get his momentum in the late rounds until the 9th Round TKO victory for him.

Canelo on the other hand is no doubt still at the peak of his career. Even if he loses to Bivol, they are both in their prime right now and can't be taken as a reference that GGG can still put Canelo on his limit on this match.

@3.90 for GGG is great odds for those who are eyeing for him to win. Who knows GGG still has much gas left on his tank.

If I understand it right, do you think Mayweather put himself into an exhibition match because of "a good request" by someone highly recognized by him?

Anyhow, disregarding the possible reason/s, Mayweather won't be called Money if he won't do it without an assurance that he will take home big money with just a few minutes or hours of exposure. For those people who are sick of Mayweather's exhibition matches, his career in professional boxing is over and no way he will choose a boxer that he thinks will do heavy damage to him.

It's like more on entertainment and giving chance to others who don't witness the prime of Mayweather Jr.

The last post here was May 24th and the thread is now on the 3rd page for the first time. Let's give it a bump.

I know you encounter the news already that Darvin Ham is the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. He plays as an import for the Talk N Text before. His name got hyped when he enter the PBA because he is part of the Championship Roster of the Detroit Pistons that won a championship against the Los Angeles Lakers way back in 2004. I won't forget that series because I lost my bet that time. Although not much used on the whole series, Darvin Ham is still a champion.

If some guys here watch PBA before, there's an iconic moment between Darvin Ham and Ranidel Ocampo. They both did a facial dunk with each other, first by Darvin Ham then Ranidel gets his revenge. It was called "in your face!" during that time.

They didn't give up but the Golden State Warriors just dominate them early. It's clear that the Warriors and Mavericks have a wide gap.

The Warriors are playing at a high level and I think they have a big chance to be the NBA champion this season. I can't see how teams in the East will deal with the Warriors. Their young guns are also contributing well and they deserved to taste their first NBA title experience.

Mavericks can come back anytime. They are still young. It's a good experience that they faced the championship lineup of the Warriors.

If we buy Nonito Donaire's statement, on the other hand, Naoya Inoue is surely improved too. The fact that Inoue already experienced the problems he faced during their first match especially that 2nd-round cut that he receives from Donaire, he will surely do everything not to let allow that to happen again.

I'm sure Inoue already made a strategy for this as he doesn't like to experience again being sent to the hospital because of the heavy damage he received for the first time in his career. With that improve Inoue too, that won't change my mind to still support Donaire.

For a bettor that supports Donaire, it's worth placing a bet for him as we will enjoy the odds provided to him as an underdog.