I keep hearing Claggett's name over the years. He was a hot prospect before but I wonder if he is really a world championship fighter. This is his first title shot and he is fighting the division's lineal champ. Lately, a lot of upsets happened, and Teofimo is inconsistent with his performances so who knows another upset is coming.
Teofimo should be able to score a knockout here. This seems like a showcase fight for Teofimo. I usually root for the underdogs so I am hoping once again that a new lineal champ will be crowned next month.
It could be but the upset that we have seen lately, it looks like the odds are very close. Nevertheless, I do agree that sometimes Teo's performance is unexpected, he will far bad against a fighter that has no name, but then show us something big that he is a elite fighter by beating big names like Josh Taylor and become the lineal champion. So let's see what Claggett can offer here, he might give Lopez a good fight in the early rounds. But I don't think that Teo will take him lightly, his belt is on the line here. He doesn't want to lose his belt against a unknown boxer and then chase him for a rematch. |
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We should consider ourselves lucky if we are holding. Remember, there are a lot of people who sold during this in between period because they were scared and feared, there were a lot of people who didn't make it to this part unfortunately, there were people who needed money for something they have to cash out and many other reasons, so if you are still holding then you should be thankful for being able to.
It's already given, if you are a long term holder, then you know what the market can bring to you in the future. So it's not about how lucky we are, it's about careful planner and then the rigorous holder mentally. It's tough to continuously buy every month and not be bothered by the price change or when the price goes down because you are looking at the bigger picture. I personally believe that we are going to have a decent summer, not saying like 100k+, but a reach to 80k isn't out of question and we could maybe see a little bit more. Maybe we are at the start of that right now and the price will do fine, I think people should realize it is not going to be that complicated.
$100k at the end of the year is possible though. That's what I'm looking and then in 2025, we could really go on a parabolic rise. $100k is just the starting point for this bull run and we might see close to $150k or even higher as a new all time high. |
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Finally, the Wolves managed to win. They had fewer field goal attempts but made more than the Mavs. However, they need to improve their free throws; they are really bad at it. They only managed to make 16 out of 25. Although they have managed to extend the series, they still need to win three in a row to reach their first NBA Finals. That's kind of hard to do against the Mavs unless they show what they did in the first and second rounds of the playoffs. Then, they do have a chance, but currently, I'm not very optimistic.
Still to far from the reality of beating the Mavs. As what was showed in the screen when I watch the game, there are only 4 teams in the history of NBA that went to game 7 from 0-3 deficit, but of course, no team had succeeded to win yet, but let's see if they'll make a history, they just need to win one game at a time. The loss of Lively was really huge, but it was a close game actually until KAT can't miss on the outside, if he play like that in game 5, then there's a likelihood that the series will be extended in 6 or even in 7. It's just a matter of time in the like of Towns being a good shooter to finally found his touch and his rhythm in this game. And he could be reading all the criticism that he got from this series, specially in game 3 wherein he didn't hit any threes. Same with Edwards as well, they seems to be carrying the game until in the last minutes where the Mavs took over. But not in this game though, both of them shot very well and there are no crucial turnover and they didn't choke. But still a long way to go for them to pull the impossible to comeback from a 0-3 deficit and win the series. |
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I remember another thread, Olympic Games Paris 2024 - Discussion Thread. I vividly remember that thread because I commented that he should make it more specific and titled "Summer", but the OP didn't want to, anyway.. @danherbias07 - yes, a lot of basketball fans are looking at this Olympics because the NBA are sending their best player, including Lebron, Curry and others. So it will be fun to see them and how they will fare this time as they wanted to get back as they've lost the FIBA if I'm not mistaken and just landed 3rd or 4th position. |
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The most common type of gambling addiction is the one with greediness. That is why the addicted person will be losing huge amount of money to the extent they may not have money again but start to borrow.
But addiction can also be that the gambler is not really wasting money on gambling but gambling is really taking his time. But this type of addiction is mostly not possible.
Most addicted gamblers are greedy.
Greediness->Gambling addiction, I think that could have been the process all along for those who are into addiction. And so it's a vicious for them, maybe they could have started small and gradually becoming addicted because maybe they lose more or win big. And I would agree for those who says that both elements are present in any addicted gambler, as I have said, the impact of winning and losing? It might create a "motivation" to continue to gamble, hence you lose your control. They might not see it as just wasting money, but as avenue for them to get rich. So there is a big correlation between a addicted gamble and greed. |
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Does anyone know if this fight is already free for Netflix subscribers or if there is another payment that we need to do similar to a payperview subscription? I reckon if this gets much attention and of this is free for all Netflix subscribers, I predict that the future of boxing might begin to transfer to Netflix and other streaming services after Showtime and HBO shutdown their boxing programs on 2023.
It will be free according to Mike Tyson,  https://x.com/MikeTyson/status/1766266102882152921?lang=enAnd if you are a subscriber, you can put a reminder,   Yeah, I think that's why Netflix wanted, since the closer of HBO and Sho they want to have a piece of this action. And also to compete against Amazon Prime. So this is really good for boxing in general. |
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What I like about crypto gambling is the privacy since we don't need to provide personal details like debit and credit cards payment do or even fiat. Crypto value our privacy as a bettor but the only thing here is that when we create accounts on gambling platforms I think that will always require KYC. Fully decentralized casinos are I think telegram casinos though I haven't tried one yet but some say it is risky as well.
Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore, in the beginning, it was just a deposit and withdrawal address, nothing more, nothing less. But when the government and financial watchdog started to look at crypto, everything has change. Now casinos will have to follow the mandated KYC as they might not get or secured a license if they don't implement KYC. And I think majority of here here knows that so it could be some are in favor or at least we don't have a choice to be honest. Another drawback could be that there are crypto base casinos that might be running a blatant scam sites in order to lure crypto gamblers and then not pay at all. A lot of drawback for us, but still, we've already learn how to adopt this changes already and embrace it. |
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The CBDC Are the cryptocurrcny just for the most part of the world for freedom people specially in western countries.
CBDCs make use of blockchain technology that is not like bitcoin blockchain which is transparent and that its code is available to the public. The government are not calling CBDCs as cryptocurrencies and we should not argue with them because CBDCs are still digital fiat and nothing more than that. No privacy and no freedom because the government are still in control. If you need full control of you money, the best way to go is to buy coins like bitcoin that is decentralized unlike the completely centralized fiat. Regarding freedom for crypto enthusiast that uses CBDC's? I think it's the other way around. There will be no freedom here if we uses it, why? Because government can track everything if you uses CBDC so I will have to disagree with the OP on how he defined it. Although it will make transactions very easier as we will be cashless, but still the main purpose of crypto or at least one of it's basic tenant is that we can use it anonymously. But with CBDC's it can be used as a tool by the government to see where you are spending and where you are going if you uses it. Sort of a prying eyes for them and we don't like it at all. |
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A clean sweep. Even though they won three of the four games in the last moments, they showed what a strong team they are. It's not easy to play right in the final moments of games. It takes experience and responsibility. There were mistakes from both sides at the end of this game too, but the Celtics made fewer mistakes.
Jaylen Brown was named MVP of the East. Tatum was also very good statistically in this series, he could've gotten the award. Boston will now rest for almost ten days. Porzingis will be back for the finals. They are ready to fight for the trophy.
Yes, and expected this to happen, Pacers really gave everything in this game, but without Haliburton it's going to be hard. And for sure Haliburton is very mad that the got injured and cannot help his team against the Celtics. Yes, even though Tatum is good in this series, but it was a correct call about Brown being the MVP of the East. He had that three point as well in the last 5 minutes of the game and he also played good defense with that great block. KP has recovered and expected to played in game 1 of the finals and as we might just be waiting for a imminent finals against the Dallas Mavericks. This show that they are lacking with fire power against Celtics since they can't even do anything to get at least 1 game. But its still fine they already get a good experience with this situation they get since reaching on conference finals is not so easy. For sure they can maximize all their roster on next season then try their luck to compete again and possible to win a championship. Yes no doubt that Brown deserve that recognition since the guy is so consistent and contribute a lot for the win of Celtics. Now its exciting to see the match of Celtics and Mavs since both team are so hot this season so let see if we can see those injured players get back on finals since the game would be more fun to watch seeing them complete and increase more the level of their game since both of teams want to became a champion. I don't think it's above firepower, it's more of the Celtics are the better team as they have the best record and only losses 1 games so far, from the first round to the Eastern conference finals. And given that the best player of the Pacers is out in game 3 and 4, it's just a matter of time for the Celtics to win and close out the series with their sweep. As for Brown winning, yes, I do agree, he deserves this MVP because he is very instrumental. If not for that corner three in the first game, the Pacers could have won it and this series might not be over. |
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Let's share our biggest winning odd. Last month I won a bet with 7.5 odd. I bet on Tennis against Rafael Nadal. Good call, I don't know what matches is that, but it seems that Nadal is way past his prime already and again, not sure if he is retiring already. For me though, years ago I beat on a NBA game at a tie and if I'm not mistaken, the odds that time in sportsbet.io is 9.x I can only remember one team which is the Bucks. I don't know what I chooses tie in that game, maybe it was a hunch or I think it's going to be a close game after-all. Eventually the Bucks won in OT, but obviously, it's a bet that I can't forget.  |
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It was reported that he got sick, while travelling Miami to Los Angeles, and it was diagnosed as a ulcer flareup. Maybe he just need to see his regular doctor though for a follow up checkup but he says that the is ok, so I guess the fight is going to move as scheduled although this is a scary news, “He became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare up 30 minutes before landing, a rep for Tyron said in a statement to media outlets. “He is appreciative to the medical staff that were there to help him” and is now feeling “great”, the rep added. https://deadline.com/2024/05/mike-tyson-ulcer-flare-up-flight-recovering-1235941826/It seems like he will be just fine, but still, it does not seem like a great idea to allow a nearly 60 year old Tyson with serious health issues to be competing in a professional fight. Some of his problems are serious enough that he sometimes needs a wheelchair or a walking cane. There is too much money involved that they probably won’t cancel the fight but it is still a disgrace that Jake Paul is trying to build a name for himself in boxing by exploiting an old man who is far from being in adequate fighting condition. Could be a big concern on the part of Tyson here if he had this kind of condition. We all know that age is a big factor here and we have been debating about him and says that he still has the power because it's natural to him. However, an aging almost 60 years old with some medical condition might not be a good match against a young athlete who are in his prime. But it's hard to judge them specially Mike Tyson as the money offered to him is big and he can't refuse it even though he might not be feeling well against Jake Paul in this fight. And in any case, there could be also some medical issues that we are not aware on Mike Tyson right now. |
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Do people still watch boxing? Joking obviously but with MMA fighting being so popular boxing has become obsolete. This particular fight Wilder is wanting to go out with a bang but might be biting off more than he can chew. Should be an entertaining fight, but Wilder likely loses and hangs his gloves up.
MMA might be more popular in the United States and a few European countries but around the world boxing still has a significant presence. Tyson Fury fought in front of 94,000 in attendance at Wembley Stadium a couple years ago, Naoya Inoue sold out the Tokyo Dome earlier this month. We’ve had some big fights involving Canelo, Inoue, Fury, Usyk and Lomachenko in the span of a month, which had a lot of buzz on social media so it’s kind of crazy to think people aren’t watching boxing anymore. You forget to include Ryan Garcia as well. And then we have the powerful middleman from Saudi, HE Turki Alalshikh. So I think boxing is still good even if there is MMA in the background. And the thing is that MMA didn't get as much money as this boxers is getting in terms of championship fight. And you also have to look at how many MMA fighters wanted to test boxers, so that they will give that huge paycheck. Regarding this fight, it's already fight week already, so for sure many fights are also eager to see Wilder again in the ring against a dangerous Zhang. |
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It appears Errol Spence found a not very difficult fight to become champion again hehehe. I am not quite certain if Sebastian Fundora is a very good boxer, however, his victory against Tim Tszyu was very much an upset. I am not quite certain why Tszyu did not decide for an immediate rematch. Does this imply that Fundora is a very good fighter that Tszyu underestimated? I have not followed this man's career.
@Boafeng, @bisdak40. What is your opinion on Fundora and what is your prediction on how he will perform vs. Errol?
If only Tim Tszyu didn't suffered a nasty cut on his fight against Fundora, i'm quite certain that Tim would win that fight as he is the better fighter for me talent-wise. Tim is a better overall boxer than Fundora, no offense to his fans. But it was just a accident and we felt sorry for Tim for losing that big fight as he could be the one facing Errol Spence here. Nevertheless, Tim can still get back his belt if he will win against Vergil Ortiz. I do agree that Errol Spence's path to be a champion once again is an easy, no offense meant to the fans of Fundora but the talent level of these boxers is not on the same level. There might be a chance that Spence will struggle at the early stage of the fight due to inactivity but somehow i think he will figure out a way to beat Fundora.
One thing that might go against Spence here is the big psychological lost that Crawford gave to him. He should taken a tune up fight first just to get back his confidence here. Btu I guess he thinks that he is still ok even if he had the big mental scar already and his 0 is gone. |
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It all depends. Coaching absolutely matters in terms of player performance. I've seen it time and time again no matter the sport that the same team with different coaches performs differently. For me one of the key attributes to coaching is not individual performance but getting your team to play together and identifying and utilizing the strengths of the cohesive unit. And not that it should be like this at the professional level but being able to motivate each player is on the coach to enhance as well. So yeah if players don't play well sometimes it's on the coach.
Coaches tenure are not well secured, not even in any league. You might bring your team into a championship and win. But if in the next season the team fail, the thing one who are going to take the blame is the coach himself. So I'm not surprised by it, I'm not saying that it is a practice, but usually that's what is happening in any league. First, they are the leader, they are the one who bring this player into unison and just focus on one goal and that is winning. If he fails then the management will have to find a new one as the players are not responding to him. Second, if ever he brings the team into a champion, and then the next year he failed, then his system is no longer working and maybe the management will also find him liable so he will get sacked despite what he brings into the table the previous year. |
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Previous cycles, the market takes Bitcoin about 9 months or 1 year after its halving to jump to a Euphoria phase.
The problem is that most people don't understand this. Most are experiencing a halving for the first time and they have refused to study and see how bitcoin performed in other halving. The halving was sold to them as a time when the price rises and gets to a new ATH, they were never told how long that might take to happen. Many people believed it would be immediately after the halving. Another thing that fueled this belief was how Bitcoin performed a few weeks before the halving. We saw bitcoin go from around 50k to 70k in days if I'm not mistaken, so they believed the halving would be like that too. I've always advised people to take a look at bitcoin price history over the years, see how bitcoin reacted to various events and you'll have an idea of how bitcoin price would react now. It may not be spot-on accurate, but like I said, it will give you an idea. Not sure how people in masses can buy the idea of bullrun immediately after halving without looking at historical data because it's quite evident that usually it takes around a year post halving for bull run and people jumped in assuming bull run will start immediately after halving and getting panicked for minor fluctuations. Exactly, according to the content of my thoughts, I also really believe that one year after the halving there will be a very short bullrun and make altcoin prices return to a fairly high price increase. We must be able to maximize moments like this to make huge profits. We have to buy coins first when prices are cheap like now. When the price rises in the altcoin season, we can sell and withdraw the profit we have made. After a year, Bitcoin market could be huge though as we might be on a parabolic rise by that time. And so I think we shouldn't wait till a year, for me the best gauge will be at least at the end of the year and then see how it goes for us. Market is very volatile, that is a given fact already, however, since we are in a bull run, it's just a matter of time before we can see this big increased. Even before the halving, we have reach new all time high at $73k. Currently, after the halving, the biggest jump is $71k. But we should wait and look and the bigger picture here. Majority here thinks that the price will go and hit more than $100k this bull run. So just need to have patience here, but we can still accumulate and be ready to what the market will bring in 2025. |
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Wow just watched the weigh-in live stream Caterrall was getting cheered while Taylor was booed by the audience Here is the result of the weigh in 139.8 for Caterrall and 139.6 for Taylor so we have a match this Sunday, on the face off Josh looks aggressive but there is minimal talk between the two they said the same thing all talks are over and they will go to work come fight night. I have a hard time figuring it out but even though Taylor's performance last two fights was not that good I'll still go for Josh I still believe that Taylor can resurrect his career, but I have no problem with Catterall winning I just want to see a good fight, which I'm sure both fighters will give for their fans. Josh Taylor Vs Jack Catterall 2 & Undercard Weigh InThanks for the update, this will be this Sunday in my timezone, and I'm with you with your bet on Taylor as I find the odds attractive with 1.70. He is a slight favorite, and I'm hoping he'll be in the winning path again. On their first meeting, Josh won via split decision, so he knew how to beat Catterall, and since he is coming from a loss, I bet he's training so hard to be able to come back, so I like his chances here. This is not a title fight but it has the elements to become a very interesting fight because of what was supposed to be a wrong decision by the judges, Catterral has axed to grind because he should be the one wearing all the titles after the first fight and now that the rematch is happening there is no title on the line. It was kind of frustrating for Catterall so between the two Catterall has all the reasons to make it personal so I believe with this motivation he can beat Taylor, I was rooting then for Taylor but after the face-off something made me believe that this is going to be Catterall fight. Yes, and if you look at the odds, it's Catterall that is the favorite now. And so there are reasons why boxing bettors now are putting their line on Josh Taylor. Maybe they really think that Taylor is past his prime or he really did lost the first fight. And we will understand the frustration of Catterall as there's no belt on the line anymore as in the first fight that he supposedly won, and if I'm not mistaken, there is the IBF belt. So very intense fight when two boxer really hate each other. |
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I’m not sure if this story was already shared here but I just recently watch this gambler sad story from social media that is really heartbreaking. The subject is Terrance Watanabe which is a successful businessman who has a huge business and money that becomes addicted on gambling. He lose a total of 127M which is all his fortune that he earn from his business. Imagine all your hardworking was turn out to nothing after a few years of gambling addiction. The sad part here was he became a victim of casino scheme of alluring user with their offers and allowing him to play while drunk until he loss everything. He manage to wager a whooping 825M $ in just a single year when he lose that 127M. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gambler-lost-127m-in-2007-sues-casino/Its wild to me that people who already have all the money they could need in the world still turn to entertainment in this form. Surely there are other forms of entertainment that are affordable, especially if you're a multimillionaire! This man lost his focus, and therefore he lost his life. It just goes to show you that if you lose focus of your business and life and turn to forms of addiction you will lose it all! Temptations, pleasures, money, its all fleeting. What is sure to stick is the proper character when focused on with sheer discipline and restraint. When you work hard and sacrifice, this is what will keep the rich richer & even turn the poor man turn into a rich one. Yeah, it's really hard to imagine people that are rich going to fall into gambling addiction like this stories. I mean they have all the money in the world, and yet he decided to go and try to test gambling and then we went on a gambling binge and he realized what he had done until it's too late. So just imagine what went wrong with this guy, or for us average gamblers who loses money and then the next day we are affected by it. And I don't think that anyone should go into this experience as it is frustrating for him but hopefully he is doing ok now. |
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On a scale of 1-10 I will say 9 out of every 10 are addicted to making more money even though not everyone attain this height at the end of the day. We live in an every hiking economic society. Prices of commodities keep changing as each day passes by. This has invariably triggered the addiction to more money as the usual earnings is no longer enough to maintain once life style.
Many have been forced into adapting to their current spending ability, others have deviced means to earn more so as to meet up others has choosen the looting method just to survive.
Based on this Ninety percent of people in every sector of life has higher chances of looting only that most people are not privileged to get the opportunity to carryout what's in their minds
That's a bad term though, I don't think that people are addicted to making more money, I mean yeah, we work and we go established business to earn and make a living and live a good life. But it doesn't mean that we are addicted. Perhaps the right term is attracted. And it really depends on the lifestyle, the rule is that you don't spend more than you spend. And with that, anyone here can live lavishly according to the money that he attracted to himself/herself. But if you spend more, then that's where the problem arises and as if you wanted more money and become addicted to it because you wanted to sustain your lifestyle. However, it's the wrong kind of attitude though, because sooner or later it will realized that it i not feasible, unless you win a lottery and become a instant millionaire, but that chance are very slim. |
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Bitcoin 100k we will see anytime, it can happen anytime. So at the moment should pay more attention to accumulation rather than looking at the price. Real investors and those who are looking for 100k, you will see that everyone is saving as much as they can and as soon as their salary comes they keep adding more. Now everyone is 100% convinced that Bitcoin must be 100k. Yes, it will definitely happen. It is only a matter of time, it may be in 2024 or 2025, no one can say for sure when exactly it will happen. So if you don't want to miss this big profit opportunity then invest and holding in Bitcoin as per your ability, and forget this investment till 100k.
Yeah, who knows, maybe at the end of this year, we could reach that price and then we will have a parabolic rise in 2025. That's what everyone is saying, including myself, it could be as high as $150k next year will be the top price. Not just to hold though, but we need to buy and accumulate as much as we can. We could still do that even though we are around $70k'ish at the moment. And instead take a huge risk on investing on altcoins or meme coins, might be better to put our money on Bitcoin and just wait till it goes on a rise and then sell and make profits, easy strategy and it's worth our time and money. |
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Thank you, @danherbias07, for sharing the Stake promotion. I will definitely participate in this as it's quite easy to understand and not too complicated, so I feel my chances of winning are good.
It is down to large audience and global reach. A global casino will be more interested in advertising on global events which will reach a ton of their players. Events like the NBA and NFL gets tons of marketing pushed by millions of dollars but those not living in countries where those sports are popular will not get to know this.
I would not disagree with that, but my point is why some casinos don't have promotions for the NBA playoffs when it's the most exciting time for the NBA. It's great that Stake has it, but as I mentioned, why aren't other casinos doing the same? I understand they have more promotions for football, but can't they run an NBA promo as well? With the links given above it goes to show that if you look hard enough you will find some promotions for the games of your choice.
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Maybe I miss stake as I'm using a lot of sportsbook, and on the sportsbooks that I usually used, they don't have that promo. Also you can find this kinds of promotion as well from Stake.com  The boost is just basic though in my opinion, sportsbet have that kind of options for their member or VIP. As for football, we can't deny it, that is the number one sports in the world and so almost online casinos have a lot of promotions on top of it. They even have their logos on some football clubs and have sponsored teams as well. |
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