Would it be reasonable to say Fury would be no more and no less going to struggle as almost any other boxer? You are right, with the exception of just a few undefeated boxers, they mostly do fight a little too long and that becomes their biggest problem (they do not know when to retire).

If Fury is associated with boxing he will have to one day let go of it and find other things to do. If he stays in boxing after hanging up his gloves he will probably be a perfect fit whether he goes in to training, promoting or commentating. I am fairly sure Usyk will not win the fight against Fury but am unsure what will happen to his state of mind if he suffers his first professional loss. Both undefeated boxers in a real battle to be crowned undisputed unified heavyweight champion.

All boxing fans are looking forward to it.

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I will not be entering the competition but here an example of how you should make your entry:

Step One: Newcastle United  
Step Two: Penalties  
Step Three: 6-6  
Step Four: 2  
Step Five: 0

For example, if Manchester United win I receive zero points. If the game ends at full time/90 minutes or in extra time I receive zero points. If the correct score at full time was not 6-6 I receive zero points. If there were 2 yellow cards at full time / 90 minutes I receive 2 points. If there were zero red cards at  full time / 90 minutes I receive 1 point. With all the points counted, I am on 3 points.

At the end of the count, if you have more points than any other entrant you will win $25 courtesy of Utopia. If there is more than winner because the points are equal, the one with the most correct guesses (from the five above) will win. In the event there is a tie, the prize will be split equally.

The game will kick-off at 4.30pm. Entries will be accepted in to the competition as long as the thread remains unlocked or if for unforeseen circumstances it is not possible to do so then entries after 1pm on 26th February 2023 will not be accepted. I intend to unlock the thread after the game has been played and when I am ready to publish the details of the winner.

If you win, in order to claim your winnings please post your BTC receiving address after the competition has ended. Utopia have already transferred the $25 in BTC to me, I am holding the funds and I will send them to the winner.


Please Note:
i) This is supposed to be a free competition for fun and light entertainment, if you have ulterior motives you are not welcome in this thread and your posts will be deleted. Only one entry per member. Duplicate applications will result in removal/exclusion from the free competition

ii) This is a free competition open to all ranks. I am even willing to allow some newbies to apply. If you have received negative trust (or neutral trust with negative connotations) from me, your entry will be rejected. If you received negative trust from other members you can still apply and your application will be looked at and a decision made after that

iii) If you are on my ignore list or if you are a troll or attention-seeker or simply an obnoxious presence in the forum or in my opinion untrustworthy or if you are someone promoting scams, I reserve the right to refuse your entry

iv) All spam and nonsensical posts will be deleted in order to keep this thread on-topic

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Newcastle United won 2-1 against Southampton yesterday (3-1 on aggregate) to make their first final at Wembley in 24 years. They lost the 1999 FA Cup final to Manchester United in the season Ferguson managed the treble winning team.

Tonight, Manchester United host Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their semi-final and they have a 3-0 lead therefore the chances are it will be Manchester United vs Newcastle United in the final.

I do not remember seeing that thread before but he made one post in that thread you linked:  Tokenpay Scammed $350,000 bounty payment... His answer is not exactly useful when looking at the context of the actual thread and also the Tokenpay ANN but I suppose he wrote a lot in the edited OP of the ANN thread where he says a lot about the non-payment so probably did not want to repeat.

RESULT:

Derby County 0-2 West Ham United

West Ham United have beaten Derby County in which was potentially a difficult game, congratulations to them. They will play Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 5th Round. The next 4th Round game being played is this evening: Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers

Somebody had to do it first and after a significant amount of waiting I decided to leave appropriate feedback. When I read the OP of that thread, it was simply ridiculously worded and I have no idea why that many forum members decided to try to win the imaginary $50.

I hope the incident surrounding the fake giveaway will serve as a reminder to all members especially those that have been around the forum for several years that they should apply due-diligence and ask serious questions to any newbie OP. Maybe Rbah will return one day with an interesting story about why the winner was not sent their prize but until then at the very least the negative tag will remain.

If the winner of that giveaway did not receive the funds and if the OP of that thread has not logged in since 24th January 2023 and has not honoured the promises that he made himself without anybody influencing him (namely he created a thread of his own accord with a $50 giveaway and selected a winner under dubious circumstances and promises to pay the prize in 24 hours), that should now constitute his account being tagged.

I have left appropriate feedback for Rbah for failing to pay the prize to the winner he selected in this thread $50 in BTC Giveaway

I am fairly sure Rbah was waiting for his account to be tagged before he logs back in to say that he was going to pay the prize but since his account has now been unfairly tagged he will not be paying the prize. We have waited a week and he has not shown up but if the account gets tagged he probably will unless the puppeteer controlling the account gave up because he received just 1 merit in exchange for a $50 trade and decided to keep the $50 thus losing the farmed Rbah account.

Having said the obvious, a week after he promised to pay the prize within 24 hours, it did not detract me from appropriately tagging the account.

I thought they overpaid for Casemiro because he was already 30 years of age when he joined Manchester United but he has been a very good player for them.

Liverpool were beaten by Brighton. Opponents just do not fear facing Liverpool, they have dipped in form after selling Sadio Mane. It just goes to show how important Mane was for the team (more than Salah). If Liverpool owners sack Klopp they will have to pay compensation and then give the new manager time to rebuild and spend on players he wants to bring in. As long as Klopp does not resign the board will not sack him because the club is now for sale they would prefer to sell it and let the new owners make decisions.

These are all the FA Cup 4th results for games already played including today:

Sunday 29th January 2023
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Liverpool 
Stoke City 3-1 Stevenage
Wrexham 3-3 Sheffield United 

Saturday 28th January 2023
Accrington Stanley 1-3 Leeds United
Walsall 0-1 Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Birmingham City 
Bristol City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion 
Fulham 1-1 Sunderland 
Ipswich Town 0-0 Burnley 
Luton Town 2-2 Grimsby Town 
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Fleetwood Town
Southampton 2-1 Blackpool 
Preston North End 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur 
Manchester United 3-1 Reading 

Friday 27th January 2023
Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal

After outstanding games have been played and the 5th Round draw has been made, I will update the thread.

I found this thread and also received your PM. As my name was mentioned here I will make a comment.

I have to say that after taking all things available to me at the moment (information, feedback, comments) in to consideration, I have decided that I will not remove nor revise the negative feedback that I left.

That does not mean it cannot be revised in future but it will probably only happen if there are absolutely exceptional circumstances, therefore highly unlikely.

I am certain Arsenal will not win the Premier League and the game today shows Arsenal can be beaten by a more determined opponent. Manchester City will not let go of their champions status easily. Manchester City deserved their win and they proceed to the 5th Round,

Here are the 4th Round games taking place tomorrow Saturday 28th January 2023:

Accrington Stanley vs Leeds United         
Walsall vs Leicester City         
Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City         
Bristol City vs West Bromwich Albion         
Fulham vs Sunderland         
Ipswich Town vs Burnley         
Luton Town vs Grimsby Town         
Sheffield Wednesday vs Fleetwood Town         
Southampton vs Blackpool         
Preston North End vs Tottenham Hotspur         
Manchester United vs Reading

The only FA Cup game taking place this evening: 

Manchester City vs Arsenal

At the time of writing the post, Manchester City are winning 1-0 with a goal from Ake after 64 minutes. This is the first game in the 4th round of the competition. The following 4th round games take place over the weekend.

RESULT:

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United

This result was from the game played yesterday. I think it is fair enough to say Manchester United will make it to the final no matter what happens when they host Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their semi-final. I cannot see how they could squander a three away goals lead when a place in a final is at stake. The question still remains as to who they will meet: Newcastle United or Southampton

It does seem highly unlikely that address will be sent anything from the OP of the giveaway thread since he was never really active in the forum and has no need to pay or re-run the the giveaway for the sake of transparency.

I do have very strong suspicions that he was part of a farmed account and that account was used to test to see if merits could be given for the sake of the giveaway. In the end I believe he received just one merit and now will most probably receive negative tags as his 24 hour deadline to pay the $50 has passed and he provided no explanation for the non-payment.

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For those looking for a real giveaway, there are still slots available and winner will receive 0.0025 BTC which is currently around $57.63. It is free to enter, only one entry per member is allowed: Win c.$50 on Free Lottery#1 JollyGood-Ratimov-Utopia: Fury vs Usyk

SLOTS ALLOCATED: 37
SLOTS AVAILABLE: 21

Thank you Ratimov and Utopia

Thank you for participating. Please re-recheck all your answers, I edited the questions and numbers for clarity therefore try to re-post by editing your post when you have time.

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Lenders have contributed immensely to the ecosystem that falls within this wonderful forum of ours. They have allowed others to take loans both with and without collateral and have evolved as lenders when required over a period of time. Would any lenders be able to shed some light on various aspects of their business practices and experiences?:

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1) What is the lowest or smallest ever amount you have loaned out
2) What is the highest or largest ever amount you have loaned out
3) What is the approximate ratio between loans with collateral being unpaid and loans being fully repaid
4) What is the approximate ratio between loans without collateral being unpaid and loans being fully repaid
5) What is the approximate ratio between loans that are fully repaid on time vs fully repaid but not on time
6) What is the biggest profit you made on a loan
7) What is the biggest loss you have incurred as a result of non-payment


This thread is for lenders therefore in part has been self-moderated in order to keep on topic from lenders rather than have non-lenders posting off topic. I hope they will answer the questions as I have been curious about this for some time and maybe others have been too.

As long as an unbiased review is left by a reputable forum members it allows others to feel confident about whether they should test out the service or not. This looks like another piece of excellent customer services provided by a company/business/project when they listen to their customers and take action find a solution fast. I have to say I am very impressed with what I am reading about CoinPayCard.

There was a discussion by Tottenham fans on television a couple of years ago with some saying they would understand if he left them to join a club in order to win trophies. Look at Shearer, what a goalscorer but he only ever won just one Premier League title with Blackburn when they spent excessively and bankrolled their way to become champions. I think he also played in the Newcastle United that the FA Cup final in 1999 when Manchester United won the treble.

Sometimes, a player has to move on to a bigger club in order to win trophies otherwise by the time they get to 30 years of age (like Kane) they are restricted in their choices as the list of number of teams wanting them becomes smaller.

Fury does need the boxing ring for now but it is a mental battle. As soon as he realises he is not as dependant on the boxing ring as thought he would be able to walk away. He is in mid-30s now therefore even he knows he has not got more than maybe 3 fights left but more likely two.

That is not a done deal yet. If the fight does go ahead then it could literally be anywhere because it would sell out any venue. I am not confident it will take place in the Middle East.

I have to agree here. Usyk throughout his career has been taking care of himself but most of the time Fury gets in the ring to face an opponent he does look like he trained well and is in a good place because his physique shows it. I doubt Fury, his team or his fans will be worried by the time he gets in the ring.