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2321  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: June 15, 2022, 01:44:20 PM
Even though we haven't heard any 'official announcement' yet, might be just sometime now as they might have been ironing out few things before going out in public.

And as mentioned, maybe the date and venue is one obstacles that they have to settled. The network will have to come out as the best place for this fight is, and then the date itself.. I think money wise and split, verbally they could have talk it down already. And we are going to be privilege to witnessed another great fight if this happens this year.

I agree with you. I even think this fight is now almost a deal but just a few things are being properly fixed before the official announcement.

In the first place, there's no other boxer that both Terence Crawford and Errol Spence should fight but between the two of them. Even the majority of boxing analysts and known personalities are throwing their respective opinion that the fight should happen no matter what.

This is a fight that has no excuses or reason to delay or what. We will surely see this fight happening this year. There's no doubt about that. Maybe they are not planning to hold it close to the date of one of the biggest fights also this year, the trilogy between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.

There's no any near boxers near their league in Welterweight, people and the fans of the respective boxers have anticipated for this and now it's about to happen, just few more weeks and maybe we will see any updates or final announcement about its date and place. I reckon this fight will be the most interesting fight this year, two heavy boxers with clean record will fight to be the undisputed champion.
Yes, they are just above any of the Welterweight right now, Spence though has defeated a lot of top tier Welter and we can say that he has almost clean up the division except for one fighter and that is Crawford.

And so this is the biggest fight in this division, since the Floyd vs Manny, but the circumstances are different. And perhaps this could be the biggest fight of the year in terms of PPV numbers and the money being generated, maybe close with GGG vs Canelo.
2322  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season - Finals on: June 15, 2022, 12:30:57 PM
But we will have to see, the Warriors has gain the momentum already with back to back win and they are a good road team too so I wouldn't be surprised if they win a tough game 6 in the road will balloons going down.

I would love that. Yellow balloons flying in the Garden. I want to see how both Marcus Smart and Grant Williams faces and their reactions. They have too much green blood and pride in their veins.

Anyways. I expect Stephen Curry to bounce back after that low 16 point performance in game 5. Also Jayson Tatum after recording the highest total turnover is under pressure and he might play very well in game 6. This is just like a toss up game for me with GSW's momentum and the Celtics playing at home. But i'll be taking that +3.5 on GSW.        

Nope, I won't be talking that +3.5, instead I will go with ML and probably Warriors winning by 6+. Most of the Warriors wins are 10+ points, so there's a chance that they will win and the odds is good for them.
I'm still undecided, but if we look at the numbers, both of the teams winning are over 10 points and we haven't seen a game that is close and decided by 1-3 points.

But then again, Boston hasn't lost twice in a row, but it that trend was broken last game. So maybe the numbers are going to be stack against and the game might be closer than we think.
2323  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: "It's Better to Sell Bitcoin Now and Rebuy Lower" Twitted by Peter Schiff on: June 15, 2022, 11:13:20 AM
Oh well, what do you expect from a gold bug like Peter Schiff. For sure we know what is his intention for making this statement.

Any how, it's no secret that this is also a strategy for some of us, we sell and then rebuy lower. But the risk is huge as we don't know if the price will continue to go down and not. Maybe you can buy it higher than you sell. So still up to you, continue to hold and buy or make things complicated by selling today and hopefully the price will nosedive and then you rebuy, it's your choice.
2324  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: HODL on: June 14, 2022, 10:42:28 PM
HODL good action to be done in times of calamity in crypto industry but not ideal thing to do if your not a whale because you will be trap on situation which you can't afford in the long run, so best action for now is to cut loss and think about hodling when there's an upcoming bull run that might happen in future because on that we are acting smart on our investments.
Then you should only invest what you can afford to lose so that you can HODL just like the whales. Holding has been a proven strategy already, but as I have said, it has some caveat in the end. So others try to accumulate maybe months for ordinary traders, but when the price goes down, they immediately sell, defeating the purpose of holding and definitely losing some money on their end. That's why it's very important to have a good strategy before we become a true holder.
2325  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 (September 17) on: June 14, 2022, 10:14:10 PM
I agree, he is not a damage good, it's just that we don't see him losing the fight against Bivol. But Bivol is too much for him in a weight that he is not used to.

And remember that Canelo is one of the best and for sure these kind of boxers have the mentality to bounce back again, like Manny Pacquiao. I think there is still fire inside of Canelo to finished this trilogy with GGG and settled the discussion between these 2 legendary boxers. And it's good that Canelo experienced his second lost, so that he will have to improved and not being too much self-satisfying, in my opinion.

Too early to make conclusions. The Canelo vs GGG 3 fight would have happened at least 2-3 years ago, but Canelo was running away scared after his flawed victory during the second fight. He agreed to the fight now, only after knowing that GGG is now 40 years old. But the problem for him is that Golovkin is in excellent form right now (totally destroyed Ryota Murata two months back) and Canelo himself is not in peak form (he lost to Dmitry Bivol last month, and that too at the T-Mobile Arena).

And this makes the fight interesting again, because of the lost GGG suffered in the hands of Bivol.

Maybe GGG will have a crack at Canelo because of his great performance against Murata and it seems that age is not yet a factor for him?

Or will Canelo wanted to show us that he is back again in his winning form and defeat GGG in a telling manner?
I also ask myself the same questions, but to tell the truth, I start to think that the matches of these boxers, more than all of Canelo's, having lost against Bivol is something that makes me want to see, the option of a trilogy with Canelo vs. GGG was something that I was excited to see, because it was something that produced a lot of emotion, but the performance of these boxers is not good, perhaps some think like me, they have lost the emotion of seeing GGG fight vsd Canelo, I really like to see when a boxer shows his level and wins, really everything would have been different if Canelo had won.
There will still be a lot of emotions in the trilogy. And despite Bivol defeating Alvarez, it will not deter the fans of Canelo to have him fight GGG. We love this two fighters, but after the second fight, it seems that Canelo head and ego grow big as he doesn't want to give GGG his trilogy. But finally, it was set already so again, emotions are going to run high between the two fighters as GGG said that he won both fights and then chase Canelo for many years.
2326  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: June 14, 2022, 09:49:15 PM
Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura in Japan.

It was reported that Floyd will have another exhibition in Japan under Rizin in September. We are very familiar that Floyd started his whole exhibitions matches.

And for those who haven't heard the news, Floyd was inducted to the Boxing Hall of Fame, together with a lot of boxers.

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34081958/emotional-floyd-mayweather-jr-calls-international-boxing-hall-fame-induction-career-highlight

Wow! That was fast, he was just fighting Don Moore last month and now he have another exhibition fight, Floyd Mayweather surely knows how to keep his brand known and doing business anywhere in the world for more money. Though I'm not that sure that he started this whole exhibition matches, I know there some matches like these in the late 19th century but in 20th century, many have gone to exhibition matches after they retired, it's just that Mayweather is the remaining person who is capable to sell these fights now.
Right, Floyd can't resist the money for sure, that's why he will be back with his exhition matches again to where he started it all, in Japan. I'm still baffled as to how Rizin can afford Floyd, maybe the first exhibition really gave them a big boost as far as business again as it was reported that Rizin is losing a lot of money as a promotional company. Nevertheless, having this fight again means they still have the big money to offer to Floyd and in return they will also rake profits. I thought though that Floyd vs Manny is being work out.
2327  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA Finals 2022 - Warriors vs Celtics. on: June 14, 2022, 09:31:14 PM
Warriors won the game last night without Curry having a monster game. 0/9 on shooting 3 pointers and only 16 points. Now they lead 3-2 and will likely close out the series in game 6. Boston played well through 4 games but they just don't have what it takes.
It was Wiggins this time, and Klay also has something to do with the big win. And what's funny is that aside from the poor shooting from Curry, they lost the 3rd quarter.

But then, they took the 4th with a huge run that Boston don't know what to do because they don't have the experience. And yes, it looks like the Warriors are going to close out the series in game 6. It will be game 6 Klay time.
2328  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is Celsius in trouble ?!? on: June 14, 2022, 01:14:17 PM
Celsius to blame for the latest crash now ? What is going on here ? I thought Celsius was the safest bet in town after Binance !
You should have post the link about what is going on with Celsius though.

As far as the crash goes, it has something to do with the Fed rate hike causing the whole financial market to crumble in the last 48 hours. And the loom and doom scenario, recession everywhere. We haven't recovered bye the devastating effects of the Covid and then we have the war in Europe tearing everyone apart.
2329  Economy / Speculation / Re: $13,000 is quite possible this week on: June 14, 2022, 12:27:06 PM
In my opinion, $13K is quite possible this week for Bitcoin.
Why not? that is we are a going to see more dumps at least at the end of the week.

But whales are confuse for dumping more because they know Bitcoin has more value and it is undervalue around $13k. So more dumping means draining their bags so quickly. People are really hungry for Bitcoin in new inflationary era.
Not sure if you can categorized whales as the one who are dumping right now. They have a lot bag full of bitcoin so for me it doesn't make sense to dump them at all. On the contrary, whales are going to buy tons and shitloads of BTC because it is cheap. If there are people who are dumping right now, it is those who have panic and most likely, newbies or investors who don't have experienced seeing this kind of crash.
2330  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The Most Expensive Thing Bought with Winnings from the Casino or Sport Bet on: June 13, 2022, 11:00:03 PM
And to cut the long story short he ended up not investing into something profitable as sum part of the money went back into gambling that at the end of the day he returned back to the environment he left us behind.
What a waste of opportunity it was!
I wouldn't say it's a waste of opportunity on not investing your money from gambling. For me this is not like you earn when you work hard, this is winning mate, so you are free to used it whatever you want and I don't see something wrong with your decision.

I also went on shopping spree with my family and treat them on a good restaurant and even stay on the hotel casino's for several days from the money that I won from them.
2331  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 (September 17) on: June 13, 2022, 10:34:23 PM
just want to let you know that odds are out now. and just to share the stake's odds -

i thought the gap will be small but i was wrong. canelo is still heavily favoured. maybe, owed to his age and this is the division that he is comfortable with. so for those who are rooting for GGG, time to spend some money for him because you have very good odds here. it may decrease as the fight is getting near.
I'm not surprised though, bookies is leaning towards Canelo to win big again. As we all know that Canelo won in the second fight, (but there are a lot of controversies and arguments against it). Nevertheless, this is what the punters t sports bookies saw and that's whey they give Canelo that huge odds to win even though he is coming from a lost to Bivol. Maybe as the fight gets closer, there could be small swing at the odds but it will not be that huge.
2332  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season - Finals on: June 13, 2022, 10:12:59 PM
The fifth game is going to be played tonight. I really liked Warriors and especially Curry in the last game. Their general performance was so good that Celtics couldn't keep up with them in the last quarter. Curry played a very important role in this win by scoring 43 points. He is still doing his best for his team to be the champions again. This is Celtics' biggest opportunity to become the champions after so many years. I would like to see them making it actually but they need to improve their game more.

Can Curry shoot like that every game? I have doubts. He shot very well in the previous game, but it would be unfair to him to expect the same performance every game. Other players should also take the stage. Like Poole or players like Klay have to contribute points. It just won't work with only Curry.
In Boston, players other than Tatum, Brown and Smart must score. Both Williams, White and Horford should make an extra contribution. I expect a good match tonight.
Yes, but his team knows that, and so they really have to contribute big in this game. Klay Thompson for instance is good but I would say just average in this series. He doesn't have that break out game, like scoring 30+ or more like in the series against the Grizzlies.

So this is still very close but I will lean towards the Warriors in game 5. This is very important and they are going to take the lead and make it 3-2 and then recover the home court advantage.
2333  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin scenario crashing to $20.000 - $23.000 on: June 10, 2022, 11:07:29 PM
If that scenario happens, I hope people are not panicking because if they panic, they will sell all of their bitcoin before the price goes down. I really hope that the price can hold at the current price and have the power to bounce up to the high price. But we should be prepared just in case the price is really down. If that price goes down to that level, we will be back to the previous years and I guess we will have more supports that can lift the price to break the next highest price. So be patient and be careful.

How can you say that people will not panic if they see the bitcoin price crashing to 20,000$ and below? It will be an extreme panic situation and people will sell their holdings. Only the old investors will stay strong during this time as they have been in this situation before. It would be almost impossible for the new investors to stay strong in these bearish times.
Maybe the panic will be more on those newbies or who bought at the top, but for those who have seen the market crash before, then you have to think a better way to make that negative situation into positive. What I'm saying is this could be the perfect buying opportunity again. And then hope that in the next bull run, and as we have been projected, the next run could be in the 6 digits minimum. So think about the future, don't panic when the price falls hard, but instead, accumulate.
2334  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas WBC Featherweight Title (July 9) on: June 10, 2022, 10:36:45 PM
Both are still undefeated champions in their records but different Magsayo has to defend his title otherwise he will lose the title and 1 record loss in his boxing history, Magsayo has to prepare the remaining time for hard training because he faced Rey Vagas with boxer history without defeat, so whatever the result will damage the reputation of the undisputed champion of one career boxer to one record defeat and I don't think the match will end in a draw.

Magsayo already understands the stake in this fight. Since this will be his first title defense as a WBC Featherweight Champion, I'm sure he's not even pressured but rather excited about this match. He is surely preparing for some strategies he can use in that fight.

Vargas is a good pick for this title defense. One of the best in Magsayo's league. I hope the fight will be close and be decided in a Knock Out win.

That was more entertaining to watch although others like a dominant performance by Magsayo to have a convincing win.
I think they have to accept this fight though, not sure if Vargas is mandatory or not, but they know that he is very dangerous opponent and the risk is very high. Nevertheless, they know the stake here, if ever Magsayo wins and if it will be a knock out or even a close one, in a war, he will be more recognizable. But if the worst happen, if he lose, I think Mark can still bounce back as he is still very young. The risk is high but the reward is also good for him if ever he win.
2335  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA Finals 2022 - Warriors vs Celtics. on: June 10, 2022, 10:09:27 PM
I agree that is the worst thing that could happen. And given that the Celtics don't lose back-to-back, the warriors cannot afford to lose game 4. If the warriors fall to 1-3, the Celtics most likely will take the championship in game 6.

They need to put themselves together and address and adjust their plays accordingly. Especially when Curry is trapped or mismatched. If they figure that out, they have a higher percentage of tying the series 2-2.
Celtics do not lose back to back, but they rarely won back to back as well. I have to say that we are looking at a thing that would be easily "one game to them, another game to others" type of situation for celtics. Meaning, we could definitely see Warriors win the next game, that was like that for celtics and heat series for example and eventually celtics won.
Yes, there are a lot of numbers than can either go or against Celtics in game 4. But I would say that I don't trust those numbers right now, there could be factors that they can win back to back for the 1st time as they are in the momentum to inch closer to an NBA championship.

I am not saying that Warriors will win this one, or lose the series, none of that is known right now. All I am saying is that we could make a case about warriors having a better chance to win and still end up losing the series all together, there is no guarantee of anything right now.
This will be close game, and the Warriors back is in the wall, if they lose this one, it's going to be very hard for them to recover. So let's see how this will do today, they have the experienced and they can still overcome the Celtics by one game at a time.
2336  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season - Finals on: June 10, 2022, 12:56:05 PM
I see Kobe on him and he really improve thru this season. Their duo together with brown really improve Celtics and their actions not to trade their young cores is really give them good result today and for sure they have huge chance to take this season out on GSW and the game 4 will be another exciting chapter to see. But also knowing Warriors they became more better team once they are defeated and it just Wiggins and Klay is not consistent today and Curry only make them alive this game maybe in next game they are in full revenge mode that's why we can provably see more exciting head to head match between Celtics.
You too?  Wink
He is not that far anymore, as I said in my previous posts, this kid just needs to stay confident with his game. Sometimes, he loses it and that's why the team is being dragged by it. Thankfully, many players on the Celtics team know how to step up their game and the leadership of Marcus Smart might have something to contribute to that.
Even though he had a bad Game 1 and 2 on the offensive side, he might get that MVP if the Celtics will be able to snatch this from the former champions. Because he didn't stop at just scoring, he did assists and rebounds to help.

Well, 2 of the best young players in the NBA today who admires Kobe and be like him with his mamba mentality is Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker.
But, I'll have to say Tatum is a bit better than Booker at this point of time.
Just like what you said he never stop at just scoring. Remember in Finals game 1, he was shooting 3-17fg but still managed to contribute in a different way with his 13 assist and limiting his TO to just 2 to somehow help the team secure the game 1 win on the road.
Right, Tatum and Booker will be the new face of NBA when stars like Lebron and Durant retire. The advantage of Tatum is that he has developed himself, but Booker remains just a scorer for now.. Anyhow, the series is still very unpredictable, it can still go 50/50. The lead is not that comfortable that a comeback is not possible. Maybe if Celtics will win another game. But if Warriors returns the favor and steal one, it will go down to the best of 3 match.
2337  Economy / Economics / Re: Jamaica becomes first country to make a CBDC Legal tender on: June 10, 2022, 12:08:59 PM
Jamaica’s central bank has officially recognized the “Jam-Dex” central bank digital currency (CBDC) as legal tender, becoming the first country to do so. The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has legalized its CBDC in a move to provide an alternative to its cash-based economy.

While others are in bid and struggle to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender here comes Jamaica with it own way of display, what role has CBDC come to play in their current economy situation which is different from the fiat currency they have been using all this while, i see no difference but rather to get things more complicated for them, why couldn't they try a new way out from the power of centralization to the digital world of decentralization using bitcoin, it's a pity that Jamaica is just revolving round the same spot, CBDC as a legal tender just make no difference but rather creating an advancement to economy inflation and instability as it were before now in Jamaica, what a wrong move.
We can't compare bitcoin and CBCD though, and it's obvious that government can make it legal tender faster than any crypto including bitcoin.

I guess it's control, it they allow bitcoin then chances are, it's going to be very difficult for them to track it. As compare to CBCD, just a regular fiat and every transactions by their population should be in their ledger. We can't say that it's a wrong move as other bigger nations is also trying to 'adopt' CBCD's.
2338  Economy / Speculation / Re: Was $25K the bottom? on: June 09, 2022, 10:24:34 PM
Until now the price is still holding above $30k, I think this is a sign that bitcoin has a chance to skyrocket soon, for those who buy when the price is $25k of course get a big profit if you sell now, but I recommend holding on because of the potential to return to $40k very big, maybe it could happen on this moon.
Not trying to burst the bubble for you, but if we have a chance, then this is not a bear market. But it seems that is not the scenario, as explained we are already down by huge numbers already -65% and then counting.

And what makes you think that it can return to $40k this year?

The bottom is not yet reached, I'm still expecting the price to go down in the next six months. So it's either we take that and fill our bags or are afraid to reinvest.
2339  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Inoue vs Donaire II discussion on: June 09, 2022, 09:59:03 PM

We all know already that he has the power, but now he is more faster and his punch are really that firm. But I would agree that it has to be tested on the higher weight class. Just maybe he will carry it but if he is not a natural featherweight, maybe he will encounter boxers that can withstand his power.

Anyhow, I'm not familiar with Japanese anime, but I'm sure he is a hero in Japan now, him and his brother both won in this fight and could be the next big Japanese superstar. But they should conquer the US and fight there.
He might already have that in mind on stepping on higher division which he could really test out his power.Sudden change on weight wont really be something simple yet this would greatly affect speed considering on the weight added and mass but adjustments would be there and he is really that aware of such changes but its not really that a bad idea on stepping up one higher if he do sees
that he could easily fit out or capable on beating people on higher rankings but we cant be sure on what would be the outcome if ever he do tends to step up
but just like others been saying that he has the power and speed.
We've seen Manny Pacquiao didn't get as many knockout when he moves up in weight, but still he is very accurate, speed + volume punches. But what if Inoue can carry that power? that's going to be crazy at the same time very interesting to see, maybe he can still go up to 132-136 lbs if his body can do that. And I think he is still not yet reach his peak so his body can go and adapt on a higher weight and again, can bring his power and speed.
2340  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA Finals 2022 - Warriors vs Celtics. on: June 09, 2022, 09:37:47 PM
A great match Celtics who dominated almost the entire game. Warriors actually returned to this match for a while only in the third quarter, but the reaction of the hosts was very good and they quickly returned to a 10+ point advantage, which they did not lose until the end of the match. In the Boston team, as usual, great Tatum and Brown, and today finally also Marcus Smart showed his high class. All three of them finished the match with 20+ pts, 5+ reb and 5+ as. The last time this happened in 1984.
They got the chance to flip the momentum but the trio Smart, Brown, and Tatum are just impossible to contain on the last quarter. I guess they need to put similar effort this Saturday for them to extend the lead and they should do since it's still their homecourt and that's their main advantage to dominate.
Yes, both teams trio are the key, but this time, it was the Celtics who played exceptionally well. Warriors though are good that they made a great comeback to cut the lead. But the Celtics again with Tatum, Brown and Smart with their athleticism, dominated the Warriors in their homecourt. And the efforts that this guy game is really tremendous in both offense and defense and it's obvious that they have the momentum.
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