Ortiz gave Loma a problem, because of his height and probably that Ortiz is really big, but fortunately, Loma was able to overcome him. I think Lopez shouldn't underestimate Ortiz, he has the power and if he caught Lopez by chance, then he could pull a upset.

But barring those, I think Lopez can win in a hard fight, maybe this fight will go to distance and going into the judges scorecard.

And if there are close rounds, we all know that judges usually gave it to the champions so maybe UD for Lopez but very close in the cards, maybe 8-4 rounds at least for Lopez.

If we are talking about belts at super bantamweight, the weight class that they are fighting, but have 2 belts. But if we talk about the totally, obviously, Inoue has more has he unified the belt as bantamweight .


Yes, as gamblers, 1.07 has no value at all, in terms of ML, we should be looking at other betting line, maybe per round will be good but the risk is high. But this is what we are after all, all that juicy odds that we can get that is so appealing and we think that it's a good chance to happen then we will go for it. But not the ML, who knows, if there is an upset here and someone bet big on that, for sure they will have regrets later.

I think as investors, we should be affected if the price is going sideways at $40k. I mean at the start of the year, or let's go back last year the lowest price we had is $15,500. So this year alone it's a big jump and everyone should be making money at least if you have invested November 2022.

And so far as per the question of the OP, $40k is holding strong, although there is a correction last week and early this week, we have bounce back already. So that is a bullish indication that the price is not going down this month and we can all speculation that the price could be around $45k-$50k at the end of the year. And then ending this year with a big positive note.

Yeah, probably Harden's looks the villain here and although they are on the winning streak, there could be NBA fans wishing them doom,  .

As for the Lakers, it's their inconsistency again as they've lost to the Knicks.

For the Warriors vs Celtics, the line started at -4.5 if I'm not mistaken but already move to -5.5. It just shows how Boston right now, they are leading the league and the Warriors doesn't have Draymond.

Speaking of Green, he will be out for 3 weeks: https://www.si.com/nba/2023/12/18/draymond-green-warriors-three-weeks-indefinite-suspension-return

Anyone get trap on the Philly's lost to the Bulls? I didn't expect that Joel will be absent on that game, and so it was a big upset and Philly's lost their winning streak as they mostly covered the double digit handicap they have in the last 3 games.

Dallas also lost by a big margin against the Nuggets. I thought that the Mavs will fare good in this game, but it's the same game for them. It was only Luka and the support cast is not there to provide anything. Only Luka and Exum scored double digits for Dallas.

Edit: @Russlenat - thanks, because when I try to watch the game for a brief moment, the announcer said that Joel Embiid is absent, and I thought that he didn't play. Now I realized that he did play but the announcer might have been just referring to that quarter around, (if I'm not mistaken, it was the second quarter). So I didn't continue to watch that game as I have misunderstood it and knows that my bet will take a L without Joel.

Around $45k should be the profit taking, and although the OP posted $48k, I think it has been invalidated already or we might not find that price along the end of the year as we have minor dump to $40k'ish and then just go up a bit to $41k-$42k and nowhere near $48k levels.


Or to put it into perspective, those who are looking to maximized their profits are not going to sell at $48k. The name of the game is going long here, so we might have to be mentally tough to stop on the game and wait till we hit 6 digits and then sell when we are about to break or reach new all time high, it could be around the last quarter of 2025.

And just like that, Akhmadaliev is back in action now in the division as he battered previously unbeaten Kevin Gonzalez en route to an 8th round stoppage. He scored two knockdowns, in round 6 and 8. So masterfully, he destroyed Kevin in his fight and didn't allow Gonzalez to somewhat make a comeback, and when that, this fight is for the mandatory belt or this fight is a title eliminator of the WBA belt held by Tapales.

And so if by chance Inoue wins and annexed that 2 belts from Tapales, then we might see Inoue vs Akhmadaliev next (or whoever wins the fight). So for now, good win by Akhmadaliev and he should relax and just wait for the outcome of the December 26 fight.

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@Belarge - you are wrong, we could create our speculations base on the fighters last fight, tell me what "tougher ways to comprehend a fight"? If you are saying that you can came up with comprehension, then that is already speculation or analysis on your end and everyone is free to do that.

Just like when odd makers speculated that he will beat Marlon Tapales as he is a huge favorite, but it turns out to be that they are wrong and majority of us here as we thought too that Akhmadaliev will win.

For me, my gambling addiction is up and down, meaning I could go on for months playing and losing big money, just like my run from July to October. But now I'm more calm, not playing online as much as I do before and not visiting those offline casinos in my place.

I don't know, maybe I just realized that I'm losing too much money in gambling, simply as that. And that I need to control myself specially that at the time that I minimized, that the Christmas holiday is coming and that I want to have money during this time.

And I try to stay away from gambling by learning new things, like video editing. 

So in the last couple of months, as I have said, I have reduced my betting and playing slot games and roulette.

It's either we go down to $40k or to as high as $50k. I think that's what speculators are seeing in this market right now. Although end of November and early December we have a huge run, nearly going to $45k and it's been a long time since we see this price.

However, this week we have a minor correction, we did go down to $40k, but bounce back very quickly around $41k-$42k. Maybe we will see a sideways till the end of the year or just go back to what we want the price to see at the end, $45k.

But if we look at the market, it's obvious that we are in a bullish sentiments and investors do love to see that kind of mentally.

Yes, he has been doing this for years now, suspended and the be back in the league. But this season, it's a very different Green and we can see that he is more aggressive toward other players and that is really dangerous to the league and players itself. It's like every night, he will do it, to hurt someone intentionally.

To be fair though, he was a good defender, because he has high IQ, knows how to get into someone's head. But it's totally different now when Green is old and can't catch up unlike before that's why he resorted to this so style of his basketball that initially looks like he didn't do it intentionally, but the reply shows otherwise.

I'll be interested as well to see Akhmadaliev in the ring again after that upset win by Tapales. He said in this interview that he is coming to get his belt back and his fight with Kevin Gonzalez is for the WBA title eliminator.

Seems though that he has mentally recovered from his lost and so this is going to be a good fight.

Although the criticism about him is that he should be changing coach after that lost to Tapales.

But let's see, I do hope that he is still has the fire inside of him to claim that belt back and then fight the Monster next.

Of course, we can't compare the style of Naoya to any Japanese fighters that Tapales has fought. He is very different obviously and above the current breed of Japanese fighters and could make a history for them, becoming a 2 division unified champion.

As for his body, yeah, that's why we said or even himself that he can still go up to 1-2 division more because his body can mature in the future and then can't make the 122 lbs anymore. But going to be tougher to go 126 and higher.

Although there are talks of a super fight between him and Tank Davis.

It's going to be very different every bull run though, December 2017 height was most likely trigger by the CBoE and CME if I'm not mistaken. 2021 there's no trigger point except that we are in the pandemic that time and everyone is investing or putting their money on bitcoin as a hedge and there a prediction modelling, the S2F that says we will hit $100k but it didn't happen but still the market remain bullish up to $69k.

So in 2024-2025, there could be a different form of trigger, perhaps it could be the Bitcoin spot ETF approval. Maybe we will not get one approval, but a series of them who have application in the review process already and that they are all waiting for the SEC.

Well they have the weigh-in already, and surprisingly, Jake Paul weight almost 200-lbs for this fight. And so this is a career high for him, he used to weight around 170k'ish in the beginning and in the last fight he was 185-lbs.

Is he targeting the HW division now since it's one of the hottest when Ngannou entered the pro ranks?

But I do agree that his opponent Andre August is not very known in the boxing circles that's why there are no hype and this will really hurt Jake Paul fighting bums and August is just here to show up and get paid by Jake.

Yes, that is the thing with Draymond though, he always find excuses, as if he is above the law and cannot be touch by the NBA. But no, he is just another player, there was no "shooting motion" and I think the did it with bad intentions to hit Nurkic and anyone in the past.

20 games suspension or more would be enough though for me. However, if he did it again and again, then maybe a long suspension or a ban is merited because this is not a NA player should behave inside the court. Yes, they are competitive, but to hurt someone like you are in the street? I think the Warrior is done for this season already (sorry WArriors fans), because of this drama created by Draymond Green and I wouldn't be surprised if their big 3 will be disbanded and only Steph remains with the Warriors.

Or there are gamblers who's going to show you their big wins, but will hide how much money they have lost initially and if you are going to compute for everything, they still in the negative as far as their gambling is.

I just had someone, a friend of mine, who I used to go to casinos last month, show me this morning his huge wins. But unexpectedly, he said that the lost this big amount already that's why he is so desperate that he deposit another big amount and then bet huge on a slot machine. Fortunately, he hit a bonus run and the game give him a huge bonus run. But obviously, I will not hear anything from him if he losses again.  

^^ And just like that, bitcoin broke $40k and then goes up to as high as $45k if I'm not mistaken. So yeah, it did shows a bullish pennant that week when the OP posted his prediction/speculation. But I guess this has been invalidated already as we have reach that price.

Although if we will continue, there are some minor corrections going to $40k-$41k after that huge push.

Now, $40k is the support line again, as after that correction, bullish momentum still persists in this market as we are now in the $43k'ish.

I think by now we should know that he can't carry Spurs, he is still a rookie and the last one if we are going back in NBA history that a rookie carry his team is Lebron James, enough said. He had a good mentor though in coach Spo, who is also known to make good players become great one. So give Wemby some time to develop and not be pressured this season.


Chet is on a different team, players like SGA is their franchise player, so there's no pressure on him. He just have to show every game his best performance and he is being magnified every game to the point that he is not the leading candidate for the Rookie of the year as per odds.

Correct, the Donaire vs Inoue I was the last time we have seen the Monster in a not so good position. Nonito even broke Naoya's orbital bone that time and he was close to beating him. However, Donaire lost because he has no stamina to finished the fight and Inoue's youth takes over. And what's scary is that after this fight, Inoue improved by leaps and bounds and then started to just breaking down every fighter he fought, including Nonito in their rematch.


To some extend, surviving against Inoue would be consider as a win for Tapales and be proud that he is not one of those victims of Inoue again. But we will see if Tapales is really motivated not just ot survived but also win also the chance is very slim.

Yes, it was really night night for Avelar, it's even worthy for a ko of the year. But it's bad to see a boxer going out in the ring in a stretcher.


One year is too long  to look for a potential opponent. Maybe right now they are already looking at the list as to who is the best opponent for him. There are some good names in this division and then perhaps some that he can fight as a stepping stone. It's up to MP on how they are going to guide Mark career in this division, as for sure they want him to be a champion, but it could take careful matchmaking.