Now, fighting with another young aspiring fighter, let see if how Donaire will try his best to reclaim the title
after Inoue vacated the belt.
Yes, he is the favorite in this fight based on experience and the tools and we have seen Donaire somewhat dominating this division. But Inoue is the king of 118 lbs obviously and Nonito is the second best. But since Inoue has move up, then perhaps Nonito can get back and claim his belt back. We will see if he can still show the fans why he once dominated this division before Inoue take the belt from him. Surely it will be an anticipated fight from his loyal fans and with the expectations of winning this upcoming fight, we will see if Donaire can still bring that same performance and bring the same outcome against a much younger and an aspiring fighter who is also dreaming to reach his time on being a champ. No matter what angle I try to see it, I always see some chances that this Alejandro Santiago will win the fight because apart from he's much younger, he is also more agile and that makes him in-par with the current Donaire and if he is durable enough to eat Donaire's punches then I guess that will be a good gauge that he can definitely bring the fight in his favor. It's just fair though, I mean he is the younger fighter here, so definitely in paper he looks good as he might have the advantage. And we will have to see Donaire coming off from that huge lost to Inoue. We will have to see if he still can put up a good fight and can pull the trigger. Of course, I'm with Donaire on this fight because aside from we came from the same country, I'm also his fan since I took interest in watching boxing fights. But I just cannot deny that after seeing the Lopez vs Taylor fight, it gives me a different perspective about the reality of this match.
If we are talking about upset yes it does happen, but if you compare it to Lopez vs Taylor, it's very different. As Taylor admitted after fight that he has issues making the 140 lbs. So in this fight the upset was because of the weight as his body can't take that and so his performance are affected. |
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...And I thought that Morrell vs Benavidez is done deal, perhaps Benavidez waiting for the result of this fight and he could be next in line for Canelo next year in Cinco de Mayo, two Mexicans on their holiday week, gonna be huge.
Yes, it really looked like Morrell vs Benavidez is a done deal as even PBC or Showtime IIRC posted it. In the past, I believe that Benavidez is the only one that is willing to face anybody. It's funny though, Benavidez literally ducked Morrell upon knowing Canelo is signed with PBC. So what is Benavidez doing in nearly a year? His nearest date for Canelo is Cinco De Mayo weekend. He needs 1 or 2 fights prior to that. So is Benavidez going to stay inactive or cherry-pick weaker oppositions to preserve his big-money fight with Canelo? If I'm the camp of David, better fight Morrell, at least he will eliminated another name that Canelo has to face in the future. And he can brag about it if he can knockout Morrell for good before Canelo can get to Morrell. He is still young though, but we prefer him to get busy. Or they can just cherry pick another opponent at 168 lbs just to get him the activity that he needed. All that talks about Canelo ducking Benavidez and Charlo for years by preferring to stay with DAZN. Canelo did mention before that instead of waiting for him to fight Benavidez and Charlo, why not both fighters fight each other while he is consuming his contract with Matchroom? Both Charlo and Benavidez did not face each other even if they are in the same promotion and network. So it seems like everybody becomes a duck when they become the A-side or when they have something to milk like a championship belt.
That's how good Canelo's handler is, they stay with DAZN and have one of the biggest fight in GGG. Now that it's done, they switches to Showtime and PBC and he will have another fight in Benavidez and Charlo. Maybe another fight that slip away is the rematch with Bivol. |
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There were news that Deontay Wilder has set the contract to the camp of Andy Ruiz Jr. And Andy seems to have responded already based on that and said that yes, there is negotiations going on and he is coming after the Bronze Bomber. So let's see, hopefully the earlier the better for this to happen. Because there is also news floating around that AJ vs Wilder in December. And Francis Ngannou said that he also have a fight with Wilder after December. https://twitter.com/calfkickercom/status/1669903199199690753I heard conflicting news. Eddie Hearn confirmed in one of his interviews that Deontay Wilder will fight Anthony Joshua on December. Also, it would be a mistake if Francis Ngannou fought Wilder, I reckon. Ngannou's team should negotiate for a fight vs. Tyson Fury. It will be the biggest money he can get while the hype is still alive. If Ngannou fights Wilder for a smaller amount and loses, this will kill the hype and all interest for Fury vs. Ngannou will die. In any case, there is also some rumors that Ryan Garcia will fight Rolly Romero in September if the contracts are signed this month. Which means that there are a lot of things going on from behind, whether it will be Wilder vs Ruiz, or Wilder vs Joshua. Even Eddie Hearn said the the Saudis have planned like in December, Francis Ngannou vs Derek Chisora, And then have Wilder vs Joshua And Fury vs Usyk. That will be a crazy event, and with the Saudi's has huge money to offer, who knows, this fight card could really happen. |
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There were news that Deontay Wilder has set the contract to the camp of Andy Ruiz Jr. And Andy seems to have responded already based on that and said that yes, there is negotiations going on and he is coming after the Bronze Bomber. So let's see, hopefully the earlier the better for this to happen. Because there is also news floating around that AJ vs Wilder in December. And Francis Ngannou said that he also have a fight with Wilder after December. https://twitter.com/calfkickercom/status/1669903199199690753 |
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It just got me thinking though, perhaps this case can't be applied to Jermall Charlo as he is inactive and not a natural Super Middleweight contender. But if John Ryder can last 12 full rounds against Canelo, what will happen if Alvarez faces a young fighter in Benavidez? Is this the reason why they didn't choose him in the first place and take a easy fight in Charlo?
But the thing is, he signs with PBC and sooner or later Canelo will have to dance with Benavidez, but it might be too late for Canelo as he might not be in the same shape as he is years ago.
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In my opinion, the potential for bitcoin's position to change and price to go back above $60k is likely to occur during the next halving. Where it is estimated that the next bitcoin halving will occur in 2024. As we know that usually when a halving occurs, bitcoin will print a new ATH level.
Well I hope you are right with on your Bitcoin price prediction. When we are closer to the next halving I think many old and new investors will look at it for huge gains. It is going to be a big news on social media and there will be new money coming into the markets. I am not positive because we do not know for certain about Bitcoin price. But I think something very bad is going to have to happen for the price to not be 60k again in our livetimes. Indeed, sometimes many old and new investors will see a big profit opportunity when the bitcoin halving is approaching. Bitcoin is very volatile and difficult to predict with accuracy. While there are factors that can affect the price, such as halvings, media attention and new cash flows, there is still a lot of uncertainty in the crypto market. Therefore, in any investment situation, it is important to look at historical data, do thorough research and consider the factors that can affect the market. There is no guarantee that the price of Bitcoin will reach a certain level or that something bad has to happen for the price to not rise back up to a certain level. Old? yeah they've seen and experience it already so it just make sense for them to know what the game is before the block halving, just continue to accumulate as much as they can and you will be good in the bull run. For newbies, it might be a big test for them, specially the timing when they enter the picture, maybe they enter during the bear market so they don't buy because they afraid that the price will not go up. On the other hand, those who enter in bull run, keeps buying and FOMO even when the price is going up and then sold when it is down. So it's going to be a big learning curve for newbies. |
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And following that argument, I also believe that the challenge or pressure is on the side of Fulton
he's the current champ and he also flying to Inoue's homeland, another factor that will bring the
aggressiveness on Inoue's side.
I agree. He will be competing in Japan, which is considered a tough venue to win in. Therefore, he should engage in a toe-to-toe battle with Inoue and aim for a knockout if he wants to ensure victory. Simply running and scoring points wouldn't work against Inoue, as the latter is also quick and possesses jabs that could seriously harm his opponent. Inoue seeks action, so to prevent this fight from becoming boring, Fulton needs to employ a different style—one that would intimidate Inoue and prevent him from being the aggressive attacker. The homeland of a fighter will have the momentum and help the countrymen win against their opponent in short You are right that mate Homeland is an advantage for inoue as we all know that people around that country will give their full support to their fighter which is inoue. And for the champ Fulton for sure he will feel a nervous because only few people will support him in the venue. That's home court advantage but it's not a sure bet that it might help the boxer itself, unless he has the talent to win in his one home land like Inoue here. But if we talk about Casimero, he has travelled a lot even at the champions own country and he beat them, causing a riot inside and outside of the ring. I'm not saying that the Japanese will do that, their culture is very different and they show so much respect to their opponents. But we can't discount the fact that maybe Fulton has prepared 110% in this fight and wanted to get a upset win in Inoue's home court. |
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Personally, i changed my mind and will now bet for the Japanese as the percentage of him winning got higher with this news of Franco not making the weight.
What would be the penalty for him not making weight? Can he still make the fight happen? I was thinking if a boxer does not make it to the weigh-in, that would result in disqualification. Maybe my knowledge is not correct. The obvious penalty for him not making weight is that he was stripped of his WBA belt, other than that i don't have any knowledge but there is no news yet that the fight will be cancelled because of Franco's disqualification. If Team Franco will do their best to trim the excess weight which is 6 pounds, that would be disastrous for him. I have already put my bet, Ioka by decision @2.70, hope this fight will push through. Goodluck on your bet, adding extra weight might work both ways though, a) the added weight might help Franco specially in the power division and maybe he can withstand the power punches of Ioka in return. But maybe if the fight goes to distance he might tire and not put the volume that he wanted against the accuracy of Ioka. b) the added weight will make him sloppy in this fight as he is not accustomed to as the last fight was at 115 lbs. So we will see which scenario will likely take shape in the fight. Don't know the real score on how they treat the 6 lbs overweight but it worked on the disadvantage of Franco. He seems slow tonight and those body shots by Ioka might have contributed to it but in fairness to Ioka, he never backed down on the bigger Franco, he weighs bantamweight tonight but still the Japanese emerged as the winner, my speculation that Ioka will win because Franco is not in condition paid off hehe. Congrats to those who bet for Ioka and thanks to robelneo for the link of the fight. So we found our answer already, it's the second scenario, the added weight didn't bring any significant advantage to Joshua and on the contrary as I have said, he become sloppy fighting Kazuto. And again good that you have change your mind and bet for Ioka, we thought that Franco could have learn from his past mistakes, but then again, as others boxers experiencing weight issues, in the end it's not going to end very well for them. |
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Yes, it will not be a Sunday morning as we usually watch during fights from the US. This is going to be held in Japan to there is a big time difference. Nevertheless, we can still watch it live, for those who are going to bet on this fight, for sure they are going to wait for it.
There are a lot of boxing this weekend, like the up and coming Berlanga against Quigley.
I'm interested to see this fight as both wanted to break into the limelight specially Berlanga who says that his dream fight is GGG or Canelo.
And Kazuto Ioka won by points. Unanimous decision: 115-113, 116-112, and 116-112. That's nice. The scorecards are almost the same and I believe all judges have good eyes. Six titles in four weight divisions. Wow. That's a record for Japan. Ioka actually started slowly while Franco have an aggressive start. But when he is all warmed up, the pace suddenly changed and he bombarded Franco with lots of accurate punches. I really thought Franco will have the upper hand after that weight issue that he could not cut. He is heavier and his punches will be heavy too, but I think Ioka did a great job at knowing it will also slow Franco down. The cut in his eye may have also changed Franco's accuracy. Good fight. I missed the Berlanga against Quigley. Is it still happening now? I am watching Adames versus Williams now at round 8 but I forgot to place a bet.  Edit: Ref stopped it. Why?! Williams is still punching. Adames won! Yeah, there was a time he was trying to survive but the time it was stopped, he was punching. Wrong timing for a stoppage from the ref. There was a window for it but he already missed it. Berlanga winning by decision, however, he was able to knock down Quigley, so it was a dominating win for the young boxer, Scores of 116-108, 116-108 and 118-106. And since Canelo has left Matchroom, who knows, maybe Bivol wil be next for Berlanga? I do agree, on the Adames vs Williams stoppage, too early by the referee, so another controversial decision by the 3rd man in the ring. Although it just moot probably, as Adames is ahead on the 3 judges scorecard. |
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Yeah, I thought this kind of scam trick from scammers are over, I usually saw this kind of modus way back from 2017-2019.
But it seems that they are not done and continue to just recycle everything, Elon Musk, the Twins and other famous crypto celebrities and using their face to create this kind of sites in hoping that someone will still fall for them this 2023.
You mentioned twitter as well, yeah still a safe heaven for them, despite Elon trying to clear out specially scams like this.
You're right, but then again, if this is a very effective method for them, they are going to repeat it over and over again. Just might take them 5 minutes to create a new website and but a domain at a cheap price. But then when someone falls for it, they are potentially going to earn 10x of what money they shell out. So it's going to be cyclical, every other celebrities are going to be hijack, so don't be surprised that it is still prevailing up to this day. |
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How far away from the next halving are we? It might be a combination of factors such as business consolidating their half yearly positions by shifting funds around or investment groups seeing the $25k price and deciding to throw a few million in Bitcoin's direction.
322 days give or take, so it's a little bit under one year from now. It's the FOMO though, when there is news of institutions getting into the Bitcoin ETF like Blackrock applying for now, the price seems to zoom in to $30k++. So it's not businesses consolidating, although institutional money has been in the market for so long. But this is different, everyone including retail wanted to jump and doesn't want to missed the opportunity that's why there is a huge shift in the funds for bitcoin as we speak and there could be more waiting from the outside, willing to jump into the market. |
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I like the idea of only having 21 million bitcoins.
Bitcoins get lost all the time, lost private keys.
In time we will have fewer and fewer bitcoins, currently it is thought 3-4 million bitcoins are already lost. This makes me sad.
I think this is part of the design of Satoshi, same as bitcoin transaction is irreversible, so why change it? I propose a redistribution method: >If an address did not have any activity in let's say the last 100 years the address is considered lost and the bitcoins are free to be mined in the next block. To prevent losing your bitcoins you make sure to transfer them to a new address every 100 years (I am not aware of any other method of "proving" you still have access to an address). P.S. This would be a change in the consensus mechanism, I know  P.S.S. I am aware of Satoshi's view on this "lost coins are a donation to everyone". Yes, but 4 million is a lot, do we want Bitcoin to still be used 1000 years from now? If this trend continues most if not all bitcoins would have been lost by then. Yeah and in addition to that, he also says that: When you forget a password to your wallet, your Bitcoins are lost forever. Which makes everyone else a bit richer. So that's it, everyone will be richer if someone lost his access to his BTC. So no need to put it back and be mined again. |
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Personally, i changed my mind and will now bet for the Japanese as the percentage of him winning got higher with this news of Franco not making the weight.
What would be the penalty for him not making weight? Can he still make the fight happen? I was thinking if a boxer does not make it to the weigh-in, that would result in disqualification. Maybe my knowledge is not correct. The obvious penalty for him not making weight is that he was stripped of his WBA belt, other than that i don't have any knowledge but there is no news yet that the fight will be cancelled because of Franco's disqualification. If Team Franco will do their best to trim the excess weight which is 6 pounds, that would be disastrous for him. I have already put my bet, Ioka by decision @2.70, hope this fight will push through. Goodluck on your bet, adding extra weight might work both ways though, a) the added weight might help Franco specially in the power division and maybe he can withstand the power punches of Ioka in return. But maybe if the fight goes to distance he might tire and not put the volume that he wanted against the accuracy of Ioka. b) the added weight will make him sloppy in this fight as he is not accustomed to as the last fight was at 115 lbs. So we will see which scenario will likely take shape in the fight. |
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It should've been David Benavidez.
Well, Canelo Alvarez's camp wins. I don't think they want their boxer to be on the brink of losing so they will go for a smaller guy who will try and increase his weight and then go slower. Which I think will be a match for Canelo.
I was waiting for them to say it will be up against Benavidez because I thought Canelo's camp will be forced to do it after they knew that they could not get a rematch from Bivol and before the WBC title is stripped from him.
On the other hand, it was also reported that Benavidez has sign a 3 fight contract with PBC, so eventually I think they are in a collision course later. For sure this is the target of Benavidez as well so Canelo can't go and hide on his excuses anymore. Unless he doesnt' want to fight David and chooses other fighters in the stable of PBC. Here it goes, I just wish this will be an exciting fight. I guess I will be forced to bet for Canelo here as Jermall Charlo will need to gain weight while he is training which I think will be a hard task. If it's Benavidez, then I might bet for him.
No odds yet since the fight is rumored to be scheduled on September, nevertheless, Canelo is the favorite here and ML might not be attractive. And so if we want to bet then we should look for other options, at least a good return to us and worth the money. |
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Maybe there's a chance they'll meet if Inoue loses to Fulton. In that case, both Casimero and Inoue would become challengers, and who knows, if Fulton decides not to move up, Casimero might have a chance to fight the champion again and claim the belt. In that scenario, he could then accommodate Inoue as his challenger. It may sound unusual, but I believe it's another possibility to consider.
Maybe. But, I just don't want to get my hopes up because there's a chance Inoue will try the other two belts so that he could fight Fulton again. I think that's the strategy for most of the top seeds and simply about those below them. For now, Casimero has to prove something big and for that, he might need knockouts or defeat high ranks in their weight class in a dominating way. Anyway here are our fights for tomorrow. Joshua Franco versus Kazuto Ioka - WBA Junior Bantamweight Title Will be held in Japan. So this means it will be at night for those who will be watching in GMT+8 time zones. Not a Sunday morning boxing. Learned my lesson already. An issue happened during the weigh-in but I think they agreed it will still continue. “It’s been a tough week,” Franco admitted to the assembled media on Friday. “There was a point when we thought the fight wasn’t going to happen. Both teams came to an agreement. We’re going to continue the fight. Everything is good.
“I felt good. I’m happy and I’m ready to go.”
That's good news. Yes, it will not be a Sunday morning as we usually watch during fights from the US. This is going to be held in Japan to there is a big time difference. Nevertheless, we can still watch it live, for those who are going to bet on this fight, for sure they are going to wait for it. There are a lot of boxing this weekend, like the up and coming Berlanga against Quigley. I'm interested to see this fight as both wanted to break into the limelight specially Berlanga who says that his dream fight is GGG or Canelo. |
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Is of no doubt the market has already turned green and ETH surpasses 1.9k, though I was having this feeling to enter the market now that we have full confidence that we are no longer going dip. But I am a bit confused if this could be a bear trap, what do you think of the market is there any good analyst to give accurate results on what would happen next or to know if this is a bear trap.
We might just hit the resistance though, and it might be hard to break $2,000 in my opinion. However, why are so confused? just continue to buy if you think that Ethereum will have another biggest bull run in 2024-2025. You should take advantage of the situation and as what I have been preaching before, don't complicate things. Bear traps, catching a falling knife, this terms will really make you muddled in the world of crypto. So the best thing to do is just make it simply and buy in dip and timing the market on when to sell during a bull run. |
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What are your thoughts on this spontaneous rise again in the price of BTC hitting 30k twice just within the first quarter of 2023. Do you you think it's going to plummet again or do better above 40k? Or is just one of a tempting rise to fall again even below the 25k-26k it did for the past weeks after hitting 30-31k around the month of April?
Please share your thoughts about this.
This time is different, as people like to say IMO the price was always at 30k, but there's a difference between real value and spot price. Spot price is determined by trades on the biggest exchanges and 2 of them got sued by the SEC, which was a move to drag the price down and allow institutions to buy from you. They also wanted to introduce their own government backed exchange and force Binance out of the US, which worked. The price is now returning to its former level that was achieved naturally in q1 of this year. The drop was driven by the US government and if you panicked and sold to them, that's your loss. I think that we will continue to go up, especially when the blackrock ETF gets approved. What do you mean in the whole post. I don't think I really understand you well. Are you in anyway saying that the exchanges prevent the bitcoin price rise or they in a way influence it with the spot price. This therefore means that if there are no exchanges, the market movers will trade bitcoin directly against ordinary users to give the true value of bitcoin? I don't think that what he intend to say though, he might be pointing to the US government, against their hard line stance on crypto itself. And instead of pulling the price down with the whole SEC vs exchanges, the price suddenly goes up to $30k. And we used to have this price already, it's that we just reclaim it again, so good job for the market and all the investors. And if you sell during the negative news on Binance, then it's your loss. There still another catch here, if we seen BlackRock ETF gets approved, although the chance might be slim, we might see a huge rally again. |
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I have given Franco the first fight, yes, it's very close but I guess the sheer volume alone could have tip the scale for him. But nevertheless, the Japanese judges are not going to award him the win as Ioka is one of their respected champion. Unless Franco is the clear winner or wins by knockout, then he could have the belt. But Ioka is very tough and that's why he is willing for a rematch here.
Franco should have the initiative and be the aggressor just like he did in their first fight, this is the disadvantage of fighting a champion on his own turf, you have to take the crown decisively, and if the fight is too close the judges will go for the home favorite. Franco has no choice but to go all out, and go for knock out I'm sure he is prepare for this and its going to be a war between the two as both fighters have the same style and the same motivation to win the match. He really did his best to be the aggressor in this fight, that's why the volume is in his side. Just to be fair though and we want it to be clear, even if the fight is made in Japan, the judges who score it are not Japanese, (but maybe they could have been sway to favor the Japanese, we don't know). Scores were 114-114 and 114-114 from two of the three, with the third scoring it 115-113 for Franco. It is also noted that Franco weight is over the limit he official pre-fight weigh-in saw Franco (18-1-3, 8KOs) tip the scales at 55.2 kilograms—roughly 121.7 pounds, which is nearly two full divisions above the 115-pound limit. He was granted two hours to lose as much weight as possible, per a fight week agreement reached between the respective teams. However, Franco’s body had already shut down as he was only able to get down to 121 ¼ pounds (55 kilograms).
Ioka was well under the limit on the first attempt, as the Osaka-born boxer—now based out of Tokyo—was 52 kilograms (roughly 114.6 pounds) https://www.boxingscene.com/joshua-franco-still-over-115-pound-limit-wba-title-stake-only-kazuto-ioka-rematch--175600 |
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For the case of Casimero in which we have been discussing, the burden is on his side. If Inoue wins then most likely it will be Tapales for unification. And so with that, Casimero needs to make a move by fighting rank boxers. That's the only way that Inoue will be interested on him, if he still can proved himself at 122 lbs.
Regarding about John Riel Casimero's current situation, so far, he did a good job in having two successive fights with both wins on his side but it ain't enough because Naoya Inoue is fighting directly for a championship belt while Casimero is still fighting to have a decent rankings even though he was the one who advanced first in this weight class. He cannot do anything about it because he met an unfortunate issue in his last weight class which made him climb much earlier, that said, he should do one more fight this year to increase his chances next year. He fought a Japanese in this first fight at bantamweight, not impressive and there are controversies. And then Fillipus Nghitumbwa, yeah, he did knock him down, but the fight ended in the judges score card and it's a very close win for him, not the dominating fashion that we are expecting. Although he moved up in rank, we can call that two fights are no-bearing as it seems just like a test for Casimero. Maybe just to remain active. The big test for him is to fight any on the top 5 rank fighter, have the fight in the US so that there will be hype. |
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would you prefer to gamble in a casino and make some money or learn about futures trading and make some money?
Personally, I would rather play in a casino and make some money, although there is a big risk not making one. For trading you need to have that knowledge and it will take sometime for you to learn and they you have to sit in front of your computer. So it's a complicated thing as compare to simply gambling. Which one do you actually find to be more easier and I believe that futures trading is also capable of giving someone life-changing money but which one do you believe is less risky than the other?
Both can give you life changing money. But I think gambling might be the easier to do that for you. Winning big jackpot in a casino or maybe if you try lottery and hit it, then that is going to be a big windfall. |
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