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841  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Five Ways Bitcoin is Changing the Sports Betting Game on: August 30, 2023, 08:35:30 PM
2. Bitcoin sportsbooks allow players to keep their privacy

- Not really sure though, I mean it's no longer just a bitcoin address for deposits and withdrawals, there are emails and worst players are being asked for personal information specially if the amount to withdraw is huge

3. Withdrawing winnings in bitcoin is usually faster than withdrawing fiat currency

- Again, this is debatable, I mean withdraws could take up hours and not instant though. As compare to fiat which can happen very fast.

4. Bitcoin sportsbooks provide fairer odds

- Isn't though that both fiat based and crypto based sport bookies have almost the same odds? It's because they could have the same handicappers from Las Vegas sports. And they need to be almost the same odds otherwise there could be players going to exploit it.
842  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 30, 2023, 07:49:55 PM

If Haney will go back at 135, he will for sure face Shakur Stevenson because the latter will be named again as the current champion's mandatory challenger. There's nothing he can do to avoid that even if there is a politics in-between that makes the discussion quite impossible but since a big money will be involved, both camps will likely have a deal regardless of who will have the purse advantage.

It's fine to watch these both great fighters finally face off inside the ring because this is the time when they don't need to further expand or prolong their discussion about the money unless they want to fully make it a business just like Crawford and Spence, they fought when they have some tremendous amount of offers because the fans are dreaming to see that fight and I guess these two are also heading that way because they are not missing any opportunity that they currently have right now, especially they are at their primes.

The problem with Haney though is that he is going up in weight already. And there are some video clips around that seems to be his father talking and saying that Shakur is really that good that they might not fight him, and also sparring sessions between the two, it might be a old video though.
And that is why Shakur is really pushing for this fight, Haney has all the belt but he wants to move up to 140 lbs and fight Regis. So it's going to be very interesting, as Haney looks like avoiding Shakur at all cost.
843  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will the transfers to the Saudi league become a problem for European football? on: August 28, 2023, 11:08:59 AM
I don't think it will be a problem for European football, I mean it's not the first time that we have seen this movement in sports. There are also like this is professional basketball in Asia, wherein there are a lot of movements to China, Korea and even Japan league from big players around that region.
And on the contrary, it might be good though, I mean up and coming stars in Europe will be given more time and so with that exposure, they could be the next Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and other great football players. So they shouldn't take it as a negative though. And just to let you know, even in boxing, Saudi Arabia has become one of the hot spot as there are a lot of fights that are being held in that part, and obviously it's become of the huge money that they offer.
844  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 28, 2023, 10:53:37 AM
^ I don't think that they are afraid of Shakur, it's just boxing politics, Shakur is with Top Rank and Haney is with PBC. So it's hard to make that fights assuming this so boxing promotions doesn't want to work which each other.
On the other hand, I read that Shakur will have a incoming fight already, name Frank Martin.

On the losses of the Filipino against the the Puerto Rican, from what I read, it's more of that Diagan was broken down mentally by Collazo and that's why he quit and doesn't want to fight anymore.

Haney is not with PBC, he is a free agent. He even tried to negotiate a fight with Shakur but made a ridiculous lowball offer that shows he is not serious in wanting to fight him. Tank is the one with PBC but his most recent fight was against a Golden Boy/DAZN fighter, Ryan Garcia. If Tank really wants to fight Shakur, that fight would get made. Too bad Tank only seems interested in in-house mismatches or Instagram influencers with strict rehydration clauses.

My bad, I thought that I read some articles in the last couple of days saying that Haney has sign with PBC, unfortunately, I can't find that article so with that, yeah he might be free agent as of now and could be fighting on a fight to fight basis for his career.
On the contrary though, if he is not sign with anyone then I guess he can go and fight Regis. But the thing is that he had low ball Prograis (according to Regis), so we don't know what will be the next move for his career as he doesn't have any promotional tie-in. If he goes back to Top Rank, then he could have Shakur Stevenson or even a rematch with Loma, but I don't think he is willing to give Loma that rematch.

@bisdak40 - I don't think that Tank Davis can go down to 130 lbs just to get Inoue. Remember he put a rehydration clause to Ryan Garcia. So he knows what rehydration could do to a fighter so no way he will do that -5 lbs to his frame.
845  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Casimero vs Oguni - October 12 on: August 28, 2023, 10:09:33 AM
Casimero is obviously a huge favorite in this fight because Oguni wasn't competitive anymore like he was been used in 2016 and older. Casimero should able to win via KO to impress the other, winning via decision isn't really good when he fight not with a strong boxer.

Although the fight will happen in Japan, but I don't think we will see an unfair judgements.

Yeah, it will be obviously a good fight for Casimero, this is just a step up fight for him and maybe if he win this one, he could be up next for the belt at 122 lbs, any of the current belt holder.

So we wanted to see him win here impressively, it will be good if he can score a knockout in front of the Japanese crowd and maybe he will be given the chance to fight Inoue as we have been waiting this in the last couple of years.

It will be a good hype for his career if he wins with a KO, though it's anticipated since the opponents are no longer in his prime
though the home crowd might affect his dedication to win.

It would be a disappointing loss for Casimero if Oguni will put him down and KO him in this fight, on the other side, if Casimero will win
with an impressive KO, surely he will gain more and will be more close to become a contender for the title.

If I'm not mistaken, Casimero is under a Japanese promoter, so his promoters know how to pick up a Japanese that could be a less risk for Casimero as this point so it's a good choice to go for Oguni.
And yes, Casimero is known to be a road warrior, so it doesn't matter if his fight in in Japan or some countries in Latin America. He bring everything in the table here and hopefully we want to see some knockout and impressive wins so that his name will be back on track for a championship fight or even a good fight like Luis Nery or other rank fighters in the division.
846  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: August 27, 2023, 09:06:17 PM
^^ Well you can read it here, Josh Taylor planning to move up in weight class after losing welterweight unbeaten record.

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Josh Taylor spoke about moving up to welterweight imminently after suffering the first defeat of his career to Teofimo Lopez in New York on Saturday night.

The 32-year-old Scot started the defence of his WBO and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles at The Theater at Madison Square Garden looking like he had the measure of his Brooklyn opponent.

He doesn't have to prove anything at 140 lbs already, he has unified the belt but after that he has been struggling to make that weight. So obviously, it's the right decision for him and his camp to move up in weight class. And in the past he also said that he has sparred Ugas, who is a big 147 lbs and it went find. So definitely, I believed that the next time he will fight, he will go up to welterweight.

As for the update on the fight, we haven't heard any, and if I remember it correctly, this fight is happening around October-November time-frame.
847  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Inoue vs Tapales for Unified Super Bantamweight Title - November on: August 27, 2023, 08:35:32 PM
I can see Tapales trying to set up counterhooks every time Inoue goes offensive. I have this feeling that a perfectly timed hook by Tapales is enough to hurt the Japanese champion and change the pace of the fight.

Did Fulton employ the same strategy? But look at what happened – he struggled to time Inoue's speed and was eventually overwhelmed, resulting in a knockout defeat. I don't foresee a significant difference with Tapales. On paper, Fulton appears to be the superior fighter compared to Tapales, but just like the Fulton fight, Inoue's victory seemed effortless. It's likely this upcoming fight won't be any different.

Fulton doesn't have hooks in his arsenal, at least that's how I see the fight between him and Inoue. He just want to counter with straight or uses his jab which could be wrong for a Inoue style because Inoue has the fastest hand between the two.

As for the strategy of Tapales who knows, in the first Inoue vs Donaire fight, Nonito enjoyed a advantage with his left hook, he even broke that orbital bone of Naoya. So if by chance and by surprise, Tapales has that kind of hook, whether left or right hand and has the timing of reading Inoue coming in, we might see some surprised here.

Nice observation. Fulton was there trying to outbox Inoue. Fulton thought he could be effective by being slick with his longer reach. What Fulton and most fans didn't anticipate was Inoue's underrated jab which was so effective and somehow it set the tempo of the fight. Fulton before facing Inoue has a 10-0-3 KOs in his last 10 fights.

We're not saying Tapales has a 50/50 chance because it's not. But Tapales has a totally different style from Fulton. People are misled by Tapales' only 19 KOs of his 37 wins but they don't notice that he is actually 9-1-8 KOs in his last 10 fights. If Inoue gets reckless, Tapales will make him pay with counter hooks.  

Yes, I also like the misleading part on Tapales, I think it will give Naoya some sense that he is a easy opponent. But if Tapales shows a different version of him, awkward style and then those hooks, if might be a different outcome for Inoue here.
I know that being confident is not good, but we have heard Tapales like he has a different game and strategy on how to beat Inoue and we will love to see how and what will it be. So hopefully there is already some progress in the negotiations so that at least before the end of the year, this fight have been scheduled already.
848  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: China crackdown against gambling streaming on: August 27, 2023, 08:22:33 PM
China is one of the leading industries after US and the decisions they make have a global effect. For example, when they say that they will ban Bitcoin, this has a negative effect across crypto markets globally and not just China. Will this gambling ban affect the overall gambling business worldwide? That is yet to be seen.

Now that Chinese Content Platforms Reportedly Exclude Live Streaming Features, this has caused the revenue decreased in those platforms. It is obvious that if you block gambling streaming, then those people won't use that platform if they were using it previously to watch those streams.

Also, the Chinese were very keen to block the illegal gambling platforms and they also block payments in millions from those gambling casinos.

Or they have been cracking youtube as well? And their internet is being censored in the beginning? So I wouldn't be surprised if for years they have been cracking down very hard on every gambling related streams already.
However, if you go out and play casinos all around the world, you will see a lot of Chinese on the floor, from baccarat table to slots game machines. So in reality, they can still play not just by watching youtube, but playing in real life casinos. Maybe they can just travel to Macao and then boom, easy access to casino. So I don't think it has negative effect on streamers per se, although Chinese market is big, I doubt that it can put a dent on gambling and streamers.
849  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Jerwin Ancajas vs Takuma Inoue - Nov 15 on: August 27, 2023, 08:11:57 PM
Jerwin's only accomplishment at bantamweight is beating a journeyman on a 5 fight losing streak, yet somehow ends up getting an opportunity to fight for a title. We see once again that it's all about being well connected if you want to be a champion. Ancajas is a limited fighter but this is not the strongest division and Inoue is a beatable fighter. At this point another setback would be devastating but if he can win it would be interesting to see him against Alexandro Santiago who defeated Donaire a month ago.

I guess of all the rank boxers in WBA organization, only the name of Ancajas rings a bell. And perhaps they think that is not going to be the #1 rank boxer in their division will have the first crack at the champion, maybe someone lower like in the 5-6 ranks and that fits Ancajas.

To early for this champions to have unification fight though, yeah it's mostly the trend, but maybe organizations wanted their champions to defend their belts first before they allow the other champions of the other divisions. Not saying that they are not corrupt, but I think for me, it's better to defend it first within their body and see how strong their champions are.

Takuma Inoue just won his belt and so far there is no mandatory from the WBA to force him to fight the number 1 ranked. So this is just a voluntary defense of Takuma's belt. I am not sure about the WBA's voluntary defense ruling but most likely it's fine for a champion to defend his belt for as long as the opponent is in the top 10 or maybe top 20 depending on the organization. Maybe Ancajas is the only available fighter easy to negotiate and is willing to travel to Japan.

Ancajas was also dominated twice in his last title fights. But Ancajas was a long-time champion and had issues with his weight before moving up so it was probably taken into consideration by the sanctioning bodies. Jerwin Ancajas' last opponent and only fight at the division lost his last 7 fights and only won a single fight in his last 10 but it was enough for the former champion to enter the top 10 in the WBA and IBF rankings.

He entered the division at number 6, so that is enough for Takuma Inoue to pick him up. Maybe they think it's a less risk, big reward for them. I mean Ancajas is a good champion at 115 lbs so their camp thinks that he is good for Takuma to be in their resume.

But as far as travelling to Japan, there are 2 Japanese boxers in the rankings, above Takuma, however, they might be looking for non Japanese to defend his belt first and so it's a perfect fit and perfect find - Jerwin Ancajas. But I wouldn't totally sleep on Jerwin here, he might have a slim chance against the Takuma, but if the fight goes to distance, I will go and put my money on Inoue.
850  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 27, 2023, 02:40:40 PM
^ I don't think that they are afraid of Shakur, it's just boxing politics, Shakur is with Top Rank and Haney is with PBC. So it's hard to make that fights assuming this so boxing promotions doesn't want to work which each other.
On the other hand, I read that Shakur will have a incoming fight already, name Frank Martin.

On the losses of the Filipino against the the Puerto Rican, from what I read, it's more of that Diagan was broken down mentally by Collazo and that's why he quit and doesn't want to fight anymore.
851  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why We Are Still So Damn Early With Bitcoin .. on: August 26, 2023, 06:57:21 PM
And that's why majority might say that it's not that late to invest on BTC right now. You will hear others says that they have lost the opportunity and that those early birds are lucky.
They might be true, but if you look at it, bitcoin is just like 10 years old++, so it is still in the infancy. Maybe there are a lot of things that had happen before and obviously halving is every 4 years so there are a lot of expectations from it.
But if you we are going to look at like 20 years from now, we might say that we are also early birds in 2017-2023.
852  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: August 26, 2023, 03:37:00 PM
^
Two huge fighters wanna be thr baddest in the world can only end in a knockout. It will be the biggest upset of the history if we see its Fury lying down the ground.

I will still not be shock if its Fury though. Each of them has the KO punch and now that Ngannou is training with Mike Tyson, we'll see how much can it contribute when its the style of Mike giving Ngannou the edge.

I have already mentioned that Mike Tyson's presence in Francis Ngannou's team is something similar to Steven Seagull's presence in Anderson Silva's training before Anderson's fight vs. another Brazilian. According to Seagull, he was the one who taught Anderson the special front kick move to knockout his opponent. However, this was only done to promote the fight. Anderson did not really need Steven Seagull's teachings hehehehe.

Yeah, I think that is just for promotion, whether on the side of Seagull or Silva's fight. But I disagree about the comparison though. First, Mike Tyson has the experience to teach Francis Ngannou style in boxing. Second, Tyson doesn't need some attention though, he has been in the limelight and has his own podcast and could have been making money for him.
And with that, who knows, maybe Francis will learn something from Tyson that could help him in this fight. Or Francis reverting back to his old style once he got hit by Tyson Fury and immediately lose his strategy and focus and from what he learn from Mike.
853  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crawford vs Canelo-Charlo winner (no date yet) on: August 26, 2023, 03:09:32 PM
At this moment we can all make very big speculations, but if Charlo wins? how are we going to stay? many speechless, and others will win their good sums of money and with good reason, that's why I say if in any sport the most impossible things happen, why not in boxing?

If Charlo wins then no changes for what Crawford desires, he will face instead the winner and proceed to his own timeline.

But technically speaking, although everything is possible to happen including an upset win by Charlo, I don't see any advantages he can use against the prime Canelo. I remember when Bivol was facing Canelo, only a few believed that the former would win but the result didn't say the same. I can't apply that same scenario to Charlo facing Canelo.

Anyway, let's wait for the winner of the Canelo-Charlo bout and speculate everything from there.

Exactly, that's why Crawford is very wise to call the winner of this fight. If Charlo wins then he is also undisputed at 154 lbs and so Crawford can fight him as well and for me this is the fight that I want or be interested of.
Because this two has some beef going on, Crawford shouting at Charlo during Crawford's fight with Spence. And we all know that Charlo rooted for his training buddy in Spence but was destroyed by Crawford. So either winner will be a good matchup for Crawford.
854  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Security measures in casinos are better than exchanges! on: August 26, 2023, 02:15:08 PM
It's not which one is better, it's the question which one has the biggest "pot". And with that, my vote goes to the exchanges, and most likely it has set the precent already when Mt. Gox was hacked, every hacker and criminals in the world dream of hacking a big exchange and taking all the loot.
And for those who are not aware of, there is a certain group, called the Lazarus by the communist North Koreans who has been put up by their government to target all exchanges in the world and steal millions of dollars. You can check it out yourself if you have doubts about this group.
855  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 26, 2023, 01:12:30 PM
^ To be honest I'm not familiar with both fighters. But if the champion was able to get back the title from another Filipino, it means that he is very tough boxer.
So if by chance this "Hellboy" wanted to wrestle back the title, then for sure he will need everything he got and maybe we can say that he needs to be very lucky winning in the homecourt of the champion here.
Nevertheless, we will give him a puncher's chance and see if he can promise and bring the belt back to his Philippines.
856  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crawford vs Canelo-Charlo winner (no date yet) on: August 25, 2023, 08:28:27 PM
If it happens two years from now when Canelo is in the twilight of his career then I'll go for Crawford but if this happens in May of next year then no doubt I'll go for Canelo as Crawford is just too small for him, I mean he needs at least 2-3 fight to prove his worth on the 168lbs division. I think he is just calling Canelo as this is a money fight for him of the latter took the bait.

We might want to note that Canelo is younger than Crawford. Canelo is almost 3 years his junior. If this dream fight happens two years from now, Canelo is indeed approaching the twilight of his career. Crawford, on the other hand, is already approaching 40. Age is probably one of the reasons why Spence was running away and delaying his fight against Crawford. That's an off-topic opinion, though.

It would be an amazing moment in boxing's history if this fight takes place, especially if the two remain on a winning streak when the match happens. Crawford will, however, prove his worth in 154 first. If he proves to be effective and natural in this weight, and wins fights, then he could allow his body to continue gaining weight and reach 168. But he shouldn't be confronting Canelo right away. It would be the same process. If he proves that he can handle the weight naturally, without compromising his movements, quick responses, and so on, then he could face Canelo.

As to their physical stats, they're pretty much the same. Crawford has, of course, a longer reach though.

Canelo struggled against Mayweather, who is a good defender and quicker as well. Probably, Crawford sees the weaknesses of Canelo, as although he has power, he can be outboxed, as was evident in the fight against Bivol. The match might be even in the eyes of the fans. Although Crawford is not fighting in his comfortable weight, given his achievements, his undefeated record, and the hype generated when he beat Spence in a one-sided beatdown, all these factors will come into play.

For now, Canelo still has business to take care of. It might be a bit early to discuss, but at least we can have an open discussion about the possibility of this fight happening. I'm sure both camps are eager to make this happen, as it could be the biggest payday for both fighters. Who knows, they might even surpass the PPV revenue generated by Mayweather in his fights.

As fans, it would really satisfy us to see the best fighters in the ring, with no excuses or dodging. They will prove who is the best.

That's quite possible because two of the big names in the industry will soon face each other in a boxing fight but I just have one question though, is Canelo Alvarez interested in this fight as well or at least considering for it? I know he's quite busy as of the moment because Charlo isn't someone who is easy to defeat but we should know as well to see the likelihood if this fight even if it's still too early to discuss.

The only response of Canelo is that he can't go down in weight anymore, so obviously no more catchweights for him if ever he will fight Crawford because he knows that Crawford is at 147 lbs.
But the good thing is that Crawford is willing to go up at 168 lbs, so there is no catch weight for Canelo. One thing that Canelo says though is that if he ever beat Crawford, will he get the recognition? Or will his critics says that he just beat a 147 lbs fighter here.
So there's a lot on this fight for Canelo, his legacy and on Crawford, to be one of the greatest for jumping 3 weight class because as we have said, no one ever did that before.
857  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: August 25, 2023, 08:03:44 PM
All right, so here is the reason why Devin and his dad wanted to move the fight date earlier. For me, it makes sense to move the date otherwise they will go head-to-head against Tyson Fury's fight against Francis Ngannou. I mean this fight is the better match-up but most likely only for the boxing hard cores. But it is still a bitch move not consulting Regis Prograis especially since he is the defending champion. They can move the fight to a later date like a week or 2 after the Fury-Ngannou and not before that.




The Tyson Fury fight is in the early afternoon so there really shouldn't be a scheduling conflict. We often see that when there is a big fight in Europe or the Middle East, promoters will still schedule events for later in the day in the United States. It would only be an issue if they also want to make Haney vs. Prograis a pay-per-view fight because people wouldn't want to spend on two different fights in the same day. Neither of these guys is popular enough for this fight to be worthy of being pay-per-view. Haney is just being a diva for whatever reason.

I actually understand why they wanted to move the date. But I think that is not actually necessary to be honest. I believe the Haney fight is going to be a good one anyway. And there is no reason for him to make such a fuss about changing the date.

Obviously, people are going to want to see the other fight. Tyson Fury versus Francis, those two are definitely much more popular. And also will be able to bring in a huge amount of money. Because we got the interest of two worlds, two sets of fans, in this fight.

I assume this fight is on pay-per-view as well. Devin Haney is paid millions of dollars per fight since his fight over Kambosos so I guess a million or two is not enough for him anymore. I remember when Eddie Hearn upon knowing Haney's promotional contract with Top Rank expired mentioned that he is becoming an expensive fighter and that he might not afford his services anymore. So it simply means that his fights are going to be on PPV.

Devin Haney is popular only to hardcore fans and while Prograis is a KO artist, he doesn't have a huge fanbase as well. Fury-Ngannou is a mismatch and is nowhere near the quality of Prograis-Haney but Fury has a huge fanbase and Ngannou might have the backing of the huge MMA community.

Yes, just to be fair with Haney, if he fights Prograis, he should be considered the A-side as he has been fighting good to great boxers and beating them. However, Prograis, may not ring a bell for casual fans, but if you check his record, he is a very good boxer as well and a KO artist and he almost beat the last unified 140 lbs champion in Josh Taylor.

And that's what make this fight exciting for us, a KO artist in Prograis and then Haney using his defense to his advantage and maybe beat Prograis with that kind of strategy and not allowing himself to get hit by the power of Regis here. But this should be at least fair for Regis to also get a good money in the purse split as he had the belt here.

Agree. So the A-side here is the challenger. I haven't fully watched the Taylor-Prograis unification fight but the stats are actually favoring Prograis slightly. Prograis keeps talking about wanting a rematch against Taylor or a fight with Ramirez yet he made the opposite move by refusing Top Rank's bigger offer and went to Matchroom.

I wonder if this fight is still a go. I hope this fight goes on. I want to see how Haney fares against a proven champion at 140 while I am also eager to see if Prograis still has it or if he is already declining as seen in his last fight.

I don't know why as well on why the rematch between Prograis and Taylor didn't materialized, or was there even a discussion about it? Anyway, if I'm correct, the later isn't having anymore of it as he might've though that his chapter against Prograis is already finish and there's nothing to prove anymore.

Now that Prograis is going to be challenged by an undisputed champion from 135, I bet he's thrilled by it specially after the fact that there are lots of fans thinking that he might lose this one because even if Haney is not a heavy hitter unlike like him, the unified champion got another asset that is quite difficult to approach.

It's because Taylor chasing that other belts as well, so he didn't get to rematch Regis, but fight Ramirez to get the last of the belts, thus declaring him the unified champion. Then take a break and then fought Catterall, supposedly easy fight for him, but it was the other way around as he almost lost that fight. So there were news of a rematch, then he got injured pulled it off (maybe a clear duck).
But then make the wrong move of fighting a fellow Top Rank fighter (Prograis as you have said goes to Matchroom, so the rematch is scratch), in Lopez and soundly beaten. So there are reports now that he wanted to move to 147 lbs in his next fight.
858  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Oleksandr Usyk VS Daniel Dubois For The Undisputed heavyweight champion on: August 25, 2023, 07:53:21 PM
Ok, I see some feed on my Twitter account, so everything is set between the two, both makes the HW but obviously Dubois is the heavier of the two.
Hoping for a Usyk win here, so that he can settle and fight Tyson Fury next for the undisputed belt. But let's see if the younger Daniel Dubois can upset Usyk and derail all that plan for a Saudi fight for Usyk vs Fury.
Much younger and has the power too, I haven't settled my bet yet between, but let's see.
859  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Strategies of Institutional Bitcoin Accumulation and Their Motivations on: August 25, 2023, 07:36:48 PM
Controlling most of the market by having a large portion of Bitcoin means that they have the power to be able to influence market prices so that they will benefit these institutions when their target price is reached, by selling them on the exchange to take profits.

On the contrary, if they can but bitcoin, thru OTC, maybe they can sell the same way, so that it won't have any influence on the price. Because if they sell thru exchanges and some noobs see their sell wall at certain price, it might create fear on them, thus they are also going to sell.

Big institutions have the same interest as retail, namely making a profit by owning Bitcoin either by buying it on the market or secretly from miners, and the more amount they have when the price is low, the greater the profit they will get when the price goes up, they focus on profit like most people who invest in Bitcoin. Bearish to buy and Bullish to take profit.

But here I will agree, everyone here is looking to make profits, whether average joes or this institutions. Obviously, ours can only create that much profit because of our capital. But this institutions are going to look for greater profits because they have invested a lot of money.
860  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Jerwin Ancajas vs Takuma Inoue - Nov 15 on: August 25, 2023, 03:10:10 PM
It's about time that Jerwin left the 115 lbs division as it is obvious that he has weight issues already that's why he has back to back loses. And it's good that he had a good tune up fight and won by a knockout.
And if I'm not mistaken, Takuma is not as good as Naoya in my opinion. So it's another good chance for Ancajas to become a world champion again. I don't think that fighting in Japan will be a issue for him. It's that he needs to prepare more here and show that he can still bring honor to his country with another win in the road against another Inoue.

I'll give this fight to Jerwin, Takuma is not a superior nor an invincible fighter like his brother Naoya but he still has a homecourt advantage because he is fighting in Japan, but knowing Ancajas he is a journeyman he should prepare for this fight the Philippines only few Filipino boxers are carrying the torch since Pacquiao retire from boxing.

You are right, if we see Takuma's fight against Ouballi, he lacks the power or at least he is way below the talent of his brother and even if it is in Japan, he was beaten soundly by Nordine.

He has a good chance of beating Takuma as Ancajas is still good his only 2 recent losses coms from Fernando Martinez and Martinez is way better than Takuma when it comes to power and aggressiveness, Ancajas for the record held the flyweight title for 6 years and I believe he still has what it takes to become a champion again.

And that is why this fight is very interesting, Ancajas is a former champion and has a good power. His lost to Martinez could be attributed to the fact that he can't make the 115 lbs (not excuse though, but fighters went to this hell as they have problems making weight, thus losing power and even their legs in a fight). So he is going up, so there will be no issues with his weight and so he could give Takuma a good fight and possible to win.

But seems the poll is divided amongst us.
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