Is it possible to find those things out without constantly referring to one fighter as “a child” with “no record”?
It sure is!
Even you can probably see that there is some rhetoric involved.
I already said anyone younger than me is a kid. I stand by that.
Ditto, “no record.” Yes, you’ve said a million times his record is 9-1. But what’s that a record of and against whom?
C’mon, man, you’re just being obtuse for some reason.
Chalk it up to I’m a guy in his forties who really doesn’t much care for the “influencer” “youtuber” “lifestyle” if you like, but at least defend your cause célèbre. It’s not like this is the Dreyfus case of the ages…some kid wants to make money by doing a show with a bigger kid. Tyson steps up and says, Marlon Brando-like, “Yeah, sure.”
It’s amusing, but it’s not going to be the fight of the century, no matter what the panel’s decision is.
I am not a “kid”.
OK, then you’re older than me.
Congratulations.
I hope to live a bit longer myself, but the player can get the 9 in on the break, if the balls spread right, and win.
Which is to say, that luck plays a part in nine-ball.
What’s your take on the topic at hand? I DGAF about the littler Paul, I just want to know more about the line odds, and possibly a reasonable prediction of this “exhibition” or whatever.
It was the only possible betting result.
And yet you go out of your way, every time you mention him, to call him small, little, childlike, weak, and so forth.
I’ll clarify for anyone not familiar with that earlier fight. Since it was an exhibition it was agreed beforehand that there would be no judges and neither were declared the winner. There was no scoring. It was not possible to bet on a winner or loser because there was no chance a winner would be declared.
Not even in the event of a knockout or TKO?
The fight could be stopped by the referee but no winner was to be declared.
OK, fine, the smaller Paul is a mighty oak and is a force to be reckoned with!
The bigger Paul sort of demonstrated some skill in his own exhibition match against Floyd. He did good, within the parameters of the show.
Perhaps the other Paul will as well.
I just want to know more about the exhibition (or whatever it is) or some informed, canny opinions.
So, spill it! What do you know that I don’t? And is it worth knowing.
(And, no, sigh, the correct response is not “I know that ColdB is a raging douchebag”). Ex falso quodlibet, sure, but that could also be true.
You know damned well what I mean. Where’s the beef! I want some meat on these bones of an exhibition match, and all we got is chicken bones yet!
That’s not the point. The point is your continued insistence on infantilizing a nearly-30-year-old man for the crime of being younger than you as if the number of his birth year makes him inherently inferior to you.
But this is becoming a hijack so I’ll say no more in this thread.
Well that’s good!
The younger Paul and the bigger Paul are well worth their own thread.
As I said earlier, or rather quoted from a modern classic film, some people do indeed consider people younger than them to be “kids.”
Pretty sure we all were “kids” at one point. It’s Zeno’s Kids.
Relax, man! None of us olds are coming out to snatch your belts! I couldn’t if I tried, probably.
Basically, don’t use the odds the bookmakers set to figure out who’s more likely to win.
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ignore
Hands down the best, most appropriate response to this “fight”.
Sanctioned, no head gear, 2 minute rounds, 14 oz gloves.
That makes a big difference. Tyson will feel like he has something to prove. A loss would be an embarrassment. Now it’s a matter of if he has the stamina.
The top comment on the reddit thread had me lol:
Dear God. It’s me. I don’t ask for much, but if you could find your way to have Mike Tyson knock the ever living shit out of Jake Paul, I won’t ask for anything for my birthday or Christmas. Have it done in the first round, and I’ll quit porn. For a month.
https://old.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/1cg3f74/tyson_vs_paul_will_be_sanctioned_pro_fight/
Quit porn for a month? Ok, but only if Paul’s mouthpiece flies out when the knockout blow is laid.
Usually, the line is driven by the betting - more accurately, by whoever is setting the odds noticing there is a significant mismatch in money going to one side over the other, and wanting to balance it so the loss won’t be as great if the side with the heavy betting wins.