Sports thread: Everything sport related here.

[Quickie]

Power is one thing. Skill is another.

Both is important. In boxing, especially in heavyweight, you can be winning by points and then suddenly a powerful punch come out of nowhere and you're down on the mat. Also, a smaller fighter of a lower weight division can be more skillful than a a fighter of a higher weight division but he may still have only an even chance of actually winning. That is unless the judges play dirty and only count the score by the number of hits and not the power of the punch.

 

[broadsword]

Two of his fights went the distance and his opponents were not even in the top 100. They were potato bags. A skillful fighter does not allow his opponents to hit him the way they did and does not back off the way he did.

In boxing, you cannot count on a puncher's chance to win a fight, unlike MMA, unless both are closely matched. Tyson and the Klitchko brothers spent years honing their skill starting from the teens.

 

[Quickie]

Two of his fights went the distance and his opponents were not even in the top 100. They were potato bags. A skillful fighter does not allow his opponents to hit him the way they did and does not back off the way he did.

In boxing, you cannot count on a puncher's chance to win a fight, unlike MMA, unless both are closely matched. Tyson and the Klitchko brothers spent years honing their skill starting from the teens.

Not saying he doesn't need to improve some of his skills, and the 2 fights went the distance because it was only a four round fight. In one of the fight, his opponent was knocked down twice. And then in the other fight, when Taishan was about to knock his opponent out, the referee stopped the fight for no reason than asking his opponent whether he is okay?!

Check out 12:30.

 

[broadsword]

You should watch all his fights and see if he has made enough progress to take on the top 20. He is still a work in progress, a lot of work.

 

[Quickie]

You should watch all his fights and see if he has made enough progress to take on the top 20. He is still a work in progress, a lot of work.

I watched all of them. I think he is progressing pretty good.

 

[broadsword]

Wait till he is matched against a top 20 fighter before assessing his chances against Tyson or Wladimir or any of the top 10 US fighters.

 

[Equation]

Dang it Army lost to Navy for the 14th straight time! But their football uniforms looks good though at least.

 

[bd popeye]

My favorite NFL team is very close to moving to Los Angeles. that would be the San Diego Chargers.

I've been a Charger fan since 1978..back in the Air Coryell/Dan Fouts era. And now looks like they will be moving to the LA area..

So sad. Well I won't shed a tear. I've maintained my loyalty to da' Bolts even though I've lived in Iowa for the last 11+ years. Life goes on.

I have all my Chargers gear stacked and ready for that fateful trip to the Goodwill as soon as the move to LA is announced. My inventory includes;

1 Winter Charger Jacket
1 Lightweight Charger Jacket
1 Charger zip-up hoodie.
1 Charger team apparel shirt
1 Charger lunch box
3 Charger coffee thermos's
1 Charger Blanket
1 Charger pillow
1 4ft x 2.5ft Charger flag

Yep that's right a flag...

I have a cap I bought in the mall of America back in '07 but it is to beat down to give away. In the trash it will go.

The interesting thing that is all this gear were gifts from my sons and step-daughters for birthdays and Christmas. and I appreciate those gifts. They have served their pourpose.

 

[Jeff Head]

My favorite NFL team is very close to moving to Los Angeles. that would be the San Diego Chargers.

I've been a Charger fan since 1978..back in the Air Coryell/Dan Fouts era. And now looks like they will be moving to the LA area..

So sad. Well I won't shed a tear. I've maintained my loyalty to da' Bolts even though I've lived in Iowa for the last 11+ years. Life goes on.

I have all my Chargers gear stacked and ready for that fateful trip to the Goodwill as soon as the move to LA is announced.

The interesting thing that is all this gear were gifts from my sons and step-daughters for birthdays and Christmas. and I appreciate those gifts. They have served their pourpose.

Hehehe...well, despite their problems, I am still a Cowboys fan.

I was a young kid when the franchise started. At the time Dallas had two teams. The Dallas Cowboys, and the Dallas Texans (AFL).

The Texans later left and became the Kansas City Chiefs. But the Dallas Cowboys were always my team...Tom Landry, "Tex" Schram, Dandy Don Meredith, "Bullet" Bob Hays, Leroy Jordan in the 60s, ...oh, those were the days! Those two Green Bay games (who can forget the Ice Bowl?), and the Pittsburg games in the 70s and the immaculate reception!

Then the heady days in the 90s with three super bowl victories in four years. Troy Aikman, Emmett Smith...trouncing poor old Buffalo twice...my, my, my, how time does fly!

 

[Equation]

My favorite NFL team is very close to moving to Los Angeles. that would be the San Diego Chargers.

I've been a Charger fan since 1978..back in the Air Coryell/Dan Fouts era. And now looks like they will be moving to the LA area..

So sad. Well I won't shed a tear. I've maintained my loyalty to da' Bolts even though I've lived in Iowa for the last 11+ years. Life goes on.

I have all my Chargers gear stacked and ready for that fateful trip to the Goodwill as soon as the move to LA is announced. My inventory includes;

1 Winter Charger Jacket
1 Lightweight Charger Jacket
1 Charger zip-up hoodie.
1 Charger team apparel shirt
1 Charger lunch box
3 Charger coffee thermos's
1 Charger Blanket
1 Charger pillow
1 4ft x 2.5ft Charger flag

Yep that's right a flag...

I have a cap I bought in the mall of America back in '07 but it is to beat down to give away. In the trash it will go.

The interesting thing that is all this gear were gifts from my sons and step-daughters for birthdays and Christmas. and I appreciate those gifts. They have served their pourpose.

Looks like your team is safe..for now. It's the RAMS that is moving back to LA!

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