What are your plans for MLK Day?

[carolinakid]

^^im a baddddd man and im pretty!!!!

 

[carolinakid]

 

[carolinakid]

 

[chuckythegoat2]

Chucky some say MLK fattened his roll betting Ali matches.

Makes sense. Guy was undefeated until he got to 29 yrs old:

Boxing career of Muhammad Ali - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Like most Hvy-wt boxers, Ali fought a lot of Tomato Cans.

 

[BobbyFK]

Kid did you bang her?

That’s really what we all want to know right now.

Word on the street is you get down on the Dancefloor like a black man. Kid you have moves that should have won best dancer award, but Bobby fukked it up.

I've never seen his dance moves so I couldn't judge properly

 

[KVB]

Kid did you bang her?

That’s really what we all want to know right now.

Word on the street is you get down on the Dancefloor like a black man. Kid you have moves that should have won best dancer award, but Bobby fukked it up.

Of course he did.

When they say CK floats like a butterfly they're talking about his dance moves.

And when they say he stings like a bee, well, you figure it out.

 

[jjgold]

He was a great man

A no doubter

 

[RRsilver]

Wow-wow, now that is a woman.

When MLK said "rise-up"...I think that's what he was talkin' about.

He could have meant this when he said "I have a dream"

 

[chuckythegoat2]

Chucky some say MLK fattened his roll betting Ali matches.

Read this on WIKI. Re: 1st Ali/Liston fight, where Ali was a +700 dog:

Liston trained minimally for the bout, convinced that he would dispose of Clay within the first two rounds. He typically ran just one mile a day instead of his usual five, reportedly ate hot dogs and drank beer, and was rumored to have been furnished with prostitutes in training camp.

*Maybe MLK sent pros to Liston to slow him down??

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Read this on WIKI. Re: 1st Ali/Liston fight, where Ali was a +700 dog:

Liston trained minimally for the bout, convinced that he would dispose of Clay within the first two rounds. He typically ran just one mile a day instead of his usual five, reportedly ate hot dogs and drank beer, and was rumored to have been furnished with prostitutes in training camp.

*Maybe MLK sent pros to Liston to slow him down??

What a life Liston was living.

 

[RRsilver]

What a life Liston was living.

Great training schedule! Drinking Beer, eating, hotdogs, and all the pootang you can handle! Boxing what a great sport.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Great training schedule! Drinking Beer, eating, hotdogs, and all the pootang you can handle! Boxing what a great sport.

That’s probably also how Tyson trained for Buster Douglas.

 

[chuckythegoat2]

That’s probably also how Tyson trained for Buster Douglas.

One of the great upsets in sportsbook history. Supposedly 37/1 or higher.

Very few tickets written, if I recall. Who was insane to bet that dog?

Based on the writeup, the writers thought Clay was vulnerable. +700, but they believed he would be handled by Liston.

Even after Clay won the first fight, Clay was still +260 in the 2nd fight (as the champion)!

 

[RRsilver]

What was odds on Leon Spinks 1 title defense.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

One of the great upsets in sportsbook history. Supposedly 37/1 or higher.

Very few tickets written, if I recall. Who was insane to bet that dog?

Based on the writeup, the writers thought Clay was vulnerable. +700, but they believed he would be handled by Liston.

Even after Clay won the first fight, Clay was still +260 in the 2nd fight (as the champion)!

I wonder what Liston’s meal plan was while training for fight # two?

Also, less hookers or nah?

 

[chuckythegoat2]

What was odds on Leon Spinks 1 title defense.

Here's what my research says:

*Spinks +400 in first matchup. Wins as Dog.
...But Ali was old, not a shocking result.

*In rematch, Spinks was +250. Ali wins.
...Ali got into better shape.
...I'm surprised it wasn't closer to pk-em.

Jimmy the Greek quote:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/04/11/the-greek-rates-ali-as-favorite/dc5ee256-4b76-475a-a99b-f42903390219/

 

[chuckythegoat2]

I wonder what Liston’s meal plan was while training for fight # two?

Also, less hookers or nah?

Would love to know. Let's hear some stories.

 

[chuckythegoat2]

What was odds on Leon Spinks 1 title defense.

Silver, appreciate your posts. Very interesting.

Middle-wt from the 1980s had to be the most competitive division. Would be interesting to see what Odds were for some of those fights. Those guys were seemingly on the same plane and vulnerable to loss every time.

I know Duran was a slight dog in the first fight vs Leonard. According to my research:

Leonard was 9-5 in the first and still 3-2 fave in the second.

So, I'm going to say that Duran was about +160 in the 1st fight and +130 in the 2nd fight.
...The Leonard-Duran series always confused me. Leonard LOOKED so much better to me, I never thought he would lose to Duran BUT HE DID.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Happy MLK day.


Lots of basketball games today.

 

[chuckythegoat2]

Happy MLK day.

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Lots of basketball games today.

Whoa. Full respect Dr King. Fair to say that you changed America for the better.

Diggity, does he literally have her chained down?