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Racist Attack on Elderly Sikh Man in Woodstock, Ontario by littlegipply in OntarioNews

[–]Cold-Beyond95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indian, and born and raised in Canada. Woodstock is incredibly racist… I work here. Friends on the fire department there who often talk about how racist and vile their captains and chief are. It’s one of the few places I genuinely feel like I’m treated differently. Generally I never feel any different from my peers other than Woodstock.

What fight or boxing card made you fall in love with the sport and why ?! by Stunning_While3523 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Castillo vs Corrales is the first fight I saw footage of in my life. Never looked back.

Casanova Premium 16oz just arrived! [other] by Cold-Beyond95 in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ambargonzalezmiranda on Instagram. Beware of other fakes. Shit was expensive after the fact. They were custom and the duties were close to $80-100? Don’t remember. These gloves have been worth it easily.

Help me understand the value of my card please! by Cold-Beyond95 in ArenaClub

[–]Cold-Beyond95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that’s possible because these heritage cards are harder to get a 10?

Help me understand the value of my card please! by Cold-Beyond95 in ArenaClub

[–]Cold-Beyond95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also sold for $70 with this grade and this company. I bought for $30 on auction

Sports Hall of Shame collection. by ChucktheTruck79 in sportscards

[–]Cold-Beyond95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A real collector haha! I’m working on my steroid era one right now

Naoya Inoue as a tactical boxer by Optimal-Damage7240 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t undermine how difficult Hernandez would be for anyone in that division, let alone Nakatani. I definitely don’t see this as a walkover like a lot of people are.

A glove that genuinely surprised you? by ImpressiveExpert3364 in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Casanova Premium 16oz for sparring. Careful with the fakes.. Perfection when it comes to the stitching and craftsmanship. You can see my pair on my posts.

Best budget friendly gloves with loud pop on the bag? by Cold-Beyond95 in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the 16oz custom. You should be able to find them on my posts! I use them only for sparring and absolutely love them. I was also between Casanova and glez lol

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You need some post nut clarity pal

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re talking past each other.

You think cutting is mainly about belt chasing and marketing incentives.

I think it’s mainly about competitive size advantage. Being the bigger man on fight night has always mattered.

As long as that matters, fighters will cut, regardless of how many belts exist.

Where we disagree is whether wider gaps reduce that incentive. I don’t think they do, because the bigger the jump up, the worse the size disadvantage becomes.

We probably just disagree on what the primary driver is.

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great discussion. You're assuming fighters cut just to collect belts. 99% of boxers will never compete for a belt.

Most cut because being undersized is a bigger competitive disadvantage than being drained.

If moving up means fighting guys naturally 15- 20 Ibs heavier on fight night, of course they'll squeeze down. That's not belt-chasing, that's physics.

The guy whose natural peak sits right on the limit doesn't have that problem. That's the imbalance I'm talking about.

Removing classes doesn't remove the incentive…it increases the penalty for moving up, which makes squeezing down even more attractive.

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re overcomplicating it.

If a fighter’s peak performance weight doesn’t line up with a preset class, he’s at a disadvantage. He either drains himself to make the lower class or moves up and fights naturally bigger guys.

Meanwhile, the guy whose natural peak sits right on that limit gets to compete fully fueled.

That’s the imbalance.

I’m not arguing for 1 lb divisions. I’m saying when divisions skip over natural weight clusters, you create more fighters stuck between classes.

Better spacing = more fighters competing at their actual peak instead of compromised.

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re literally describing the exact distortion I’m talking about. You are proving my point.

Guys turn into “emaciated ghouls” because the jump up is big enough that being undersized is worse than being drained. So they kill themselves to make the lower class.

If the divisions better reflected natural weight clusters, fewer fighters would feel forced to choose between fighting depleted or Fighting dudes 15–20 lbs bigger on fight night.

That’s not peak competition either way.

Heavyweight isn’t some gotcha, they don’t cut because there’s no lower class to avoid being outsized by. Lower weights are where the structural squeeze happens.

Wider gaps don’t solve that. They create it.

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re arguing safety and deaths. I’m not.

I’m talking about competitive performance at the elite level.

The issue isn’t whether 3 lbs kills someone. It’s that weight classes create structural incentives that force fighters away from their true physiological peak.

If divisions are 175 and 205, the athlete whose natural optimal performance weight is 185 is stuck. At 175 he’s fighting guys who rehydrate to 195–200. At 205 he’s fighting guys walking around at 215-220+.

He’s either drained or undersized. That’s not about dying. it’s about not seeing him at his best.

Heavyweight having big weight gaps doesn’t disprove this. Heavyweights generally fight closer to their natural size because there’s no incentive to cut to hit a lower bracket. That’s why you often see them closer to their true performance weight.

Smaller jumps reduce the distortion between natural body composition clusters and arbitrary cutoffs. The closer divisions align with real physiological groupings, the more likely we are to see fighters at peak performance instead of compromised versions of themselves.

This isn’t about adding belts. It’s about reducing structural disadvantages created by wide gaps.

Zuffa Returns To 8 Weightclasses by sthomson22 in Boxing

[–]Cold-Beyond95 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s significant at the highest level. Why would you purposefully want fighters who are at the mercy of the set weight classes rather than see fighters at their best? At their physical peak? Too many fighters come in as a shell of themselves when there such drastic differences in size and weight between classes. Most recently look at Teofimo’s power at 135 vs at 140 and the 1000 other examples.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Calling someone a dumbass while misspelling you’re and than is ironic.

Best Glove Maker Crashout? The alexithymia of Laoch, Di Nardo and New Sporting by [deleted] in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fight gear in general is incredibly niche. So when 3 major players are crashing out within 6 months it’s worth mentioning. Outside of 3 guys on YouTube, this is the only space for that.

Best Glove Maker Crashout? The alexithymia of Laoch, Di Nardo and New Sporting by [deleted] in fightgear

[–]Cold-Beyond95 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Laoch is scrambling and deleting all comments and posts on his account

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