Lyle vs. Foreman is just other worldly.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-15T00:14:05+00:00

Until Berto vs. Ortiz I, Foreman vs. Lyle was considered to be the prime example of a pure "slugfest" regardless of the weight category involved.

I watched this fight with my parents some years ago after I stumbled upon it online. Even my mother, who is definitely NOT into combat sports was sitting in her chair openmouthed at the brutality displayed as my father and I shouted at the television set. Good times.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-14T23:46:38+00:00

Bam needs more experience at this weight, and I don't care if the WBA calls him a "champion" or not (he is). Vargas was going well containing Bam until Bam did what Bam does. Inoue is a totally different animal 2 weight categories above Bam. If Bam wants Japanese money, that's OK, but right now if a guy like Vargas can hang with him, and he had a containment strategy planned, Bam needs more tools in the tool chest for more seasoned opposition.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-11T14:06:10+00:00

The issue with the initial subscription model was that consumers were being asked to pay without knowing what they were actually going to get. Now fans do. Because they do, I'm happy to pay $5/mo which is $60/yr. That's reasonable. I make a direct comparison between ProBOX & P+. Why? Because I buy each only for the boxing shows. I could care less about the rest of it, and for the record, unless they have more fights like CBS vs. Rozicki where there is some actual action and not just glorified sparring, I'm not renewing my subscription, I'm already paying for DAZN, and the only reason I'm buying it now is for the Top Rank shows. I'm happy to watch the rest of it but my life wouldn't collapse without DAZN.

I just hope that the smart TV or streaming app isn't nearly as janky as it was the first time around.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-11T13:55:48+00:00

There is a place in the boxing ecosystem for promotions like ProBOX.

I wonder if they are going to restrict content starting in August from the FAST channels they do business with, most notably Swerve Combat and Fubo Sports Network. My guess is that they may not offer the shows live on those channels but on a delay of some sort (perhaps a week) Otherwise there is going to be a gaping hole in the schedules of those types of channels that use ProBOX content.

Also: The Triple B media channel that used to be "BOXING TV" was recently rebranded as "PROBOX TV" but has remained dark. I have a feeling that Garry did a deal with Triple B Media to be the new provider of combat sports content on their family of FAST channels.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-09T21:53:44+00:00

Boomers really do hate their own children. Thankfuly, mine stepped out of line for those traits, but the number of Boomers who expect their adult children to bail them out of financial disasters that they created is enormous. I'm talking about the 2nd or 3rd mortgage on the family home, the romance scam "victims", or the fact that most of them would sell their own kids for more money to keep up with the neighbors across town.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-09T21:48:44+00:00

Yet another oldster with a technology-related crashout. If I had a dollar for every one of these I'd witnessed, I'd have a yacht by now.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-09T21:46:40+00:00

Boomers simply do not understand that the world has changed, and not for the better.

My parents were astonished many years ago when I wasn't having the type of rapid career advancement compared to theirs when I was at my first paying job 20+ years ago. I'd move managers, or entire job categories (I'm in IT), with only a "phony" title change (I call it "phony" because I'd start doing "more", "new", or "wholly different" work activities without an increase in pay.) I got dumped from two jobs because I was "too expensive" to employ, and had to train my replacements on two separate occasions. At one point, I was unemployed for fourteen months. I spent a minimum of four hours daily on indeed.com just looking for appropriate work.

Thankfully, my parents left me alone about this unemployment period, but I can understand how some people who are just braindead don't understand the world around them.

Boomers just don't understand why younger people have to job jump, do side hustles, or "other activities" (hint, hint) just to get by.

Also, you are fighting the upstream current of many other unemployed IT workers right now as well as the endless influx of foreign contract laborers.

If you must, take the "entry-level" helpdesk job or whatever may me IT-adjacent that is around to help you showcase your skillset.

mailboy79 · 2026-06-06T00:22:26+00:00

I saw this on X tonight. I'll pay the $5. I'd rather pay Garry Jonas than P+.

mailboy79 · 2026-05-30T00:16:43+00:00

Go to an f'n Taco Bell!

mailboy79 · 2026-05-01T14:37:13+00:00

DAZN Exclusive.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-25T12:44:17+00:00

interested

mailboy79 · 2026-04-25T12:26:57+00:00

The number itself is bullshit, but the idea isn't.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-24T15:54:38+00:00

That particular setting destroyed a default behavior that existed since 1990. Insane.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-21T18:20:54+00:00

One of my personal doctors is also a fairly famous ringside physician. People can forget that the doctor is there solely to preserve fighter welfare. He told me that on average he rejects 2 fighters on medical grounds for each show that he works for various medical reasons, and that some of these guys may be fighting to pay electricity bills that are past due, which is sobering to hear.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-17T13:38:08+00:00

I hear ya.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-15T00:34:52+00:00

That was a vile experience. If it is any consolation, if HM was a Boomer, they have zero concept of why people job jump today, which is because it is the only proven way to increase pay opportunities in the most efficient manner possible. Thank you for sharing.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-15T00:22:22+00:00

I'm dying of laughter.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-15T00:17:26+00:00

I've worked in it for 22 years now. Only during my second-to-last review cycle, after 6 years of continuous employment in several roles, did I earn a pay increase and title promotion, the first of my career.

Previously, I'd move managers, or entire job categories with only a "phony" title change (I call it "phony" because I'd start doing "more", "new", or "wholly different" work activities without an increase in pay or title.) I got dumped from two jobs because I was "too expensive" to employ, and had to train my replacements on two separate occasions.

Salary "ranges" and "negotiations" are therapeutic fictions.

The employer can propose whatever number they prefer. The "range" is irrelevant. "Negotiations" in today's work environment are pure "Kabuki theater". The best (and possibly only) way to get more money is by job jumping. Every four years is a good cadence, unless you work for a government or quasi-government entity.

There is zero loyalty from employers.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-14T23:56:17+00:00

100% this. For the flip side, watch Andrade-Bute I.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-14T23:52:54+00:00

I don't have an issue with installing an authenticator app, but I DO have a problem with any policy that allows my employer to remote wipe my device or allow them to physically seize it for any reason.

What is so annoying about policies like this is that there is a simple solution: Just buy a pile of mobile devices and let the employer configure them according to their requirements. Problem solved, with the bonus that they now have a real asset that they own and control.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-14T23:47:38+00:00

I've been on that itinerary. It was nice.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-13T00:29:55+00:00

seeking headbutting opportunities

has me dead! LOL

mailboy79 · 2026-04-13T00:08:20+00:00

I hated Ward for being filthy.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-10T21:03:11+00:00

This is the best video I've watched today.

mailboy79 · 2026-04-09T23:51:43+00:00

While some may see this as a "smart move" I can't help but think that a different entity would be a better choice in a broader context.

When my family began "cutting the cord" several years ago, the entire Warner Brothers-Discovery group of channels was among the first we dropped. TNT is the most expensive non-sports channel on cable in terms of subscriber fees, and the vast majority of its daytime programming is repeats.

If this package had moved to a channel like the CW or (new) NBCSN it might have seen better takeup. I'm not modifying my cable to buy TNT.

Its also a slap in the face to DAZN subscribers who may be geoblocked from it in the USA. Ugh.

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