Chess Proverbs Fit The Sport of Boxing

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Most recently, I had a chance to collect some pearls about Chess from Chess players and found how often these proverbs fit the sport of boxing.

Chess proverb one: “There is no such thing as a certain answer in chess, also there no such thing as the best move.”

How true is that in boxing? Most pundits, including yours truly, predicted Spinks to defeat Judah. Not only did Judah win but he also knocked Spinks out. Nor was this the first time the unexpected happened in boxing. In the De La Hoya-Hopkins fight, De La Hoya came out swinging and unleashing his lethal combinations but to no avail. Hopkins outsmarted both the pundits and De La Hoya.
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Chess proverb one: “There is no such thing as a certain answer in chess, also there no such thing as the best move.”

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In the De La Hoya-Hopkins fight, De La Hoya came out swinging and unleashing his lethal combinations but to no avail. Hopkins outsmarted both the pundits and De La Hoya.
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DLH lethal combinations at 160? (155 or whatever it was)
lethal against hopkins?

lethal is a synonym of deadly, according to merriam-webster.

Doesn't that smell of stoppage? Did any pundit predict a DLH ko win? I don't think so. Did ANYONE predict this outcome or did anyone even think of dlh "lethal" combos when breaking down the fight?

The only surprise was dlh being stopped (moreover, by a bodyshot) not his loss, all articles and most posts I read pro-DLH stated that if he brought his A game, fought a perfect fight and/or hopkins shows some signs of aging, dlh might have pulled the upset. all those ifs don't make for a very sure prediction.

Just the fact that everyone was considering dlh winning an upset tells the story

Also, I don't see any logic link between the proverb and the dlh-hop story, maybe the reason is that english is not my first language, maybe that I don't have a phd, maybe that there is none

this masterpiece by tom donelson the worst paragraph I have read on the website in a long time... if anyone remembers zabkillspinks posts, well I think this is worse