Comments Thread For: Ranking Jake Paul's 10 best replacements for Gervonta Davis

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

Are you sure about that? I thought the three strikes law only applied to felony convictions. Louisiana's pot law considered possession of 14 grams or more a felony. If the guy got a felony conviction for one joint, it must have really been a fatty!

• Fate Winslow: Winslow was sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for selling $20 worth of marijuana (two "dime bags") to an undercover officer while he was homeless. Due to three prior nonviolent convictions, he was subject to the state's stringent "four strikes" law. With the help of the Innocence Project New Orleans, his sentence was vacated, and he was released in December 2020 after serving 12 years.
• Kevin O'Brien Allen: Allen was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for selling $20 worth of marijuana to a confidential informant. This sentence was imposed because of his history of prior drug convictions. In 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated his life sentence as unconstitutionally excessive, but it was replaced by an appeals court with a 35-year sentence, which he is currently serving.
• Bernard Noble: Noble was arrested in 2010 for possession of about two joints' worth of marijuana (2.8 grams) and sentenced to 13 ⅓ years of hard labor without parole under the habitual offender law. His case also drew national attention, and his sentence was later reduced, leading to his release on parole in April 2018 after serving seven years.
• Derek Harris: An Army veteran who received a life sentence without parole for selling $30 worth of marijuana. His life sentence was reduced in August 2020, leading to his release.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

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You are right , that would have had to be a humongous joint , the kind that could win a Weed Olympics.

[Smash]

jake has been perfect in his boxing career so far apart from that little blip when he took on the reality tv star tommy fury so he should really stay away from reality tv stars in that case

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• Fate Winslow: Winslow was sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for selling $20 worth of marijuana (two "dime bags") to an undercover officer while he was homeless. Due to three prior nonviolent convictions, he was subject to the state's stringent "four strikes" law. With the help of the Innocence Project New Orleans, his sentence was vacated, and he was released in December 2020 after serving 12 years.
• Kevin O'Brien Allen: Allen was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for selling $20 worth of marijuana to a confidential informant. This sentence was imposed because of his history of prior drug convictions. In 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated his life sentence as unconstitutionally excessive, but it was replaced by an appeals court with a 35-year sentence, which he is currently serving.
• Bernard Noble: Noble was arrested in 2010 for possession of about two joints' worth of marijuana (2.8 grams) and sentenced to 13 ⅓ years of hard labor without parole under the habitual offender law. His case also drew national attention, and his sentence was later reduced, leading to his release on parole in April 2018 after serving seven years.
• Derek Harris: An Army veteran who received a life sentence without parole for selling $30 worth of marijuana. His life sentence was reduced in August 2020, leading to his release.

Damn! They can all thank Bill "read my lips" Clinton for that stringent policy.

[ELPacman]

Bring back Baby JOOOOOOEEEEEE MEEEEESSSSIIIII!!!

[Smash]

• Kevin O'Brien Allen: Allen was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for selling $20 worth of marijuana to a confidential informant. This sentence was imposed because of his history of prior drug convictions. In 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated his life sentence as unconstitutionally excessive, but it was replaced by an appeals court with a 35-year sentence, which he is currently serving.

had a bit of a read about this one

Seems like he did this at trial

"He was charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana, in violation of La. R.S. 40:966(A). Prior to trial, Allen declined the state’s plea offer of five years at hard labor on each count, to run concurrently, and the state’s agreementnottofile habitual offender charges"

https://law.justia.com/cases/louisia...50-869-ka.html

OUCH if true

[Oregonian]

Until the Turki begins flexing his power
Then the sh/t will hit the fan

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Until then, but for now, almost all of what we've seen tells us that we should give him the benefit of doubt. Isn't that what we do with our politicians too until they fark things up?

[MulaKO]

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Until then, but for now, almost all of what we've seen tells us that we should give him the benefit of doubt. Isn't that what we do with our politicians too until they fark things up?

Trying to abolish the Ali Act is not a sign of flexing his power ???
The fact he has gone back on his word about PPV is not enough??? ( having shares in Dazn on top of it all )

You tell me

Lmfao but smfh

[Oregonian]

Trying to abolish the Ali Act is not a sign of flexing his power ???
The fact he has gone back on his word about PPV is not enough??? ( having shares in Dazn on top of it all )

You tell me

Lmfao but smfh

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I forgot about the Ali Act - No bueno. My guess for it is that Turki is thinking that he's paying top dollar to stage fights in Saudi so since he's not really scamming boxers, there is no need for the Ali Act. I'm guessing that is so but still, I think in the long run what he's looking to do is monopolize boxing under his entity. Again, No bueno.

As for the PPV model that he's criticizing, I don't necessarily disagree with him. PPV events are way too expensive and he wants to cap it at $20 while partnering with a streaming service (DAZN) where people pay a subscription. I have no issues with that unless I am understanding it incorrectly. Isn't that what he wants to do?

For me, so far, Turki has been a million times better than Don King or PBC or even Golden Boy. Don King is kaput so he doesn't matter, however PBC and Golden Boy have been holding their belts hostage for years so Turki upending their operations and shenanigans is a warm welcome. More important, it seems most boxers are getting (over)paid by Turk so they are happy.

[MulaKO]

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Until then, but for now, almost all of what we've seen tells us that we should give him the benefit of doubt. Isn't that what we do with our politicians too until they fark things up?

First Lie : No PPV
Second Lie : abolishing the Ali act to monopolize boxing

That's two strikes in my book and I won’t even begin with his shady dealings ( Dazn )

I can smell out a snake in the grass and everything points to Snake