Let us call the Haney Ryan fight what it is, then it might sell!

[billeau2]

I don't know. It does depend to a degree on your confirmation signal. As far as I can tell there are two phases for a confirmed change in a new epistemology. The first is the actual theoretical that can be consistently produced under scientific conditions. The second is when the technology commands...

[billeau2]

I Don't understand your criticism about many factors. I addressed the point as I understood it and ignoring other factors was not an issue.

Yes Haney can hydrate to a very high weight. That's a factor. Being big for the weight definitely improves punching ability. Garcia speaks unpredictably...

[billeau2]

I think Eff Panda is right to be concerned about government reach. it is a sane step for people to clarify what "grooming" is here. With that said, I think if government was really about stepping in and helping people, it would be a logical step to put a cabash on body alterations until an...

[billeau2]

Good point about cost.

This is what marketeers discovered about 1980's or so, about teen market share. Teens are natural influencers who can control income much the way a smart women controls her husband, indirectly through influencing the bread winner... Those little girls whom, as you...

[billeau2]

No, not ONE factor, just one factor out of many. I never meant to imply exclusivity. You really think one cannot take it for granted that a fight has certain basic elements that are marketed? I am talking about one avenue that can be exploited to generate the interest that seems to hold the attention...

[billeau2]

good points let's look at them,

1. Yes, Ryan has a large following.
2. I also "do not know" if people have that interest. I am going on past fights of this nature. People like a spectacle and marketing a spectacle has been a successful selling strategy. Look at all the press...

[billeau2]

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I don't see the disagreement here. You contradict yourself (the bolded) and I agree that all these themes sell. Hope is another one which I mentioned....

[billeau2]

Schadenfreude. The delight one takes in watching the misfortune of others. A train wreck being an analogy used to describe the process of someone coming apart. So people buying the fight to watch Ryan self destruct in the ring... Hope this makes the point more clear....

[billeau2]

There is much irony here... If Ryan breaks apart, people will anxiously get behind efforts to redeem himself. Ryan is a handsome kid, people are sensitive to mental health issues... I know I know the context is off lol, but Ryan actually stands to be in a win win here. if he fights well, he is in the...

[billeau2]

Jesus Christ almighty... Did you watch the fight? I don't care what one thinks about Fury. When teaching a fighter, why amatuer training breeds such bad habits, and what a professional fighter needs to master skill wise, when it comes to feints, timing, using the back foot, this fight is a master class....

[billeau2]

lets keep things really wholly hypothetical here. I don't realistically expect certain scenarios for this fight, but... If they should happen then I believe the reactions that would follow would tell us for the present popular opinion. The caveat here: History would ultimately change this scenario when...

[billeau2]

Part of boxing appeal has always been the potential for danger. Hidden alongside the craft, the excellence on display watching the greatest fighters has been the shadows... Would Max Bauer kill James Braddock? Would Tyson unhinge Golota? And when things happened of the sort it attracted press. Many...

[billeau2]

It should be advertised like the Tyson Golota fight, as a train wreck... Get your seats close to the action! as you can smell the diesel fuel, smoking twisted metal, hear the screams! As Ryan goes off the rails....

[billeau2]

Its perspective... I mean in the middle weight classes, where you have guys with professional athlete like strength and speed, at a weight most human's weigh in at... Including China and India with Billions of people, you have to endure getting punched in the face, when most would say, "I think...

[billeau2]

Well, lets deal with a few uncomfortable issues that poison the pond and give an indication of people who are abusing their power, before we deal with her responsibility per se. I noticed two judges, this judge and the judge in Bankman's case, deciding HOW a person should be, and what remorse should...

[billeau2]

To see where these concepts can go, consider the Greek fable demonstrating the power of compounding: Great King seeks to reward a slave who helped him, offers him riches, the slave, a smart lad tells the King "Oh please, all I desire is, take a penny for a month, simply give me the squared sum...

[billeau2]

The Devil is in the details... Any type of dynamic response to the environment based, on at least partial, learned response indicates potential that is practically infinite. We don't want to call a system that learns "behavior" but from a strict Behavorism perspective, it is learning. Skinner...

[billeau2]

Yawn... You know... your trump card is: even though you are an idiot, you can at times be entertaining, and even occasionally post something of value (rarely) but you should be able to divine that this line of insult has no effect... Making you less entertaining in all your idiocy, just be aware lol....

[billeau2]

Your post is like a carny act. Feed the queen bee and listen to the nonsense and laugh. I can't believe you actually believe this. Some sports allow for cross pollination for example I think wilt the stilt could take out the entire Jamaican bobsledding team. When we going to put those big boy pants...

[billeau2]

I want to challenge some of them more creative members... I want a thread that includes gender politics, political persuasion, Marciano, and information about authors of the past identifying as being gay. Who thinks they can do that? Oh wait a minute!!