The Art of Matchmaking

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  1. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    I'd vote for him without hesitation. It's a pity in my stinky country there is no trump to vote, just ******s who havent worked one single minute in a real company and who think that managing a country means stealing money to the people and spending it in hoes, cocaine and paying bills to foreigners.
     
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  2. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    Hubris will be the downfall of globohomo.
     
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    Damn! I'd forgotten about those. I like the mint ones myself but it's been years since I had them. They're delicious and incredibly moreish
     
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    I'm European, I know many a fan of the man here. Most are indifferent to some degree. Sounds like you're from a middle to upper class western European populace, they're the group that look down upon Trump and his supporters, I'd know because I am one. It's mostly because they've always had an insecurity based elitism towards Americans as a whole and our media is a total joke here in how terribly biased towards leftism it is with little to no alternatives.
    So yes mate, you're totally in a bubble.
     
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    It's easy to get things done if you don't mind being a shitbag.
     
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    At this point just go full Augustus. Start showboating and dancing. Build your own little cult.
     
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    Yes, plenty of silly idiots both sides of the pond but there´s still levels to that siht. And I´m working class, with a working class background. Now fcuk off and leave these matters to adults, you obviously don´t even know what "bubble" means. I suggest you go circle jerk with other Flat Earthers, any further comments from you are ignored.
     
  10. ShovelHook

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    Flat earther? I'm studying pharmacology mate. I'd know more about science than all of you lot.
    You do live in a bubble, clearly haven't heard many people who disagree with you politically in any major way.
     
  11. roughdiamond

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    Ever since the 50s, the dawn of the TV era for Boxing, match making has been a 'dying' art. First it started with the low level, club matchmaking. TV rights, purses and contracts meant that small pro clubs eventually caved and closed down due to lack of funds, as less shows were staged and less money earnt - low level bouts were actually a huge percentage of Boxing in the past. Only bigger clubs and those with an 'in' could effectively adapt. This meant less competitive match making at the lowest levels of pro Boxing, where boys were typically expected to have dozens and dozens of low level, but well matched, bouts, slowly escalating till a high level, if they could make it, and if they couldn't they would just stay at a certain level. The turn from this has very, very slowly escalated 'till today (it wasn't even noticeable 'till the 90s, and even then 'throwbacks' existed), where it has even affected high level matchmaking attitudes within the past 10 years. The attitude now is to take soft, sometimes infrequent touches until a fighter has a world ranking or a somewhat noticed belt, and then throw them suddenly to the wolves, and see how they stack up under pressure. Amateur Boxing did help considerably as a substitute to the low level club matchmaking, but still hasn't reached the heights of the past club matchmaking IMO, due to certain AM traits not passing as well into the pros. Though the trope of a high level AM fighter crossing over to high level pro very quickly has existed since the days of Fidel LaBarba.
     
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