I think boxing lost popularity for a number of reasons. There's been a shift towards MMA. It's not like humans decided we don't like to watch people beat each other up. We certainly do. It's just moved to MMA. Also boxing is highly corrupt so the "money fighter" is much much more likely to get...
I don't know I don't have a strong enough understanding of the history of the sport to say. But I believe Tyson Fury would probably beat Ali given that heavyweights are way larger today than they were back in the day.
I think it also needs to be mentioned that Ali lost to Ken Norton in their first fight, and many would argue he lost the second fight as well. Also losing to Leon Spinks is a major stain given Spink's record was 26-17 and it was his 8th professional fight when he went up against Ali.
Well, it doesn't help that there is a very loose mandating body to force fights to happen. Imagine in tennis if Djokovic could handpick who all his opponents are since he's garnering the most attention. That's essentially what happens in boxing. Canelo Alvarez is the biggest PPV draw in the...
I think there are a few reasons why competition is so thin. First off, anyone who is outside the top 10 in a given weight division can't even support themselves financially through the sport. The majority of professional boxers have day jobs. It's a sport that only a handful can pay their bills...
How can you say that Fury has had a more successful career than Usyk in terms of competitive accomplishments? He became lineal champion by defeating a 40 year old over-the-hill Wladimir Klitschko, who Anthony Joshua subsequently knocked out in Wlad's next fight and retired. Then Fury held lineal...
How are you going to rank Tyson Fury over Oleksandr Usyk? Usyk just beat him despite having a 40 pound disadvantage, height disadvantage, reach disadvantage. Heck, Usyk is older than Fury. Usyk is the best heavyweight of this era. He has beaten DuBois who just manhandled AJ last weekend, AJ...
Not sure it's delusional. They're just going to say whatever they need to say. I doubt he really believes what he is saying. But they definitely want Ukraine under their control.
A lot of schools/universities were using zoom as well. I think it has to do with the fact that you don't need an account to log into a room. So minimum amount of work to get kids into the conference room.
Given the millions of species that have ever existed on earth, there is only one that has been remotely capable of what humans can do. So add that as another 1 in a million factor. But I guess when we're on the order of 10^20 planets, maybe 1 in a million factored in really is meaningless.
At the same time, I think most people would be underwhelmed if the universe was teeming with bacterial life. What people really want to know is if intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe.