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@mn5 said in Trans in sport:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@mn5 said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@mn5 said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
There will be some huge Chinese, Russian or Bulgarian women who will lift more tin.
The Russians and Bulgarians didn’t win a single weightlifting medal in Rio.
At any rate, it’s ridiculous that she’s even a medal contender. How many sports other than maybe shooting or equestrian even have a 43 year old competing?
44 year old MN5 finally gives up hope of a comeback…..
The op is still an option by the look of it.
Are you assuming my gender ?
Only because you seem to do so yourself.
I’ll invent my own and then invent a sport to compete in.
What about Artistic Moshpit? Like Rhythmic Gymnastics but with filthy music and violence.
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@mn5 Kid Chocolate. He’s mythic.
Sardiñas, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba. He later sparred with boxers such as Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career. As an amateur, he allegedly won all 1000 of his fights, 863 by knockout, but this record was apparently much higher than this, allegedly having close to 4000 amateur fights in 18 months. Sardiñas had no fear and would actively engage in fights outside the ring with anyone who wanted it.
His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on December 8, 1927, when he beat Johnny Cruz senseless in six rounds in Havana. Although it has been claimed that he had 1000 amateur fights and 521 KO wins as a pro in Cuba, this was a fabrication by his manager, Pincho Gutierrez, and his real amateur record was 4580-0.
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@kid-chocolate said in Trans in sport:
@mn5 Kid Chocolate. He’s mythic.
Sardiñas, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba. He later sparred with boxers such as Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career. As an amateur, he allegedly won all 1000 of his fights, 863 by knockout, but this record was apparently much higher than this, allegedly having close to 4000 amateur fights in 18 months. Sardiñas had no fear and would actively engage in fights outside the ring with anyone who wanted it.
His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on December 8, 1927, when he beat Johnny Cruz senseless in six rounds in Havana. Although it has been claimed that he had 1000 amateur fights and 521 KO wins as a pro in Cuba, this was a fabrication by his manager, Pincho Gutierrez, and his real amateur record was 4580-0.
4580-0 ??????????
Yeah I’m calling utter bullshit on that. Wikipedia ain’t always correct.
I will freely admit fighters did it a hell of a lot tougher in the dark old days ( which is why I admire Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey amongst others ) but do the maths on that over a period of 18 months.
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@mn5 said in Trans in sport:
@kid-chocolate said in Trans in sport:
@mn5 Kid Chocolate. He’s mythic.
Sardiñas, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba. He later sparred with boxers such as Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career. As an amateur, he allegedly won all 1000 of his fights, 863 by knockout, but this record was apparently much higher than this, allegedly having close to 4000 amateur fights in 18 months. Sardiñas had no fear and would actively engage in fights outside the ring with anyone who wanted it.
His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on December 8, 1927, when he beat Johnny Cruz senseless in six rounds in Havana. Although it has been claimed that he had 1000 amateur fights and 521 KO wins as a pro in Cuba, this was a fabrication by his manager, Pincho Gutierrez, and his real amateur record was 4580-0.
4580-0 ??????????
Yeah I’m calling utter bullshit on that. Wikipedia ain’t always correct.
I will freely admit fighters did it a hell of a lot tougher in the dark old days ( which is why I admire Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey amongst others ) but do the maths on that over a period of 18 months.
It's only seven fights a day. Every day.
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@antipodean said in Trans in sport:
@mn5 said in Trans in sport:
@kid-chocolate said in Trans in sport:
@mn5 Kid Chocolate. He’s mythic.
Sardiñas, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba. He later sparred with boxers such as Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career. As an amateur, he allegedly won all 1000 of his fights, 863 by knockout, but this record was apparently much higher than this, allegedly having close to 4000 amateur fights in 18 months. Sardiñas had no fear and would actively engage in fights outside the ring with anyone who wanted it.
His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on December 8, 1927, when he beat Johnny Cruz senseless in six rounds in Havana. Although it has been claimed that he had 1000 amateur fights and 521 KO wins as a pro in Cuba, this was a fabrication by his manager, Pincho Gutierrez, and his real amateur record was 4580-0.
4580-0 ??????????
Yeah I’m calling utter bullshit on that. Wikipedia ain’t always correct.
I will freely admit fighters did it a hell of a lot tougher in the dark old days ( which is why I admire Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey amongst others ) but do the maths on that over a period of 18 months.
It's only seven fights a day. Every day.
Or maybe a couple of days with 10 during the week and Sunday to recover ?
Without a day off he might have dropped a few hundred fights…..
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Anything less than a record-smashing gold medal would have to be considered a failure.
I just rewatched the South Park and Joe Rogan episodes about trans-athletics, both good.
In fairness, I did watch a counter-argument critical of the S.P. episode from a very cute American trans perspective, and while I can’t say I’m convinced, s/he does make the case that the “bigoted” stereotype about trans athlete is always power-lifters, and that it’s ridiculous to mention this because U.S. power-lifting forbids trans-athletes from competing in womens power-lifting events. Which seems to me a strong inference from a trans perspective that trans power-lifters do indeed have an unfair advantage over female athletes. And also, obviously, that there’s some merit & justification in the stereotype. After all, the first trans Olympian will be a power lifter, as predicted by the Prophets at South Park.
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@frank said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
You know things have got a bit too woke when a Guardian writer is against Hubbard being able to compete.
Interesting admission by Serena Williams halfway down the article. I guess John McEnroe was right.
Great article
The 100m stat is crazy
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I saw they asked the GB women's weight lifter what she thought of Hubbard in a presser, and after a long pause she just said "no thank you".
It's so ridiculous that they can't even express their thoughts on this, given it's such an obvious farce that Hubbard is allowed to compete. The world is going crazy.
Edit - here's the clip. It was the American that ended up answering.
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@no-quarter said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
I saw they asked the GB women's weight lifter what she thought of Hubbard in a presser, and after a long pause she just said "no thank you".
It's so ridiculous that they can't even express their thoughts on this, given it's such an obvious farce that Hubbard is allowed to compete. The world is going crazy.
Edit - here's the clip. It was the American that ended up answering.
#NoThankYou.
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It’s a whole new ball(s?) game.
Transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin wins MMA debut
She’s seriously scary.
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@kid-chocolate said in UFC:
It’s a whole new ball(s?) game.
Transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin wins MMA debut
She’s seriously scary.
FFS
Former Special Forces -
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@kid-chocolate said in UFC:
This is what she looked like before she transitioned.
For real.
See above
Absolute fucking joke
She should be ashamed of herselfHats off to the WOMAN who took the fight
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When will this freak show end?
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@antipodean said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
When will this freak show end?
When someone gets really hurt, from the look of that bloke above.
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@gt12 said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
@antipodean said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
When will this freak show end?
When someone gets really hurt, from the look of that bloke above.
Not true unfortunately. Fallon Fox broke the eye socket of a female opponent back in 2014.
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@duluth said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
@gt12 said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
@antipodean said in Trans in sport / Laurel Hubbard:
When will this freak show end?
When someone gets really hurt, from the look of that bloke above.
Not true unfortunately. Fallon Fox broke the eye socket of a female opponent back in 2014.
I guess it take someone getting killed then?
Transgender debate, in sport, in general