Originally posted by nathan_nall
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Boxing isn't as basic as flipping a quarter or even lining them up. Maybe the kids you work with could show you a game of rock, paper, scissors so you can somewhat have an understanding of the potential results in a boxing fight. If they fought again, and I'm explaining this to a casual boxing fan, I'd simply tell them that there's a 1 in 3 chance of Manny or JMM winning cause there could always be a draw.
So the way you're explaining it is it basic arithmetic or something that, you yourself said, would have a nerdy statistician explain? I mean, help me out here Sheldon? If JMM has had better results in his last two fights against Manny.please explain to me why his chances of winning a potential fifth fight would be lower? He's got momentum, more confidence, a definite win, unlike the first three results and the power to put him to sleep... To me, at least, that seems like more than a 25% chance of him winning.
Carry on though, this thread is comedy gold
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