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That's exactly what I said: Laila, Apollo and Joey but I went further and said Laila goes home that night and the cliff hanger is Apollo and Joey.
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I would hope that Miss Ali's weight is very much an issue before she climbs into the ring with someone......(having seen a few terribly mismatched boxing matches).
Don't know what weight class she's supposed to be in, but at 5'11" 176 (gong....) she ain't no featherweight, that's for sure.
Regarding Joey-love, he's show biz.
TV is show biz.
They love their own.
Don't know what weight class she's supposed to be in, but at 5'11" 176 (gong....) she ain't no featherweight, that's for sure.
Regarding Joey-love, he's show biz.
TV is show biz.
They love their own.
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Outside of her first - indicated by her opponents name "April Flowers"
- there haven't been any that I have heard that were mismatched IMO - and that still took more than 7 rounds or something for Ali. As for weight class in Boxing, yes that is a Duh, she is a heavyweight (but I had to verify, for it doing with women or something, you just don't hear the words "heavy" associated with the word "weight"). Laila has done a lot for women's boxing. There are / were a number of networks that would never air women boxing. Tonya IMO had some to do with that as well. It made so many people want to watch the fight that Tonya was pounded like a speed bag landing maybe a couple of body punches to her opponent.
She never fought Tonya, but considering that Tonya served up a couple of boxers their first TKOs to add to their record - the one was in a minute or so and Tonya was done - it is a very good thing Tonya didn't make Layla's class (Tonya was jr. welterweight if I remember correctly).
- there haven't been any that I have heard that were mismatched IMO - and that still took more than 7 rounds or something for Ali. As for weight class in Boxing, yes that is a Duh, she is a heavyweight (but I had to verify, for it doing with women or something, you just don't hear the words "heavy" associated with the word "weight"). Laila has done a lot for women's boxing. There are / were a number of networks that would never air women boxing. Tonya IMO had some to do with that as well. It made so many people want to watch the fight that Tonya was pounded like a speed bag landing maybe a couple of body punches to her opponent.She never fought Tonya, but considering that Tonya served up a couple of boxers their first TKOs to add to their record - the one was in a minute or so and Tonya was done - it is a very good thing Tonya didn't make Layla's class (Tonya was jr. welterweight if I remember correctly).
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I think the highest women's weight class is called "super middleweight" and is 168 pounds and up.
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It's not about the dancing. It's about the ratings.
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There are 3 different classes of heavyweight in "women's boxing."
http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/sport/boxing.html
She is a "Cruiser" but still a heavyweight classification.
eta.Not that there is anything wrong with that
aeta. She has gone up 2 weight classes since her start in "Pro" by gaining only 10 pounds since 1999. She did start her career as a "super middleweight" and if the article is correct on her current weight for DWTS she is in the "Heavyweight" division by that weight class alone. She is listed other places as 174 -175 making her a "Cruiserweight" (if there were the classification for ladies) prior to DWTS.
Ladies boxing drops the "Cruiserweight" classification due to lack of ladies over 200lbs in boxing, so the "Cruiserweight" class is acutely the "Heavyweight" class in women's boxing.
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Dancing with the stars.............
I'm not one for boxing and find female boxing rather distasteful. However, I've been very impressed with Leleia's dancing. I agree that she is not only a beautiful woman but moves quite nicely across the dance floor. I think she is definitely a contender for the top spot.
On another subject, am I the only one who finds the the result show less than entertaining? I will admit that I enjoyed the kids dancing last night but Meat Loaf was worse than awful. I haven't enjoyed many of the so-called singers they have on the result shows. Guess my age is showing!
Dizzy
I'm not one for boxing and find female boxing rather distasteful. However, I've been very impressed with Leleia's dancing. I agree that she is not only a beautiful woman but moves quite nicely across the dance floor. I think she is definitely a contender for the top spot.
On another subject, am I the only one who finds the the result show less than entertaining? I will admit that I enjoyed the kids dancing last night but Meat Loaf was worse than awful. I haven't enjoyed many of the so-called singers they have on the result shows. Guess my age is showing!
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:agree: Meatloaf is infamous for having poor live performances IMO. That is a pure studio group IMO.:yes:
I didn't watch last night - odd I am getting back into baseball and basketball some again??? and was also watching AI. Thank goodness for the recaps! Yet the IFL is having great matches too, alas all the choices.
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I was going to comment on that. Did anyone feel uneasy about the nine-year-old tarted up like Jon Bonet Ramsey shaking her stuff?
I don't think she was all that tarted up, and she wasn't just shaking her bon bon, she was dancing, so I forgive the makeup.
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That reminds me of Emily Hughes little clip they were showing during Nats was it? What was she in that, 5?
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I think that's the point Math was trying to make. I do think they may need a little makeup in the lighting they're in but I agree. Innocence is beautiful!!!
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Thinking the real reason behind the make-up 90% of the time is because the kids want it. I don't see a need for kids to have make-up, isn't it trying to just make one look younger when ladies wear it? So I would say it is a safe bett that the girls where the ones who said they want to wear it. I don't know why the artist went to some of the extremes they did, but then the artist wanting to be recognized also comes to mind. Under the lights and on TV I do see a need for a base though.
There is some pageant show on and it really seems like the moms are the one who are winning, or getting the most "worked up" about the whole thing in most cases - although the one I saw had the most snoughty little girl n there, eeh gad she was a true bratt. And not one of the prettier little girls in the pageant by far.
My neighbor was a pageant judge after her daughter won "Little Miss World" (she is 40 now and a 2nd degree blackbelt) and said she favored the girls without tons of make-up and her daughter won with mascara and lip-gloss, that was it. So who really know what for individual cases, but I would say more often than not, the kids want to wear it and it makes them feel more confident while performing. Is that a false sense of self esteem, well IMO yes, but that is what it is. ???
There is some pageant show on and it really seems like the moms are the one who are winning, or getting the most "worked up" about the whole thing in most cases - although the one I saw had the most snoughty little girl n there, eeh gad she was a true bratt. And not one of the prettier little girls in the pageant by far.
My neighbor was a pageant judge after her daughter won "Little Miss World" (she is 40 now and a 2nd degree blackbelt) and said she favored the girls without tons of make-up and her daughter won with mascara and lip-gloss, that was it. So who really know what for individual cases, but I would say more often than not, the kids want to wear it and it makes them feel more confident while performing. Is that a false sense of self esteem, well IMO yes, but that is what it is. ???
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I don't wear makeup to look younger. I wear it to enhance certain features. In ballroom, that's taken to an extreme degree, usually (the makeup on DWTS is EXCEEDINGLY tame for what you'd see in a normal pro-level competition.) Generally, the eyes are VERY overstated, to the point you simply couldn't wear that sort of makeup anywhere else except on the runway of some fashion shows. I will probably cave on blindingly bright eye shadow and false lashes with glitter or stone strips well before I give in on another major ballroom thing, spray tanning (or tanning however you can.) There are children competing, and from what I have seen they generally wear less makeup than the adults, but they still have it. At the very least, you have to base out in any sort of event where you're under lights, be it a tv show, dance competition, stage play, whatever. And you have to do something to enhance the features so they're easier to see.
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That is what you are doing when you try to enhance features - look younger. It is science, not debatable. You are trying to achieve what kids have, strong features that stand out. TLC did a special about this and it has been know for some time. Look into it if you are curious, some how I doubt it for most people don't like to think that, but it is what it is. It is what it is, whether you know you are doing it or not. EOS
BOT, I will miss John, where as Billy just p****s me off now. He is adding nothing to this show IMO. At least John had the charismatic old guy nature that was pushing his bones to their limits and had a great time with it. Billy just looks like he is doing a job.
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To me, it's not the theatrical make-up so much as the sexual nature of the dancing itself. Let's face it, what is ballroom dancing besides sex standing up? I just have a problem with teaching little girls these moves before they are old enough to know what they are for.
Edyta (great name :agree: ), John Ratzenburger's partner, made a similar point last week. She said that since John was old enough to be her father, they couldn't really do these dances properly because it would come off too creepy.
Edyta (great name :agree: ), John Ratzenburger's partner, made a similar point last week. She said that since John was old enough to be her father, they couldn't really do these dances properly because it would come off too creepy.
