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NOT DANIEL CALLING HIM SHAH RUKH KHAN LMAO

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FTWD season 3, episode 15/16 review - “Things Bad Begun/Sleigh Ride”

Before I actually get to the reviewing portioning of this review.  I just want to state this before hand.  This was Fear’s best season to date.  It had nothing to hide and left no one safe from the grasp of either the dead or other people.

If you have not seen the finale yet.  Do so.  It was so good but also cruel.

Continue reading if you want to hear my thoughts but please turn away because it will contain SPOILERS!! Review time in 3…2…1

I could tell right from the very beginning this episode was going to be good.  Just by the opening scene with someone going around and cutting off the Walkers heads and placing them in a shopping cart.  The scene in a whole was eery, grotesque, yet somehow, it was also satisfying.

When we finally see Alicia and Diana again, we unfortunately have to witness them getting ambushed.  But as they would like to say anywhere really, especially in an apocalypse.  Never ever underestimate a woman and what she is capable of when it comes to survival.  Which we see with the badass, pickaxe wielding Diana and the red queen, gun wielding Alicia.

Ugh, what bothers me this entire episode is Nick and Madison vouching to Daniel that Troy wasn’t the one who lead to Ofelia’s death.  Since, if it was not for Troy leading the hoard to the ranch; the ranch would not have been infested with zombies.  And the zombie wouldn’t have bitten Ofelia as she made her escape through the vents in the food shelter bunker.

I could see why Nick would lie because ideally Troy and him are the same.  But, why would Madison?  What did she gain from lying to Daniel’s face whilst she knew Troy was the actual killer and then don’t get me started when Nick blamed Jake for being the one who lead the zombies to the Ranch.

And Troy tells Madison the truth about who lead the zombies to the Ranch.  Whether it’s because he wants to change his ways and become a better person or just to cleanse his soul.  Whatever the case is, it does not go over well for Madison.

I can understand her motive for swinging the hammer and killing him.  Considering, Ofelia and countless others are dead because of him.  Madison gave him life and a chance to live while he refused to accept it and just wanted retribution for being shunned from his home.

And just because someone is showing signs they are changing, it doesn’t mean they are changed.  Overnight, they could quickly revert back to their old ways.  But, to be fair, Madison could of handled it differently.  She did not have to be the judge and juror.  She should of either left him behind or told Daniel.  And I do agree with his death, it did stop his character development right in its tracks…

Anyway, another thing I hated about this finale was while Alicia took as she quoted, “my lady friend”, Diana to get patched up.  Which I squealed like a little piglet when Alicia did that because oh my gosh, she admitted they were friends!  Also, he was unaware of who she was with.  Alicia just so happened to be with the Proctors; the people coming to take the dam and potentially kill her family.

It was a ‘the wrong place, the wrong time’ scenario.  A nightmare she could not escape for many reasons.  If the doctor was unable to successfully return Proctor John’s ability, her life would’ve been forfeited due to just helping hold the instruments.  Which is complete shit if you ask me.

Then Alicia accepts the Proctors terms to coming with him to his next destination if it means saving her mother.

I found it a nice spin in the second part of the finale them including Madison’s idealistic Christmas, throwing us all into a spin considering Luciana was back but with a child and Alicia was… DEAD (you bastards).

And LMAO to Strands plan to help get Nick and Madison out safely without getting noticed.   You are hostages, therefore, there is a really slim chance to fleeing under the radar.

I also personally hated Lola dying.  Why couldn’t she live?  Why couldn’t she escape with Daniel?  Why couldn’t she just be happy?

Although, she was killed and we are left with so many ‘what ifs’.  I am just glad she went out in her own way, on her own terms try to take back the dam and killing Proctor’s minions.

And finally, the entire ending was cruel.  what the shit.  Nick grabbing the trigger for the C4 making Strand look like an ass (well you cannot look like something, if you are already that something) and being the sacrificially lamb.

Like why did Nick have to give us an ‘oh shit’ moment when he said that this was his death letter or something along the lines?  Although, it was really powerful, he could’ve said something along the line of “Alicia, Madison, go.  I owe you both life for all I have put you through with my addiction and struggles.  To ensure you both live, flee to safety.  I love yous.”

But my gosh, Nick actually pushed the dam button for the dam to explode.  But, it backfired. MADISON, ALICIA, AND STRAND WERE NOT FAR ENOUGH AWAY AND THEY JUST GOT SUCKED INTO THE FLOOD11

And do you know what I have to say to that, f u, you shit bags.

I know I watch too many shows, way too many so cliffhangers like this are common.  With so and so missing, so and so bleeding out, and what not.  But, not like this, not this many people.

And why did you stick it too us by assuring us Madison survived!?  I mean it’s good and all because Travis and Alicia won’t lose their mother.  But still, like dude, ensure us someone else survived like alicia… nick… shit, even show us whether or not strand died.

I cannot wait this long.  I cannot wait a year to find out who lives and who dies.  Especially with so many people’s lives in jeopardy.

You will rue the day you made this decision.  Muhaha.

Just kidding, hurry your ass back so we know.  we NEED to know NOW!  Not tomorrow, a week from now, and for shit sure, not the dreaded year long hiatus.  NOW!

If you tell us now, I will award you with a cookie.

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Kell Brook-Errol Spence Jr. Is the Fight Boxers Want to See

If boxing does fight its way back into in the American mainstream, 2017 will be remembered as the turning point. Estimates differ on the length of its hiatus, but the telltale signs of the sport's reemergence are everywhere: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's recent win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. generated over a million pay-per-view purchases; and boxer-turned-promoter Oscar De La Hoya expects Alvarez's Sept. 16 bout with Gennady "GGG" Golovkin will match Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s 2015 victory over Manny Pacquiao with a record 4.6 million PPV sales.

Then there was Anthony Joshua's unforgettable comeback win over heavyweight stalwart Wladimir Klitschko, which was witnessed by 90,000 screaming Brits at London's Wembley Stadium and millions more around the world last month.

And unlike Mayweather-Pacquiao—a passionless fight that seemed to diminish boxing's status among casual sports fans—the matchups of 2017 have been riveting. Joshua survived his first ever knockdown to earn an 11th-round stoppage against Klitschko; on March 18 at Madison Square Garden, Daniel Jacobs nearly shocked the seemingly unbeatable Golovkin; and earlier that night, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai scored an improbable upset over Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, who was previously undefeated and considered the world's best boxer, pound for pound.

But as gripping as these fights have been, and as tantalizing as Canelo-Golovkin is, the calendar date that screams out to boxers is May 27, when Kell Brook is set to defend his IBF welterweight title in his native Sheffield, England against American contender Errol Spence Jr.

"As soon as they made the fight, it was my favorite fight on the schedule," said former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, who will serve as an analyst on Showtime's broadcast Saturday night. "This isn't Mayweather-Pacquiao, where both fighters were already accomplished, elite guys, and they'd already made so much money… They weren't willing to go through that fire the same way and you had that kinda fight that just went through the paces.

"That's why it's important for a fight to happen at this point [in Brook and Spence's careers]," Malignaggi continued. "You test these fighters when they're in their prime and when they're hungry. Being hungry is very important. You can have a super talent, but if he's not as hungry, he's not bringing that ferociousness."

Both Brook and Spence are accomplished to differing degrees.

Not only did the 31-year-old Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) win a majority decision over Shawn Porter in 2014 to win the IBF crown, but he had the courage to move up to middleweight to face Golovkin at London's O2 Arena last September.

And even though Brook lost that fight when his corner threw in the towel after he suffered a broken eye socket in the fifth, the fighter known as "Special K" gave Golovkin all he could handle, if only for a few rounds.

"Even against a guy as good as Golovkin," Malignaggi said of Brook, "he showed a lot of skills: counterpunching, determination, and a good chin."

Spence (21-0, 18 KOs) is only 27, but the former Olympian hasn't taken the easiest route to his first title fight. In April of 2016 he became the first fighter to ever knock out Chris Algieri—something not even Manny Pacquiao accomplished—and Spence followed that performance with a knockout of Leonard Bundu, a boxer who dominated in Europe before trying his luck in America.

According to Malignaggi, Spence would have fought a few more top contenders if any were willing to risk being knocked out by a welterweight who punches more like a super middleweight or even a light heavyweight.

"He's had to fight whoever he can fight because most guys have stayed away from him if they possibly could," Malignaggi said.

Spence has an inch height advantage and his reach is two inches longer than Brook's, but his biggest advantage isn't physical. Instead it's the accuracy with which he throws his power punches.

Whereas the average welterweight connects with 37.9% of their power punches, Spence has landed 47.8% over his last four fights, during which time he connected 15.5 power punches per round, according to CompuBox.

But Spence isn't just a brawler, eager to get inside and connect a few hooks and uppercuts. He can also fight like a classic boxer, which is why he lands 22.7 jabs per round compared to 17.6 for the average welterweight, according to CompuBox.

Like Spence, Brook doesn't fit cleanly into either the "boxer" or "brawler" categories. Over his last seven fights, he's landed 34.9% of his punches, according to CompuBox. And although he connected on just 11 power punches per round over that time (the welterweight average is 12.7 a round), those figures are somewhat misleading. Brook's TKO wins over Kevin Bizier and Frankie Gavin were stopped mid-round, and the figures from his 2015 win over Ionut Dan Ion suffered only because he had to wait for the Romanian southpaw to pick himself up off the canvas four times in four rounds.

"These are both very good punchers and boxers," Malignaggi said. "It's a fight that can end in one round; it can end in 12; it can be vicious; it can be a tactical fight. Both of these fighters can do it all."

If Brook does have a weakness, it might be his surgically repaired eye socket. But American legend "Sugar" Ray Leonard, whose career was hampered with a string of eye injuries, doesn't see that as an issue.

"I know there is talk about Kell's eye surgery being a psychological problem, but from personal experience, I don't see that being the case," Leonard said. "I never thought about my eye once the doctor gave me the green light."

Brook's perceived advantage going into Saturday's fight was the 30,000-or-so supporters he'll have at Bramall Lane, an outdoor football stadium in Sheffield.

Of course, the recent terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester will undoubtedly change the mood in Sheffield. Security is expected to be tight, and the atmosphere will almost certainly be affected by the tragic deaths of 22 people.

"Obviously there's a black mark in the air with what just happened in Manchester," Malignaggi said. "There's bigger things in the air right now than a boxing match. England is still hurting—Northern England especially. I'm praying that the energy is still there and these people are able to go out and enjoy a good night of fights and create a tremendous atmosphere. The atmosphere in England is always great."

Fighters' Thoughts on Brook-Spence, Welterweight Division

Former undisputed welterweight champion Ray Leonard: "To ask me who is going to win this fight, I have my favorite in Errol Spence. But, based on the each fighter's physical artillery, one punch can turn the tables around. That being said, I am going to sit back and watch a great night of boxing."

WBA & WBC welterweight champion Keith Thurman: "This is an interesting fight. I have not followed Kell too much, but I have obviously seen Errol fight in the U.S. Errol is a tough, young fighter who is just getting into the public's eye, and Kell obviously has the strength of the British crowd on his side.

"It should be a tough fight that really speaks to the strength of the welterweight division. Both fighters are men that I would be open to fighting as I continue to unify the division in 2018. As a fight fan, let's see what's 'Special' about Kell Brook, and we'll see if Errol Spence can show us he's 'The Truth.' It should be a great fight and I'll be watching."

Former WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia: "I think this is a 50/50 fight. I think the person with the better game plan is going to win. There is a lot of pressure to go into someone's backyard like Spence is doing, and he's never faced a fighter in his prime before like Brook. It is definitely a test for him and a big step up in competition. If he is ready, he can do it. He just has to go in there and stay focused.

"The welterweight division is the best division in boxing. I still feel like I am one of the best welterweights in the world even though I came up short. I never thought I would say a loss would make me stronger because I didn't see myself losing. I want my titles back and to be seen as the best in the best division."

Former IBF welterweight champion and current WBC No. 1 contender Shawn Porter: "I'm glad Errol is getting his title shot, and I'm happy he's going to England for it. I'm obviously pulling for the American. Errol is a phenomenal athlete and a great boxer. I think he's ready to show the world something, but Kell is right up there in that top tier of welterweights. People who tune in should be thrilled. I know I'm looking forward to it.

"The welterweight division is awesome, top to bottom. We're right where we need to be and should be. Boxing returning back to the masses… There are so many of us capable of winning a title right now."

WBA regular welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson: "This is going to be a tough fight, but I think Errol should win. At least I'm pulling for Errol to win. He's got to overcome the idea that there will probably be 30,000 people cheering against him, so he has to show the judges that he deserves to win.

"Brook is a good fighter and is going to bring his best, but I think Errol, in the end, is the better fighter. But he will have to prove it.

"The welterweight division is one of the best in boxing right now. We've got a lot of good fighters in their prime making the division strong. And guys are willing to fight each other. We are seeing the kind of fights the fans want to see. If this keeps up it could bring boxing back to where it was in the days when Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler all fought each other. So it's really good for boxing right now."

Former unified welterweight world champion Andre Berto: "I'm going with Errol Spence. He is young, strong, hungry and full of fire and a great technical fighter as well. Brook will be his biggest test to date. Being in front of his hometown crowd, Brook he has a lot to fight for but I'm giving Spence the edge."

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