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Why many have felt more released than ever during the great blackout

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In Madrid, during the longest hours of the blackout, Andrés had a “rare” sensation similar to that of the pandemic, as of the world arrested, of much slower time, of silence. In Malaga and without radio at home, Matías thought it was something local and began to water the plants. They were two hours of absolute inner peace. In Ciudad Real, if data or portable, Alex sat with his dog to enjoy the breeze that entered the window. And it was not the outside world. It could not be: in the houses there was the same usual noise, the streets were more full than normal, the universe continued to turn. What was happening? Peace in a world in ruins. Because that is the first thing that comes to mind: the paradox that in seemingly negative (or even tragic) situations such as blackouts, The pandemics Or external events of this type, people experience a rare sensation of peace, liberation or decompression. However, psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists make it clear that the paradox is only apparent. Actually, we are so accustomed to living in lives full of labor commitments, studies, social activities; lives immersed in a constant information flow … that such an event disrupts us deeply. Or, rather, it destabilizes us: as experts in behavioral activation therapies tell us, our day’s activities are as emotional anchors. Without them, we are much more susceptible to external incidents; whether positive or negative. The surprise, of course, is that they are sometimes positive. We could study it with great detail during the pandemic. For example, a group of researchers from the University of Cambridge They discovered that one in three young people had felt happier during the confinements. But he did not reduce them: it’s something, in fact, We find surprising frequency. But … why? It has theorized a lot about why (less social and academic stress: less loneliness, absence of bullying, more hours of sleep or more physical exercise during confinement …), but they all end up in the same place. To the elimination of the aversive elements of everyday life and the increase in pleasant activities, something else adds: the absence of responsibility. That is the key piece that allows to accept inactivity with less resistance. It is not free that among the health, for example, this type of phenomena were less frequent during pandemic (even when they were sick). The feeling of guilt or responsibility did not disappear and, in fact, it became a problem. What leads us to a question … What if the problematic is normal? In 1922, Dorothy Thomas realized a very curious detail: Unlike what we might think, mortality seemed to follow a “procyclical” pattern. That is, as the economy goes better, more people die. It is so. It is something we have seen one and again: The last great Spanish crisis is a good example. The evidence is solid: economic growth has as a direct consequence that people die more. As explained in the Silesia collective“There is something in the political-economic system of capital circulation and goods that, when accelerating, destroys the health of populations.” We do not usually repair them (because the benefits are high and because economic crises are not “good for health”) but it is so. Can something similar happen to mental health? It is a plausible hypothesis. As we explained a few weeks ago, ‘tiredness’ has become something ubiquitous in our societies. Practically half of the working population or they feel high levels of stress or have suffered burnout. We have built some social environments where a hyperproductivity centered lifestyle prevails (Toxic productivity), multitasking and permanent overload; where “feel the pressure of being productive at every moment of the day – always a list of slopes and guilt for not fulfilling it -” has become the new normality. And in a source anxiety, insomnia and extreme exhaustion. Losing all that can be a way to recover everything else. In fact, what they have demonstrated again these twelve hours of darkness is that, For many people, it is. But it also demonstrates the difficulty we have to ‘take control’ of our own life imbued as we are in increasingly complex socio-economic systems: only a historical event seems to give ourselves to recover it. Image | Own elaboration In Xataka | Bottle, improvised meetings and auditoriums: the blackout, in addition to chaos, brought an unexpected festive atmosphere

Every week, millions of flies are released on the Valencia Community and, although it does not seem like it, it is a sensational idea

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The Valencia war against the Mediterranean fruit fly dates back more than thirty years and is A constant reminder That going to war against an insect is never easy. It is not a reminder that is needed, the truth. Hundreds of regions around the world fight their particular conflicts with All kinds of insects, fungi or bacteria. If Valencia is important, it is something else. For a factory in caudete of the sources. An army of flies. Since at least 2017, the one we know today as Valencian Center for Genetic Fight It has been releasing hundreds of millions of flies weekly to combat pests. The technique is not new, but in this Valencian municipality they have led it to its maximum expression. Not for nothing is the largest bioplant in Europe and the second largest in the world: a reference in what is called “sterile insect technique”. Sterile insect? Yes, it is “a method of biological pest control that is based on raising males of the same species to fight that they are sterilized by irradiation.” These sterile males They are released to the fieldwhere they compete with wild males due to mating with females, “reducing plague levels by not giving rise to offspring.” Is a solution that “has been used in agriculture of multiple countries and in various flies and beetles. In addition, it is studied to fight against mosquitoes, in particular the Aedes“vectors of diseases such as dengue and chikungunya.” And is it viable? According to the Valencian example, it seems that. Although the regional government Spend about eight million Of euros a year, it has become a key piece in the defense of a sector that moves more than 10,000 million only in the region. As explained in the country: “In recent years there has been a very pronounced decrease in hectares of citrus treated with chemicals through aerial media (from about 330,000 at the beginning of the 21st century to just a few thousands of hectares today).” That is, it is a relatively cheap and quite effective project that also allows Very specific interventions And safe: “Since sterile males generally only appear with females of their own species, little effect on ecosystems is expected, unlike insecticides, which are toxic to many different species.” An increasingly present future. A few years ago, Manuel F. HerradorProfessor of the UDC Civil Engineering School, he said that in the future, they will be horrified how much of our way of building was summed up in two words: brute force. Something like this will happen when technology historians look at how we cultivate during the 20th century. Now, little by little, we are recovering (and creating) other ways to intervene in the nature much more intelligent, powerful and effective. Font caudete is just the beginning. Image | AlvesGaspar | THAT In Xataka | These mosquitoes are genetically modified to resist the four dengue virus serotypes and avoid their propagation

There was a time when we thought the birds migrated to the moon. Until an arrow released in Africa fell in Germany

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Spring is a time that I always liked. Not for the Horrible processionarybut for the return of the swallows And, above all, of the storks. After a long winter, They return home to nest. Imagine the surprise if, one day, one of those stork appears in your locality with the neck crossed by an 8 -centimeter arrow. Stop imagining because that happened in 1822 in a German city. And far from being an anecdote, it became a key event to unravel the mystery of why birds They disappeared in winter. The doubt. Now it is no mystery and it is something that we learn at school since childhood, but not so many centuries, people did not know why, good at first, the birds were in autumn and reappeared in spring. Those Migratory processes in which even the smallest of the birds rEcorren thousands of kilometers without stopping They were not understood, which forced the thinkers of the time to launch hypotheses and theories that, in the absence of evidence, since they were accepted without further ado. One of the answers was evident. And it could be none than … Alien birds. That is what thought Charles Morton, a Harvard academic who, in the seventeenth century, suggested that the reason why some birds disappeared in winter was because they migrated … to the moon. Most likely you have raised your eyebrow thinking something like “impossible, they could not be so illusory”, but you have to put into the skin of someone who had no way to check the phenomenon and it was still an answer to a real mystery. Because what they knew was that they disappeared for months, but not the place they were going to. And as they saw the moon from Massachusetts, but not Colombia, because the answer was clear. But don’t believe it was the only crazy theory of the time. Aristotle, already in the IV AC theorized about the possibility of being transformed into other species or even shuffled over his hibernation underwater. Morton rejected this idea because it was too fantasy (not like his, of course). The arrow. Morton even calculated that the trip to the moon had a month away and another back, sleeping much of the time and surviving thanks to his body fat. The truth is that, in the absence of better theories, it was not bad (despite my jocular tone, we talked about the seventeenth century and the media they had). However, little by little the idea that these European birds were going to other places during the winter. And the definitive test was brought by a stork. A good day of 1882, north of Germany, someone shot a stork, who fell down and with a capital surprise for those present: he had an 8 -centimeter arrow through his neck. The question was no longer how I could fly with such a breakdown, but where the arrow had come from. Brava PFEILSTORCH. Thus, they took the body of the stork to the University of Rostock, where the researchers examined the projectile and concluded that it was an arrow belonging to some group in the center of Africa. As it was impossible, or tremendously unlikely, that someone launched something like that on European soil, the response became evident: that stork had traveled more than 3,000 kilometers from the point in Africa in which winter had passed and where it was killed in Germany. Baptized as PFEILSTORCHIt was dissected and preserved in perfect condition in the Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock thanks to its undeniable importance in the world of science and ornithology: it was confirmation to the suspicions that, indeed, migratory birds or became anything else, nor slept four months underwater or went to the moon: they traveled to the warmest places during the European winter. Clue. After Pfeilstorch (which means “Flechy stork” or “storks crossed by an arrow”), they found more specimens In Europe with the same characteristics: arrows stuck somewhere in your body. This is not so uncommon in large birds, which show great resilience to wounds that do not compromise flight or its basic functions. Once they are injured, if not seriously, the wound stabilizes and the bird can continue with its life. With the inclusion Of the rings on the legs of the birds by the Danish HC Mortensen in 1899, the researchers systematized the study of specimens to verify that those who flew from Europe before winter, disappeared and then returned, were the same. Thus, we can say that this arrow launched in Africa that landed in Germany was the first bird monitoring system, a coincidence that allowed obtaining the first conclusive data on the migratory practices of the birds. Images | Thula Na In Xataka | Modern cities have become authentic “headlights.” For thousands of birds it is a problem

The US has detected an object in space with strange behavior. The source that released it has also located: Russia

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Last year there was a fact that formalized the rhetoric of the “spatial war” It was a fact. It was known, in some cases it was intuited, that the United States, Russia and China had transferred their confrontations hundreds of kilometers from the earth through their satellites. However, in December any glimpse of doubt was cleared: United States He designed the bases of a war attack in space. Now they have detected something unusual, and their source comes from Moscow. First was surveillance. In March, The CNN counted that the Pentagon had intensified the surveillance of the spatial activities of Russia and China in the face of growing evidence that both powers are testing New capabilities Offensive in orbit. As American defense officials then said, Russia had carried out coordinated satellite exercises that simulate attack and defense tactics, including maneuvers in which several satellites surround and isolate another, demonstrating a possible scenario of neutralization of enemy ships. China, meanwhile, had executed similar maneuversincluding the closed formation of satellites and offensive approach practices, actions that reinforce suspicions about the growing militarization of outer space. Three satellites and a stranger. Thus we arrive at the news of these days. Russia has launched space three highly secret satellites (Kosmos 2581, 2582 and 2583) that have revived concerns about a possible preparation for space war. On February 2, the satellites were sent to orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket, without Moscow revealing details about their purpose. Not just that. To the unusual maneuvers they have performed since their deployment, the recent appearance of A mysterious objectpossibly released by the Kosmos 2583 satellite on March 18, whose strange draw Observe with concern. The United States’s space force has already cataloged the new object, while some speculation suggests that these satellites could be practicing “attack and defense” tactics orbital, designed to isolate or neutralize enemy satellites in case of a future conflict. Trajectory of the object detected Theories Although astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, from Harvard-Smithsonian Center, nuanced interpretations Alarmists when considering that the observed maneuvers can simply be due to similar orbits, recent history also reinforces skepticism. In 2022, Russia had already launched the Kosmos 2558 in the same orbital trajectory as an American military satellite, which was interpreted as an act of spatial espionage. The geopolitical context and the background of the Kremlin in the matter of covert technologies They raise suspicions that this new satellite trio may be carrying out surveillance missions, interception or testing tests Antisatellite technologiesalthough for now there are no conclusive evidence of hostile actions. The “conquest” of space. We said it at the beginning. The maneuvers attributed to satellites Kosmos 2581-2583 They are framed in a broader scenario in which both Russia and China would be exploring New combat capabilities orbital. The Recent CNN reports They quote officials of the United States Department of Defense, who say that both countries are carrying out military training in low orbits, a key zone for their proximity to land and its frequent use for communication, recognition and intelligence satellites. This trend reinforces the fear that space will be consolidated as a new confrontation field Strategic, one where powers develop technologies to deactivate, interfere or even destroy enemy space assets. Uncertainty and surveillance. So far we write, the nature or function of the object released in March has not been determined with certainty, which increases the tension around this satellite trio. McDowell explained That between February 25 and March 14, proximity operations were registered between the satellites, and that two of them passed near Kosmos 2583 on March 7, although it could not be confirmed if there was an attempt at offensive coordination. Even so, the US spatial force maintains close surveillance on the orbital movements and patterns of these artifacts, given the possibility that it is covert tests of new military capacities in space, a dimension that is no longer purely scientific or commercial, but also tactic. The challenge of “interpreting.” In the background, a problem that until now had not taken place in space, that of the opacity of the nations with respect to the missions of their satellites and the repeated use of covert technologies in their space operations that make it difficult to obtain certainty. In an environment where the simple fact of sharing orbits or making approaches between satellites can have both harmless and aggressive aims, analysts, in this case of the United States, must move between caution and prevention. As We already explainedwhile the calls multiply to establish clear international standards on behavior in space, Washington and its allies already consider spatial domain as a Active strategic theaterand each new mysterious object, such as the newly released by Kosmos 2583, adds one more tension layer to technological and military rivalry in orbit. Image | POT In Xataka | The space is no longer a two thing with the arrival of China, so the US has devised a war plan just in case: “Space fire” In Xataka | Satellites with missiles from Earth is ended up: the United States takes the first step to end the practice

Mediamarkt has released one of the best offers on this Samsung TV. OLED screen, 65 inches and up to 144 Hz

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Mediamarkt has returned to launch one of the best offers in the store in the offers of the day. Those discounts that launches on Fridays last the whole weekend, so for a few days we can buy the smart TV Samsung S90D by 1,399 euros. And a lot of eye because until April 30 if we register the TV in the official Samsung store we can take a 200 euros refund. Samsung S90D (OLED, 65 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review OLED screen, 65 inches, Alexa, Dolby Atmos … The Samsung S90D that we can find on the offer in Mediamarkt is a smart TV that, in this case, mounts a very good 65 -inch OLED screen. Of course, it offers a 4K resolution and also reaches a soda rate of up to 144 Hz. It also includes the film director that we usually see on Samsung televisions and is compatible with the format HDR. As for the audio section, we find speakers that offer a 40W RMS Audio Power to 2.1 channels. They are compatible with both Dolby Atmos As with Q-Symphony, something we can take advantage of if we have a brand sound bar that is also compatible. On the other hand, it should also be noted that Samsung’s TV integrates the voice assistant Alexaprovides in mode Multi-View to divide the screen into two sections And thus see two different contents and has four HDMI ports (4K at 144 Hz). You may also interest you Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max (last generation) | Streaming device compatible with Wi-Fi 6e and environmental background * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Sound Bar HW-S700D/ZF 2024-Ultra Slim Design, Dolby Atmos Wireless, Q-Symphony, 3.1 channels and Spacefit Sound * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Samsung In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K In Xataka | Better sound bars in quality price (2025). Which to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros

Personalized GPTS are one of Openai’s great inventions. Now Google has just released yours in Gemini

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One of the most interesting functions that chatgpt has are GPTS. In a nutshell, they are Chatgpt personalized versions created for specific purposes. We could have a GPT focused on correcting our texts, to solve mathematical problems or plan trips. It is a really useful function, but for now they can only be created by payment users. Anyone can use them, but only premium users can create them. Well Google has decided to opt for a different path with Gemini and its Gems. And yes, the user win. Gems? That is the name that the equivalents of GPTs receive on Google Gemini. To all purposes, they are exactly the same. Instead of using Gemini’s “general” version, Gems allow us to use a specialized version in certain tasks. It is a function that, having dedicated the necessary time and care, can be very useful. 10 Google applications that could have triumphed For everyone. So far, only payment users could create and use Gems. That is, the only way to access this function was paying the 21.99 euros per month that costs access to Gemini Advanced. That is over. As plannedGoogle has released access to gems and, from today, creating them and using them is completely free. Gems creator | Capture: Xataka Options. Google gives us five predetermined gems focused on brainstorming, professional orientation, programming, learning and writing review. Grace, however, is to create ours. To do this, you just have to go to the Gems manager and start the process (or you can do it by clicking directly in This linkwhich is direct access). Important: Although gems can be used from mobile app (and deployment is being progressive), they can only be created in the web version. Some keys. When creating a GEM it is important to be clear, concise and descriptive. Here are Some tricks to get the perfect prompt. For example, if we want our Gem to serve us to correct texts in English, something like this should be put: “You are a text reviewer in English and aid to people to detect and correct failures in their writings. Your work is to analyze the texts, find all errors, explain to the user why he is poorly written and suggest improvements. Use a friendly tone. Use Spanish to give explanations. Be patient.” The result will be something similar to this: when giving the badly written phrase “I are not feeling lots well”, the GEM returns the following answer: Example of use of a Gem created by us | Capture: Xataka Models. In our Gems we can use the models we have access to Google Gemini. In the free version we can use Gemini Flash 2.0 and Gemini Flash 2.0 Flash Thinkingwhich is experimental. If we had the payment version we could use the most advanced models. Using the reasoning model can be really useful if we create a very specific Gem focused on answers that need precision. Limitations. Gems are very useful, but they have an important limitation: they do not admit the rise in documents, at least in the Spanish version and for now. In the English version they seem to admit them. Being able to upload documents is a very interesting function to consult bibliography, interact with a PDF, with an Excel sheet, etc. Let’s think about the potential that this has to analyze data, extract trends or digest a lot of information more easily. The problem is that, for the moment, we do not have it available. Cover image | Xataka In Xataka | Google’s results with generative come to Spain. And with them, an elephant in the media room

Freepik already integrates 2 to generate video with AI. He has even released it even that Google herself

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Freepik has been consolidating for some time as A reference in the creation of multimedia content with AI. Not only at the national or European level, but worldwide. And now he has surprised the world by premiere exclusively, Google’s 2. Why is it important. The launch of I see 2 through Freepikeven before, on Google’s own platforms, it marks a turning point in the generative and consolidated market to the Malaga company as a global global actor. The context. The alliance between Google and Freepik is more than a simple technological collaboration. It represents a change in the usual strategy of the giants such as Google, who usually reserve the firstfruits for their own platforms. It has not been the case this time. Google, by deference towards a Partnerby commercial strategy or for the good work of the company Malaga, it has allowed it to be Freepik who hit first with I see 2. An example of what this integration is capable of doing, provided by Freepik itself: In figures. Freepik’s impact on the creative industry is huge: 64 million creatives use the platform. 247 million available graphic resources. 600,000 premium subscribers. More than one billion images generated with AI. In detail. I see 2 promises to raise the bar in the generation of video by AI: It offers unpublished realism in animations. Notably improves the accuracy of movements. It generates more fluid and natural transitions. The first 10,000 users to register They can try the system for free. Deepen. The Freepik CEO, Joaquín Cuenca, He explained They have been testing for weeks I see 2. “There is a new king in the city,” he says pointing out the technical superiority of the model about his competitors. The availability of I see 2 in Freepik marks the beginning of its global expansion, anticipating its arrival soon to Google Ai Studio and other channels, although for now the Spanish platform maintains the exclusivity of the launch. In Xataka | The Spanish Startup Freepik is already one of the most important ‘success’ in the history of Spain after being bought by the EQT fund Outstanding image | Freepik

Valve has released its source code and the possibilities are huge

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Valve just Release the source code of ‘Team Fortress 2’. This game, considered one of the parents of the Hero Shootershas been spinning since 2007 (how hard it has been to write that) and is one of Steam’s best known and popular titles. Few online games that have been in the market for almost 20 years can say that they bring together more than 20,000 players daily. Today your code become free (With certain conditions) and that means one thing: that a huge range of possibilities opens. What happened. Valve, the company behind Steam, has published a huge update of the Source SDK that adds “the entire client and server code of ‘Team Fortress 2′”. Basically, from now on any person with the appropriate knowledge could make their own ‘TF 2’. This sdk, They explain from Valve“It offers mods creators the possibility of changing, expanding or rewriting ‘TF2’, making possible from small touch -ups to complete conversions.” But huh, no money. Valve has covered his back well with this. The SDK is licensed with a non -commercial base, that is, “any mod created using the SDK must be free”, as well as any content included in these mods. However, if someone uses the ‘Team Fortress 2’ code to create, for example, an action and adventure game in the first person, they can publish it in Steam and appear as a new game. Whenever it is free, there are no limitations. Se (can come) little things. The world of mods is spectacular. There are many games that we have today whose origin dates back to Mods of other games. For example, ‘Counter Strike‘It was, in the beginning, a mod of’Half life‘. The first ‘Team Fortress’ was a mod of’Quake‘ and ‘Deta Auto Chess‘It is, indeed, a mod of’ dota 2 ‘whose origin is, in turn, a mod of’Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos‘Call’ Defense of the Ancients’ (hence the acronym, Dota). As regards ‘Team Fortress 2’, if it was already a living game now has all the ballots to be even more. We are not talking about modders can Add maps or weapons modelsbut to make deep changes to the point that new games look like. Let’s think about making a racing game, a tactical shooter, an Moba, the options are practically infinite. Valve’s future. Everything points to what goes through ‘Deadlock‘. It is a secret project (which is very little secret) that consists in combining the genre Moba with the Hero Shooter. It is located in an early stage of development, but more than 10,000 people say it. It has no release date, requirements, nothing at all, but is in the oven. When will it come out? We will have to wait. Image | Valve In Xataka | If you like ‘Doom’, the mod called ‘Doom Zero’ that includes 32 new levels can already be enjoyed in consoles, mobiles and PC

Oscar de la Hoya released a dart against Bill Haney

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The iconic world champion and boxing promoter, Óscar de la Hoya, made strong criticism against the fighter Devin Haney and his father Bill Haney Due to the fervent search for these figures to be able to reach an agreement against Ryan García and thus be able to fulfill their revenge after the defeat they suffered in April 2024 before Mexico American. These statements were made during statements in his Clapback Thursday segment published on social networks, where he stressed that it is essential that the American take control of his professional career and must be harmed by his own father. “This clapback is dedicated to the worst manager in the history of boxing: Bill Haney. I want to start by saying sorry for Devin Haney. We almost never hear him talk because his dad makes all the noise, and that has cost him to lose the twelve fans he used to have. Of course, Devin had a bad defeat this year, but it shouldn’t have been the end of his career. Everything could have been easily fixed if it were not for his father and manager, Bill, who turned everything into a more toxic situation than Chernobyl. I had never seen a destroyed race in this way in my life, ”he said. De La Hoya also criticized Bill Haney’s reaction after his son’s defeat against Ryan García and stressed that it is essential to work to improve his physical abilities to be able to have a better performance in the quadrilateral instead of focusing on other unimportant circumstances For Devin. “Everything Devin had to do after losing against Ryan was to say: ‘He won me, I could not block his left hook’, and then return to the gym. But instead of focusing on a return fight for 2024 and teaching his son to block that hook, Bill thought it was better idea Demand the Athletic Commission of the State of New York to remove that defeat of the Devin record, fight against a civilian at the Orange County state fair, take the rest of the free year and make as many enemies as possible, heated his legacy as the Larger weeping in the history of boxing, ”he said. “Now, that brings us to the present. Devin and Bill were in London last week, begging Turki (al-Alshikh) for a check because they have no choice. The only value that Devin has in this sport is to fight Ryan García again. So, Bill, being the pimp, sent his son again to look for the fighter who beat him so badly that they had to sue him for aggression. I can’t invent this, friends. The rematch is scheduled for October, but with one condition: the Haney must withdraw their demand against Ryan and Golden Boy. Of course, they are willing to do it because they had no attention, ”he added. Discard the rematch To end the owner of Golden Boy Promotions said that a quite risky decision of accepting the rematch against Ryan García would be; He argued that the result could be the one registered in the combat held almost a year ago. “Taking revenge is a fairly risky movement. If Devin loses against Ryan García again, we can say goodbye to the Haney. And to even get to that fight, Devin first has to overcome a hard and hungry rival like José Ramírez in May. Care, José. If you hit him very strong, he could sue you too, ”he concluded. Continue reading: –Canelo Álvarez reveals the key to his success: “I never did it for money”–David Benavídez releases David Morrell prior to his fight–Oleksandr Usyk will be a soccer player once hangs gloves like boxer (Tagstotranslate) Devin Haney (T) Oscar de la Hoya

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