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I actually sold my ASG for 300+ to fund my Beenthoven (Retail) purchase when they released
and I dont regret it
THE OFFICIAL KOBE 9 THREAD ****** WHAT THE KOBE RELEASED ******** BHM RELEASE 1/19
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and I dont regret it
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Asg are worth a little more and pairs are probably harder to find now. I would take the asg
ryanjumpman420
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View media item 1160644Random shot I took. I thought it was a good pic.
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Love the beethoven colorway, but what's with that big clunky tongue I've been seeing in these pics, is that noticeable when you wear them?
ryanjumpman420
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It is a little tall but I like it personally. It goes along with the shape of the shoe in my humble opinion.
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The Beethoven's are nice but I like the ASG's better.
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Doesnt the traction mess him up when boxing?
The Philippines was sort of a colab with Paq man.
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The traction pattern on the Kobe IX is no more pronounced than on the Nike HyperKO boxing boot (which I use.) Should be fine in that regard.
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You could never wrestle in those. I don't even see how someone could choose to box in them beside for style.
welp there goes my fight to call these wrestling shoes and not boxing shoes
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Batista wrestles in them but again it was jokes, it's been a joke about them being boxing shoes since they first showed, but when I saw Batista in them I went full in on wrestling jokes, but the main points they're jokes, and seems they work fine for a myriad of sports and entertainment not just basketballYou could never wrestle in those. I don't even see how someone could choose to box in them beside for style.
welp there goes my fight to call these wrestling shoes and not boxing shoes
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He also wore the 28s.
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yeah I pointed that out earlier during our wrestling talks but the xx8 looked perfect as wrestling boots even more so than kb9
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nope.
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If he gets caught up in the ring because of the sticky icky he might get KO'ed
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Doesnt it have MP on the side for manny p
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are the China's all sold out in LA? tryna pick up another pair.
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The Kobe 9 EM Philippines was designed by Erick Goto, a Filipino-American who works as a graphic designer for Nike. An insert card was included with the EM Philippines that were sold in the Philippines explaining the inspirations drawn in designing the shoe. The insert doesn't mention Pacquiao as a contributor to the design of the shoe, and knowing the how the Philippine community has so much pride with Manny, something like that would have been mentioned by Nike Philippines.
As far as Pacquiao's influences to the Kobe 9, Kobe said in an interview that he was watching Pacquiao train, which inspired the idea of the Kobe 9 Elite High, shown in this Bleacher Report video http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1876622-story-of-new-nike-kobe-9-inspired-by-manny-pacquiao
EDIT: Pictures of Insert. You all probably seen this before though...
As far as Pacquiao's influences to the Kobe 9, Kobe said in an interview that he was watching Pacquiao train, which inspired the idea of the Kobe 9 Elite High, shown in this Bleacher Report video http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1876622-story-of-new-nike-kobe-9-inspired-by-manny-pacquiao
EDIT: Pictures of Insert. You all probably seen this before though...
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I thought I read in the thread that the MP on the medial side stood for Manny. In any of the Nike press release does it even mention Manny? Just like the MJ pair no mention of Michael Jackson but everybody knows the reference.
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It's the MA part of Mamba I think.
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The best part of the phillpines is the yhong sandle bottom and only one with 24View media item 1161050
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View media item 1161045Where is the 'mint' color part of this shoe?
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Yeah that is true.
