1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,640 The B-Side and Boxing. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:03,640 B-Side shit. 3 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:04,280 B-Side. 4 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:05,000 B-Side. 5 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:05,960 And the B-Side. 6 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:07,000 You got a B-Side. 7 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,000 The B-Side. 8 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:08,640 B-Side. 9 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:09,280 B-Side. 10 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,120 B-Side. 11 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:11,280 That B-Side thing. 12 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,360 This is the B-Sides Boxing Podcast. 13 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,960 Hey, if you're here, thanks for listening. 14 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,240 This is the Boxing B-Sides Podcast. 15 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,640 It's going to be structured a little bit differently than usual. 16 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,000 Right now we're just going, we're doing a little bit of catch-up shit. 17 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,480 It's been a little hectic over here. 18 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,000 So this is all Japan. 19 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,240 The three cars that happened that one weekend in October. 20 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,280 So we'll cover those three. 21 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,960 And that's pretty much it for this one. 22 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,000 But we'll be back with more. 23 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,880 Got to do a bit more of these catch-up ones before we get ourselves back into a regular rhythm. 24 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:52,880 So here we go. 25 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,480 Man, this Kiaguchi fight was a hell of a fight. 26 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,200 Yeah, they're just like spamming power punches. 27 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,040 It's wild. 28 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:06,920 It's the, I think Japan-Philippians is a rivalry similar to Mexico-Puerto Rico. 29 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,320 Yeah, for sure. 30 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,840 They just go nuts. 31 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,760 I wanted to see this fight so bad and it just impossible to do both. 32 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:21,280 Man, I can see why Kiaguchi is struggling as he moves up in weight. 33 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,080 He's tiny, tiny. 34 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,920 He started off out. 35 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,680 Like his amateur career was under 105. 36 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:35,160 But I'm like even in pictures, like usually if it's just a person in a picture, you can't 37 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,760 tell how tall they are. 38 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,160 But you can tell on his Instagram just how small he is. 39 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,600 Like he's got a French Bulldog and either it's the biggest French Bulldog ever or Kiaguchi 40 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,720 is like tiny. 41 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,360 Not a big person. 42 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,080 That's probably the case. 43 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,880 I'll add the cherry blossoms and stuff. 44 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:00,840 I'm just like those trees don't get very tall. 45 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:01,840 Do you want to roll? 46 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,640 San's intro, I could just like fucking do one on the fly with the next one. 47 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:08,640 With this. 48 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:09,640 Sure. 49 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:10,640 Okay, cool. 50 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:16,840 I did just want to rag on you a little bit for having to re-record the podcast. 51 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:17,840 Yeah. 52 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:18,840 Yeah. 53 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:19,840 Yeah. 54 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,480 I'm like somebody forgot to hit save. 55 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:29,760 Yeah, and closed the recording session without finalizing the recording. 56 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,120 It's great. 57 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,120 Go me. 58 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,120 I'm really good at this. 59 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Very professional. 60 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,560 And oh man, the All Japan Special. 61 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,040 I have my fedora on. 62 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,040 I got mine ready. 63 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:51,480 I have an actual fedora, an expensive wool fedora that I bought at a very nice hat shop. 64 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:58,260 Okay, let's get to the thing. 65 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:05,200 Some stuff just to give a quick plug for the bros over at Ultimate Fucking Casual. 66 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,800 This weekend on the 8th, this Friday, 1 FC 169 is happening. 67 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,440 It's going to be headlined by Anatoly Malikin. 68 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:21,120 God, why was that so fucking hard? 69 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,520 He's the heavyweight MMA champ. 70 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:28,200 He's fighting this big African dude who's not a very good wrestler, but like monstrous 71 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,200 power. 72 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,920 So should be interesting. 73 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,520 Anatoly is a fucking maniac. 74 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,760 He's a 3D division champion, went from middle up to light heavy, and now he's a heavyweight 75 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:39,920 champ. 76 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,440 It's pretty nuts. 77 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,080 That's wild across any combat sport. 78 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,560 Well maybe not so much boxing. 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,000 It seems easier to get into heavyweight from a lower weight class in MMA. 80 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Yes. 81 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,160 Are the heavies not as heavy? 82 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,320 I don't know how to phrase that. 83 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,480 They cap at 265. 84 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,200 Oh, so it's not an open weight class. 85 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Nope. 86 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,840 Ah, that's the difference. 87 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:13,160 There's the same like Titanic sized people that are phenomena is happening in MMA as well, 88 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:20,080 but there's also a lot of tubby dudes that need, they just need the weight to be able 89 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,080 to be competitive. 90 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,080 Right. 91 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:27,320 No, for MMA stuff, some of the listeners might find it useful. 92 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,400 I think I sent it to you. 93 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:36,080 One Championship has fights on that YouNext broadcaster here in Japan. 94 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,400 I think if you have a VPN, you can make just a free account and watch them night of. 95 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,160 Yes. 96 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,840 Fire up the VPN, head over to YouNext. 97 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,080 Making an account is not difficult. 98 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:54,880 Just look up an area code that's in Japan. 99 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,600 Just have it handy. 100 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,560 It really doesn't matter where it's from. 101 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,560 Yeah. 102 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:09,200 I saw that at least the Japanese card for one championship is going to be on there. 103 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,840 And it's also on Amazon Prime. 104 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:17,360 If you're a subscriber, you already have it here. 105 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,960 And also on the ninth Saturday, UFC Fight Night card. 106 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,040 It's not very good, but whatever. 107 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:31,040 If you're into MMA, so much so that you're going to skip the boots and bam card, then 108 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,040 there you go. 109 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,520 You could go watch that fucking dumpster fire. 110 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,880 I forgot that was this weekend. 111 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,880 Yeah. 112 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:38,880 Yeah. 113 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,880 All right. 114 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,020 Let's do our all Japan fucking fun. 115 00:05:44,020 --> 00:05:46,000 First one in Yokohama. 116 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,160 This was on Sunday, October 13th. 117 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,800 So it's put on by Treasure Boxing. 118 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,400 I don't really have much other than the top two. 119 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Yeah. 120 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,280 So in the co-main we had Hiroto Kyoguchi. 121 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,620 This was flyweight. 122 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:06,840 So he started at 105 and then moved up to 108. 123 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:08,680 Had good success in those two divisions. 124 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,220 Now he's up to 112. 125 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:12,960 He gets the win back from Vince Paras. 126 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:17,640 They had a fight earlier this year in Korea that he lost. 127 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:18,640 Yeah. 128 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,960 So Gucci is one of the ones that was on my list of people I wanted to see fight. 129 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,800 And he's had two fights since I moved here. 130 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:33,280 One in Korea and this one that was the same night as the Tsutsumi fight in Tokyo. 131 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:37,600 So I just, I haven't been able to go see him. 132 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,800 Makes me so sad. 133 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,000 And this was a victory one too. 134 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 It's a yeah. 135 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,580 And close to where I live. 136 00:06:43,580 --> 00:06:46,620 Like Yokohama is only about two hours by train. 137 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:49,160 As opposed to Tokyo. 138 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:50,160 How far is that? 139 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,160 Hour and a half. 140 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,160 Okay. 141 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,160 You actually go through Tokyo. 142 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,840 Chiba is on the other side of Tokyo Bay. 143 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:59,080 So I basically have to take the train around the water. 144 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,760 That's I guess the majority decision. 145 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,560 I'm watching it right now. 146 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:09,260 We're in round eight of 10 so far and it's been, I expect that the first fight was like 147 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:10,260 this as well. 148 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:18,560 It's been a bit of a clobber fest, the Japan Philippines rivalry in full effect. 149 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Yeah. 150 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,960 Small dude standing in the middle of the ring just throwing punches. 151 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:23,960 Yep. 152 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,960 Awesome. 153 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:25,960 Which is why I wanted to see him. 154 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:31,080 It looks like Paras here in round eight starting to work behind a jab a little bit but it's 155 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,280 a little bit too late for that I think. 156 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:34,400 All right. 157 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:41,640 In the main event of this card fucking John Shithead Casimiro missed his weight. 158 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:42,640 How much was it? 159 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:43,640 Two, three pounds? 160 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,480 It was significant for sure. 161 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,480 I can't remember. 162 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,040 It's been a while but yeah. 163 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Blue weight. 164 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,160 Not like oh he missed it by a half a pound. 165 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Right. 166 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,440 He didn't even try. 167 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,680 So he misses 122 somehow, some way. 168 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,440 He's still going to get the, he's still going to get to fight in a way. 169 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,600 Oh this is even worse. 170 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:10,280 So Boxwreck just has Casimiro failed to weigh in. 171 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,520 Oh. 172 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,680 So he blew weight the night before and never showed up for the re-weigh. 173 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:18,680 Well that's fun. 174 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,480 And was still allowed to compete. 175 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:22,480 That's great. 176 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:23,480 Yeah. 177 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,720 Yeah well he's fucking Casimiro. 178 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,480 I do not understand why people like this man. 179 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,320 He bombs out Salo Sanchez in the first round. 180 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,120 It was not pretty. 181 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,960 Like Salo was in over his head and I think he figured that out pretty quickly. 182 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:47,280 Now actually you've already heard the story because we recorded this once but I made a 183 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:56,220 friend at the Tokyo boxing event and we watched the last round and the decision before the 184 00:08:56,220 --> 00:08:58,080 fight started in Tokyo. 185 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,920 Oh yeah I did hear that before didn't I? 186 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,120 Alright there you go. 187 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,320 Casimiro gets the win. 188 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:13,280 Fucking they're keeping in front of the Japan audience. 189 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,440 He's one I'm surprised they keep letting him fight in Japan. 190 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:23,360 If he's blowing weight like this I am surprised the Japanese boxing commission. 191 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:28,280 I guess Casimiro is blowing weight against non-Japanese boxers so they don't care. 192 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,960 That's exactly what I was about to say. 193 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:36,880 This isn't a Japanese fighter so he can dishonor himself as much as he wants. 194 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,360 Kind of bullshit. 195 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,360 Selective enforcement. 196 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,600 I love that shit. 197 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:43,680 Moving on. 198 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:44,680 The take-in card. 199 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:45,960 This is the first of two. 200 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,560 This one was in Tokyo. 201 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:54,960 Can I start with since I attended this one my story about getting in. 202 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,920 This one was at Ariaka arena. 203 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:05,040 My first time going to Ariaka arena you actually have to take a bus because it's in basically 204 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,160 reclaimed land. 205 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:13,260 They built fake land into Tokyo Bay and that's this new area where this arena is. 206 00:10:13,260 --> 00:10:16,680 So I don't think there's any trains that go that way. 207 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,920 I got there really early because the buses are super confusing. 208 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:25,480 I was standing in line just killing time watching some of that other card over somebody's shoulder 209 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,400 and being a creep in line. 210 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,080 These people come around and start handing out tickets with numbers on them and they 211 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,080 give me one. 212 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,880 I understand none of it. 213 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,140 But I did kind of get the idea that you had to show it at the gate and I was like okay 214 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:46,600 cool I have a ticket but I guess this is you know something extra. 215 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,600 I showed it at the gate and they just kind of looked at me like I was stupid and gave 216 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,320 me a program. 217 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,320 I went and found my seat. 218 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:59,100 That's where I met my new friend. 219 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:01,660 Somebody actually spoke English a little. 220 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:02,660 Actually not a little. 221 00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:07,120 He speaks English quite well and we chatted and stuff and I asked him what this number 222 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,580 was for and he says free t-shirts. 223 00:11:11,580 --> 00:11:18,960 They were just handing out I think 2000 free t-shirts or not 2000 sorry 200 free t-shirts. 224 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,960 That's really cool. 225 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:28,000 Yeah so I get in line and they even still had a large because Japanese sizes are tiny 226 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,240 and the larges go pretty quick at the boxing events. 227 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,200 But yeah free t-shirt for the doubleheader night. 228 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:42,960 Just got the basically the poster that was on Amazon Prime on the front of the t-shirt. 229 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,920 I thought that was pretty cool. 230 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:45,920 That is cool. 231 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,840 I would I wish that American events did that. 232 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:55,000 I always show up for the untelevised fights and everything because if I pay you know not 233 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,760 that it's super expensive here but if I pay $300 I'm gonna get as much out of it as I 234 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,760 can. 235 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:08,040 Yeah I like to be there for first fights too like when we went to the Bud Madrimov card. 236 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,160 So that was something that we were like we were talking about when do we want to get 237 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,880 there all things considered of when the doors open and stuff. 238 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:19,800 I was like well I don't know about you guys but I plan to be there for the very first 239 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 bell. 240 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:26,560 Yeah well and I like to find my seat and figure out where the closest bathroom is and where 241 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:30,240 the beard stand is and all that good stuff. 242 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:35,880 But this fight or these two fights they actually had the beer girls in the stands like the 243 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,760 baseball games here. 244 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:43,320 They have cute girls in cute bright outfits that carry kegs on their back and pour you 245 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,560 draft beer in the stands. 246 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:51,600 Yeah I saw I don't remember where it was but I did see this thing of it was a day in the 247 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:57,220 life of one of these beer girls at a Japanese event and how they have to like prepare themselves 248 00:12:57,220 --> 00:13:01,800 to have like a mini keg on their backs. 249 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,320 It's not that mini like it's not like it's big. 250 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,640 It's not a full keg but it's big. 251 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,300 And they're not necessarily big women either. 252 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:18,180 So starting the card the majority draw Ryuga Sato versus Asato Sato. 253 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:19,180 That's fucking wonderful. 254 00:13:19,180 --> 00:13:22,280 Get keep doing that with that name. 255 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:23,280 What was the deal here? 256 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,720 It's a four round bantam weights Ryuga comes in 1 and 0. 257 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,160 Asato is 1 1 and 1. 258 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,960 So pretty inexperienced. 259 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,040 Was Ryuga the guy they're pushing? 260 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,120 Yeah I think so. 261 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:44,580 This was just a kind of amateurish Japan fight. 262 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:48,480 They just stood in the center and swung. 263 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,600 There wasn't a whole lot to take away from this fight other than it was good action for 264 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:57,360 the 200 people that had gotten there in time for it. 265 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:05,400 Moving up Seigo Yuri Akui split decision over Tanan-shai Charyunpak. 266 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,080 Twelve round fly weights. 267 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,960 This is one of the M150 guys. 268 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,040 I honestly don't remember a whole bunch about this one. 269 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,880 It was really competitive. 270 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,360 Like I remember thinking the split decision was fair. 271 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:23,660 I think this was probably just an all actiony one as well. 272 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:28,480 This is the only televised one that wasn't a world title this night. 273 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:34,800 So moving up Kenshiro Toraji gets the WBC flyweight title. 274 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,520 Dr. Stoppage at the end of 11. 275 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,020 Christopher Rosales that was just a wonderful fight. 276 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:43,240 It wouldn't be unreasonable. 277 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,240 This was fun. 278 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,240 Yeah they could do it again and it would be fine. 279 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,320 It was that good. 280 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:55,640 The stoppage it was unfortunate that they at the end of 11 going into the 12th like 281 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,000 come on man. 282 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,920 Give the guy his three minutes. 283 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:03,960 But yeah and he wasn't going to win it anyways though. 284 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,120 But he's still fighting. 285 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,680 Toraji busted this guy's nose early on. 286 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,000 Well not that early but early ish. 287 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,680 But he was struggling and he just kept hammering on his broken nose. 288 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:28,080 It was I rewatched the highlights and on TV it was pretty apparent that his nose was just 289 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,440 a mess. 290 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:35,240 Yeah understandable that it could be stopped but still in an instance like this this is 291 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:41,680 one of like the few times where I would go against the doctor's suggestions or insistence 292 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:42,840 like come on dude. 293 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,200 It's three more minutes. 294 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,120 He's not going to win but give him a shot. 295 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,040 Yeah yeah I wasn't mad at the stoppage. 296 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,720 Like I don't think it was home cooking or anything. 297 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,080 But I was also surprised. 298 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,440 Like Rosales was was fighting well. 299 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,840 I was surprised the doctor stopped it. 300 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,120 RIP Rosales. 301 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,840 Hopefully we see you again though. 302 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,000 All right moving up. 303 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:19,720 So Kichi Iwata in the third over Jairo Noriega the Spaniard for the WBO light flyweight title. 304 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:24,160 I have this one listed as Shadow Realm in three. 305 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,160 Goodness gracious. 306 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:32,440 Oh my god for these like light flyweights this is a hundred percent like knockout of 307 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,000 the decade I think. 308 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,520 This is crazy. 309 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:41,320 What I liked most about this one not just that it was you know in the lower weight classes 310 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,800 getting a knockout like this is pretty rare but Hiro. 311 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,240 I'm so early. 312 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,520 Yes especially because it was so early and Hiro was doing pretty well. 313 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,600 I'm surprised that he that it happened. 314 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,700 If a stoppage was going to happen it would have I would have expected it to be later 315 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,600 but I'm not sure how. 316 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,800 Like they came into this Iwata's 13 and 1 and Noriega's 14 and 0. 317 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,520 So it's not like there's a real big experience disparity. 318 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,520 So holy shit that's just fantastic. 319 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,440 Noriega got fucking Pacquiao'd. 320 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,360 It was it was crazy. 321 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:25,520 I think in the lost session you had mentioned that like the crowd was really really quiet 322 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,520 as they waited. 323 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:27,520 Oh yeah. 324 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:28,520 Yeah. 325 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,980 Noriega didn't get up right away. 326 00:17:29,980 --> 00:17:32,880 He didn't move right away. 327 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:39,120 So there was the initial like big cheer and then everybody was silent while the doctors 328 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:40,720 came in and stuff. 329 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,820 But he did walk out on his own. 330 00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:49,560 So to a standing ovation and then Iwata got his standing ovation as well. 331 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:56,440 But the Japanese crowd is very respectful when people are hurt which is nice. 332 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,880 I quite enjoy that. 333 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:03,600 There's no no reason to be cheering if somebody's not getting up. 334 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,320 I did feel a little bad for Noriega. 335 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:07,840 I like him. 336 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:13,200 I like when people from those not so boxing countries are doing well. 337 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,280 But man Iwata just shut him off. 338 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,080 It was crazy. 339 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:24,120 It's unfortunate but I think I will get he should get another call up to a big fight. 340 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:27,600 I think he demonstrated he can hang. 341 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,000 He does have the skill. 342 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 But yeah. 343 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:36,760 Well and this should hopefully get some people turned on to Iwata. 344 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:42,880 If anybody is talking shit about lower weight classes and no knockouts for the next year 345 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,600 that's the knockout to show them. 346 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:57,440 In the main event Takuma Inoue loses his bantamweight title the WBA version against Seiya Tsutsumi 347 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:02,200 Punch Burger has arrived. 348 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,280 What was the celebration like in the Tsutsumi section? 349 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,000 Oh my god. 350 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:14,160 So the whole fight was just like the loudest Japanese crowd I've ever seen. 351 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,120 This was a Sunday night before a long weekend. 352 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:21,080 So nobody had to work on Monday. 353 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:26,480 And I was shocked at how much of the crowd was Tsutsumi. 354 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,040 I was in that section because I bought from his fan club. 355 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,600 So I expected my whole section obviously. 356 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:41,240 But it really felt like probably 75% of the crowd was there for Seiya. 357 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,880 It was crazy. 358 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:48,600 Every time there was like a cheer started for Takuma it was instantly drowned out by 359 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:49,960 Seiya fans. 360 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,280 And it wasn't just my section cheering for him. 361 00:19:53,280 --> 00:20:00,200 It really felt like there was one section of Inoue fans and that was it. 362 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,600 And Tsutsumi had... 363 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,560 I was in the front of the first raised seats. 364 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:13,520 But on the floor underneath me was a whole group of guys that had went out and bought 365 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,760 red leather jackets. 366 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,800 Tsutsumi wears a red leather jacket a lot of the time in his Instagram pictures when 367 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,720 he's out eating food and stuff. 368 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,440 And those guys looked... 369 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,440 They really looked like a sort of anime... 370 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:36,560 I don't want to say gang, but you know in anime how there's like the groups of guys. 371 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,560 Yeah. 372 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:43,360 And those guys were down in front of me and they were loud as hell for Japanese fans. 373 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:49,240 And in between every round there was like three of them would stand up and just start 374 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,440 yelling at the crowd to get a Seiya cheer going. 375 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,800 And they were loud as hell. 376 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:01,040 And I rewatched the broadcast last night because I knew we were doing this. 377 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:08,400 And you could see them in the background standing this like waving their arms and getting everybody 378 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,360 cheering in time and stuff. 379 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:13,480 They did that in between every round. 380 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,480 It was great. 381 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:15,480 Yeah. 382 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:22,320 And I'm sure anybody listening has probably seen at least one episode of Hajime no Ippo. 383 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:23,320 Yeah. 384 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:29,840 So they do that stuff in the anime and I was like, holy shit, they do that for real. 385 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,280 I didn't know that was a real thing. 386 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:38,280 They do have a ticket sales website, but I have never figured out how you actually just 387 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,480 go to that website and buy a ticket. 388 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:45,120 I have always entered the website through a fan site. 389 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:52,640 Now the only one that really uses Japanese Ticketmaster that I've bought is Nakatani. 390 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:59,600 But if you go to the Tsutsumi website, it goes to this, I forget what it's called, but 391 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,280 it's boxingtickets.jp I think anyways. 392 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,820 And it's just boxers. 393 00:22:04,820 --> 00:22:09,240 Each boxer has their own page and that's where you order your ticket. 394 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:17,000 And the smaller guys like Tsutsumi who's less famous literally just email transfer the money 395 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 like a bank transfer. 396 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,240 They're very shady. 397 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,920 And yeah. 398 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,840 And then they just mail you a ticket. 399 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:28,840 Like they personally, well, I'm sure he doesn't pack the envelopes, but like his team personally 400 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:34,080 just writes your address on an envelope and puts a ticket in it. 401 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,880 It's crazy. 402 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:41,160 So when you do that, every boxer has their own section. 403 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:50,260 And sometimes you even get like really cheerleader like guys like at anime that wear the headband 404 00:22:50,260 --> 00:22:55,000 and stand up at the bottom and like, okay guys, this is the cheer we're doing. 405 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:00,760 Because there's kind of six or seven set cheers and you just insert name here and they'll 406 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:05,800 stand at the front in between rounds and stuff and just lead the cheer. 407 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:06,800 It's crazy. 408 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,940 Man, I really want to go to a fight in Tokyo, especially now. 409 00:23:10,940 --> 00:23:11,940 It's really fun. 410 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,240 It's probably very different. 411 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:18,320 I've never been to a boxing match in America, but the nice thing is everybody seems to be 412 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:22,560 paying attention or they're at least not distracting you. 413 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:29,040 Like there's no crowd fights or random people yelling about something else. 414 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,040 All right. 415 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,560 So to the actual fight. 416 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:33,560 Okay. 417 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,160 So Tatsumi, holy shit, what a gas tank. 418 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:45,880 He was going forward, throwing like so many punches every round, all 12 rounds. 419 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,520 And it seemed like it was going to be a win for him anyway, even if we didn't, if there 420 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,840 wasn't that kind of weird slip or trip ruled a knockdown. 421 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:56,840 I don't know. 422 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,360 It felt like he had it pretty safe. 423 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:01,580 I rewatched it last night. 424 00:24:01,580 --> 00:24:04,080 It wasn't a slip or a trip. 425 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,880 It would have been a knockdown, but the ropes held Takuma up. 426 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:15,160 He rewatching it, he really did slam into the ropes and the ref stepped in and ruled 427 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,120 it a knockdown right away. 428 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,200 So you got it right. 429 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,920 I think he did. 430 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:27,600 I thought it at the fight, looking at the Jumbotron, Tsutsumi looked so fucking nervous 431 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,880 in his walk in and like the national anthem and everything. 432 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,320 He looked like he was going to throw up. 433 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,620 And the first two rounds, he was nervous. 434 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:42,400 He wasn't throwing as many punches and he was doing stupid stuff. 435 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:48,680 But around, I'd say round four, he finally got comfortable. 436 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:55,360 And that's when he really started just out throwing and outworking Takuma and landing 437 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,520 to the body. 438 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:02,920 There were so many body punches that led to head punches because he wasn't throwing just 439 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:03,920 one punch. 440 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:13,080 He was throwing like 12 punches and something's going to fucking land. 441 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:20,360 On the bodywork, Tsutsumi's bodywork was what paid off very much later. 442 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:27,560 In a way, in the beginning was it along with the nerves, Inoue was moving around using 443 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,680 his agility a lot better. 444 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:34,160 Seemed like Tsutsumi was having trouble keeping up, but that shit taxes. 445 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:39,760 And Inoue slowed down enough and got just he got worked all the way to the end. 446 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Yeah. 447 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,040 Not that Takuma didn't land anything. 448 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,040 Oh, no, he had. 449 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,400 He did well. 450 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,400 Yeah. 451 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,000 Tsutsumi's got a fuck of a chin, I think. 452 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,840 He was not reacting to some bombs landing upstairs. 453 00:25:54,840 --> 00:26:00,080 And I forget what round it was, but that cut to his eye was actually pretty bad. 454 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:05,440 He ignored it and his cut man's good, but they even had the doctor check it. 455 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,040 I had forgotten that the doctor checked his eye there. 456 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,320 I did too. 457 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:10,320 Like I looked him up. 458 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,320 It was late. 459 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,320 Yeah. 460 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,560 I think round 11, they're like, and they just let it go. 461 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:22,000 But I had to and Tsutsumi's Instagram has been fucking exactly what I thought it was 462 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,240 going to be. 463 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:31,040 It's him eating ridiculously huge, fancy burgers and steaks and sushi and whatnot. 464 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:38,160 And just so many new vintage clothes. 465 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,820 So he gets the win. 466 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:48,640 And now we're looking at him being in, let me pull up the old box rack here. 467 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,400 So bansomweight. 468 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,200 Of the top six, five are Japanese. 469 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,240 Junto Nakatani's at first. 470 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,160 Seiya Tsutsumi is at second. 471 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,960 There's I don't know. 472 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:09,160 I would like to see Tsutsumi fight Take, Yoshiki Take just because he did Daigo Higa dirty 473 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,400 and I don't like it, even though it's not his fault. 474 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,240 But I want to see him pay for it. 475 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,840 Yeah, that would be a good matchup. 476 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:23,560 Of the people with belts right now, I think Tsutsumi probably is considered the weakest 477 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,920 link. 478 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,760 That is a mistake. 479 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,360 I think so. 480 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:33,640 But other than Nakatani, anybody who thinks he's the like the odd man out and that's who 481 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,400 you snipe your belt from. 482 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,280 That is a fucking mistake. 483 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:43,240 On board, all in fucking punch burgers from here on out every day. 484 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,800 And once he starts camp, it's all a meeting. 485 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,880 It's punch burgers every day. 486 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:49,880 Yeah. 487 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,000 Like I don't know much about Nishida. 488 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,120 I think we talked about this before, too. 489 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:56,120 We did. 490 00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:58,920 I don't know who he is either. 491 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,720 Is he the one fighting in Osaka later? 492 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:02,720 Yes. 493 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,120 So there is for the IBF belt. 494 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:13,680 Yeah, I think I have decided I am going to make a weekend trip out of this fight. 495 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,720 I wanted to go see a fight in Osaka. 496 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:23,640 I've been having trouble finding any amount of video on this guy, but I haven't gotten 497 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,120 anybody to help me search in Japanese yet. 498 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:32,400 But he fights in Osaka on the 15th of December. 499 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,560 And I think I'm just gonna. 500 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,920 It'll be like three hundred dollars in train tickets, which is going to be much more than 501 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,600 the actual fight ticket. 502 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:48,960 And I think it'll be fun to see the difference in the crowds because everybody says Osaka 503 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,200 is a lot louder and rowdier than Tokyo. 504 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,920 I will say this first night, the crowd was really fun. 505 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,060 The second night where people had to work the next day. 506 00:28:59,060 --> 00:29:00,400 All Tokyo businessmen. 507 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,400 Blame. 508 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,440 And they are boring as fuck. 509 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,000 Is there much of what about Inoue here? 510 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:14,560 Because he has he's still I think he's still really live, very much still in the top portion 511 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,520 of the division. 512 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,280 I think there's good fights that he can take. 513 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,200 Daigo Higa would be a nice one. 514 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,600 Daigo Higa needs to come back. 515 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,240 Inoue needs to come back. 516 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:32,320 I don't think the Japanese are too fussed about making inter promotion rivalries. 517 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,240 Or should he take somebody from outside of Japan? 518 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,240 I don't know. 519 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,240 What do you think? 520 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,560 Yeah, I don't know. 521 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,840 I always liked Takuma. 522 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:45,120 A bunch of people say he only got the big fights because he's, you know, Naoya's little 523 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,120 brother. 524 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,600 I think Takuma is a good boxer on his own. 525 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,600 Yeah, he is. 526 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,840 Like he's not as good as his brother, but nobody is. 527 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:57,120 So I don't think this is the end of his career by any means. 528 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,120 And I think he's still up there with the in the mix for a belt. 529 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,400 Like I don't think this should block his chances at all. 530 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:11,720 I did see some people on Discord where, you know, Oh, Inoue finally got fraud checked, 531 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:12,720 blah, blah, blah. 532 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040 And I'm like, you guys just don't know shit about the small weight classes. 533 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,520 Yeah, you just don't know who Inoue is. 534 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,800 That's really all it is. 535 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:20,800 Yeah. 536 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:21,800 Or Tsutsumi. 537 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,080 They're like, oh, yeah, he got beat by some fucking nobody. 538 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,720 Go watch your heavyweights throw ten punches around. 539 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,200 This is ridiculous. 540 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,680 Because you've never heard of them. 541 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,000 Doesn't make them nobodies or frauds or whatever. 542 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:42,920 Yeah, I do think little Inoue will get another fight in Japan against a Japanese guy, probably. 543 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,440 Although they might bring in some high fighter as a get back. 544 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,520 They do that to the Thai guys a lot here. 545 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:55,120 Oh, I'm sure they're not too fussed about getting some, I guess, a decentish payday. 546 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,400 Fair enough. 547 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:01,400 I mean, Kanichi Ogawa, I see he knocked out that guy real fast last time. 548 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,400 He's back in camp. 549 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,840 I think he's got something cooking. 550 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,640 I'm hoping it's not another Thai fight. 551 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,600 I hope it's like something important. 552 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:18,880 I was thinking that even with this loss, this is where the name, the family name is going 553 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:25,920 to keep him in the at the top for maybe longer than he would deserve if he were to start 554 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,880 stringing together losses. 555 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,280 He would still be able to get some name value. 556 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,800 But right now, just yeah, Discord fuckers, you haven't heard of them. 557 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,360 I don't think that's what's happening. 558 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,800 No, not right now. 559 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:38,800 Definitely not. 560 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:43,640 You haven't heard of them, but he's been putting in the work just because you didn't see it. 561 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,200 Doesn't mean it didn't happen. 562 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:51,200 I do feel bad for him because if his brother wasn't his brother, he might not. 563 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:58,680 Well, he wouldn't be as famous, but he also wouldn't get like even the commentators kind 564 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,160 of shit on him a bit. 565 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,840 Oh, maybe his big brother can teach him how to do this. 566 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:08,400 And I'm like, guys, leave him alone. 567 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,480 He is a world champion boxer. 568 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Man, the English broadcast where I saw it was Christina Poncher and Nico Ali Walsh, 569 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,280 I will be laying into a bit later. 570 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:31,360 But they were just man, they were going so hard for Takuma. 571 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,440 I suppose I understand why. 572 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:38,900 But it's like you're completely ignoring everything that Tsutsumi is doing just because 573 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:42,800 of the you recognize one guy's name and that's it. 574 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:43,940 Yeah. 575 00:32:43,940 --> 00:32:45,680 Call the fucking fight, man. 576 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,680 Poncher, not nearly as bad. 577 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,800 She's really good about just calling the action. 578 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:57,640 But Nico as the analyst, like you're not even good at that either. 579 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:03,080 I rewatched the broadcast in Japanese, so I didn't understand a whole bunch of what 580 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,080 they're saying. 581 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,520 Like I'm still very slowly learning Japanese. 582 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,640 But there was a big shift because it started out with the champion, the champion, the champion, 583 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,400 because they always say it in English. 584 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,080 And then I think it was about round five. 585 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:22,720 It was like, oh, challenger, challenger, challenger. 586 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,680 So the Japanese broadcast definitely had a big shift from the champion is doing this, 587 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:34,080 the champion is doing that to holy shit, the challenger is challenging to the challenger 588 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,720 is winning. 589 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:36,720 Excellent. 590 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,480 OK, anything more for this one before you get to the 14th? 591 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,720 I don't think so. 592 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:43,720 Cool. 593 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:49,560 So the second fight card in Tokyo, part of the doubleheader doubleheader and last one 594 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,120 we'll be talking about for today. 595 00:33:53,120 --> 00:34:00,760 Starting off at the bottom, Excel James Jr. majority draw with Ayato Kobayashi. 596 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:07,680 You had asked me the first time to guess where this man might be from Excel, where he may 597 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:08,680 be from. 598 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,120 I guess I told you he is Japanese. 599 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,120 Yes. 600 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,120 I had a guess. 601 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,720 I thought he was Filipino just with a name like that. 602 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:26,440 I assume his dad got to name him and just Excel is a nice idea of a name. 603 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:32,800 But it sounds like you're going to be an accountant. 604 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,920 It's such a weird name. 605 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,320 It really is. 606 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,200 But he gets to draw. 607 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,200 What can we take away from this? 608 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,920 They're both young and new. 609 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:48,520 I thought it was actually pretty funny that the untelevised card on both nights was a 610 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,520 majority draw. 611 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,720 Yeah, the card opener. 612 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:56,000 Yeah, I just thought it was a weird coincidence. 613 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,120 I don't think there's a whole bunch to take away from this. 614 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:00,680 Kind of same thing. 615 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:08,520 Excel Jr. was trying to be more boxery and Kobayashi was just coming straight ahead and 616 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,120 throwing a million punches and it's only four rounds. 617 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:19,880 So, yeah, that's one of those things that it feels a bit amateurish where you just kind 618 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:25,160 of spam for four rounds because you don't have a lot of time to make a case. 619 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:33,400 Yeah, like, unless you're clearly dominating, most of the four round ones can be a draw, 620 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,520 I think. 621 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:41,840 I do like that they don't pair up the young guys with like journeymen as much in Japan. 622 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:48,920 You hardly ever see a 1-0 fighter and, you know, a 20 and 36 or something. 623 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,920 That's good. 624 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,440 Yeah, they match them up with each other. 625 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:59,840 Yeah, I think that's why the Japanese guys tend to have losses more than the Western 626 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,640 guys early in their career. 627 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,760 Yeah, you're absolutely right. 628 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:04,760 I don't know. 629 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,440 That's the way it should be done, I would say. 630 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,560 We should be taking some notes. 631 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,240 Yeah, I really hate the padded resumes. 632 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:15,040 It kind of drives me nuts. 633 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:25,360 Yeah, there was a Golden Boy card not too long ago that had Alexis Rocha, he was doing 634 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:33,400 the analysis and as they were talking about him, they were saying he had 40-something 635 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:34,400 fights. 636 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,400 What the fuck is this, dude? 637 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,320 Like, I've seen maybe five of yours. 638 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,600 Who the hell were those other people? 639 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:49,200 And the Thai fighters are the worst for that, like, he's 70 and 2 or something and you're 640 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,920 like, yeah, but is he or was he like fighting fucking drunk cab drivers? 641 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,720 Yeah, it gets kind of ridiculous. 642 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,200 All right, let's move up here. 643 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:04,360 Tenshin Nozokawa moves down from Super Bantamweight down to 118. 644 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:10,960 He is still undefeated, gets the UD over Jerwin Asilo. 645 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:17,920 This is the one where I had it noted that Niko is a horrible analysis fucking talking 646 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:19,680 head, the worst. 647 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,560 The guy cannot give credit where credit is due. 648 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:29,400 Acting like Tenshin is just some random ass kid off the street that went into a boxing 649 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,400 gym one day. 650 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,200 Now this is his fifth fight. 651 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:38,640 I don't think you realize this dude was is a kickboxing like martial arts fucking phenom. 652 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,640 He's already his fans are fucking rabid. 653 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:48,440 I know I talked about this before, but tension is the main character of an anime and he acts 654 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:55,840 like he knows he's the main character of an anime like that overconfident dickhead in 655 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,040 an anime, but he can back it up. 656 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,040 That's tension. 657 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,640 I cannot stand his personality. 658 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:13,680 I mean, he's he's a good boxer, but his personality and just his fans like it's a bunch of people 659 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:14,680 his age. 660 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,680 So what is he like 20? 661 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,240 23 ish? 662 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,760 Yeah, he's and 26 if holy shit. 663 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:23,760 Oh, okay. 664 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:29,960 Well, his fans don't seem that old, but his fans are like late teens, early 20s. 665 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:35,320 If they can get away with dyeing their hair the bright yellow, they do, but being as it's 666 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:40,120 Tokyo and a bunch of them are now, you know, fledgling Tokyo businessmen. 667 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,960 Yeah, they're the workforce. 668 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,760 You're not allowed to dye your hair in Japan in a lot of companies. 669 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,360 It has to be your natural hair color. 670 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,560 These fledgling Tokyo businessmen do the spray dye. 671 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,560 Yeah, like the hair. 672 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,560 Spirit at school. 673 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:57,560 Yeah. 674 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:06,080 And then they'll spray it bright yellow just for the fights and he sells so much merch. 675 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:11,480 Tension is such a phenom that he has pop up stores, but like I haven't even seen Naoya 676 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,400 get a pop up store, but tension gets them. 677 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,400 Wow. 678 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:20,760 That's a good way to for me to know what like what levels are we at here of fame? 679 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:28,440 I do think Naoya is more famous and like more respected and stuff, but I think Tension's 680 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:33,080 fans are more rapid, if that makes sense. 681 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:41,160 So Tension, just to get a little bit on the fight itself, Nico, it's not his, it's not 682 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,960 Tension's fault that you suck. 683 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,080 It's not his fault. 684 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:52,000 The guy was a kickboxing phenom and it fucking shows. 685 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,720 This kid knows how to fight. 686 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:58,320 He was like, Nico was shitting on like, oh, his footwork is a little weird. 687 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,640 And then he's like dancing circles around a silo. 688 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,480 What the hell is the matter with you? 689 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,120 Are we watching the same thing? 690 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:06,120 I don't think so. 691 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:10,380 It's a little different than boxing and he's probably doing shit that they told Nico not 692 00:40:10,380 --> 00:40:13,240 to do because he's not good enough to pull it off. 693 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:14,240 Probably. 694 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:22,840 That's not how I feel anyway, because just because your grandfather was, is a legend, 695 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,120 legend of the game doesn't mean that you're supposed to be good or something. 696 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,880 Yeah. 697 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:35,920 But I don't know, man, Tension, he's, his move to Bansom, I think they want to get him 698 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:43,160 into the mix with the other like big names in Japan because he's a mega star already. 699 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,680 That's just my thinking of why they moved him. 700 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,880 Yeah, that makes perfect sense. 701 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:49,880 Save the Naoya fight for later. 702 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,280 It wouldn't surprise me. 703 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:56,960 Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if he can make this weight that they match him up with a 704 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,200 belt holder maybe in two fights. 705 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,840 They're going to move Tension fast. 706 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,080 Yeah, of course. 707 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,080 That was always the plan. 708 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,160 I don't know who they would pick right now, though. 709 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:13,600 I don't think Tsutsumi would be a good match up for Tension. 710 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:19,120 Nishida, I don't know enough about Nishida to say just he has nine fights. 711 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,680 So that would be my shout. 712 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,000 I think Tension and Takai would be a good fight. 713 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,960 Yes, Takai was the one I was thinking next. 714 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:32,160 I honestly I don't know who would win that one. 715 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,100 Moving up. 716 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:35,760 No contest in the first. 717 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,680 Anthony Oluskwaga, he holds the WBO Flyweight Championship. 718 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,680 He fought Jonathan Gonzalez. 719 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:47,240 Yeah, Gonzalez was looking for a way out. 720 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:53,080 Yeah, actually, this got overturned to a win. 721 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:59,440 Yeah, TKO, which I don't think is fair. 722 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,880 I don't like that decision. 723 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:06,800 I do think Gonzalez could have continued and I think if he was told he had to, he would 724 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:07,800 have. 725 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:13,360 But if you call it a no contest, you got to leave it a no contest. 726 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,880 Yeah, if it's going to be a stoppage of any kind, it should have been ruled that way in 727 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:18,880 the beginning. 728 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,080 But no contest, that's the point. 729 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,400 If it stopped in the first four, kind of how it's supposed to happen. 730 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:29,920 Honestly, I'm not sure why they changed it, but it really did look like Gonzalez could 731 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,080 have continued. 732 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:37,280 It was a cut in a bad spot, but they ruled it a head clash or something, I think. 733 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:38,700 And so he took the out. 734 00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:43,440 He knew he was going to lose and he took the out when he saw it, is my opinion. 735 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:44,440 Hopefully they do it again. 736 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,240 I mean, and Gonzalez. 737 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,920 Yeah, I was excited to see Oluskwaga. 738 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,800 I don't know how you say his name. 739 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,960 I was disappointed in this. 740 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,160 I was disappointed in this. 741 00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,160 I wanted to see him fight. 742 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:05,720 Looking at the title list here, Kentaro Taraji is at the top of the list. 743 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,920 Does Akui have a belt? 744 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:08,920 Yes. 745 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:09,920 The WBA. 746 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:10,920 The WBA. 747 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:11,920 That's right. 748 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,680 I don't see it here on Box Rack because they're petty little fuckers. 749 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,060 That's so stupid. 750 00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:20,640 It's really dumb, but whatever. 751 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:26,520 Yeah, I've actually started going to ESPN so that the WBA is listed. 752 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:31,480 Yeah, I need to find a new source of truth here. 753 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:35,120 Moving up Pumelile, Kaffu. 754 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,440 Split decision over Kose Tanaka. 755 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,160 Super, super close fight. 756 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:46,560 114, 113 times two for Kaffu and then 114, 113 for Tanaka. 757 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,240 That's a holy shit. 758 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:50,800 What a fight. 759 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,600 I think the knockdown was the deciding factor, if nothing else. 760 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:57,680 That was wild. 761 00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:58,680 Yeah. 762 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:04,240 I really felt like Tanaka did just enough. 763 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:07,400 It's not a robbery and I can't be mad at the judges. 764 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:14,320 Everybody had really close scorecards, but I was sad for Tanaka, man. 765 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:20,880 We were thinking, because right now the two other champions are Fernando Martinez and 766 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,880 Jesse Rodriguez. 767 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,840 Bam. 768 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:34,040 Fernando has the rematch with Iyoka coming up and Bam is fighting this weekend. 769 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:39,000 We always thought, I always thought anyway, that Kaze Tanoa was like, why did I say Kaze 770 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,000 Tanoa? 771 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:46,040 Kose Tanaka was like the odd man out because those two are fucking tremendous. 772 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:52,920 They'll put a beating on somebody and Tanaka, he's been a little shaky recently. 773 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:54,200 He showed a lot of grit here. 774 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,600 I hope they do a rematch because Kosei Raids won. 775 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:01,440 That wasn't like Kafu destroyed him. 776 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,400 No, it was really close. 777 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:09,040 This is also the first time I have seen Tanaka's t-shirts. 778 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:13,880 I am getting quite the boxing t-shirt collection, actually, but he's got nice t-shirts. 779 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:18,600 I might have to buy from him next time. 780 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:25,520 Alright, headlining Junto Nakatani, TKO 6 vs. Tasana Salapat. 781 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:29,080 That's one of five or six names that he has. 782 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:34,920 It has a CP Freshmark tag for his gym sponsor or whatever. 783 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,720 WBC 118 title. 784 00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:40,360 Nakatani, still untouchable. 785 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:46,160 Yeah, so the last fight was that first round, like not fight. 786 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,760 The Australobian one? 787 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,080 Yeah, I finally got to see Nakatani fight live for real. 788 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,820 It was great. 789 00:45:53,820 --> 00:45:56,400 His crowd was not nearly as fun. 790 00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:02,600 It was just a bunch of businessmen with their dates that were not interested in the fights 791 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,600 at all. 792 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:04,600 Lame. 793 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,080 But so lame. 794 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:09,280 But Nakatani's gonna Nakatani. 795 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,400 Like that was textbook. 796 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:15,320 I'm gonna just knock bitches out and take my belts home. 797 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,120 Thank you very much. 798 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,000 And Junto's got such a good smile. 799 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,800 I know this is not the place to fangirl over it, but he's so fucking adorable with that 800 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,560 big ass grin. 801 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:31,600 And they had his face up on the big screen and you just you have to be happy for him 802 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,600 because he looks so happy. 803 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:38,000 I like seeing Japanese fighters emote more like that. 804 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,440 It's always nice because they always seem so stoic. 805 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:45,680 Yeah, but when they do the announcements, they always really when they win, they show 806 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,160 their emotions when they lose. 807 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:49,160 Not so much. 808 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:52,960 But yeah, I don't know if anybody can touch Nakatani. 809 00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,400 Like I really think he is untouchable right now. 810 00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:04,280 Nakatani is just tall and his basics are great like every Japanese fighter, but he's being 811 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,360 trained by how we looked this up last time. 812 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:08,680 Mexican guy. 813 00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:10,520 Yeah, he is Mexican, right? 814 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:11,520 I believe so. 815 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,440 In the somewhere in these trains in the US. 816 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,360 California, I think. 817 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,360 Yeah, Rudy Hernandez. 818 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,160 I think it's really showing in the defense. 819 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,480 Yeah, because that's always my problem with Japanese fighters. 820 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:27,600 Their defense tends to be shit. 821 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:33,160 Yeah, we just watched it in the Kyoguchi fight a few moments ago. 822 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:39,000 It was just bombs away like Kyoguchi was having some head movement, but not as much as you 823 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:44,040 would like, especially for a guy that's throwing a ton of punches at you. 824 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:47,520 Yeah, and it seems to... 825 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,920 So that friend I made, he actually was an amateur boxer. 826 00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:52,760 He never went professional. 827 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:56,400 He's the same age as Takuma and Seiya. 828 00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,920 That's why he spent a bunch of money to come to Tokyo and watch the fight. 829 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,000 He never fought them. 830 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:10,080 He's bigger, but he fought in the same tournaments as them and knew them. 831 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:16,040 And we were discussing Japanese style and he's like, yeah, I... 832 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:17,040 Boxing style. 833 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:22,240 He's like, yeah, the Japanese fighters are really told to make it exciting. 834 00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:23,240 Wow. 835 00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:33,640 Like, coaches give old school speeches of like, you're not just here to win, you're 836 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,200 here to entertain people. 837 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:41,320 And he's like, they never really teach us a whole bunch of slick defense because that's 838 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:42,760 not the point of boxing. 839 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:47,480 The point of boxing is to go out and entertain the crowd and show your heart and your... 840 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,320 I'm like, man, that's bad. 841 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:51,320 Yeah. 842 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,320 I get it. 843 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,160 Some American boxing has gotten too far the other way. 844 00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:01,400 But teach your guys to move their fucking head a little bit. 845 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:06,160 But also, I mean, that's one person's opinion and maybe he just had a shitty coach. 846 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:07,160 Who knows? 847 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:08,160 Yeah. 848 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,400 I think that the way that the... 849 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:16,120 People also misunderstand the Mexican style a lot. 850 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:22,280 The old adage or not adage, but in Discord the adage, like the flat footed Mexican. 851 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:23,480 That's no, man. 852 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:24,480 I don't know if you think... 853 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:25,480 I don't know. 854 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:29,840 I think you understand what you're looking at because the defense is more in the pocket 855 00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:34,240 and it's not so much avoiding punches as it is deflecting them. 856 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:37,360 It looks like something's landing, but it really isn't. 857 00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:38,360 Yeah. 858 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:43,440 And I do think the Japanese boxers do a little more of that. 859 00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,800 They're blocking as opposed to rolling. 860 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:47,800 Blocks and parries. 861 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:48,800 Yeah. 862 00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:55,280 But when you throw a punch, they don't get their head offline ever. 863 00:49:55,280 --> 00:50:01,320 Something that's...I like the shift of the Mexican boxing culture. 864 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:07,000 It's not Julio Cesar Chavez anymore, where it's what I just described, like the in the 865 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:13,000 pocket brawling type that has a lot more nuance than people realize. 866 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:21,000 But more the way Nacho Berestain used to train guys, the way that Rudy's training Nakatani. 867 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:26,840 During the wake, like Canelo, Marquez, Juan Francisco Estrada. 868 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:31,000 These guys are a lot more technically sound. 869 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:34,440 And Nakatani is displaying that a lot with his counterpunching. 870 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:42,520 When you have a really aggressive fucking 76 and 1, now 2 fighter coming at you, just 871 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:48,600 let him throw what he wants and find a spot because you're better, you're sharper, you're 872 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:49,600 stronger. 873 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,440 Let him throw himself out. 874 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:52,440 Yeah. 875 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:58,080 And Nakatani has gotten really good at fitting those punches in between shots. 876 00:50:58,080 --> 00:50:59,080 Yeah. 877 00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:00,880 This is like perfect example. 878 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:06,560 Like I really expected better from Astralabio than I did from Salapat. 879 00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:14,320 I thought Salapat would be a KO1 and Astralabio would be maybe 6, 7. 880 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:20,320 Probably who's 76 and like 1 is going to be tough though. 881 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:21,560 I was saying this in Discord. 882 00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:24,120 I'm like, Nakatani is going to win. 883 00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:25,440 For sure. 884 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:27,800 And Nakatani is probably going to get a knockout. 885 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:33,080 Like I was calling a knockout, but I was like, it's not going to be in the first two rounds. 886 00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:36,680 Like this guy's getting the shit kicked out of him in Thailand. 887 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,600 He can take a hit. 888 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:39,600 Like. 889 00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:40,600 Yeah. 890 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:48,800 I'm not, I am more than certain that it's not just 76 and 1 in boxing. 891 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:53,840 That he's also doing Muay Thai or whatever the fuck is paying. 892 00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:54,840 That's what I'm doing. 893 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:55,840 Yeah. 894 00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:56,840 Yeah. 895 00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:01,560 And Nakatani punches hard, but he does not punch harder than a T-kick. 896 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:02,560 Nobody does. 897 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:06,680 But yeah, no, I have no idea who beats Nakatani. 898 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:11,400 I don't think anybody at this weight class even comes close right now. 899 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:12,920 Nakatani is looking so good. 900 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:16,440 I would like to see Bam come up and fight Nakatani. 901 00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:17,560 That's what I want to see. 902 00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:21,640 I know everybody's talking about Bam versus Inoue, but. 903 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,000 Nah, not yet. 904 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:27,360 Bam versus Nakatani I think would be a hell of a fight. 905 00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,400 Bam versus Punch Burger would be really fun. 906 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,440 Yeah, it really would. 907 00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:37,400 I'm sure Punch Burger probably loses that, but I'm also sure it would be fight of the 908 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:38,400 year contender. 909 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:43,360 Yeah, I don't know what you do with Nakatani. 910 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:47,240 I mean, I think Nakatani could move up in weight. 911 00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:49,360 He's definitely got the frame to move up in weight. 912 00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,760 Tall enough for sure. 913 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,880 But he also seems to make Bantam weight super easy. 914 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:57,400 Like he never looks drained. 915 00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,320 I don't know how the hell he made 115. 916 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:01,320 That's wild. 917 00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:03,760 He makes it look easy. 918 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:08,000 I've never once seen Nakatani and went, oh, that was a bad weight cut. 919 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,000 Yeah. 920 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:13,680 Well, I think that's all we have. 921 00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:16,600 So that's going to be the end of it. 922 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:21,280 Do we need to? 923 00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:26,160 Thanks for listening 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00:54:38,000 Just what I've been doing recently has all been about voting and stuff. 946 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,680 So with that- That didn't work. 947 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:44,080 Yeah, apparently not. 948 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,240 Lace up those boots and get ready to work. 949 00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:47,800 That's really all I have. 950 00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,040 It's a little bit of a hopeful, hopeful push. 951 00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,760 I have something slightly more fun. 952 00:54:54,760 --> 00:55:00,560 So nobody in the world probably cares, except Canada. 953 00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:04,560 But it's the CFL Playoffs, the Canadian Football League. 954 00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:10,840 And my home province team, the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, have made the Western Final 955 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:15,880 against our Uber rivals, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 956 00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:19,440 So I need everybody to cheer for the Ryderz this weekend. 957 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:22,880 Honestly, the Rough Riders is the only name that I know from CFL. 958 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,200 Yeah, it's because at one point there was two teams. 959 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:27,200 Yeah, exactly. 960 00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,280 And it made it to the Simpsons. 961 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:31,280 Yes. 962 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,280 So I have a funeral shroud. 963 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:38,960 Well, we'll see how much of that estate planning goes into the final. 964 00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:41,920 But yeah, that's it for the JP special. 965 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:45,200 We're going to try to get back on track here. 966 00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:55,800 So we'll see you when we see you.