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 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,600 Ready if you are. 14 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:23,400 Yeah, ready. 15 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:24,560 Cool. 16 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,480 Let me do this. 17 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,960 Popping one open to toast to the end of 2024. 18 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,160 Boxing B-Sides. 19 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:34,840 It's a little hair of the dog for me. 20 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,160 It's a little bit of a late night. 21 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:40,360 But we're here and we made it. 22 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,920 Oh, Shannata, how are you doing? 23 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,600 It's we're coming up on it. 24 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,640 Coming up to In-A-Way time. 25 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:46,400 Yeah. 26 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,800 Yeah, I'm good. 27 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,720 A little disappointed in the Ioka fight getting changed, 28 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,520 which I assume we'll talk about later. 29 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,440 Yeah, that sucks. 30 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,280 I was really looking forward to that. 31 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,320 Yeah, I was too. 32 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,880 I got excited and rewatched the first fight and scored it. 33 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,120 And a lot more lopsided on the broadcast 34 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,360 than I remember it feeling in real life. 35 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Yeah, oh my god. 36 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,520 The broadcast was horrible. 37 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,880 I could I didn't understand a whole lot of it, 38 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,080 but just what I could pick up. 39 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,040 Holy shit. 40 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,080 You're hey, you are latching onto a foreigner just to shit 41 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,880 on a guy from Osaka with tattoos. 42 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,080 It's what are you? 43 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,840 What's even happening right now? 44 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,280 Yeah, yeah. 45 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,320 Poopoo, but c'est la vie, I suppose. 46 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:35,040 That's the life of an Osaka thug. 47 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,400 Yeah. 48 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,160 All right, 805, Firestone Walker, 49 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,560 whenever you want to get a sponsorship going, 50 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,880 you let me know. 51 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,440 All right, 2024 picks. 52 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,560 It's just you and me, so let's we can, 53 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,520 I think we're gonna be able to breathe through these 54 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,360 kind of quickly. 55 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,280 First category, starting off, 56 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,400 I picked up quite a few, like at least two 57 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,600 for every category. 58 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,840 So for stoppage of the year, 59 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,040 my all of my options, 60 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,320 Angela Leo beating Luis Lopez to win the title, 61 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,160 the IBF 126, 62 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,320 Daniel Dubois stopping AJ, 63 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,680 Tank beating Frank Martin and Jang beating Wilder. 64 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,200 All of them have different, 65 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,160 the gravity of them or the magnitude of them is different. 66 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,680 But like Dubois beating AJ, that's fucking huge. 67 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,480 And same with Jang, just like ending Wilder. 68 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,480 That also made me really sad. 69 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,720 Yeah, stoppage of the year. 70 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,280 So this is KO of the year as well, right? 71 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,160 KO, TKO, I don't think submissions happen, 72 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,600 but if there is one, go for it. 73 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,200 Whitaker gets submission of the year on himself. 74 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,120 Yeah, oh shit, I forgot about him. 75 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:51,960 Yeah. 76 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,760 For straight up knockout of the year, 77 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,960 I have trouble remembering his name, 78 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,800 that knocked out Noriega. 79 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,920 I remember what you're talking about. 80 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,080 Jairo Noriega knocked out by Shokichi Iwata. 81 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,360 Ah, yes, Iwata. 82 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,320 Or who was the guy who just turned the guy off? 83 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,240 Body. Oh, these are yours. 84 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,880 Stopping Ashton Silph. 85 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,840 Yes, that was the one I was trying to think of. 86 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,080 Yeah, that was a fucking, that was a good one. 87 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,840 So those two would be my knockouts of the year. 88 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,400 The Iwata one was just so unexpected 89 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,640 and I was there live and man, 90 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,880 Noriega didn't move for a little while, I was worried. 91 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,200 Yeah, it was a bad one. 92 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,440 Definitely was out of nowhere. 93 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,960 Like Noriega was competitive, 94 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,800 made it all the more thrilling. 95 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,720 I'm not sure which one to take. 96 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:55,720 I'm gonna go with the Jang stopping Wilder 97 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,120 because that one hurt my soul 98 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,720 in addition to shaking up the division. 99 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,360 The tank stopping Frank Martin. 100 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,280 I like that one a lot 101 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,760 because it's the same situation that always happens. 102 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,400 Everybody comes into Discord to shit on tank 103 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,560 and then it happens every time. 104 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Rounds six to whatever, he's going to knock the guy out. 105 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,000 It happens every time. 106 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,200 Yeah. 107 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:28,200 Well, and the Dubois KO of AJ was just so unexpected to me. 108 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,240 It was. 109 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,560 Like the way it happened was so unexpected too. 110 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,880 Yeah, we had on ultimate effing casuals, 111 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,400 we were saying like he has negative dog in him. 112 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,400 The guy had no, seemed to have no confidence in himself 113 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,000 and then he goes to stop. 114 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,440 Like the poster boy of British heavyweights. 115 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,440 Yeah, it was crazy. 116 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:56,320 And the memes man, the memes of AJ face down, ass up. 117 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:57,600 Hilarious. 118 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,480 I think an honorable mention would be Itauma 119 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,600 just recently on the Usyk Fury 2 card. 120 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,120 That was beautiful, beautiful. 121 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,120 Yeah. 122 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,320 Buy the stock early, get it while you still can. 123 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,240 Everybody on Discord is completely in love with him. 124 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,640 Yeah, as they should be. 125 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,320 If he doesn't live up to the hype, 126 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,600 gonna be in shambles. 127 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,560 Yep, Discord is gonna be down bad. 128 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:27,160 What's the dude's name? 129 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,720 Like McKinney, McKinson or some shit. 130 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,520 I don't know, McAussie, whatever the fuck his name is. 131 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,080 Master Class, I'll start this one as well. 132 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,200 This is Pillar to Post outclassed. 133 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,960 Typically does not end in a stoppage. 134 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:45,560 It might, might not. 135 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,360 My picks here, Jaron Ennis versus Karen. 136 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:50,800 Damn it, I know his name. 137 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,000 If I see it, I'll be able to say it, 138 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,960 but I don't remember it off the top of my head. 139 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,840 But I'm so bad at names. 140 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:59,840 But he was a Shkodzian, there it is. 141 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,400 He came in to prove a point 142 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,000 in that he's not just some fucking scrub. 143 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,040 And he made Jaron Ennis work every single minute 144 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,800 of every single round. 145 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,920 Even if it was a clean sweep and Jaron Ennis 146 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,400 very clearly beat his ass, 147 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,120 Karen did not make that shit easy. 148 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,120 So I guess like a scrappy performance from Karen 149 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,360 turned what should have been like a pretty, 150 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,600 you'd think an easy beat down, 151 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,160 turned into just a prime schooling from Ennis. 152 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,360 And that prime schooling is kind of had people 153 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,480 like questioning his bona fides. 154 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,000 Because what is he like, oh, Ennis can't stop this guy. 155 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,280 Even though he's winning every fucking round, 156 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,880 every single second of the fight, he's winning. 157 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,160 But it still had people questioning him. 158 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,080 So that was me talking up Karen 159 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,320 way more than Jaron Ennis. 160 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,720 But that was still from first bell to last. 161 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,600 Ennis was in complete control, 162 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,920 even if he wasn't knocking the guy out. 163 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,920 My second one, Ryo Valenzuela beating Isaac Cruz 164 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,880 for the WBA 140. 165 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,280 How is this a master class? 166 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,160 You might wonder, dearest listener, 167 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,040 first of all, 833-589-7637, 168 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,480 tell me why you think it isn't a master class. 169 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,480 But Ryo beat Pitbull at like in his comfort zone, 170 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,000 in Pitbull's comfort zone. 171 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,040 He was in Pitbull's face, tagging him 172 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,560 and out of the way before Pitbull 173 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,480 even knew what the fuck to do. 174 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,440 That was a, it was fucking beautiful. 175 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,760 I was so glad I got to see that live. 176 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,800 That was a beautiful, beautiful performance. 177 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,000 He just outboxed him so badly 178 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,400 and Pitbull just looked confused. 179 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,960 That's a good pick. 180 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,800 Yeah, he didn't know what to do. 181 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,120 Ryo is more naturally built for 140. 182 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,080 Pitbull, I'm surprised he's even at that weight. 183 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,040 Nick Ball can make 126, so why the fuck can't you? 184 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,200 Tacos, I guess. 185 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:11,200 Pitbull looks more like a burritos guy to me. 186 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,920 And a short and stocky and well stuffed burritos. 187 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,000 Don't, Pitbull, don't change your nickname to Fire hydrant. 188 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,440 Don't do that. 189 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,600 I forgot about that. 190 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,120 OK, my picks for master class. 191 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,720 I actually didn't pick any of the ones you did. 192 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,720 I got Nav beating, no, wait, who did he do? 193 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:38,920 Valdez? 194 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,040 Yeah, Oscar Valdez. 195 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,320 Yeah, Nav beating Valdez. 196 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,120 I had that one picked for beat down. 197 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,920 Oh, I forgot we do two different things. 198 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:49,880 Yeah. I don't know. 199 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,320 I still think it was a master class. 200 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,640 It was, it was. 201 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,920 He just made it look really easy. 202 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,960 Yeah, we were saying that in the aftermath, 203 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,280 that it didn't look like he was trying all that hard. 204 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,040 I do not doubt for a second that he was, 205 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,800 but it just didn't look like it. 206 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,880 Yeah, he just made it look effortless. 207 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:07,600 God damn it. 208 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,440 My other one is a better pick for beat down of the year, though. 209 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,200 So I'm not going to say it right now. 210 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,960 All right. Next category, we've got villain of the year. 211 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,280 This is OK. You know who my pick is. 212 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,440 Fucking everybody around the Tim Zufight. 213 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,920 Oh, yeah. 214 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,000 The doctor, the corner, everybody, the ref. 215 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,080 Fuck all those guys. 216 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,720 They ruined Tim Zuh's career that night, I think. 217 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,240 He is so worried about cuts now. 218 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,640 Yeah, that I think that him being scared of cuts or getting cut again, 219 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:49,600 getting cut that badly, it made him really tentative in the Mortezaliev fight, 220 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,360 and that ended up getting him stopped. 221 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:52,520 We got career. Yeah. 222 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,360 Be like in serious trouble. 223 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,800 And I think if they'd have called that a no contest in the second 224 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:05,720 and got him or third or whatever it happened and got him some medical attention, 225 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:10,360 I don't think he would have nearly as much worries about it. 226 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,120 Yeah, that's a good pick. 227 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,120 I didn't even have an honorable mention for that one, 228 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,680 because I think that one just is so obviously the villains of the year. 229 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,280 I mean, Ryan Garcia is just a piece of shit. 230 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:26,360 But yeah, like over on the MMA show, 231 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,160 like for the blanket statement was Conor McGregor, of course. 232 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:32,280 Guy's a fucking asshole. 233 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:38,200 But let's let's pick other stuff just because that one's too easy. 234 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,200 Yeah. Well, you didn't have an honorable mention. 235 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,960 Don't worry, because I have plenty. 236 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,720 So Terrence Crawford beats Errol Spence in 2023. 237 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,800 That's cool. That's a really huge, monumentous win. 238 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,880 Then he fucks off for a year. 239 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:59,600 He comes back to beat Maddremov and then fucks off for another year. 240 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,640 You are holding up the entire fucking division because everybody's waiting to fight you 241 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,720 or trying to fight you. Like, come on, dude, do something. 242 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,160 I don't give a shit what you do. Just do something. 243 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,360 What's another one? 244 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,880 Richardson Hitchens, because fuck Richardson Hitchens. 245 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,160 That's one. That's a big one. 246 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,640 That's probably going to be my pick, my primary pick. 247 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,280 But Lomachenko gets into negotiations with Tank. 248 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,680 Like I was on the hype train. 249 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:29,480 I was like, yeah, fuck Lomachenko. 250 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,360 This is what you should be doing. 251 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,640 Everyone says you're the best, like of all the new generation post Mayweather, 252 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,640 Pacquiao and all that. Good. Prove it. 253 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:39,840 You're and you're about to. 254 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,920 I have faith that you can do this at whatever age you are. 255 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:50,120 And then he just drops out of the negotiations with no real rhyme or reason as to why. 256 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,440 And that is unacceptable to me. 257 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,760 Well, it sounds like Loma's retiring. So. 258 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,400 Yeah, it does. So if that's if he does. 259 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,880 Cool. Right off into the sunset, my man, you whatever you burned it. 260 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,000 You've got other shit on your plate to deal with now. 261 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,480 So like best of luck and all that. 262 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,880 But why even bother entertaining the tank fight? 263 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,600 Why bother if you're just going to not? Yeah. 264 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,360 No, I'm I'm with you. Shit or get off the pot. 265 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,120 Yeah. Yeah, exactly. 266 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:27,160 But I would say Hitchens is my my fun pick. 267 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:32,280 I'm going to have to flip a coin between Lomachenko or Terrence Crawford. 268 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,840 And it's weird that these are like villain picks 269 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,320 just because they're like it's being a victim of your own success. 270 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:41,160 You're so good. 271 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,480 Like, I want to see you fight better people. 272 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:47,160 Well, and this everybody fighting once a year. 273 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,840 Sucks like I can understand the arguments for twice a year. 274 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,320 It's hard on your body. 275 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,160 It has to be and everything else. 276 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,160 But once a year, like I know you're making enough money 277 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,560 that you only need to fight once a year, but that's that's not enough. 278 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,440 If you're not getting having injuries, injuries like grievous injuries, 279 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,360 Lomachenko is having back problems as well, 280 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,760 which is what was driving him into the retirement talk. 281 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,760 Is that he's having lingering issues that aren't that are going away, 282 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,560 but then coming back sooner and staying longer. 283 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,760 So, yeah, I got I get it. 284 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:25,960 You're getting old and all that. 285 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,560 But once a year is bullshit. 286 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,760 I don't I don't care who it is. 287 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:36,760 Do not care. Once is not enough prospect or new contender 288 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:42,800 could be either like a prospect coming into into a renown or a 289 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,560 renown or a contender that's really starting to break the mold 290 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,360 of just being a contender and they're getting into the title contention, 291 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,160 whichever you prefer. 292 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,320 Yeah, I'm actually really crap at this one 293 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,920 because I never know when people stop being prospects. 294 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,240 You know what I mean? Yeah. 295 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:08,400 So I'm going to pick two absolutely brand new people 296 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,840 that I saw live that really impressed me, 297 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,520 which is not your point of this category. 298 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:19,560 But I thought that Kenneth Lover on the Osaka card 299 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,240 looked fucking impressive. 300 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,360 He wasn't in there very long. 301 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:29,720 He got a round one knockout, but he just looked fast and accurate 302 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,800 and like well put together for. 303 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:39,160 I think that was only his six, fifth or sixth professional fight. 304 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,640 And then there's that Japanese kid. 305 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,240 Pro box. Oh, yeah. 306 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,960 I know you're talking about Yokoyama. 307 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,320 I think is his last name. Yeah, that's right. 308 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,440 He also really impressed me and I started following him on Instagram 309 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,160 and he seems to spend a lot of time volunteering 310 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,560 at his grandparents retirement home thing. 311 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,440 That's the guy you said. 312 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,720 Yeah, the videos are fucking adorable. 313 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,800 So neither of them is famous at all yet. 314 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,160 But I think one of them is going to do something 315 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,480 in the next like two or three years. 316 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,800 Lover. He's on. 317 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,520 He's next up for the OPBF title, so he's on his way up. 318 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:28,400 Yeah. And I think this was his first fight in Japan 319 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,160 because he's Filipino. 320 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,680 Mine was Katsuma Akitsugi. 321 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,400 Akitsugi, the pro box kid. 322 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,600 Yep. Pro box. 323 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:44,480 The Japanese firework, as as they call him in L.A. 324 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,640 where he where he lives. Fighter of the year. 325 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,560 Easy pick. Usyk. No shit. 326 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,320 The gravity of his wins this year. 327 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,440 Back to back beating Fury, hopefully sending Fury into retirement. 328 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,480 Please for the love of fuck. 329 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,320 I hope he goes away. 330 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,720 But Junto Nakatani had an amazing year. 331 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Naoya Inoue, it was business as usual for him. 332 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,480 This is like victim of your own success. 333 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,080 Situation as well is. Yeah. 334 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:20,680 For him, if you're not bopping guys in four, four to four to eight rounds, 335 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,880 then it looks like a bad performance 336 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,360 when he could be completely outclassing somebody. 337 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,520 He hit Dohenny so hard in the ribs 338 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,480 that it like fucked up his back. 339 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,080 Yeah, that's right. I forgot he did that. 340 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,640 You know, it's like a bunch of people online are like, oh, no, 341 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:45,600 had he just stepped wrong and, you know, he's old and it fucked up his back. 342 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,040 I'm like, no, he got hit so hard it tweaked his back. 343 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,480 But come on, guys. Yeah. 344 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,800 Yeah. I mean, I would have to pick Usyk. 345 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,280 I know it's the boring pick, but yeah, my for in my case, 346 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,560 like the honorable mentions, those are the real picks 347 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,320 because you can't not give it to Usyk. 348 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,720 All things, all things being equal, Usyk has to be the one. 349 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,880 But Nakatani had some awesome performances. 350 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,480 So just to pick something other than Usyk, I'd go with him for sure. 351 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:22,360 Bam beating Estrada. 352 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:28,360 Estrada, the way he beat Estrada was really impressive. 353 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:31,560 Yeah, I think Bam deserves an honorable mention, too. 354 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,360 It was funny in the post fight conference. 355 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,560 Like everybody was asking about the knockdown. 356 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,760 So the like the first person that asked him, he's like, look, 357 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,240 I know a lot of you are going to ask me about this. 358 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,560 So let me tell you, I'm just going to say it one time so that we get it out of the way. 359 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,280 I I've never been knocked down before. 360 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:57,480 Before tonight, I was actually I was more biddly curious of how how that goes. 361 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,520 What's it like? So I got a little reckless and he knocked me down. 362 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,080 He didn't hurt me. But yeah, he got me. 363 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,480 I went down. That's how it goes. 364 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,560 And wasn't bothered by it. But I don't want to do it again. 365 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,080 I like Bam a lot. He's a really fun character. 366 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,320 Yeah, he seems like a good kid. 367 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,680 Ass whipping. 368 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,400 Pillar to post brutal beatdowns could go by stoppage doesn't necessarily have to. 369 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,360 I think I have the answer to this question and it's not on your list that I can see. 370 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,960 OK, it's it's Zerto versus Chris Billams. 371 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,600 Oh, shit. How could I have forgotten? 372 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,440 Yes, that's a that is a great one. 373 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,080 I think that's the only answer to this question. 374 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:45,240 CBS took such an ass kicking and never quit. 375 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,440 Twelve rounds like he went all the way. 376 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,040 I do not understand how he stayed up. 377 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,960 Seriously, that was seriously the worst ass kicking 378 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,640 I can remember in a long time. 379 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,520 Like there's been lots of beatdowns, but just the amount of damage 380 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:06,720 that CBS absorbed, you can say anything you want, but he is a tough man. 381 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,120 Yeah, like with the the two in a way fights this year, Doheny and Neri, 382 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:12,720 he ended up stopping them. 383 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,360 He was beating them so badly that the fight ended. 384 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,640 Same with Nav Valdez and Alba. 385 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,160 And my other one of my other favorites was Baccholi Anderson 386 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,160 because love Baccholi, dark horse of the heavyweights. 387 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,800 Yeah, the Baccholi Anderson one was also an ass kicking, 388 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:35,400 but nobody stayed in there as long as Zerto did. 389 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,840 I think of all of the ones I have written down, Doheny 390 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,160 went the longest at seven rounds. 391 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:45,200 But yes, he didn't take nearly as much damage as CBS. 392 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,040 Hell, no, he didn't. Yeah, that that's the pick. 393 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,000 That is the only pick. 394 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,600 Zerto beating beating the fuck out of CBS. 395 00:19:54,040 --> 00:20:00,240 I I was saying like at round seven, going into eight throughout eight. 396 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,040 And I was very emphatic about it in round nine. 397 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,080 There's no need for this to continue. 398 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,240 CBS is getting the shit beaten out of him. 399 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,880 And this could be like shaving time off of his career. 400 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,880 There's no need for this to continue. 401 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,040 I agree. His corner should have stopped it. 402 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,680 Fucking right. They should have. 403 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,080 Yeah, you could put them in villain of the year. 404 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,720 Honorable mention to Tim Zue's fucking ragged ass corner. 405 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the Tim Zue fight could almost go 406 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,080 a beat down of the year, except he was winning too much. 407 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,880 Man, that cut really fucked him up. 408 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,200 He was. Yeah, I'm really upset about that. 409 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,880 That actually that really did change the trajectory of his career. 410 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,600 We're yet to see what what's going to happen with CBS. But 411 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,560 if he also goes on tilt from here, then his corner's going to get 412 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,040 retroactive villain of the year for 25. 413 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,440 Comeback of the year. 414 00:20:54,800 --> 00:21:00,840 I usually go with career resurgence, but mid fight also counts. 415 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,880 I picked a few. Dubois beats Hergovich and AJ 416 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:09,400 to set up a fight with Parker in 25 after that really, 417 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,040 you know, questionable situation with Usyk. 418 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,120 A little bit of a stinker with Gerald Miller. 419 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,080 And he set up Tony 24 really nicely to go into 420 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,080 what could be an undisputed fight with Usyk to rematch, 421 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,560 you know, get it, try to get that that low blow back. 422 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,880 Yeah, Dubois really has turned it around. 423 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,280 And I think Parker's had a real resurgence. 424 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,080 He has maybe more last year than this year. 425 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,360 But yeah, that's what I he was going to be my pick. 426 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:40,640 But the only thing is that the Wilder fight was it Wilder? 427 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:45,520 I believe it was. That was at the end of 2023. 428 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,560 It was no shit on the 23rd just before the cutoff. 429 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,880 Still, if you if you give a give that give a Parker 430 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,720 an extra two weeks on the year at the beginning of the year. 431 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:04,440 Yeah, Parker's right up there with two big wins over two very heavy handed guys. 432 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,920 And in fight comeback, Lucas body 433 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:14,840 he was getting his fucking shit taken to school by H2O Silph 434 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,880 and then just gets that clutch KO fucking. 435 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,320 Yeah. Randy Orton. 436 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,440 That was my pick. 437 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,680 Out of nowhere with the RKO. 438 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,520 I love I love those come back knockouts. 439 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,160 The clutch knockouts. Yeah. Yeah. 440 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,000 I actually I didn't have I didn't have a runner up for this one. 441 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,120 Just Lucas body. 442 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,240 Actually, what was the Angelo Leo doing before this year? 443 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,280 Let's find out. 444 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,840 He was on Pro Box, I believe. 445 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,000 Yeah, but that that was kind of a career resurgence, right? 446 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,560 Like he had gone away for a little while. 447 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,680 He did. He lost to. 448 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,680 Where was he at in 2021? 449 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,920 He lost to Stephen Fulton. 450 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,520 He got a little kind of a shaky win against questionable opposition. 451 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,480 Some dude named Aaron Alameda that was in Houston. 452 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,840 And that was June of 2021. 453 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,800 And he disappears because of what? 454 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,680 Coming off a loss and a shaky win. 455 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,720 Then he comes back November of 23 on Pro Box, 456 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,440 gets three fights on Pro Box. 457 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,920 Awesome wins, all strong wins. 458 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,280 And then he projects himself into a title that is. 459 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,000 I think that's a pretty good career comeback. 460 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,400 Oh, yeah, that's a good comeback right there. 461 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,600 Upset of the year. 462 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,040 It's plenty. There are so many this year 463 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,200 to get the the fun ones out of the way. 464 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Devin Haney, he was very upset when he lost to Ryan Garcia. 465 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,920 So that's a very big upset. 466 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,560 He was also a massive betting favorite, too. 467 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:59,720 It's like I think Ryan opened up at like plus seven hundred. 468 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,080 That's fucking huge. 469 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,320 Another one, Rio beating Pitbull, like people that were in the know. 470 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:11,120 We knew like this was not going to be like a sweep or anything 471 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:13,920 or like a beat down. Yeah, we knew. 472 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:19,160 But a lot of people that was more of a casuals being surprised. 473 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,440 Yeah, everybody in the arena, they were like, what the fuck? 474 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,480 But Pitbull was the one coming forward and throwing punches. 475 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,640 Did they do anything? Yeah. 476 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,840 Though, if they land right, were we were we watching the same thing? 477 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,080 Because I don't think so. I called that one. 478 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,360 I was pretty sure Rio was going to outbox him. 479 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,360 I had my hopes on him. 480 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:43,360 I was tentative just because Rio has had his chin checked before. 481 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,160 That was really it. But I had faith in his skills. 482 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,760 I have a honorable mention that's not on your list here. 483 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,720 Go on. I was fucking shocked to see a beat. 484 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,760 Chazora beat Joyce. Is it upset of the year? 485 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,560 Probably not. I think it is. 486 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:08,880 It doesn't mean anything, really, other than Joyce's career is probably done. 487 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:15,000 But that shocked the hell out of me. Chazora beating Joyce. 488 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,160 That is a that was a big one, just because Chazora 489 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,000 has been in the fucking dumpster for a while. 490 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,200 And Joyce had those hard fights with Jang. 491 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,680 But you can say, OK, it's Jang. Fine. It's OK. 492 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,720 It's not what's not bad. It's not terrible to lose to Jang. 493 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,360 But fuck no. You lose to Chazora, dude. What are you doing? 494 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:38,360 Are you sure you want to keep doing this? You're almost 40. 495 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,440 I was almost upset for Chazora because he needs a couple. 496 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,440 I think he has two fights left on his contract or whatever. 497 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,880 He needed a couple like give me's and then you beat Joyce. 498 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,000 They're going to give you real fights, man. Yeah. 499 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,920 I expect that Joyce, if he's going to continue fighting, 500 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,600 they're going to put him on like the Dillion White rehab plan. 501 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,920 Have you fighting like random dudes from Africa 502 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,120 that come out in like IT technician polos? 503 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,760 That was such a weird fight. 504 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:22,560 I have several polos just like that from various companies I've worked at. 505 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,920 Nice. Chazora, Joyce is a very good one. 506 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,480 What else do I have here? 507 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,800 Saras, Munguia, of course, cannot. Of course. 508 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,600 There's nothing else, I think. 509 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,600 No, I mean, that's the obvious correct answer to this question. 510 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,160 No recency bias either. 511 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,160 The unknown Frenchmen coming and knocking out 512 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,000 fucking Munguia in Tijuana. 513 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,760 Neighborhood good, never fought outside of France, 514 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,840 campaigned at middleweight for knockouts. 515 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,320 Yeah, they pulled him up. 516 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,920 Jesus. Cherry picks gone wrong. 517 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,680 Oh, my goodness. 518 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,480 It doesn't get worse than that. 519 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,480 It can't get worse than that. 520 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,720 Paro beating Matias. 521 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,920 That was another that one upset me. 522 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,600 I was very shocked. Yeah, about that one. Yeah. 523 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,320 Like I did not expect that. 524 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,920 Like we were we were having a funeral for Paro before the fight. 525 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,160 Yeah, exactly. Wait a second, guys. 526 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:28,400 Yep. That's exactly what I was going to say is like I the joke that I made was like, 527 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:33,000 like, Paro, I hope you have your life insurance and will signed up 528 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,320 because this ain't going to be fun for you, buddy. 529 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:41,400 And man, he gave Matias what for and then gets jobbed by Hitchens. 530 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Was it a jobbing? I don't know. 531 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,960 I just really don't like Hitchens. He is not fun. 532 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,200 Another upset. 533 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,240 Better be if getting the nod over Beville better be. 534 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,000 That was just a robbery. Did not win that fight. 535 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,720 I am upset. Beville is very upset. 536 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,320 We're all upset except for better. 537 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,560 We don't have a robbery of the year category, do we? 538 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:07,160 No, but we have a lot of categories, but that could be a good one to pick up. 539 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,360 Robbery of the year, I think, is a crime. 540 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:14,520 I think is a con say so over Foster. 541 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Oh, I was shocked when they read those scorecards. 542 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,960 Yeah, but but like the fight sucked. 543 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,280 The fight sucked. 544 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,280 But Foster was clearly better than him. 545 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,960 Yeah. But those are all the upsets I got them. 546 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,160 Fucking Dave Allen on the Usyk card. 547 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,440 Yeah, Johnny Fisher piece of garbage. 548 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,880 I mean, it's not Fisher's fault, but he did not win that fight. 549 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,960 No, he didn't. 550 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,400 Could have been the comeback of the year. 551 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:49,440 The White Rhino could have been hero of the year. 552 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,640 Non fighting stuff. 553 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,320 Pro Bucks always going to get a nod from me. 554 00:28:54,840 --> 00:29:00,440 And they picked up Angelo Leo, rebuilt him, sent him off to win a title, 555 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,680 building up other solid prospects, always putting on great fights, 556 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,000 putting on cards for fucking free all the time. 557 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:08,560 Yeah. 558 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,120 Cannot say no to Pro Box still being hero. 559 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,360 Well, I have to agree. 560 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:19,600 Pro Box is really expanding to they had their couple European cards and stuff. 561 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,520 I'm glad to see they're doing well. 562 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,280 Yeah. The expansion into the UK is really cool. 563 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,000 I'm going to make a pointed statement here. Turkey. 564 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,000 Anyways, anyway, a hero. 565 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:37,520 One good thing that a fighter has done outside of the ring throughout 2024. 566 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:44,320 Valdez has been volunteering a lot in Tucson and Phoenix areas. 567 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,320 So like donating a lot of shit to kids in like needy neighborhoods, 568 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,240 school supplies and stuff. 569 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,880 Take like a little bit of a break. 570 00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:04,040 Like giving gifting passes to boxing gyms for, you know, like older boys. 571 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,720 And like, yeah, dude, get off the streets and go fucking hone a craft here. 572 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,600 So that's a good thing. 573 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,960 I like Valdez for that a lot. 574 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,800 It's the type of nobody like sees or hears about that stuff either. 575 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,560 That's what kind of bugs me. 576 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,840 Fucking Al Hayman hero. 577 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,600 I was just going to say, which was the promoter that we found out 578 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,480 was paying for some of the injured fighters in his. Isn't that Al Hayman? 579 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:29,600 Yeah, it's Al Hayman. 580 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,240 Since 2015, almost 10 years, he's been paying for Pritchard Cologne's 581 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,440 medical expenses, helping the family with living expenses. 582 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,280 And not a peep out of that man about it. 583 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,000 Nobody knew about it until just recently. 584 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,560 That is some shit right there. 585 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,440 That's a man's man. 586 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,040 That's a real man right there. 587 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,160 I didn't think I'd ever put a promoter on that list, but. 588 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,360 Seriously, I think he deserves it. 589 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,160 Absolutely. 590 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,640 Like there's a lot of people, like figures like Eddie Hearn 591 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,560 that are always in the camera talk about taking care of fighters and stuff, 592 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,080 but they never do. 593 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,640 If they do, it's it really feels like a publicity stunt. 594 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:11,720 Right. Yeah. 595 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:16,280 If they do anything, it's always to to be noticed or to be seen doing it. 596 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,040 I love these stories when you find out years later 597 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:24,680 that somebody's just been being a good human being. Yeah. Oh, man. 598 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,720 Where do where does 599 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:33,080 Alexis Rocha fit in for just what's what's the category called for? 600 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,880 Just I just cannot bring myself to care. 601 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,120 I know that this I know that he's working. 602 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,680 He's up in the rankings and everything. 603 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,440 I just cannot get excited about him. Yeah. 604 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,920 There's lots of fighters like that for me. 605 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,880 Yeah. Well, like Shakir is really good. 606 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,480 I'm never going to be excited to see him. 607 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,920 Last topic. 608 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,520 Fight of the year. 609 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,600 My midyear pick was Kensho Toraji 610 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,000 first kind of solace. 611 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,840 That was in like January. 612 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,680 Still holds up Ortiz versus Bochachuk. 613 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,600 Holy shit. That was amazing. 614 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,000 Yeah. Fireworks, fireworks, fireworks. 615 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:22,520 That was just too well, I don't know, like artillery cannons going at each other. 616 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,760 I think that has to be my pick. 617 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,640 Bochachuk's always in good, exciting fights. 618 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,240 I don't care what anyone says. 619 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,800 That's what he does. 620 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,360 He's more of the Dervienchenko ilk 621 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,560 than the like Usyk Lomachenko. Yeah. 622 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,920 Of the Ukrainian style, 623 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,840 just like the Japanese have a particular flavor 624 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:49,600 that can lean, you know, are they boxer, puncher or puncher, boxer? 625 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,160 Ukrainians have the same kind of the same. 626 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,160 Yeah. Bochachuk's the indestructible style of Ukrainian. 627 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,320 Yeah. Like just a fucking tank. 628 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,280 Dervienchenko takes so much punishment. 629 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,400 I don't understand it. 630 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,960 And it's not just to the head. 631 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,560 He doesn't have just a great chin. 632 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,120 Like you can't body him either. 633 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,960 And Bochachuk's the same. 634 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,360 Never been stopped. 635 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,160 Dervienchenko, that is. 636 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,320 I know that last one probably should have been. 637 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,360 But for his sake, yes. 638 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,280 But for the sake of his pride or whatever, I get it. 639 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,480 Yeah. Oh, Bochachuk has he he lives in L.A. 640 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:33,160 I know he has because he's been signed with Tom Loeffler. 641 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,680 The the dude with 360 promotions used to be with K2 642 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:42,520 managed, promoted, slash promoted Golovkin for the longest time. 643 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:48,640 So Bochachuk, I've been keeping up with him since the Hollywood Fight Night days. 644 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:53,920 So I know he's a Los Angeles like local, but his nickname, 645 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:59,840 just like Akitsugi has a Spanish nickname. 646 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,040 So does Bochachuk. 647 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,320 What's his nickname? 648 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:03,320 El Flaco. 649 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,920 It's like the slender guy, the thin guy, skinny guy. 650 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,880 That's not a great nickname. 651 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,360 Whatever it is, whatever your insecurities are, 652 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,360 Mexicans will make that your nickname. 653 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:16,520 It's just what happens. 654 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,520 Fair enough. 655 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:22,400 He's six feet, fights at 154. 656 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,880 So I can see why they'd call him that. 657 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,720 He used to fight at 147. 658 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,880 So definitely get it. 659 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,200 Another fight. 660 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,600 Bam beating Estrada. 661 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,560 The back and forth affair. 662 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:46,400 And Estrada was for me, he was the door that got me into being a quote unquote 663 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,400 hardcore fan. 664 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,400 That was like my introduction to him. 665 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,480 Estrada and Roman Gonzalez, their first fight. 666 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,160 That was like, man, why do people not watch the smaller weight classes? 667 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,960 This shit is so fucking fun. 668 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:04,160 That's what I've been trying to teach people forever. 669 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:05,160 Yeah. 670 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,360 The little guys are awesome entertainment. 671 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:18,360 For Estrada to be fighting Bam, who is clearly the next generation of the smaller guys, 672 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,600 in a way, of course. 673 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:27,080 But Bam fighting Estrada, it was like there are two wolves inside of you kind of thing. 674 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:32,680 I don't know what to do here because Estrada has always been my favorite. 675 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,120 He's also kind of a dickhead. 676 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,680 Bam is really awesome. 677 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,280 And he's also really cool. 678 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,280 I don't know what to do. 679 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:45,160 Bam in street mode is one of my favorite things because he's got the glasses. 680 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:51,240 And I bet you people make fun of him on the street when he walks by. 681 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:54,720 Not to his face, but people will be like, oh, did you see that tiny little guy in the 682 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,560 glasses? 683 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,080 You just know that that tiny little guy will fuck them up so bad. 684 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,080 No kidding. 685 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,760 But after, I'm trying to remember who Bam fought. 686 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,600 It was Sonny Edwards. 687 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,600 After the Sonny fight. 688 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:21,560 Fight of the year, Kanisales, Taraji holds up. 689 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,800 Bam Estrada for personal reasons. 690 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:24,800 Bohochuk Ortiz. 691 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,080 That's just fireworks. 692 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,080 That's the type of shit. 693 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:34,640 If you wanted to get some casual fans involved, show them that. 694 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:35,640 This is... 695 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:36,640 Yeah. 696 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,760 Ortiz Bohochuk is my jam. 697 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:44,280 That's the kind of boxing I like, which isn't the best, highest class boxing, but man, is 698 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:45,280 it exciting. 699 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,880 It's still, it's a lot more technical than people give it credit for. 700 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:55,280 We talk about it a lot with quote unquote, flatfoot Mexican brawlers. 701 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,600 There's so much more technique happening on the inside than you can see. 702 00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,600 Yeah. 703 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,440 But nobody's going to call it a master class. 704 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:03,440 No. 705 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,440 No. 706 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,800 Same way Usyk kind of gets the, he's like the de facto fighter of the year. 707 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,800 Fury Usyk, that whole storyline for the heavyweight division. 708 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:18,440 Kind of, I feel like that has to be the de facto fight of the year as well. 709 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:19,440 Both of them. 710 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,240 Well, the first one was more exciting. 711 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:23,040 The first one was definitely more exciting. 712 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,040 Yeah. 713 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,120 The second one was like a good punctuation. 714 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,120 Yeah. 715 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,480 I'm still, I'm still picking Ortiz Bohochuk. 716 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,280 That's a, yeah, that's a solid one. 717 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,760 I think I'm going to go with that. 718 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:40,560 Fury Usyk won for, I guess for the gravitas, but Ortiz Bohochuk is the jam. 719 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,280 That's the fun, that's the fun stuff. 720 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:51,280 If you have to explain why it's a good fight, to me personally, it's not fight of the year. 721 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:57,520 If you have to explain the background before you have somebody watch it to get them excited 722 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,520 about it, that's not it for me. 723 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:07,560 I need something that I can just send the link to my dad and be like, watch this. 724 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,200 Yeah. 725 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,640 That's one of the old proverbs about arguments or whatever. 726 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,280 If you have to start explaining, you're losing. 727 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,280 Yeah. 728 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,280 If you have to explain. 729 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:23,680 The only tag I would have for like Taraji Kanesales, they're smaller guys, but it's 730 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:24,920 fucking fun. 731 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:25,920 Watch it. 732 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:26,920 Yeah. 733 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,000 I mean, that's not explaining anything though. 734 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,520 That's just getting somebody to watch it. 735 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:33,520 Right. 736 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:39,480 Like I was explaining my whole shit with Estrada and then bam and blah, blah, blah. 737 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:45,320 That's fight of the year in my heart, but it's not going to get the fans, new fans. 738 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,640 That's emotional fight of the year. 739 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:48,640 That's it. 740 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,120 That's all we got for picks. 741 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,600 We do have a lot of categories. 742 00:38:53,600 --> 00:39:03,080 Yeah, we have 10, but some that I've been seeing that are interesting is like a nation 743 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,240 of the year. 744 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:08,400 Which nation is having the best year in boxing? 745 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,400 Like obviously Japan right now. 746 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,400 Fuck yes, Japan. 747 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:12,400 No questions asked. 748 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,640 I think that's the only answer right now. 749 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,640 There is no other answer. 750 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,240 If you say something other than Japan, you're fucking wrong. 751 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:24,160 You don't watch the lower weight classes if you say anything other than Japan. 752 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,160 Yeah. 753 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:29,760 And I expect if you're going to say something other than Japan, it might be Ukraine. 754 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:30,760 Yeah. 755 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,920 They've got three belts, four belts right now. 756 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,880 There are four people with belts, I think. 757 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,880 Yeah. 758 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:39,680 It's not even necessarily the belts. 759 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,920 It's just that they're having a really successful year. 760 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:50,920 Ohechuk, even though he lost, still in some awesome fight with Ortiz, beat the shit out 761 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,040 of Brian Mendoza. 762 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,200 Feel bad for Brian after that. 763 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:57,360 Yeah. 764 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:04,020 I hope PBC makes him whole and gives him a good payday for a softer touch. 765 00:40:04,020 --> 00:40:06,880 He steps in all the time for them. 766 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:16,040 Usyk, of course, Derevyanchenko, even though he lost to Imbili, valiant effort, one-armed 767 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,200 and still went the distance. 768 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,520 I really think Derev would have won that if he didn't hurt his arm. 769 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,520 I agree. 770 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,520 That was an early, early arm injury. 771 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:32,720 Dennis Baranciak wins the 135 title, beating Nav. 772 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:34,840 That was a good one. 773 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:41,720 Karen, like I said about Jaron Ennis, excellent performance, even though he lost. 774 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:46,600 Vostik gave David Benavides all he could handle, even though he lost. 775 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,040 I didn't even realize he was Ukrainian. 776 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,040 Yeah. 777 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,560 I think that's enough. 778 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:58,120 I would say Ukraine is a good second based on everything I just listed, but they're not 779 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,960 wins, so can't really give it to them. 780 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,880 Japan has fucking all the champions right now. 781 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:05,880 It's crazy. 782 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:11,320 And there's so many title fights all the time, and it's awesome living here right now. 783 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,120 I bet. 784 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,080 Oh, Japan. 785 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,240 Inoue, no shit. 786 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:19,920 Nakatani, no shit. 787 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,280 Andy Hiraoka on the come up. 788 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,080 Love that guy. 789 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,080 Yep. 790 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:32,440 Tana, despite losing, still a solid competitor, punch burger champion. 791 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,160 I mean, even little in a way. 792 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,680 I know he lost to punch burger, but he had a good year too. 793 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,680 Yeah, he's still a solid, solid name. 794 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,200 Losing to punch burger is nothing to be ashamed of. 795 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,120 Kosei Tanaka had that awesome, awesome fight with Kafu, even though he lost. 796 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,120 Yeah, that was good. 797 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,120 Quote unquote lost. 798 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,120 It was really, really close. 799 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,120 Higa. 800 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,120 Yep. 801 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,520 Daigo Higa. 802 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:56,520 For the purposes. 803 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:57,520 Karate. 804 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:58,720 I mean, there's the kid. 805 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:01,040 Well, he's not that young anymore. 806 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,040 Natsukawa. 807 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,040 Tenshin. 808 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,040 Yep. 809 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,040 Tenshin. 810 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,040 Thank you. 811 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:11,360 I was going to save that one for the end to really put a cherry on the Japanese fucking 812 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:12,360 cake there. 813 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,360 Iwata. 814 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,040 Iwata really impressed me this year. 815 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,080 That Aoi Yokoyama. 816 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,080 Yeah. 817 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,080 That kid. 818 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,080 Yep. 819 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:25,600 It's a good year to be a Japanese boxing fan. 820 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:26,640 It really is. 821 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:33,440 For the purposes of giving accolades to Japan, they'll count Daigo Higa. 822 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,480 But the second he slips, he's from Okinawa. 823 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:38,480 We don't care. 824 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,480 Yeah. 825 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,480 Yeah. 826 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:41,480 Wow. 827 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,800 Japan likes to disown people all the time. 828 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:44,800 Yeah. 829 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,560 I think the Brits do it with like Scotland and Ireland. 830 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:50,560 Yeah. 831 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,320 They do the same thing. 832 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,320 Okay. 833 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,320 Now. 834 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:00,320 Enough of a tangent. 835 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:01,320 Yeah. 836 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:02,320 We'll see how much of that. 837 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:03,320 Patreon only. 838 00:43:03,320 --> 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00:45:08,960 So like every time I see a new Chinese restaurant, I try it or I go to, you know, every art museum 875 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:13,600 in, or one art museum in every city I visit this year. 876 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,880 I think that's better. 877 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,600 Cause I always give myself resolutions that I don't like. 878 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:25,920 So I haven't figured out what my fun one is this year, but I'm going to do a fun resolution. 879 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,720 I never thought to do that. 880 00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:30,080 I hadn't either, but it makes sense. 881 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:31,080 I did that. 882 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:32,080 You can just do fun ones. 883 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:33,080 Yeah. 884 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:37,960 I know that I did that when I f***ed up, New Year was like right around the corner. 885 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:43,480 So I didn't consciously do it, but I did make like more positive resolutions. 886 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,160 Like let's do fun stuff. 887 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,400 Stuff that makes me happy. 888 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,400 Yeah. 889 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:54,320 So, I mean, it's probably important to do your other type of resolution as well, but 890 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,640 this year I think I'm only doing fun ones. 891 00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:57,640 Yeah. 892 00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:00,040 Every party I go to, I'm taking a f***. 893 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,040 Is that a good one? 894 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,040 Is that fun? 895 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:07,520 I mean, I guess if that's your fun one. 896 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:17,120 And then I have, not affiliated or anything, but I have a gamify your life app that I really 897 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:21,040 like that I find helpful with resolutions and stuff. 898 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:25,800 It's called Habitica and you put in like habits and to-dos and stuff. 899 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:29,480 And when you click them off, your little character gets experience points. 900 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:30,480 It's like an RPG. 901 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,000 That sounds pretty fun. 902 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,000 Yeah. 903 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:34,000 I really like it. 904 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:39,000 If you're looking for something to help you with your resolutions, check it out. 905 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,000 It's free. 906 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,600 You can subscribe and then you get gems to buy skins and that sort of thing, but you 907 00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:48,040 can just use it totally free. 908 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,040 Hmm. 909 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,600 Heading into 2025. 910 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,920 F***ing hit that follow button, subscribe button, wherever the f*** you're listening 911 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:55,920 to this. 912 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,040 Check out the socials. 913 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:03,960 If you want to have like more fun social media stuff, I would suggest checking out Instagram 914 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:04,960 and Twitter. 915 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:10,600 I just kind of repost stuff there for the, just for the sake of doing it. 916 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,880 Not because I actually like that platform. 917 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:19,080 So yeah, heading into 2025, you're going to subscribe to all our s*** and you're going 918 00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:24,400 to check out all the other shows in the Lux Media family because like we just have the 919 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,680 biggest ding-dongs of all time. 920 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:27,680 Even Shannata has a bigger ding-dong. 921 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:28,680 Especially me. 922 00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,080 Yeah, she's a bigger ding-dong than all of you listening. 923 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,560 If you don't agree, 833 Luxpods. 924 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:33,560 Tell me why not. 925 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:34,560 Alright, that's it. 926 00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:36,360 Enough shenanigans from me. 927 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:37,360 Ta-ta. 928 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,640 We will see you in 2025. 929 00:47:39,640 --> 00:48:08,160 Happy New Year everyone.