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We go at it.
Shanata, how are you doing?
I am good.
Y'all.
Love my Monday morning conversations.
Man, some news.
Just Crawford Canelo.
It seems like it's going to happen in September.
It's all but confirmed.
Yeah.
I do not care about this fight at all.
I don't either.
Like, I don't.
I mean, I guess if Crawford pulls off the crazy upset,
it will be exciting.
But I can't imagine.
Yeah.
That's the same issue I'm having with it.
He's just not big enough to hurt Canelo, I don't think.
Like, Canelo is less aggressive and less everything
than he used to be.
But he's still got a fucking world class chin.
And some guy coming up three weight classes
isn't going to crack it.
Yep.
Another 154 guy.
Excellent Canelo.
Very well done.
Yeah.
I think that history will look back on the fight
a lot more kindly than we're looking at it right now.
But I'm not excited for it.
What I am excited for is the fucking civil war
that's going to erupt in Discord.
That's going to be fun.
Oh, it's already starting.
Yep.
It's already going.
And it's great already.
Also, another fight.
April 26th, Deontay Wilder is coming back.
I think the dude is Curtis Harper.
Isn't that the guy that like walked out of the ring?
Oh, is it?
I think it is.
He walked out on F.A. Ajaagba.
Because he wasn't getting paid or whatever?
Yeah.
Congratulations.
You played yourself.
Yeah.
Wilder's coming back.
That retirement was very short lived.
But I guess fun.
Hopefully this goes well.
Apparently the Saudi people want to make AJ and Wilder.
So that's fun.
It's many, many years, like almost 10 years too late.
But hey, I'll take what I can get.
I mean, these days, I think AJ wins that.
Yeah, same.
I wouldn't have.
I probably would have said that anyways years ago.
But I would have thought about it a lot more.
But I think Wilder just doesn't have it anymore.
Yep.
Whatever that ayahuasca trip he did, it killed the bronze bomber.
And it's just Deontay Wilder flailing around.
Yeah.
Deontay Wilder, brother, wife snatcher.
Oh, that's right.
That's horrible.
Man, I really like Wilder.
I liked him a lot.
Now that was a really suspect move.
Yeah.
One of the few things I liked about Wilder
was that he was a family man.
He got into boxing for his daughter and all that good
backstory.
And then you banged your brother's wife.
Come on, man.
That's really messed up.
But that's it for the news.
Fucking recaps.
We only got two cards.
And only one of them has a handful
of fights we're talking about.
Back on January 8th in Broad Beach, Australia,
Queensland, Wednesday night fights,
or Wednesday fucking morning, I think it was for me.
Like one or two in the morning.
But the Australian cards never make sense even in Australia.
Because I think it was in pretty much the afternoon for me.
Yeah, I don't understand what they're.
I know they tried to lock it down on Wednesdays
to stick out a little bit and not just
be in the clusterfucks of Friday and Saturday.
Which is fair.
Yeah.
But it seems like they have people that'll skip work.
So I guess that's also fair.
The crowd was there.
And they were loud.
Absolutely.
There was going to be a lot of construction
not getting done on Thursday.
Yeah.
All right, so the three that I wanted to talk about.
Letty, Letty did not fight.
It's OK, Letty.
I'm still here for you, buddy.
But Terra Moana, KO1 over Osasu Otobo.
Terra Moana keeps tearing it up.
Yeah.
I think you said it on Discord.
He spends more time dancing than fighting.
Yeah, he does.
He just keeps whipping everyone's ass.
I mean, obviously, these are journeymen.
So whatever.
We'll see how he scales up.
I think they're going to start fast tracking him, I think.
Because he's doing this too quickly.
He had like five fights in 2024.
I think, yeah, all of his fights were in 2024.
That's crazy.
It is.
Well, it's not crazy for a new prospect, I guess.
If he's taking zero damage, that's the way it should be.
Exactly.
That's exactly what they should be doing.
He's not taking, he's not getting hurt.
He's finishing these guys in one or two rounds.
Might as well keep the train going.
No need to stop.
Justice Hooney stops Sean Potgeter in two.
Potgeter was not interested in being there.
Once he got hit like one time, he's just like,
I don't want to do this anymore.
Yeah.
Yeah, that wasn't very much of a fight.
Nah.
And what was a surprisingly good fight,
even though it was quick, Jaya Pataya,
he keeps his IBF Cruiserweight title, beats Kiwi, David Naika.
It was fun while it lasted.
Turns out Naika took this on like two weeks notice
or something.
Yeah, it was pretty short notice.
You got to give Naika his props.
Absolutely.
Huge step up on short notice didn't pan out
for Naika.
Nah.
Tried to, I don't know why you would want to try to trade
with Opataya and not box him or something.
Yeah, well, neither one of them was fighting very smart.
Nah.
Like this really looked like a grudge match.
You could tell they were into the Aussie versus Kiwi
thing in their heads.
They both just kind of stood and swung.
It was crazy.
Yeah, I think Opataya, because the actual contender
didn't come through, and this was just kind of a,
I don't think he took this very seriously,
just because Naika, he's pretty inexperienced despite his
commendable amateur pedigree.
It's not the same thing.
No.
But I mean, it worked out for him, obviously.
But you got to take everybody serious.
Yeah.
Or else you'll get monkey-ed.
Yes.
That is exactly what will happen.
This was a scary knockout zone.
It was.
He was out for a long time.
He did not move for quite a while.
I was a little worried.
Yeah.
He seemed fine after.
Like, they did show him sitting there talking,
and he walked out on his own.
Yeah.
And he didn't look wobbled or still punch drunk or whatever.
He was walking out like he was coordinated.
So that was nice.
But it was, yeah, definitely very, very scary.
They cut to commercial like twice, and he still wasn't up.
He still wasn't awake, let alone being up.
Yeah.
It was a worrying knockout.
But because of that, I did check online afterwards,
and he had a brain scan, and they said he's all fine.
So hopefully.
Yeah.
Before we look at Opitai's next moves for Naika,
did this give him stock?
Other than stepping in on short notice,
does that performance give him any credibility to move up,
jump the line a little bit in the rankings?
I think it probably got him some fans.
But I think it's pretty neutral as far as rankings,
in my opinion.
I don't think you can go up on a loss, especially not
a KO loss like that.
If it went to the 12th, or yeah, if it went to the last round,
then maybe you got stopped there.
Maybe.
Yeah.
And he didn't look bad, but it was only four rounds.
Yeah.
I don't think it goes down any.
Everybody expected him to lose.
It's not unexpected.
And I think he probably gained some fans for standing
in trading with Opitai, even though it was stupid.
Very stupid.
But yeah, a lot of the guys in Discord were like,
oh, I'd never heard of him.
That was a really fucking courageous thing to do.
So I'm going to keep watching.
So I think his fan rating probably went up quite a bit,
actually.
But I don't think his actual box or ring rating or any
of that sort of stuff should move at all, to be honest.
I think it's pretty neutral.
Yeah, there are some good names I think that he could take.
Dortikos is always fun outing.
He's dangerous, but he's also pretty sloppy.
Goulamirian, the guy that Zerto got the belt from.
He's a technical guy, so that could be fun.
Could also be really boring.
Yeah.
I know I've watched a couple Naika fights,
but he was knocking everybody out so quickly.
Yeah.
You don't really see much of him.
I don't know how technical he can be.
He never has to go into the toolkit that much.
Yeah, this is a crazy step up to take on short notice.
Opitai, there's only one fight that would be acceptable
if it's not Ramirez, and that's whoever has the WBC belt.
I got to double check this.
Box Live's a pretty good one to check, though, I think.
Box Rec has the McAlian guy as the cruiserweight for WBC,
but he hasn't fought since November of 23.
Boxing Scene has Badoo Jack with McAlian
as champion in Recess.
OK, that makes sense.
No, don't fight Badoo Jack.
Don't do that.
Leave him alone.
A waste of everybody's time.
Yeah, leave him alone.
I will never get over that cut that Jack took.
That is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
That was worse than Tim Tzu.
Tim Tzu was just a lot of, it was a bloody mess, yes,
but Badoo, it looked like his face split in half.
Yeah, I swear to God, when they zoomed in,
you could see his skull.
Yeah, you see bone.
Those are always the worst.
I mean, you probably could on Tim Tzu as well.
It was just under his hair.
Yeah, but that's it for the Australia card.
Anything more for it?
No, I mean, the only fight I want to see is Opataya and Ramirez.
Yeah, I think anything else is kind of a waste of time.
But absolutely.
And I think Turkey wants to put it on.
So the funding is there, at least.
Yeah, and I think both those guys will take the fight.
Yeah, moving on, we had the, what is it, club cherry parties
with Steed Woodall.
Only one fight other than the main event.
The co-main was Caroline Dubois.
She keeps her belt.
They stopped it on a pretty bad cut, bad-ish on Jessica Kamara.
But she was, like, it was off to the side.
And it wasn't bleeding into her eye.
And she told the doctor that it was because she was getting her ass beat.
It was rough.
I mean, I can't fault somebody for that, I guess.
Yeah, you take the out.
And since it was only three rounds completed, or two rounds completed,
and they stopped it at the beginning of three, it just becomes a draw.
So that sucks.
But if you watched it, if anyone saw it, you know who won.
And that was, it was Caroline, without a doubt.
I didn't realize Kamara's Canadian.
Oh, cool.
Yeah.
Be sure to call her up.
Yeah, we can hang out when I go home.
Her nickname is the Cobra on BoxRec, which is kind of cool.
I like that.
Yeah, not bad.
Main event, Callum Simpson, stops Steed in the second for the British
and Commonwealth titles at Super Middleweight.
It wasn't even close.
It wasn't competitive.
Steed, it's time to go out to pasture, dog.
You're done.
Dunzo.
I don't know if that's going to get done.
I honestly didn't even watch this one.
You didn't miss a whole lot.
Just Steed getting his ass kicked.
That was pretty much it.
While in two rounds, too.
These both sound really fast.
This does not sound like a good card for the fans.
Nope.
But that's the quality of Boxer for you.
Fair enough.
That's it for the motherfucking recaps.
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All right. Previews on Thursday, January 23rd at the Commerce Casino in Commerce City, California.
Golden Boy.
That's such an American city name.
It sure is.
This one's one of their like prospect series.
Eric Priest is fighting Tyler Howard.
Who the fuck is Tyler Howard? I don't know.
But Eric Priest is like one of their prominent prospects that they're really pushing.
So if nothing else, it's Thursday night fights.
That's always a good. That's always a plus in my book.
Yeah, this Tyler Howard guy, his record's not terrible.
He's 20 and 2.
Not bad.
I think Grant Flores is OK.
I recognize his name, but nobody else stands out.
Grant Flores is fighting David Lobo Ramirez.
Moving on, January 24th, Friday.
Yes, we know what's the important one here, but let's get some pro box out of the way real quick.
Yeah, it's happening on a Friday evening.
So enjoy.
About all the awareness you really need.
Yeah, they decided that this one was high profile enough to switch to a Friday, apparently.
Apparently, two 10 rounders at the top.
So I guess there's some decent names, I guess.
Naji Lopez.
I know him.
Or is it not he?
If his name is Lopez.
No, he goes by Naji.
Naji.
Cool.
Yeah.
One of the Davises is fighting on the B side.
Yeah, it's not.
I don't think he's one of the brothers because there's only three of them and they're all pretty
small, like, what the fuck?
Oh, because Sean Davis isn't related to Keeshawn Davis.
He is not.
Oh, I thought this was one of those Jermall Jermell things.
I looked into it because I was like, oh shit, I didn't know that one of the Davis brothers
was a heavyweight.
The card that everyone cares about.
This is going to start at like midnight on the West Coast for us.
This will be prime time for you.
Yeah.
I'm just going to list off all the shit that I got.
Toshiki Shimomachi versus Misaki Hirano.
That's the for the JBC 122 belt.
Yeah, I don't think I recognize those two.
I don't either.
Tsubasa Narai versus Kai Watanabe.
10 round lightweights.
Jin Sasaki versus Shoki Sakai for the OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific belts.
Jin holds both of them, I believe.
Yeah, he's one of the prospects that people are getting excited about.
Goki Kobayashi and he's fighting a Uni Takada, WBO Asia Pacific minimum weight.
We're going to get some competition for Koyasu, so that's good.
And main event, undisputed super bansomweight champion Naoya Inoue fights short notice Yejoon Kim.
I checked.
He's only rated in the WBO and he's rated 11th.
He's not in any other organization.
I mean, he only got what?
Two weeks, three weeks notice?
Yep.
It's got to be hard to find a late minute replacement for the monster.
I mean, I'm sure his team tried their best.
Yeah, that was like when we got the word that Sam Goodman was out, that was at least that was my thought was if they called me on with like two weeks to go, I would not take it because I want a full camp to prepare for this.
I have to give myself the best chance possible.
Yeah, but I'm glad somebody took it just so that he can get a fight and move on.
Yeah.
And I don't think Inoue is one of the people that's going to not take his opponent seriously, so I think it'll be fine.
But can you imagine if the Korean comes to Japan and takes undisputed?
And then in the post fight, yeah, in the post fight interview, he's like, yeah, this is for the comfort women motherfuckers.
What do you think about that?
That would be scenes.
Imagine them pulling a sriracha not having any any interpreter for him.
That would be terrible.
But understandable.
But we also can't overlook his nickname.
Paki.
It is fucking hilarious.
I love it.
Paki Weather, he's a mix of Pakiyao and Mayweather.
He's the best of both worlds.
Jesus fucking Christ.
That has to be on par with Evander Holyfield saying he's better than Ali.
Yeah.
Jesus.
Yeah, I'm busy at work and stuff, so I haven't reserved a seat at the bar in Tokyo to go watch it.
I might end up just watching this one at home.
But yeah, Discord party.
Yeah, there's worse things.
And actually, I think the bar might be full.
There's not very many seats in there.
So and it's an in a way fight.
So there's going to be a lot of people wanting to go, I expect.
Yeah, the the group chat blew up when Goodman bailed out and then people all canceled because they thought it was not happening.
And now it's just blowing up with people like, oh, actually, I was able to retake off that day from work.
And that sort of thing.
So yeah, that's it, though, for the Ohashi card in Tokyo in a way.
First Kim, anything more for it?
Yeah, no, this card really just got like fucked by injuries and delays and everything else.
There's really only the two fights that are exciting.
Sasaki.
Yeah, yeah, that's all.
That's why I say exciting, but I expect him to kind of steamroll the guy, to be honest.
Twenty nine, 14 and three is Shoki Sakai's record.
Not my man is working just a day in the office for him.
Another day of getting my ass kicked.
All right.
Moving to Saturday, January 25th.
There is not a whole lot going on.
A whole lot going on for us in the boxing world.
Matchroom in Nottingham.
Dalton Smith versus Walid Uiza.
That dude is French, so avenge us, Dalton.
This is the EBU and WBC Silver.
Super lightweights, 140s.
Which Smith is this?
I don't think he's part of the Fighting Smith brothers.
No, no, because I know all their names.
This guy looks very British on box.
He's very square head with big ears.
This is the dude that stopped Zepeda Chon in the big.
Yeah, OK, I remember him.
I don't like him.
Yeah.
Because he beats Zepeda, not because he's bad.
Yeah, it's now I'm torn Frenchman to beat, to avenge Zepeda.
Or Smith to kind of avenge Munguia.
I don't know what to do.
I think I like Zepeda more than Munguia, but that's just me.
Oh, this guy looks super French, though.
This is a tough one.
My God, if France was a person, this is France.
OK, I have to watch this just because it is Britain versus France turned into two people.
Wherever it is that you're listening to this person,
look up Dalton Smith and then check out Waleed Ouiza, the opponent.
That is France incarnate.
Yeah.
Goodness gracious.
This card just got a lot more interesting.
So that's cool.
Is that Ellie Scotney?
Is that the women's?
Yes.
She has the IBF WBO titles.
I think the IBO is also in there, but I don't give a shit.
And Mea Motu is a top five in both.
That could be a pretty decent fight, actually.
Yeah, I think I think it might be.
That might be other than France versus England, the best on the card.
I don't recognize the New Zealand lady or sorry.
Yeah, the New Zealand lady.
I don't either.
Twenty and oh.
With eight knockouts.
Yeah.
Her nickname is the Knight.
That's pretty cool.
It is.
She has the WBO title or the IBO title, excuse me.
And Scotney has the other two.
And ironically, this might be worth tuning in just for those two.
Yeah, I think.
Yep.
I think you're right.
But that's matchroom in the UK.
That'll be starting around midday on the West Coast here in the US.
Not sure what it's going to be like for you over there.
They're terrible times.
The European cards, they start at like usually 4am.
Cool.
No, not cool.
Also happening same day, January 25th.
Zanfur.
This one is in the San Luis State.
This was Zanfur.
Mexico for non Mexicans.
Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
This one's happening in San Luis, Mexico.
Zanfur, they work a lot with like top rank and stuff.
So you've seen Zanfur fighters before.
It's just they're co promoted in the US.
I don't know.
Of the top of the bill, Luis Rodriguez, 15 and one versus Jose Amaro, 11, 0 and 1 should be OK.
Holy shit.
Misayel Rodriguez, the co-main, I think.
14 and 0 versus Omar Chavez.
41, 8 and 1.
That is a very Mexican record.
Yeah, but it's not bad.
No, that's a lot of wins.
Never forget that Thai guy that was like 72 and whatever.
Oh, yeah.
That's all the boxing we got.
This was a quick one.
There are a lot of Omar Chavez's on box rec.
The terrible businessman.
I wonder if that's the right one.
Omar Chavez?
Yeah, 41, 8 and 1.
Yeah, it's the.
Al businessman Terimoto.
That's terrible, right?
No, it's earthquake.
The earthquake businessman.
I don't know.
I'm going to guess that there's a slash that's supposed to be in there, like Pakiweather.
There is no slash.
No, there isn't.
It's like Pakiweather slash the troublemaker.
Right.
Oh, boy.
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Parting words.
I'm so bad at this.
We need good life advice, Leo.
Yeah, good life advice.
Um, oh, I have one.
My brother is coming and we are planning our trip.
And I am very bad for not spending money.
Like, you know how some people just spend way too much money and that's a problem?
I almost have the opposite problem where I could spend more money and I choose not to.
And I am really having trouble not ruining our trip by doing discount hotels and, you know,
not not paying for the little bit extra that'll make it way nicer.
So if you can make your trips the best they can be.
Yes.
I always, whenever I go, like if I'm on a vacation or something, I try to do not just a step above
like the mid-tier, but not whatever the fucking presidential suite or anything like that.
But yeah, like I'm, I'm having trouble convincing myself to do mid-tier hotels.
That sounds very much shit, my ex.
Yeah, I usually do the very discounty ones.
Like, capsule hotels and stuff because I always travel alone and I don't give a shit.
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