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the one and only alex welcome hey and josh how
you doing what up oh there's a whole lot of fucking
boxing to get to so let's dive right right in
um usually we start off with a little bit of
mma talk but uh there's not there's a lot more
going on on the boxing side of the street this
week in particular so we'll leave that we'll
leave cut that out for this uh this time But
ultimate effing casuals, wherever you're listening
to this, you could find that there as well. So
starting off with some recaps. Motherfucking
Matchroom. There's not a whole lot on this card
that I really care about. It was just for me,
Josh Warrington. That was the only fight that
I really cared about. Gets a UD over Asad Asif
Khan. The roach lives. Yeah, survived another
nuclear strike. Survived a headbutt more dudes
another day. And Dalton Smith at the top of the
bill gets the UD over Mathieu Germain. I remember
this being really unimpressive. I was expecting
better out of Dalton Smith. I think it was about
like round six or seven. I was like, okay, like
you clearly have him outclassed. So why don't
you, well, let's go ahead and wrap this up. You
really expected Dolan Smith to step it up another
notch? I did. Well, at least enough to get rid
of Jermaine. Yeah. Well, I'm surprised you guys
hold Dolan Smith in a high regard in that nature.
I'm not trying to be a contrarian here. Well,
if he's at the top of the bill, I expect something.
Yeah, especially like Jermaine. I feel like Jermaine's
about the same area as guys that he stopped,
like Jose Zepeda. Okay. I would rate Zepeda above
that, to be honest with you. Yeah, I was going
to say, Zepeda's probably a bit above that, actually.
Should have been a relatively easy stoppage.
Should have been. Yeah. Especially a guy who's
already lost twice by stoppage. Hell yeah. That
tells you where his power lies. It's 35. Oh,
Jermaine is 35? Jermaine is 35 and has been stopped
twice before. Yeah, that does tell you, like
Alex said, about where if Dalton has power, we've
yet to see it, I think. Josh Padley stopped the
guy. That's right. His debut as a professional
fighter instead of a semi -pro. You see, Dalton?
You see how it's done? Josh Padley fucking gave
you the blueprint. That's how it's done. I love
our weekly Padley mentions. Prince Padley. War
Padley. War badly. Yeah, give him that full camp
for Shakur. He would kill Shakur with a full
camp. No lie. Moving on. Goldenboy at the Frontwave
Arena in Oceanside, California. There's only
three fights on here that I really cared about,
and I have them as Oleksandr Vostik. stops Anthony
Holloway in three. This was his cruiserweight
debut. I have this mislabeled here. D .C. Dalton.
D .C. Dalton. D .C. Dalton. D .C. how you supposed
to do it? Charles Conwell drops the ball. Split
decision against Jorge Garcia. Ashley drops the
ball too. I was surprised. I'm surprised it was
that close. It was 115 -113 times two, and then
Conwell got a 115 -113. Yeah, that was... Razor
-thin margin. The thing with that is that I'm
surprised how Golden Boy let him lose. You know,
typically they would always... You guys know
how the box business is. Yeah, of course. They're
going to get the judges on their guy's side.
Oh, yeah. I was surprised this time they didn't
do that. I mean, that's good. That's good. It
keeps the integrity of the sport. You know what
I mean? Yeah. I'm more disappointed in Conwell,
but... Because, I mean, people are blaming the
activity he's had, but, like... Like, you still
have to at least, like, win. I'm not even saying
convincingly. Hey, Sugar Ray Leonard... Sugar
Ray Leonard was retired for three years, and
then he fought fucking Hagler and won. Yeah.
I don't want to hear about this. None of this
inactivity shit. No, he had activity. Like, he
fought, like, four times in six months. Oh. Yeah,
it was the activity that people were saying,
but I'm like, I don't know. I can't, like, it
was just not a good performance. No, I don't
think it was the activity. They were relatively
quick stoppages, weren't they? Yeah. Of course.
I don't think it is. Connell's comfy at that
weight and everything. It's just... It is what
it is. We found out his level. Those four fights
in six months, because of how quickly they ended,
they kind of cumulatively create one fight. That's
all that Conwell had, one fight in six months.
Yeah. Sadly. I'm not going to lie. It sucks.
I believe in Conwell. Yeah, it sucks that we
found his level. But it's okay. Maybe back to
drawing board. So we can do different. And then.
See if he can squeak at a rematch and then let's
see. Yeah, he's not done. No, he's not done.
It's just disappointing. He's not done. It wasn't
like a Tim's new knockout. Where it's like, oh
shit. You're done. Yeah. You're cut. It's like,
okay. Somebody's going to improve upon. You know
what I mean? Now, the level of opponent he had
wasn't very good. That is an issue. What? He
can still go back to the drawing board and improve.
Send him to Beaumac's gym. Hell, even, what's
his name? The Bozianis gym. Ooh, Bozianis. Underrated
trainer. And lastly on this one, Gabriela Fandora
stops Marilyn Padillo Amaya in seven. Homegirl
got a stoppage. Yeah. What do we got to say?
That was a great stoppage. Do you see, Dalton?
Do you see how you're supposed to do it? Do you
see how it's supposed to be done? That's how
it's supposed to be done? Yeah, exactly. Make
sure that everybody knows this person is not
on my level and does not belong in the same ring
as me. Amaya tried everything, too. Amaya tried
everything. She just could not, like, straight
up. yeah she just couldn't yeah she couldn't
land anything she kind of gave up a little bit
at like fit in the fifth and sixth she's just
getting her ass beat right it's like what the
fuck am i doing here i i there's nothing i can
do you're like save save yourself at that point
too that like holy shit my thing with that whole
with the whole fight is she was just outclassed
in every single aspect She got knocked out. It
was kind of hard to watch, honestly. She got
the shit kicked out of her and stopped. Full
respect to Amaya. It's not like she was bad in
any way. She was just slightly worse at everything.
Yeah. Exactly, yeah. Just shy of the level. Yeah.
One thing I do got to say. No, go ahead. One
thing I do got to say with Gabby. is that she
does have to be a little more defensively careful,
in my opinion. I think she figured out that Marilyn
wasn't bringing anything to the table that was
going to bother her, so she just kind of let
it go. Especially with how she basically beat
the fight out of her, too. I understand that,
but Munguia also had the same experience. Yeah,
I guess. I've been saying, you always got to
keep your guard up in boxing. You know what I
mean? That's what I was saying. I like when a
boxer kind of keeps his guard up and, you know,
is always on his defensive timing. Like, you
know, Mayweather, a lot of the time. You know
what I mean? Yeah. You can get popped at any
second. That's all I say. That's all I'm saying.
But she did a great performance. Yeah, she did.
Very proud. Text me back, Gabby. What's up? All
right, Les. Go on. One thing real quick. Because
you didn't mention it. I know you said you only
cared about three. But there was a fourth I actually
did care about watching. Okay. His name's Joshua
Thomas. All right. How do you do? The heavyweight.
The heavyweight. The Olympic heavyweight boxer.
Oh, I remember them mentioning him. I don't recall
the fight, though. Well, you got a knockout against
a... a big Mexican guy. Like an Andy Ruiz type
figure. Except he wasn't like Andy Ruiz at all.
He wasn't really that good. You know? At all.
But, you know. Still, he's a golden boy, which
I was surprised. I honestly thought he would
be someone like Mastro or even PBC, but, you
know. Top rank is really big on signing Olympians.
Top rank, yeah. Even top rank. Well, they have
that link up with the U .S. Olympic team, so
it's just... I was surprised he was the golden
boy. I'm going to be honest. They're not going
to have a good career for him. I'm going to be
completely honest. He's kind of screwed. As a
heavyweight? As a heavyweight? Oh, yeah. Yeah,
there's not a whole lot going on for him. They
have nobody. They have nobody. Besides, what
was that one, the other guy? I know Goldenboy
has one heavyweight guy. I think he's a prospect
too. But I'm not too sure. I'm not sure who you
mean. Alright, anything more for Goldenboy? Alright.
Boxer on Sunday, April 20th. Fucking nice. Again,
I only picked up three on this one that I really
cared about. Sam Eggington gets the doctor stoppage,
and I think it was the eighth, and it went to
decision, and Eggington got the unanimous decision
over Lee Cutler. One day, the nickname I gave
him of Hard Boiled is going to stick, but it
is not this day. Sorry, I confused him for Ted
Cheeseman for a second. Ted Cheeseman? That's
a name I haven't heard in a while. Yeah, they
did fight each other. Give me some flashbacks.
The Big Cheese won. The Big Cheeseman. Frazier
Clark stops Ebenezer Teta in the first. Not sure
you can take a lot away from... I don't think
that there's a lot you can take from first round
stoppages other than the opponent was probably
dog shit. Hey, this is the guy who took Dillian
White seven rounds. You sure did. But that's
just Dillian White, though. It is Dillian White.
Ghost of Dillian White, yeah. I think I took
Andy Ruiz 12. A .K .A. Joseph Parker. I think
Frazier Clark is ready for bigger things. Despite
the loss. Yeah. I mean, they needed the soft
touch, though, after how actually horrific his
injuries were. Yeah. Goodness. Those were scary
injuries. Speaking of scary, Ben Whitaker. But
the refereeing was scary. He gets the stoppage
in two over Liam Cameron. The rematch from their
controversial draw. It's one of the fakest stoppages
I've ever seen. This was horseshit. Absolute
horseshit. The legend lives on. Fake fucking
stoppage. Give Whitaker Anthony Yard right now.
And Ben Whitaker dances all over his ass. Pits
gloves. Ref steps in. Fists like water. Fists
like flowing water. Fuck, I hope Liam Cameron
gets more opportunities, though. I hope that
isn't it. They'll throw him back at the rec centers.
They probably will, honestly. With Boxer? Boxer's
basically the rec center, though. Yeah, exactly.
It's not a great promotion to be signed on with.
Whatever. The legend continues of... Ben Whittaker.
Ben Whittaker. Fuck it, give him yard. Fuck it,
give him Benavides. Or Lyndon Arthur. Why not?
Fuck no. Actually, you know what? Yeah. There's
a lot of good guys, like Craig Richards and Willie
Hutchinson. Hutchinson was the one I was trying
to think of. But yeah, the meme needs to die.
As much as I was enjoying triggering the boxing
libs with Ben Whitaker and his little shenanigans,
that's two in a row, dog. That's dog shit. Two
really shady... stop endings in a row. Yeah.
Both of which went in your favor. Even the draw,
that went in your favor. That's like best case
scenario for your ass. This shit needs to stop
now. Ben Quittiker. Ben Quittiker, that's good.
It's gotta happen. That's all we have for the
recaps. Unless you guys have anything that I
missed? Nope. Well, one thing I want to say about
Ben Whitaker is I hope he loses the next fight.
And if he doesn't lose the next fight, I hope
he loses the fight after that. Yeah, you're on
hate watch. B -Sides hate watch. I am on a B
-Sides hate watch. I'm lying, dude. I really
do not like Ben Whitaker. It's not even for him.
It's mainly just the damn edits, dude. Those
damn edits. Nah, I get it, bro. The Olympics
hate watch went crazy. Yeah. Right. Moving into
the previews. Just one really quick before we
get to the meat of the dish. Guillermo Rigondeaux
is fighting. Allegedly. Fighting tomorrow. TBA.
Yeah, the legendary TBA. Still don't know who
this is. I haven't checked. Matter of fact, while
I'm here. I didn't even think it was a venue.
It just says Miami. No, it's the Club 11 in Miami.
Club 11. Yeah. It's the same place we fought
last time. Yeah, Jesus. So he still doesn't have
an opponent, and we're one day out from the fight.
So take that for what it's worth. Why not? I
would honorably watch Jake Paul versus Riggindale.
Do you have a 44 -year -old Riggindale? Did Riggindale,
like, kick your dog or something? I think that
would be funny as hell. Alex's instant pot. Alex's
pressure cooker was the one Lent. He let him
borrow it. Yeah, Rigo fucking destroyed his pressure
cooker. That's why. He actually destroyed my
air fryer. He rigged it with a bomb. No, I got
it. I did. It was not funny. It was subtle. It
was a joke. It was not funny. What next? We're
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Friday, May 2nd. Let's go. Fatal Fury. Are they
calling this Fatal Fury because the game sponsored
it or something? You mean they're sponsoring
the game? Fatal Fury, City of the Wolves, that
Galaxy B -Sides is being sponsored by? Oh, fucking
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would try to offer me some money so I could tell
them to go fuck... Yeah, so let's get into it.
Fatal Fury City of the Wolves at Times Square
in Manhattan, New York. Really quick, LaVale
Whittington versus Reito Tsutsumi. Is Reito some
kind of prospect? Like a hot prospect making
his debut? No, I'm not sure. Is he a hot prospect?
I heard somewhere that there's a really hot Japanese
prospect on the Fatal Fury. Let's see. I don't
think he's going to be on the New York one. It'll
be in Riyadh. I think he's going to be in Riyadh
because... Because I think for New York, it's
going to be the three fights. I think it's going
to be those three fights, right? No, it's only
for New York. It's for New York. What? It kicks
off the paper. Yeah, this starts the pay -per
-view portion. So wait, what are the fights on
the letter card? I thought there was only three
fights. Here, I got this. I got this. Yeah, no,
it's those four. Yep. As far as I know, it's
just the four because they're blocking up Times
Square. Yeah, there was supposed to be Martin
Bacoli and F .A. Jagba on this card, but it fell
through. That moved to Riyadh. Yes. Pretty cool
to see in Times Square. So, yeah, Lavelle Whittington
versus Reito Tsutsumi. That should be, I don't
know. Fun. Fine, I guess. We'll see how he does
tomorrow. Hope we did good. Devin Haney versus
Jose Ramirez. Shanada bets on Ramirez to stop
Haney. What? That's crazy. This fight is going
to be unwatchable. Wait, get Shanada in here,
bro. Come on. She's available right now. Shanada's
crazy, though. This fight's going to be so stinky.
I think it's a hate bet. Yeah, like Ramirez.
I know. Like Ramirez is old, washed, and just
decides to turn off sometimes. So he's going
to be asleep at the wheel. And Devin Haney is
Devin Haney. I disagree. I disagree on some points.
I agree that he's washed. I agree he's old. However,
I still think he's dangerous. Yeah. I just don't
think. Like. I mean, it's just going to be very
stinky. And then, like, either Ramirez has some
moments or he's so far washed that, like, it's
not even fun. It's just going to be a stinky
fight. That is my prediction. I agree. Stinky.
I was talking with Asis and Red yesterday about...
The change to have this fight at full welterweight
will be to Ramirez's benefit more so than Devin
Haney's. Devin's got no power to gain from moving
up. I agree and disagree. Why disagree first?
Well, the thing is, I don't necessarily disagree.
I just... Don't agree with the fact that you
guys say that Haney doesn't gain anything from
being at Welterweight. I think he stands to gain
maybe a little more durability. Oh, I said that
it benefits Ramirez more than Haney. Well, I
think they equally benefit each other, in my
opinion. Because Ramirez is also not really well
known to be a power puncher, per se. No, he's
not. Yeah, but... I mean, if you want, like,
a power punch like Ryan. Yeah. I just don't think
Haney, like, Haney's chin is, like, I'm not using
the Ryan fight as the example. I'm using, like,
the Linares fight, too. Because, like, Linares
didn't even catch him that clean. And we got
three rounds of holding. We'll see. We'll see
how it is tomorrow. Well, not tomorrow. On Friday.
Even Jojo. Jojo Pedro Diaz was touching him up.
Wait, wait. Jojo Diaz is a pedophile? He was
sexting underage girls. What? Yeah. Pedro Diaz
was touching Haney up too. Let's not forget.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa. I didn't know that
shit. What? Yeah. They were like 15 or 16. When
was this? It was a while ago. oh my god oh okay
i i'm gonna i'm gonna mourn i'm gonna i'm gonna
deal with that my own time because that just
kind of broke my heart that actually broke my
heart right now bro that's crazy that is nuts
i never knew that i never did whatever okay um
let's continue this yes uh moving up teofimo
lopez versus arnold barbosa uh consolidating
the wbo super lightweight This depends so much
on what version of Teofimo shows up. It really
depends on if Teo can do a really good performance
like he did with Loma. There's no way. I mean,
even Josh Taylor. As long as Joey Gamache is
out of his camp, he'll never look that good again.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm just saying, like, if he
comes good mentally, then I think he'll win.
If he's still stuck on his, you know, racist,
my wife is leaving me for a, for a what? I think.
I cuddle my baby Yoda on my air mattress. Yeah.
What? Oh, fuck. Okay. That caught me off guard.
But yeah, if he's on his crazy shit on Friday,
he's cooked. I will say, Barboza also just like.
It's fun just because, like, Barboza just kind
of doesn't lose, I guess. Like, he's been put
up to fail a couple times. He has. And they just...
You say he lost as well. He just doesn't. He
just doesn't lose. And it's very weird. I still
hold the fact that Arnold Barboza lost his fight
for two fights. on the Ryan Garcia -Haney undercard.
Was that his Golden Boy debut? Oh, that's Sean
McComb? Yeah, Sean McComb. Yeah, but he didn't.
Not to say the legitimacy of it, but he just
doesn't lose, which is weird. Not in a bad way.
He just doesn't lose. Honestly, I want to be
honest with Armboza, dude. I like the guy, but
he just doesn't strike me as entertaining. He's
not a power puncher. He's not a particularly
good boxer. He just has good volume. Yeah, but
he doesn't lose. Yeah, he doesn't lose. I mean,
I don't know. That's the main thing I'll give
him. He doesn't wow me, you know? I mean, to
me, he just seems run -of -the -mill. You know
what I mean? Like another Ramirez. Fair. A lot
of the same points that we came up with when
we did the Spanish language one. Boxing in Espanola's
back, bitches. He's just not that special. He
just doesn't lose. That's the main thing here.
It would be funny as hell to see Teal beat the
shit out of him, though. I love the guy, but
it would be funny to see Teal actually lock in
for once. It's always great to see him lock in.
I will not argue with that. I just doubt it'll
happen, and Barbosa will probably get, like,
either Teofimo locks in, it's fun, or Barbosa,
like, just wins. Like, he just wins. There's
nothing else to say about it. Let me tell you
this. A lock in Teofimo beats the other four
princes, in my opinion. Which might be a little
bold to say, but he's that good, man, in my opinion.
If he locked in. You don't know? You don't think
so? The mental shakiness is pretty rough. So
that is a bold claim because Teofimo is his own
worst enemy. Not necessarily because he lacks
the talent. Yeah, like him being locked in is
such a like, what if? Because he shows up basically
every other fight. At this point. Well, he hasn't
shown me shit since Taylor. Yeah, I was about
to say, like, he just, like, yeah, like, before
Josh Taylor was Lomachenko, so he's, in the past
five years, he's had two good performances. Everything
else, like, Sandro Martin. He lost to Jermaine.
Jermaine Taylor. Jermaine Ortiz. No, Jermaine,
not Jermaine Taylor, sorry. Jermaine Ortiz. Steve
Claggett. Steve Claggett. That one was embarrassing
that it went 12. Yeah, this is sad, man. That
is a little sad. That Jermaine Ortiz fight was
also, I think, the lowest punch output in a boxing
match ever until the Shakur fight, I'm pretty
sure, right? No, because there was Rancis Barthelome.
Rancis Barthelome has that. Oh, he has that one?
I remember they said something about that. Before
the Shakur fight, it was Rancis Barthelome. And
I forget who the fuck. It was more like the...
Let me finally find it. But that's another thing
about... Yeah, I think it was Robert Easter Jr.
That's nasty. 2019, they fought to a draw. Am
I able to go back to Ramirez real quick? Can
I say something? Sure. Because Ramirez actually...
There's a performance against Bartholomew, dude.
That was... You guys remember that, right? That
was disgusting. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I mean.
I just want to add, I don't know how he went
from that to fucking fighting Devin Haney, bro.
That's crazy. I just want to say that real quick.
Bartholomew. Rancid Bartholomew. Bartholomew.
Back to Teopimo. I'll tell you this, dude. A
talented, focused Teopimo beats everybody. That
kid is... That kid can fight. Talented Teopimo
can fight. And it's always the big if with him,
though. It's unfortunate. Yeah. We'll never know.
Moving up. Ryan Garcia, Raleigh, Romero. This
one's for the WBA fucking regular ass title for
welterweight. I thought WBA was done with the
super and regular titles. But, uh... Well? Fucking
fool me once. God damn it. They're gonna introduce
a franchise title at some point, I'll tell you.
Oh, boy. Another one? More? Be awesome, huh?
That fight itself is just... I don't know what's
up with Rowley in the WBA. But, man, he's been
a lucky dude these past years. Tank. Frickin'...
Pitbull. No, not Pitbull. That wasn't luck. Barroso.
That one was, like, they gave him some easy shit.
Like, dude, he must have some shit on the WBA
president, dude. I don't know. I think he can
just cut a good promo. Maybe. He makes money.
Is he still with us? Like, he's Broner. Yeah,
Broner post -Maidana, basically. Basically, yeah.
No, Broner is actually good. Broner is actually
good, but... Roner versus Rowley. Roner was actually
good, but they cut some of their promos. I don't
know, man. I wonder, is Rowley still with Al,
though? Al Heyman? At least as an advisor. Yeah,
maybe as manager. Nah, he's not manager. Advisor.
Career advisor. Oh, is that what it is? Because
of the Ali Act, they're distinctly different.
So he can be a promoter and an advisor, but he
can't be his manager and promoter. But he doesn't
promote. I thought he had a Tom Brown to do that.
Yeah, but he also doesn't manage. He's an advisor.
So he's never involved in any... He's not in
any position that the Ali -X can... Apply to
him, yeah. Yeah. Well, that's... I mean, he does...
He doesn't abuse fighters in a way that would
cause it to be an issue, but it's still a little
sketchy. Yeah, the fight's going to be a little
interesting. The ethical shady promoting. Do
you want something else? I don't know if this
is as crazy, but Shanada also bet on Raleigh.
That is crazy. Is that worse? That is worse.
At least getting against Kevin Haney is pretty
safe. Ryan, he'll spam the fucking garbage shoulder
roll and then he'll knock out Roley. There's
no other way it goes. Are we going to argue right
now? I think we're going to argue. Do you actually
think Roley might beat Ryan? Well, no, I don't
think that, but you say it like Roley don't got
power, though. You're also saying that Ryan doesn't
really have a little bit of a chin. I say it
that Roley doesn't have the skills to, like,
not get clipped before clipping Ryan. Well, I
mean, he clipped Tank. I mean, Tank took it,
but still. Ryan, in my eyes, has a little bit
of a worse chin than Tank. Ryan doesn't have
the best chin. You know? With Roley, he's been
said to have some pretty good power. You know?
And you know what? Honestly, like, again, all
it takes is one punch, dude. All it takes is
one punch. Yeah. I just think Ryan's going to...
Oh, no, for sure. Yeah, Ryan is for sure going
to win, in my opinion. But saying that betting
on Roley is worse than betting on Ramirez...
I think betting on Ramirez is worse than betting
on Roley, in my opinion. Oh, man. I mean, I guess
it means we have an exciting night ahead of us.
We either have a really exciting night or a really
boring night. Yeah, I was about to say, like,
if Ramirez stops Haney, Lopez shows up in shape,
and Ryan beats the fuck out of Roley, amazing
night. We can get Roley slowly beating Ryan's
ass, Barbosa winning a stinky decision, and Devin
Haney winning a stinky decision. I'm going to
bed. If Roley beats Ryan, I would bet you a million
dollars Ryan's going to go off the deep end.
Because I... You already did, though. You can't
go... It's below rock bottom, though. Mariana's
trench. We can go deeper. Yeah, you can go deeper.
You can turn into the fucking taxi driver guy.
Yeah, we're going to get Kanye Rance from his
Twitter. He already went on Kanye Rance, if anything.
He kind of did. Did he? Yeah, do you remember?
The racist stuff? Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, you're
right. Right now, Kanye. Not like the initial
Nazi Kanye. He's turning into Ye. He's turning
into Ye. He turned into Ye for a little bit.
Did you see Rye? Rye, yeah. Rye guy. I mean,
to me, honestly, we're joking about it. In all
actuality, I honestly think that Rye is healthy
right now. Just from the way he talks. He talks
a lot. He doesn't have that vice voice, you know
what I mean, that he had before for the past
two fights. You know what I'm talking about?
the vice voice or like he sounds like the scraggly
you know like he sounds like he's been drinking
all day oh yeah right versus now he sounds like
how he did before the tank fight you know i mean
he's back on the jesus stuff well back on i don't
know he's he's he might actually be on the jesus
stuff like legitimately you know i mean because
before i mean he was he was doing some crazy
shit I don't know if that was about Jesus or
if it was about aliens or some shit. He was on
something. I'm going with aliens. Yeah, maybe.
It might just be aliens. Maybe they kidnapped
him. Maybe they replaced him with a clone. Or
he was just fucking crazy as hell. I don't know.
Anything more for this portion of the Fatal Fury
series? I do got to say something about Ryan
versus Roley. That if Rowley beats Ryan, dude,
I swear, I will go on this pod and see. Actually,
no, I'm not going to see that. I'm not going
to see that. You don't have to reveal it. If
it happens, I'll reveal it. It's nothing bad.
It's just very demeaning towards my view as a
boxing analyst, which is already in shambles
with Conwell. Oh, my God. I'm already done. My
credibility's been gone, like, six times. I will
basically, like, apologize. What I'm saying is
I'm going to apologize to all the people that
have called in. Sorry for shitting on you. Yeah.
I will kiss their ass. I'll apologize to each
and every one of them. If Raleigh beats Ryan,
what level of apology do we give Shanada for
smashing on the bets? I'm going to come up with
so many excuses. We're reaching the end of it.
I'm done being wrong. I will never be wrong again.
We're in the post -fact era. Yeah, post -fact
era. Ryan got drugged by Raleigh. They rubbed
crack on his gloves. Does that make Raleigh a
pound great? Because Ryan beat Devin and Raleigh
beat Ryan. I said, man, just give the winner
the boots. Give the winner the boots. So then
Pitbull is pound for pound great because he beat
Raleigh? And then it's Ryo. Tank agenda is back
on the menu. But that means Roach. That means
Roach is pound for pound great. Which means Jamal
Herring is a pound for pound great. That's goddamn
right. That's goddamn right he is. I'm going
to stop. All right. Anything more for this portion
of Fatal Fury? All right. Fuck Turkey. Yes, I
agree with that. ProBucks good. This should have
been a ProBucks card. I say that because this
should not have been pay -per -view, dog. That's
true, actually. I don't want to pay $90 for this
bullshit. Bro, on DAZN? I just checked yesterday,
and it's like $115. Just for the Canelo one.
Just the shitty one, too. Just the Canelo card
is $115. How much is the right one? I didn't
check. That's crazy, because Canelo is always
been $89. Right, they've always been $89. But
maybe I misread it, and it's actually both. I
don't know. I can check. You know what, man?
My plane ticket to Japan would cost just as much.
So, fuck this. Well, y 'all are here. I can't
say the words. What do you mean? We paid for
all the dancing on this one. Yeah. On this show.
Right. So, it's a lot of money, but I'm so happy.
That I get to pay for this? Yeah, I love you.
We get to pay. Thank you. I'm so happy that I
get to pay $115 for fucking Canelo Skull. Yeah,
no, I'm not happy about that. And I'm not talking
about that because it's going to make me more
pissed. All right, so Canelo Skull. Oh, okay.
I misread it. It's $90 for both. And that was
$115 for me because I had to pay my next month
of subscription. That's so wonderful. I know.
Thank you so much. Here's the thing. It's on
sale right now. It's $120 for both. Oh, fuck.
But it's on sale right now. It's on sale. We're
in Fight Week and we're still on sale. It's a
little unusual, but... Yeah, I'm not even surprised.
I'm just looking at William's skull highlights
right now. I'm so excited. There's not a lot
of them. I'm so excited. This is like as long
as the Avni Yildirim highlight reel. It is better
or worse than Avni Yildirim as a fight. All right,
let me go into the card here. Marco Verde versus
Michel Galvan -Polina, six -round middleweights.
Brian Leon versus Aaron Rocha -Guerrero, 10 -round
light heavies. Martin Bacoli versus Efe Adjagba,
10 -round heavies. Yes, this one's good. Absolutely.
I'm thinking Bacoli takes it just because he's
more well -rounded. Adjagba kind of does suck.
He spams the one -two. He's Deontay Wilder 2
.0. He had the Rob Guido Vianello, my boy. Moving
up, Jaime Munguia, Bruno Serras. Rematch. This
is what I'm excited for. Inject the same result
into my veins. Just to get the exact same result.
The same fight. As much as you want it, that's
not going to happen. Munguia's going to kill
him. I believe in Munguia. Yeah, Munguia won't
fuck around for six rounds. I'm a Munguia stan.
I know it's kind of controversial to say nowadays,
but I'm a Munguia stan. Listen, man, if Munguia
has done any cardio, has gotten his cardio up,
we good. If Munguia still has got his mouth open
at the end of round one, and he's been working
with uh the reynoso gym so that's pretty he's
worked with i think he had abel sanchez and eric
morales and none of that like his cardio just
keeps getting worse he has gotten better way
better he's used definitely one of those project
guys like a long -term project guy but like Fuck,
his cardio is so bad nowadays that... Well, hopefully
after this fight, if he wins, he gets an even
better fight. Something like with one of the
other 168 guys, like Caleb Plant or Berlanga.
I think it'll be Berlanga. It's not going to
be Caleb Plant. Or it might just be Hamza Shiraz,
bro. Hamza Shiraz. I'm longer versus your ass,
dude. Maybe William Scull looks good enough.
You never know. He could. He could surprise.
My boy, William Scull with the highlights of
some time. Shades of Ali. Shades of Ali. Cruiser
Ali, fuck. Moving up, Badu Jack versus Norair
Mikaelian. Badu has the interim WBC Cruiserweight
Championship, and Mikaelian is the full champ,
so consolidation. Those are always good in my
book. Fucking finally going to find out what
the WBC champ is about. Whoever it is, we're
going to see. Do you actually fit in as the third
in the trio when we have Obataya and Ramirez?
Man, Bado Jack's the chicken. Bado Jack. Still
a good fighter. Honestly, that fight with the
cub was hilarious. Why was it hilarious? Like,
I haven't seen Bado Jack have meaningful power
in a while. In a while. You mean ever? Good guys.
He did at 175 and 168. Yeah, but I was like,
I'm like, damn. That was a long time ago. Was
that really power? Or was that just all right?
Oh, Macabre was old and washed. It was never
that good. But it was still pretty funny. I think
maybe he just fought a ship of competition. I
didn't see that one. The entertainment value
is also important. If I have fun watching it,
it's more worthwhile than all Shakur Stevenson
fights. Well, you're also a fucking psychopath,
Josh. Yeah, because I actually said that. I was
about to say we're on a boxing podcast talking
about Badu Jack and Ilunga Makavu. We do not
represent all of the boxing community. We're
kind of just nuts. We can watch a Shakur Stevenson
fight for better or for worse. We can. Can? I
can. Am I going to be happy about it? Not really.
No. The chat will be more fun than the fight.
It's usually how it goes. Shakur Stevenson versus
Josh Pedley was unironically the most exciting
Shakur fight in years. And I think that's only
because of Padley. It's only because Padley stinks.
No, no, do not say that. Do not say that. Prince
Padley. Padley. Sorry, I mean, stinks as in,
like, the musk of success. Yeah, exactly. The
musk of success in being a hard blue -collar
worker that disconcerted Shakur. In this podcast,
we do not speak ill of my sweet little Prince
Probox Padley. Oh, boy. Which is what you'll
be ending up on soon. If he fucks up with Matt.
Anyways. Yeah. One more on this one. Motherfucking
Canelo versus William Skull. William Skull may
have the IBF title on a technicality, but to
me... It's not this shitting. This isn't, like,
for double undisputed. Two -time undisputed.
That's not what this is. I don't think so, anyway.
This is, like, about as bad as Berlanka and Munguia
were as opponents. Well, isn't it worse than
Yildirim? Well, Yildirim, they forced them to.
I mean, it's the fight itself. Is it worse, better
or worse fighting Yildirim? Or Rocky Field? I
say it's the worst just because Canelo isn't
stopping these scrubs anymore. Yeah, that's true.
I doubt he can stop them. He can. He totally
carried Wingia and Berlanga. He's not going to
stop Skol, though. He's not. He just keeps these
scrubs standing for no reason. Honestly, he just
turned heel a long time ago. It's kind of sad
to watch. I can't even. wouldn't it be less work?
Like, if I were Canelo and I wanted to work less
for more money, wouldn't it be less work to just
stop the guy? Yeah, I mean, yeah. And you'd probably
make more money in return because you're stopping
the guy. Yeah. That raises your value. Exactly.
He's fucking fighting in rehab where none of
his fans are at. That's pretty sad. Yeah. I was
gonna say, I'm like, I'm like, how hype would
it be to, like, knock out fucking scrub John
Ryder instead of carrying him for 12 rounds and
beating him 12 -0. Sorry, 13 -0 because Ryder
was down. Yeah, I don't know. You never know
with Canelo anymore. One thing you do know is
that you're not going to knock anybody out, but
he's just in his money face. Pepe, Pepe, you
want Pepe? I know that. Man, oh well. Hopefully
with William Scull, we get after William Scull.
I said the same thing after Berlanga. I said
the same thing after Munguia. I said the same
thing after Ryder. I said the same thing after
G. If it's Crawford, I won't be mad. That's what
I want. I do want a chance Crawford super fight.
I want to see Crawford get eviscerated, but it's
still not going to be interesting. We'll talk
about that fight when the fight comes up in the
future podcast. Because I do not like what you
just said right there. Yeah. Dennis Crawford
is not going to get eviscerated, buddy. He's
beating Canelo. No. No way. Unless Canelo forgets
how to box overnight and ain't happening. Doubtful.
We'll cross that hill when we get to it. People
who are calling in, tell me why I'm wrong. Now
we'll save the call -ins for when that fight's
actually happening. Yep. So Canelo versus William
Skull. Fucking technicality that William Skull
is a champion at all. When I was talking with
Asus and Red about it, it was, I introduced it,
and then I said, I'm not entirely sure what to
say about this. And then it was just dead air
for like 30 seconds. And then Red jumps in with
like, the silence says everything. I don't know
what to say about this fight. It's fucking garbage.
Fortunately, the card looks pretty good. I disagree.
The card's kind of ass. You think so? The only
one that's good... What was good is the day before.
That's good. The only reason why they're charging
so much pay -per -view is because it's a fucking
Canelo card. Of course. And people are going
to buy it because it's Canelo. The undercard
is at least passable. Like, this isn't as rancid
as, like... There have been some pretty fucking
rancid Canelo undercards. Yeah. But for a real
season card, though? You know what I mean? Yeah.
I guess. They usually go out loud. Yeah, that's
true. And for Canelo too, it's like, it's this,
I don't know, you would expect a better car than
this. You would expect more Mexicans, I'll tell
you that. Yeah. Not like Bado Jack and Marbacoli.
You know what I mean? Yeah. I bet you have version
where Hey man, Bado Jack needs his biannual payday.
Gotta restock. Yeah. He needs his biannual payday.
This is buying you paid. You're right. Gary Russell.
This institution. You're right. You're right.
He's getting paid now. We're all falling for
it. Except us, because we're going to be... Well,
I can't say it in the air. I'm going to be enjoying
it fully. Thoroughly. Oh, yeah. Yeah, me too,
man. It's going to be a good time. Sunday. Moving
on to Sunday. Sunday, Sunday. On ESPN, this one's
just top rank. It's Inoue versus Cardenas. I
care because of what's next. What do you mean?
Nakatani. Oh, right. I care because of what's
next. But otherwise, I don't care. Well, this
fight, yeah, this fight's not great. It's not
really a secret. Well, it's not Canelo's goal.
Bad. It's not that bad, true. Canelo's goal has
a whole storyline of why it's bad. Cardenas is
at least like a somewhat worthy challenger. Just
not anyway. To a world title in the division?
Absolutely. Not anyway. Better than Goodman.
Better than Doheny. In my opinion. Better than
Butler. Picasso. Yeah. Picasso, yeah. Way better
than Picasso. He was better than Paul Butler.
What's his name? Neary? Well, this is not better
than Neary, but still. Yeah. Let's get the card
in. Rais Alim versus TBA. We are like a week
out. That's not good. Not a good sign. Maybe?
Maybe Guillermo shows up. Maybe. Moving up. Art
Barrera Jr. vs. Juan Carlos Guerra. Six rounds
at junior middleweight. Mikito Nakano vs. Pedro
Marquez. Ten rounds at feather. Another TBA.
Emiliano Vargas does not have an opponent. 8
rounds at 140. It's probably going to end up
being like 6 rounds. Just because of who they
have to get. Yeah. Watch it be Giovanni Cabrera.
Watch it be Abdullah Mason. Abdullah Mason shows
up. That would be crazy. Fabian Maidana still
fighting? Yeah. Versus Rohan Polanco. That's
actually crazy. I'm expecting a beat down here.
To be honest with you. Mario Barrios fought Fabian
last time, right? It was recent. I know. I recall
that much. Yeah, I think it was last year. Yeah.
Hey, we can go. Rafael Espinosa, WBO featherweight
champ versus Edward Vasquez. Vasquez was beaten
by Ray Ford and shit. I lost it. Ray Ford and
Joe Cordina. That's who it was. Cordina. Espinoza
probably I think this is a showcase fight and
they're trying to trying to set up some talk
about Inouye versus Espinoza. Yeah. That's not
going to happen for a while though. I hope not.
Imagine that's the next fight. Imagine it's that
Nakatani one considering it's Espinosa. Espinosa.
Oh, man. I don't mind the fight, but it's not
Nakatani, you know? Honestly, it's probably going
to be Espinosa next to prepare for Nakatani.
It's a great fight, but it's not the best fight,
you know? Yeah. Yeah. I want the Japanese Super
Bowl. Yeah, like, come on, bro. I want to go
to Japan and watch that shit live. Getting tickets
is pretty difficult. Yeah. We need to obtain
the press pass. Yeah, if I can find out who the
fucking points of contact are. I'll try. I don't
know. I don't have names. If I knew who to badger,
I would. Go straight to Arum. Take it to Arum.
Oh, right. I could do that. Right. Inouye Cardenas,
do you think this is better than Skull Canelo?
Yes. Like 10 times better. Damn. I wasn't sure.
There's no way this is not better. Cardenas is
like, he's an actually worthy -ish. challenger
to the titles in that weight class it's just
not in a way right okay that's yeah skull doesn't
even belong near a super middleweight title i
spent and not canelo he doesn't even belong near
but along and that's saying something like skull
skull's highlights look like uh like mario casas
highlights The thing with Skull is that typically
I would always root for the underdog. Man, it's
Skull, bro. And it's Canelo. It's so hard. It's
so hard, bro. I saw the fight announced and I
put the Skull emoji in chat. I just felt like
that. Horrible. It's a good fight. You'll be
entertained. You will sure be entertained. True.
Okay, that's fair. But there's not a whole lot
to say. I'm hopeful that Gardenas will give a
good show, but I'm not holding my breath. We'll
see what happens. Yeah, with William Scull, though,
I'm just completely resigned to fucking misery.
I'm only watching that just to not miss it. That's
it. Yeah, we kind of have to. Yeah. I have to
watch it. It's a Canelo fight. It's a professional
obligation. If we watch pro box cars, we have
to watch a Williams goal fight. Hey, hey, hey.
I'd much rather watch a pro box car. I have to
say, we watch pro box for the love in our hearts.
Yeah. Yeah. It's not so much. I mean, Espinosa's
cool. I like him. True, actually. Inouye's cool
and gonna put this guy out the pasture. Yeah.
It's funny how Canelo's not even the biggest,
like, the best fighter in the damn weekend. It's
funny how probably the best fighter in the whole
weekend is the headliner is not really even a
Mexican. It's Inouye. Inouye's the man. Like,
Inouye's the best fighter. I think the best fight
that got put together headlining was Garcia and
Romero. It's like they could totally also just
fight like crackheads. Yeah. That would be fun.
And it's not impossible. Romero already looks
like he's on fentanyl whenever he steps in the
ring. Jesus Christ. What the fuck? That's crazy.
That's nuts. You know what? It speaks to the
tango, though. But that's all we got. Anything
more for... Top rank in a way. I don't really
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I think I need to go stock up on stuff. for this.
Anyway, parting words. What do we got? Let's
go Rolly Romero. Sorry. Yeah, my picks. My picks.
Romero. No, not Romero. My picks are Romero to
die, Lopez, and fuck it, let's go Devin Haney.
Okay. Okay. What else? My picks are Devin Haney,
Gil Pimo, and Ryan, of course. I want, as much
as I love Canelo, it would be the funniest thing
in the world to watch him lose. Lose like McGee
loses against Raz, bro. Yeah. Something like
that. It would be funny as hell. That's not going
to happen, but it would be funny. I want McGee
to win, and then let's go anyway. Let's have
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