This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing
Before Dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.
Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before. Boxing.
Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This is Boxing
Before Dark. Boxing Before Dark. I can't wait
for it to get dark. I'm a little sleepy at the
moment. No time for sleep today, Leo. No time.
No, I still got more fucking schoolwork to fucking
catch up on. God. This is why I didn't go to
college in the fucking first place. Because I
didn't want to have to do stuff like this. Fortunately,
I'm almost caught up. But still. Oh, man. It's
Leo, your boy. And I'm joined by Shanada. You
all can't see it, but she's wearing official
merch. I am. Shop .lvx .be. Go get yourself some
threads. Some of the t -shirts are pretty nice,
actually. They do fit a little smaller than most
brands. Really? Mine... They ran a little big.
Oh. I think it depends on, because it's different
suppliers depending on where you are in the world.
Oh, maybe I got Asian sizes. Yeah, I think so.
That's unfortunate for me. I am not Asian sized.
You know what else isn't Asian sized? Manny Pacquiao's
calves. What a beautiful fucking segue to save.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios. It's officially
official. What the fuck? I know I've gone on
this rant, but what the fuck? There's a date.
I believe there's a venue. There's a co -main
set. I think Fundora, Tim Zhu is going to be
the co -main to that. I don't know. What more
do you want? what what the hell more do you want
everyone holds you up as eight division champion
my scruples notwithstanding well he's out of
money again oh you think that's what it is i
think he's given away all his money again yeah
oh shit that's right he does do that he's been
building entire neighborhoods and schools and
hospitals and he gives it away in a very nice
way but i think i think man he's broke again
And he's also still running for political office.
I think he's running for his re -election right
now. Is he? Yeah, I believe so. And the election
happens a few weeks before the fight. Like two
or three weeks. So there was a question in the
Discord about if he's going to be able to have
a full camp because he's campaigning. I expect
he runs on name value. And that's pretty much
it. According to Wikipedia, it's actually this
week. Oh, shit. Okay, then. Yeah, never mind.
That's a non -factor. I think part of why they
delayed it a little bit was because of the Senate
election. Oh, they delayed the Pacquiao -Barrios
fight? Yeah. Well, the signing. I see. Okay.
Well... His... He may be really nice with building
neighborhoods and stuff, but his politics aren't
very nice. No. You either die the hero or you
live long enough to become the villain. Manny
is too religious to be in politics. Yeah, he's
a Catholic fundamentalist or born -again Christian
fundamentalist or something. He's a... Hardliner,
for sure. Yeah. But I suppose if you build houses
for thousands of people, they'd feel like assholes
if they don't elect you, so... Yeah, he is a
man of the people. Just, I guess it depends on
what kind of people. Yeah. Just don't be gay.
Yeah, pretty much. Man, I remember that happening
when he... Some press conference, he's like...
gay people or LGBT people are lower than animals
and he lost all of his sponsorships except for
like the Filipino ones that was which is probably
why he's broke could be if Manny kept his religion
more to himself he wouldn't have to fight to
make money he could be just like commercials
around the world famous. Yeah, before that press
conference. And it wasn't an immediate reaction
where everyone dropped him. They kind of gave
him a shot. Like, yeah, do you want to maybe
walk that one back? And then he said, I'm sorry
that you all don't feel the same way. I'm sorry
that you don't understand that this is the way
things are. Yeah, I'm sorry you're all going
to hell. Yep. There's no love, or there's no
hate like Christian love. Yeah. That's a good
one. But, as far as the fight goes, Pacquiao's
too fucking old. Like, Barrios wins this, I think,
and it's gonna make me sad. It's gonna make me
really sad. Pacquiao had an exhibition, didn't
he? Not too long ago? Yeah, he was in Japan.
He looked like absolute ass, and he was getting
beat by a kickboxer or something. It was the
Ryzen guy, wasn't it? Yeah, I know it was a Ryzen
card that he was on, but losing to a kickboxer,
dude. What is happening? Barrios wins this. Pretty
sure. Or he should win this, I guess. Yeah, puncher's
chance or whatever, and it's really shitty that
that's what we're reducing Manny Pacquiao to,
is puncher's chance. But he's just, he's too
old. Right, he's mid -40s. Best days are long
gone, unless he gets back on the magic shakes,
the mystery drinks. I don't think that'll even
help him anymore. I mean, it'll help, but it's
not gonna fix it. Yeah, agility. I don't think
that'll come back. That's athleticism. Well,
and I don't know what kind of chin Pacquiao has
anymore. That kind of goes with age. But Barrios
isn't like a power threat. No, but Pacquiao's
not an agent. He's been knocked out bad a couple
times. So Mario Barrios is... His punches are
individual straws. And then Pacquiao's chin is
the camel's back. And we're just going to see...
We're going to see which one does it. If he can
do it. Well, I also heard rumors, and they are
just rumors, that they wanted to have the fight
somewhere else and Pacquiao couldn't get a medical
pass. So that's why it's ended up in, is it Nevada?
That's a little... A little bit more lax. Yeah,
yeah. That's why it's ended up in Vegas, partly.
I mean, Vegas is a big boxing place and stuff
too, but Pacquiao had to go around to get his
medical... Oh, the same way Mike Tyson had to
shop around for his as well. If that's the stage
that you're at, where you're having to look at
different venues in different states to see who
will sanction your fight... Hang them up. Yeah,
it's time to call it quits, homeboy. Again, I
don't know if that one's actually true, but I
heard rumors. At this age, I can see why they...
I feel like there's some validity to that. But...
Man, that fight is cursed. And I don't see the
point of letting Pacquiao have a shot. So, say
he wins it. He gets his ass kicked by anyone
else that's a title holder. Like, absolutely
destroyed. And if he loses, we're back where
we started. There is no point to this fight.
It doesn't accomplish anything. The only thing
it does do is for a certain broader section of
the fanbase, they'll just see Pacquiao on...
Barrios his resume and then just say oh he beat
Pacquiao holy shit he must be amazing in fucking
2025 like stupidest fight of the year by far
but actually you know you know what else was
fucking stupid Connor Bent and his always his
the ways that he decides to spend his money um
I mean who am I To count somebody else's cash.
Fucking can't be me, but still. The 500 ,000
pound or dollar? Regardless. I think pound. The
half a million penalty for Chris Eubank being
.05 over. God, that still fucking gets me. .05.
People get away with more. Oh, they had, yeah.
Yeah, that's rough. It's a fucking bad break,
man. Go jack off. One little spooge, that'll
get you right under. .05? Yeah. But Conor Benn
buys a Rolls Royce. That was all tricked out.
So, congratulations. It was an extra 500k, so...
I mean, that's a big bonus. Yeah, you didn't
dip into the purse for it. I could find better
things to buy, but I guess... I would probably
pull a Manny Pacquiao and, like, fix up a school
or something. Yeah. I have all this free money.
What do I do with it? I don't need it. I have
plenty from the purse. i don't really need this
time to go do stuff or start a scholarship fund
or something yeah um boxing i wonder i wonder
if he got it painted black with uh destroyer
along the side like his shorts let's see if this
article that'd be kind of cool actually not seeing
a picture of it Probably not. That would be too
cool for Connor Ben. No, it's white. He bought
a white one. Nobody. Oh, apparently he has a
car collection. This is one of his things. So
maybe this is a different Rolls Royce. No, he
bought a white Rolls Royce with this money. Yep.
280 ,000 pounds. Yeah. That's quite. car i don't
like white cars i don't like white cars either
but i if if i could get one i would but i just
know his white he has a white convertible porsche
with a red soft top that looks pretty good actually
I would hope that the seats, the interior is
red too. It has to be. That's just fucking sexy
as all hell. I do like soft tops. But yeah, this
white Rolls Royce he bought is generic as fuck.
I don't even like Rolls Royces. They look like
square boxes. Anyways, Connor Ben's an asshole.
Yeah, he is, isn't he? but yeah that's anybody
who has a car collection that is all modern cars
extra douchey i like can only think that if you
were doing it with i don't know like sports cars
or like super cars like you have like a mclaren
and the lamborghini and the ferrari no i'm i'm
still gonna stand by it you need at least a few
classic ones tossed in there All brand new modern
cars just means you don't know how to fix a car.
If all of your supercars are under warranty,
it's lame. But if you buy it, if you're like
a boxer, you got 500k to throw around, I would
buy it fully restored. I'm not gonna restore
it myself. Well, yeah, but... It still means
that you're scared it's going to break down on
the road and you won't be able to get it running
again. Totter Ben definitely calls tow trucks.
I bet you he doesn't even open the hood. He just,
yep, my car won't start. Where to open the hood?
Google. Rolls Royce, fucking whatever, Phantom.
Hood latch. Yeah, where's the button to open
the hood? Anyways, I think modern car collecting
is kind of lame. Personally. And Connor Ben's
an asshole. What kind of car would you... Number
one purchase. You get the extra 500k. What's
the one you're getting? Me? Yeah. But all mine
are ones I could realistically buy now. I don't
have super expensive tasting cars. There's a
very specific... Older Mustang. I want it in
forest green with a tan soft top. But I forget
what year. We've got to move off the car conversation.
Yeah, that's probably all getting cut. Nah, not
all of it. What we'll cap it off with is, besides
the Chevelle, I'm going to cut the whole story
if you want to hear it. You already know where
you got to go. It's Patreon. Back to boxing.
My dream personal project that I would want to
do myself is a VW bus. Nice. I would want to
do the whole thing myself. Unlimited money. I
would pay somebody to make me a hydraulic lowrider.
It would have the ugliest fucking paint job.
It would lift. It would drop. Would it bounce?
Fuck yes, it would bounce. I would have the most
ghetto fucking lowrider you've ever seen with
the spinning rims. An El Camino. Lowrider El
Camino. I am. When it comes to cars, I most definitely
am. Alright. Moving into the times. What is it?
Fatal Fury. City of the Wolves. I'm still not
sure. Was this called City of the Wolves because
of the game? Yes. Okay, so the game company sponsored
the events to be named City of the Wolves. Okay,
got it. I'm pretty sure Fatal Fury is the franchise
and then City of Wolves is the game that's coming
out. I see. Well, so starting from the bottom
of the Times Square card. It was Reito Tsutsumi
versus Lavelle Whittington. Possibly the most
exciting fight of the entire fucking night. Yeah,
I think. You're right. And that's not good. No,
that's a really low bar to set. And none of the
fights clear it. To his credit, Lavelle Whittington...
did not show up to just lay down despite this
being like a hot prospect coming out of Japan.
He's connected to the right people. And he's
an amateur standout. He didn't crack under pressure.
He gave him a good fight. He gave him good work.
So Tsutsumi really showed out. So it was a great
fight. Yeah, Japan saved. Cinco de Mayo weekend
somehow. Oh, they did, didn't they? Looking at
the rest of it. The rest of this card. So the
Tsutsumi fight was what it was. Like, it was
exciting enough. It's a debutant. Yeah, yeah.
So you can't expect too much. But the rest of
this card was hot fucking dog shit. Like, those
poop bag... garbage cans at the dog run in august
this card sucked gross everything about it sucked
well and they just lied to people saying you
could come to times square and watch it like
one of our friends went he flew to new york and
you couldn't see anything they put up the big
fences to keep people out yeah and all they had
was like two screens across the street If I was
going to watch it on a fucking television, I
would have stayed home. Yeah. Well, there was
people complaining on the internet. Like, I saw
a couple articles. And everyone's like, well,
you should have made sure you could see it before
you bought flights. And they're like, they said
you could a month before the fight. Like, flight
tickets you don't buy a week before you fly.
They're too expensive. Yeah. anyways like with
a trip for a trip like the flights like the first
thing i'm getting probably before the fight ticket
depending on how popular the fight is but still
yeah like well on this one there was no tickets
so like your your flight is kind of the only
thing you're you're buying yeah first come first
serve but apparently nobody got served bullshit
Absolute dog shit. Speaking of dog shit, bullshit,
all of the animal shits, Arnold Barbosa just
did not have the fighting spirit to even really
try. After the first four rounds, Teofimo had
him figured out, and that was game. Yeah. Teo's
just good. When Teo's good, he's so good. Yeah,
he looked like a pound -for -pound talent. Yeah,
he was on. Yeah, it helped that Barbosa was completely
flat -footed, was not interested in throwing
anything more than one, one, two, and that was
pretty much it. And it was, man, that is just
not enough to step in with a... With Tio. With
Tio Fimo, who's on point? Uh -uh. You're gonna
have to do better than that. Yeah, and the fight
was just so one -sided. Like, of the three main
fights, this was by far the best, but it still
was just not exciting. Nah. Tio did show up.
Yes. Tio showed up, and Tio looked good, and
when Tio looks good, you have to be good. As
well. And Barbossa was just outclassed. Yep.
There's levels to this. That was one of the.
My reaction to that one was. There's levels to
this. Yeah. You can never count on Tio. But this
was what I was expecting. If Tio wasn't a crash
out. Speaking of crashing out. Actually. Devin
Haney. verse jose ramirez you may remember beloved
listener from like last time we were talking
about oh who would fall asleep who would do that
that would be me this fight put me to sleep i
straight up fell asleep it was so fucking boring
i fell asleep i um Yeah, we were supposed to
record right after the fights ended, and Leo
just didn't show. Yeah, I was fucking dead. D
-E -D, dead. Man, that was... That was bad. It
was rough. I think I fell asleep around 6 or
7. It was early morning here, and I had trouble
staying awake. Haney, is he damaged goods, do
you think? Yes. Based on that performance, Haney
is never going to be good again. Unless he figures
his shit out. He ran the whole time. He looked
terrified. He looked so scared. Do you remember
that viral clip of that kid that definitely shouldn't
have been in a boxing ring? And he looked like
Haney running around and then the guy walks up
and just knocks him out. Anyways. Ramirez couldn't
catch him. Yeah, yeah. Ramirez is washed. Officially
washed. I was deluding myself and I knew it.
I was hoping that being able to go up and wait
would save him. He can't do shit anymore. He
was never fast and he's just... Too slow. His
feet are broken. And Haney, whatever his other
faults, he's still super fucking athletic. Because
there were a few times when he did let his hands
go. And he looked actually fast. Like his hands
were still there. But he just never threw anything.
He's scared. He's absolutely terrified to get
hit. And he had... happy feet i don't know what
anyone else calls it but like his feet were just
always going he wasn't planting at all because
he was scared that if he stood still long enough
he'd get hit it was frantic energy yeah this
fight really disappointed the fuck out of me
ramirez needs to retire i love him but he needs
to retire and haney looked like shit Haney looked
like a terrified little kid that was trying not
to get caught. Fighting a bully. Then you don't
want to get hit. Yeah, like a chihuahua versus
a bulldog. The bulldog can't catch him and the
chihuahua can't do shit. Speaking of chihuahuas,
Raleigh, when he made that keychain of Isaac
Cruz. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so that's the segue into
Ryan Garcia getting his ass beat. I was so happy.
Yeah, you made money on this one, didn't you?
I did. Raleigh was 7 -1 at the place I put my
bets. My bookie paid out 7 .4, I think, on every
dollar. Wow. Yeah, that made up for the rest
of my losses this weekend. Did you bet a lot?
no no i bet five bucks but still i turned it
into almost 40 so that's really good what are
these a million excuses i haven't i didn't hear
about those okay so afterwards and apparently
this is more legit than i thought it was but
Ryan was saying how the no crowd made it feel
really weird and he could hear people yelling
things and stuff and he could hear the cars and
the sirens and that one is whatever. Ryan, lock
the fuck in. Like, you're a professional. If
you can hear sirens, it shouldn't throw you off
your game. But the other one was he said that
when he was sitting in that car, it smelled like
gas and that really made him like sick to his
stomach. But apparently, according to Hawley
on Probox, the Batmobile he came in on, the cops
came and said it wasn't street legal. So they
didn't actually drive it. They had people push
him and the car from the hotel to his ring walk.
What? Which is... so fucking lame yeah apparently
they drove the batmobile to the hotel but of
course there was cops around the hotel and the
fight and stuff and the cops are like that is
not street legal you cannot drive that to times
square and they got in a big argument and they
were trying to find another car and whatever
and they didn't so they had i guess bouncers
or somebody push the batmobile with with ryan
in it And they just cut it camera -wise so that
you couldn't tell. And Ryan said the whole interior
smelled like gas and it made him sick. And then
there was no crowd and he just couldn't get into
it. And even his whole training camp, it just
didn't go very well. And there's a bunch of videos
of him crying in the car afterwards. What a bunch
of fucking booty. That I did see. The clips of
him crying in the car. Like, man, you've lost
before. I'm not sure what this is. This isn't
a new feeling for you. Well, and like, usually
I'm on the boxer side, but I fucking hate Ryan
Garcia, so fuck him. Yeah. The Batmobile being
pushed. Reminds me of when he had the horse,
rode in on a horse that was being led by someone.
Yeah. Like Barney style. That, yeah, that's fucking
embarrassing. Nobody has led a horse I've been
on since I was three. But, not, Ryan Garcia always
has a million excuses when things don't go well.
And he lost before, but I think he really thought
he should be able to beat Roley. I don't think
he ever thought he was going to beat Tank. Like,
really. But Roley has... You would think. Well,
yeah. But you know what? He figured out the magic
to beating Ryan Garcia. It's keeping your right
fucking hand up. He spams one punch. He has one
punch, yeah. Block the punch. I'm really happy
for Roley. I don't think he's that good a boxer,
but... He's not. He's entertaining. He is quite
humorous. Somebody was saying he's like the new
Adrian Broner. No, he's much more likable, though.
You think so? I think Adrian Broner is a piece
of shit. I like Roley's backstory, though. Right,
because he has a lisp. He spent a lot of time
fixing the way he talks and he was bullied a
lot. That's part of why he got into boxing. Ah.
Broner was a bit more abrasive. Broner just seems
like an asshole. I mean, he loaded dice. That
is a very asshole move. That is. I don't know.
I like Rolly. But I always have a soft spot for
the, I was getting bullied, so I started boxing.
Rolly did look good, though. He looked really
disciplined. He kept his cool. He was fucking
yoked, too. He was super jacked. Yeah. That impressed
me, because he was coming up from, what, 135
when he fought Tank? 140 for Cruz? And then this,
he didn't look... He looked like skinny fat before.
Like he wasn't... Yeah. He looked a little soft,
but he wasn't like flabby. I guess he just couldn't
put on much muscle or he'd be overweight. Yeah,
I guess so. Now that Rolly's been unleashed,
the regular WBA welterweight champion. So who
does Rolly fight next? That is a really good
question. Because he has the WBA, so he could
get himself murked by Jaron Ennis if he wanted
to. He could push that issue. I mean, that's
a payday. It would be. I think Rowley knows he's
not amazing. Yeah, he knows he's food. Well,
we're not at super light anymore. He's a welterweight.
What he should do is drop that belt and go back
down to 140. I mean, he could lose at the higher
weight class once for a big payday. Oh, for sure.
And then go down to 140. Jin Sasaki? Isn't he
a little bit of a name out in Japan? He is, yeah.
He's got a fight coming up soon, too, I think.
Yeah, I believe he does. Brian Norman. He fights
on the Leo card, doesn't he? Or are they a different
card? There's so many Japan cards coming up.
It's crazy. Now, Brian Norman versus Jin Sasaki.
I'm not seeing Angelo Leo on this one. Oh, and
it's in Ota City. I can go to that one. Yeah.
Try to get an autograph from Brian Norman. I
have never been able to get anywhere close to
any of the boxers here. They don't really seem
to do that. I've seen Jin Sasaki before. He beats
Rolly. Yeah, he does. I think. But timing -wise,
that would line up pretty well. Because he fights
in June, right? Yeah. Yeah, that would line up
well for later this year. It would be a good
payday out in Japan for Rolly. Rolly would get
paid to come to Japan. I bet you he would love
just being in Tokyo. Yeah, you've made him a
lot more likable to me now that I know what his
backstory is. I like the kind of, it's not really
a sob story, like it's not like, but it makes
him more relatable. Also, so do you think Haney
didn't look very good in his fight and Garcia
lost? Do they still do? Haney Garcia too? I believe
they are. I think I saw something that both of
them are still interested in doing it again.
Do you think people are still interested in watching
it after this? Maybe they get both of them take
a tune -up because Haney fucking needs it. Like
desperately needs it. He needs a sports psychologist.
and he needs a relatively easy opponent that's
marketable so that they can sell it to him so
he can get his confidence back. Yeah. I just
don't know, man. I think if you give them each
a tune -up, there's a solid chance that one of
them fucks it up. I'm not even joking. No, I
think Garcia's the one that would fuck it up
more than Haney. probably but i think haney either
gets his confidence back like you said or he
does the same thing he's not gonna get hurt either
way yeah but i don't know honestly i'm not super
into the rematch anyways but they're i expect
they're gonna do it just because money yeah yeah
Speaking of money, Saudi Arabia. Motherfucking
Canelo card. That card was also ass. Yeah, not
as good as I was expecting from the three fights
that I was really interested in. Like, I was
expecting the Canelo fight to be not good. Yes.
I was not excited for the main event on this
one. But, yeah, I agree. A couple of the undercard
things I thought would be better. I was expecting
Bakoli, a Jogba. I thought Bakoli was going to
do better, but the one who proved to be more
versatile was a Jogba. And somehow they gave
Bakoli a draw. That shit does not make sense
to me. It's heavyweights. I was not strongly
invested in this one at all. But yeah, I kind
of thought a dog but one too. He did enough,
which wasn't all that glamorous, but he did enough
still. It's a pretty boring fight. I'm okay with
a draw. Yeah, I was struggling to stay awake
for that one too. Me too. The Saudi cards are...
Literally the middle of the night, usually, I
was having trouble. Badu Jack becomes the full
WBC cruiserweight champ. He gets murdered by
Zurdo or Opataya. Yeah. It won't be pretty. Sorry,
Badu. But... I guess... Hopefully one last big
payday, because Badu Jack's old as balls. Yeah.
Like, what is he? He's 41. I know he's bigger
and stuff, but he's a cruiserweight fighting
at heavy. Or is this cruiser? Sorry. He's not
a real cruiserweight, though. No, he came up
from 168. Badu Jack's gone up. Yep. Yeah. So
he's come up quite a ways. And the size disparity
was pretty apparent. So this motherfucker's name
is spelled N -O -R -A -I -R. And it's Noel. What
the hell? Okay. Anyway, Noel McCallion. He's
like a full -fledged cruiserweight. And it showed.
The difference was really clear. Still, congrats
to Badoo. I'm getting it done. Yeah, I think
he did just enough. Like always. Badu Jack always
just barely wins. But it wasn't very exciting,
even though it was so close. I don't know. Maybe
I'm just down on everything. But I was expecting
Badu Jack to be a more fun fight. I'm not sure
why. You know what else I was expecting to be
a fun fight? Jaime Munguia versus Bruno Saras.
I expected better from Jaime Munguia. The time
he has spent with Eddie Reynoso showed. He looked
like Diet Canelo. Boring. Yes. He looked boring.
I was trying to be a little bit more, I don't
know, forgiving with my word choice. I wish Munguia
had stayed with Freddie Roach. Or Eric Morales.
I wanted Freddy Roach Mongia. Like, controlled
fucking monging is what I wanted. But hopefully
this isn't what Jaime fights like all the time
now. I think he was just being cautious. He was
making sure he didn't get sparked again by some
fucking unknown Frenchman. Still, regardless
of how this played out, so when I was talking
with... Isaac and Nathan about this. We all came
to a similar conclusion that Jaime Munguia needed
to spark Bruno in return. Yeah, I said that as
well. This, whatever, 9 -3, 9 -3, 8 -4, that
shit is not the same. He still lost. He won the
fight, but... He lost the story. Yeah. No, like,
this fight did not make me excited to see the
next Jaime Munguia fight. Nah. Also, in the series,
or whatever you want to call it, Saras wins.
Like, I do want to see Bruno Saras again. I was
talking to somebody, and they said that They
got the feeling that Saras didn't want to be
a professional boxer. That this was kind of like,
I'm really good at this, so I do it, but this
isn't what I want to do. And they were talking
about how he's in university and stuff. So I
wonder if he's not that committed and that's
why he's just taking these fights and not really
in the world stage of boxing. At this point,
he could. He has his meal ticket now. He should
be in the conversation for these world -level
events. He's shown he belongs. Right. Even if
he did lose by a lot in this fight, he didn't
look out of place. Or I didn't think he did.
No, I don't think so either. The game plan from
the Munguia corner was counter -punching? Wait
for Bruno to open up offense and counter -punch?
What the... That's not Jaime Munguia fighting,
though. That's exactly what I was about to say.
Who in the fuck has ever accused Jaime Munguia
of being a counter -puncher? And who wants to
see that? That is not what Jaime Munguia is all
about. No Jaime Munguia fan is happy about this
fight. It shouldn't be, anyway. Just getting
the win back. Kind of. Like, barely. I guess.
On a technicality. I don't know. I'm disappointed.
I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed. Yeah, but
actually... I'd like to see Saras versus Mbili.
Because... They both speak French. So the shit
talk. Oh, some French shit talk. That should
be pretty spicy. Nice. Honestly, not as bad.
But this Munguia fight feels similar to the Devin
Haney fight to me. This looked like Munguia was
scared if he threw too many punches, he was going
to get knocked out. That's not how anybody else
is spinning it, and this is my own fucking opinion,
but Munguia was scared. Yeah. Or his trainer
was. Maybe it's more accurate to say the camp
was scared. Yeah, the team kept telling him,
like, you know, hang back, don't overextend,
don't overcommit. If you see an opening, take
it, but don't do too much. Dude. Who do you think
you're training right now? Who are you coaching?
This is your friends coaching you before a first
date. Don't be yourself. Don't talk about weird
shit. Don't tell them you like boxing. Go out
and be fucking normal for a day. That's a good
analogy. don't let them see who you actually
are go pretend you're somebody else i have had
i have received that pep talk before i get that
pep talk every time i have a date don't do not
do not be you keep that yeah you a secret for
the time being don't be a fucking mongoloid well
that's what they were doing to hymie yeah Go
out there and be normal and don't be a mong.
Don't be a mongoloid? Anyways, I was disappointed.
I don't know who Jaime fights next. And I'll
watch it. But I hope he doesn't look like this.
Yeah, I don't want to see this version of Munguia
anymore. It's not fun. And it's not that good.
Like, this is not what Munguia is good at. I
think it's a testament to what people think.
Because of Canelo, people think Eddie Reynoso
is like this elite trainer that knows how to
train anyone and everyone. But he trains one
style, and that's Canelo. He creates replicas
of Canelo. Yeah, but... That doesn't make you
an elite trainer. An elite trainer needs to be
like, this is what you're good at. This is like,
you know, they have to specialize the training
for each person and their style and their abilities.
Like Robert Garcia. Like Freddie Roach. Yeah.
Why the fuck is Munguia here? Munguia, go home.
We liked you better before. Robert Garcia would
be a good fit for him. I would say that about
anyone. Robert Garcia. He's my favorite trainer.
Yeah. Well, speaking of Eddie Reynoso training
people, Canelo. Fucking... What the hell was
that? I knew this was gonna be bad. I told people
not to buy this. Like, I had a couple people
ask, should I buy this because it's, you know,
Cinco de Mayo and it's Canelo, and I said no.
Yeah, don't. It's fucking terrible. I'm so happy
that I paid for it, of course, because that's
what I do with every single card ever. I actually
did pay for this. Pricing differences for us.
Yeah, I was going to say here it was worth the
money. For me, it was like triple what you paid.
Yeah. No, thank you. But, okay. This was a boring
shit -ass fight across the board. But it's not
William Skull's fault alone. Canelo also did
shit. Like, Canelo didn't throw any punches.
Canelo has terrible footwork. He is one of the
slowest motherfuckers on his feet in elite boxing.
Like, and he can't cut off the ring. And if Canelo
was some no -name nobody and Skull was the A
-side... The cards would be the exact opposite.
And they would have been talking about great
defense and movement and... The next Floyd Mayweather.
Or some other defensive analog. Yeah. I do like
that the ref told them both to fucking box. Several
times. That was pretty funny. And they managed
to beat. Rigo Casimero for least punches thrown
in a 12 round fight. It's a beautiful thing.
Fucking terrible. The other, the top three lowest,
or I guess bottom three lowest punch, lowest
punch output. All three came this weekend. I
think it was three of the top five. Okay. All
right. Because, because of Rigo Casimero. But.
It's just such, such a dog shit fight. Like,
I think, I think Canelo's washed and he is very
much cherry picking people. And he knows that
if he goes 12 rounds, he'll get the decision
unless something fucking terrible happens. And
nobody's knocking Canelo out. I still think he
has a great chin, but I really think Canelo's
pretty washed and he's just hiding it masterfully.
I was more of the mind that as soon as the fight
was over, they pretty much shunted Skull to the
side, and they brought in Terrence Crawford immediately.
This isn't the first time that Canelo has had
a garbage fight, but it ended up that his next
fight was already booked. When he fought Chavez,
that fight was absolute trash. Complete trash.
But once the fight was over, Golovkin, you are
next, my friend. And then out comes Golovkin,
the music, and it's like a ring walk. And it
was this whole spectacle. I think I've said this
on the Discord a couple times and people disagree
with me or agree, but I think Crawford Canelo
is going to be fucking boring as hell. I think
Crawford's going to pot shot from the outside
because he knows if he gets hit, it's going to
hurt because Canelo is so much bigger than him
and Canelo won't be able to catch him. It's going
to be this fight, except Crawford throws punches
that do no damage and Canelo just tanks them.
Peppers them from range. Yeah, but like, it's
going to be this kind of fight, except Crawford
will throw punches that do no damage. It's going
to be boring. Canelo won't be able to catch Crawford.
His feet are too slow. He's not good at cutting
off the ring anymore. Crawford's great at movement.
Canelo's not gonna catch him, and Crawford's
not gonna hurt Canelo. I know Crawford hits hard
for whatever weight class he's supposed to be
in, but he's not 168. Right. He's had one fight
at 154, which wasn't, I don't know, demonstrative
of his... adaptation to the higher weight? Yeah,
he can't hit that hard at this weight. He's not
big enough to hurt these guys. Yeah. I think
it's going to be a dog shit fight. I think that
fight is going to be terrible. It's a circus
fight where nobody can do any damage because
Canelo won't connect and Crawford's not big enough.
Speaking of dog shit. Saul Canelo Alvarez drops
on Ring Magazine to pound for pound ranking.
He's now number eight. Good. What stands out
is that Turkey a la La La Shake guy, he bought
Ring Magazine with the Saudi funds or whatever.
Yeah. And he's also, he has Canelo on contract.
This was his first fight under the Saudi contract.
So he just, he dropped him to number eight. Like
he dropped his own fighter essentially to number
eight on pound for pound. I thought that was
special. I mean, Canelo didn't look good. He
does not look like a pound for pound talent in
that fight at all. If you made them the same
size and put him in the ring with Inoue, Canelo
gets fucked. Number one is Usyk. Two is Inoue.
Three is Crawford. Four is Beeble. Five is Better
BF. Six is Bam. Seven is Junto. And then Canelo
at eight. All those people beat Canelo if you
magically make them the same size. For sure.
Shrink Canelo down to... super flyweight, get
fucking murked by Bam? He would. He would get
murked by Bam so fast. If he shrunk down to Bantam
and fought Junto, I think that fight would be
really boring. Because they're both waiting for
the other to commit before they throw. Yeah.
I still think Junto has better footwork, though.
And he probably has longer reach. But that's
enough of the Ring Magazine talk. Motherfucking
Las Vegas. The Japanese saved the weekend. The
Japanese saved Cinco de Mayo. It was in part
with the Mexican guy. Yes, of course. And the
black guy, too. So thank you, everyone. We came
together to salvage this. It makes the fucking
dream work. Let me pull up the card. The top
-ranked card was fun. It was. I really enjoyed
the top -ranked card. I went to the bar in Tokyo.
It was fucking packed. So they opened early at
9 a .m. Which means I did miss that very first
televised fight here. We didn't get the really
early ones. So what was his name, Leo, the Japanese
kid? Haruto? Mikito Nakano. Ah, there we go.
I'm just accidentally being racist. Anyways,
I missed him entirely walking from the train
to the bar. But I got there right at 9 a .m.
A couple of the other regulars were there. I
got told to sit front and center at the counter.
We were assigned seats, I guess, based on how
early you reserved your spot. And by, I think
it was 10 o 'clock, they had to go to the bar
next door that was closed because it was 10 a
.m. and borrow chairs. to bring into the bar
we were sitting in. A fucking fire hazard. Oh,
yeah. If the fire department came by, it would
have been bad, but they didn't, so it was okay.
Yeah, it was great, though. The atmosphere was
really fun. I'm glad I got my ass out of bed
and went to Tokyo. Emiliano Vargas continues
the hot streak. Late opponent, though. They didn't
have... It was... the legendary tba for quite
some time so stoppage in two but that's what
you're supposed to do he looked good yeah one
uh to carry on a joke from b -sides is to say
you see dalton dalton smith this is how you're
supposed to do it this is how it's supposed to
be done you see You see. I think ours is Cambosis.
Yeah. Same. Cambosis. You see how this is what
you're supposed to do to Richardson Hitchens.
For the love of everything, anything and everything
that you find sacred. I put that on fucking Josh's
life. Oh, poor Josh. I like Josh. I would be
sad. Who else? Rohan Polanco. Against Fabian
Maidana, it left a bit to be desired. I don't
know. I expected better of Rohan, but what are
you going to do, I guess? I thought he looked
good. I was expecting him to bomb out Maidana,
just because Maidana's on the downslope. I guess.
Maidana's tough, though. Sure. I don't know.
I thought it was a fun fight. Lots of punches
thrown. Nobody fell asleep. It was good. Yeah,
no sleeping on this one. Rafael Espinoza. Just
mauls. Edward Vasquez. Holy shit. Hey, Munguia,
do you see how you're supposed to mong out? Do
you see what monging out looks like? This is
monging out. Remember your roots. Yeah. Fucking
remember who you are, Simba. I love Raphael.
I do too. His proportions make no sense. And
just like Fedora, he doesn't use them properly.
But man, those up -close uppercuts. That Espinoza
throws. Brutal. Fucking great. I love everything
about it. He throws both lead hand and rear hand,
but he just throws uppercuts. Why are you so
fucking tall? And they just, they seem to catch
people off guard so much. I guess defending uppercuts
seems like it's hard. People don't see them coming
or something. Yeah, if you're shelled up, you
don't see them, and they split the guard. Yeah.
You've got to do the George Foreman cross block.
You've got to turn one of your hands. Down? Yeah.
Under your chin? Yep, so that you can block it
on its way up. But then that opens you up for
hooks. Absolutely. Hooks for days. That's the
trade -off. Well, and Espinosa throws hooks fairly
well, too. Yeah, he just spams power punches
because he's a goddamn Mexican. That's what they
do. That's what we do. That's why we love them.
God, just throw all of the punches that are not
jabs. That's all we need. All these, not all
these fights, but these fights were all pretty
one -sided, but still, after the dog shit cards
earlier this week, I loved every second of this.
Yeah, this. Top rank, as much as I like to clown
on them from time to time. They saved it. Yeah,
top rank cards are usually really one -sided,
so they can be boring that way. But at least
everybody was there to win in Vegas. His contemporaries,
Espinoza's Nick Ball with a WBA. Angelo Leo with
the IBF. And Stephen Fulton with the WBC. Word
on the street is that Stephen Fulton is moving
up to fight Oshaki Foster. Wow, that's kind of
weird. I hope it's like a champion in recess
kind of thing and he's just going up for the
one. Because I would prefer that Fulton stays
at 26. There's a lot of good fights to be made
here. He's scared of Inouye coming up. I had
the same thought when someone said, oh, he's
going to be going up to fight Foster at 1 .30.
I'm like, oh, so he doesn't want to be there
when Inouye arrives. Okay, got it. Fair. Yeah,
absolutely fair. I wouldn't want to take that
ass kicking twice either. Just looking at everyone
else, I would highly rate Fulton's chances. Against
pretty much anybody in the division. Maybe not
Espinosa. Because of the height and reach. I
think Espinosa is probably the person to beat
at 126. I can't think of anybody who I am sure
beats Espinosa. I got nobody. No. The only way
would be Nick Ball. Because it would be really
fucking weird with the height difference. They're
like a foot apart. Yeah, but I don't think Nick
Ball... How's Nick Ball beating Espinoza? I guess
to the body? Yeah, bull rush to the body. I don't
know. That's just going to walk him into uppercuts
all day, isn't it? And he's right at uppercut
height. I don't think Nick Ball has much of a
chance against Espinoza. I think it would be
exciting while it lasted, but I got Espinoza
by KO. Espinalza Leo might be very interesting.
I think Leo loses, but maybe not. Maybe he gets
real lucky. I'd like to see Angelo Leo and Stephen
Fulton rematch and unify their belts. That would
be cool to me. Yeah. But Leo, he's fighting Kameda
next, right? I believe so, in Japan. Yeah, soon.
And Leo should win that, but you never know.
Tomoki's got mileage on him. Yeah, I think Leo
should win. Yeah. 42 -4. Tomato's old, but I
think he's still got pop. He's 33. His losses
haven't been hard ones, so... Like, KOs, I mean.
He has a funny box rock picture, Kameda. He looks
like an action figure of a news anchor. Yeah.
Or like the old -timey anime, like that slightly
older character. The senpai of the group? Yeah.
Of the kid that gives him not -so -great advice.
He's like a reformed hooligan. Yeah. Yeah. You
gotta get your life together. I know the type.
Yeah, that's in Osaka, or I would go. Osaka has
to be a two -day trip, and it's just... I can't
make it work. Well, I can't make it work right
now at work. I really wanted to see Leo. And
the main event... Now, there's a problem here.
This is the second time Inoue's been dropped
in the first round. He doesn't look hurt. Second
round. Oh, he's in the second round this time.
Still early. So he got dropped early. Yeah. He
doesn't look hurt. By the exact same punch. Yes.
Exactly what I was... Yeah, he doesn't look hurt,
but he's falling for it every time. Yep. This
is the problem. Yeah, well, I've said before,
Inouye gets hit. And it's why I don't want him
moving up in weight like this, because eventually
he's just going to stay down. He is not crazy
superhuman defense. Inouye's defense is his offense,
and that leaves you open. Yeah, the old Freddie
Roach school of training. Yeah, but that's what
makes him exciting. If Inoue didn't get hit,
he wouldn't be my favorite. If there is no danger,
I don't care. This was a great fight. This was
so exciting. So fun. So much fun. And everybody
was saying Cardenas is trash because he was on
Probox. I disagree. The Probox fighters who escape
are fucking awesome. I'm sorry. Angelo Leo's
a fucking world champion right now? Yeah. And
I think Cardenas will be eventually, too. Yeah.
Josh put it really well on B -Sides when he said,
he's a worthy contender for a title, but not
for Inoue. And I think that part was disproven.
He has the fucking chutzpah to keep up with.
Elite talent. Very awesome. Well, and Cardenas
looked good. Yeah. Once Inouye kind of did the
shit, like, I got hit, I got to turn it up a
little, I got to keep him off me, I got to...
Cardenas started wearing down, and he just started
spamming that left hook, hoping it landed. And
to Inouye's credit, it didn't land twice. Yeah.
But I thought Inoue still looked great. Like,
the movement, the power, the timing, it's all
still there. Shot selection was... That's how
you broke him down. And he used his jab a lot
this fight, too. He doesn't always jab that much.
He usually doesn't have to. Yeah, no need. No,
this was a great fight. I fucking loved every
minute of it. When he went down, the bar went
crazy. Like, I was at the Neary fight, and it
went silent. But this time in the bar, where
it's less public, kind of, everybody started
yelling at the TV. It was hilarious. It went
silent for Neary? Well, I was in the arena. Oh,
I see. I think the difference is that... Close
doors. Well, in the bar, they know Inoue can't
hear him, obviously. But I think in the arena,
everybody was like, oh, no. But in the bar, they're
like, you fucking idiot. I see. Yeah, he's been
doing that since round one. It's the same shit
that happened with Neri. It was the exact same
punch. I think as far as landing on Inoue, the
jig is up. Left hook, kind of from that side
angle early on before he warms up. And if you
can hit him hard enough, maybe he'll stay down.
But Inoue has a chin, and he recovers well. I
don't care what anybody says, he has a chin.
Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, when he, both
Neri... Is known for having. Pretty heavy hands.
And Cardenas caught him. Pretty flush. And in
a way was not hurt. He was like surprised. But
he wasn't hurt. By any stretch. I do like how.
How well he composes himself. Before he gets
up. In a way he's not doing that weird. Jump
up at four seconds. And you know. Possibly look
wobbly. And maybe get. call like get stopped
yeah he takes his full eight seconds he stands
up carefully this was at the end of the round
so he got a whole minute afterwards so I saw
probably pro box guys again discussing it so
Inoue fights MJ next yes MJ has the same trainer
as Cardenas is it uh Joel Diaz I forget I'm not
good at names you know that yeah but yeah uh
whatever team it is it's the same it's the whole
same team and like these guys definitely had
a good strategy against in a way and now they've
got to fight them once i mean obviously mj hasn't
but the coach and everybody has and they've seen
it in person i don't know that's i still think
in a way wins but that could be a bit of a problem
MJ losing to Marlon Topalas, something that I've
tried to impress upon people is that that was
an exception. That's not the rule of what MJ
is actually like. The guy can fucking fight,
and losing to Topalas, he was just completely
off. So don't write him off thinking... you're
going to get another version, the same version
that fought Marlon. Oof. Oh, I think it's a very
dangerous fight. Like, I also like MJ. I just...
In a way, I think is better. Yeah, absolutely.
I absolutely agree. But we'll see, I guess. Oh,
MJ has another fight lined up. I hate that they're
doing this. So what happens if... Louis Castillo
somehow manages to upset him. I'm just saying.
Throw MJ in the trash if that's what happens.
People get sparked, guys. No one thought Saras
was gonna fuck up Jaime. Yeah, that was a foregone
conclusion as far as we were concerned. But,
I don't know. The training team having already
fought in a way makes me a little nervous, a
little more nervous about the MJ fight. And Inoue
doesn't belong in this weight class. I know he
doesn't look that small in there, but he's not
really that size. So his power is carrying him?
Well, I think his power isn't as good. Like,
these guys can take a hit better. They're bigger.
I don't know if Inoue... He can break them down,
but I don't think Inoue can one -shot MJ in any
universe. Inoue can break them down, and he might
get a KO, but I don't think he has one -hit power
to stop MJ. He'd have to get lucky. Catch the
off button? Like 16 years ago when Manny Pacquiao
got Ricky Hatton? That was fucking awesome. 16
years ago when Pacquiao was getting a title fight.
Makes perfect sense. Anyways, Inoue does it again.
Nobody can bitch that he only fights in Japan
now. What does that matter? Nobody bitches that
Canelo had never fought outside... Well, I guess
he's fought in two countries, but... Nobody bitched
that Canelo had never fought outside North America.
And in Vegas, for the most part. For the longest
time. Like, this Saudi fight was his first one
outside of North America. A bunch of the Americans
have never fought anywhere except America. I
don't know... Yeah, but I'm just saying. Also,
I don't think... the uh ticket sales were very
good for in a way in comparison to what he does
in japan i yeah i would not expect that they
would be like i didn't i didn't see actual numbers
but i bet you he sold half as many tickets as
he sells here ticket prices are probably twice
as much though so i guess it all works out but
we are quite a ways on time Oh, shit. Yeah, fuck
that. We were on a roll. Anyways, Inoue saved
Cinco de Mayo. Yeah. The Japan versus Mexico
rivalry is the best in boxing right now. As you
put it. Yeah, 100%. I think that is the only
two countries that I care about the rivalry right
now. Like, Mexico -Puerto Rico's dead. Yeah,
it is. America just... fights amongst itself
yeah it's regional rivalries yeah uh i guess
britain america and the heavyweights but that's
pretty dead there's no american heavyweights
right now sad times uh some quick notes before
we get out of here coming up on the 14th yeah
that's gonna this is gonna start at like midnight
or one uh sam goodman is back Given that he's
the headline, the card starts around midnight
or 1 on the west coast of the US. Expect attack
on like 4 -5 hours before you get to the main
event. What is it with Australia in these Wednesday
cards? Fucking weird. I don't know. Probox did
it and I liked it. Yeah, but Probox isn't...
Sam Goodman. Sam Goodman is Provox, though. Should
be. Fair enough. Also, on the 17th, Johnny Fisher
versus David Allen, the rematch. I'm actually
kind of excited for this one. I hope the white
rhino pulls it out again. Yeah, they fucked him
in Saudi so bad. And then also on the 17th, the
Fisher Allen, that's a British card, so that'll
be around midday West Coast time. And in the
evening, this is on fucking UFC Fight Pass. So
weird. Do better, Tom Loeffler. Do better. Mizuki,
a .k .a. Mimi, the anime girl, she's back. She's
fun. If you don't know who she is, you should
tune in. She is the only woman that won an award
at the Japanese Boxing Commission Awards Night
this year. She showed up in a black dress and
her pink hair. That's pretty sweet. That's pretty
sweet. If Mimi is not enough to bring you out,
Sergei Bohachuk is also going to be competing.
So he is an exciting fighter to watch. And if
you stick around for Mizuki, then you should
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the Florida Panthers, who are now the home of
rat -faced Brad Marchand, who I fucking hate.
Leafs are up in the series 2 -0, although I just
checked the score and they're now tied in the
third. But, fuck Brad Marchand, go Buds. Go Buds?
Is that the Maple Leafs? Yeah, they're the Leafs.
Oh, they're the buds? Yeah. I gotcha. I don't
know a whole lot about hockey, but I don't know.
I just so happen to have, I was doing this for
classwork, I had these so that I had something
to read to do a voice track. So I'm going to
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go slow, channel your strengths, smooth the way
for others, keep moving forward, avoid meltdowns,
and be cool. Nice. Solid advice. Yep. It's with
the hockey theme. Yeah, yeah, that's why I picked
it. All right, well, with that, boxing before
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See y 'all next week.