The B -Side and Boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.
B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side.
The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. The B
-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.
Well, shall we do the thing? Yes. Fucking, alright.
Boxing B -Sides. We are back, bitches, up in
your ears. Oh, the panel's different. I still
have the one and only Alex, but you're getting
a double dose of Shanada this week. Yeah, you
poor bastards. We don't have to hear little old
Joshua talk about pay -per -view prices for an
hour again. Which one is Joshua? Was his bad
take the Don King's good? No, that was Alex.
That was on purpose. Fun little bit. No, Josh's
bad take was to pay the monsters UFC wages. Right,
right. Lower the wages so that they fight more.
I saw he has an article about that. Needed some
editing, but it should come out soon. Yeah. You
know what's not coming soon? Lomachenko's next
fight. Motherfucker is officially, officially
retired. He had a good run. He had a fun run.
Lomachenko, he did. He had less fights than I
thought he did. Yeah, it's like 18 -3 or something.
Yeah. Loma couldn't even get 20 wins? What the
hell? He did get 20 fights, though. There's that.
There is that. And two of those, his hardest
core of fans, we'll say, are not losses. Haney
and Salido. Salido, legitimately, you can argue.
I don't want to argue with you guys yet, but
I mean, the Haney loss was not a loss. I think
that was a robbery, and I might have stopped
now, actually. I'm going to save this anger for
later. I'm still of the mind that he's not going
to be remembered by boxing history for very long.
No, you're right. He didn't accomplish a whole
lot. Like, his resume is pretty light. Whatever
you might think about the losses, all of his
big fights are losses. And other than that, he's
got, what, Rocky Martini? Well, no, Gary Russell
Jr., that was a good one. It's aged like milk,
but Nicholas Walters, that was a good win. I
do disagree with you on how he didn't have a
lot of good accomplishments. He does have accomplishments.
He has won a good amount of the titles. Nobody's
going to remember the fighters that he won against,
unfortunately. I do think Lomachenko is going
to be remembered more for his techniques and
the effect he's had on training. than on any
particular win. More so a skill than his actual
career. Yes. I thought Rigondel, I thought he
was a wizard. And then I saw Lomachenko just
make him look like a fucking fool. I was like,
yeah, I'm done betting against this man. I do
think that's going to be a fight that most...
If someone's going to study boxing, that would
be a great fight to study. In my opinion, though.
Oh, actually, Leo, I have one more retirement
announcement to add. Although maybe it fits better
over on Before Dark. But Kosei Tanaka announced
his retirement as well. Really? Yeah, he injured
his eye. And at 29, he decided to retire. Smart
move. So Lomachenko made me think of it because
Tanaka holds the fastest person to win belts
at four weights. He did it in 21 fights. He did
it faster than Inoue by one fight as well, I
think. Oh, shit. So he broke De La Hoya's record
at 24 fights. I don't think anybody's going to
remember Kosei Tanaka except, like, the DeGens,
but he was really good. I really liked watching
Tanaka fight. I thought he was fun. Yeah. Good.
I also want to add another thing into Rest in
Peace Michael Callum. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he passed
away this week, or at the time of this recording,
two weeks ago. The Body Snatcher. Body Snatcher.
The OG Body Snatcher. Anything more for the retirements?
Or the 10 count? No, I don't think so. Do you
guys have a word to say about Mike McCown? I
didn't really know who he was until Shannara
brought him up, so I don't have that much to
add. I already did one over on Boxing Before
Dark, but if you have things to say, because
I didn't make notes beforehand. It wasn't a very
good eulogy. Well, I don't have much to say,
same as you. I just wanted to point it out. He
had a lot of great fights. Fun fighter to watch.
Hell of a fighter. Rest in peace, Mike McKell.
R .I .P. Alright, let's get into some recaps
here. Wednesday, May 28th. Ohashi on DAZN. There
are three on here to point out. Shanada, was
Tsubasa yours? Yeah, yeah. Narai versus Hara
was a rematch. Hara got knocked out pretty quickly
in the first one. And the second one didn't go
much better for him. But it was a fun fight to
watch. A lot of action. Very little defense.
Very Japanese -Asian level fight. Highly recommend
it. Speaking of a lot of action, Yoshiki Takei
and the complete lack of action. Did you watch
this one, Alex? I saw clips of it. It was...
I wish I didn't see those clips, honestly. If
you saw clips, it was probably the whole fight.
I don't think it took... It was, um... It was
like two minutes worth of highlight, I'll tell
you that. Well, the fight wasn't two minutes
long, so you saw the whole fight. Yeah. Yeah,
Takei just ran over this man. I don't know what...
I don't know what they are saving Takai for,
but... Isn't the rumor that Inoue... Or not Inoue,
fucking... Tenshin Asakawa? Well, him and Tsutsumi
did a whole bunch of... This is breaking news,
I assume. They did a whole bunch of interviews
last night at the fights. So I didn't understand
any of it, but I kind of assume that they're
going to unify next when Tsutsumi gets cleared
by the doctors. That would be nice. Actually...
I almost got a picture with Tsutsumi. I was too
polite, and there was tall fucks in front of
me, and I couldn't even do the, like, sneaky
selfie from the side. All I got was the back
of people's heads. But I got real close to him.
I could have got a picture with Takei, but I
wanted a picture with Tsutsumi, so I got a picture
with neither of them. But... Feel bad for the
guy, honestly. For Tsutsumi, I can't believe
they stripped him so fast. It's pretty crazy,
actually. I thought he was champion in recess.
Yeah, sorry, stripped is the wrong word. I can't
believe they put him in recess in, what was it,
two months? They let other fuckers hold belts
for like a year. Hardly. Yeah, like Lomachenko
held his belt for a year without fighting. They
hold on to the hope. But Susumi was gonna fight
again. And soon. I don't think the recovery on
that eye surgery is that bad. I wanna say, like,
it wasn't like he was out, like, doing nothing.
He got injured. You know? Yeah. And it wasn't
a bad injury, but it was still an injury. You
know? Yeah, well, I guess he didn't have to have
the surgery done this time. But he got it done
this time out of precaution. That's good. Yeah,
that's what you should do. Yeah. Been waiting
a couple people that we know in the sport. Shakur,
Ryan, Andre Ward. Anyways, I don't know. I'm
always going to cheer for Tsutsumi, but I don't
know if he can take Takei's power. Takei's power.
I mean, Takei hits like a truck. I don't know
how he generates that much power in that little
body. He's tiny. I guess. Main event. Eduardo
Nunez. versus Masanori Rikishi. The Japanese
hope for the 130 title. That's the one Ogawa
used to hold, right? The IBF? Yeah. Yeah, that's
right. I think we talked about this one already
on Boxing Before Dark. Yeah. It was just Nunez
was just too much. I had posited that I thought
that Nunes could have done something to maybe
press the issue and maybe go for a stoppage.
But, yeah, it seemed like Rikishi was too tough
for that. And good on him, you know? Yeah, didn't
give up to the final bell. Yeah, even though
he was losing, he was in it to win it the whole
fight. You got to give him that. Yeah, he's got
a dog in him. Yep. How do you say dog in Japanese?
Inu. So he's got that Inu. Moving to Friday,
May 30th. We've got two cards. One of them is
going to be rather quick. The main event to get
this one out of the way. Matchroom in Guadalajara.
Khalil Coe. Rearranges Manuel Gallegos' face.
That was rough. It was a pretty brutal beatdown.
One -handed, too. He was pretty much just jabbing
it the whole time. It was sharp, too. Yes. I
have never... Sorry, go ahead. I was going to
say that I was surprised he didn't do this in
the first fight. I mean, he didn't change up
his style much. You know? It was a completely
different fight. At first. I was surprised. Genuinely.
It wasn't like Gallegos wasn't in the fight.
He was in the fight for sure. I don't know if
you guys can help me figure out what did Khalil
do better. Well, I think it's because he broke
his nose so badly in the first round. I think
that really messed up Gallegos' fight from then
on. He was piling at it the whole time. I have
never seen a jab smash a nose like that. Like,
he broke it so bad that the blood was coming
out of the top of his nose somehow. Off the bridge?
Yeah. It was gross. I imagine that changed how
Gallegos fought for the rest of the fight. Sure.
I see what you're saying. What were you going
to say earlier before I inevitably interrupted
you? No, I was just going to say that jab was
gross. They did the slow -mo when he broke his
nose and the blood squirted out of the bridge
of his nose. Murojan Akhmadaliev, MJ, gets a
stoppage in eight over Luis Castillo. As I put
it on Boxing Before Dark, wasn't all that impressed.
I was expecting better. Because this is the guy
that we're talking about. He's going to be sharing
the ring with Inouye. This is already a done
deal. And they're doing it in a few months. And
this was not a very good outing. I expected better.
Honestly, I could have chopped it up too. Just
probably had a bad night. For lack of a better
term. It's not like he lost. He did alright.
Dominant win. Yeah, dominant win. It just took
a little too long. Maybe you could chop that
up to the durability of the opponent. Maybe.
If that MJ shows up against Inouye, he's gonna
die. We'll see what happens with MJ, but honestly,
I hate to sound horrible here, but I kind of
do hope the envy shows up because i do want to
see nakatani versus anyway i think that happens
anyways i don't think it matters if in a way
loses you don't think it matters if anyway loses
his title and i don't think that matters at all
no not for the fight of that scale that that
doesn't matter uh i'm just curious i don't know
the the um japanese audience as much they don't
care much about the titles not when it's Two
guys with that big a name. I don't think so.
Okay. Maybe. Maybe I'm wrong. But it's still
going to sell out. People are going to come to
watch it. I also don't think we need to worry
about it. I don't think MJ is going to catch
Inoue. Yeah. Well, we said the same thing about
Cardenas. Look what happened. Never know. I said
Cardenas was going to do better than anyone thought.
I bet the over on the over under on that one.
You made that money, huh? I did. It paid out
pretty good, actually. Nice. Ms. Gambling Addict.
We love that. Yeah, my whole five $10 bets. Cheeseburger
bet? Pretty much. Nice, nice, nice. I think we
were talking about, with Cardenas, we were talking
about MJ having the same trainer, so that corner
experience should be pretty useful, I think.
And Inoue does make the same mistake every fucking
time. I just... I don't know if MJ is going to
be able to capitalize any better than anyone
else has. If he's smart, he can. I just don't
think MJ's that good. Yeah, if he's as good as
I'd like to think he is. Maybe. I mean, stranger
things have happened, but I don't see it. I don't
think MJ's that good. I think, in a way, I'll
pick him apart. Pretty quickly. Hope Inouye wins
that one, though. So you can stick it to Eddie
Hearn. Any chance to stick it to Eddie Hearn.
Eddie Hearn's been taking some pretty serious
L's lately. That he has. He's the British Oscar.
Say that. That's just rude. Honestly, I... Okay,
this might catch some flack. Might catch a lot
of black, actually. I mean, I love Oscar the
fighter, but the promoter, I think he's the worst
promoter than Eddie Hearn. I think Eddie Hearn's
a pretty good promoter. Yeah, I mean, Eddie Hearn
is a promoter. He promotes the hell out of his
fights compared to Oscar, dude. Yeah, he does.
And we're going to get to this right now. I mean,
I knew about the Khalil Cole fight a long time
ago, but friggin'... What, we're going to talk
about Darius Fulgham versus Beck the Bully? I
mean, I didn't really know about it until we
started talking about it on the pod. Yeah. That
kind of just goes to show you the difference
between the promoters, you know what I mean?
Eddie Hearn is definitely louder for his fighters,
and he's more on social media for his fighters.
Oscar's still promoting himself a lot of the
time. That's what a lot of his social media presence
is, is like that clapback stuff. Like, it's funny,
but at no point... I've watched a few of them.
I can't say I've seen them all, but in the few
that I've seen, he never once talks about an
event that he has coming up. He just talks about
himself. Yeah. Like he struck his ego, just like
Mayweather. Yeah, he likes his ego. That's why
a lot of ex -fighters don't make good promoters.
Like, none of the really famous for being good
promoters people were ever fighters. Oscar's
the only one that really succeeded at that, and
look how he is. We're going to talk about it
again right now, but his promotional company's
good. Yeah. Which we'll also get into next week
when we talk about what he has coming up. All
right, but let's get to the Golden Boy card here.
Virgin Hotel. In Las Vegas. There's only two
fights on here that I think are worth mentioning.
Unless you two have others worth pointing out.
But for me it was Eric Priest versus Luis Arias.
This was a great step up for Eric Priest. And
he handled it perfectly. It was a dominant win.
It wasn't flashy. It wasn't like highlight reel.
Fucking social media. Virality. Nothing like
that. He got the job done. He did the work. He
got the rounds in, and he got the job done. There's
not much else to it. No, it was a good, solid
performance, though. I actually didn't know who
Eric Priest was. I might have watched him before,
but I didn't remember him. I watched him in the
Golden Boy Undercard. Yep. So I kind of forgot
about him. Kind of one of those fighters that
you will see him Undercard and you won't really
remember. Yeah, you see him. He's always there,
just never really stands out. Yeah. I don't know.
Hopefully he... I don't know. Maybe somebody
needs to give him a little nudge. Like, dude,
if you want people to recognize you or remember
you, you're going to have to start laying some
people out. That's easier said than done, bro.
I was literally about to say that. It's way easier
said than done. It's like telling Shakur not
to be boring. That's the same thing as Eric Priest.
Don't be boring. I think he was trying to not
be boring. He just isn't going to be KOing people
in highlight reel stoppages. He was not as boring
as Shakur. That is not a fair comparison. Honestly,
at this stage, it's better to be a little more
skillful than just mong out. You know what I
mean? Yeah. Hone your skills a little more. You
know what I mean? Fix whatever you need to fix
early. Makes sense. I also wanted to point out,
I know you said only two fights, but I know there's
another one that I really wanted to point out.
Joshua Edwards, the feature American Heavyweight.
Okay. How did he do? Did you guys watch that?
I don't recall. I got a look up his face, but
I probably didn't watch. Yeah, he knocked the
guy out. He's, uh... He was from the Olympics.
We talked about this a couple of pods ago. He
went to the 2024 Olympics. He's a switch hitter.
He's fast. I'll tell you this. He's fast. He
has knockout power. I think he's promising. Reminds
me of Jared Anderson when he first started out.
You know what I mean? Before he got boring? Oh,
he was the very first one. I did not watch this
fight. I think Joshua Edwards is dead. If there's
going to be another American heavyweight champion,
it's going to be him. For sure. No doubt about
it. Old statement. I'll have to put him on the
list of people to watch. I think... I know, again,
I know it's... really, really early to say because
we haven't really seen much of his chin. But
you know what? It kind of... For American heavyweights,
we don't have much, so he'll at least be the
number one rank, at least. Okay. I see what you
mean. We have Richard Torres and we have Deontay
Wilder, Jarrell Miller, Jerry Anderson. That's
dire. That is not good at all. You are calling
this after two pro fights, though. So... Well,
you have to watch him to understand what I'm
saying, though. He does look very promising.
Yeah, I'll have to check him out. He's short.
He's 6 '3". But you know what? He's going to
do some work in the future, I guarantee you.
But the fact that the heavyweights are getting
smaller, too. That's exactly what I was going
to bring up, was something that I think it was
Nathan said on Ultimate FN Casuals. It was that,
or no, it was Isaac, that the era of the Titanweight.
That shit's starting to fade away. Tyson Fury
riding off into the fucking who knows where.
If he'll ever come back. Yeah. He's like 6 '4".
Usyk, I think 6 '3". Richard Torres is... The
heavyweights stay at this size. A guy like Richard
Torres can be competitive. But I think Fabio
Wardley... we'll talk about later is that he's
like the biggest at 6 '5 or something. Yeah,
I don't know how tall he is. He doesn't seem
super tall though. Yeah, 6 '5. He's going to
be the tallest in the future. The era of big
heavyweights is over, I think. I think so. Which
is good, because those giants are fucking boring.
They don't move. They're so slow. They say the
bigger you are, the harder they fall. Yeah. They
never really went up to the kill, you know? I
see the back. I'm not gonna... Let's bring this
back around here. Beck the Bully gets a UD over
Darius Fulgham. How did you say it, Shannara?
Why is Beck so fucking dumb? Yeah, he makes the
stupidest fucking decisions I have ever seen
in the ring. Like, he is so frustrating to watch
to me because I want him to be good. I can see
that he could be good if he wasn't fucking stupid.
He has learned one lesson. Yeah. I did notice
every time that Fulgham went into a corner, Beck
backed off and had him come to the center of
the ring. Never again. That Gabe knockout has
left him so shocked. That was a good fight. It
was fine. Like Beck getting a point deducted.
then the knockdown yeah he's getting docked a
point for being a fucking idiot dude he told
you to stop holding like a thousand times what
the hell is the matter with you and then like
he was doing good in the first few rounds and
in the middle rounds he started losing and then
decided to showboat for some reason that i didn't
understand And then, like, actually listened
to his coaches in the last couple rounds, got
the knockout and the decision. But, like, the
cards were close. The knockdown, I think, sort
of swayed the decision either way. Well, because
he got the point deducted, they evened out. Yeah.
Yeah, he won 114 -112 on every scorecard. So
he won by one round. Yeah. He's so frustrating
to watch because he just does stupid things.
But he won. It's difficult to prognosticate what
could be next for Beck just because he's such
a fucking dumbass. So you want to say, oh, he
should fight, I don't know, fucking Jermall Charlo.
And then, like, oh, nope. You're a fucking idiot.
And Charlo could be right for the picking, but...
Not by you. Well, I'll tell you this. If they
really wanted to screw Canelo over, he could
activate his mandatory. Oh, he's a mandatory
for which one? I think he's a mandatory now,
right? I think the WBA? Sounds about right. Either
mandatory or he has an interim. He's got something.
The interim WBA is with Resendiz. Oh, no, no,
no. We'll talk about that right now. Yeah. If
Beck's going to fight someone next, it should
be Plant. But we'll talk about that right now
as well. Well, I think Plant still fights Charlo.
I don't think anybody cares that he lost. Can
we get into that right now? Yeah, let's fucking
boogie. Saturday, May 31st, PBC on Prime at the
Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. From the undercard,
I only have two that I wanted to point out. Kermel,
Moten. Similar to Eric Priest, but this is different.
A little different because Kermel's a lot younger.
Young man, get your rounds in. They're not all
going to be flashy. social media knockdowns or
knockouts so whatever man you got the work in
you won handily so not much to you don't have
to worry about it people should slow the fuck
down like let him build himself up let him learn
a little yeah i have to admit i didn't watch
this one You gotta be, this is one of those,
like, you gotta be invested in the prospect kind
of thing. Yoeli Hernandez beats the ever -loving
shit out of Kyron Davis. Fucking rest in potatoes,
because you got mashed, dude. Come on, Leo. I
thought it was good. It was good, but come on,
bro. I really liked this fight, actually. I thought
it was fun. But I don't really like Kyron Davis,
so it was fun to watch him get his ass kicked.
Fucking 10 to nothing, plus the knockdown. That's
a fight where your corner should maybe be like,
hey, you sure you want to keep doing this? We're
just putting on mileage, and we are not getting
anywhere. So, you know how BoxRec also does the
fan scores, and they can be wildly ridiculous?
Yeah. Even the fan scores was a clear sweep.
Nice. Everybody agreed. Yunli's only 7 -0, so
he's still got time to build himself up. I think
by that time, the guard should have changed.
Or will be in the process of changing at the
top of middleweight. Because right now it's dead
as shit. There's Johnny Beck and who really gives
a shit? Who else? Carlos Adamas. Carlos Adamas,
I guess. And then Elijah Garcia. Also boo. Ramos.
Oh, there's the Kazik guy. I don't know how to
say his name. Is it Johnny Beck? Yes. Okay. I
was looking at his last name. Alim Kanali. Yeah.
Okay. Sorry. If he was Italian, he'd be Alim
Kanali. Leo has infected me. Really bad, actually.
I've been saying some shit that only Leo would
say. I'm going to tell you next week as well.
I'm a star people. Excited to see what comes
from Yuanli. He's kind of... Chiron's like a
solid test. So this is a good gauge of what we
can expect out of Yuanli. Looks like WBO's got
him listed as number six. That's pretty high.
That's quick. He's not going to get that title.
Hell no. WBA has him listed as number one under
Erislandy Lara. Cuba versus Cuba. Of course he
is. Don't make that fight. Yeah, that's PBC in
-house. Of course. PBC in -house, Cuba versus
Cuba. Give it to a young guy. Pass the torch.
Yep, exactly what I was thinking. That's easy.
Easy work. What, 87 fights in? I mean, he could
maybe win it, but I don't know. That seems rushed.
Yeah, it is. But Lara is also fucking ancient.
But he's Cuban ancient, which is weird. Like,
sometimes they just pull youth out of their ass
somehow. Yeah, being a Cuban anything means nothing.
You could either be 10 years older than you say
you are or you're going to continue fighting
like you're 10 years younger than you are. Far
longer than you should. Yeah, Cuban ages are
random. It's fucking weird. Become boring in
the first half of your career and then a power
puncher the next half. That's true. Speaking
of fucking weird. Jamal Charlo gets the doctor
stoppage over Tommy LaManna, Cornflake, the dude
who got knocked down three times throughout the
course of the fight and still showboated. That
was so weird. It was fucking strange. He won
the fight for me. He won the story of the night
for that reason. Cornflake won. Just because
he just... Plowing on Jamal and Charlo, because
Charlo should have gotten him out a lot earlier.
Charlo looked like shit. Oh, he looked bad, dude.
He looked bad. In my opinion, at least. I was
on the copium. I was like, yeah, he doesn't look
that bad. He's just rusty, because he's been
out of the ring for so long. I said that at first,
in the beginning of the... When I first watched
the fight, and then I rewatched it, I was like,
no, you look bad. Like, really bad. It's not
the same guy. Not the same Charlo we knew. Not
even the same Charlo against Benavidez. That's
a low bar to get over and he still managed to
fucking trip on it. I really think Charlo's done.
At least he won this fight. At least he won the
fight, dude. Some people on boxers don't know
how to do that. Some boxers who don't know how
to win when they're supposed to because they're
setting up a big money fight with their rival
in the co -main. Caleb Plant drops the fucking
ball. They gotta stop. They gotta stop with these
setup cards, man. Just make the fucking fights.
Every time they even mention the main fight in
the co -main, it goes to shit. It always goes
to shit. And we'll talk about that next week.
We'll talk about it next week, but it always
goes to shit. Ryan. Fucking Plant. Anthony Joshua,
dude. They don't know how to... They gotta fucking
step up. They gotta step it up. Resendez looked
good, though. I was about to say, let's give
Resendez his flowers, because he dominated the
fight. Like, Plant opened up strong, yeah. Got
the first four pretty clean. After that, it was
just the Resende show. Completely one -sided.
Are we going to talk about the fucking Sutherland
scorecard? Because this was a split decision.
I know. So bad. David Sutherland gave Caleb Plant
the last three rounds. That he 100 % fucking
lost. Absolutely lost them. He tried to paint
them off. Yeah. You can tell when they turn in
these bogus fucking cards. That's just crazy.
And it's always fucking David Sutherland too.
It's either David Sutherland or Tim Cheatham.
Yep. 100%. Tim Cheatham be named Tim Cheatham.
He's the cheap pig. I would never have him be
a referee in boxing, dude. Just purely on his
name alone. Tim Cheatham. The big three robbers
are David Sutherland, Tim Cheatham, and then
what was the other one? Weisfeld? Steve Weisfeld.
Steve Weisfeld. And they get to work every fucking
big fight. Oh, yeah. We've talked about this
before, Leo, but we need new judges. These guys
are fucking ancient. Yep. They're losing their
fucking marbles. Yeah, they're... I swear to
God, half of them can't see across the fucking
ring they're so old. That's right. I don't get
why they don't talk to the judges about why the
score of the rounds is, you know... I don't either.
I do not get it. They should do that. I don't
know why they haven't done that. They should
have to defend their scores. Exactly. I mean,
like... And it's worse. Well, and referees get
interviewed after every major sport event, mostly,
don't they? Like, I don't watch that many sports.
I watch hockey. But they'll ask referees questions
all the time. I'm pretty sure they ask boxing
referees as well. Yeah. Like, I don't get it.
I don't get why the judges never have to... Answer
for fucking anything. I mean, to be honest, this
isn't the worst card I've ever seen, but it's
pretty fucking terrible. Yeah. No, no, it's bad.
It's bad. Those three rounds going to plant make
no sense. Let's bring it back to Resendiz, because
he's got options, I think. He holds an interim
title. And I think right now, this is the perfect
time for him to secure a big fight. Just because
the iron is hot. He came in, got the big upset.
Now's the time to try to sign somebody else that's,
I don't know, big name. This is 168, right? Yes.
So that is the one that Beck is the mandatory
underneath. If Canelo's not going to fight him.
Beck's a decent name. Yeah. Not terrible. Resendiz.
Resendiz Beck. Not bad. That could be a bit of
a war, actually. That might be fun. I mean, Beck
the Bully's a fun fighter to watch, but he's
a mom. He's fucking stupid. You have an aggressive
Mexican fighter versus an aggressive Uzbek? Uzbek,
yeah. An aggressive Uzbek fighter? That's gangbusters
right there. Pacheco's ranked in there. Diego
Pacheco. If he wasn't busy, Hamza sure ass. I
think Beck's probably the best one to fight.
Yeah, because I don't think Canelo's going to
give him a shot. No. Even a rematch with Caleb
Plant? I don't know. I don't think it goes any
different. Oh, no. I don't know. I'm just saying
probably just to, you know... Shut up the haters.
Yeah, because I've seen a lot of people say that,
like, Steel Plant was his gas when he was injured.
You know what I mean? Oh, my ass. Fucking copium.
I don't know why people are saying something
about our injury. I didn't hear anything about
that, but... I still think Plant's gonna fight
Charlo. I don't think it matters that Plant lost.
Yeah, I agree with that. They're still going
to do it. Charlo also looked like shit, so why
not? I guess. What about William School? No.
That's bait, Leo. And you know it. 8 -3 -3 -5
-8 -9 -7 -6 -3 -7. Why is Resendiz vs. William
School the best fight to make at 168? That does
not include the title holder. No, why is it the
worst? Resendiz would do a better job cutting
off the ring. He would make Canelo look bad.
I mean, if you really wanted to, like, I guess,
make Resendiz a bigger name somehow, you can
make him fight. Wouldn't it be cool? Yeah, if
you were trying to invest in him. I'm trying
to, like... Help Leo's case out here just to
be silly, but it's hurting my soul. Yeah, well,
no worries. I just like throwing that one out
because it's fun. It's not. It's the opposite
of fun, Leo. Leo, you're crazy, man. Yeah, well,
what can I say? You could say that Resendez should
fight Beck the Bully. That's what you should
say. That is an excellent fight, and I do think
Resendez versus Beck the Bully should happen.
Absolutely. I think it'd be fun. I also really
like the name Beck the Bully. It's so good. There's
that Kazakh dude who's also named Beck. In the
same weight class, isn't he? Yeah, Beck Normagambet.
Cool. Beck versus Beck? Yeah. Winner keeps the
name. Anything more? No. I think we're good.
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June 13th. Holy shit. Dangerous. It's a dangerous
day. Just kidding. It's fine. In Thomastown,
Victoria, Australia. PM events at the Q Room.
Lucas Big Daddy Brown. Remember that name? Maybe
you don't. If you've only been watching the last
couple, last few years, you don't know who the
fuck that is. But just have a look at him. He's
a very interesting character. Both of these guys
look like they just came out of a Russian prison.
I know they're Australian, but... Lucas Brown
is like fucking head to toe covered in tattoos.
The other guy's got the three crosses where most
people get like that teardrop under their eye.
And his nickname is The Balkan. Wow. That's crazy.
Well, so yeah, that's David Padovan. One of the
main reasons I brought this one up is not just
because Lucas Brown like throwback. He's 31 -6,
and he's fighting David Padavan, who's 3 -0.
That's what makes me... I need to find a way
to watch this. Somehow, someway, I need to watch
this. Because that's fucking absurd. Yeah, I
do not think this is going to be a good card
by any stretch. I don't know. It took me until
today. I've been looking for a fight poster.
I found one like an hour ago. Finally. Earlier?
Yeah. Nice. I don't know who's... PM events is
all I know. And that's just because they're on
the tickets. That's all I got. Yeah. Amir Khan
promotions on DAZN. Their first ever... I think
it's their first event. It's going to be in Accra,
Ghana. at the Bukom Boxing Arena. This is like
Brit slop. It's an event? It is a British event
with a whole lot of that level of fight. Yeah.
Headline, Andrew Tabidi versus Jacob Dixon. Fun
stuff, I know. Like I said on the other podcast,
I'm kind of excited to see what the crowd dress
looks like. Because Ghana has some really cool
clothes. So I'm probably going to tune in just
to see what the event looks like being held in
Ghana. Should be fun. Also, just to see what
the general crowd is like. Yeah, the vibes. Oh,
speaking of vibes, on Saturday, June 14th, Zan
for Promotions at the multi -use center in Hermosillo,
Sonora. This is in Mexico. Now, I said multi
-use. Multiple use center is what it's called.
Translated. But in Spanish. It's El Centro. De
usos multiples. And the acronym is C -U -M. They're
in the multi -purpose room. They are in the c
- We gotta keep it professional, huh? Yeah, that's
where the censorship comes in, unfortunately.
This is when the Patreon comes in. Yeah, actually.
If you're curious what happened during that little
treble break there. You can go check it out.
So on the Zanfra card, the co -main Camila Encinas
versus Mika Awokawa. It's an IBF trinket at Adam
weight. Those are some tiny fucking people. Adam
weight. Yeah. Wait, hold on. Adam weight? Is
below minimum, aka straw weight. You have to
be under 100 pounds. I've never heard of that
ever in my life. I'm not even joking. This is
the first time I've ever heard of that. It's
a lot more common in the MMA side of things,
like in the grappling tournaments and Muay Thai.
It's more common because Thai people are a little
bit smaller than average in the West. Well, I
don't think any of the boxing belts recognize
Adam Waite. Just IBF? Does the IBF recognize
Adam Waite? This fight is for a secondary title
at the Waite. Sorry, men's Adam Waite is what
I meant. No, I don't think that any men's divisions
recognize Adam Waite as a thing. Headlining.
The box in the... Headlining the Zanfra card.
Juan Francisco Estrada, one of my favorites ever,
versus Kareem Arce. I was hoping that... I am
picturing this being just a train wreck for...
I was hoping it would be more, just because Estrada's
moving up to 118, and he was already pretty small
at 115. So just more and more of a weight disadvantage.
Honestly, I think Estrada needs to retire soon.
He's out that time. Yeah. He's 35. He's small.
I love him, but I don't want him to stick around
way too long. 49th fight. That's a lot of mileage.
Well, what in the boxing laundry? In the boxing
laundry... Hamper. Hamper, okay. I'll always
say the same. Hamper. But he's like a nice shirt
that you can't wear once it's too washed. I don't
know. I just don't want to see Estrada stick
around too long. I want to remember him being
amazing. You knocked out Bam. That was his last...
That is an accolade. It really is. First knockdown
on Bam. Yeah, I just... I'm more cautious with
the guys I really like. I want Estrada to leave
before he has that one fight where everyone's
like, what the fuck? I don't want him to be like
Pacquiao. Well, you never know. He could win
again. He could. You never know. Speaking of
sticking around too long, Samson in Buenos Aires.
Donito Donair versus Andres Campos. You might
remember Campos when he fought Sonny Edwards
in a really lackluster, one -sided performance.
So I'm thinking Donair's probably going to knock
his ass out. That might be why he's there. Because
Donair, if he... How long has he been out? Let
me pull up his box right here. His last fight
was in July 2023. So almost two years. Okay,
never mind. I'm not sure what to make of this.
I'm going for Campos now. Yeah, Donair is definitely
one of those guys that has stuck around too long.
I really like Nonito Donair, but... He should
have quit a while ago. And he can still win fights,
but he's not going to be great again. And they're
still chasing the dragon. Yeah. I want him to
retire and... With dignity? Go hang out with
his wife. I don't know. Maybe that's why he's
fighting. Get away from her? The only 36 minutes
that he has of respite. Last thing. Before we
skedaddle on this one. Matchroom at the MSG Theater.
I have only two on here that I care about, and
I picked up four. Ernesto Mercado versus Jonathan
Montrell. It is a fight. Yeah, I don't... have
any opinion on this one. Alexis Barrier versus
Ronnie Hines. I don't have an opinion on that
one either. Barrier is Canadian, so I guess I'll
cheer for him. And he's fighting an American.
So I guess I'll cheer for the Canadian, even
if he is French. That is double cheer. Wow. The
French subtracts one, so it's just normal amounts.
Andy Cruz versus Hironori Mishiro. Twelve round
fight. Alright. Is that a first? I think so.
I think it is. Let me make sure. I kind of get
the feeling that Mishiro's just coming in to
lose or he's being brought in so he'll lose is
what I should say. I'm sure he'll try his best.
They always do that. Yeah, I'm just saying. I
don't think he's really a big threat to Andy
Cruz. Well, we'll see what happens with that.
This is his first 12 rounder. And IBF super lightweight
champion Richardson Hitchens versus third rated
George Kambosos. He's still doing it. How? Why?
Make it stop. Some way he's still doing it. I
do not care about this fight at all. I'm watching
it. I am watching it. Didn't say I wouldn't watch
it. I said I don't care. I would another way.
It's gonna be boring. Isn't it? Yeah, I think
so. Hitchens does not lend himself to exciting
fights. Cambosos talks a lot of shit that's usually
pretty cringey. And he doesn't back it up very
well. So, what are we doing here, guys? Right,
do I want... Like, I want Richardson Hitchens
to lose, but I don't want George Kambosos to
win. I do want George Kambosos to win, actually.
Why? Just to stick it to the man. To trigger
the lips. What man? Kambosos. It would be more
funny if Kambosos won. It would actually be pretty
fucking hilarious if he won. So I'm going to
go with that. It's not a good reason to pick
someone to win. I would very much not be upset
if George Kambosos lost. I don't know. I think
he's going to lose, but I'm going to be rooting
for him. Yeah. Richard in itches is not a fun
fighter. He is not. Let's just keep the fucking
the funny train going. Yeah, fuck yeah. Win a
title at another division. Why not? Why don't
you just go ahead and become undisputed at this
division and then move up and win another title.
I guess Tiofimo rematch. I was just going to
say Kambosis wins another belt and we have the
third Lopez fight. It would have to be a third
Haney fight. But second... He only fought Lopez.
He only fought Tio Fimo once. Oh, he didn't rematch
Tio Fimo? Tio Fimo ducked him. What a fucking
loser. Then yeah, I want Cambosis to win a belt
and I want the Tio rematch. Oh, that would be...
Make it so. And you know what? Then you have
Alberto Pueo unify with Gary Antoine Russell,
and the winner of that fight is going to fight
the winner of Teofimo and George Gambosos. Yeah,
let's do it. And only then will we have an undisputed
fighter at 140 once again. George Gambosos Jr.
You know what? I do want George Gambosos to win.
Yeah. I've talked myself into wanting Gambosos
to win. Fuck, I gotta cheer for him now. Is this
boxing brain rot at its finest? Yes, absolutely.
That is absolutely what this is. Do it for the
memes, Cambo. The memes. That's why we're...
Yeah, that's really what I'm here for. Richard
Hitchens fought Liam Parrow last, right? That's
what we got the title? Yeah. So, Liam Parrow
fought Matias. Matias fought... I don't even
know who we got it from. I forgot. I have no
idea. Honestly, honestly, dude, there's a...
That bell is cursed. I think it... I mean, Ken
Moses has a good shot. Just because that bell
is so cursed. You got it from Jeremias Ponce.
Yeah. 2023. Don't know who that is. It's a vacant.
That was the same night as David Benavidez in
Andrade, right? I do not have that kind of memory,
guys. I'm being silly. It doesn't even matter.
No, he was the headline. The brain and eyes consumed
me. No, I'm saying it was the same night. Oh,
the same night. Anything more for Kambosis? No.
As we cheer him on to victory. Goddamn. Alright.
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a brain rot memes only weekend. Parting words.
Yeah. What do the kids say these days? Skibbity
toilet? Jesus Christ. Yeah, they do. That's my
parting words. That's all you're going to say?
That's all I'm going to say. Skibbity toilet.
Okay. So the brainwrap has fully consumed us.
Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, my parting
words are going to be no parting words at all.
Well. This is great. This is why people listen.
This is why you're here. All right. Let's fucking
get out of here then. If that's all. If we have
no parting words. Virtually none anyway. And
that's it for this episode of the Boxing B -Sides.
We'll see you on the other side of George Kambosos.