WEBVTT 00:00:00.740 --> 00:00:04.200 The B -Side in boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side. 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.820 B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side. 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:10.220 The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. That 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:13.759 B -Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast. 00:00:21.539 --> 00:00:27.339 Well, well, well. We have passed. It's past July 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:31.149 1st. So it's time to get our mid picks, mid of 00:00:31.149 --> 00:00:33.729 the year picks. Mid picks doesn't sound very 00:00:33.729 --> 00:00:39.630 good. Alex, the one and only. What's going on? 00:00:39.649 --> 00:00:44.770 How you doing? And joined again by Isaac. Yo, 00:00:44.770 --> 00:00:47.130 yo. He's giving us his boxing picks. If you want 00:00:47.130 --> 00:00:49.609 to hear the MMA ones, Ultimate F and Casuals, 00:00:49.609 --> 00:00:53.310 go check that out. All right, let's just get 00:00:53.310 --> 00:00:57.939 right into it. Stoppage of the year. Alex, what 00:00:57.939 --> 00:01:01.759 do you got? In my opinion, I think the stoppage 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:04.599 of the year, got to go to Brian Norman Jr. No 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.099 doubt about it. That was a nasty KO. I thought, 00:01:08.219 --> 00:01:11.560 I thought Jen Psaki was dead for a bit. That 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.980 was nasty. Watching that, watching it live, it 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:19.719 was 4 a .m. I was screaming. You know, and you 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:21.900 know, the thing is, I know it kind of seemed 00:01:21.900 --> 00:01:24.040 like cream pie, but it really, it really proved 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.519 to the world that Brian Norman Jr. He's got what 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.060 it takes to be at world level. You know, he treats 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:33.840 himself as the champion. And what he said about 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.140 boots afterwards, dude, kind of cold, you know. 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:40.859 He had to pack his boots for Storm and Norman. 00:01:41.540 --> 00:01:44.739 You know, whatever he said. That's good. After 00:01:44.739 --> 00:01:47.620 knocking out, he treated the knockout with grace, 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.700 too. He bowed. You know, I like the guy. I think 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:54.459 he's very solid. But, yeah, that's my stoppage 00:01:54.459 --> 00:02:00.689 of the year. I'm up here. My secondary pick was 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:04.510 Norman over Sasaki as well, but I picked something 00:02:04.510 --> 00:02:07.090 else, another one just to have something different 00:02:07.090 --> 00:02:09.629 for flavor, and that's Dave Allen knocking out 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:14.689 Johnny Fisher. Dumpy heavyweights, and then fireworks. 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:19.330 Down goes Fisher. And the towel flew in right 00:02:19.330 --> 00:02:22.909 after. It was perfect. Yeah, it was a good knockout. 00:02:23.729 --> 00:02:27.060 All right, Isaac, what do you got? For me, Brian 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:31.219 Norman Jr., Jin Sasaki, that KO is one of the 00:02:31.219 --> 00:02:33.960 more vicious ones we've seen in recent history. 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:38.080 I'm glad Sasaki is okay afterward. I mean, we 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:40.780 know he had some memory loss, like a month and 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:42.259 a half of memory loss, if I remember correctly. 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:47.219 But yeah, man, very nasty KO. Nasty, nasty KO, 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:52.800 the way he landed. Kick us off for a masterclass, 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:58.819 Isaac. All right. For me, dude, Stephen Fulton 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:02.219 versus Brandon Figueroa. Oh, my God, bro. This 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:07.199 was clean, clean victory from Fulton. Just complete 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:10.740 domination. It wasn't like, I mean, in terms 00:03:10.740 --> 00:03:12.520 of, you know, he got knocked down repeatedly. 00:03:12.539 --> 00:03:14.900 There was none of that. But it was just in every 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:17.900 facet of the game, he just dominated them everywhere. 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:19.479 I mean, he was punching in between Figueroa's 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.659 shots. Mid to close range, he was dominating. 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:26.180 Figueroa can do nothing that way. than absolutely 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:32.860 nothing. Alex, what did you have? I kind of have 00:03:32.860 --> 00:03:35.580 a couple. I couldn't necessarily choose. What 00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:38.780 do you got? Let's hear them all. So, my first 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:41.560 one has got to be Boots versus Stanionis. Good 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:45.960 one. Ranking -wise, they both have titles. This 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:47.560 is part of the Lineal Championship, correct? 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:52.080 Right? Yes. Lineal Champs? I'll tell you this, 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.280 that... I honestly think it was going to be a 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.159 lot more competitive than what it ended up turning 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.539 out to be. So did I. It was a fantastic fight, 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:03.860 and I think it was a true masterclass. That's 00:04:03.860 --> 00:04:07.780 my first one. My second one is going to be, it's 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:10.680 kind of a shit pick, Stevenson versus Tadley. 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:15.020 Tadley did the greatest two days notice. He came 00:04:15.020 --> 00:04:18.139 in, and he got a round against Shakur. I think 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:21.550 it was that, right? All right, guys. Come on. 00:04:21.550 --> 00:04:24.209 Come on. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There you 00:04:24.209 --> 00:04:26.910 go. There you go. And then I can... This one, 00:04:26.949 --> 00:04:28.689 this is like the true one. I really couldn't 00:04:28.689 --> 00:04:35.709 decide between this one and Boots. And I think 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:39.230 that the Bivol -Benerbief 2 fight was a masterclass, 00:04:39.269 --> 00:04:43.069 not purely for domination, but the fact that 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:45.910 Bivol stepped it up to another notch that I truly 00:04:45.910 --> 00:04:47.569 didn't believe it was even possible for him. 00:04:48.670 --> 00:04:51.069 Like... Within the first, what, six rounds, he 00:04:51.069 --> 00:04:53.569 was playing possum. And then after that, oh, 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:56.670 my God. He came out, and that was a domination 00:04:56.670 --> 00:04:58.709 over Betterbeef. I have never seen Betterbeef 00:04:58.709 --> 00:05:03.310 like that. It was making a miss, all this BS. 00:05:03.430 --> 00:05:05.750 It was making a miss more than in the first fight, 00:05:05.850 --> 00:05:09.870 you know? Crazy. I think that's truly what separates 00:05:09.870 --> 00:05:13.370 a great fighter from a generational talent, was 00:05:13.370 --> 00:05:18.629 that performance. Damn. Mine seem a little... 00:05:18.629 --> 00:05:21.550 I don't know. I think mine are fine. David Benavidez 00:05:21.550 --> 00:05:24.810 over David Morrell. That was my first pick. Abs 00:05:24.810 --> 00:05:27.829 just loved it. Every second of it. Very good. 00:05:27.910 --> 00:05:32.490 Good one, yeah. And my second one, just in case, 00:05:32.610 --> 00:05:37.329 Teofimo over Arnold Barbosa. Oh, yeah. That's 00:05:37.329 --> 00:05:39.990 another good one. Oh, yeah. Very good performance 00:05:39.990 --> 00:05:43.730 from Teofimo. I'll roll it into Villain of the 00:05:43.730 --> 00:05:47.529 Year. This is for non -fighting stuff. Number 00:05:47.529 --> 00:05:50.250 one pick, Canelo signing with fucking Riyadh. 00:05:51.730 --> 00:05:57.750 Not happy about that. Let's see. Number two was 00:05:57.750 --> 00:06:02.610 DB3 for their shenanigans with Nasheer Albright. 00:06:04.850 --> 00:06:08.269 And then I have a third one that I have an E 00:06:08.269 --> 00:06:11.209 next to. It's my Emeritus pick. This is always 00:06:11.209 --> 00:06:13.389 going to be one of them. Whoever the fuck is 00:06:13.389 --> 00:06:18.120 letting Derek Chisora continue to fight. That 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:23.540 is unacceptable. All right. Isaac, what do you 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:28.379 got? All right. So for Villain of the Year, I 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:31.779 put Canelo and Skull along with Haney and Ramirez, 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:35.120 bro. That ruined that weekend. Those two fights, 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.319 I couldn't believe they were that boring. I mean, 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:42.360 ruined Friday and Saturday. Yeah, those are my 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.019 villains, bro. It was a crazy bad fight. I almost 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:48.439 killed boxing right there. Thank you, anyway, 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:53.259 for stepping up. Oh, God. All right, Alex, round 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:58.220 us out. I agree with your pick. I was going to 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:01.879 say Keyshawn for the villain of the year. And 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:03.639 I know it's crazy. I have to kind of switch up. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.540 I still support Keyshawn as a boxer, but, man, 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:09.959 what he did that night was terrible. Yeah, absolutely. 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:14.389 It ruined a whole card, homecoming card. It's 00:07:14.389 --> 00:07:17.069 embarrassing. Hometown, yeah. He was my argument. 00:07:17.949 --> 00:07:20.870 Yeah. It was just embarrassing what he did. And 00:07:20.870 --> 00:07:23.930 DB3 as well. I don't want to say DB3 exactly 00:07:23.930 --> 00:07:26.189 because I know one of the brothers wasn't really 00:07:26.189 --> 00:07:28.189 involved. Yeah, he didn't do anything. The oldest 00:07:28.189 --> 00:07:31.170 one. Yeah, but, you know, Keyshawn and his other 00:07:31.170 --> 00:07:33.610 brother, that's just, that was unacceptable. 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:38.769 And that's between him and then Cole, for obvious 00:07:38.769 --> 00:07:40.569 reasons, like what Isaac mentioned, he made that 00:07:40.569 --> 00:07:44.240 fight horrible. And I know I could blame Canelo, 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:46.879 but at the same time, I knew Canelo was going 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.800 to fight a Cuban like that, but that dude just 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.259 ran. And then my third one is Turk Yalashik. 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.379 Is this your emeritus pick? Yeah. Always going 00:07:57.379 --> 00:08:02.399 to be in there? Because it's kind of BS. Yeah. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.839 I don't even know how to explain it. I explain 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:10.720 it every day. What about your new face of the 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:12.939 year? Doesn't necessarily have to be a prospect. 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.459 It could be somebody who just like broke onto 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.800 the scene and they've been a contender for a 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:19.740 few years and then they had some awesome performance. 00:08:21.459 --> 00:08:27.560 Alex, what do you got? See, I got a couple. I 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:32.240 would say my two would be Floyd Schofield. Obviously 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.419 with that win over Tim Farmer. That was phenomenal. 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:39.940 I would also say that Abdullah Mason is an also 00:08:39.940 --> 00:08:44.179 obvious pick. But I think Abdullah Mason, he 00:08:44.179 --> 00:08:47.360 kind of saved that card. He not saved so much, 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.899 but salvaged that card by putting on a pretty 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:52.899 good performance against Nakatila. I was expecting 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:55.639 that he was going to beat Nakatila, but the way 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:59.360 he handled himself against Nakatila as well, 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.740 his public image, the way he fought was phenomenal. 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:09.769 That's how a boxer should be, I would say. Isaac, 00:09:09.850 --> 00:09:14.370 what about you? For me, I put Moses Atamaman. 00:09:14.870 --> 00:09:17.429 I feel like I know we spoke a little bit about 00:09:17.429 --> 00:09:19.929 him last year, a little bit on his rise. But 00:09:19.929 --> 00:09:22.409 this year, I mean, I feel like he's really made 00:09:22.409 --> 00:09:25.450 like a strong push into the boxing sphere where 00:09:25.450 --> 00:09:26.929 he's starting to become like pretty big in the 00:09:26.929 --> 00:09:29.950 UK and then like worldwide boxing fans know who 00:09:29.950 --> 00:09:32.649 he is. I mean, it's been really nice to see his 00:09:32.649 --> 00:09:34.870 rise. But, you know, he's not there yet at the 00:09:34.870 --> 00:09:36.970 title, but I think he'll be there. He's one to 00:09:36.970 --> 00:09:39.419 watch for sure. As far as, like, for honorable 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:43.519 mention. Oh, no, I was just saying for honorable 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:47.600 mentions, I had Abdullah Mason and Emiliano Vargas 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:53.519 as my honorable mentions. Yeah, I had Emiliano 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:58.639 as well. Just for the same reasons that I gave 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:02.399 it to Mason last year. He's bringing his fights 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.299 together really well. He's staying active. He's 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:06.480 keeping himself in the spotlight as much as he 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:10.360 can. And he's doing a great job. He's very composed 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:13.059 and carrying himself well in the media and stuff. 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.259 It's really nice to see. It's like the same way 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:20.679 Mason was the fucking adult in the room when 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.179 he was having that little quip with Keyshawn. 00:10:26.139 --> 00:10:30.879 It's pretty nuts, but yeah. Abdullah Mason, I 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:33.639 was going to put him on here again, but wanted 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:36.940 to get some variety. So I also picked Tara Moana. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:43.720 She's doing good things over there in the Oceania. 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:50.100 And my emeritus pick, Tenshin Nasukawa. I've 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:51.340 got to make sure that Tenshin Nasukawa stays 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:57.440 upset. That's all I got. She's his biggest fan. 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.379 Oh, yeah, absolutely. Same way Alex here is Tamsa 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:09.289 Shiraz's fan. Oh, yeah. I'm a big fan. The fighter 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:12.129 of the year, I went with Brian Norman. Two amazing 00:11:12.129 --> 00:11:15.769 wins. And my secondary pick was Abdullah Mason. 00:11:16.409 --> 00:11:18.649 Continues to stay active and puts together solid 00:11:18.649 --> 00:11:24.950 wins. Alex, who do you have? I agree with your 00:11:24.950 --> 00:11:28.590 fighter pick with Brian Norman Jr. So far, I 00:11:28.590 --> 00:11:33.129 think that was a phenomenal win. And I also agree 00:11:33.129 --> 00:11:35.639 with Abdullah Mason as well. We have very similar 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:37.960 picks with a lot of these, but I'll tell you 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.500 this, that I also think that Bivol is also another 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:44.200 one. But just with that Masterclass, he pulled 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:51.240 off with better beef. You know. That's it. Isaac, 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:54.179 who do you got? Yeah. For me, I actually put 00:11:54.179 --> 00:11:55.860 Bivol down. 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Oh, that's a good one. That one was 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:11.379 a one -sided beatdown. That was nasty, dude. 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:19.639 That was nasty. I would also say Boots. I got 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.840 to throw Boots in there, too. Again, I always 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.720 say that. I've been saying Brian Norma Jr. this 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.039 whole time, but I got to throw that in there. 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:31.750 I have to. Brian Norma Jr. Over. His first knockout 00:14:31.750 --> 00:14:36.269 was also pretty dominant. Yeah. So just both 00:14:36.269 --> 00:14:41.509 of his? Yeah, yeah. Cool. Isaac, what do you 00:14:41.509 --> 00:14:54.370 have? Let's see. Wait, for which one? Beatdown. 00:14:55.710 --> 00:15:01.049 Oh, yeah, for Beatdown, I have... For me, Boots 00:15:01.049 --> 00:15:05.549 versus Stanionis, bro. This was just really, 00:15:05.809 --> 00:15:09.789 really rough. We had seen, you know, Stanionis, 00:15:09.830 --> 00:15:11.169 he likes to be in wars like that. That's something 00:15:11.169 --> 00:15:14.169 he sort of thrives in, like, you know, foot to 00:15:14.169 --> 00:15:17.429 foot, or toe to toe, rather, like these battles. 00:15:17.509 --> 00:15:19.669 But, man, Boots, like, really, really just laid 00:15:19.669 --> 00:15:22.149 it on him. His face was busted up. I mean, it 00:15:22.149 --> 00:15:24.710 was rough, man. I mean, we knew it was going 00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:26.409 to be a good fight, but, man, Boots really came. 00:15:26.490 --> 00:15:28.769 He showed out. He really showed out. Definitely. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.899 Is that the only one? Yeah. Looks like we're 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:39.340 unanimous. Boots versus Stan Jonas. That was 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:43.120 my pick. One for Variety, Andy Cruz versus Hironori 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:47.559 Nishiro. Oh, yeah. That was a good one. Andy 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.960 Cruz did really good. Out of Andy Cruz did. Out 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:57.139 of Nishiro. comeback of the year. This doesn't 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:59.740 necessarily have to be in the middle of a fight 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.940 comeback. It could be like a career resurgence. 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:07.200 Alex, kick us off again. I got a couple. I think 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.460 Gareth Jordan has had a pretty good comeback 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:14.860 so far. He's kind of heading a little bit towards 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:18.419 title contention again. I think that's kind of 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:21.500 a silly pick, but I mean, I kind of, I got to 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.960 feel like this is the gods are kind of saying 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:26.490 like, oh my God. I think Cesaro can... We gotta 00:16:26.490 --> 00:16:28.850 make Cesaro win again for some reason. We gotta 00:16:28.850 --> 00:16:33.389 end his life fucking early? Yep. And then I would 00:16:33.389 --> 00:16:38.889 also say that the A .V .S. Griffin loss, that 00:16:38.889 --> 00:16:45.289 was a pretty good comeback mid -fight. I forgot 00:16:45.289 --> 00:16:48.009 his name. My apologies. I think it was Rodriguez, 00:16:48.149 --> 00:16:54.039 right? Who? For Rodriguez versus Griffin? Avius 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:58.320 Griffin on the MVP undercard? I don't remember. 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:02.000 I forgot. Yeah, I don't remember either. Julian 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:06.799 Rodriguez? I think so, yeah. Yeah, that was him. 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:11.180 Avius Griffin was winning the whole fight, went 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.279 to the decision he was probably going to win, 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:21.119 and then got knocked out. That's wrong. All right. 00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:25.410 For me... I came up with Stephen Fulton coming 00:17:25.410 --> 00:17:27.890 back from the Inouye loss. Takes a year off, 00:17:27.930 --> 00:17:30.849 then he comes back and lays a smackdown on Brendan 00:17:30.849 --> 00:17:35.230 Figueroa. Another pick I had was Jesus Ramos. 00:17:35.789 --> 00:17:39.829 Got jobbed by fucking Erickson all that while 00:17:39.829 --> 00:17:42.990 ago. And he's been putting his wins back together. 00:17:43.089 --> 00:17:45.849 He's getting himself back into where he rightfully 00:17:45.849 --> 00:17:51.410 should be. And Isaac finishes off. Dude, for 00:17:51.410 --> 00:17:54.640 me, I only had one. It was sort of hard to think, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:57.839 but I put down Callum Smith, man. I put down 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:59.000 a Brit. I mean, it was sort of wild because, 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:01.559 I mean, we have only seen him lose to, like, 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:03.220 elite fighters. You know, he lost to Beterbiev. 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:06.539 He lost to Canelo. But after the Beterbiev fight, 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:09.000 I mean, you know, he made the move to 175. Or, 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.619 I mean, you know, obviously after the Canelo 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:13.880 loss, he moved to 175. But, I mean, just nothing 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:16.259 has, like, really been going his way. And, like, 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.140 a lot of people were counting him out for the 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:21.420 Boazzi fight. Me too. Yeah. And then, you know, 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:25.319 he came in and just got in an absolute war with 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:29.119 Joshua Boazzi. And he got the win, man. I mean, 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.819 he hurt Boazzi multiple times in that fight. 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:33.960 A really, really good fight. And he got the win 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.059 and he established himself as, you know, again, 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.779 one of the contenders at 175. I mean, we were 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:40.839 even talking about, I mean, it looks like it's 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.619 not happening, but we were talking about Benavidez 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:48.130 versus Calvin Smith at one point. So, yeah, he's 00:18:48.130 --> 00:18:52.569 my comeback fighter of the year. All right. I'll 00:18:52.569 --> 00:18:56.009 start us off here for upset of the year. My first 00:18:56.009 --> 00:19:00.309 one was Resendiz versus Plant. I think everybody 00:19:00.309 --> 00:19:02.730 was looking past Resendiz. It was like a foregone 00:19:02.730 --> 00:19:08.170 conclusion to everyone, to most people. Lamont 00:19:08.170 --> 00:19:13.009 Roach beating Tank is another one. I don't care 00:19:13.009 --> 00:19:18.990 what the hell the judges said. Yep. And I had 00:19:18.990 --> 00:19:22.329 a fun one. Fatal Fury, City of the Wolves. I'm 00:19:22.329 --> 00:19:27.670 upset that I fucking paid for that shit. You 00:19:27.670 --> 00:19:33.150 liked it? Oh, no. No, I did not. What? You didn't 00:19:33.150 --> 00:19:38.470 like You Big Rude Ben? No, not that one. What 00:19:38.470 --> 00:19:40.609 are you talking about? The Times Square one. 00:19:40.650 --> 00:19:43.930 Times Square. Oh, Hell. Oh, yeah. That was horrible. 00:19:45.769 --> 00:19:50.950 I'm upset. Isaac, who do you have for upset? 00:19:52.150 --> 00:19:56.190 Dude, for me, I put down Ryan Garcia versus Roley 00:19:56.190 --> 00:19:59.789 Romero. Bruh, I couldn't believe it. You know, 00:19:59.789 --> 00:20:03.130 Ryan Garcia, he's coming off this win that was 00:20:03.130 --> 00:20:07.009 later overturned against Devin Haney, where he 00:20:07.009 --> 00:20:09.369 absolutely demolished him. Serves the suspension 00:20:09.369 --> 00:20:15.450 time for the popping for Osterine. Comes back, 00:20:15.529 --> 00:20:18.029 fights Rolly Romero, who had, you know, not too, 00:20:18.069 --> 00:20:20.910 too long ago lost to Isaac Cruz. Man, Rolly in 00:20:20.910 --> 00:20:22.769 the second round hits him with the hook, puts 00:20:22.769 --> 00:20:25.670 him down, and goes on to win a decision. Man, 00:20:25.690 --> 00:20:29.150 I can't believe it. I think Ryan was like minus 00:20:29.150 --> 00:20:33.269 1 ,400 or something like that. Wow. Dude, yeah, 00:20:33.329 --> 00:20:36.670 it was wild, man. To be honest, I didn't expect 00:20:36.670 --> 00:20:38.970 it. Rolly looked good, though. Rolly looked good. 00:20:41.849 --> 00:20:45.849 And Alex, upset of the year. You guys kind of 00:20:45.849 --> 00:20:47.930 already took my picks. I was going to put Resendiz 00:20:47.930 --> 00:20:50.950 to Plant. I honestly did not think Resendiz had 00:20:50.950 --> 00:20:54.289 that in him to get to Plant. I knew he was not 00:20:54.289 --> 00:20:57.569 a bad fighter, but I thought Plant was going 00:20:57.569 --> 00:20:59.150 to be the better fighter that night. I was wrong. 00:21:00.289 --> 00:21:03.410 And then, like what Isaac said, Roley and Ryan, 00:21:03.609 --> 00:21:06.089 the fact that Roley took Ryan to a decision is 00:21:06.089 --> 00:21:09.609 crazy. Not even a knockout. It was his decision. 00:21:10.190 --> 00:21:13.990 He outboxed Ryan Garcia, Roley Romero did. So... 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.660 You guys already kind of said what I was going 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:18.460 to say, but I just wanted to add on that. The 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:22.460 fact that Roley is now a true Cuban fighter. 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:31.579 I don't know. That's kind of nuts. For hero of 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:35.900 the year, Isaac, who do you got? Yeah. So for 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:39.579 this one, I put down Inouye and Ramon Carabanas, 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:45.400 bro. Boxing needed that fight so, so bad. after 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.079 the Friday and Saturday we had had prior to this 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:51.720 event. This fight saved the weekend, and they 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.779 put on a war for us, man. Carter the Nice really 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:56.940 showed up to win. You know, he came. He didn't 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:59.240 go there to lay down. He came to win. He knocked 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.359 Inouye down. I mean, that was a level of excitement 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:03.940 that we got as boxing fans just seeing that. 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.700 And then, Inouye rallies back and was able to 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:09.259 finish him off. Just a tremendous fight, and 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:11.759 boxing really, really needed it. So I put him 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:17.569 as my hero of the year. Alex? I 100 % agree with 00:22:17.569 --> 00:22:20.069 that pick. That was one of my secondary picks, 00:22:20.230 --> 00:22:22.910 I was going to say. But I think my first pick 00:22:22.910 --> 00:22:25.670 is going to be Lamont Roach. Ah, nice one. I 00:22:25.670 --> 00:22:29.190 think the fact that everybody was counting him 00:22:29.190 --> 00:22:34.309 out, and he came back and came out and showed 00:22:34.309 --> 00:22:37.450 up in his tank. To me, that's a hero. I know 00:22:37.450 --> 00:22:39.730 it's silly to say that, but to do that to tank 00:22:39.730 --> 00:22:43.630 what he did was... crazy and started grease started 00:22:43.630 --> 00:22:47.049 grease skate right and funny i i just think the 00:22:47.049 --> 00:22:50.049 whole the whole thing what what he caused was 00:22:50.049 --> 00:22:52.509 as funny as hell i think i just i just like that 00:22:52.509 --> 00:22:55.130 you know i like that he went on a victory tour 00:22:55.130 --> 00:23:02.410 yeah which i thought was fun yeah um let's see 00:23:02.410 --> 00:23:04.630 i'll give first my emeritus pick his pro box 00:23:04.630 --> 00:23:08.789 his pro box is good pro box is always good um 00:23:08.789 --> 00:23:12.819 but my pick was al hayman Do you remember Pritchard 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:16.039 Colon? The guy who kind of went into a vegetable 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:20.420 a few years ago after getting hit in the back 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:23.660 of the head? Al Heyman has been taking care of 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:26.839 his family and all of Pritchard Colon's medical 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.859 bills this entire time. And nobody knew about 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:42.279 it until it came out a few months ago. Let's 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:45.579 see Eddie Hearn do something like that. Exactly. 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:50.559 And Al Heyman does that without putting himself 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:54.519 in front of a camera to, you know, be a martyr 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:58.180 or whatever. Like, hey, look, I'm saving this 00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:00.680 guy. I'm paying for this guy's medical bills. 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.339 I'm paying for my promotional company. I'm just 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:05.960 taking care of a person because he fucking needs 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:10.609 it and I can't. I'll step off my soapbox now. 00:24:12.150 --> 00:24:16.069 Fight of the year. I'll start this one. My first 00:24:16.069 --> 00:24:19.769 pick was Beevil, Better Be of Two. When two fucking 00:24:19.769 --> 00:24:23.250 titans collide, that's the masterpiece that we 00:24:23.250 --> 00:24:26.769 saw. A boxer versus a puncher. Both of them just 00:24:26.769 --> 00:24:31.750 absolutely elite. And razor thin both times, 00:24:31.869 --> 00:24:34.930 just because that's what happens when you have 00:24:34.930 --> 00:24:40.990 such... I don't know. Amazing competitors. But 00:24:40.990 --> 00:24:46.210 my more fun pick was Eubank versus Ben. The shenanigans 00:24:46.210 --> 00:24:48.609 building up were kind of fun, but the fight itself 00:24:48.609 --> 00:24:52.829 was much more fun and made up for the corny antics 00:24:52.829 --> 00:25:01.089 before. Alex, what do you got? I got, for me, 00:25:01.130 --> 00:25:04.599 I have... Worthy fight of the year. Anyway, Cardenas, 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:07.000 as I was saying earlier, that saved the weekend. 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.859 Worthy. It kind of restored my faith in Baku. 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:12.299 I'm not going to lie. I was pretty close to not 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:15.259 watching that fight just because I was so bummed 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:17.960 out for having to pay for that damn pay -per 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:22.400 -view. Yeah. And, you know, I saw it, and it 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:25.180 really made me happy to be a Baku fan. I was 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.440 like, damn, this is what it's all about. The 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:29.059 whole card itself was phenomenal. But that fight 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:35.440 was crazy. And then also, secondary pick, David 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.839 Morrell versus David Benavides. Also very good. 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:43.740 Very good pick. Moved up to the hype. Isaac, 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:47.319 what do you have? Yeah, I put down Isaac Cruz 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:50.240 versus Angel Fierro. Nice. That was my primary 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.099 pick. Very good fight. Just Mexican versus Mexican. 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.680 A war. I mean, we're obviously getting the rematch 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:59.619 pretty soon. It was that good. Very good fight. 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:02.440 Very fun fight to have. And then as one of my 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:05.779 honorable mentions, I put down Calum Smith versus 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:08.240 Boatsy. I really enjoyed that fight. That was 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:13.640 a good one. Yeah. The levels were shown, you 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:17.799 know, in the mid -lates. It started to look like 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:22.059 who has the extra gear. Yeah, but it's still 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:26.279 very fun. Man, that's it for the mid -year. I'm 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.180 going to hold on to these, and we'll see if end 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:33.300 of the year, if something better comes up. But 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:39.640 yeah, we're wrapping up our picks so far. All 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:42.539 the way up to June 30th was the cutoff. What 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:47.180 are our parting words, if we have any? Dude, 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:50.619 I feel like we had some solid picks. Tell us 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:52.119 yours. If you have anything different, tell us 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:58.160 yours. Yeah, you can 833 -589 -7637. Works in 00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:01.059 WhatsApp. So if you want your audio cut on the 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:04.470 show, send me a voice note. Or go into Discord 00:27:04.470 --> 00:27:07.089 and chat shit in there. But if you're going to 00:27:07.089 --> 00:27:08.849 come in acting a fool, don't be surprised when 00:27:08.849 --> 00:27:18.049 people start slapping you around. Alex, you got 00:27:18.049 --> 00:27:23.509 anything? I just want to say good start of the 00:27:23.509 --> 00:27:26.569 year. Not too bad. But the later half is going 00:27:26.569 --> 00:27:27.710 to be something to look forward to. Especially 00:27:27.710 --> 00:27:32.599 the next couple weeks. Absolutely. Alright, well, 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.400 if that's it, then that's it for this edition 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:37.160 of the Boxing B -Sides. We'll see you fucking 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:41.859 next time. See ya. See y 'all later.