This shit ain't nothing to me, man. Boxing before
dark. It is not dark yet. In a few months, we're
going to have to adjust the time if we want to
keep it before dark. Not for me, though. I think
that might just be that it's dark in one place
for the two of us. I don't know if there is a
reasonable time. It is. raining and cloudy and
only 30 degrees here it is the coldest it's been
in like a month i actually turned off my air
conditioner for the first time in like seven
weeks damn i can't get one of mine the one that
cools this new place that i live it has two systems
and one of them is not cooling properly And that's
the one that happens to be where my office is.
That's garbage. Yeah, not the best. But I have
a fan that I can bring in. It shouldn't be a
big deal. I usually sit it under my desk so that
it blows. Did the catch hit? Yeah, no. That's
right. I'm going to have to clean that out. Double
check to make sure we didn't lay any new fucking
eggs. All right, let's get into some fucking
boxing here. Yeah. Enough of my woes. So we're
going to jump into some news and shit. It's a
little bit aged, but nonetheless still worth
talking about. One that really, just on the surface,
it sounds pretty shitty. Turkey McFuckface tweeted
for Tim Zoo to become like a sparring partner
for everyone. Yeah, he said that Tim Zoo was
not a useful fighter to have on cards, but he
might be able to use him as a sparring partner.
There was a bit of backlash and that tweet got
deleted, but I thought that was just a super
shitty thing to say. It is a very shitty thing
to say. I don't know. Turkey's such an asshat.
But... Yeah, like, I don't think that it was
something lost in translation either. Which is
what they might try to chalk it up to. It was
very clearly not that. Because he reiterated
the point. Like... Yeah, I don't know. Like,
kick a man when he's down. That's just... bullshit
but turkey's gonna turkey i guess right because
like we're we i mean like active fighters are
just action figures for him just play toys just
yeah which play toys can i make fight yeah but
like they are people with feelings right like
I don't know, just such a shitty thing to say.
And I don't think it's true either. Like, if
you really think Tim Zhu can't hang at the world
level anymore, or even just at, like, a competitive
level, then he shouldn't fight at all. Like,
I don't know. Just dumb. Let's see. His losses
have been to Fundora twice, Mortazaliev. Yeah.
It's more the way he lost the last two losses,
I think, than anything else. Like, he took an
absolute ass -beating versus Murda, and then...
I'm not saying he shouldn't have stopped, but
it was weird the way Tim stopped in that last
Vendora fight. If you can't trust your corner
to pull you out when you need to be pulled out,
you stop in the corner. Like, I get that. I'm
not saying that... him quit for no reason but
i just mean it is a weird way to quit i think
he was of the mind he kind of alluded to it in
the post fight interview where it's like i i
did everything i could and it wasn't making a
difference and i'm already taking a lot of damage
it took a lot of damage to get me to the point
where i was landing successfully and that might
have been my best round but Yeah. Is the juice
worth the squeeze here? Well, and I do think
with Tim specifically, he can't trust his corner
to pull him out if he needs to be pulled out.
So that's why Tim quit on the stool. Because
he can't trust his corner to step in. So he needs
to take care of himself because the people around
him are such shit. Oh, it's only a liter of blood.
that's fine yeah like that's fine fuck's sake
you can lose another one yeah before you like
pass out need to be rushed to the hospital yeah
yeah so like but i i can see why people think
tim has no dog but i don't think that's true
i think he just has no trust and he shouldn't
until he gets completely new people he shouldn't
trust them yeah that's a good way to put it It's
not that he has no dog, it's that he doesn't
trust his corner. That's a very good way to put
it. I can't remember who it was. It was a while
ago, like maybe the early 2000s. There was a
Mexican guy who quit on the stool. And after
he retired, he talked about that. I can picture
it, like I can see his face, but he was an Ortiz
maybe? or early 2000s. I might have the timing
wrong, too. It doesn't really matter, but there's
been other fighters who are like, nah, my corner
men were shit, and I didn't trust them to stop
it. Like, I think Daniel Dubois had the same
problem with his eye. He told them he couldn't
see, he told them it was fucked, and they wouldn't
stop it for him, so he took a knee against Joe
Joyce. And everybody questioned him. But his
orbital was, like, fucked. Something I noticed,
I don't know if you did, but in the second Usyk
fight, so he goes down, he gets counted out,
he gets up pretty okay. Yep. Okay, so I'm glad
it wasn't just me. No, no. There's a lot of people
doing the, no, he just didn't want the rest of
that fight. Dubois, I think, yeah, but Dubois,
I think, might also just lack dog a little bit.
A little bit. More so than Tim, in my opinion.
But, yeah, if you don't trust your corner, you
gotta take care of yourself. Yeah, and it's not
gonna look good when you have to. People aren't
gonna like it, but... I think there's still a
lot of upside for Tim. Well, maybe not a lot,
but there is still upside. There are things that
he can do to... There are names out here that
he can take. Like Erickson Lubin, I feel like
he needs to suffer for jobbing Jesus Ramos. Yeah.
Lisma Lima is a relatively unknown name, but
he's starting to build some steam. Connor Ben,
huh? Yeah. Good old Connor Ben. Victor Ortiz
is the person I was trying to think of. Victor
Ortiz. You know, when you said he was an Ortiz
in the early 2000s, I was like, yeah, that's
who I was thinking of. There's an interview where
Victor Ortiz talks about this because he had
one fight, I forget who it was against, where
he quit. And everybody wrote him off. And after
he retired, he's like, I quit because I knew
nobody was going to pull me out if I needed it.
And you can't pull yourself out mid -round. Yeah,
you can. Robesio Ramirez did. Yeah, well. So
did Daniel Dubois. Like, you can, but... Anyways.
So did Tank Davis. Oh, fuck. Anyways, if anybody's
interested out there somewhere, there's a very
good discussion of that with Victor Ortiz. Well,
speaking of calling it quits, Daigo Higa retires
after another draw. Is this his third one? It's
two in a row for sure. Yeah, I'm pretty sure
it's his third. I was a little surprised he retired.
He didn't look bad. But he is old, I guess. He's
still in the rankings. Yeah, two draws with Tsutsumi.
Yeah, he's got the two with Tsutsumi and then
this Antonio Vargas draw. Man, my Okinawa bro.
Can't catch a fucking break. I mean, Higa still
got it, but you can see he's starting to slow
down. Yeah. If he thinks it's time to quit, it's
time to quit. But I will be a little sad. He's
one of those guys that I always look out for
on the cards. And at 30, he could still get another
three, four years out of his career if he really
wanted to. But I guess we also have no idea how
much damage he's taken. Like, he has a pretty
damaging style to himself. Yeah, it's a high
tax on his brain cells. I mean, I hear the Kamedas
are signing people, so... Oh, fuck. I will say,
Higa got on the good side of the JBC. I don't
know how or why. but he didn't get jobbed like
the Okinawans usually do. Yeah. I'm a little
sad. Yeah, I'm a little sad to see him go, but
I'm glad he's getting out while he's still pretty
healthy, as far as we know. Hmm. On the topic
of the JBC. Yeah. The fucking body count continues
to climb up. God damn, it's bad. Two more rush
to the hospital. After the same card. It's that
August 2nd card at Korakuen. Jeez. And one of
them, Shigatoshi Kotari, died last night. Well,
two nights ago. Yeah. And I can't find any updates
on Hiromasa Urakawa. He was the one that... He
was rushed to the hospital as well and had a
less serious brain surgery. Kotari had two brain
surgeries and then died six days after the fight,
but I can't find any more updates on the other
guy, which probably is good news for now, I guess.
uh shigeoka i i can't find anything on him i
don't think he ever actually woke up so i was
wondering if no news is good news if that's the
case just because if there was an update one
way or another we would have heard something
so i guess things are kind of maintaining themselves
yeah Well, and like this Urakawa, he's only been
in the hospital for a week now. But like Shigeoka,
if he hasn't woke up now, I don't know what the
chances of him waking up are. Yeah. And the JBC's
response to all of this is to reduce the OPBF
title fights from 12 rounds to 10 rounds. So...
I might have it backwards, but Kotari was in
a 12 -round fight and finished the fight and
collapsed afterwards. Urakawa was in an 8 -round
fight and collapsed afterwards. Reducing it to
10 rounds probably isn't gonna do shit. They
have to be seen as if they're doing something.
Yeah. Well, maybe they should just have, like,
better medical checks or something. The one thing
is, these guys aren't that young. Right? Like,
Kotari was 28. I forget how old Urakawa is. I
didn't look it up. Or I didn't write it down,
I mean. But they probably have some sort of damage
that's, you know, something that could be caught.
Shigeoka definitely did. How do you not have
his age on here? He's an active fighter. He debuted
in 2018, so he's probably also around that 28th.
He's still at an 8 -round level, though. And
he's never really fought outside Korakuen Hall.
Like, this guy was a gatekeeper. Yeah, he was
a jobber. Yeah. Journeyman, I guess. Gatekeeper
might be too high a standing. But, like, I feel
like... The JVC doesn't do the best medical checks
is all I'm saying. And reducing the number of
rounds isn't going to change that. I am also
not an expert, so. He was out for almost a year
because he lost in October of 24 and then he
came back on August 2nd. So, I don't know. How
bad was that loss? do you have a skull fracture
as well? And then they just said, oh, well, you
don't have a skull fracture now, so have fun.
Yeah, like, I don't want to make it sound like
I know anything about the JBC, because I sure
as hell don't. But they're doing something different
than other organizations, I think, because they're
having way more problems than everyone else.
Yeah. So, I don't know. The JBC needs to look
at their shit. Get it together. I know that these
guys make their living boxing and they need to
make a living, but, you know, you're not making
a living in the hospital either. You're not making
a living if you're fucking dead. Yeah. Jesus.
In funny Japanese news, the Kameda crashout fucking
continues. The Kamedas are signing everyone they
can think of that the JBC hates. They've signed
Louis Neary to a five -fight deal. And five fights
in Japan, as far as I can tell. They're marketing
it as in Japan. And they're putting out a bunch
of tweets along the lines of everyone deserves
a second chance and people change, guys. They're
signing a whole bunch of like Central Asia guys
as well. Like a bunch of people from the stands.
Yeah. And I don't know where they've gotten all
this money. Because they had that card in Kyrgyzstan.
I hope I got it right this time. And they're
doing all these signings. And, like, Neary's
a name. He's going to cost them money. Casamaro's
a name. He's going to cost money. Piece of shit.
Yeah, Casamaro, they're also trying to do publicity.
Like, people change, guys. He's going to make
weight this time. Oh, right. They haven't mentioned
that, like, the... children either so hopefully
they're keeping him away from anyone underage
but like i don't know the comedas are just fucking
crashing out and they're suddenly bankrolled
as far as i can tell so somebody's gonna end
up going to jail in the next five years i'm 100
sure of it somebody has given the comedas drug
money or something Yeah, I'm curious where they
could be possibly getting it from. If it was
the Saudis, they would have made a big publicity
stunt about it. It's not the Saudis, and it's
not that kind of money. As much as they're signing
a couple big names, they're not signing the biggest
names. Right. But Vom thought maybe it was Kyrgyzstan.
doing like trying to do a saudi on a smaller
scale like which would be the most optimistic
uh i think idea i don't know i i just assume
that it's drug money from somewhere it's the
kamadas the yakuza again or the mexican cartel
or some russian mafia that wants to bankroll
boxers in the stands to launder their money.
Who knows? But it's the Kamedas. I cannot see
this being above board. It's boxing and it's
the Kamedas. But maybe I'm just pessimistic.
Maybe it is just somebody won a lottery somewhere
or something. Their dream for spending it was...
Well, maybe one of the Kamedas won the lottery
or something. He's putting it into the family
business. Maybe. Man, speaking of signings or
not signings, Ryan Garcia. He's dumping Golden
Boy. Yeah, the Ryan and Oscar online drama continues.
I don't follow Ryan very closely, but he does
come up on my Instagram feed a lot. Ryan's looking
very back on the drugs. He's doing a lot of dancing.
He's very sweaty. And I don't know. I could be
wrong. Maybe he's just doing the weird dances
and looking a little out of it for views. But
I don't think so. TikTok dances are physically
taxing. He's just running. They are. He's just
getting tired. He's got the Instagram models
showing up at his house again to do TikTok dances.
Oh, boy. That's all they're doing, I bet. TikTok
dances. Oh, Ryan. Ridiculous. May your fall from
grace be infinite. It's just too goddamn funny.
I fucking hate Ryan. He should sign with the
Kamedas. That would be an interesting move to
sign with them. Any of the Asian fighters I actually
like that sign with the Kamedas, I'm just so
sad when I hear it. As far as I know, they don't
have any Japanese guys that are any name value.
Because why would you sign with them if you're
Japanese? Yeah, like Ohashi and Taken are right
there. Even like that... Who's Nishida fight
with? Mugo? Yeah, I know who you're talking about.
Muto? Yeah, that's it. Like, there's just so
many. They could sign with... What's the guy
from the bar? What's his name? Kaneko? I don't
remember the name of his boxing gym, but they're
doing okay. They've gotten a couple people on
big cards lately. Good. Man, it would be cool
to get a chat with a boxing insider from Japan.
Yeah, my Japanese is not good enough. No. I did
buy a ticket for Aoi Yokoyama is headlining.
Next week. Week after? At Korakuen on a Tuesday.
But, yeah, the 19th. So not this Tuesday, but
the next one. And I might have an email address
for him. We could try and put together an email.
I don't know if he would do an interview in English,
but maybe a written one. Yeah, just submit a
few questions and then, like, reply. He can answer.
Yeah, and then we can write it up and put it
on the website. Yeah, that'd be good. It would
be cool to ask the inner workings. Even ask them,
like, what's up with the Kameda situation? What's
the word on the street? Yeah. Oh, speaking of
Japanese boxers, I did get to meet Tsutsumi Seiya,
Seiya Tsutsumi, at his fan greeting thing. He
was so nice. He sat down at every table with
every fan, signed anything you had for him, and
he talked to each table for a minute or two.
He was doing some boxing with the young kids.
Like, oh no, you need to turn your hip more and
that sort of stuff. Yeah, it was really cute.
It was great. He did try and speak English with
me because he didn't understand my Japanese at
all. um he he was really nice what did he think
of the banner oh he thought it was hilarious
also i gave him one of our stickers he was a
little confused i was like it's for you or i
tried to say it in japanese um and he just looked
at me and i was like no like you can keep it
and he's like oh for me so i'm uh I don't know
if he'll actually use it, but I've been checking
all of his Instagram things to see if it's stuck
on a water bottle or something. Yeah, it would
be funny to see him post it. Like, it is a living
burger that is a pot, sir. Yeah, yeah. Actually,
on his Instagram, he's in Mexico now. He must
have flew out, like, the day after he did the
fan meet. He's looking for the finest beef. He
is in Guadalajara, actually. Oh, shit. That's
where the finest Mexican meat is found. That
sounded a little weird. Yeah, I meant like cattle,
all right? Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.
Oh, man. I wanted to... Ask you about this, because
this is like the way that you have it written
down here is kind of weird. Raleigh is the only
title holder. He's a title holder, but they declared
a vacant title. So I am confused by the regulars
and the silvers and all that shit. But Raleigh.
Let me let me look it up. So Raleigh had what
did he have the interim? wba regular i think
okay regular what weight class are they they're
140 47 147 okay so he had the regular and then
what's his name moved up boots yeah so usually
they would just elevate rolly right you would
think But instead, they declared the title vacant.
What? The one that Boots had is now vacant and
Raleigh keeps the one that he has? That was my
understanding. What? Why? Yeah, so maybe it's
changed because I wrote this like a week ago,
but... That was my understanding. But I get easily
confused by the regulars and supers and whatevers,
right? But... I think the thing is, if Rawley
were to fight a unification fight, he would get
elevated. If he won. Because I think that's what
the super is, is for unified champions. Right.
I'm really trying to dig back into my boxing
orc bylaws. Fucking shenanigans. Or did they
since elevate Rolly? Who are the WBA title holders
right now? Let's have a look. Sorry, Leo, I should
have double -checked and updated this stuff.
Rawley is the only one listed for the WBA. Okay,
maybe they did. When did they elevate him? That
I don't see. Okay, well, I guess that is all
garbage and you can probably cut it. Nah, it's
fine. That is just me being confused by all the
fucking extra belts they have. Yeah, a lot of
people are confused by him, including me, from
time to time. Like we were talking about the
global belt? I'm sorry, what? Yeah, how is that?
And there's like the international belts? I don't
know. Okay, according to Box Live, they elevated
him on July 2nd, which means I just don't know
what the fuck I'm talking about. Anyways. Oh,
well. So, Rolly is officially a two -weight class
world champion, and you guys all better put respect
on his name. I think this is the funniest shit
in the world. Beating Ryan honestly did give
me a bit of respect for him, because he's been...
He was marred. Like, he got sparked out by Tank
after talking a lot of trash. expected. That's
kind of like what his persona, the boxing persona
is. And then he had that shit with Barroso. Yeah.
And now he's putting it back together. Hopefully
he gets some good fights. Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know who they'll have Raleigh fight next.
He is seen as one of the weaker champions. I
would rate him above Barrios. I was just going
to say, maybe him and Barrios should fight next.
To unify belts? Well, also, once and for all,
prove who the worst champion is right now. Gotta
be Barrios. Half an hour, I think. Just about.
What other news do we have here? Boxer on BBC?
Yeah. Are they officially signed with BBC? So
my understanding is that there will be at least
four Boxer fights on BBC1 and BBC2. Hmm. That's
cool. It's on free -to -air. Yeah. TV, so that's
always good. Might be more accessible with VPN
than Sky was. Maybe. I used a VPN into Britain
to watch Scrapyard Wars. Some of their old reality
TV shows I really liked. I think the American
version was called Junkyard Wars. Great, great
TV. Never heard of either of them. Okay, so they're
given a challenge, like, I don't know, build
an amphibious motor vehicle, and then they'd
have to take it on a race course. But it's just
they drop four guys with one expert who knows
how to design this sort of thing in an actual
scrapyard. It's all just used vehicles and stuff.
And they have to run around and find the parts
they need and cobble together this thing. That
actually sounds pretty fun. It was super fun.
The American version I'm pretty sure was Junkyard
Wars and the British version was Scrapyard Wars.
And both are great cinema. Peak. Highly recommend.
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So, fights, fights, fights. I have to admit,
Leo, I didn't watch all of these. It's alright.
I might not be super good for the reviews this
week. I didn't watch quite all of them. Joshua
Edwards gets a TKO in one over Cayman Audi. It
was... Cayman... Just didn't really belong in
the same ring. Regis Progre gets a UD over Jojo
Diaz. I heard this was low -key a banger. I haven't
watched it. A lot of people are calling this
fight of the year contender. Seriously. Battle
of the washed. They were both just the right
amount of washed. It was actually pretty fucking
entertaining. I'll have to go find it. I recommend
checking it out. This one's DAZN, right? Yes.
I was expecting better from Regis. His defense
was fucking dog shit. He kept his hands down
despite getting tagged and buzzed consistently.
Unacceptable from ProGrey. What's Diaz on now?
Eight. He's lost eight of his last ten. Wow.
Let me see if I can count here. Six. Seven. He's
lost seven of his last nine, I guess. I would
say in this one he gave a good account of himself.
So, it might be a loss, but I wouldn't hold it
against him too badly. I guess, but at a certain
point. Yeah, it does become too much. Yeah, you're
right. What weight was this fight at? 140. Diaz
does not belong at 140. If Regis is getting buzzed
by a 140 JoJo. A 130 fucking contender. I think
champion at one point. Good fight in the main
event. Oscar Duarte gets the majority decision
over Kenneth Sims. The two cards that were not
draws were 7 -5 and 8 -4. It was that close.
Very good performance from both guys. I liked
what Sims was doing a little bit more. I thought
he was landing the cleaner punches. But I guess
the volume and pressure from Duarte got a lot
of people excited. The fan score on BoxRec was
115 -113 for Duarte. Yeah, that's not unfair.
I want to see Oscar Duarte do something. He rates.
Yeah, that's what I mean. I know he lost to Ryan
Garcia, but part of that was, I think, the ref's
fault, to be honest. I think Duarte can get a
belt, possibly. I think he's up there. At 140.
He is, I think, the mandatory for Antoine Russell.
Oh, I don't know if he beats... I don't know
if he beats him. But that's an awesome fight.
Two high output, high pressure types. That would
be fucking fireworks. Yeah, I would be up for
watching that. Would also like to see him up
against Subril Matias. Another... Good clash
of styles. Also fun. What else we got here? I
don't... Hitchens never makes me excited. Same.
What about Duarte Tio? I think that Tio Fimo
is gifted enough. I think Tio wins, but I think
it could be a fun fight. I don't see it going
too differently from Barbossa. Fair enough. Other
than Duarte maybe having a little bit more success.
Might even take a few rounds off of Tio, but
I don't see it going that differently. Personally.
Yeah, I just think it might be fun. I think Tio
wins, unless Tio comes in stupid. Which is very
possible. Very possible. Anything more? Oh, go
ahead. No, I was going to say, I was just looking
at the standings. 140 is a more fun weight class
than I was thinking right now. I guess a bunch
of those guys moved up that I don't like. Like
Devin Haney? Yeah. Ryan Garcia? Yeah. Oh, this
is 140. I was thinking, I was like, where's Shakur?
But he's one down. I'm interested to see what
Andy Hiraoka is going to do. Yeah, he's... He's
not typical Japanese style fighting. That's for
sure. No. I don't know. I think he's going to
do better than the Japanese usually do at 140.
But I don't know if he's as good as people are
trying to make him. I think he needs some more
tests. I would like to see Andy Hiraoka versus
Oscar Duarte. That would be pretty damn good.
That could be fun, yeah, actually. Because Andy
is super athletic. I would say maybe like a diet
Teofimo, only because we haven't seen Andy really
tested by anyone. Yeah, I was trying to look
at his box rec here real quick. He beat Jin Sasaki
a few years ago. I didn't know that. Who, Andy?
Yeah. By technical knockout. Does that diminish
the Brian Norman knockout? No, just the way that
Brian Norman knocked him out. That was crazy.
Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I'm on the fence about
Hiroyuki. Not on the fence whether he's good
or not, but how far he'll go. I would like to
see him in some step -up fights, though. I agree.
Him versus Duarte would be good. It's a dangerous
fight for both of them, though. It is. That's
why it's so good. That's why it'll never happen.
Buzzkill. My job. Well, let's keep it rolling.
Because this one needs a buzzkill as well. Jerwin
on Cajas really quick. Majority decision over
Ruben Casero. Jerwin moved up to 122 for some
reason. Money? I guess. He was okay at 115. He
was solid at 115. He was okay at 118, but I don't
know what he's thinking. Was he chasing Inouye?
Inouye payday? I don't know. Yeah. I mean, he
already got beat by Inouye, didn't he? No. Not
that I recall. The other Inouye. Oh. Yeah. Okay.
The younger brother beat him at 118. Bring out
the buzzsaw because we need a buzzkill. Gabe
Rosado gets a K01. I will not buzzkill. Gabe
Rosado, although he should not be fighting. Yeah,
that's what I mean. I know, I know. I want him
to not fight anymore, but that was a pretty good
knockout. It was. But yeah, no. Gabe should get
back on the microphone. That's his job now. What's
funny, I think, is that they found a guy. Gabe
Rosado's 26, 17, and 1. And they found an opponent
who is also 26, 17, and 1. That is pretty funny.
That's a very specific record. Right, a very
specific opponent that you're looking for. Also
about the same age -ish, which can't be that
easy. Yeah, Gabe should not be fighting. It was
a fun knockout. Anything more? Nah. For Gabe?
So yeah, that's the recaps. Into some upcoming
shit. On the 15th, Pro Box at the Pro Box Event
Center in Florida. It's a Pro Box card, so you
can expect some good matchups, even if you don't
recognize any of the names. The Vaya brothers
are both fighting. So that's fun. William Foster.
He's been on a few times. This opponent name
is fucking wild. Muhammad Kuja. Muhammad Kuja.
The KH is a phlegm. Yakubov. So... Have you heard
of... From Tajikistan. No surprise that he's
from one of those. I don't know if I've ever
seen a different fighter from Tajikistan, though,
is all I'm saying. His manager is Kambosis. Is
it? According to BoxRec, yeah, it's Jim Kambosis.
Wow. They got a star on their hands. So... One
thing that's funny about his last name, Yakubov,
is there is this group in the U .S. called Nation
of Islam. And in their sort of creation myth
for their religion, this is according to Nation
of Islam, you know, not these... Does not represent
my deluxe media specs or feelings or opinions
or anything. There is an evil demigod named Yakub.
And all white people come from Yakub, the evil
demigod. Right. And so this guy's name is Yakubov.
He's the son of Yakub. It's pretty funny. Yeah,
very well done. Yeah, Nation of Islam is a little
wacky. Yeah, I said it. Deal with it. Moving
on. 360 Promotions at the Chumash Casino in California.
A bunch of shit on here that I don't really care
about up until the co -main Omar Trinidad versus
Lorenzo Barra. It's for a WBC trinket. And Omar's
kind of like one of their better names. It's
not saying a whole lot. I don't think I've ever
seen him either, to be honest. You're not missing
a whole lot. But in the main event, Mizuki Hiruta.
Mimi. I'm excited. Versus Naomi Cardenas. I don't
think I know Naomi. I don't think I do either.
She's only had nine fights. RJ Alert. Yes. Yeah,
she cute. All right. Anyway, should be fun. If
nothing else, Mimi will have amazing clothes,
like she always does. WBO super flyweight title
on the line. And the meat of the dish on the
16th. in riyadh saudi arabia i listed this one
it's matchroom and queensberry all i don't know
if it's a versus i don't think it is but regardless
i've listed this as british for the promotion
it's gonna be fair enough so the zone pay -per
-view uh it's a pay -per -view yeah in the u
.s it is I feel like they're not setting up the
Talma for success here. I mean, I guess there's
a couple good names on this. There are. If it's
one of the not $90 pay -per -views, it's probably
worth it. I, of course, will be purchasing this.
Of course. And I will be very glad to do so.
I will be so happy. On the card, Hayato Tsutsumi
versus Kais Ashwak. Yeah, I don't know who the
B -side is. Hayato's the less good brother. I
mean, he's not terrible, but he's never impressed
me. Yeah, like, his ceiling has so far been...
The Otashi Gym. Korakuen Hall. He fights in Oda
City a lot. He's on Ioka's undercards. Usually.
Alright. That's fun. He's not terrible. They
really are pushing him and he's fine. Yeah. That's
a really good descriptor. He's fine. Maybe he's
better than I think he is, but he has never impressed
me. But I've also never been like, this guy's
shit, so... You know. Oh, well, speaking of I
don't know if this guy's shit, Filip Hergovich
versus David Adelaide. This might be a good matchup.
It is. They're at a good commensurate levels
with each other, but... But turn into a low -key
banger, maybe? This one stands on the edge of
a blade. This can either be a low -key banger,
or it's going to be like a heavyweight slopfest.
It's going to be one of the two. Yeah, it's two
mid -heavyweights. So it's either going to be
they mesh perfectly and it's fun, or it's like...
Jab, jab, clinch. I don't know. I'm trying to
be optimistic, but this is probably going to
suck. Ray Ford versus Abraham Nova. I don't think
this one will suck. This one should be pretty
good. I think Ray Ford takes this. Yeah. Pretty
easily. I'm sure if Abraham... I wonder if Abraham
Nova is going to bring his... His mascot? Yeah.
I think it'll be there. That'll be fun. How old
is Nova now? Because he's not young, is he? Yeah,
he's 31. The walkout will be a show, if nothing
else. Man, his beard trips me out every time.
I love it. Just be weird, dude. Nick Ball versus
Sam Goodman. Why? I don't rate Sam Goodman, but
I don't rate his chances against Nick Ball, rather.
I think Nick Ball's going to take him apart pretty
quickly. I don't know if this goes six. Yeah,
I'm not excited for this fight at all. Are you
excited for Moses Atama versus Dillian White?
I kind of am. I don't even watch heavyweights,
and I'm kind of excited for those. What's the
percentage or the odds on White getting knocked
out by an uppercut? Oh, fuck. Specifically an
uppercut. Of all the punches that knock people
out or knock Dillian White out, that's the one.
I will be super disappointed if Itauma has not
been just, like, fucking spamming uppercuts in
the gym. That big, like, water bag, just uppercut.
Non -stop. Yeah. I might have to jump on one
of those stupid gambling websites and drop $2
on knockout by uppercut. Prop bet. Yeah. But!
How fucking hilarious is it going to be if Dillian
White somehow derails the Atalma trade? Oh my
goodness. I would ask you for lottery numbers.
How the fuck did you just like kind of passively
hint at it and it came to be? I think the chances
are pretty low, but I would love it. Just because
I do not give a shit about heavyweights at all.
I have no skin in this game. And the Atalma train
being derailed by Dillian White, of all people.
I would love it. That's all we got. I have to
say, I don't recognize any names on Atalma's
record. I know he's young, but... Marius Wach,
I recognize. That's it. So this is his first,
like, real big step up. As much as Dillian White
is kind of whatever, it's a big step up. It could
happen. I can't get over that one time that Dillian
White, he fought Christian Hammer. In a closed
-door event that had no judges. It was just the
referee. Referee scoring. Yeah, that was so fucking
weird. In Ireland, right? Then he goes to Gibraltar
to fight Ebenezer fucking Teta. Yeah. Fun. That's
it? That's it. That's all we got. I need to dig
up a lot of gossip and shit for next week as
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heading into Mimi and Atalma weekend. Parting
words. Okay, I've been wanting to plug a website
I really like, not sponsored or anything. It's
called Zooniverse. So like universe, but with
zoo, Z -O -O, instead of a U. And it is a place
where scientists can put up data for the public
to help them analyze. So that any sort of scientist
can put stuff up. I like to do the trail cams
so basically you get pictures from a trail cam
and then you say if there is an animal how many
animals and you guess what kind usually and it
gives you like a little training thing for whatever
you're doing and you don't have to worry if you
make a mistake or something because like a hundred
or so people are going to look at that same picture
and If you make a mistake, the chances are 90
other people didn't also make a mistake. So it
lets them filter out like empty pictures and
all that before the scientist actually sits down
to check what they want to check. It's a public
science thing that I just really like and it's
kind of fun. You can find something you like.
They have like astronomy. There was one where
it was just scans of really, really old journals
and you describe what the picture is and or hand
type out the figure legend, that sort of thing.
There's ones that are microscopes. Yeah, there's
like microscope stuff. There's... I like the
pictures of animals. Those are the ones I do.
I feel like this could be a good thing for the
Friday night things in Discord. Oh, yeah. This
could be a good guessing game or something. Yeah,
the problem would be we won't all get the same
pictures. But I guess we could do it together.
Somebody stream and everybody guess what animal.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just wanted to plug it. I
don't think it's very famous, but I do think
it helps the scientists that use it quite a bit.
Yeah, that would be really helpful to have somebody
filter through it. Then you can say, I do the
science. That's what I do. Yeah. I like to do
the ones from Africa or South America, but they
have animals of Wisconsin. And it's just trail
cams from Wisconsin. Or Michigan. You can do
them from almost anywhere in the world. No chupacabras?
I mean, maybe. If you look at enough pictures,
you'll see a chupacabra. Fun. Well, parting words
for me, Friday night Discord, lvx .be slash Discord.
Get yourself joined up. That's it. Boxing before
dark. My battery is getting low. And it is getting
dark. It is getting dark. I completely lost those
robot recordings that I made. I'm going to have
to try to make some more. Maybe it's better if
we just do it ourselves anyway. Yeah, probably.