This shit ain't nothing to me, man. That is a
nice shirt, Leo. I really enjoy it. Good? Oh,
man. Boxing before dark. Boxing before dark.
Boxing before dark. If you say it three times,
I'll appear in your room behind you. Oh, man.
Well, I'm actually wearing my Inoue, my chibi
Inoue shirt. You can check that out on lvx .be
slash shop. It's super cute. I tried to replicate
it with David Benavidez. Not as cute. Not as
cute. It's not. But I tried my best. But, Shinada,
how are you doing? How's Japan treating you this
week? Actually, the weather is finally not fucking
terrible. I think we're down to like 25, 27 highs.
Which I much prefer over 35. I cannot wait until
winter. I want it to be winter. I want it to
be 5 degrees outside so I can wear long sleeves
and not sweat when I walk to work. Although when
I get to work, they'll have it 26 in the office
because Japanese people have poor circulation.
Man, I wish I got down to 5 here. I have to say,
and I knew this would happen, I miss winter so
badly, which sounds very stereotypical, but actual
snow that you can go out and play in, I miss
it so much. I enjoyed every winter. When I was
in anywhere that had Winter Wonderland, I always
enjoyed it. Yeah, I mean, the minus 30 sucks
ass, but minus 10? Minus 10 is nice. I don't
care what anyone says. You know what I think
might be nice? Nakatani dropping his belts. Wait,
you have something here for 1FC. Yeah, so I've
been watching the Friday Night Fights. And there
was one last night that was fucking awesome.
And I'm going to butcher the names. But Folicit
versus Redhoe was a war. I overemphasized the
hoe, I'm sure. Redhoe. I would too, because it's
funny. It was a war. It was great. Friday Night
Fights, man. It's not MMA, which is a selling
point. kickboxing or muay thai and they're on
youtube for free and they're amazing even if
you can't watch them at the time because it's
not a bad time for me but i guess in america
it's probably ass but you you should watch them
like when you're bored on a tuesday or something
i say it every week on uh ultimate effing casuals
friday friday fights You are the one who convinced
me, and I'm hooked now. I fucking love 1FC. I
actually bought a ticket for their big November
thing here in Tokyo. I get to see, what's his
name? The Iron Man. Rod Tang. Yeah, I get to
see Rod Tang. I know he's passed it and everything
else, but I'm super excited about it. I would
still be excited to see him. Yeah. I got ass
tickets, but, you know. You're still going to
be there. Yeah. Okay, now to Nakatani dropping
his belts. Is this a sign he's moving up? Oh,
that's 100 % what it is. Yeah, he dropped his
belts because he's moving up. Now, one thing
I will say that I really like is everybody complains
about people holding belts hostages. Nakatani's
not doing that at all. I, like... How do I put
it? I like the straightforwardness of it. Like,
yeah, I'm gonna move up in my next fight so you
fuckers can fight over these belts now. I don't
want them. I don't need them. Yeah. Nope. I'm
gonna go get my big payday, get my ass kicked
by Inoue. Alright, so you're gonna be riding
for Inoue in that one? Yeah, of course. Oh, man,
I was feeling the underdog with, uh... underdog's
counterpunch yeah no i i don't think nakatani
is as good as people think he is perhaps i i
think nakatani's been fighting a lot of cans
and has really built up the um the image yeah
and i think he's really i do think he's good
like really good but i don't i don't think he
can beat in a way Inoue's just better. You're
probably right. I'm going to go for Nakatani
anyway, just because I've got to be a contrarian.
Well, and he trains with Mexicans and stuff.
Oh, so you didn't see this one. Crawford was
pulled over. Do you know the story behind that?
Not the whole story. I meant to go look it up
and totally forgot to. I saw a little clip where
the officer was telling him not to reach for
a gun. That's all I saw. Did Crawford actually
have guns in his vehicle? Because he likes guns.
He owns lots of them. Yes, and he and all of
his crew are licensed to carry. Yeah. I'm not
saying it was illegal, but did he have guns in
the car with him? Yeah, okay, okay. I meant to
go look. Because if he's driving dangerously
and has the back of the car filled with guns,
I can see the cops being a little nervous. Yeah,
that's pretty much what happened, was the cops
were nervous, so they had to draw their weapons
because they saw there was guns out in the open.
like all right everybody slowly get out of the
vehicle yeah i did see on like instagram and
stuff people trying to make it a race thing i'm
like dude even if you're white and driving dangerously
and have guns like laying on the back seat the
cops are gonna pull their weapons i've had american
highway patrol pull their gun on me before like
it's not a rare thing and I am the whitest of
white ladies. Like... I've never had a cop pull
their gun on me. Oh, fucking Border Patrol loves
pulling their gun on people. Of course they do.
Bunch of dicks. But no, I got... So when I first
got my license, I'm aging myself terribly here.
Montana didn't have speed limits yet. Montana
was one of the last states to put in speed limits.
So when I was 16, they didn't have a speed limit,
and I came back to visit when I was, I think,
19. I was at university, and they had put in
speed limits, and I didn't realize, so I was
driving too fast and got pulled over, which is
fair. But the fucking cops there just pull their
guns on everyone, I swear to God. They probably
do. Anyways, I don't think the cop was particularly
bad or hard on Crawford if he was driving the
way it sounds like he was driving. Yeah, from
what I gather as well, he was acting up. I kind
of get it. He was just coming off of the big
parade that they had. Totally in his honor. So,
you know, you're riding on cloud nine. So you're
acting up a little bit. I get it, but yeah. I
get it, but getting pulled over is also not a
surprise. Yeah, I get getting pulled over, too.
At least he wasn't drinking and driving. Yeah,
and everyone was licensed to carry firearms.
Everyone had firearms on their person. Nobody
made any fucking crazy moves. This thing got
settled, and... I think the mayor of Omaha was
like, oh, you know, just a routine situation.
So. Yeah. Well, and I haven't seen Crawford overly
complain about it. Yeah. Like I said, it was
just like internet warriors. Like somebody. Something
it's not. Yeah. Well, somebody was like, what
do you get pulled over for? And there was like
six comments of driving while black. And I'm
like, I really don't think that's what it was,
guys. But yeah, I get celebrating and driving
like an asshole. I've done it before, too. But
if you get pulled over, you get pulled over.
And it's not surprising that the cops were nervous
if everybody had guns. There was one out in the
open. That was what started the whole nervousness
to begin with. So, I don't know. I don't really
see anything too wrong with it. On either side,
really. Like, nobody got hurt. Yeah. It's fine.
Crawford has the money to pay dangerous driving
fines. Driving like an asshole fine? Yeah, well...
I mean... If that's what you choose to do, you
take the risk of having to pay for it. Mmm...
Daigo Higa. Unsurprisingly, he unretired. Yeah.
I was surprised when he announced his retirement.
I am not surprised by this. Yeah, I think he
just retired because he was tired of getting
draws. I need somebody to call in and tell me
what the record is for consecutive draws. Because
I'm sure there's been quite a few people who
have gotten two in a row. But if he gets three
in a row, that has to be rare. Yeah. I might
have to look into this as well, just to see.
I also didn't see who he's unretiring to fight,
or if he has a fight lined up, or if he just
announced his... I just thought it was announcing
unretirement. Yeah, I just mean, like, I can't
even speculate who his opponent will be next,
I don't think. Like, there's lots of options,
but... I don't know if he has one lined up or
anything. Ooh, bet he fights for a title. I mean,
if your last fight was a draw for a title, and
then a draw for a title, and then, or... Two
title draws? Yeah. Who is it in the Discord fucking
hates he getting title shots? He complains every
time. I can't remember. I don't know. Is it Deuce?
Deuce hates it. Deuce is like, why the fuck does
this man keep getting shots? He's not that good.
And I'm like... He's entertaining. He's always
entertaining. And he's not that bad. No. Just
unfortunately not having the best luck. Yeah.
But I'm kind of happy. I'll watch Higa again.
I like him. Yeah, I would gladly tune into his
next fight. My fellow Urasoe Okinawa bro. And
he hasn't looked bad yet. No, he hasn't. He does
look like he's past his peak, but he's definitely
not washed. Oh, it's not on the outline, but
Ioka broke the top 10 in the rankings again,
too. So I'm wondering who they're lining him
up for. What? Speaking of older Japanese guys
that are probably a little past it. Wait, who?
Full name? Kasuto Ioka. Oh, I just completely
misheard you. And I thought you meant like Tony
Ioka, the French heavyweight. I was like, why
would you know that? No, no, no. No, Ioka. Ioka,
yeah. I can't remember which... It doesn't really
matter. I can't remember which sanctioning body
it was. He was number 9 again. Probably WBA then.
He's number 9 again. Maybe I can go to a Higa
Ioka card before I leave again. Out in Ota City.
Oh, because, yeah, that's where they put their
undesirables. Yeah. Oh, speaking of undesirable,
Moses Itauma rejects an IBF eliminator. He rejected
it. He rejected a final eliminator. He was going
to fight Frank Sanchez, and if he won, he gets
a shot at Usyk. And he turned it down. Frank
Sanchez is a step up, but... Winnable, I think.
Yeah, I don't follow the heavies like most people
do, but I guess Itauma's maybe not as confident
as everyone else is about Itauma. In his last
fight, he said, when he sparked Dillian White,
he had said, Everyone in the crowd was shouting,
like, who do you want to fight next? And then
the crowd was all shouting, Usyk, Usyk, Usyk.
And he's like, yeah, everyone's saying that,
but there's other guys who have earned that shot,
and I kind of haven't. Yeah. He kind of did a
little shrug. Like, I would if I had the chance,
sure. But obviously he won't. Yeah. Because he
turned down the eliminator. I didn't mind that
speech, but, like... Maybe he's not very confident.
Maybe this is going to be his downside. Like,
he's got the skills, but no balls to take on
the really tough challenges. Oh, I forgot to
do this. Oh yeah, you gotta turn on your on -air
sign so nobody interrupts. Yeah, well, Dogbert's
the only one that'll do that. I think it's okay
for him to reject it. The fight with Frank Sanchez,
it's not a bad one. Is he at that level? Maybe
not. But that's, I think, but also maybe. So
it would have been a decent fight, but. Yeah,
I'm just talking shit, I guess. But I like to
see people challenge themselves. Like, Itauma
hasn't had a hard fight yet. No, he hasn't. It's
still... I think people are still protecting
their O's a little too much. Less. Like, that
whole thing's going away a bit. But you don't
want to push people too fast either. I don't
know. I don't know heavyweight stuff. I think
it's alright. I also didn't know that Atom was
born in Slovakia. Yeah. Him and his brother.
Interesting. Alright. So who do you think he's
gonna fight instead, then? Fuck, that's a good
question. Let's have... Like, if he doesn't want
to fight Sanchez, who's one step below that?
Jared Anderson? Is Anderson still a name? I feel
like he got found out really bad. He did. I don't
think Jared Anderson will take that fight, to
be honest. Justice Hooney. Maybe. He was soundly
outboxing Fabio Wardley. Until he got absolutely
fucking wrecked. I enjoyed that, actually. I
didn't. I was on Team Hoonie. Anything to upset
Lin? Yeah, fair. Yeah, I guess. I feel like Hoonie's
a harder test than Sanchez, though. And there's
no... belt -stangling in front of you. Kevin
Lorena? Who had a buzzed hoonie as well. I don't
know. I just feel like Frank Sanchez isn't that
hard of a pest. Yeah, I don't think he is either.
I feel like that was a really reasonable one
that Atalma should have taken. Maybe I'm underestimating
Frank Sanchez. Perhaps. He's a Cuban 33, so,
you know. So 50. Yeah, he's considerably older.
When he fought Aguit Caballel, he definitely
did look the worst for wear. Yeah. Wait, I'm
not saying Frank Sanchez is bad. I just mean,
like, I think that's a reasonable fight for Atalma
at this point. That's why I'm kind of surprised
he rejected it. Hmm. What did the guys on B -side
think about that? Yeah, it was like the no -needs
-to -rush kind of thing. Atalma's still the second
coming. But Josh wrote a piece on it. It's on
the fucking Wayside Sports Review. That's up
on LVXmedia .net. Check it out. I want to skip
ahead really quick. So if Etaba is not going
to take the Usyk Eliminator, who's next for Usyk?
Now, I found this on social media, so it had
some options already presented. Joseph Parker.
Fabio Wardley, Tyson Fury, Jake Paul, other.
Jake Paul's such a stupid fucking answer. I don't
think Usyk's fighting Jake Paul. I would like
for him to get paid. Yeah, I don't think Usyk
cares that much about having more money. He wouldn't
dishonor himself? I don't think so. Maybe I'm
wrong. And it's a lot of money. And I... Can't
overly judge people for taking a lot of money,
but... Yeah. I mean, the only real good answer
is Parker, right? Yeah, that's what Saul and
I thought was Joseph Parker. Like... He's earned
a shot. And he's been waiting. And Parker's been
looking good. He deserves the shot. And I think
Usyk beats him anyways, but... I mean... I think
Joseph Parker should get his shot. It's a new
wrinkle, right? It's a new type of, a new style
of fight. Because Fabio Wardley, I would liken
it to Dubois. I don't think Wardley has the skills
to do anything. To hang? Yeah. And he's beat
Fury twice. Fury does not deserve another shot.
Yeah, seriously. Speaking of Usyk, has there
been any news about the lawsuit? He's been getting...
I don't know if he is sued, but somebody was
investigating him because he asked for time before
a defense because of a back injury, and then
he had those videos of him dancing. Like, your
back doesn't look very injured, man. Well, yes.
to be dancing around in Ukrainian pop star videos,
music videos, yeah, it's a little silly, but
it's also not as physically taxing as professional
training. It was the WBO that was wanting to
investigate him. I'm not generally knocking him
for it or anything. I just meant, like, I hadn't
heard anything about the investigation. I haven't
either. Usyk's also in a movie that's coming
out soon. I've been seeing some actors talking
about filming with him, and it sounds hilarious,
as expected. The one that I saw was that he needs
to be paid in cake to do anything. He didn't
like having to be sprayed down with fake sweat
and stuff, and they had to bribe him with cake.
So, Usyk is becoming a real heavyweight, apparently,
during his time off. Honestly, I said it before,
I think he could retire now and still be the
fucking, like, greatest of this generation, for
sure. He already is the greatest of this generation.
That's what I mean. Like if he retires now, there's
no, there's take anything away from them. Yeah.
If he wants to go film Hollywood movies and eat
cake, I think he's earned it. One of the others
that was in the Usyk who's next for Usyk post
that I didn't include here on the list, but was
included was Anthony Joshua. And I put that in
the same category as Tyson Fury. He's also beat
him twice. Exactly. There's nothing more to see
here. Yeah. But I mentioned Anthony Joshua because
who might be next for Anthony Joshua? He's got
his comeback scheduled. And the options on the
post I found this on, Jake Paul, Tony Yoka, Martin
Bacoli, and I added... rematching Daniel Dubois.
I don't think he should rematch Dubois. But...
I'd like for him to fight Tony Yoka. That's what
I came down with. I've heard some very convincing
arguments for Tony Yoka. Yoka's also a little
past it. It's a Britain versus France thing.
They... Were they at the same Olympics? Or they
won gold medals back -to -back or something?
Yeah. like i i don't even know who tony yoka
fucking is i honestly heavyweights are not my
jam but i heard some convincing arguments that
i'm like yeah i could see why people would want
to see that fight and it might be fun if they're
both a bit past it like for tony yoka to be past
it though he has to have been been it yeah he
has to have been it to begin with and he never
was Fair enough. But still, all of the miscellaneous
reasons do make it a compelling fight. I want
to see it. Well, and I think AJ does need a bit
of a confidence booster. Yep. So if he can get
some money fighting Yoka, who's a bit of a name.
Like, I have heard his name before. If Yoka's
not much of a threat. Like, I think even Bacoli...
Probably beats his ass. Well, not beats his ass,
but has the chance of sparking him. AJ seems
very sparkable now. Like... I don't know. Jake
Paul would be a fucking joke. I think he beats
Jake Paul like he did, uh... Francis Ngannou.
I wouldn't mind seeing that, but I don't know.
We've talked about Jake Paul a bunch. I don't
like Jake Paul as a boxer. I don't like him getting
to fight big names. I understand why it happens
and stuff, but he doesn't deserve it. In my opinion.
But Jake Paul's... choney is a really good promoter
i don't dislike him in boxing anymore but i don't
like him being in the ring i want him to just
promote what's his promotion called most valuable
yeah mvp sorry i got the hiccups i i want him
to go promote fighters he seems good at it he
seems to actually give a shit about the fighters.
He's making his money in other places. He doesn't
need to make it ripping them off. I mean, he
basically runs women's boxing now. At this point,
he's signed anyone who matters. Pretty much,
yeah. Oh, that's a good segue. They announced
Who gets into the Hall of Fame of boxing last
week, I think. Yeah. And they had three women.
I got to look up the other two. But the German
lady, Christina Hammer, was on the list. I was
happy she made the Hall of Fame. Is she on the
ballot or is she in? I might have misunderstood.
I think the ballots are out. Okay, I thought
they were in. I thought they announced who was
in. The ballots are out now and voting is through
December. Okay, okay. I misunderstood the thing
I listened to. I was listening to podcasts at
work and just not paying that much attention,
I guess. But Christina Hammer being on there,
it's a good shout. I think Triple G made this
one. Yeah. I obviously recognized everyone's
name, but I just have such a shit memory. Sean
Porter was on the list, I think. Okay. I could
see him... I could see the argument for him making
it. I don't know if I would. Vote him first ballot,
but I need to see who else is on it. Yeah, I
mentioned this and then have completely dropped
the fucking ball on it. This annoys me. I'm not
a huge feminist or anything, but it's super fucking
hard to find the women in these articles. And
I have to say, I really like Boxing Scene Today,
the pro -box one. And they had a whole show,
and this pissed me off. I would have rather they
just didn't mention it at all. They talked for,
like, 20 minutes about the men that were nominated,
and literally their outro was saying the three
women's names. Oh. I was like, oh, yeah, and
these three women were also nominated. And I'm
like, goddamn, guys. Like, it would have been
less dismissive to just not bring them up. Yeah.
Then to mention them as an afterthought. Yeah,
that annoyed me. It annoyed me enough I left
a comment that nobody's ever going to see on
their YouTube. Okay, so here's the 2026 ones.
Triple G. Vernon Forrest. Steve Collins. The
Celtic Warrior. I recognize the name, but I don't
remember why he's a name. Christina Hammer, Jackie
Nava. Is Vernon Forrest the one that got shot?
Like, he died fairly young. He got shot in a
carjacking or something? I don't know. I might
have the wrong guy. Not a carjacking, but a robbery.
Someone robbed him in Atlanta and he fought back.
Steve Bunce is in the broadcaster slot. I don't
know who that is. He's the British dude. He does
Box Nation. Oh, I do recognize that. Yeah, okay.
He's a bald, older guy. I don't care for Steve
Bunce. Anyway. Yeah, speaking of Hall of Fame,
do you think AJ has the credentials to make the
Hall of Fame? Because I don't. I think AJ will
be in the Hall of Fame. He will make it, yes,
but I don't think he should. I don't think he's
as deserving as others. I think AJ is famous
enough that his resume probably doesn't matter.
Like, there's a lot of people in the Hall of
Fame that are not the best boxers. True. That
is very true. And this is true for any Hall of
Fame. It's not just boxing. Like, if you are
famous enough and personable enough or hated
enough, you get in the Hall of Fame. It's not
skill -based. It's... Yeah, it's not entirely
in the ring. It's just... Yeah. That is the exact
same argument I made last time when we were talking
about Ricky Hatton. Right, and I think Ricky
Hatton should be in the Hall of Fame, but I don't
think he's the best British boxer. No, yeah.
Like, those are two different arguments, Leo.
Yes, I know. The Hall of Fame is not necessarily
100 % merit -based, and I'm okay with that. I
think that people with a big fan base should
be in the Hall of Fame, and you can go see...
their whatever their stuff uh years from now
like I went to the hockey hall of fame and there's
there's a lot of guys I wish were in there that
will never be in there because I like the goons
like so Donald Brashear is not gonna make the
hockey hall of fame like he was famous for fighting
That was his thing. That doesn't get you in the
Hall of Fame. No, probably not. But there's me
and a bunch of other people that would be excited
to see his jersey hanging in there anyways. You
know? And I think there's some boxers like that,
too. Ricky Hatton has the resume. Maybe he lost
every big fight, but he fought people. But I
just... AJ's so famous. I think he deserves to
be there anyways. He's done a lot for boxing
outside of the ring. Oh, look at you making a
case for him. And it's a good one. I was just
thinking purely on his resume. Like Saul and
I were talking, when we were talking about it,
we were speaking purely on his resume. Like who's
his best win, Vladimir Klitschko? And take away
Klitschko, what else has he accomplished? I mean,
he was a champion for a long period of time.
Like, he held belts. Yeah. Heavyweight's not
my forte. But I just think that AJ is famous
enough and has enough fans, and he has been a
good ambassador of the sport. And, like I said,
the Hall of Fame, I don't think, is or should
be purely merit -based. If you're... likable
enough, you can get in the Hall of Fame. If it's
purely merit -based, then what would... How many
ballots would it take for Roberto Duran to have
gotten in? Because he got his ass kicked by Ray
Leonard, Tommy Hearns, Marvin Hagler. Yeah, like...
But Duran obviously deserves to be in the Hall
of Fame. Of course he does. Like, that's not
a debate. But you're right. His resume, he's
got a lot of losses. But again, I don't think
that should matter. AJ has done enough for the
sport at large that his thinner resume shouldn't
hold him back too much. And how do I put this
without sounding like an asshole? Getting in
the Hall of Fame is great, but I mean, that also
doesn't mean a whole bunch. It just means you've
been recognized. But, like, there's some people
in the Hall of Fame that I don't know who the
fuck they are. True. And not just, like, because
they're so old. Like, there's people the right
generation that I should know who they are that
I just don't. And there's some people that I
wish were in there that aren't. Like, I think
Mickey Ward deserves to be in the Hall of Fame,
and I don't think he was ever voted in. I'm sure
he has been at this point. I don't know. I know
he went when Arturo Gatti was inducted. He went
to the induction ceremony because Gatti was dead.
Oh, he was inducted. In 2019. So my example is...
But okay. It took to 2019. Yeah, but still using
this example, like, Mickey Ward's resume is kind
of shit. But nobody's mad he's in the Hall of
Fame. Yeah. Or if they are, they can come fight
me. Or you could call in and say, why is she
wrong? 833 -589 -7637. I will meet you in a field
and fight you if you tell me Mickey Ward doesn't
deserve to be there. Because he does. But if
Mickey Ward's in the Hall of Fame, AJ's resume's
better. Yeah. Speaking of good resumes, the Thrilla
in Manila. 50 years. I rewatched it. I rewatched
it to celebrate. And, yeah. Still great? Quite
thrilling. Very Manila -ing. Not a whole lot
to say beyond that. It was fucking fantastic.
I do know that the climate of Manila gets a lot
of credit for Ali's win in that one. The heat
and the humidity and the... Yeah. I don't think
that's fair, but it gets brought up a lot. He
was definitely in the fight, and he won a good
number of rounds. I do think that was one of
Ali's really maxed out stats, was being able
to endure everything. Like, his ability to take
punishment. And not just punches punishment,
but endure the heat and the exhaustion. I do
think that was one of Ali's greatest strengths.
Do you think, if we look back, was Ali, or even
Frasier for that matter, were they in... Like
a men's fashion magazine? Like GQ? Ali was in
many magazines. That's a good segue. Tsutsumi's
fashion magazine articles and photoshoots are
fucking great. I have built up a... persona for
him that is probably so far off it's ridiculous
but I just picture like high school Sutsumi looking
at fashion magazines being like I want to do
this and not being pretty enough to be a model
because Asian men's models are pretty then I
don't even think they're handsome they're just
pretty men and uh Sutsumi definitely would have
rather been a model than a boxer I think In my
head, he joined boxing so he could be in a fashion
magazine, which has happened. His dream has finally,
like, fuck the titles, fuck the winning record,
all of that. I've made it into a fashion magazine.
My fan fiction is definitely this is his dream
coming true. He talks about working in a secondhand
store. uh in the article and how that really
helped him improve his fashion his fashion is
Canadian tuxedos half the time and somehow they
work like he does look fashionable but it's a
lot of denim on denim Anyways, it made me really
happy. I was really happy for him that he got
to be in this magazine. And he's had a couple
professional photo shoots. And he keeps leaking
the pictures. Not leaking, but sharing the pictures
on Instagram. Are you going to get a copy of
it? I have absolutely no idea how to do that.
But maybe. If I see it in a store, I will definitely
buy it. I've bought a couple magazines that had
Inoue on the cover and stuff. If I see Tsutsumi
in a magazine, I am definitely buying it. Well,
anything more for Tsutsumi fangirling, thrill
in Manila, Hall of Fame talk? No, I did change
my Discord profile picture to my favorite Tsutsumi
fashion mag picture. I don't know if you've seen
it yet, Leo. It's only in SP. I do the server
-specific ones, but you should go check it out.
He's doing the blue steel with his hand on his
face. Fucking great. Whatever makes him happy.
I love it. I love it so much. All right. Let
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11th is going to be a busy day. Nice. Two cards.
The first one, Matchroom on DAZN. This one's
in Sheffield in the UK. Oh, David Allen is the
headliner fighting Arslan Beck Makhmudov. The
heavyweight's your favorite. Yeah, yeah. I don't
know. I don't know how to feel about Dave Allen,
to be honest. He's coming off some dynamite wins.
He has looked good recently, I guess, against
Johnny Fisher. I am happy Dave Allen is getting
paid. Let's put it that way. Johnny Fisher, his
father, Big John, he made it onto... So this
podcast I listen to, it's called Last Podcast
on the Left. They have like a smorgasbord of
auxiliary content. Like one thing they do once
a week. They host a live stream where they just
watch like shit from social media and stuff.
Yeah. Like every every week, a different host.
It's they call it their mandate where they pick
all the videos that they watch and then they
all comment. So one of them, one of the guys,
Henry, he picked a picture. He picked a video
of he was doing. Is this guy a hero or a villain?
And he picked Big John Fisher and and he was
just eating bosh. Yeah. And they're like, they
came out with he's a villain, but then later
the next week. They should change that. They
did. They revamped it. He's actually a good dude.
I saw a while ago that Big John got on like regular
TV and they were asking him about some, about
how people were treating immigrants in Britain
right now. And he was very serious, did not make
it jokey at all, and was like... I really was
a little surprised at how reasonable and good
his take was. I kind of expected Big John to
either make it a joke or be crazy right -wing
a little bit. Yeah. For no reason, I guess. Because
he wasn't. He was like, no, it has to be controlled,
but people are here, and you should treat people
like people, was basically his message. Yeah,
everyone deserves respect. Yeah, I was like,
fuck yes, man. Yeah, that's exactly what they
brought up about him. Yeah, I had been pretty
indifferent, I guess, to Big John, but after
I saw that, I was like... Fuck it, yeah. Like,
he seems like a good dude, actually. Yep. He's
like, even if you don't think they should be
here, they're still people. Like, so. And then
he started going off about all the different,
like, immigrant cuisines that he likes. Like,
I like Chinese food, Indian food. Well, I mean,
it's a good argument. The food is good. Yeah.
That's Dave Allen, Arslanbek Mahmudov, Josh Padley,
the electrician in our hearts. I do kind of have
to cheer for Padley now. Yeah, he's a blue -collar
guy. He finally got... Realizing his dream. Can't
help it. Well, he finally got to quit his day
job, right? Yeah, he did. Realizing his dream.
Oh, but the other guy is from Herefordshire,
and I used to have Hereford cattle, so. So Reese
Bilotti is, you're riding with Reese Bilotti?
No. But I would like to actually go visit Herefordshire.
I loved Hereford cows, but that's a different
podcast. Coming soon to Lux Media. Cows. Yeah.
Shit at his farming takes. We can call my brother
and ask him about the border stuff. How is your
wheat this week? Actually, this year it's not
great. It's going to be a tough year next year.
Moving to the second card of the day. Matchroom
again on DAZN. This one's at the Wells Fargo
Center in Philadelphia. Nice. Is Isaac going?
Yep. Nice. He's taking some first -timers, some
boxing first -timers. Oh, that's exciting. Yeah.
Picked a good fight to go to. At least the headline's
awesome. Jaron Ennis. Luis Malima. I think he's
unheralded. He should give Ennis some good work.
Oh, I recognize Lima. It should be a good fight.
I do think Boots probably wins. To me, it's not
a matter of if. It's just like, how badly is
he going to beat Lima? And I'm thinking like
8 -4, 9 -3. Yeah, I don't think he gets a knockout.
Boots is not a knockout artist. From Angola.
Lives in Portugal now. Might have to ride with
the European. Wait, where is Angola? I just made
myself sound stupid, didn't I? Angola is in Africa,
but he lives in Portugal now. Okay. Other than
that, this card is pretty fucking weak. Jesse
Hart? Yeah. That can't be... It is the son of
Jesse Hart. This is Jesse Hart, the second coming.
Okay. Khalil Coe is a matchroom, I don't know,
prospect, I guess, at 10 -1 -1. That could be
a fun fight. Local Philly guy? Yeah. And Alexis
Barillet versus Guido Vianello. I think Barillet
is Canadian. Is he? Yeah. Ah, very French -Canadian.
Look at his face, Leo. I know you can't see it.
Holy shit. That is the most French -Canadian
looking person on the planet. Verso Guido Vianello.
How Italian does he look? Quite. France versus
Italy. I don't know if Guido looks super Italian.
Other than those three fights, I don't know who
else is on this. We need to find somebody who
speaks Quebecois because it's so fucking terrible.
Isn't... Marlon? He's Filipino. Marlon is Filipino?
Okay. I don't think there's any French Canadians.
There's Canadians, but I don't think they're
French Canadians. There is a French Canadian.
I am just... It is at the tip of my tongue. I
know there is one. Aiden's Ontario. I don't know.
Somebody in there is... We'll have to find him
so I can make fun of him. Get him to call in
and drop some tabernax. Is it Vom? Vom's French.
Okay. I knew he was a French speaker. Yeah. I
asked him and they don't swear the same. Like
at all. Yeah. I had asked somebody about that
too. Because that's what's important. I don't
know. Yeah, well, I find it funny because the
Quebec swears are all church things. I can't
remember the others. Yeah, I can't remember the
others, but I know they're all church things.
But what's the Canadian joke? Yeah, of course
I speak French. Like, yes, no toaster. Quebec
uses toaster for toaster. We know toaster. That's
how they say toaster. Toaster. Yeah. We've got
to phlegm it. You speak through your nose. Anyways,
I guess enough shitting on Quebec people, but
go Guido, I guess. We're riding with the Italian.
Yeah, his name, I thought Guido was like a...
I thought it was a slur. I thought so too. Yeah,
I really didn't realize it was a name until I
was embarrassingly old. I thought Guido was a
slur. I thought Guido was a slur as well until
I Guido Vianello. Now I know it's not. Well,
it kind of is. Yeah, it still is in the West,
in the US, and probably in Canada as well. It
depends how you say it. Yeah. Yeah. But it became
a slur because it was the most... Common name.
Like calling all Chinese people like Chang. Oh,
yeah. But sometimes you're just right. Yeah,
you call them all Guido and chances are one of
them is going to be named Guido. 10 % of the
time, you're right. And that's how slurs are
born. Well, anything more for Boots? No. Boots
is going to win. When is Boots getting his belt
shot? Well, if you count the IBO, he's getting
one right now. Do we count the IBO? We do not
count the IBO. Good question. He's on the wrong
side of the promotional divide. Two of the belts
are with... PBC with Fundora, who's fighting
Keith Thurman for whatever reason. Keith Thurman
needs to just retire. You're old. Xander Zayas
at top rank has won. Which one am I missing?
WBA. Terrence Crawford had it. He must have dropped
it. Abbas Baru, the German guy. He's the one
who has it now. Do you think he would fight Boots?
For that kind of payout, probably. It's probably
going to be a better payout than he's seen at
this point in his career. But yeah, Beru is the
one who stands out. He's like the weakest link
of the three. Boots is listed as number one contender
by the WBA that Beru has. Lovely. Because I think
Virgil Ortiz and Sebastian Fedora are kind of
lined up to fight that one out, aren't they?
Not lined up as in anything signed, but that
feels like it's going to happen. Or no? Wait
a tick. Who has the IBF? Is that Murtazaliev?
That's right. I forgot about him. Mertazaliev,
Fundora, Zayas, and Baru. I don't... Mertazaliev
might give Boots a shot. He's not listed very
high in their rankings, though. Josh Kelly is
the top of that one. He's also the top of the
WBO. Wait, I'm not tripping, right? Zayas has
the WBO? Yeah. Okay. But Josh Kelly is listed
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Alright, with all that bullshit out of the way,
parting words. Parting words. Hmm. I am very
excited that fall is here. And I think everyone
should go see some leaves, depending on the timing.
They haven't started changing colors here yet,
but I'm sure in northern areas they're changing.
Don't do something outside. Don't touch grass,
I guess is my parting word. Don't touch leaves.
Look at leaves and touch grass. For parting words,
I'm going to say go read Josh's stuff. On the
Wayside Sports Review. Yeah, I like Josh's takes,
and his writing is good. Usually. Usually. Every
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and rambly. Well, Josh and rambly ranty. I fucking...
I love Josh's rants. It's my favorite part of
B -Sides. I'm so happy you got him to join. Man,
he volunteered. Didn't have to ask him. I'm so
happy when he goes off. Yeah, it's always funny.
Alright, is that it for this edition? I think
that's it. My batteries are getting low. it is
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