This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing
Before Dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.
Back. Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before.
Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This
is Boxing Before Dark. Alright. Boxing Before
Dark. Back up in your ears, bitch. Oh, there's
a whole lot of other talk. You want to hear what
that is? You're going to have to go to Patreon
and hear all about fucking baseball. And how
neither of us watch it. I just do not give a
shit about baseball until it's October. If the
Diamondbacks are not in the playoffs, then I
continue to not care. I got to cheer for the
Jays. It's like nationally required. Yeah, same
reason I cheer for the Diamondbacks. I don't
care about the sport, but if I'm going to be
pulling for anyone, it's going to be for my home
team. Yeah. I found out... today that not today
yesterday that it's beau bichette and not beau
bitchett beau bitchett i thought there was an
extra t in there i've been saying it wrong for
like years because he's been on the jays for
years i saw this one this post on instagram it
was like hockey players And it was, do you know
how to say their names? And all the foreign players
were on like saying. Oh yeah. I think I sent
it to you. Okay. That's where I saw it then.
Yeah. Yeah. All the Scandinavian names mostly.
I thought it was hilarious. I was the Finnish
players with all the, I tried to, I tried my
best to pronounce them. Like I, I do my best
with between boxing and, uh, keeping up with
MMA. uh ultimate effing casuals you know just
a subtle little slide in right there uh but keeping
up with mma and boxing like i have i thought
i was good with names but apparently not scandinavia
is a whole another that's a completely different
kettle of fish yep all right let's get into a
little bit of the news here uh xilei zhang is
he has accepted terms Sign the contract to fight
Derek Chizora. I don't know how to feel about
this one. I kind of think Chizora can win. You
think so? If he avoids that big right hand, or
left, or whichever one Zhang hits him with. Like,
Chizora is so good at being washed, he keeps
his... He keeps what little gas tank he has until
the end. He's that little shitbox car that runs
300 miles on empty. Like... I don't know. I think
Chizora could outlast him. Jank has a terrible
gas tank. He does. Oh, man. Now that... I was
just thinking about the power and, like, Chizora
gets hit. But Chizora's... been hit and not gone
down too though at some point the jar's gotta
open and i'm not i'm not saying he can't lose
i'm saying he can win i might put 10 bucks on
chizora i don't know i don't think this is good
enough for me to break my my no gambling streak
yeah i I throw small bets on bullshit all the
time. But this might actually be a more fun fight
than anyone is thinking. Or it could be absolutely
terrible, where neither one of them does anything.
But I do think Chizora will push the pace. Like,
that's gonna be his game plan. To force Zhang's
hand and make him gas? Yeah. I'm not so sure.
I don't have that much faith in Chizora. Despite
him continuing to prove me wrong every time he's
been out in the last how many years, I continue
to not have faith in him. You gotta have faith.
It's Chizora. He doesn't stop. He should, but
he doesn't. Yeah. And he sounds like a dying
How? While he's fighting, but... Um... Well...
Is this finally Chizora's last fight, or does
he have two left? This is the one that's last
on his contract. Okay, this should be, like,
actually last. Should be the end of his career
as well. Should. I want Chizora... I want Chizora
to go out on a win. Yeah. He is. I don't know.
You gotta back Delboy. Especially if it's his
final farewell. That being said, if he wins,
he probably doesn't retire. Oh. I forgot that
he does that. Rather than go out on a win. Let's
let it ride, baby. We're going to keep fucking
going. No, dude. This was supposed to be your
farewell. You got a big win against a big puncher.
You outfoxed him. This is the time to go out.
This is your glory moment. But you know he's
not going to let that happen. Exactly. He's not
going to let that happen. But. I still want Del
Boy to win. Fuck it. Let it ride. Speaking of
letting it ride, Manny Pacquiao, one of his rumored
opponents for his return in January, Vasily Lomachenko.
I thought Pacquiao was fighting Roley. I thought
so too, but Lomachenko's kind of been... coming
up on the rumor mill as the likely frontrunner.
Do you think Loma actually comes out of retirement?
For Pacquiao paycheck? Absolutely. Fair. I don't
know, man. I think if Lomachenko comes out of
retirement, the Pacquiao fairy tale might be
over. Depending on if Lomachenko trains up for
it and stuff. If he takes it seriously? Yeah.
I think he will. I think he'll want to put an
exclamation point on the win. And out -ballet
Pacquiao's dead calves. I mean, it depends on
what Lomachenko looks like now, I guess. But
I can't see Pacquiao catching Lomachenko at all.
The weight class matters because of exactly what
you just said. Because if they're fighting at
147, Lomachenko was already small for 135. Yeah,
but I don't see Pacquiao hitting him. Pacquiao's
not that fast anymore. No, he's not. His hands
are pretty fast, but his feet are not. You're
right. Like, I'm not saying he couldn't possibly
catch Lomachenko, but I'm saying if Lomachenko
doesn't look super old and out of shape, he just
doesn't catch Lomachenko. Right. If Lomachenko
has any semblance of his old form, then it's
going to be a problem for Pacquiao. Like... This
version of Pacquiao, let's fucking be really
clear so that the hate mongers don't... find
some reason to send hate mail. Well, I mean,
if they fight now, it's this version. That's
the only thing we can be talking about. Yeah,
well, you know how people get when talking about
the old favorites. I guess it hasn't even been
a year since Lomachenko fought. I kind of completely
forgot about that. Kambosa's fight. That's right.
I thought he had been out longer. I did too.
Yeah, I don't think there's any hope in hell
of Pacquiao catching Lomachenko. Shaking my head
for those who can't see. They also don't have
his age on BoxRec, but he's like five years younger
than Pacquiao? They don't put their age on when
they're inactive. For whatever reason. Loma's
my age. Loma's my age and Pacquiao's, what, 47?
46, 47. So Lomachenko's a whole 11 years younger.
10 or 11 years younger. Wow. There's no fucking
way Pacquiao catches Loma. Not in my opinion.
Failed segue. Fandora Thurman. rescheduled for
Pacquiao undercard. Is this a good move? Does
this... I don't know. I feel like Pacquiao is
a big enough name to be worthy of having that
big of a co -main. But at the same time, this
could still be a main event, right? Yeah, Juan,
it depends who's Pacquiao fighting. Pacquiao
Lomachenko, that's two big names. Pacquiao, Rolly...
I'd probably be more excited for the Fundora
Thurman card, to be honest. I don't know. Thurman's
also... I don't give a shit about Thurman anymore.
I don't remember the last time I gave a shit
about Keith Thurman. That's kind of what I mean,
though. He's definitely a name, but he's not
a name that I care about. Somebody does, but...
Fandora's main event level, to me, every time,
he's always exciting. But maybe they also kind
of... How do I put it? Pacquiao's gonna bring
in casuals, no matter who he fights. So putting
a good fight underneath it is kind of like putting
a good co -main on a Jake Paul event. Like, you'll
get some casual seeing a really good fight. Right.
Is Fandora Thurman gonna be a really good fight?
I don't know, but... Depends a lot on Thurman.
Oh. Fandora's always fun. Right. But... That's
a good way to put it. This is like putting a
good co -main on Jake Paul, Mike Tyson. Yeah.
Like... It gets some casuals to see good boxing
and not just a washed Pacquiao fighting whoever.
Getting styled on by Lomachenko. I really do
think that would be so one -sided. It would be
sad. Usually, when it comes to situations like
this, specifically with Jake Paul, for what you
outlined, I always looked at it as 10 ,000 people
are going to watch, just for example numbers,
10 ,000 people are going to watch simply because
it's Manny Pacquiao. Of those 10 ,000, 1 ,000
of them... Start to follow the sport a little
bit. And of that thousand. Maybe ten of them
become hardcore fans. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe. Maybe
ten of them buy the next pay -per -view. Yeah.
Like we all do. Really. I'm not sure how to.
Just shaking my fist here. Like a real happy
-go -lucky guy. Paying my dues. I've said it
before. I don't mind paying for good cards. I
have the money now. But some of the cards that
they make pay -per -view are garbage. They're
not even garbage. They're worth like $30. Not
$80. Well, speaking of cards not being garbage,
Pitbull Roach has been bolstered considerably.
Jannybeck. versus Eris Landilara and Oshaki Foster
versus Stephen Fulton have been added to the
undercard. That is going to upgrade this. That's
$80 right there. I'll pay $80 for that. Yeah,
yeah. I was bitching last week, but with those
two added, it's worth $80. Yep. We went on so
long that we just kind of were repeating ourselves
just because of how dissatisfying it was. But
not this. Not this. Nuh -uh. This is worth it.
Yeah, no, this is worth it. Is it one of those
ones where you would tell a gray, stop being
a broke little bitch, or is $80 still enough
to be a little bit more understanding? I don't...
If you're actually broke, like if you have to...
budget for $80, I probably wouldn't spend it
on this one. But, if you budgeting for $80 is
not going to the bar this weekend, then it's
worth $80 to you. You know what I mean? If $80
is going to the bar on Friday with your friends,
then... If you have the disposable income. Yeah.
But if $80 is like, oh, I guess I'm eating beans
and rice for the next two weeks. Or three weeks.
Yeah, depending where your financial status is.
But if it's like, I'm going to stay home and
watch the $80 pay -per -view instead of having
drinks with my friends, it's worth it. Yeah,
definitely. Or you could just have people over
and charge them $5. BYOB? Yeah. Sorry, that was
my alarm. I didn't hear it. So there you go.
That's a callback to Patreon content. Richard
Torres versus Tomas Salek. Who is Tomas Salek?
Yes. He certainly is a fighter of all time. I
don't know. He's from Czechia? All right. Yeah.
All right. I don't know. I was trying to find
something. I don't recognize any names on his
box rec. It was just that it's Richard Torres.
That's pretty much it. Yeah. I like Richard Torres.
Yeah, I think this card's in Mexico. Oh, that's
fun. On the Rafael Espinosa. Oh. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I am actually starting to get a little
excited for that card as well. Yeah, they're
putting something together. And I need to see
how far it is into Mexico. See if I'm going to
try to go. Nice. It depends on how far the drive
is. I'm going to have to take my decals off.
A little just geopolitical problem. for people
like me. Geopolitical problem. Kubrat Pulev versus
Murat Gasyev. I am glad that Pulev is not Atalma's
next fight. Why is that? I don't know. I don't
feel like Pulev would be any of a step up for
Atalma. Pulev's old. Yes. And he hasn't looked
good. Gassiev is fucking donkey balls at heavyweight.
Yeah, this is too... Whatever. This is a whatever
fight. I'm probably not going to watch this.
You had previously referred to... What was it?
Ryan Garcia versus Mario Barrios as an ass -off.
Yeah. This is another ass -off. Yeah, but this
is a heavyweight ass -off, which is even worse.
True, because they can be... Heavyweight slop
is different from lower weight classes. It's
so slow, and there's so much hugging. I mean,
Chizora beat Pulev three years ago. Chizora beat
Pulev? Yeah. Three years ago. I think Atalma
can handle better competition than Kubrat Pulev,
even if he is a name. That's why I'm glad. He's
a name, but Murat Gassiev, this is for the WBA
regular fucking title. Is it? Yes, it is. How?
Jesus Christ. Yeah, because Kubrat Pulev is the
regular champ. How? Because it's the WBA. They
do stupid shit. Fair enough. They are among...
Their brand of stupid shit is diluting the value
of their own titles. That's what they do. They
have too many... Other belts. Yeah. Super champ,
regular champ, interim champ. We've gone on a
couple rants about how I get so lost with the
WBA belt. Well, this does nothing to improve
the situation. No. Oh, speaking of improving
situations. Rolly versus Shakram Giyasov. ordered
for a defense of his WBA welterweight title.
Should I know who Giyasov is? I barely know who
he is. So, not really. Another Uzbek. Uzbek boxing
is popping off right now. It is. It's been popping
off since the 2016 Olympics. Fair enough. But
they're all getting into world contention right
now. Yes. Yeah, I don't have much of an opinion
on this one. I like Rolly being a champ just
because I think it's funny. It is. I was thinking
of what I was going to say as a reply to your
why you like Rolly being a champ. And my immediate
thought was, it's funny. It's just too funny
that he's a champion. Oh, two -time, two -weight
class world champion, Rolly Romero? Like, come
on. How could that not make you smile? It's too
fun. Another fight ordered by the WBA, Nick Ball
versus Brandon Figueroa. Oh. Somebody was asking
me if Nick Ball was good. That must be why they
saw this. Is Nick Ball good? No. Depends. If
you're from the UK, then he's like the second
coming of Jesus. He's the second coming of fucking
Josh Warrington is what he is. I am not a fan.
Yeah, he's proven himself to be pretty limited,
but his limitations are at a high enough level
that he can beat guys like Ray Vargas. I guess,
yeah. Or Ray Ford. I don't know. I think Figueroa
can handle Nick Ball. I think so, too. It's not
a bad fight, but I think Figueroa is a good enough
boxer that Nick Ball's not going to overwhelm
him. The height difference is going to be humorous.
Very humorous. Yeah, my answer to is Nick Ball
good is usually no. I would say he's alright.
But I'm typically overly generous with my assessments.
Like I try to be, try to give a positive spin
to anything. I'm too nice, I guess. I don't know.
Yeah. So I would say he's all right. Anyways,
I'm going to be backing Espinoza. Figueroa? Figueroa.
Whoever he's fighting. The tall Mexican guy.
Doesn't fucking matter who it is. Not really.
No. Oh, Figueroa is the one that looks like he's
wearing eye makeup all the time. That's correct.
Okay. Yes. He has very nice eyelashes. I am jealous.
Natural eyeliner. Natural mascara. Yeah, but
he looks like he's wearing both eyeliner and
mascara all the time. Maybe he is. I don't know.
If it were to come out that he was or that he
does, it wouldn't surprise me. Just because he's
done modeling and he's been in movies. His nickname
is the Heartbreaker. Well, Nick Ball versus Brandon
Figueroa. I'm riding with Figueroa. I think most
of North America will be riding with Figueroa
on that one. Another kind of no -name opponent,
Diego Pacheco versus Kevin Sancho. I do not know
who that is either. I don't either. I just know
that Diego Pacheco is back in December. Nice.
I'm hopeful that he's going to put another clinic
on. Kevin Sajo. His nickname is The Punisher.
Is this the right guy? Yes. He is French Cameroonian
that moved to France. That is like a boxing pipeline.
There are a ton of people from Cameroon that
moved to France. And by a ton, I can think of
three. that's a lot there's probably like several
dozen others that have done it that we don't
know about but cameroon to france it's one of
those like they have a uh history yeah i think
colonial cameroon speaks french yeah they're
francophones it's a colonial thing like because
you were a former colony you're you couldn't
kind of get fast track to That makes sense. Sorry
for ruining your entire fucking lives. Your governments
and everything. Sorry about that. Come to Paris.
It's pretty cool here. Yeah, I assume Pacheco
is probably going to win this. Yeah, it's a safe
assumption, but... I'm trying to think of a safe
assumption that we had. Where someone from France
sparked somebody? Yeah. That's exactly the one.
I'm wondering, who could that have been? Pacheco
better not get Sarast. Sarast is a good verb.
Yeah. It has... come into my vocabulary. I really
like it. Because you can almost tell what it
means even if you don't get the reference. True.
Because it sounds like you're saying sauced.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It
sounds like you're getting styled on even if
you don't know what the styling is. Well, speaking
of styling, Amanda Serrano. is back in January.
She's going to be fighting in Puerto Rico. That's
nice. Homecoming fight? I don't know if it's
homecoming, just because she's fought in PR a
few times. I don't think it's that she's been
away for an extended period. It's been a long
time, hasn't it? Now I want to check. Which one's
the Puerto Rico flag? Red and white stripes,
blue with a star. Like four years? Four years.
Okay, so this is homecoming then. If that's the
case. Yeah, the first one I can find on BoxRec
is... 2021. Wow. Okay. Homecoming fight it is.
Actually, she hasn't fought in Puerto Rico very
much. Almost all her fights are in the States
or the Dominican. Really? That's Dominican, right?
The white cross with the red and blue? I believe
so. Santo Domingo is Dominican? Yeah, that's
Dominican. Yeah. That's surprising because I
know... She lived a lot of her life in New York.
I mean, Puerto Rican, New York. That's a fucking
pipeline. Yeah, I only see two Puerto Rico fights
on her box rec. So that's pretty cool. She gets
to fight at home. Or whatever. Childhood home.
Fought in Sweden? That's fucking random. Frida
Wahlberg used to be a big name. Was she? Yeah.
That's not super random. Once she got the belts,
Frida mostly fought at home. She didn't leave
Scandinavia. I don't think. A lot of New York
fights. Yeah. And a lot of Dominican fights.
It's actually pretty surprising that she has
fought so much in Dominican Republic but not
in PR. That's fucking weird to me. Birthplace
and residence. I don't know. I'm just saying.
She hasn't fought there very much. No, I got
you. It's fucking weird. I don't know if this
is weird. Andre Ward came out saying, prime versus
prime, he would probably lose to Roy Jones Jr.
Or his words were not that he would lose, but
probably wouldn't beat him. I don't think that's
weird. Anybody who says they beat Roy Jones Jr.
is a bit delusional, I think. Yeah, when I saw
that, I was thinking at first, like, eh. Andre
Ward does have, like, the jab and grab kind of
style that could upset someone as dynamic as
Roy Jones. But at the same time, like, Roy Jones
was a fucking machine. He was a... Fucking untouchable
in his prime. Oh my god, it was disgusting. It
was unbelievable. I don't think he'd be able
to grab him. I don't think so either. Prime Roy
Jones was... Slippery is not the right word,
but nobody was fucking grabbing onto him. He
was very good at avoiding the clinch. Yeah. Well,
he held his hands behind his back all the time,
so he didn't have to clench at all. Exactly.
I just thought that was interesting for someone
who has been as successful as Andre Ward, for
him to say. Yeah. But I mean, it's just being
honest. It's that little bit of humility. that
you wouldn't expect from someone who retired
undefeated, who beat a lot of good names, for
them to say, I don't think I'd win that fight.
But I guess it's easy to pay homage to the legends,
or to pay credence to the legends, rather than
hyping yourself up even more. To the point of
sounding silly enough saying I would beat Roy
Jones in his prime. Yeah, I don't think anybody
really can say that. Well, that's it for the
news stuff. Unless you have anything more for
anything that we covered. No, I don't think so.
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I always love Josh's rants. It's my favorite
part of B -Sides. We got dropped from our ramen
sponsor. I heard on the last. I'm really fucking
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sponsor just to be like, yeah, well, fuck you.
We'll get the goddamn noodles. Don't worry about
that. They didn't tell you why? No. Maybe you
were selling too much. They were giving too many
discounts. We weren't doing that well. We were
making sales, though. That's what was confusing.
We were making sales. I don't know what the problem
is. Too many sales. Some recaps. Josh Padley,
the electrician in our hearts. Did he drop the
ball here? I think he did. Though he may have
gotten the nod, I don't think. Those scorecards
were fucking madness. Atrocious. Like, maybe
he won, but he didn't win every fucking round.
Steve Gray, he's often, oftentimes he's a scoring
referee, but he scored it 99 to 92. That's fucked.
That is unbelievable. And the other two judges,
97 -93. I think that's wide, but you could convince
me, probably. You could convince me that there
were some really close rounds and Padley pulled
it out. Maybe. That's what I mean. Yeah, maybe.
But, just on its face, 97 -93. absolutely the
fuck not yeah i don't know this also it wasn't
that exciting of a fight it was just because
it was josh padley and he's been the the electrician
yeah what did somebody in the chat say like the
only guy to get worse when he went full time
i remember that yeah that's funny I don't know.
I would not tell people to go find this one if
they missed it. You didn't miss much. But the
scorecards were wider than I would have given.
Well, actually, that's a good segue. Speaking
of scorecards that are wider than I would have
given, David Allen drops the UD to Arslanbek
Makhmudov. What? 109, 117, 110, 116, 111, 115.
Because Mahmoudov got a point deduction for twice
for holding. And it should have been, well, that
second point should have been taken earlier,
I think. Absolutely. Because he took a point
and Mahmoudov didn't stop at all. Like, at all.
He should have taken a point earlier. The second
point would have come sooner as well. That third
point might have been a DQ. Because he was bear
-hugging like he had just reunited with his long
-lost fucking relatives. Yeah. And he was getting
in behind the head as well. I don't... He wasn't
hitting him behind the head. I don't want it
to sound like that's what I'm saying. But he
was, like, grabbing behind his head and, like,
pulling him in for a hug. Yeah. It was weird.
But Dave Allen did Dave Allen things. Like, he
just didn't have enough output either. That's
what I was wondering as I was watching. Because,
like, the commentary, they were slurping on Makhmudov
pretty hard. And I was wondering. Yeah, I thought
they were being unfair. Yeah. A bit. And I was
wondering, like, it made me think, like, I overcorrected.
And I was like, Dave Allen's not doing that bad.
Like, what are you talking about? He rocked Mahmoud
Ab a couple times. Right. Like, there were a
couple times I actually thought the KO was coming.
Yes. I believed. I believed in Dave Allen, which
is the dumbest shit you could ever do. And I
was so sad. British slop, but he's just such
a likable guy. I don't know. I got sucked in
by the personality. Yeah. It was an interesting
way that Josh put it in the rant that he had
on Dave Allen was that Dave Allen is like an
average Joe that you can relate to. He seems
like he's a bit of a scummer because he keeps
piss jugs in his bedroom. He does seem to have
some mental health shit that happens sometimes.
But he also just seems a little bit lazy. He
had a... crippling gambling addiction like he
has no control over any of his money anymore
he gave it all to he didn't give the money but
he gave control all to his sister to stop him
from gambling it away conservatorship or whatever
yeah whatever like yeah his first run he gambled
away all his money he was basically fighting
for free and he got super depressed and had piss
jokes because he's too lazy to walk to the toilet
That is, like, that is some crazy work. Too lazy
to walk to the toilet. Jesus. But he's in, like,
an average show, and he's, like, your local school
janitor. But he's just so shitty at his job.
He's, like, really terrible at his job. But he's
there. But you still love him. You still love
him. And he's so bad at his job. You gotta cheer
for him. Even though, as a janitor, he smears
shit all over the walls. But only sometimes.
Sometimes he cleans it really well. He cleans
it up nicely, but he still smears shit all over
the walls. Yeah, I don't know, man. I was legitimately
sad about this one. Yeah. And, like, Makhlodov
isn't good, and he seems to have a pretty suspect
chin. Like, Dave Allen doesn't have world -ending
power, and he was cracking them. I don't know.
This was a shit Brit slop, heavyweight, bullshit
clinch fest. And the guy I wanted to win lost.
This is not a good fight. Bad day. Bad day all
around. I woke up fucking early for this, just
to be sad. Didn't wake up from that at everyone?
I was awake before that. I legitimately set a
4 a .m. alarm so I could watch Dave Allen. You
should be ashamed. I am ashamed. That's possibly
worse than having piss jokes. Waking up at 4?
In the morning. To watch Dave Allen. To watch
Dave Allen. Specifically. Why, of all the fights
that you would wake up at four, why this one?
I wake up at four for a lot of fights living
in Japan. But why this one? Because it's Dave
Allen. You gotta cheer for the guy. I feel bad
for him. For the school janitor who happens to
box. Yeah, like, I don't know. I wanted him to
not blow it this time. He almost didn't. Several
times. He almost didn't. That is a summary of
Dave Allen's whole fucking career. He almost
didn't blow it this time. Because he's had like
three runs. he keeps fucking getting himself
into these positions yeah and then just fucks
it up i really i really thought this time i thought
this time he was gonna i believe in dave allen
as well because arsalan beck makhmudov is hot
fucking garbage yeah anyways Yeah, speaking of
not hot garbage, the Duran Ennis card. Quickly,
Guido Vianello stops Alexi Barillet in the fifth,
calls out AJ right afterwards. Oh, so did Makhmudov.
Both of them, they called out AJ. Makhmudov had
been saying before that if he won, he gets AJ.
I think Eddie's been... spreading lies. I can't
see AJ fighting Makhmadov. He does need a soft
comeback. That would be a soft touch. Knock him
out like he did in Ghanu. Speaking of knocking
out like in Ghanu, Jaron Ennis ends Uesma Lima
in the fucking first. In the first minute and
a half. Yeah, besides I said, I need to eat crow,
and I need to do it here as well, just because
I believed Uesma Lima could provide some semblance
of a test. I believed it. I expected it to go
a few rounds. Like, I thought Boots was going
to win, but I didn't think he'd blow him out
like that. Not like that. That was crazy. Yeah.
I don't even know what to say, because there's
not much to say. Like, go to YouTube and watch
the whole fight. It's a minute and a half long.
He beats his ass. Yeah. It was difficult. It
was... I was trying to defend Boots fighting
Lima as Lima being not that bad. But Boots needs
to start fighting better people. I can't defend
it anymore. The immediate call out was Virgil
Ortiz. Do you think that actually happens though?
It's possible. I think all of the political logistical
stuff is out of the way. It's just a matter of
whether or not the promoters want to put their
guy on the line, which Eddie Hearn seems ready.
Ennis is ready to do it. Because Virgil fights
soon, right? Like in a couple weeks? In a couple
weeks, he fights Erickson Lubin. Which might...
Well, I said it with Lima and was fucking wrong
as hell, but Lubin should be a bit of a test.
Like, Lubin's not terrible. Lubin has experience,
so he can make it grimy if he wanted to. Like,
who's Lubin lost to? He lost to Fundora, which
is a respectable, and Charlo. He's only lost
to the really bad. That was a while ago, though.
And he hasn't fought anybody. He robbed Jesus
Ramos. So, I'm not going to let that go. That
even was a couple years ago, though. Yes. He
hasn't been super active. Well, I guess he'll
have two fights this year. Active -ish. No fights
last year, though. Shaking my head. I don't know.
I would like to see Virgil versus Boots. Who
wouldn't? I can't see what other fight there
is to make at 154. That is the number one versus
number two. Who is at 154? The champs are...
Murtazaliev has the IBF. Abbas Baru has the WBA.
Oh, right. The German guy. Yeah. WBC is Fundora.
And WBO is Xander Zayas. Either of those guys
beat Xander Zayas. I think. Boots or Tees. Murtazaliev
would be... I don't remember even watching Beru.
I have no idea who this man is. It's not a whole
lot to remember. Somebody said he looks like
Terrence Crawford, and they're right. Like, their
eyes are the same. And now I can't unsee it.
But, like, Myrta is a tough fight for anyone,
I think. And Fundora's a tough fight for anyone.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. In the immediate
aftermath, it was... Just his frame is a challenge
for even someone as talented as Jaron Ennis.
Well, and Fundora is still improving. Like, he's
actually showing improvement between fights.
Which... Once you get to the world level, not
everybody does. You know what I mean? Yeah, I
got you. But, I don't know. Unified Interim is
kind of funny, so. Unified Interim? What? Boots
is Interim WBA and Virgil's Interim WBC. Oh,
shit. Unified Interim. Undisputed interim. Yeah.
I find that funny. But I would be surprised if
they don't make them fight. I'd be surprised
if they don't wait for one of them to get a belt.
Which I assume would be Enes. Fighting Beru.
Yeah. If Thurman somehow beats Fundora, Virgil
would kick Thurman's ass, I think. I don't think
that would be very pretty. It would be a colossal
beatdown. Might be an injury off on the way to
the fight, too. Oh, shit. I still can't believe
it's Fundora that caused that delay and not Thurman.
That's crazy. But, yeah, I don't know. Boots
fucking steamrolled Lima. Boots needs to fight
somebody good. Like, somebody I don't need to
defend. That being said, if he went for a belt
against Beru, I mean, that makes sense too. Yeah,
it's the logical step. Yeah. Anything more for
Ennis? I don't think so. And last thing on the
docket, coming up this week, we have a Queensberry
card at the O2 Arena in London. Whole bunch of
shit on here that I do not care about, even a
little bit. Where's Lynn? Because somebody needs
to put this shit into context for me. Jimmy Dean
is a fuck of a name. Yep. All one word. Jimmy
Dean. All one word, though. It's not Jimmy Dean.
It's not James Dean Wood. It's Jimmy Dean. Jimmy
Dean. That's such an American name. How is he
from Kent? Like, that sounds straight out of
Alabama. It does. My boy, Jimmy Dean Wood. Okay.
Oh, is your name James? No, it's Jimmy Dean.
Yeah, so James Dean. No, Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Dean.
I sell sausages. Yeah, I don't recognize any
of these. Danny Quartermain? I think I've heard
that name. I have not. I might be confusing him
with somebody then. Juergen Alden? Doug? Oldadai?
Is it an I? No, it's a J, but it's from a place
where the J's are Y's. I see. Where's he from?
Albania. Anyways. Headlining this card, Joseph
Parker versus Fabio Wardley. This one might be
fun. I'm surprised Joseph Parker took this fight.
He has an interim title. He's in the running
for an Usyk fight, and he chose instead to do
this against a guy who can absolutely be outboxed,
but has proven time and again, you can be outboxing
him 10 -0. but he will spark your ass out in
the 11th. It's a pretty dangerous fight. I was
also a little surprised. I mean, Parker's definitely
the better boxer. Of course. And he has a decent
chin, but he's been knocked out before. It's
by Joe Joyce, I believe. Yeah. Joe Joyce hits...
harder than people give him credit for i think
harder than fabio wardley no i just mean like
i i think parker has a decent chin but it can
be cracked and wardley has the power to crack
it okay he's just gotta hit him like and this
might be a bit of a stinker because parker's
gonna have to fight careful Right, he's going
to have to outbox, and it's not going to look
fun. Yeah. But, I mean, I like Joseph Parker.
Again, more for his personality than anything
else. But, I don't know. It is a fight of all
time. I will watch it. Yeah. The crowd will probably
be pretty cool. The O2 arena is always loud.
Yeah, I'm sure Fabio Wardley is going to pull
the people out. And Joseph Parker. I don't know
if he lives in the UK, but I know he trains there
a lot. Yeah, I think he still lives in New Zealand.
Or his family does. I don't know. I'll probably
tune in, but I don't have high hopes for this
being super fun. Yeah. I don't either. And it's
totally understandable from Joseph Parker's perspective.
You're not going to sit there and trade with
Fabio Wardley, who does have that one -touch
power. Yeah. I mean, I guess if you like heavyweights
because they're not my thing, it'll be exciting
because you never know if Wardley's going to
land that or not. Like, you'll be sitting waiting
for it. I will be sitting there waiting for it.
Not my thing. I don't want to wait for action.
I don't care if people get knocked out. I just
want shit happening. 5 ,000 punches in the first
round. Yeah. As Damel would say, I like the shiny
keys jingling in front of me. That's the type
of boxing fan I am. Well, that's it. Anything
more for Parker or Wardley? No. Alright. What
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that's all i got Do you have parting words? Do
I have parting words? Yes. So, if you ever get
a chance to buy tickets for 1FC, just fucking
do it. I got an email. I pre -ordered my ticket
really early for the November one in Tokyo. I
got an email saying they moved up the start time
by four hours and the end time has not changed.
What? It is now... 13 hours. No, no. I sent you
this after that. But the arena is open for seating
for 13 hours. Doors open at 10... Not 13 hours.
10 hours. Doors open at 10am. And usually the
shit closes at 10pm. Like, I'm usually out of
the arena by 10pm. So that's nine hours of actual
fighting. Because fights start at 11. It's crazy.
I'm gonna have to pack, like, fucking lunch.
Because the last time when I went to Ryzen, they
ran out of food. By the time I got through the
long -ass fucking line to buy food, they're like,
sorry, we're sold out of food. It's just beer
now. Which is... theoretically great, but if
I have to leave my house at 9am to get there
before the fights start, I gotta eat something
during the day. Like, I can't just drink for
12 hours and not cause problems. Not cause problems.
That's a good caveat. I could drink for 12 hours,
but it would cause problems. But I'm super excited
about that, and that email made me more excited.
Fucking 12 hours of fights, Leo. That is a lot.
The closest to me is Denver. And that's like
a 10 -hour drive. Or I'd have to fly. I'm just
saying, like, it might be worth it. If I could,
you know, I might. Depending on the card, depending
on the event, who's on it, I might go. Well,
so the headline for this one is Super Bon, which
is exciting as fuck. Or at least to me it's exciting
as fuck. And Rod Tang's on it too. I've always
wanted to see Rod Tang. Super Lek is on it. He's
fighting kickboxing, not Muay Thai, but he should
still be a fun watch. Super Lek's on it too?
Yep. Nice. takaru sagawa's on it like okay how
many this is the main card so like not the other
stuff one two three four five six 11 12 13 14
15 16 fights on the main card kickboxing and
mma and muay thai um Looking at 30 minutes of
fight. Yeah, I'm just saying. That's a lot of
fights. That's a lot of stuff. And, like, I don't
even follow one, really. And I recognize a bunch
of these names. I'm super excited for it. You're
following one now. Super like's way down. He
is. Yeah, but I follow. exclusively watch the
Friday Night Fights. Like, and I don't know who
any of those people are. Exciting. Super exciting,
but no name recognition at all. I guess my parting
words is I'm fucking excited for 1FC in Tokyo,
and if it's anywhere near you, you're gonna get
your money's worth, because I know tickets are
cheap here, but I'm only paying like a hundred
bucks Canadian for my ticket. That's like 85,
80 American. Yeah, it's, it's not much. I am
in the, I'm in the upper deck this time, but
still gonna be fun. uh i don't have the only
parting words i have i'm gonna i'm gonna use
uh josh's old refrain of pro box good yeah pro
box is good watch pro box the next pro box card
is on november 7th god and it it has a couple
guys i really like yeah like this is gonna be
a better than normal pro box card yeah good stuff
All right. That's it for this edition of Boxing
Before Dark. My battery is getting low. And it
is getting dark. All right. See you on the other
side of Joseph Parker.