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. Yeah. Anyways. Anyways.
Fucking. That's my. Patreon intro cut if you
want to know what video game I'm playing. Yeah,
Boxing Before Dark. We are back, bitch. Up in
your ears. Ooh, Shanada, how goes it over in
Japan? I am not deathly ill anymore, so that's
good. Starting to feel better. Good. I actually
missed days of work this week. It was bad. Oh,
is it? How bad is it in, uh... Well, you're a
foreigner though, right? So they shouldn't hold
you to this. They wouldn't hold you to the same
like standard of I'm too sick to work. Uh, no,
they, they don't. But like my boss definitely
spouts the lines he's given about that stuff.
Cause I sent an email and I'm like, I'm actually
sick. I don't want to get anyone in the lab sick,
but I had a live mouse delivery. I was like,
so I'm going to come in and I'm going to put
my mice away and I'm going to go right back home.
And my boss was like, yes, that is acceptable.
If you are sick, you should stay home. We don't
want everyone to get sick. And I'm like, excellent.
Very rehearsed. Yeah, I like pretty much copy
and pasted from his training manual. And I just
didn't go in the next day and he hasn't said
anything. I'm sure I'll see him today and tomorrow.
He's always there on the weekends. Well, let's
get into a little bit of news here. Manny Pacquiao's
son. I'm struggling with this one. I don't know
if it's Jim Well or Him Well. Just based on like
James. It's probably Jim. I think it's Jim Well.
Yeah, you're right. Yeah, he's Filipino. Jim
plus Manuel? Yeah. Like for his dad? Yeah, also
Manny calls him Jim. Okay, so yeah, it's Jimwell.
Oh, that's nice. He's making his pro debut on
November 29th. It's their two names put together,
right? Yes. If you didn't pick it up, Jinky and
Manny. Isn't her name Jinky? Yeah, her name is
Jinky. Yeah. I just thought it was Manny's name
with Jim at the beginning instead. No, it's Jinky
and Manuel. Then where's the N? Jimwell? They
just changed the... To an M instead? The M, yeah.
Oh, lame. Jimwell is a girl's name. Is it? Yeah.
All right. Going with it. Still, he's making
his pro debut, so that's fun. Is he fighting
anyone? No, just another guy making his debut.
Okay, so not some journeyman that's there to
lose. Like, he's actually fighting somebody that's
possibly competitive. Yeah. Someone who's also
trying to win. Kind of what I meant. You want
to beat... How could you not want to have a Pacquiao
on your record when you're making your pro debut
and you... Get a Pacquiao scalp? That's a get.
Yeah. Speaking of gets. Oh, it's in the U .S.
as well. Yeah, I think it's in Stockton, California.
Interesting. Yeah, I think this is Manny Pacquiao
Promotions, their first card that they're promoting
solo. In the U .S. Nice. We've done a lot of
Philippines and others. Oh, and Jim trains at
Wild Card. Yes, he does. Nice. I kind of want
him to be good. He's probably just another Nepo
baby, but I kind of want him to be good. Imagine
a second Pacquiao. It would be fun. It would
be fun together. It would be awesome. Yeah, he
would add himself to the list of... boxing sons
that are like connor ben say what you will about
he's okay he's okay he's doing he's doing his
best um but he's also he's still really popular
despite not being all that great yeah him and
eubank both i think right yeah that's what i
was gonna say next was eubank is in the same
mold uh emiliano jcc shit Emmanuel Vargas is
actually pretty good. Right. Emiliano is good.
His other brothers, not so much. He's clearly
the best of the fighting Vargas boys. Yeah. I
could back another Pacquiao. I'd be up for it.
The Philippines needs somebody to cheer for as
well. What do you mean? Jerusalem is not the...
I mean, I cheer for him and Tataran and Topalas.
The fucking Filipinos need to get off Casimiro's
dick. Yeah, Topalas, not Casimiro, Maxayo. Mark
Maxayo. Yeah, but is he actually Philippines
Filipino? Yeah. Oh, I thought he was American
Filipino. No, not as far as I know. I like Meg
Zayo. Yeah. I like Meg Zayo. I just thought he
was, like, maybe not born in the U .S., but lived
there all his life. I don't think he's lived
there his whole life. I'm pretty sure he's a
Filipino. Okay. Full on. Ask any Filipino and
he'd be Brandon Figueroa. He did. He might have.
Yeah. Yeah. Moving on to Tim Zhu. He gets a new
trainer, Pedro Diaz, from the Mundo Boxing Club.
Pedro Diaz is a Cuban -style coach. So this is
a bit... I'm not sure what this is telegraphing.
I feel like this is Tim Zhu trying to sharpen
up his defense, like learn that Cuban -style
mobility of defense, like hit and get out of
the way as quickly as possible. Tim is not good
at that. No, he's not. So I'm always kind of
split on these types of moves because it's something
that he should add if he can. But I always feel
like by the time you're, like, Tim's age, you
need to lean into your strengths more than you
need to improve your deficits. Kind of. Like,
I think so late in your career, it's really hard
and ill -advised for most boxers to try and completely
change their style. Yeah, Oscar De La Hoya did
that multiple times, and it didn't always go
to his benefit. Well, and like some people can
pull it off. I'm not saying... It's not impossible.
It's not impossible and it's not a bad move every
time. So I hope this works out. But I just...
If they really try and switch Tim entirely to
a Cuban style, I think it's going to be a disaster.
If they lean into his strengths and add some
defense that Tim can actually handle. it'll be
beneficial. Thinking on it, I'm thinking that
Virgil Hunter might have been a better fit. Because
Virgil Hunter, he was Andre Ward's coach for
his career. And pretty much anybody who went
to Virgil Hunter, you went there to tighten up
your defense. And it unfortunately is a little
bit of the jab and grab type of crap that, you
know, doesn't wow people, but it wins fights.
And that would be a little bit more of what Tim
Zoo could do because he's more of an offensive
personality than he is defensive type. So more
mobility, lateral movement. Timmy, that's not
you, man. Like you need to. work on your entries
and then work in the clinch and then work on
your exits like i guess it all depends on how
they try to integrate it yeah tim tim can't just
switch i just i don't think that's feasible and
i don't know much about this coach i don't i
honestly didn't recognize his name um so maybe
he's really good at kind of tweaking and adding
instead of trying to switch people. But because
who was it? Like Roy Jones Jr. is a terrible
fucking coach. Yeah, he is. Because he tries
to get people to fight like him and nobody can
fight like him. I'm not saying this guy is like
that, but I just mean if he tries to switch him
to his Cuban style, it's not going to work. Cuban
style is also a little different these days.
it's not quite i still even even modern cuban
style i don't think fits tim man imagine going
to eddie reynoso when they try to train you to
fight like canelo because that's all eddie reynoso
knows how to do yeah no that also wouldn't suit
tim no he does not have the chin for that unfortunate
that I think is the trick to Canelo style is
just having a fucking massive Irish head with
like a chin made of granite. Yeah, well, you
have to because you're going to be rolling a
lot of shots, not just blocking or parrying or
avoiding. What's the UFC corner quote? He's a
big old Mexican with a big old head. You're not
going to knock him out. Is that a quote? It's
a quote. I'll try and find it. I'll send it to
you later. But yeah, it's Coach in the Corner.
It's like, stop trying to knock this fucker out.
He's a big old Mexican with a big old head. You're
not going to knock him out. That sounds like
it would be if they were somebody fighting Cain
Velasquez. I don't know. That's just what it
sounds like in my head. The corner scene sticks
with me. But I'm pretty sure it was UFC. Oh.
Corners in the ears of the fighter. Usyk declares
that he's retiring at age 41. He's currently
38. So. That's longer than I thought he was staying
around, to be honest. Kind of longer than I want
him to stay around. I don't... So... I just want
him to retire undisputed, undefeated, undeniably
the best. But nobody does that. It's hard to
leave when you're winning. And he's adamant that
he's not going to be fighting Tyson Fury again.
His entire camp... Which is good. Yeah, his entire
camp is like, no, that chapter is closed. And
I mean, it is. He beat you close the first time,
and then he beat you more clearly the second
time. I'm not sure what more you want. Yeah,
like, nobody needs another one of those. It's
a waste of Usyk's last few fights. That being
said, we've talked about it before. There's not
really anyone left for him to fight. He's just
beat everybody. Yeah. Only ones really left are,
spoiler, we're recording this before the Joseph
Parker, Fabio Wardley fight. You're listening
to it after the fact. So, you know, make peace
with it. We don't know who won yet. Parker. Yeah,
I'm going with Parker. But that's really it,
is Parker. Yeah. I mean, I don't think Parker
has a hope in hell either, but... No, like, he
does what Usyk does, but he's like dying Usyk.
Not as good? Yeah, he's just not as good. Speaking
of Fury, he's adamant that he's retired. Let
me see if I can pull up his exact words, because
they were really clear. Like, he's like, fuck
this. Yeah, I know he's done this before, but
he's also getting to the age where I kind of
believe it might stick this time. Although I
do think he'll probably come out of retirement
for enough money, because of course he will.
That was something that he said. I'm paraphrasing
here. This isn't the exact quote, but he said,
I'm 37 years old. I've been boxing my whole life.
I've been getting punched in the face for 25
of those 37 years. I have zero interest in continuing
to do this. I already have more than enough money
I could ever spend. So what's the point? You
could offer me a 10 -figure contract and I wouldn't
want to come back. Yeah, he said that before,
though. I think at this age, though... It might
stick this time. That's what I think. It will
stick now. Let's see. I found the exact... Is
this the exact quote? Oh, it's pieces of the
code. It used to be for the money, the titles,
but now I've got more money than I can spend.
I've got unlimited amounts of belts and titles,
and does it make me any happier? No. Was the
chase better than the victory? Yes. The climb
was better than the mountain peak? to be fair
as is always the case i can go back to boxing
at any given time but i just don't want to i've
got no interest in that clamor or the limelight
or to go get punched again i'm not interested
it doesn't do anything for me you could offer
me 1 billion pounds today and it wouldn't move
the needle because i've gone past that point
of caring about what other people think Boxing
doesn't take any prisoners. It only takes casualties.
So for me to be sat here, all my faculties in
order, won every belt, made loads of money, and
not got a scratch on me, I've done really well.
But I don't want to tempt fate. I don't want
to keep going back and back to the well because
how many times can you keep doing it without
getting brain damage or whatever else? Not being
able to walk in a straight line, it'd all be
pointless then. That is pretty cut and dried.
It's pretty clear. The only one who's adamant
that... I've been using that word a lot today.
The only one who's really... It's a good word.
Yeah, he's really adamant that he should fight
is AJ, claiming that Tyson Fury has to fight
AJ for the British heavyweight crown, pretty
much. I mean, everybody wants to see it. And
Fury's been pretty clear that he's retired like
three times in the past. Yes. I think he's even
said the you couldn't pay me enough to come back
thing before. And like 100 mil did get him back.
Yeah. So, I don't know. I just don't believe
a fucking word Fury says ever. And the fight
with AJ, you could reasonably think it would
be a billion dollar fight. I mean, a billion's
a lot, Leo. No, no, I know. Just in general,
that's too much. That is a lot of money. That
would be a massive circus. It would be a massive
circus and it would be a lot of money, but a
thousand million is too much. That is a lot.
Yeah, you're right. But, I don't know. I am not
writing off the Fury vs. AJ fight yet, just because
it's Fury. If AJ said he was retired and done,
I would believe him. Yeah, I would be more apt
to believe AJ than I do Fury. But also, if Fury
stays retired, I'm not going to be too mad at
him anyways. He has a point. Yeah. Between the
two Usyk fights, the three Wilder fights, like,
what more do you want out of the man? That's
a lot of getting punched in the face. Yeah, and
especially with a guy like Wilder, you're not
taking little to no damage from somebody. It's
not like you're fighting a pillow -fisted someone.
Yeah. Like, he got knocked out that first fight.
You did. Jack Reese, you son of a bitch. You
suck. God. Heated. Heated. Yeah. Every time.
Every time I think about it. It's like the reverse
tank knee. Yeah. Yeah. God. Moving along. Ray
Moritaya versus Andy Cruz is going to be happening
for the IBF 140 -pound title. I like Ray Moritaya
a lot. I'm going to be pulling for him. I'm cheering
for him. But Andy Cruz is... Is a problem. He
is a problem. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, that
could be a rough one. Murataya has Robert Garcia
in his corner, which that counts for a lot. But
Andy Cruz is like, no other way to put it but
a fucking problem. And man, that's rough. Yeah,
I just... I don't remember a whole bunch of what
Ray Murataya's style is like. To be honest. Is
he, like, kind of just Mexican? He's not, right?
Yeah, okay. But he does fight the Mexican. Like,
think Mikey Garcia. Like, really textbook. Okay,
okay. But not, like, not walk in a straight line.
No, not like that. Hands up. No, yeah. That could
be kind of a fun fight, actually. He's a good
boxer puncher. So is Andy Cruz. Well, I was going
to say, Moritaya may be more of a puncher -boxer,
and then Andy Cruz the boxer -puncher. Yeah.
That one might actually be fun. Andy Cruz engages
enough that it's usually really fun. He can be
wobbled. He has been wobbled. I've definitely
seen the IBF declare worse fights. Oh my god.
Definitely. This is actually really good. Yeah,
I'm kind of surprised the IBF has told them to
do this one and they didn't just do it on their
own. Speaking of doing it on their own, Agit
Kabayel is coming back on the 10th of January.
I didn't see who it's going to be against, but
he also holds an interim heavyweight title. So
he is in the running for a potential Usyk payday.
Fair enough, I guess. Yeah, he's earned it. I
wouldn't put him at the head of the line, but
he definitely has earned his spot in the line.
I mean, provided Parker has one, Parker's the
only one that should be at the head of the line.
He's waited for like half a decade at the front
of the line. Also assuming that Parker beat Wardley,
he took a very dangerous fight that he didn't
have to take. Yeah. And assuming Wardley beat
Parker, that doesn't put you at the front of
the line. I don't think so. You beat one person.
Probably by fluke knockout. Right, after getting
soundly outboxed for however many rounds before
you got your fucking lucky spark. But I guess
you gotta be lucky to be good. Yeah, making it
to this point is a bit of luck. Still, Agit Caballel.
Barring... The only person I would put ahead
of him would probably be Parker. And... We don't
know that outcome yet. Yeah. So... Honestly,
I think even if Parker does get sparked, he should
still be at the head of the line. But that's
just me. Everyone's gonna say that... He got
beat by a mid guy. I know. He outboxed somebody.
Fabio Wardley gets outboxed. It's just like a
fact of life. But then it becomes like, oh, can
Usyk do... Can he outbox for 12? It's like Wilder
used to say, you have to be perfect for 12 rounds.
I have to be perfect for one second. Yeah. Oh,
God. Is Fabio Wardley the next fucking Deontay
Wilder? They've been calling him that for a long
time. Really? We had a whole discussion about
this a couple months ago, Leo. I forgot about
that. They both started late. They don't have
much of an amateur thing. Yeah, they've been
making that comparison all year. Or since he
caved in Clark's head. Frazier Clark, yeah. Yeah.
Let's dial down the weight classes. Seiya Tsutsumi,
a .k .a. Punch Burger, versus Nonito Donair in
Tokyo in December. I don't think it's official
yet, but there's rumors that they'll be on a
December 17th card that has multiple world titles
on it. And this will be one of them, of course,
because Tsutsumi... Champion in recess, wasn't
he? Yeah, I was going to say. I need to correct
myself. He's in recess, isn't he? After the eye
surgery. Right. And he's supposed to fight whoever
won the interim in his stead. Who does have the
interim? That's a good question. Let's have a
look. WBA rankings. Bantamweight. Antonio Vargas.
is the regular champion. Nonito is the interim
champion. So they're making Tsutsumi fight the
interim before he can go back for his belt. Yeah.
Seems so. That's fucking bullshit. My guy gets
screwed over because nobody likes him. Nobody
likes the fashion mag. Fucking handsome boy.
I don't know. I don't understand. He's exciting
and his personality seems pretty good. I don't
understand why they don't push him a little more.
I don't get it. Throwing my hands up because
I'm not sure either. But that's kind of bullshit
that they're making him beat Donair first. Oh,
having Donair on his resume will be good. Look
at who the number one contender is. No. I don't
want to. Look at where he is on everyone's list,
Leo. At the top. Yeah. Where he fucking belongs.
Takuma's gonna beat him. I really don't think
that Nasukawa can beat Takuma. It's a tough one.
He doesn't hit hard enough. Nazakawa doesn't
hit hard. No, he's not. Like, big punching isn't
really his thing. So, you're right. Like, the
only one that's beaten Takuma hits a lot harder.
And a lot more. Yeah. Nazakawa doesn't have much
for output either. And I really don't think he's
going to be able to outbox Takuma. Not really.
He's going to try, but... His speed is something,
I think. Yeah. Yeah, but, like... Takuma's going
to time him. Natsukawa gets hit. He does. Bringing
it back around, though, to Tsutsumi versus Donair.
Before we started recording, we were talking
about it. And I was saying, I don't see Donair
as that big of a challenge. I think he's near
40, if not already past it. I think he's past
40. Let me check. He still has his left hook.
It's still, like, his money punch. Yeah, he's
42. I was pretty sure he was older than me. I
don't rate his chances all that well. I think
he's got a puncher's chance. Sure. Yeah, everyone
has a puncher's chance. No, but I mean, like,
Donair's a puncher. He has an actual puncher's
chance. Yeah. Like, Tsutsumi gets hit. It's not
like he's hard to hit. Power's the last thing
that goes. That being said, I think Seiya's just
going to swarm and overpower Donair. I'm kind
of picturing a mid -round TKO for Tsutsumi. But
if Donair cracks him with something like he got
in a way, I don't think Tsutsumi can box his
way out of it. How long ago was the first...
It was a long time ago. I think it was. I think
it was COVID. Where's Donairs? Box rec. I think
it might have been 2020. I'm going to make myself
look stupid. I'm not going to guess. The first
interway fight was 2019, November. Okay, so it
was pre -COVID, you're right. Donair's been busy,
though. He has. He's back at 118. That is fucking
wild. He got up to, I think, 126. Yeah, he was
too small for 126, so... The only thing that
was... making him at all competitive up there
was his power. That proved to not be enough multiple
times. No. Yeah. I like Donair. He's definitely
way past it. I just think he's got a puncher's
chance. And Seiya gets hit. Like, he's gonna
land something. Whether he lands that one crazy
shot or not, who knows. I have faith in Tsutsumi.
Oh. I do, too. I'm just saying that, like, I
don't think it's a give -me fight. I think they
should have let Tsutsumi fight for his fucking
belt instead of this. Yeah, fight the actual
champ instead. Yeah. Bullshit. I don't know.
Maybe this was more money. Donair probably sells
better in Tokyo. Probably. Or you could do it
in Philippines. The card they're supposed to
be on is in Tokyo. And I will be getting a ticket
because I have never seen Donair fight. That
would be cool. Yeah. I might hang out in Tokyo
a little bit while he's here and see if I can
snag an autograph somehow. I would recognize
Nonito on the street. I'm sure I would. Yeah.
Cause I'm not going to lie. So some of the Japanese
guys, I'm not a hundred percent confident. I
would know. Well, when they're just in like regular
clothes, they just look like they blended. Yeah.
They just look like normal little guys. I don't
know. I mean, not Tsutsumi. I'd recognize Tsutsumi.
Like, in a way, walking around when his hair's
not dyed just looks like somebody's lesbian aunt.
There was one day, there was one guy in a tracksuit
that I was, like, I looked... probably four times.
And I was like, no, it's not in a way because
his eye's not fucked up. Like, don't air crack
that one eye and it's different than the other.
But there was somebody that looked exactly like
him. And he was the right size and the right
height. And he was wearing, like, a tracksuit.
So you can't tell how muscular he is. And I was
like, is that him? And then I realized it wasn't.
Yeah, yeah. It was not him. I had to double check.
Triple check. Well, speaking of triple checking,
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is back in December. Why?
I had to triple check. Am I really reading this?
That he's really back? I thought he went to jail.
No, he got deported. No, but after that... The
charges were dropped. Oh, okay. I thought he
was in jail for cartel stuff. Cartel activities.
Yeah, I was trying to remember the word for Mexican
mafias. Nope. I wish my daddy was rich. Yeah,
I wish my dad was one of one. A good way. In
Mexican culture, in a very positive way. Yeah.
My dad is one of one, but not in any way that
anyone cares about. But yeah, that's it. Chavez
Jr. is back on December 13th at the Guadalupano
tournament. Whatever the fuck that is. Yeah,
I... I assumed you knew what it was because you
wrote it there. No, I just wrote it there just
to make note of it. But I'm not sure what it
is. All right. Anything more for the news? Not
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Yeah. Not a lot to recap either. No. This has
been a pretty kind of dead month. October has
not been great. No. This has been rough. But
November is shaping up very nicely. So at least
we got that coming up. And December is always
good. Yes. Everybody always tries to pack stuff
in at the end of the year. Tax purposes. Yeah,
I was thinking the same thing. So, on Saturday,
October 18th, we had two cards. Farewell to Brooklyn.
This was Danny Garcia's retirement tour kickoff.
Four fights that I wanted to pick up. Damien
Kaniba. He KO'd Seven's Joey DeWitchko. He probably
KO'd his mouthpiece out of his fucking face.
His mouthpiece did actually fit this time. Oh,
good. But that... Did you not watch this one
at all? I only saw a handful of the fights. Ah.
That, uh... Damien... Naiba... Kaniba... However
you say that. He's... Big. Like... He's, uh...
What is he? 6 '7"? I think? Yeah, like... A large
person. He's... Just... Getting started at 29,
he's had, well, not just getting started, he's
had 17 fights. But, like, I'm not saying he's
gonna be the next star or anything, but he might
be a bit of a problem at heavyweight in, like,
three to five years. Like, he might be the next
Hergovich or something. That's not a very fair
comparison. He looked like he could actually
box a little, but, I mean, it's also the Witch
Co., so. But he's a big guy that moved pretty
well. Alright, so yeah, he does have some potential.
Yeah. I was surprised at how good he looked.
He's a fucking massive Polish man. How about
Chris Colbert getting the UD over Blas Ezekiel
Karo? A little disappointed that Colbert didn't
get a KO. Did he have that type of control of
the situation? I mean, he had him knocked down
in the middle of the fight. I feel like he could
have went for it, but it's not a big deal that
he didn't, I guess. I don't know. Chris Colbert
is a bit of a disappointment to me. I thought
he was going to be pretty good, and he's been
on a real slump. So. Maybe he's leaning on his
fried chicken bone a few days. Maybe. Oh, this
one I think you might be a bit more excited for.
Gabe Rosado. I actually I missed most of this
one because it was really early on the card.
Yes. I thought it would be later on the card.
I missed it. But I heard that Gabe won. He did.
You got a UD? I don't know whether I'm excited
about that or not. Gabe needs to retire. This
was an eight -rounder. It's like a... He's slipping
into Journeyman. He is. I don't like it. Dude,
keep commentating. You're really good at it.
I actually do really like him as a commentator.
I really do. I get excited when I hear Gabe on
comms. I like his voice, and he's less biased.
Yeah, and he's less biased than most of the commentators,
in my opinion. I really like Gabe on comms. I
want him to retire and just do comms. Same. Same
with Donair. Yeah, Donair's... He's alright.
Yeah, yeah. Donair's not as... outgoing on comms,
I guess. Donair's pretty quiet on comms. Yeah.
They have to ask him to get him involved. I was
trying to formulate that in the sentence. I think
Gabe is more natural at comms. He just kind of
talks. But yeah, Donair's not bad. His analysis
is really good, but he's not very funny or...
And his personality doesn't come through on comms.
Yeah. Oh, speaking of outgoing, Danny Garcia
gets the KO4 over Danny Gonzalez. This one was...
I don't know. Danny Gonzalez fucked his ankle.
Did you see that? Yeah, the way that he rolled
onto it. It bent, like, all the way around. That's
why it was a KO. He was awake. He just couldn't
stand up. It wasn't that bad of a shot. Like,
compared to what we've seen from Danny Garcia
in the past, considering that Danny Garcia is
a little bit, I'm not going to say natural at
154, but he's more accustomed to it. Whereas
Daniel Gonzalez... They pulled him up from 146.
140. 147. Yeah, he hadn't spent much time at
147. The bulk of his career was at 140. A lot
like Danny Garcia, but damn. Well, they were
really playing into some super old rivalry in
the lead up. The two Dannys. Botany amateurs
or something? I don't know. I wasn't paying attention
to the comms all that much. I mean, we all knew
what this was. Exactly. Danny Garcia, like, his
farewell. They called it a fucking farewell to
Brooklyn. He's doing a victory lap, so he's not
going to be taking a lot of risk. Yeah. I...
Do you think we probably see him at least one
more time in Philadelphia? Oh, hell yeah. Especially
because it was kind of a highlight knockout,
even if it wasn't that good. And this was, I
think, the first show of Danny Swift Productions
or whatever the fuck he calls himself. Swift
Promotions. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely wasn't the
best production I've ever seen. The audio was
pretty shit. They had an odd choice of broadcast
partner. Millions .co. I've worked with Millions
in the past, and they're interesting. Okay. Not
bad, just kind of weird. Yeah, it wasn't terrible,
but you could tell it was not the usual level.
Of shit. Yeah, you're right. It did seem like
everybody was having fun. So, you know, whatever.
Like, I'm sure in the building it was really
fun. Even, like, the commentating was... Is this
the one that was super weird? No, never mind.
That was the MVP one. Yeah, is this the one that
had Algieri on it? Yes, it had Algieri. One of
the, like, Ock or Barack, what, like, one of
those two guys. Okay, was that, that was this
Danny Garcia card? Yes. It was really weird because
they just had that third guy, like, rotating.
Like, there was probably 11 people that came
on to the, like, commentary mics. Especially
early on. Brian Campbell, Chris Algieri, and
then just a random... third well just like random
boxers from the crowd would come sit down and
chat that's weird like it it really felt like
it felt like a retirement party because that's
what it was but it was really casual that way
like they had teo come on the comms at one point
and somebody was yelling at him from the crowd
like trying to get under his skin And Tio was
clearly distracted and pissed off about it. If
you only watched the end, you probably didn't
see that. But if you watched the beginning of
it, they were really just rotating that extra
person. Which I thought was weird. Kind of interesting,
but made it feel less professional to me. Yeah,
I can see that feeling. I would... If I had seen...
Unorganized, maybe? I don't know. Anyways, it
really felt like a retirement party for Danny.
And not so much a professional boxing production.
Which is fine. I expect that if they do this
again, and I do think they're going to do this
at least one more time. they're probably going
to have it play out the same way. Yeah. But I
mean, like, I don't know if this is going to
be the feeling for other Swift promotion things
if they try to continue to run their own show.
Well, I expect that Danny's going to try to continue
promoting. But I suspect he'll... Is it? He's
not going to switch over to, like, the standard
type of show. Shrugging my shoulders. Cause I
don't know. I just mean like, I think once Danny's
not fighting on them, it's going to get more
normal for lack of a better word. I see what
you mean. It's not going to be a party and it's
going to be more organized and more normal. Yeah.
Like a standard promotion. Yeah. Yeah. But I
do think we see Danny Garcia one more time in
Philly because it's super fucking weird to have
your farewell in New York when you're from Philly.
Yeah. Agreed. That's exactly what I meant when
I said we're going to see him at least one more
time. I think he's going to do a Vegas one. He's
going to do and then the Philly one. Those two
at least. But that's just my speculation. I think
if he hadn't looked good this fight, like if
he'd eked out a decision or something, this was
going to be the last one. But with that kind
of knockout, he's going to fight at least once
more. Yeah. Moving on to most valuable prospects,
18, at the South Padre Island Convention Center
in Texas. Oh, before we get into the real fights,
can we talk about that shit show on the prelims
real quick? Yeah, let's. I forget what their
names were. That's how not important they are
to me. It was Juarez, right? Juarez versus Leighton.
Yeah. One round of fucking madness. Absolutely
ridiculous. And just straight up bullshit refereeing.
I think the house fighter was Juarez. He had
to be. They gave him a lot more chances than
was deserved. Reasonable? Yeah. Yeah, cuz. Well,
let's go through it. Juarez was the favorite,
for sure. and he got fucked at about two minutes
left in the first round. He was out. He got knocked
down. He stood up. He could barely stand. The
ref stopped counting at one point for a little
while for some reason, and Juarez was, like,
hanging onto the ropes for dear life and could
barely stand, and the ref gave him, what do you
think, like 20 seconds instead of 10, maybe?
Something like that. Like, quite a bit. This
isn't a, like, fury, they counted to 13 type
thing. Like, this was bad. They stopped counting,
and he let him get up fully, and he was still
wobbling around. He ends, like, without the fight
being recommenced by the referee, he starts stumbling
towards the opponent, to Layton. Yeah, that's
why the ref quit counting. He's like, I didn't
tell you you could fight. Get back. And I'm like,
God damn it. So I thought it should have been
over. I thought they were going to wave it off.
They didn't. Who was that ref? Because he was
shit. Lawrence Cole, which is kind of famous
for being shit, actually. Oh, he's the worst.
Anyway, Lawrence Cole doesn't wave it off. Uh,
Juarez can't even fucking stand. So he goes in
for like a clinch to try and survive. He trips
and is just like hanging on the guy's waist.
Does that twice. It's like trying to like tackle
him, like football tackle. Yeah, he does that
twice. So Cole takes a point super fast, but
like this should have been over anyways. So who
cares? Uh, he takes a point then. Juarez still
can't fucking stand. So he does it again. So
he gets a second point taken off in like 30 seconds.
So we're at a minute and a half left in the round.
And then Juarez out of nowhere lands a fucking
haymaker and Leighton goes down. And Leighton's
rocked and he stands up and he gets rocked again
and gets knocked back down. And I think that
was all the knockdowns, right? So there was three
knockdowns and two points taken. Yes, you're
right. And Leighton couldn't stand and didn't
get the 30 seconds that Juarez got. And so Juarez
wins by knockout in the first round. Except he
should have been knocked out one minute into
the fight. Possibly could have been DQ'd. For
just how bad him grabbing onto his waist. It
was so bad. I mean, the guy was knocked out on
his feet. If you haven't seen it, just go watch
it. It's like three minutes. It's on YouTube.
There's no S on that. It's on YouTube because
it's the prelims of his own card. It's a single
round. And the interview afterwards is also fucked
because the guy still has no idea where he is
or who he is or what's happened. So if you have
10 minutes, stick around for the interview because
it was also hilarious. On the parts that I have
listed here, Shredda Metcalf gets a UD over Crystal
Rosado Ortiz. Not surprising. Desley Robinson
stops Logan Haller in the second to retain the
IBF and WBO middleweight titles. That was a brutal
one. It was like she got her shook and then just
pounced on her and beat the shit out of her.
Nice. We love to see knockouts in ladies boxing.
Yes. Omar Juarez gets a UD over Omar Rosario.
Rosario got docked two points. I think Lawrence
Cole was on a fucking roll here. Oh, was that
also him? Yeah, I think so. No, BoxRec says it
was James Green. I don't know who that is. So
he was taking notes from his mentor. and Lawrence
Cole. He docked him two points for holding. Overall,
it was a pretty one -sided affair anyway, so
the docked points didn't make all that much of
a difference. And Lourdes Juarez's majority decision
over Yessica Neri was 95 -95 and then two 96
-94s. So, super close. Yeah, it was actually
a pretty entertaining fight, I thought. Yeah,
it was enjoyable. I watched it while I was getting
ready for this. It's a stupid reason, but I started
following Lourdes Juarez because one of my supervisors
for my PhD was Lourdes from Mexico. Whatever
gets you going. I was glad she won. Moving into
the previews. October 26th to November 1st. We've
got two less than exciting cards if you're not
British. Let's see. Queensberry at the Co -op
Live Arena in Manchester. November 1st. Going
up the bill. I don't recognize very many of these.
I recognize the co -main Bradley Rhea versus
Lyndon Arthur. I think that's for an EBU title.
Yes. And Joshua Boazzi versus Zack Parker. Both
of those are light heavyweight fights. The Boazzi
-Parker fight is for a WBO international something
or other. Is it? Something like that. Yes. Some
trinket. I honestly, I don't know who Rhea is.
In that co -main. I don't recognize his face.
I know the name, but off the top of my head,
I can't recall where I've seen him. I also don't
recognize anyone he's fought. I do know who Lyndon
Arthur is. Yeah. So, I don't know. I guess I'll
probably back Lyndon Arthur. Shrug my shoulders,
because, yep, that's what I'm doing. He's only
lost to the best, Lyndon Arthur. Like, all his
losses are top guys. So I'm assuming if I haven't
heard of Bradley Raya, he's not a top guy. Lyndon
Arthur's really got himself into the gatekeeper
role. Pretty nicely. Is he downgraded to gatekeeper?
I would say so. If he's competing for a secondary
title, I would say he is. Yeah, I guess. But
he's only ever lost to Anthony Yard and Dimitri
Bivel. Yes, that's true. So what's he keeping
the gate of? The top level. The very best? Yes,
the elite level gatekeeper. As opposed to just
like a world level gatekeeper. Contender level.
Fair enough, I guess. I don't know. I think Wyndon
Arthur is probably going to win this one. I think
so too. Even though he's... Oh no, he's not.
I was going to say he looks like he's listed
as the B -side. But I don't understand why. In
solidarity, I will be riding with Lyndon Arthur.
There it is. Listed as the B -side. I gotta ride
with my kin. And I think Boazzi should beat the
piss out of Parker, shouldn't he? Parker is like
a domestic level guy making his step up. And
Boazzi is at a similar... Level to Lyndon Arthur.
But above. But better than Lyndon Arthur. If
that makes sense. Yeah. I know what you're saying.
I expect Boazzi to win that one. Me too. I would
call it an upset if he loses. But. I don't. I
know I've seen Zack Parker. But I don't remember
him. Oh. John Ryder beat him. That's why I remember
him. Moving to the last card that we have on
the docket. Matchroom at the Caribe Royale. Excuse
me. The Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. Headlined
by Lanier Pero versus Jordan Thompson. I don't
know who either of those are. Don't really know
who they are. Yoelvis Gomez versus Antrevious
Ingram. Yoelvis, I know who he is. Yes. It's
a good name. Pat Brown versus Felix Valera. That's
a good, it's a decent one. Pat Brown's a decent,
decent prospect. And Mish. weight class is that
that's cruiser cruiserweight and nishant dev
versus juan carlos campos medina this is all
big guys i don't know any of these people it's
a decent card though like um all things considered
maybe it's a solid like b tier card right it's
okay it's not it's not a lot of uh name power
but if you're for the hardcores this this one's
for you yeah i just that florida card is mostly
big guys i don't recognize very many names cuban
heavyweight verse A British heavyweight. Not
bad. Fair enough. Cuban heavyweights will always
be a disappointment now because Luis Ortiz has
my heart. Somebody needs to step up and take
his place. Anything more for the... Reviews?
Previews? No. It's another disappointing week
is my analysis. It leaves a lot to be desired,
yes. But we will push through. We persevere.
What's the next big card, Leo? Oh, shit. November...
18th? I believe is, um... Eubank vs. Ben 2? I
guess that counts. As big. I'm gonna go. I'm
going. Oh, yeah? Yeah, I'm gonna be there. You're
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words, I'll start. Yes, I'm going to be at Eubank
versus Ben too. I'm going to be in London. I'm
not flying out specifically for the fight. I'm
going just going to England to go to England.
It just so happens that that is happening at
the same time. That's exciting though. Is it
your first time in England? Yes. Nice. First
time in the UK. I guess I had a layover last
night. That doesn't count. Yeah, it doesn't really
count. It was like a few hours that I spent in
London at the airport. I was going to say, if
you don't leave the airport, it doesn't count.
Okay, good. Because I don't count it either.
But I'm excited. Yeah, people should send you
recommendations. I know. I'm going to... So I
got... I got Eubank Ben. That's on the 18th.
The following weekend, I'm going to be in Liverpool
with Robbie. Nice. And we're going to go. There's
a Liverpool football game. I want to go to that
because I want the quintessential experience.
This is what you all like to do. You all like
football here, so I want to go to it. If it wasn't
Liverpool, I was going to try to go to a Manchester
game or maybe one of the London teams like Arsenal
or Chelsea or something. Yeah, but going with
Robbie will be excellent. That'll be more fun.
Yeah. I'm jealous. That sounds like a great trip.
I just realized I'm going to have to stay up
so that I can watch. Oh. It'll be before, like
in the middle of the day, the card that's in
Saudi Arabia. David Benavidez versus Anthony
Yard. Brian Norman versus Devin Haney. You know
which one I'm talking about? Oh, yeah, yeah.
The ring four or whatever. Yeah. That's right.
It's on the website. LBXmedia .com. The time
zone's pretty similar there, isn't it? Yes. So
that'll be right before the game. Nice. Excellent.
Well, I don't have any fun parting words, I guess.
Go Jays! I'm actually super excited about the
Jays being in the World Series. That's fucking
dope. I was a little worried for T -Money, but
he'll get over it. Yeah, I'm super excited. I
don't even watch boxing that or boxing. I don't
watch baseball that much. But Vladdy in the playoffs
has just been like fucking perfect. And they've
been setting him up for these great moments in
interviews and stuff. There was one where I think
it was after game seven when they'd gotten in.
the cameraman like ran around him while he just
sat there and the crowd cheered and he was like
tearing up and stuff. I was like, yes. Is he
the pitcher or something? Nah, he's the first
baseman. He's just, Vladdy's story is really
good. His dad was also a baseball player. He
played for the Montreal Expos. Vladdy was born
in Montreal, but they're Dominican and he's just.
he's what canadian immigration is all about type
stuff like is that his dad was a dominican ball
player so like super poor uh kind of that story
but his son you know grew up in montreal and
between montreal and the dominican vladdy's got
like a hell of an accent and stuff he he doesn't
sound very canadian uh but it's just a really
good story. And then beating the Yankees, like
the Yankees wouldn't, they fucked over his dad
and they would kick Vladdy off the field when
he was a kid. Like he was usually out there for
warmups with the team and stuff. So Vladdy had
a hate for the Yankees. Like him beating the
Yankees is a all time great sports story. What
about beating the Mariners? To keep them out
of their first fucking World Series. World Series
ever. Yeah, that was pretty rough, especially
the way they did it. The comeback in the series,
the comeback in Game 7. The Mariners had that
great storyline, and Springer fucked it. But
I want the Jays to beat the Dodgers so bad. Fuck
the Dodgers. They just fucking win all the time.
Like, what? What I have going for this one is
that they have the wealth to buy all the best
players. To buy the contracts or... I mean, Toronto
also has a lot of money. I don't play into that
storyline a whole bunch. The reason the Dodgers
get the best people is because people want to
live in L .A. Oh. They'll take... Like, if you're
offered the same money to live in Toronto or
live in L .A. Which are you choosing as a millionaire?
I mean, everybody chooses L .A. Yeah. Kind of
a no brainer. I suppose. Like people take pay
cuts to go to L .A. and get out of Toronto. And
Toronto is not even one of the bad cities. Like,
imagine if you get offered the same money for
Milwaukee and L .A. Where are you going to go
play baseball? Where's your wife going to want
to go play baseball? Well, right now the Dodgers
are a super team. Are the Blue Jays a super team?
No, no. We're kind of a ragtag team of misfits.
We got Kirk. Alejandro Kirk is like 5 '6 and
200 pounds. He's our backcatcher. Him running
the bases is fucking hilarious. He got his first
stolen base this year. We got a 42 -year -old
pitcher or something that is a fucking psychopath
and refuses to come out of the game. Yells at
the manager. Who else do we got? Springer's controversial
because he was on that Astros team. Bo Bichette
is also a crowd favorite. He's coming back. He's
been injured. You mean Bo Bichette, right? Yeah.
I really thought that's what his name was. I
feel bad about that now. I've been calling him
Bitchit for years. Yeah, anyways, we are not
a super team. No. That's why I want Dodgers to
lose. Yeah. Jays in seven. No fucking chance
we're sweeping anyone, but Jays in seven. All
right. If that's it. That's all you got. And
that's it for this edition of Boxing Before Dark.
My batteries are getting low. It's battery. Why
do I keep saying batteries? My battery is getting
low. And it is getting dark. Woof. We'll see
you on the other side of this fucking... Parker
Wardley? Yeah. In the immediate, yes. We'll see
you on the other side of Parker Ward.