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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is boxing

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before dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.

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Back. Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before.

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Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing before dark. This

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is boxing before dark. Yeah. Anyways. Anyways.

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Fucking. That's my. Patreon intro cut if you

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want to know what video game I'm playing. Yeah,

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Boxing Before Dark. We are back, bitch. Up in

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your ears. Ooh, Shanada, how goes it over in

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Japan? I am not deathly ill anymore, so that's

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good. Starting to feel better. Good. I actually

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missed days of work this week. It was bad. Oh,

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is it? How bad is it in, uh... Well, you're a

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foreigner though, right? So they shouldn't hold

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you to this. They wouldn't hold you to the same

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like standard of I'm too sick to work. Uh, no,

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they, they don't. But like my boss definitely

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spouts the lines he's given about that stuff.

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Cause I sent an email and I'm like, I'm actually

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sick. I don't want to get anyone in the lab sick,

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but I had a live mouse delivery. I was like,

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so I'm going to come in and I'm going to put

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my mice away and I'm going to go right back home.

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And my boss was like, yes, that is acceptable.

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If you are sick, you should stay home. We don't

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want everyone to get sick. And I'm like, excellent.

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Very rehearsed. Yeah, I like pretty much copy

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and pasted from his training manual. And I just

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didn't go in the next day and he hasn't said

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anything. I'm sure I'll see him today and tomorrow.

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He's always there on the weekends. Well, let's

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get into a little bit of news here. Manny Pacquiao's

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son. I'm struggling with this one. I don't know

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if it's Jim Well or Him Well. Just based on like

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James. It's probably Jim. I think it's Jim Well.

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Yeah, you're right. Yeah, he's Filipino. Jim

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plus Manuel? Yeah. Like for his dad? Yeah, also

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Manny calls him Jim. Okay, so yeah, it's Jimwell.

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Oh, that's nice. He's making his pro debut on

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November 29th. It's their two names put together,

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right? Yes. If you didn't pick it up, Jinky and

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Manny. Isn't her name Jinky? Yeah, her name is

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Jinky. Yeah. I just thought it was Manny's name

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with Jim at the beginning instead. No, it's Jinky

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and Manuel. Then where's the N? Jimwell? They

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just changed the... To an M instead? The M, yeah.

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Oh, lame. Jimwell is a girl's name. Is it? Yeah.

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All right. Going with it. Still, he's making

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his pro debut, so that's fun. Is he fighting

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anyone? No, just another guy making his debut.

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Okay, so not some journeyman that's there to

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lose. Like, he's actually fighting somebody that's

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possibly competitive. Yeah. Someone who's also

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trying to win. Kind of what I meant. You want

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to beat... How could you not want to have a Pacquiao

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on your record when you're making your pro debut

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and you... Get a Pacquiao scalp? That's a get.

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Yeah. Speaking of gets. Oh, it's in the U .S.

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as well. Yeah, I think it's in Stockton, California.

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Interesting. Yeah, I think this is Manny Pacquiao

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Promotions, their first card that they're promoting

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solo. In the U .S. Nice. We've done a lot of

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Philippines and others. Oh, and Jim trains at

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Wild Card. Yes, he does. Nice. I kind of want

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him to be good. He's probably just another Nepo

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baby, but I kind of want him to be good. Imagine

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a second Pacquiao. It would be fun. It would

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be fun together. It would be awesome. Yeah, he

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would add himself to the list of... boxing sons

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that are like connor ben say what you will about

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he's okay he's okay he's doing he's doing his

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best um but he's also he's still really popular

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despite not being all that great yeah him and

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eubank both i think right yeah that's what i

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was gonna say next was eubank is in the same

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mold uh emiliano jcc shit Emmanuel Vargas is

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actually pretty good. Right. Emiliano is good.

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His other brothers, not so much. He's clearly

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the best of the fighting Vargas boys. Yeah. I

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could back another Pacquiao. I'd be up for it.

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The Philippines needs somebody to cheer for as

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well. What do you mean? Jerusalem is not the...

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I mean, I cheer for him and Tataran and Topalas.

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The fucking Filipinos need to get off Casimiro's

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dick. Yeah, Topalas, not Casimiro, Maxayo. Mark

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Maxayo. Yeah, but is he actually Philippines

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Filipino? Yeah. Oh, I thought he was American

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Filipino. No, not as far as I know. I like Meg

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Zayo. Yeah. I like Meg Zayo. I just thought he

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was, like, maybe not born in the U .S., but lived

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there all his life. I don't think he's lived

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there his whole life. I'm pretty sure he's a

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Filipino. Okay. Full on. Ask any Filipino and

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he'd be Brandon Figueroa. He did. He might have.

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Yeah. Yeah. Moving on to Tim Zhu. He gets a new

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trainer, Pedro Diaz, from the Mundo Boxing Club.

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Pedro Diaz is a Cuban -style coach. So this is

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a bit... I'm not sure what this is telegraphing.

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I feel like this is Tim Zhu trying to sharpen

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up his defense, like learn that Cuban -style

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mobility of defense, like hit and get out of

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the way as quickly as possible. Tim is not good

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at that. No, he's not. So I'm always kind of

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split on these types of moves because it's something

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that he should add if he can. But I always feel

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like by the time you're, like, Tim's age, you

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need to lean into your strengths more than you

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need to improve your deficits. Kind of. Like,

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I think so late in your career, it's really hard

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and ill -advised for most boxers to try and completely

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change their style. Yeah, Oscar De La Hoya did

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that multiple times, and it didn't always go

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to his benefit. Well, and like some people can

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pull it off. I'm not saying... It's not impossible.

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It's not impossible and it's not a bad move every

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time. So I hope this works out. But I just...

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If they really try and switch Tim entirely to

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a Cuban style, I think it's going to be a disaster.

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If they lean into his strengths and add some

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defense that Tim can actually handle. it'll be

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beneficial. Thinking on it, I'm thinking that

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Virgil Hunter might have been a better fit. Because

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Virgil Hunter, he was Andre Ward's coach for

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his career. And pretty much anybody who went

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to Virgil Hunter, you went there to tighten up

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your defense. And it unfortunately is a little

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bit of the jab and grab type of crap that, you

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know, doesn't wow people, but it wins fights.

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And that would be a little bit more of what Tim

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Zoo could do because he's more of an offensive

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personality than he is defensive type. So more

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mobility, lateral movement. Timmy, that's not

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you, man. Like you need to. work on your entries

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and then work in the clinch and then work on

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your exits like i guess it all depends on how

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they try to integrate it yeah tim tim can't just

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switch i just i don't think that's feasible and

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i don't know much about this coach i don't i

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honestly didn't recognize his name um so maybe

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he's really good at kind of tweaking and adding

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instead of trying to switch people. But because

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who was it? Like Roy Jones Jr. is a terrible

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fucking coach. Yeah, he is. Because he tries

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to get people to fight like him and nobody can

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fight like him. I'm not saying this guy is like

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that, but I just mean if he tries to switch him

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to his Cuban style, it's not going to work. Cuban

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style is also a little different these days.

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it's not quite i still even even modern cuban

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style i don't think fits tim man imagine going

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to eddie reynoso when they try to train you to

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fight like canelo because that's all eddie reynoso

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knows how to do yeah no that also wouldn't suit

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tim no he does not have the chin for that unfortunate

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that I think is the trick to Canelo style is

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just having a fucking massive Irish head with

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like a chin made of granite. Yeah, well, you

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have to because you're going to be rolling a

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lot of shots, not just blocking or parrying or

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avoiding. What's the UFC corner quote? He's a

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big old Mexican with a big old head. You're not

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going to knock him out. Is that a quote? It's

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a quote. I'll try and find it. I'll send it to

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you later. But yeah, it's Coach in the Corner.

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It's like, stop trying to knock this fucker out.

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He's a big old Mexican with a big old head. You're

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not going to knock him out. That sounds like

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it would be if they were somebody fighting Cain

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Velasquez. I don't know. That's just what it

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sounds like in my head. The corner scene sticks

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with me. But I'm pretty sure it was UFC. Oh.

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Corners in the ears of the fighter. Usyk declares

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that he's retiring at age 41. He's currently

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38. So. That's longer than I thought he was staying

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around, to be honest. Kind of longer than I want

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him to stay around. I don't... So... I just want

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him to retire undisputed, undefeated, undeniably

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the best. But nobody does that. It's hard to

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leave when you're winning. And he's adamant that

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he's not going to be fighting Tyson Fury again.

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His entire camp... Which is good. Yeah, his entire

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camp is like, no, that chapter is closed. And

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I mean, it is. He beat you close the first time,

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and then he beat you more clearly the second

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time. I'm not sure what more you want. Yeah,

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like, nobody needs another one of those. It's

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a waste of Usyk's last few fights. That being

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said, we've talked about it before. There's not

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really anyone left for him to fight. He's just

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beat everybody. Yeah. Only ones really left are,

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spoiler, we're recording this before the Joseph

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Parker, Fabio Wardley fight. You're listening

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to it after the fact. So, you know, make peace

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with it. We don't know who won yet. Parker. Yeah,

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I'm going with Parker. But that's really it,

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is Parker. Yeah. I mean, I don't think Parker

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has a hope in hell either, but... No, like, he

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does what Usyk does, but he's like dying Usyk.

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Not as good? Yeah, he's just not as good. Speaking

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of Fury, he's adamant that he's retired. Let

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me see if I can pull up his exact words, because

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they were really clear. Like, he's like, fuck

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this. Yeah, I know he's done this before, but

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he's also getting to the age where I kind of

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believe it might stick this time. Although I

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do think he'll probably come out of retirement

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for enough money, because of course he will.

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That was something that he said. I'm paraphrasing

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here. This isn't the exact quote, but he said,

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I'm 37 years old. I've been boxing my whole life.

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I've been getting punched in the face for 25

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of those 37 years. I have zero interest in continuing

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to do this. I already have more than enough money

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I could ever spend. So what's the point? You

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could offer me a 10 -figure contract and I wouldn't

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want to come back. Yeah, he said that before,

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though. I think at this age, though... It might

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stick this time. That's what I think. It will

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stick now. Let's see. I found the exact... Is

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this the exact quote? Oh, it's pieces of the

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code. It used to be for the money, the titles,

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but now I've got more money than I can spend.

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I've got unlimited amounts of belts and titles,

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and does it make me any happier? No. Was the

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chase better than the victory? Yes. The climb

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was better than the mountain peak? to be fair

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as is always the case i can go back to boxing

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at any given time but i just don't want to i've

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got no interest in that clamor or the limelight

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or to go get punched again i'm not interested

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it doesn't do anything for me you could offer

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me 1 billion pounds today and it wouldn't move

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the needle because i've gone past that point

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of caring about what other people think Boxing

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doesn't take any prisoners. It only takes casualties.

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So for me to be sat here, all my faculties in

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order, won every belt, made loads of money, and

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not got a scratch on me, I've done really well.

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But I don't want to tempt fate. I don't want

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to keep going back and back to the well because

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how many times can you keep doing it without

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getting brain damage or whatever else? Not being

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able to walk in a straight line, it'd all be

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pointless then. That is pretty cut and dried.

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It's pretty clear. The only one who's adamant

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that... I've been using that word a lot today.

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The only one who's really... It's a good word.

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Yeah, he's really adamant that he should fight

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is AJ, claiming that Tyson Fury has to fight

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AJ for the British heavyweight crown, pretty

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much. I mean, everybody wants to see it. And

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Fury's been pretty clear that he's retired like

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three times in the past. Yes. I think he's even

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said the you couldn't pay me enough to come back

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thing before. And like 100 mil did get him back.

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Yeah. So, I don't know. I just don't believe

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a fucking word Fury says ever. And the fight

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with AJ, you could reasonably think it would

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be a billion dollar fight. I mean, a billion's

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a lot, Leo. No, no, I know. Just in general,

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that's too much. That is a lot of money. That

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would be a massive circus. It would be a massive

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circus and it would be a lot of money, but a

00:17:46.849 --> 00:17:50.190
thousand million is too much. That is a lot.

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Yeah, you're right. But, I don't know. I am not

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writing off the Fury vs. AJ fight yet, just because

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it's Fury. If AJ said he was retired and done,

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I would believe him. Yeah, I would be more apt

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:16.599
to believe AJ than I do Fury. But also, if Fury

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stays retired, I'm not going to be too mad at

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:25.960
him anyways. He has a point. Yeah. Between the

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.440
two Usyk fights, the three Wilder fights, like,

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what more do you want out of the man? That's

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a lot of getting punched in the face. Yeah, and

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especially with a guy like Wilder, you're not

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taking little to no damage from somebody. It's

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not like you're fighting a pillow -fisted someone.

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Yeah. Like, he got knocked out that first fight.

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You did. Jack Reese, you son of a bitch. You

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suck. God. Heated. Heated. Yeah. Every time.

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Every time I think about it. It's like the reverse

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:21.240
tank knee. Yeah. Yeah. God. Moving along. Ray

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:24.160
Moritaya versus Andy Cruz is going to be happening

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for the IBF 140 -pound title. I like Ray Moritaya

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a lot. I'm going to be pulling for him. I'm cheering

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for him. But Andy Cruz is... Is a problem. He

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:45.559
is a problem. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, that

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:51.029
could be a rough one. Murataya has Robert Garcia

00:19:51.029 --> 00:19:56.809
in his corner, which that counts for a lot. But

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Andy Cruz is like, no other way to put it but

00:20:00.769 --> 00:20:07.029
a fucking problem. And man, that's rough. Yeah,

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I just... I don't remember a whole bunch of what

00:20:14.670 --> 00:20:18.210
Ray Murataya's style is like. To be honest. Is

00:20:18.210 --> 00:20:21.990
he, like, kind of just Mexican? He's not, right?

00:20:22.829 --> 00:20:26.269
Yeah, okay. But he does fight the Mexican. Like,

00:20:26.289 --> 00:20:31.049
think Mikey Garcia. Like, really textbook. Okay,

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okay. But not, like, not walk in a straight line.

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No, not like that. Hands up. No, yeah. That could

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be kind of a fun fight, actually. He's a good

00:20:40.809 --> 00:20:45.500
boxer puncher. So is Andy Cruz. Well, I was going

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:48.400
to say, Moritaya may be more of a puncher -boxer,

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:52.900
and then Andy Cruz the boxer -puncher. Yeah.

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That one might actually be fun. Andy Cruz engages

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enough that it's usually really fun. He can be

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wobbled. He has been wobbled. I've definitely

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seen the IBF declare worse fights. Oh my god.

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Definitely. This is actually really good. Yeah,

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I'm kind of surprised the IBF has told them to

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do this one and they didn't just do it on their

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own. Speaking of doing it on their own, Agit

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Kabayel is coming back on the 10th of January.

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I didn't see who it's going to be against, but

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he also holds an interim heavyweight title. So

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he is in the running for a potential Usyk payday.

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Fair enough, I guess. Yeah, he's earned it. I

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wouldn't put him at the head of the line, but

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he definitely has earned his spot in the line.

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I mean, provided Parker has one, Parker's the

00:22:12.470 --> 00:22:14.769
only one that should be at the head of the line.

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He's waited for like half a decade at the front

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of the line. Also assuming that Parker beat Wardley,

00:22:23.509 --> 00:22:28.549
he took a very dangerous fight that he didn't

00:22:28.549 --> 00:22:33.690
have to take. Yeah. And assuming Wardley beat

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Parker, that doesn't put you at the front of

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the line. I don't think so. You beat one person.

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Probably by fluke knockout. Right, after getting

00:22:44.009 --> 00:22:49.529
soundly outboxed for however many rounds before

00:22:49.529 --> 00:22:55.710
you got your fucking lucky spark. But I guess

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you gotta be lucky to be good. Yeah, making it

00:23:00.390 --> 00:23:08.680
to this point is a bit of luck. Still, Agit Caballel.

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Barring... The only person I would put ahead

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:20.660
of him would probably be Parker. And... We don't

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:26.160
know that outcome yet. Yeah. So... Honestly,

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:28.500
I think even if Parker does get sparked, he should

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.420
still be at the head of the line. But that's

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just me. Everyone's gonna say that... He got

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beat by a mid guy. I know. He outboxed somebody.

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:46.220
Fabio Wardley gets outboxed. It's just like a

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:52.700
fact of life. But then it becomes like, oh, can

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:57.900
Usyk do... Can he outbox for 12? It's like Wilder

00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:01.500
used to say, you have to be perfect for 12 rounds.

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:05.700
I have to be perfect for one second. Yeah. Oh,

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:09.799
God. Is Fabio Wardley the next fucking Deontay

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:12.240
Wilder? They've been calling him that for a long

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.700
time. Really? We had a whole discussion about

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:18.460
this a couple months ago, Leo. I forgot about

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:21.640
that. They both started late. They don't have

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:24.559
much of an amateur thing. Yeah, they've been

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:28.619
making that comparison all year. Or since he

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:32.819
caved in Clark's head. Frazier Clark, yeah. Yeah.

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.319
Let's dial down the weight classes. Seiya Tsutsumi,

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:46.680
a .k .a. Punch Burger, versus Nonito Donair in

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:51.259
Tokyo in December. I don't think it's official

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:55.059
yet, but there's rumors that they'll be on a

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:59.339
December 17th card that has multiple world titles

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:02.720
on it. And this will be one of them, of course,

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:07.220
because Tsutsumi... Champion in recess, wasn't

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:09.779
he? Yeah, I was going to say. I need to correct

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:14.180
myself. He's in recess, isn't he? After the eye

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:17.660
surgery. Right. And he's supposed to fight whoever

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:24.339
won the interim in his stead. Who does have the

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:28.140
interim? That's a good question. Let's have a

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:34.339
look. WBA rankings. Bantamweight. Antonio Vargas.

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:39.319
is the regular champion. Nonito is the interim

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:43.420
champion. So they're making Tsutsumi fight the

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:46.759
interim before he can go back for his belt. Yeah.

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:51.079
Seems so. That's fucking bullshit. My guy gets

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:56.460
screwed over because nobody likes him. Nobody

00:25:56.460 --> 00:26:00.539
likes the fashion mag. Fucking handsome boy.

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:09.720
I don't know. I don't understand. He's exciting

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:14.019
and his personality seems pretty good. I don't

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:17.039
understand why they don't push him a little more.

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:20.119
I don't get it. Throwing my hands up because

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:25.160
I'm not sure either. But that's kind of bullshit

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:29.220
that they're making him beat Donair first. Oh,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:33.799
having Donair on his resume will be good. Look

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:38.019
at who the number one contender is. No. I don't

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:42.500
want to. Look at where he is on everyone's list,

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:53.519
Leo. At the top. Yeah. Where he fucking belongs.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:58.480
Takuma's gonna beat him. I really don't think

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:04.279
that Nasukawa can beat Takuma. It's a tough one.

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:08.279
He doesn't hit hard enough. Nazakawa doesn't

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:12.299
hit hard. No, he's not. Like, big punching isn't

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:17.960
really his thing. So, you're right. Like, the

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:22.839
only one that's beaten Takuma hits a lot harder.

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:29.140
And a lot more. Yeah. Nazakawa doesn't have much

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:32.779
for output either. And I really don't think he's

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:36.740
going to be able to outbox Takuma. Not really.

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:44.660
He's going to try, but... His speed is something,

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:51.240
I think. Yeah. Yeah, but, like... Takuma's going

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:57.609
to time him. Natsukawa gets hit. He does. Bringing

00:27:57.609 --> 00:27:59.869
it back around, though, to Tsutsumi versus Donair.

00:28:00.049 --> 00:28:02.470
Before we started recording, we were talking

00:28:02.470 --> 00:28:06.809
about it. And I was saying, I don't see Donair

00:28:06.809 --> 00:28:13.289
as that big of a challenge. I think he's near

00:28:13.289 --> 00:28:18.450
40, if not already past it. I think he's past

00:28:18.450 --> 00:28:25.569
40. Let me check. He still has his left hook.

00:28:25.930 --> 00:28:29.990
It's still, like, his money punch. Yeah, he's

00:28:29.990 --> 00:28:33.609
42. I was pretty sure he was older than me. I

00:28:33.609 --> 00:28:37.750
don't rate his chances all that well. I think

00:28:37.750 --> 00:28:41.069
he's got a puncher's chance. Sure. Yeah, everyone

00:28:41.069 --> 00:28:43.650
has a puncher's chance. No, but I mean, like,

00:28:43.670 --> 00:28:47.910
Donair's a puncher. He has an actual puncher's

00:28:47.910 --> 00:28:53.809
chance. Yeah. Like, Tsutsumi gets hit. It's not

00:28:53.809 --> 00:28:56.799
like he's hard to hit. Power's the last thing

00:28:56.799 --> 00:29:02.140
that goes. That being said, I think Seiya's just

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:06.839
going to swarm and overpower Donair. I'm kind

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:13.500
of picturing a mid -round TKO for Tsutsumi. But

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:16.220
if Donair cracks him with something like he got

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:21.000
in a way, I don't think Tsutsumi can box his

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.599
way out of it. How long ago was the first...

00:29:24.829 --> 00:29:30.230
It was a long time ago. I think it was. I think

00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:45.150
it was COVID. Where's Donairs? Box rec. I think

00:29:45.150 --> 00:29:50.289
it might have been 2020. I'm going to make myself

00:29:50.289 --> 00:29:53.069
look stupid. I'm not going to guess. The first

00:29:53.069 --> 00:29:57.269
interway fight was 2019, November. Okay, so it

00:29:57.269 --> 00:30:00.529
was pre -COVID, you're right. Donair's been busy,

00:30:00.569 --> 00:30:05.650
though. He has. He's back at 118. That is fucking

00:30:05.650 --> 00:30:12.170
wild. He got up to, I think, 126. Yeah, he was

00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:18.349
too small for 126, so... The only thing that

00:30:18.349 --> 00:30:21.700
was... making him at all competitive up there

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:27.200
was his power. That proved to not be enough multiple

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:32.240
times. No. Yeah. I like Donair. He's definitely

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:36.460
way past it. I just think he's got a puncher's

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:41.220
chance. And Seiya gets hit. Like, he's gonna

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:44.420
land something. Whether he lands that one crazy

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:48.880
shot or not, who knows. I have faith in Tsutsumi.

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:53.720
Oh. I do, too. I'm just saying that, like, I

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:57.480
don't think it's a give -me fight. I think they

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.700
should have let Tsutsumi fight for his fucking

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:03.880
belt instead of this. Yeah, fight the actual

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:09.140
champ instead. Yeah. Bullshit. I don't know.

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:13.359
Maybe this was more money. Donair probably sells

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:16.569
better in Tokyo. Probably. Or you could do it

00:31:16.569 --> 00:31:23.329
in Philippines. The card they're supposed to

00:31:23.329 --> 00:31:27.029
be on is in Tokyo. And I will be getting a ticket

00:31:27.029 --> 00:31:30.609
because I have never seen Donair fight. That

00:31:30.609 --> 00:31:35.569
would be cool. Yeah. I might hang out in Tokyo

00:31:35.569 --> 00:31:38.029
a little bit while he's here and see if I can

00:31:38.029 --> 00:31:42.569
snag an autograph somehow. I would recognize

00:31:42.569 --> 00:31:47.170
Nonito on the street. I'm sure I would. Yeah.

00:31:47.309 --> 00:31:50.809
Cause I'm not going to lie. So some of the Japanese

00:31:50.809 --> 00:31:54.470
guys, I'm not a hundred percent confident. I

00:31:54.470 --> 00:31:58.769
would know. Well, when they're just in like regular

00:31:58.769 --> 00:32:01.410
clothes, they just look like they blended. Yeah.

00:32:02.009 --> 00:32:06.269
They just look like normal little guys. I don't

00:32:06.269 --> 00:32:10.519
know. I mean, not Tsutsumi. I'd recognize Tsutsumi.

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:15.420
Like, in a way, walking around when his hair's

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:18.640
not dyed just looks like somebody's lesbian aunt.

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:30.019
There was one day, there was one guy in a tracksuit

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:34.910
that I was, like, I looked... probably four times.

00:32:35.029 --> 00:32:37.130
And I was like, no, it's not in a way because

00:32:37.130 --> 00:32:40.829
his eye's not fucked up. Like, don't air crack

00:32:40.829 --> 00:32:42.890
that one eye and it's different than the other.

00:32:43.130 --> 00:32:45.970
But there was somebody that looked exactly like

00:32:45.970 --> 00:32:48.430
him. And he was the right size and the right

00:32:48.430 --> 00:32:50.910
height. And he was wearing, like, a tracksuit.

00:32:50.970 --> 00:32:53.549
So you can't tell how muscular he is. And I was

00:32:53.549 --> 00:32:56.609
like, is that him? And then I realized it wasn't.

00:32:57.289 --> 00:33:05.140
Yeah, yeah. It was not him. I had to double check.

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:10.880
Triple check. Well, speaking of triple checking,

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:18.319
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is back in December. Why?

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:24.880
I had to triple check. Am I really reading this?

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:28.460
That he's really back? I thought he went to jail.

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:34.500
No, he got deported. No, but after that... The

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:37.940
charges were dropped. Oh, okay. I thought he

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:43.180
was in jail for cartel stuff. Cartel activities.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.599
Yeah, I was trying to remember the word for Mexican

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:55.480
mafias. Nope. I wish my daddy was rich. Yeah,

00:33:55.500 --> 00:34:03.109
I wish my dad was one of one. A good way. In

00:34:03.109 --> 00:34:06.650
Mexican culture, in a very positive way. Yeah.

00:34:07.710 --> 00:34:11.090
My dad is one of one, but not in any way that

00:34:11.090 --> 00:34:15.909
anyone cares about. But yeah, that's it. Chavez

00:34:15.909 --> 00:34:21.730
Jr. is back on December 13th at the Guadalupano

00:34:21.730 --> 00:34:28.070
tournament. Whatever the fuck that is. Yeah,

00:34:28.070 --> 00:34:30.789
I... I assumed you knew what it was because you

00:34:30.789 --> 00:34:32.989
wrote it there. No, I just wrote it there just

00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:35.909
to make note of it. But I'm not sure what it

00:34:35.909 --> 00:34:43.610
is. All right. Anything more for the news? Not

00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:48.369
that I can think of. All right. So I'm going

00:34:48.369 --> 00:34:52.929
to throw some notes in here. Oh, wherever you

00:34:52.929 --> 00:34:57.500
do your social media stuff, LVX Media Net. That's

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:59.420
the social media handle that we use everywhere.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.820
If you cannot find it, chances are we're not

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:05.179
on it. And if you want us to be on it, then you're

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:08.119
going to have to contact me somehow. Chances

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:11.519
are you could DM or you could hit me on the phone

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:15.780
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00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:21.059
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00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:24.820
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00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:28.289
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00:35:28.289 --> 00:35:31.130
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00:35:31.329 --> 00:35:35.650
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00:35:35.789 --> 00:35:39.409
chances are you listen to B -Sides as well. So

00:35:39.409 --> 00:35:42.030
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00:35:42.030 --> 00:35:48.289
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00:35:48.289 --> 00:35:52.769
down to the Wayside Sports Review, and have a

00:35:52.769 --> 00:35:58.650
gander. He has in the shoot a Jerron Ennis piece,

00:35:58.929 --> 00:36:02.349
a Terrence Crawford piece. Those are the two

00:36:02.349 --> 00:36:06.030
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Yeah. Not a lot to recap either. No. This has

00:39:06.349 --> 00:39:10.150
been a pretty kind of dead month. October has

00:39:10.150 --> 00:39:16.150
not been great. No. This has been rough. But

00:39:16.150 --> 00:39:21.510
November is shaping up very nicely. So at least

00:39:21.510 --> 00:39:24.969
we got that coming up. And December is always

00:39:24.969 --> 00:39:28.929
good. Yes. Everybody always tries to pack stuff

00:39:28.929 --> 00:39:33.130
in at the end of the year. Tax purposes. Yeah,

00:39:33.289 --> 00:39:37.699
I was thinking the same thing. So, on Saturday,

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:41.380
October 18th, we had two cards. Farewell to Brooklyn.

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:45.159
This was Danny Garcia's retirement tour kickoff.

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:53.320
Four fights that I wanted to pick up. Damien

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:59.199
Kaniba. He KO'd Seven's Joey DeWitchko. He probably

00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:02.440
KO'd his mouthpiece out of his fucking face.

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:08.059
His mouthpiece did actually fit this time. Oh,

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:11.739
good. But that... Did you not watch this one

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:15.440
at all? I only saw a handful of the fights. Ah.

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:19.300
That, uh... Damien... Naiba... Kaniba... However

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:26.840
you say that. He's... Big. Like... He's, uh...

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:31.619
What is he? 6 '7"? I think? Yeah, like... A large

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:36.820
person. He's... Just... Getting started at 29,

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:39.679
he's had, well, not just getting started, he's

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:42.539
had 17 fights. But, like, I'm not saying he's

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:46.659
gonna be the next star or anything, but he might

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:49.340
be a bit of a problem at heavyweight in, like,

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:54.260
three to five years. Like, he might be the next

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:57.300
Hergovich or something. That's not a very fair

00:40:57.300 --> 00:41:00.099
comparison. He looked like he could actually

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:03.019
box a little, but, I mean, it's also the Witch

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:07.489
Co., so. But he's a big guy that moved pretty

00:41:07.489 --> 00:41:11.630
well. Alright, so yeah, he does have some potential.

00:41:12.730 --> 00:41:16.489
Yeah. I was surprised at how good he looked.

00:41:16.989 --> 00:41:23.110
He's a fucking massive Polish man. How about

00:41:23.110 --> 00:41:27.349
Chris Colbert getting the UD over Blas Ezekiel

00:41:27.349 --> 00:41:32.309
Karo? A little disappointed that Colbert didn't

00:41:32.309 --> 00:41:38.119
get a KO. Did he have that type of control of

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:41.739
the situation? I mean, he had him knocked down

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:46.619
in the middle of the fight. I feel like he could

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:50.760
have went for it, but it's not a big deal that

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:54.079
he didn't, I guess. I don't know. Chris Colbert

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:58.099
is a bit of a disappointment to me. I thought

00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:00.760
he was going to be pretty good, and he's been

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:06.489
on a real slump. So. Maybe he's leaning on his

00:42:06.489 --> 00:42:16.289
fried chicken bone a few days. Maybe. Oh, this

00:42:16.289 --> 00:42:18.309
one I think you might be a bit more excited for.

00:42:18.369 --> 00:42:23.849
Gabe Rosado. I actually I missed most of this

00:42:23.849 --> 00:42:25.829
one because it was really early on the card.

00:42:26.210 --> 00:42:28.429
Yes. I thought it would be later on the card.

00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:32.329
I missed it. But I heard that Gabe won. He did.

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:36.380
You got a UD? I don't know whether I'm excited

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:40.179
about that or not. Gabe needs to retire. This

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:44.900
was an eight -rounder. It's like a... He's slipping

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:50.119
into Journeyman. He is. I don't like it. Dude,

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:52.260
keep commentating. You're really good at it.

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:56.500
I actually do really like him as a commentator.

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:59.639
I really do. I get excited when I hear Gabe on

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:04.809
comms. I like his voice, and he's less biased.

00:43:05.090 --> 00:43:09.429
Yeah, and he's less biased than most of the commentators,

00:43:09.429 --> 00:43:13.110
in my opinion. I really like Gabe on comms. I

00:43:13.110 --> 00:43:16.550
want him to retire and just do comms. Same. Same

00:43:16.550 --> 00:43:21.969
with Donair. Yeah, Donair's... He's alright.

00:43:22.809 --> 00:43:29.980
Yeah, yeah. Donair's not as... outgoing on comms,

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:34.519
I guess. Donair's pretty quiet on comms. Yeah.

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:40.039
They have to ask him to get him involved. I was

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:43.980
trying to formulate that in the sentence. I think

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:46.739
Gabe is more natural at comms. He just kind of

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:51.900
talks. But yeah, Donair's not bad. His analysis

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:55.760
is really good, but he's not very funny or...

00:43:56.619 --> 00:44:00.880
And his personality doesn't come through on comms.

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:06.599
Yeah. Oh, speaking of outgoing, Danny Garcia

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:12.940
gets the KO4 over Danny Gonzalez. This one was...

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:18.940
I don't know. Danny Gonzalez fucked his ankle.

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:23.159
Did you see that? Yeah, the way that he rolled

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:27.940
onto it. It bent, like, all the way around. That's

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:30.820
why it was a KO. He was awake. He just couldn't

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:35.880
stand up. It wasn't that bad of a shot. Like,

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:38.360
compared to what we've seen from Danny Garcia

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:42.239
in the past, considering that Danny Garcia is

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.599
a little bit, I'm not going to say natural at

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:49.260
154, but he's more accustomed to it. Whereas

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:53.869
Daniel Gonzalez... They pulled him up from 146.

00:44:54.849 --> 00:45:00.889
140. 147. Yeah, he hadn't spent much time at

00:45:00.889 --> 00:45:05.409
147. The bulk of his career was at 140. A lot

00:45:05.409 --> 00:45:09.250
like Danny Garcia, but damn. Well, they were

00:45:09.250 --> 00:45:13.090
really playing into some super old rivalry in

00:45:13.090 --> 00:45:17.559
the lead up. The two Dannys. Botany amateurs

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:20.260
or something? I don't know. I wasn't paying attention

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:27.300
to the comms all that much. I mean, we all knew

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:33.199
what this was. Exactly. Danny Garcia, like, his

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:35.980
farewell. They called it a fucking farewell to

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:40.039
Brooklyn. He's doing a victory lap, so he's not

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:44.239
going to be taking a lot of risk. Yeah. I...

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:46.420
Do you think we probably see him at least one

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:50.920
more time in Philadelphia? Oh, hell yeah. Especially

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.840
because it was kind of a highlight knockout,

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:58.739
even if it wasn't that good. And this was, I

00:45:58.739 --> 00:46:02.000
think, the first show of Danny Swift Productions

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:05.039
or whatever the fuck he calls himself. Swift

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:11.500
Promotions. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely wasn't the

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:15.780
best production I've ever seen. The audio was

00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:19.860
pretty shit. They had an odd choice of broadcast

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:25.739
partner. Millions .co. I've worked with Millions

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:32.900
in the past, and they're interesting. Okay. Not

00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:38.800
bad, just kind of weird. Yeah, it wasn't terrible,

00:46:38.900 --> 00:46:43.079
but you could tell it was not the usual level.

00:46:43.690 --> 00:46:48.250
Of shit. Yeah, you're right. It did seem like

00:46:48.250 --> 00:46:50.929
everybody was having fun. So, you know, whatever.

00:46:51.329 --> 00:46:54.449
Like, I'm sure in the building it was really

00:46:54.449 --> 00:47:01.710
fun. Even, like, the commentating was... Is this

00:47:01.710 --> 00:47:04.349
the one that was super weird? No, never mind.

00:47:04.429 --> 00:47:09.150
That was the MVP one. Yeah, is this the one that

00:47:09.150 --> 00:47:13.880
had Algieri on it? Yes, it had Algieri. One of

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.119
the, like, Ock or Barack, what, like, one of

00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:20.059
those two guys. Okay, was that, that was this

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:24.260
Danny Garcia card? Yes. It was really weird because

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:26.739
they just had that third guy, like, rotating.

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:32.360
Like, there was probably 11 people that came

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:36.340
on to the, like, commentary mics. Especially

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:40.460
early on. Brian Campbell, Chris Algieri, and

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:45.079
then just a random... third well just like random

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:47.800
boxers from the crowd would come sit down and

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:52.519
chat that's weird like it it really felt like

00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:56.639
it felt like a retirement party because that's

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:59.420
what it was but it was really casual that way

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:03.920
like they had teo come on the comms at one point

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:06.619
and somebody was yelling at him from the crowd

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:11.639
like trying to get under his skin And Tio was

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:15.380
clearly distracted and pissed off about it. If

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:18.820
you only watched the end, you probably didn't

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:22.099
see that. But if you watched the beginning of

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:27.539
it, they were really just rotating that extra

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:34.519
person. Which I thought was weird. Kind of interesting,

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:42.659
but made it feel less professional to me. Yeah,

00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:46.739
I can see that feeling. I would... If I had seen...

00:48:46.739 --> 00:48:53.280
Unorganized, maybe? I don't know. Anyways, it

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.679
really felt like a retirement party for Danny.

00:48:56.820 --> 00:49:01.099
And not so much a professional boxing production.

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:05.559
Which is fine. I expect that if they do this

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:08.599
again, and I do think they're going to do this

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:11.440
at least one more time. they're probably going

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:17.059
to have it play out the same way. Yeah. But I

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:19.719
mean, like, I don't know if this is going to

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:22.039
be the feeling for other Swift promotion things

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:24.980
if they try to continue to run their own show.

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:30.260
Well, I expect that Danny's going to try to continue

00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:37.900
promoting. But I suspect he'll... Is it? He's

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:41.190
not going to switch over to, like, the standard

00:49:41.190 --> 00:49:47.269
type of show. Shrugging my shoulders. Cause I

00:49:47.269 --> 00:49:51.389
don't know. I just mean like, I think once Danny's

00:49:51.389 --> 00:49:53.289
not fighting on them, it's going to get more

00:49:53.289 --> 00:49:57.070
normal for lack of a better word. I see what

00:49:57.070 --> 00:49:59.750
you mean. It's not going to be a party and it's

00:49:59.750 --> 00:50:04.250
going to be more organized and more normal. Yeah.

00:50:04.309 --> 00:50:09.860
Like a standard promotion. Yeah. Yeah. But I

00:50:09.860 --> 00:50:12.320
do think we see Danny Garcia one more time in

00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:14.699
Philly because it's super fucking weird to have

00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:16.760
your farewell in New York when you're from Philly.

00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:19.840
Yeah. Agreed. That's exactly what I meant when

00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:21.440
I said we're going to see him at least one more

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:26.099
time. I think he's going to do a Vegas one. He's

00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:28.539
going to do and then the Philly one. Those two

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:34.239
at least. But that's just my speculation. I think

00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:37.440
if he hadn't looked good this fight, like if

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:39.960
he'd eked out a decision or something, this was

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:42.079
going to be the last one. But with that kind

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:43.860
of knockout, he's going to fight at least once

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:51.679
more. Yeah. Moving on to most valuable prospects,

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:56.739
18, at the South Padre Island Convention Center

00:50:56.739 --> 00:51:02.429
in Texas. Oh, before we get into the real fights,

00:51:02.610 --> 00:51:04.969
can we talk about that shit show on the prelims

00:51:04.969 --> 00:51:09.269
real quick? Yeah, let's. I forget what their

00:51:09.269 --> 00:51:11.829
names were. That's how not important they are

00:51:11.829 --> 00:51:18.590
to me. It was Juarez, right? Juarez versus Leighton.

00:51:23.010 --> 00:51:31.350
Yeah. One round of fucking madness. Absolutely

00:51:31.350 --> 00:51:36.449
ridiculous. And just straight up bullshit refereeing.

00:51:37.909 --> 00:51:43.070
I think the house fighter was Juarez. He had

00:51:43.070 --> 00:51:46.010
to be. They gave him a lot more chances than

00:51:46.010 --> 00:51:53.250
was deserved. Reasonable? Yeah. Yeah, cuz. Well,

00:51:53.289 --> 00:51:58.670
let's go through it. Juarez was the favorite,

00:51:58.789 --> 00:52:05.250
for sure. and he got fucked at about two minutes

00:52:05.250 --> 00:52:09.510
left in the first round. He was out. He got knocked

00:52:09.510 --> 00:52:12.730
down. He stood up. He could barely stand. The

00:52:12.730 --> 00:52:15.789
ref stopped counting at one point for a little

00:52:15.789 --> 00:52:19.150
while for some reason, and Juarez was, like,

00:52:19.170 --> 00:52:22.030
hanging onto the ropes for dear life and could

00:52:22.030 --> 00:52:25.849
barely stand, and the ref gave him, what do you

00:52:25.849 --> 00:52:28.590
think, like 20 seconds instead of 10, maybe?

00:52:28.829 --> 00:52:31.530
Something like that. Like, quite a bit. This

00:52:31.530 --> 00:52:36.550
isn't a, like, fury, they counted to 13 type

00:52:36.550 --> 00:52:39.349
thing. Like, this was bad. They stopped counting,

00:52:39.369 --> 00:52:43.250
and he let him get up fully, and he was still

00:52:43.250 --> 00:52:49.030
wobbling around. He ends, like, without the fight

00:52:49.030 --> 00:52:52.309
being recommenced by the referee, he starts stumbling

00:52:52.309 --> 00:52:56.610
towards the opponent, to Layton. Yeah, that's

00:52:56.610 --> 00:52:59.079
why the ref quit counting. He's like, I didn't

00:52:59.079 --> 00:53:01.920
tell you you could fight. Get back. And I'm like,

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:04.659
God damn it. So I thought it should have been

00:53:04.659 --> 00:53:07.880
over. I thought they were going to wave it off.

00:53:09.059 --> 00:53:12.139
They didn't. Who was that ref? Because he was

00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:17.079
shit. Lawrence Cole, which is kind of famous

00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:19.360
for being shit, actually. Oh, he's the worst.

00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:23.480
Anyway, Lawrence Cole doesn't wave it off. Uh,

00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:27.039
Juarez can't even fucking stand. So he goes in

00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:31.500
for like a clinch to try and survive. He trips

00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:34.219
and is just like hanging on the guy's waist.

00:53:34.500 --> 00:53:37.239
Does that twice. It's like trying to like tackle

00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:41.019
him, like football tackle. Yeah, he does that

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:45.699
twice. So Cole takes a point super fast, but

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:48.300
like this should have been over anyways. So who

00:53:48.300 --> 00:53:53.019
cares? Uh, he takes a point then. Juarez still

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:55.280
can't fucking stand. So he does it again. So

00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:58.780
he gets a second point taken off in like 30 seconds.

00:53:59.199 --> 00:54:02.340
So we're at a minute and a half left in the round.

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:08.099
And then Juarez out of nowhere lands a fucking

00:54:08.099 --> 00:54:12.199
haymaker and Leighton goes down. And Leighton's

00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:15.420
rocked and he stands up and he gets rocked again

00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:19.280
and gets knocked back down. And I think that

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.980
was all the knockdowns, right? So there was three

00:54:21.980 --> 00:54:26.059
knockdowns and two points taken. Yes, you're

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:32.019
right. And Leighton couldn't stand and didn't

00:54:32.019 --> 00:54:37.280
get the 30 seconds that Juarez got. And so Juarez

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:41.780
wins by knockout in the first round. Except he

00:54:41.780 --> 00:54:44.139
should have been knocked out one minute into

00:54:44.139 --> 00:54:48.429
the fight. Possibly could have been DQ'd. For

00:54:48.429 --> 00:54:52.889
just how bad him grabbing onto his waist. It

00:54:52.889 --> 00:54:57.150
was so bad. I mean, the guy was knocked out on

00:54:57.150 --> 00:55:02.349
his feet. If you haven't seen it, just go watch

00:55:02.349 --> 00:55:04.150
it. It's like three minutes. It's on YouTube.

00:55:05.829 --> 00:55:09.349
There's no S on that. It's on YouTube because

00:55:09.349 --> 00:55:14.110
it's the prelims of his own card. It's a single

00:55:14.110 --> 00:55:19.610
round. And the interview afterwards is also fucked

00:55:19.610 --> 00:55:22.750
because the guy still has no idea where he is

00:55:22.750 --> 00:55:26.449
or who he is or what's happened. So if you have

00:55:26.449 --> 00:55:28.489
10 minutes, stick around for the interview because

00:55:28.489 --> 00:55:36.750
it was also hilarious. On the parts that I have

00:55:36.750 --> 00:55:42.309
listed here, Shredda Metcalf gets a UD over Crystal

00:55:42.309 --> 00:55:49.940
Rosado Ortiz. Not surprising. Desley Robinson

00:55:49.940 --> 00:55:53.739
stops Logan Haller in the second to retain the

00:55:53.739 --> 00:55:59.059
IBF and WBO middleweight titles. That was a brutal

00:55:59.059 --> 00:56:03.500
one. It was like she got her shook and then just

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:05.400
pounced on her and beat the shit out of her.

00:56:06.139 --> 00:56:10.840
Nice. We love to see knockouts in ladies boxing.

00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:15.170
Yes. Omar Juarez gets a UD over Omar Rosario.

00:56:17.429 --> 00:56:22.610
Rosario got docked two points. I think Lawrence

00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:26.769
Cole was on a fucking roll here. Oh, was that

00:56:26.769 --> 00:56:31.369
also him? Yeah, I think so. No, BoxRec says it

00:56:31.369 --> 00:56:34.170
was James Green. I don't know who that is. So

00:56:34.170 --> 00:56:38.710
he was taking notes from his mentor. and Lawrence

00:56:38.710 --> 00:56:45.630
Cole. He docked him two points for holding. Overall,

00:56:45.909 --> 00:56:48.889
it was a pretty one -sided affair anyway, so

00:56:48.889 --> 00:56:50.949
the docked points didn't make all that much of

00:56:50.949 --> 00:56:59.289
a difference. And Lourdes Juarez's majority decision

00:56:59.289 --> 00:57:06.610
over Yessica Neri was 95 -95 and then two 96

00:57:06.610 --> 00:57:14.000
-94s. So, super close. Yeah, it was actually

00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:16.360
a pretty entertaining fight, I thought. Yeah,

00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:20.059
it was enjoyable. I watched it while I was getting

00:57:20.059 --> 00:57:27.539
ready for this. It's a stupid reason, but I started

00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:32.400
following Lourdes Juarez because one of my supervisors

00:57:32.400 --> 00:57:37.619
for my PhD was Lourdes from Mexico. Whatever

00:57:37.619 --> 00:57:47.179
gets you going. I was glad she won. Moving into

00:57:47.179 --> 00:57:53.880
the previews. October 26th to November 1st. We've

00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:58.500
got two less than exciting cards if you're not

00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:05.059
British. Let's see. Queensberry at the Co -op

00:58:05.059 --> 00:58:12.559
Live Arena in Manchester. November 1st. Going

00:58:12.559 --> 00:58:17.260
up the bill. I don't recognize very many of these.

00:58:17.380 --> 00:58:21.320
I recognize the co -main Bradley Rhea versus

00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:26.599
Lyndon Arthur. I think that's for an EBU title.

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:35.840
Yes. And Joshua Boazzi versus Zack Parker. Both

00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:38.380
of those are light heavyweight fights. The Boazzi

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:43.460
-Parker fight is for a WBO international something

00:58:43.460 --> 00:58:50.920
or other. Is it? Something like that. Yes. Some

00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:57.480
trinket. I honestly, I don't know who Rhea is.

00:58:58.030 --> 00:59:00.809
In that co -main. I don't recognize his face.

00:59:01.250 --> 00:59:06.469
I know the name, but off the top of my head,

00:59:06.530 --> 00:59:10.110
I can't recall where I've seen him. I also don't

00:59:10.110 --> 00:59:13.389
recognize anyone he's fought. I do know who Lyndon

00:59:13.389 --> 00:59:19.429
Arthur is. Yeah. So, I don't know. I guess I'll

00:59:19.429 --> 00:59:24.250
probably back Lyndon Arthur. Shrug my shoulders,

00:59:24.590 --> 00:59:27.489
because, yep, that's what I'm doing. He's only

00:59:27.489 --> 00:59:30.630
lost to the best, Lyndon Arthur. Like, all his

00:59:30.630 --> 00:59:35.530
losses are top guys. So I'm assuming if I haven't

00:59:35.530 --> 00:59:42.969
heard of Bradley Raya, he's not a top guy. Lyndon

00:59:42.969 --> 00:59:45.190
Arthur's really got himself into the gatekeeper

00:59:45.190 --> 00:59:54.670
role. Pretty nicely. Is he downgraded to gatekeeper?

00:59:56.110 --> 01:00:01.010
I would say so. If he's competing for a secondary

01:00:01.010 --> 01:00:05.650
title, I would say he is. Yeah, I guess. But

01:00:05.650 --> 01:00:09.329
he's only ever lost to Anthony Yard and Dimitri

01:00:09.329 --> 01:00:15.289
Bivel. Yes, that's true. So what's he keeping

01:00:15.289 --> 01:00:19.730
the gate of? The top level. The very best? Yes,

01:00:19.809 --> 01:00:23.539
the elite level gatekeeper. As opposed to just

01:00:23.539 --> 01:00:26.619
like a world level gatekeeper. Contender level.

01:00:29.420 --> 01:00:34.840
Fair enough, I guess. I don't know. I think Wyndon

01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:37.059
Arthur is probably going to win this one. I think

01:00:37.059 --> 01:00:42.000
so too. Even though he's... Oh no, he's not.

01:00:42.139 --> 01:00:44.519
I was going to say he looks like he's listed

01:00:44.519 --> 01:00:51.389
as the B -side. But I don't understand why. In

01:00:51.389 --> 01:00:55.690
solidarity, I will be riding with Lyndon Arthur.

01:00:56.809 --> 01:01:01.269
There it is. Listed as the B -side. I gotta ride

01:01:01.269 --> 01:01:08.809
with my kin. And I think Boazzi should beat the

01:01:08.809 --> 01:01:11.269
piss out of Parker, shouldn't he? Parker is like

01:01:11.269 --> 01:01:16.010
a domestic level guy making his step up. And

01:01:16.010 --> 01:01:22.190
Boazzi is at a similar... Level to Lyndon Arthur.

01:01:22.690 --> 01:01:26.369
But above. But better than Lyndon Arthur. If

01:01:26.369 --> 01:01:30.590
that makes sense. Yeah. I know what you're saying.

01:01:34.670 --> 01:01:38.150
I expect Boazzi to win that one. Me too. I would

01:01:38.150 --> 01:01:46.389
call it an upset if he loses. But. I don't. I

01:01:46.389 --> 01:01:48.650
know I've seen Zack Parker. But I don't remember

01:01:48.650 --> 01:01:52.789
him. Oh. John Ryder beat him. That's why I remember

01:01:52.789 --> 01:02:00.250
him. Moving to the last card that we have on

01:02:00.250 --> 01:02:04.349
the docket. Matchroom at the Caribe Royale. Excuse

01:02:04.349 --> 01:02:10.690
me. The Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. Headlined

01:02:10.690 --> 01:02:17.699
by Lanier Pero versus Jordan Thompson. I don't

01:02:17.699 --> 01:02:19.679
know who either of those are. Don't really know

01:02:19.679 --> 01:02:24.380
who they are. Yoelvis Gomez versus Antrevious

01:02:24.380 --> 01:02:31.059
Ingram. Yoelvis, I know who he is. Yes. It's

01:02:31.059 --> 01:02:36.039
a good name. Pat Brown versus Felix Valera. That's

01:02:36.039 --> 01:02:38.500
a good, it's a decent one. Pat Brown's a decent,

01:02:38.579 --> 01:02:46.420
decent prospect. And Mish. weight class is that

01:02:46.420 --> 01:02:51.880
that's cruiser cruiserweight and nishant dev

01:02:51.880 --> 01:02:58.579
versus juan carlos campos medina this is all

01:02:58.579 --> 01:03:01.800
big guys i don't know any of these people it's

01:03:01.800 --> 01:03:05.380
a decent card though like um all things considered

01:03:05.380 --> 01:03:13.670
maybe it's a solid like b tier card right it's

01:03:13.670 --> 01:03:17.929
okay it's not it's not a lot of uh name power

01:03:17.929 --> 01:03:21.630
but if you're for the hardcores this this one's

01:03:21.630 --> 01:03:32.170
for you yeah i just that florida card is mostly

01:03:32.170 --> 01:03:37.150
big guys i don't recognize very many names cuban

01:03:37.150 --> 01:03:44.570
heavyweight verse A British heavyweight. Not

01:03:44.570 --> 01:03:54.150
bad. Fair enough. Cuban heavyweights will always

01:03:54.150 --> 01:03:56.929
be a disappointment now because Luis Ortiz has

01:03:56.929 --> 01:04:03.750
my heart. Somebody needs to step up and take

01:04:03.750 --> 01:04:11.340
his place. Anything more for the... Reviews?

01:04:11.340 --> 01:04:15.099
Previews? No. It's another disappointing week

01:04:15.099 --> 01:04:20.159
is my analysis. It leaves a lot to be desired,

01:04:20.300 --> 01:04:26.699
yes. But we will push through. We persevere.

01:04:27.880 --> 01:04:35.519
What's the next big card, Leo? Oh, shit. November...

01:04:41.750 --> 01:04:50.690
18th? I believe is, um... Eubank vs. Ben 2? I

01:04:50.690 --> 01:04:56.570
guess that counts. As big. I'm gonna go. I'm

01:04:56.570 --> 01:05:02.849
going. Oh, yeah? Yeah, I'm gonna be there. You're

01:05:02.849 --> 01:05:05.610
flying out to England for it? Hold on, let me

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and responsible for a large portion of the food

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a special role And so with that being said, parting

01:07:07.059 --> 01:07:10.639
words, I'll start. Yes, I'm going to be at Eubank

01:07:10.639 --> 01:07:14.800
versus Ben too. I'm going to be in London. I'm

01:07:14.800 --> 01:07:17.119
not flying out specifically for the fight. I'm

01:07:17.119 --> 01:07:20.420
going just going to England to go to England.

01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.539
It just so happens that that is happening at

01:07:24.539 --> 01:07:28.119
the same time. That's exciting though. Is it

01:07:28.119 --> 01:07:31.250
your first time in England? Yes. Nice. First

01:07:31.250 --> 01:07:35.070
time in the UK. I guess I had a layover last

01:07:35.070 --> 01:07:36.949
night. That doesn't count. Yeah, it doesn't really

01:07:36.949 --> 01:07:39.949
count. It was like a few hours that I spent in

01:07:39.949 --> 01:07:44.090
London at the airport. I was going to say, if

01:07:44.090 --> 01:07:45.829
you don't leave the airport, it doesn't count.

01:07:45.989 --> 01:07:48.670
Okay, good. Because I don't count it either.

01:07:49.230 --> 01:07:53.769
But I'm excited. Yeah, people should send you

01:07:53.769 --> 01:07:58.889
recommendations. I know. I'm going to... So I

01:07:58.889 --> 01:08:02.940
got... I got Eubank Ben. That's on the 18th.

01:08:03.460 --> 01:08:06.400
The following weekend, I'm going to be in Liverpool

01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:11.300
with Robbie. Nice. And we're going to go. There's

01:08:11.300 --> 01:08:17.279
a Liverpool football game. I want to go to that

01:08:17.279 --> 01:08:20.760
because I want the quintessential experience.

01:08:21.020 --> 01:08:25.039
This is what you all like to do. You all like

01:08:25.039 --> 01:08:29.170
football here, so I want to go to it. If it wasn't

01:08:29.170 --> 01:08:31.630
Liverpool, I was going to try to go to a Manchester

01:08:31.630 --> 01:08:35.949
game or maybe one of the London teams like Arsenal

01:08:35.949 --> 01:08:41.689
or Chelsea or something. Yeah, but going with

01:08:41.689 --> 01:08:43.949
Robbie will be excellent. That'll be more fun.

01:08:44.329 --> 01:08:48.350
Yeah. I'm jealous. That sounds like a great trip.

01:08:50.949 --> 01:08:54.310
I just realized I'm going to have to stay up

01:08:54.310 --> 01:09:00.810
so that I can watch. Oh. It'll be before, like

01:09:00.810 --> 01:09:05.189
in the middle of the day, the card that's in

01:09:05.189 --> 01:09:10.289
Saudi Arabia. David Benavidez versus Anthony

01:09:10.289 --> 01:09:15.670
Yard. Brian Norman versus Devin Haney. You know

01:09:15.670 --> 01:09:16.989
which one I'm talking about? Oh, yeah, yeah.

01:09:17.050 --> 01:09:21.409
The ring four or whatever. Yeah. That's right.

01:09:22.949 --> 01:09:30.350
It's on the website. LBXmedia .com. The time

01:09:30.350 --> 01:09:35.029
zone's pretty similar there, isn't it? Yes. So

01:09:35.029 --> 01:09:39.869
that'll be right before the game. Nice. Excellent.

01:09:42.149 --> 01:09:45.329
Well, I don't have any fun parting words, I guess.

01:09:45.750 --> 01:09:50.770
Go Jays! I'm actually super excited about the

01:09:50.770 --> 01:09:53.710
Jays being in the World Series. That's fucking

01:09:53.710 --> 01:09:57.029
dope. I was a little worried for T -Money, but

01:09:57.029 --> 01:10:02.100
he'll get over it. Yeah, I'm super excited. I

01:10:02.100 --> 01:10:04.579
don't even watch boxing that or boxing. I don't

01:10:04.579 --> 01:10:08.800
watch baseball that much. But Vladdy in the playoffs

01:10:08.800 --> 01:10:13.460
has just been like fucking perfect. And they've

01:10:13.460 --> 01:10:16.479
been setting him up for these great moments in

01:10:16.479 --> 01:10:20.699
interviews and stuff. There was one where I think

01:10:20.699 --> 01:10:23.920
it was after game seven when they'd gotten in.

01:10:24.489 --> 01:10:27.609
the cameraman like ran around him while he just

01:10:27.609 --> 01:10:30.649
sat there and the crowd cheered and he was like

01:10:30.649 --> 01:10:33.729
tearing up and stuff. I was like, yes. Is he

01:10:33.729 --> 01:10:36.310
the pitcher or something? Nah, he's the first

01:10:36.310 --> 01:10:39.689
baseman. He's just, Vladdy's story is really

01:10:39.689 --> 01:10:42.329
good. His dad was also a baseball player. He

01:10:42.329 --> 01:10:45.090
played for the Montreal Expos. Vladdy was born

01:10:45.090 --> 01:10:48.510
in Montreal, but they're Dominican and he's just.

01:10:50.079 --> 01:10:54.699
he's what canadian immigration is all about type

01:10:54.699 --> 01:10:58.800
stuff like is that his dad was a dominican ball

01:10:58.800 --> 01:11:03.000
player so like super poor uh kind of that story

01:11:03.000 --> 01:11:07.319
but his son you know grew up in montreal and

01:11:07.319 --> 01:11:10.899
between montreal and the dominican vladdy's got

01:11:10.899 --> 01:11:13.640
like a hell of an accent and stuff he he doesn't

01:11:13.640 --> 01:11:17.710
sound very canadian uh but it's just a really

01:11:17.710 --> 01:11:20.189
good story. And then beating the Yankees, like

01:11:20.189 --> 01:11:23.949
the Yankees wouldn't, they fucked over his dad

01:11:23.949 --> 01:11:26.850
and they would kick Vladdy off the field when

01:11:26.850 --> 01:11:29.130
he was a kid. Like he was usually out there for

01:11:29.130 --> 01:11:32.069
warmups with the team and stuff. So Vladdy had

01:11:32.069 --> 01:11:35.270
a hate for the Yankees. Like him beating the

01:11:35.270 --> 01:11:42.590
Yankees is a all time great sports story. What

01:11:42.590 --> 01:11:45.760
about beating the Mariners? To keep them out

01:11:45.760 --> 01:11:49.300
of their first fucking World Series. World Series

01:11:49.300 --> 01:11:51.920
ever. Yeah, that was pretty rough, especially

01:11:51.920 --> 01:11:55.159
the way they did it. The comeback in the series,

01:11:55.340 --> 01:11:59.359
the comeback in Game 7. The Mariners had that

01:11:59.359 --> 01:12:04.000
great storyline, and Springer fucked it. But

01:12:04.000 --> 01:12:08.760
I want the Jays to beat the Dodgers so bad. Fuck

01:12:08.760 --> 01:12:12.979
the Dodgers. They just fucking win all the time.

01:12:12.979 --> 01:12:16.640
Like, what? What I have going for this one is

01:12:16.640 --> 01:12:21.279
that they have the wealth to buy all the best

01:12:21.279 --> 01:12:26.819
players. To buy the contracts or... I mean, Toronto

01:12:26.819 --> 01:12:30.819
also has a lot of money. I don't play into that

01:12:30.819 --> 01:12:33.880
storyline a whole bunch. The reason the Dodgers

01:12:33.880 --> 01:12:35.800
get the best people is because people want to

01:12:35.800 --> 01:12:40.340
live in L .A. Oh. They'll take... Like, if you're

01:12:40.340 --> 01:12:42.380
offered the same money to live in Toronto or

01:12:42.380 --> 01:12:45.569
live in L .A. Which are you choosing as a millionaire?

01:12:47.310 --> 01:12:51.850
I mean, everybody chooses L .A. Yeah. Kind of

01:12:51.850 --> 01:12:55.149
a no brainer. I suppose. Like people take pay

01:12:55.149 --> 01:12:58.430
cuts to go to L .A. and get out of Toronto. And

01:12:58.430 --> 01:13:01.649
Toronto is not even one of the bad cities. Like,

01:13:01.649 --> 01:13:04.350
imagine if you get offered the same money for

01:13:04.350 --> 01:13:07.470
Milwaukee and L .A. Where are you going to go

01:13:07.470 --> 01:13:10.390
play baseball? Where's your wife going to want

01:13:10.390 --> 01:13:17.460
to go play baseball? Well, right now the Dodgers

01:13:17.460 --> 01:13:21.000
are a super team. Are the Blue Jays a super team?

01:13:22.279 --> 01:13:27.500
No, no. We're kind of a ragtag team of misfits.

01:13:28.399 --> 01:13:34.239
We got Kirk. Alejandro Kirk is like 5 '6 and

01:13:34.239 --> 01:13:37.439
200 pounds. He's our backcatcher. Him running

01:13:37.439 --> 01:13:40.180
the bases is fucking hilarious. He got his first

01:13:40.180 --> 01:13:44.840
stolen base this year. We got a 42 -year -old

01:13:44.840 --> 01:13:48.039
pitcher or something that is a fucking psychopath

01:13:48.039 --> 01:13:50.680
and refuses to come out of the game. Yells at

01:13:50.680 --> 01:13:55.779
the manager. Who else do we got? Springer's controversial

01:13:55.779 --> 01:14:00.380
because he was on that Astros team. Bo Bichette

01:14:00.380 --> 01:14:04.020
is also a crowd favorite. He's coming back. He's

01:14:04.020 --> 01:14:08.020
been injured. You mean Bo Bichette, right? Yeah.

01:14:08.020 --> 01:14:10.500
I really thought that's what his name was. I

01:14:10.500 --> 01:14:12.880
feel bad about that now. I've been calling him

01:14:12.880 --> 01:14:17.539
Bitchit for years. Yeah, anyways, we are not

01:14:17.539 --> 01:14:22.520
a super team. No. That's why I want Dodgers to

01:14:22.520 --> 01:14:27.020
lose. Yeah. Jays in seven. No fucking chance

01:14:27.020 --> 01:14:32.399
we're sweeping anyone, but Jays in seven. All

01:14:32.399 --> 01:14:35.800
right. If that's it. That's all you got. And

01:14:35.800 --> 01:14:38.279
that's it for this edition of Boxing Before Dark.

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My batteries are getting low. It's battery. Why

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do I keep saying batteries? My battery is getting

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low. And it is getting dark. Woof. We'll see

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you on the other side of this fucking... Parker

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Wardley? Yeah. In the immediate, yes. We'll see

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you on the other side of Parker Ward.