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-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.

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Alright, are we ready to roll? Hey, whatever

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you guys are. All right, let's fucking do this.

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Boxing B -sides. We're back, bitch. Disappeared,

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a little bit of technical difficulties. I'll

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take the blame on that one. That was me. But

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joined by the homies, the one and only Saul.

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What's up, guys? Glad to be back after a little

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bit of hiatus. And Josh, the rant man himself.

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There's Crawford Hader over here. This guy's

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a real tennis Crawford Hader. Hates greatness.

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Hates greatness. I don't know if you can tell,

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but I'm trying to reach me. I wasn't listening

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to the past, but I was dealing with something.

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Hold on. No MMA news today. God bless. If you

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want to hear some MMA stuff, there is actually

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a lot coming up this weekend, but it's too much

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for us to go over just in really broad strokes,

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so go check out Ultimate FN Casuals. Wherever

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you're listening to this, you can find Ultimate

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FN Casuals there as well. Very good guys. And

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Isaac. Let's get into some news. We mentioned

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this, like this one got... Got in the lost tapes.

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But Tim Zhu has a new trainer. He's moved to

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a Cuban -style coach, Pedro Diaz, with Mundo

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Boxing. I don't know. How are we feeling? You

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think it's a good move? I think it's a good move

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in general. Just leave that toxic environment

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he was in. You know? They were kind of holding

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him back. I think that with the new trainer is

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a new beginning. And we might see another side

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of Tim Zhu we haven't seen before. What happened

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with Marcos Maidana when he went to Robert Garcia?

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Do you think Pedro Diaz is that level of fighter,

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though? No, I'm not saying that, but a new trainer

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can still bring out something new in a fighter.

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Fair, fair. When I talked about it with Shanada

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on Boxing Before Dark, Her reaction was that

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it's depending on what they tried to do with

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Tim. But the idea was that if he's going to a,

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like a Cuban style trainer, that they're going

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to try to make him into something that he isn't

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and that he could be trying to shore up his,

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his deficiencies rather than playing to his strengths.

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Yeah. Which I mean, Like, we've seen cases where

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both work in regards to, like, adjusting trainers

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and adjusting fighter development. But, frankly,

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like, with how Tim has been movement -wise in

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the past, I doubt that this is going to do anything

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but neuter his offensive gifts. I mean, you never

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know. He could just get tweaked here and there.

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I mean, from what I've seen from Diaz, I mean,

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he's not a bad trainer, but... No, he's not a

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bad trainer, but I don't think he's what Tim

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would need. No, yeah. But at the same time, it's

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like, what other trainers would work? You know,

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would we want to send him to bed, Davidson? You

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know? No, nothing in the UK. Actually, Andy Lee

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might not be... It isn't even a bad shout. Andy

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Lee's not a bad shout. Andy Lee's not a bad shout.

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Andy Lee would be a good candidate to train Tim

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Zu. Cuban style is also different now. Like,

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looking at... Yeah, aggressive, but it's still...

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More mobility -based? Yeah, that's the part that

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I'm like, I don't think Zu... Mobility is not

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something you associate with Tim Zu. Yeah. But

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you know what? You're right. The new era of Cubans

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is kind of crazy. It's actually really new. Really

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recent. You know, Morel and Osles. Yeah. Versus

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guys like Lara, or early Lara. Early Lara and

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Rigo. You know? Yeah. So, I mean, this new school

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of Cubans is a lot more, I would say, exciting.

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They bring a lot more power to the game. Oh,

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for sure. So, you know, Tim Zoo being a guy that,

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you can make fun of me for saying this, does

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have some good power. At 154. I think a good

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Cuban trainer that can utilize that properly,

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it will be fucking amazing for him. Oh, speaking

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of changes in the camp, AJ is bringing Usyk into

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his. And so this one, again, talking with Shinata.

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Rocky 3? Yeah, that's kind of what I was looking

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at. You're bringing your nemesis into camp because

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you lost the spark or whatever. There is no tomorrow.

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Unless you're fucking facing Dubois or Andy Ruiz.

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Oh my god. Because I was thinking AJ and Ruiz

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too. that type of AJ is something that Usyk could

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polish. True. But I don't think that style suits

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AJ. That doesn't suit his strengths. Yeah. So

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I'm not sure how this is going to play out. It

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could be just a publicity stunt. I mean, yeah,

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what can Usyk really do that no other trainer

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has done? Usyk's probably just fucking around.

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AJ was with RGBA. Ben Davidson. He had his best

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goal with Robert Garcia. Yeah. And if that was

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his best goal and he's with fucking Davidson

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now, he's cooked. I don't know what was he going

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to really train him on. Maybe he's a sparring

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partner? I mean, yeah, he's a sparring partner,

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but he's already fought him twice. I mean, yeah,

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I understand you learn from him, but I mean...

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What new word are you really going to learn from

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Usyk? What I mean is by being trained, by working

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with him. I don't think AJ is the most coachable

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either at this point. Exactly. What is he going

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to learn? Even if Usyk has the ability to adjust

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him, he won't take to being told this. You need

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to want to learn. Yeah, you have to be coachable.

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You need to be a sponge. AJ's not a sponge, he's

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a fucking rock. AJ's been... He's switched trainers,

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but really he's just looking for a level up without

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actually being coached. That's what it seems.

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The day AJ's going to be coachable is the day

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I fucking die, I'll tell you that. Who knows

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what Usyk could do, because you're bringing your

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nemesis into the camp, so it has to be a pretty

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big change of mentality to want to do that. I

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mean, yeah, but I just feel like that itself

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is just a publicity stunt just to get people

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excited. I feel like he's just watched too many

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movies. Yeah, I mean, realistically, can Usyk

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really... Best case scenario, what can you really

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do with AJ? Like I said, Ruiz 2, that version

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of AJ, that's about it. Even then, the best version

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of AJ was the two rounds he listened to Robert

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Garcia in his rematch with Usyk. That's probably

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the best AJ has ever looked. For some reason,

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he only did it for two rounds and then threw

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Robert under the bus. Yeah. I really doubt it.

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I mean, the thing is, I mean, we're saying this

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about AJ versus what we're talking about with

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Tim Zoo. The thing is that Tim Zoo, this is only

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going to be his, I think, second trainer, I believe.

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The pros. AJ's been with him. Yeah, AJ's been

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with how many trainers? How many guys has AJ

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been with? It was McCracken. Garcia, Derek James,

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Davidson. I think he's at four. How can you go

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with all these guys and not learn? That's an

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AJ problem. That's not something you can learn

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in training. It's something that he hasn't shown

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he's going to want to change. Oh, moving to Xander

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Zayas versus Abbas Baru. It's pretty much...

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It's all but certain for January, late January,

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it's going to be a unification of WBO and WBA

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titles. God, I don't have a very high opinion

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of Xander Zayas, but my opinion of him is still

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higher than Abbas Baru. Abbas Baru, I mean, I

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got to give him props for what he did last fight,

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going in as the underdog against the only notable

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MVP fighter. But the thing is that, like what

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you said, he hasn't really shown much or proven

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himself. And honestly, I'm going to be rooting

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for Baru because this is not a Mexican bias.

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I know he's not Mexican, and I'm not trying to

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hate on a Puerto Rican. I mean, I think Xander

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Zayas can be molded into a great fighter, but

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Xander Zayas being in the top -ranked protection

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program, he's not going to fight the other champions.

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He's definitely not going to fight Virgil or

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Boots. He's going to hold on to the title. Regardless

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of the top -ranked affiliation, which you've

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heard me express disdain for in the past, he's

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just not going to... Again, you've seen top -ranked

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guys who, at this point, in the present day,

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who want to move out, do, and take those fights

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that they need to, to show that they are what

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they are. Spread their wings, right? Yeah, like,

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I mean, you could even, as much as you want to

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say Giovanni Santon, before he lost to Norman,

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was a top -ranked protection guy, he fought Brian

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Norman, Brian Norman won, and instead of holding

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that shit hostage, he decided to go and fight

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Haney and go to Japan and fight. And fight. And

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Zayas is, as I fully agree with Saul here, he's

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going to take that title from Beru because Beru

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is not great. And he is going to hold it hostage

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because both Boots and Virgil likely do beat

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him. I mean, I agree with you. Don't make me

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start about Virgil, but I'm going to tell you

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this. I think Xander, the thing with Xander is

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that I see potential in the guy. I was watching

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his last fight, and you know what? If he can

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learn, first of all, he needs a better trainer.

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If he can get with someone that is in tune with

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the style. and that can fine -tune him, I think

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he would do great. I understand he doesn't have

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a lot of power, but he's pretty athletic. And

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he looks like he's got quick reflexes, or at

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least decent reflexes. He's not bad. He's a world

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champion, but he's also... WBO world champion.

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He's a world champion. Again, Baru is the weaker

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world champion at the division. Yeah, I agree.

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I agree, but at the same time, I mean, we both

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know he didn't fight a decent fighter for that.

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No, Fandora gave it up. Yeah, but he fought Garcia

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for it because it was vacant, right? Garcia Perez,

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yeah. Which, I mean, like, the fact that I don't

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mind. Like, for Zayas, it makes sense to be the

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unified champ and to be able to... I guess, hold

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that and dictate things on your term. But it's

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going to be a rotten shame that, again, we have

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two of the premier offensive talents in the sport

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who are the best in the division who do not need

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to... When they fight each other, they will not

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be fighting for a title. This reminds me a bit

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of Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather. When they

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fought, that was a huge fight, but that wasn't

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for a title. Obviously, it's not going to be

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as big as that fight, but it comes to mind when

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I think about it. I see the comparison. It's

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a different case. Guys will hold on to their

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titles for the Mayweather sweepstakes. Yeah.

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It's different. It's different here. 154 is becoming

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a bit of a money division because it's not unforeseen

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that the Rollies and the Ryans move up to 154.

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They ain't going to do that good up there, I'll

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tell you that. 154 is a different problem. It's

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not out of the realm of possibility that they

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just move up because all the guys are there.

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Especially with Ryan's issues with weight. The

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thing is, as much as I think Ryan can be a player

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at 147, you can clown me on this, as much as

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I think Ryan can be a player at 147, Him going

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up to 154, he's going to get annihilated by all

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the champions besides Zayas. Oh, I know. But

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that's the thing. Like, if you see the kind of

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vision, Zayas is 23. He picks up the second title,

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holds on to it, and then one of the money guys

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like Rowley or Ryan move up and you cash out

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there. I mean, yeah. Say what you will, like

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there's no cashing out against the Boots or Virgil

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just because they've been... Virgil's been stuck

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on the zone for how many years? And Boots, basically,

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he started his peak here right at the end of

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PBC. Right. So, who would you rather cash out

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against? Ryan Garcia, where you have a legitimate

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shot at winning it, too? Or get annihilated by

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Virgil or Boots for pennies? The thing is that

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I don't even see those fights getting made with

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Ryan. I feel like... Top Rank. I'm specifically

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on the case of Xander Zayas. I feel like Top

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Rank is not going to want him to fight any live

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dog at all for the next two years. And I don't

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blame him. Xander Zayas is not ready for those

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big fights yet. No. You know, but I mean, someone

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like Fundora, I agree with you because the same

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thing. I think if they're going to want to cash

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someone out, they're going to cash them against,

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you know, a cash cow. No. And I know that we

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keep talking about... I think it's the bill of

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a cash cow. That too, but... I think he fits

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the bill. Yeah. Well, they're not putting Fandora

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against live dogs either. And I don't know what

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they're doing because I live. So that division

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is being... Put to a halt. It's a little gridlock.

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Yeah, gridlock. It's kind of sad. He's fighting

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Josh Kelly. He is fighting Josh Kelly. But that's

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Josh Kelly. I'm not going to say you should fight

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down to your opponent's level, but if he's having

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trouble getting fights, take a page out of Bibble's

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:53.240
book. Look human? Yeah, basically. Look lesser

00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:56.240
than what you are. You lure one of the guys into

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fighting you. Or their management more than the

00:16:58.779 --> 00:17:09.619
guy. And that's what it is. I mean, honestly,

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:13.900
Mourna Zailov, he looks like a demon. He looked

00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:17.539
like a demon against Tim Zhu. I can't lie. If

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:21.319
you saw Bivol and his HBO days, it was the same

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thing. This guy looked unbeatable, and then once

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:28.900
he got in the zone and definitely slowed down,

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:32.500
slowed down even more as Canelo was looking at

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:39.980
another jump up. Canelo Bivol, it's a different

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:41.539
Bivol than the guy who fought Craig Richards,

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:47.079
clearly. Canelo didn't see that coming. Canelo

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.259
obviously fought Bivol because he didn't want

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:52.380
to fight better. And again, Bable was absolutely

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:54.920
perceived as the weaker champion in the division.

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He's an easy guy to knock off. I mean, he just

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:59.960
struggled with a couple British shitters. They

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:02.299
considered him a cherry pick. And then, no. That's

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:05.180
what I mean. But he's perceived as a cherry pick.

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And I'm not saying Bagram should fight down to

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the level of guys, but I'm saying if he looks

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:14.539
like he's beatable, management might be wanting

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:17.319
to take the jump on him. But to look beatable,

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.779
you actually have to fight. He hasn't fought

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in over a year. Because right now he's fishing

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for big fights. But none of the big names are

00:18:25.009 --> 00:18:29.329
going to fight him. He needs to set... Go on

00:18:29.329 --> 00:18:31.710
a tour of Europe. You don't have to come to the

00:18:31.710 --> 00:18:35.069
States and fight the big guys. Go fight some

00:18:35.069 --> 00:18:38.230
British middle -eights. Drag up some guys from

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147. And it's honestly not even worth it to fight.

00:18:43.150 --> 00:18:47.829
Josh Kelly is the perfect example. Like, that's

00:18:47.829 --> 00:18:51.710
a perfect matchmaking if he decides to, like,

00:18:51.769 --> 00:18:54.650
carry Josh a little bit. I mean, I do really

00:18:54.650 --> 00:18:56.049
want to see Josh Kelly win that one, though.

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Just because, I mean, seeing that belt free from

00:19:02.609 --> 00:19:04.769
Murda Zaylov for I don't know how long he's had

00:19:04.769 --> 00:19:09.630
it. What, three years? Again, it's not his fault.

00:19:09.829 --> 00:19:11.410
It's not his fault no one wants to fight him

00:19:11.410 --> 00:19:14.970
either. He is the IBF. The IBF? The IBF has been

00:19:14.970 --> 00:19:16.849
champion for how long and he's only fought a

00:19:16.849 --> 00:19:20.250
couple times? Again, he can only fight who they

00:19:20.250 --> 00:19:22.289
put in front of him. The IBF will strip you if

00:19:22.289 --> 00:19:23.609
you don't fight your mandatories. They don't

00:19:23.609 --> 00:19:26.950
fuck around. So clearly, if he's held on, if

00:19:26.950 --> 00:19:30.890
he hits the WBC, you can run forever. Yeah. Oh

00:19:30.890 --> 00:19:33.769
yeah, 100%. But it's the IBF. It's the IBF. Which

00:19:33.769 --> 00:19:38.049
means no one wants to fight him. If you're getting

00:19:38.049 --> 00:19:41.950
no fights with the IBF, it means no one's there.

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I mean, they had Lubin, but they didn't want

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to pay for that. Again, the IBF will force a

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.500
first bid. They make you fight. It's not a matter

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:57.599
of... So what happened to that Lubin fight? I'm

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.599
genuinely curious what happened to that Lubin

00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:02.799
fight. He opted for Ortiz instead. He opted for

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:09.400
Virgil. Virgil, again, at least... Again, perception.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:15.819
It's important. Virgil just struggled with Boachuk,

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and the perception, again, is that he hasn't

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:24.240
had a knockout at 154. He kind of struggled with

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:28.319
Madrimov and Boachuk. Or you have a guy who just,

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:34.440
like, nuked Tim Zhu. And then we'll talk about

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:38.529
it on the next pod, but... The choice probably

00:20:38.529 --> 00:20:43.210
could have been better made. If you're Lubin,

00:20:43.230 --> 00:20:47.809
who is a guy who, out of everything, your chin

00:20:47.809 --> 00:20:53.589
and durability are not your strong points, who

00:20:53.589 --> 00:20:56.329
do you take? The guy with no knockouts at 154?

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The guy who put Tim Zhu from arguably a top three

00:21:03.829 --> 00:21:07.299
guy at the weight class into... Obscurity, basically.

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:11.240
Back to the Australians? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean,

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:13.039
oh, yeah, I agree with you. You're right. Marzallo

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.220
is a lose -lose situation because if you beat

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:18.460
him... Not a lot of recognition for it. Yeah,

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:20.759
exactly. But if you lose to him, you're going

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:23.319
to be sent back to obscurity. And the thing is

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:26.619
that you beat him. It's probably going to be

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:30.240
a close, grindy fight. And now, guess what? People

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:35.839
want to fight you for the IBF title. Now there's

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:40.259
mandatories in line. Or you lose and you never

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:45.220
fucking fight anybody good again. Yeah. If it

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:49.779
were any other belt, I would be like, okay, yeah,

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:51.619
this guy's not fighting on purpose, but it's

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:55.220
the IBF. No, yeah, I agree with you, yeah. Like,

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:57.440
Pandora's not fighting anybody. He's fighting...

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He has the WBC, though, so he can... Listen,

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:06.539
man, Keith Thurman is more competitive than Adonis

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:10.400
Stevenson's title reign. I mean, yeah, I understand

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.720
why they're putting up guys against fucking Pandora,

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:17.500
but at the same time, yeah, Virgil, I can go

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:22.000
over a million times, but I mean, Virgil's an

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.579
interim champion. I understand that's not a mandatory,

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:26.140
but he is ranked highly. Yeah, they have to call

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:29.799
the mandatory. I get it. And the thing is that,

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.480
I mean, we looked it up at the beginning of the

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:36.519
day. The number one guy besides Virgil is a Frenchman

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:40.140
from, obviously, France. But what was his name?

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:44.700
Like, Wilshack? Zachary Samaki? Yeah, yeah, Samaki,

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:49.279
Samaki, yeah. Like, I mean... He's got the WBC

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:52.980
silver, I think. Yeah. I understand that, you

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.660
know, he's ranked number one here. I guess he

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:57.119
earned his way to the top, but... I mean, I...

00:22:57.549 --> 00:22:58.950
I don't know if you guys know who he is, but

00:22:58.950 --> 00:23:02.670
I don't. Oh, no. I don't. I've never seen him

00:23:02.670 --> 00:23:05.650
before. No, I know. It's a matter of some guys

00:23:05.650 --> 00:23:11.769
play the rankings game. And again, here's the

00:23:11.769 --> 00:23:13.589
negative of languishing on the zone for your

00:23:13.589 --> 00:23:17.509
whole career. You, on your own, don't command

00:23:17.509 --> 00:23:23.750
enough, I guess, attention to be able to make

00:23:23.750 --> 00:23:28.230
those rankings move. Especially with the WBC.

00:23:28.410 --> 00:23:33.309
They see dollar signs. I mean, not just... It's

00:23:33.309 --> 00:23:35.910
more profitable to milk... It's more profitable

00:23:35.910 --> 00:23:40.990
to milk Fundora for more stuff than for Virgil

00:23:40.990 --> 00:23:43.950
to be the new guy. But one thing you're missing

00:23:43.950 --> 00:23:46.769
out here is also not just going to DAZN. It's

00:23:46.769 --> 00:23:51.170
siding with a shitty promoter as well. But I

00:23:51.170 --> 00:23:54.829
mean, the thing is that if Goldenboy... If Goldenboy...

00:23:56.109 --> 00:23:58.750
Like, back when they were with HBO for a bit,

00:23:58.809 --> 00:24:04.269
right? They're on HBO. You watch him on HBO,

00:24:04.369 --> 00:24:07.289
he gets a profile there. I'm saying, like, the

00:24:07.289 --> 00:24:08.849
promoter is irrelevant if you're languishing

00:24:08.849 --> 00:24:11.589
on DAZN. He could have been with Matchroom or,

00:24:11.609 --> 00:24:13.809
like, whatever. And still, the problem is the

00:24:13.809 --> 00:24:16.470
same. You're on DAZN. You don't have enough attention

00:24:16.470 --> 00:24:20.309
to be able to make those rankings budge. There's

00:24:20.309 --> 00:24:22.609
no upside to you winning this title over Fundora.

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:26.200
So you have the hard way up through the rankings.

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.039
I'm curious. I don't know if you guys know this.

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:33.579
What's Virgil's contract with Goldenboy and maybe

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:35.859
DAZN? I don't know if he has a personal contract

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:38.880
with DAZN, but what's his contract like? Because

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:41.640
I still question why the hell he's still with

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:48.059
Goldenboy. Let me see. Goldenboy contract. Because

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:50.980
honestly, anybody else would have managed him

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:54.569
better. We'll talk about him more in the next

00:24:54.569 --> 00:24:56.670
one. Yeah, we'll talk about him more next week.

00:24:57.529 --> 00:24:59.970
Yeah, I mean, the reason he's not finding any

00:24:59.970 --> 00:25:01.470
big names is also because he's not being managed

00:25:01.470 --> 00:25:06.289
right. He's not being promoted right. Yeah, again,

00:25:06.490 --> 00:25:09.390
Golden Boy doesn't have anyone to really put

00:25:09.390 --> 00:25:16.329
him in with. Yeah. Like, it just is. Like I'm

00:25:16.329 --> 00:25:18.849
pretty sure their big name was the most like

00:25:18.849 --> 00:25:21.549
the bigger bigger little step -up fight for him

00:25:21.549 --> 00:25:24.470
But 147 was gonna be Alexis Rocha, but Rocha

00:25:24.470 --> 00:25:27.849
never got up to that Kevin just didn't line up.

00:25:27.930 --> 00:25:31.569
He kept losing I mean he's still 147 the fight

00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:33.950
probably could have been him versus Ryan him

00:25:33.950 --> 00:25:37.289
versus rolling maybe but No, he he moved up.

00:25:37.309 --> 00:25:41.630
He moved up It would have been Rocha for the

00:25:41.630 --> 00:25:44.089
in -house, like, this is the future, but very

00:25:44.089 --> 00:25:48.450
clearly it became Virgil. It did not help that

00:25:48.450 --> 00:25:55.930
Michael McKinson held up his career. That was

00:25:55.930 --> 00:25:59.289
a good use of his time. That fight was both a

00:25:59.289 --> 00:26:01.829
waste of his fucking time, and it had to get

00:26:01.829 --> 00:26:07.730
rescheduled. A lot of times. First, you know.

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:13.579
That was a waste of Stan Jonas' time. Well, is

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:17.960
that really the fault of Virgil, though? If you

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:20.480
can't make the weight, don't re -sign the fight

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:25.579
repeatedly. Like, it wasn't his fault. I'll give

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:27.440
him the benefit of the doubt the first two times.

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:32.039
But, like, by the third time it falls through,

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:38.849
like... Yeah, three is a pattern. Three is like

00:26:38.849 --> 00:26:41.390
you should have moved up a while ago. You're

00:26:41.390 --> 00:26:44.930
just wasting everyone's time. That's also kind

00:26:44.930 --> 00:26:47.670
of why he fell under the radar for a while. His

00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:52.990
career is... Again, that's what I mean. He doesn't

00:26:52.990 --> 00:26:56.289
command the attention. Unfortunately, he's got

00:26:56.289 --> 00:27:01.789
to earn it. Boots is at a pretty similar crossroads

00:27:01.789 --> 00:27:06.319
because again... his window of commanding attention

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.960
was like, it's like right at the end of PBC and

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:12.680
now he's with Eddie Hearn. Yeah. I mean, you

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:15.160
have to fight each other. That's next week, though.

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:18.319
Yes. Let's keep moving. Back to the original

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.119
point about Zayas versus Abu. Yeah, Zayas -Baru.

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:25.359
The original point. Abu. I want to see that fight,

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:28.079
but I want to see Baru win just to not have a

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.920
top -ranked fighter hold those titles for years.

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.519
Yeah. Zayas is going to hold that shit hostage.

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.500
Yeah, I mean, that's the final take, is that

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.839
he's going to hold us hostage, and we're not

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:37.660
going to have him. It's a WBO and WBA. It's not

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:41.700
happening. Yeah. Oh, you know, speaking of holding

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:46.160
hostage, Tank is in legal trouble again. Tank

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:50.720
versus Jake is off. Tank... What a loss for the

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:55.440
sport, by the way. Was assaulted a young lady

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:59.059
that was a cocktail waitress at a strip club.

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:02.119
He was assaulting her over the course of several

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:08.259
months. He kidnapped her. Doesn't necessarily

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:10.759
mean that he put a gun to her head and threw

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:15.160
her in a car trunk, but he did strong -arm take

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.220
her away from where she was against her will.

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:22.180
We need to hold these men accountable. Seriously,

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:26.420
this is completely fucked up. We're beyond...

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:29.880
The way the others... You had plausible deniability

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:32.319
with how they got dismissed or whatever, but...

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:40.579
You really – this is beyond a pattern at this

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:45.839
point. It's – I mean, the first time – there's

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.539
literally a video of him holding his – putting

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:51.119
his hand on a woman's neck and holding it and

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:53.779
strangling her in a fucking basketball game,

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:57.660
nonetheless, in the public, okay? I mean, imagine

00:28:57.660 --> 00:29:00.380
– he's comfortable doing that. In person, what

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:02.480
the hell is he doing in private, you know? Someone's

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.539
going to end up dead. What the fuck is wrong

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.339
with this dude? Yeah, someone's going to end

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:09.079
up dead because he's not being checked. Shanada

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:11.940
said that he would benefit from jail time. Like,

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.220
that's the type of thing that would straighten

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:15.799
him out. He should fucking rot in jail for what

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:20.039
he's doing. It's just, like, the jail time would

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.380
benefit him. Like, there just needs to be some

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:24.980
consequence. I feel like at every point, his

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:28.380
boxing talent and star power has just bailed

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:32.240
him out. And the yes men. So it keeps escalating.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:36.539
Ergo, it keeps escalating. Yeah. Because, again,

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:39.180
like, you keep pushing the line. You keep pushing

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:43.059
the line. And nobody acknowledges it around him.

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:45.980
Nobody in the sport is acknowledging that this

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:51.420
man is doing terrible things. You know? How many

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:55.279
of the biggest box analysts, like, have you seen

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:59.119
Mike Coppinger? rectify this? Not rectify, what's

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.039
the word? Just talk about it. Yeah, just talk

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.299
about it in general. Have you seen him talk about

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:08.440
it? No. These big analysts haven't spoken about

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:12.000
it because they know he's the cash cow. The big

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:18.759
analysts, they risk no longer having access to

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:22.380
the fighter, but the thing is that they also

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.859
end up risking nothing because you can cover

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:28.579
the sport the same way. Exactly. If they have

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:31.539
a coordinated effort, you know? And the thing

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:33.500
is, I got to give props to Sean to tell because

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:36.559
that man don't give a damn. He's the only one

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:39.480
I've seen that has talked about it. Everybody

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:43.960
else, silent. Not even other boxers have put

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:48.140
this. Other boxers, it's whatever. You don't...

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:52.720
Yeah, it's kind of a silent... Not a gentleman's

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.259
agreement because there's nothing gentlemanly

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.730
about it, but it's kind of like... You don't

00:30:56.730 --> 00:30:58.869
start bringing up legal troubles because, like,

00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:01.009
then you just... You end up pointing fingers

00:31:01.009 --> 00:31:06.289
at everyone. Yeah. Like... Implicit agreement?

00:31:06.549 --> 00:31:12.369
If you go... Like, it's a... Like, what do you

00:31:12.369 --> 00:31:14.769
say if, like... Unsaid agreement. Yeah, unspoken.

00:31:14.890 --> 00:31:18.210
Yeah, it's a very unspoken agreement about that.

00:31:18.430 --> 00:31:22.670
Because, like, what's the... There's no benefit.

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.559
And you're just going to have whatever your dirty

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:27.920
laundry is or your trainer's dirty laundry or

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:31.160
whatever. Like, let's say Haney Tank happens

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:35.799
and you start throwing shit at Tank about the

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:38.819
domestic abuse and then he gets shit back for

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:42.839
suing Ryan and working with Snack all these years.

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:49.859
And his dad being a pimp. Is that what he got

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:52.990
in trouble for? I didn't know that. Yeah, like,

00:31:53.049 --> 00:31:56.049
Devin's dad is a pimp, and then he works with,

00:31:56.170 --> 00:31:59.910
well, worked, because Victor Conte is dead and

00:31:59.910 --> 00:32:04.490
buried. Oh, we gotta talk about that too. But

00:32:04.490 --> 00:32:08.369
you get the point, right? Like, everyone either

00:32:08.369 --> 00:32:13.150
is or has someone, and it's just, it's a waste

00:32:13.150 --> 00:32:17.150
of time, and honestly, it's not even trash talk.

00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:19.190
You're just tearing down the value of the fight.

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:26.200
Like, for the average fan, if one is a, like,

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.460
if both guys are reprehensible, you can't even

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:35.940
justify paying the ticket. So, I can't blame

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:38.099
other boxers for not speaking out, but on the

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:40.859
journalists who risk almost nothing, it's kind

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.920
of brutal. It's kind of their job to talk about

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:45.339
this stuff. Maybe they shouldn't be fucking pussies

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:48.220
and talk about the damn landscape of the scene.

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:51.440
I mean, come on. I mean, this is what we're here

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.839
for. No one's really going to look at us and

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.640
be like, oh yeah, they can't go to a fucking

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:58.799
our press conference. Are you going to threaten

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:03.539
me? Yeah, what the fuck? Yeah, threaten us and

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:07.160
our fucking listeners? Like, come on. Fuck you.

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:10.500
We'll talk about it. This is our damn job. Tank

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.220
is a piece of fucking garbage. That's really

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:16.500
all there is to it. I'm going to say it right

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:20.630
now. Tank stuff was happening and like... I will

00:33:20.630 --> 00:33:23.349
call out Fat Dan, but Fat Dan is out here talking

00:33:23.349 --> 00:33:30.670
about the WBA. WBA, WBA. The WBA regular. He's

00:33:30.670 --> 00:33:33.109
complaining about Cletus Seldon in the year 2025

00:33:33.109 --> 00:33:37.450
instead of talking about the actual news and

00:33:37.450 --> 00:33:40.990
then having conspiracies about how it wasn't

00:33:40.990 --> 00:33:45.390
selling. I mean, honestly, I genuinely feel like

00:33:45.390 --> 00:33:48.089
the WBA should strip Tank right now. Not because

00:33:48.089 --> 00:33:52.829
of... Of this incident. But because it's not

00:33:52.829 --> 00:33:55.089
going to allow them to fight for a while. Again.

00:33:55.829 --> 00:33:58.690
This is going to be slipped under the rug. They're

00:33:58.690 --> 00:34:01.029
going to settle out of court. It's going to be

00:34:01.029 --> 00:34:02.690
slipped under the rug. And Tank's going to be

00:34:02.690 --> 00:34:08.829
back. And it sucks. It's sad. It's just because

00:34:08.829 --> 00:34:11.889
there's no optics. There's no optics nightmare.

00:34:12.889 --> 00:34:20.400
Again. We rewarded Rowley. For being a serial

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:27.500
sex pest. Like, Roley's funny and he makes money,

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:31.440
so you rewarded him with repeated title shots.

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:38.920
For sucking at boxing and being a sex pest. So,

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:44.480
Hank, who is far, far more of a match fighter.

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:52.039
Yeah, like... Well, that's going to happen. I

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:54.360
don't know, man. I just genuinely think that

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.219
the amount of times that Tank's done this and

00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:02.059
ruined fights, I don't know. I generally think

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:05.800
he's got to get stripped. And honestly, he's

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.000
not even sounding like he's going to want to

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:09.059
fight again. So why even have him as a champion?

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:12.500
That's holding up a division. But you know how

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:14.800
guys send out the WBAs with their fighters, especially

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:18.269
with the PBC as well. They won't do that for

00:35:18.269 --> 00:35:21.530
fucking right till the end of next year. He doesn't

00:35:21.530 --> 00:35:23.909
fight still. And that's being that's being generous.

00:35:25.769 --> 00:35:33.090
WBA is just as bad as the WBC. Yeah. But overall,

00:35:33.250 --> 00:35:37.309
Tank, do better, man. And the thing is, it's

00:35:37.309 --> 00:35:38.650
funny because we said this the last time, too.

00:35:39.130 --> 00:35:41.110
We wish the best. We wish the best for Tank and

00:35:41.110 --> 00:35:43.210
hopefully he got like we would get through it

00:35:43.210 --> 00:35:45.500
and that he could like find help. Yeah, get help.

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:47.199
There's no help in this, man. Yeah, not anymore.

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:50.539
There's no help. Twice in one year is fucking

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:53.639
crazy. It's not, it's not, it's a pattern. Like

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.820
what we were saying, it is a fucking pattern.

00:35:56.639 --> 00:36:05.139
Hmm. Ugh. Well, let's leave that there. Um, tank,

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:11.019
we, we need to do better and hold, try, something

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:14.030
needs to change. And this guy needs to be held

00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:19.170
accountable. Let's move into our recaps here.

00:36:19.670 --> 00:36:24.329
Fucking ironic, maybe, but Michaela Mayer versus

00:36:24.329 --> 00:36:28.650
Mary Spencer at the top -ranked card at the Casino

00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:32.030
de Montreal. Only two fights that I picked up

00:36:32.030 --> 00:36:34.869
off of this one were Arthur B. Arslanov getting

00:36:34.869 --> 00:36:38.550
the UD over Sergey Lipinets. He did have Sergey

00:36:38.550 --> 00:36:41.480
Lipinets at his mercy. pretty much the entire

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:44.280
time and he wasn't able to get the finish. It

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:47.260
was kind of weird. I don't know if you guys remember

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:53.340
this one. Not too much. It kind of fell on my

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:57.960
head. That's alright. The main one I want to

00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.340
put on I already posted the article about it.

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:04.480
It wasn't televised apparently even though it

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:14.659
was rather interesting. Logan Cloutier. Cloutier,

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:19.500
yeah. Beating Thomas Chabot by a unanimous decision,

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:23.559
dropping him once in the process. We're probably

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:26.960
going to see him on some more undercards going

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:29.480
forward because he's kind of out of Canadian

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:34.500
opposition. Where does he go from here? Because

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:39.679
this was Eye of the Tiger, right? Yeah. The thing

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:42.500
is that, like, he's, uh, Chabot had a ranking

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:46.719
somewhere. Like, Chabot was supposed to be the,

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:55.360
the, like, Canadian guy at, uh, 130. Not no more.

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:59.159
So, not anymore. He was the favorite into entering

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.800
the fight and everything, apparently, too, which

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:05.320
is interesting. But, um, no, I think, genuinely,

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:07.980
like, it's time to give the step up. They probably

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:11.440
won't. Because it's either Tiger and Canadian

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.559
fighters will languish until age 35 and it's

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:20.900
too late sometimes. But especially at 130, I

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:25.699
think now is the time to really pick a belt,

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:28.539
get up the rankings quickly, and give it a go.

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:32.980
Yeah, we'll talk about it next time, but there's

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:39.090
the big unification coming up. The avenues to

00:38:39.090 --> 00:38:42.929
a title are getting smaller. Yeah, especially

00:38:42.929 --> 00:38:46.269
because he's 30. I will say he's definitely a

00:38:46.269 --> 00:38:48.730
talent to watch at 130, but he's also 30 years

00:38:48.730 --> 00:38:53.929
old. Yeah, pick a lady. He's got to pick a belt,

00:38:54.090 --> 00:38:57.590
get a move on. But I think, at the very least,

00:38:57.590 --> 00:38:59.489
he can be a very competent world -ranked guy,

00:38:59.590 --> 00:39:05.809
if not a titlist. Oh, rounding off the card,

00:39:05.969 --> 00:39:08.369
Michaela Mayer gets the UD over Mary Spencer.

00:39:08.670 --> 00:39:13.190
I believe Mary Spencer held the WBA super welterweight

00:39:13.190 --> 00:39:17.530
title, and then the WBC and IBF were added to

00:39:17.530 --> 00:39:21.869
it as vacant titles. I think that's what it was,

00:39:21.969 --> 00:39:25.429
but I just remember two extras were tacked on.

00:39:25.530 --> 00:39:29.170
So Michaela Mayer, unified 154 -pound champ.

00:39:29.989 --> 00:39:39.099
Congrats. Oh, moving to Saturday, November 1st.

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:42.159
Queensberry at the Co -op Live Arena in Manchester,

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:47.219
England. Fucking Lyndon Arthur pulls out the

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:50.539
majority decision over Bradley Ray. Fun fact,

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:54.440
this guy's name, Bradley, spelled Raya. That's

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:57.860
the name for the large birds, like ostriches

00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:02.559
and emus. That's pretty funny. Shinata told me

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.429
about that. Probably the best part of the fight.

00:40:04.429 --> 00:40:07.250
It's a fun fact, actually. It's pretty good.

00:40:07.309 --> 00:40:08.809
Hey, the best part of the fight was Lyndon Arthur

00:40:08.809 --> 00:40:13.110
getting dropped. In the second round. Yeah. I

00:40:13.110 --> 00:40:15.650
thought he did really well to come back, though.

00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:18.929
He boxed really soundly, worked intelligently

00:40:18.929 --> 00:40:22.510
behind a jab. The jab was not missing at all.

00:40:22.889 --> 00:40:27.789
That had Bradley on his haunches pretty much

00:40:27.789 --> 00:40:32.420
the whole time in the second half. Bouncing that

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:35.280
Bradley ball around the court. Bradley Big Bird.

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:42.840
Fried the bird, you know? And Joshua Boazzi also

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:44.820
gets the majority decision over Zach Parker.

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:50.280
I was... On paper, he got it. Yeah, I was going

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:53.880
to say, I'm not too sure that's how it played

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:59.289
out in the ring, but... Yeah. This fight was

00:40:59.289 --> 00:41:02.929
a stinker. It's not worth watching to score it.

00:41:02.969 --> 00:41:07.289
Just take the word for it. Yeah. Zack Parker

00:41:07.289 --> 00:41:13.250
got the dub in our hearts. Yeah. Realistically,

00:41:13.489 --> 00:41:15.710
they're probably going to rematch because they

00:41:15.710 --> 00:41:21.869
haven't earned shit, neither of them. Especially

00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:24.489
at a pretty log -jammed light heavyweight division.

00:41:24.869 --> 00:41:29.019
Yeah. They're probably going to end up rematching

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:31.380
each other, and then hopefully we get a less

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:34.139
controversial winner out of that. Or not. They

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:38.159
can fight each other forever, honestly. They

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:42.619
go by Morel. Maybe win. They're not winning against

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:49.639
Morel, I fear. No, they won't. And moving on

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.820
to the last card of the day, Matchroom at the

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:56.920
Caribbean Royale, Orlando, Florida. Some quick

00:41:56.920 --> 00:42:00.000
ones. Nishant Dev gets the UD over Juan Carlos

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:06.000
Campos Medina. Pat Brown with a fucking, certainly

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:13.079
a knockout of all time over Felix Valera. Yoelvis

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.800
Gomez pulls out the split draw versus Entrevious

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:21.039
Ingram. And another fight of all time, Lanier

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:24.800
Pero versus Jordan Thompson. Lanier gets the

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:32.300
UD. It was a fight. These were all some of the

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:34.880
fights of all time. I really wonder how this

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:41.119
sold tickets. I bet they comp a lot of them at

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:46.519
the resort. The resort, you can definitely give

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.059
a lot of them away. Like what they do in Lackleby,

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:51.599
they give them away or they give. What they usually

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:53.920
do at Likely Me for the Eye of the Tiger cards

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:58.059
is they give you, like, a bonus at the slots

00:42:58.059 --> 00:43:01.039
or whatever. Oh, buy a ticket and you'll get,

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:03.719
like, $100 in chips. Here's a credit. Here's

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:07.179
a betting money. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. That's

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:09.579
what they do a lot at Likely Me. It's a resort.

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:12.099
That's smart because they're going to make that

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:14.260
money back. Exactly. Yeah, like, they comp it

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:17.539
at the restaurant. Here's a, like, $50 voucher.

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:19.659
Go drive yourself nuts at the restaurant or whatever.

00:43:22.610 --> 00:43:25.170
But that's all we got in the recaps. Unless you

00:43:25.170 --> 00:43:32.269
guys have anything I missed? All right. Let me

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00:48:26.110 --> 00:48:32.349
Patron. Richard Torres versus Tomas Salek. That's

00:48:32.349 --> 00:48:34.869
fun. Richard Torres is always a fun night out.

00:48:36.269 --> 00:48:42.050
Can he fight someone who isn't? 411th on BoxRec.

00:48:43.030 --> 00:48:47.130
Hey, 407th. Oh, excuse me. Put some respect on

00:48:47.130 --> 00:48:50.949
his name, man. The fourth ranked Chechen fighter

00:48:50.949 --> 00:48:56.289
on BoxRec. One of the best guys in the country.

00:48:58.090 --> 00:49:03.750
Disappointing. Emiliano Vargas versus Jonathan

00:49:03.750 --> 00:49:11.489
Montrell. My king. My king, Emiliano. This is

00:49:11.489 --> 00:49:14.610
another. He's a young man working his way up.

00:49:14.670 --> 00:49:19.409
I don't care. It's a 10 -round fight. He's really

00:49:19.409 --> 00:49:23.949
stepping up. He doesn't. I don't mind the lack

00:49:23.949 --> 00:49:26.769
of step up here. Great step up fight for him.

00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:29.559
There's more offensive ones such as the Olympic

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:33.880
silver medalist who refuses to fight guys ranked

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:40.159
in the top 100. I generally wonder when they're

00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:41.980
going to put him against a live dog. I mean,

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:44.659
Guido was a pretty good fighter. Guido counts.

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:47.619
Guido technically counts, but also that's the

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:50.760
whole point of Guido. Yeah, is that he's supposed

00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:53.420
to technically count. He's supposed to give you

00:49:53.420 --> 00:50:00.769
some rounds as a top -ranked guy. Yeah. Lindolfo

00:50:00.769 --> 00:50:05.929
Delgado versus Gabriel Goyas Valenzuela. This

00:50:05.929 --> 00:50:08.369
is a 12 -rounder. We talked about it a couple

00:50:08.369 --> 00:50:10.829
times before. Yes, we have mentioned Lindolfo

00:50:10.829 --> 00:50:15.210
before. He's a top -runner. Valenzuela. Oh, have

00:50:15.210 --> 00:50:20.989
we? Yeah. We've talked about Valenzuela a couple

00:50:20.989 --> 00:50:24.010
times. I remember his name. When he fought Gabriel

00:50:24.010 --> 00:50:26.739
Matias. Yeah, when he fought Matias. That was

00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:30.900
when we talked about him. And more glaringly,

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:36.260
the loss to Montana Love. Yeah, that's the one

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:39.820
that you look at and you're like, eww. Yeah,

00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:42.800
that's a little ugly. Yeah, a little bit. That's

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:46.159
embarrassing. Maybe this guy is a no -hoper.

00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:50.119
I mean, it's a top -ranked card. That being said,

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:54.460
I will say... The commentary is going to be so

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:57.300
good on this card because it's ESPN KO. You got

00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:02.599
the Mexican commentators. It's going to be good.

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:08.739
Have faith. And topping it off, Rafael Espinoza,

00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:12.480
WBO featherweight champion versus Arnold Kegai.

00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:18.159
Where do I know Kegai? Kegai is ninth in the

00:51:18.159 --> 00:51:21.909
WBO rankings. He had a fight with Joe Gonzalez

00:51:21.909 --> 00:51:24.710
that he lost by split decision earlier this year.

00:51:25.570 --> 00:51:30.590
He fought Laborio Solis in Germany? And in 2020,

00:51:30.789 --> 00:51:34.929
Stephen Fulton UD'd him pretty convincingly.

00:51:35.050 --> 00:51:42.250
That's where I know him. He's young, but as a

00:51:42.250 --> 00:51:45.110
champion, like what we keep saying. He's 31.

00:51:46.349 --> 00:51:49.079
He's for featherweight? Wait, wait, wait, hold

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:55.159
on. He's 31? Espinoza? Yeah, he's 31. He's 31,

00:51:55.179 --> 00:52:00.179
so he's getting there for Featherweight. Oh,

00:52:00.179 --> 00:52:03.440
hell no, dude. That's... 31 is a little too...

00:52:03.440 --> 00:52:06.460
Yeah, no, he shouldn't be... He should be doing

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:10.980
better than this. Yeah. Yes. There's better guys

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:14.239
at Featherweight. And he's a good fighter, too.

00:52:15.299 --> 00:52:17.539
Especially cuz it's not like it's a money division

00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:24.280
like guys should be fighting each other That's

00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:26.099
ridiculous honestly never mind I take back what

00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:30.119
I said Who was I thinking of that's 26? Oh, you

00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:32.219
know, I think I'm thinking about my team Angela

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:37.480
Leo Yes, I'm thinking Angela Leo. That's that's

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:39.639
ridiculous. Dude both Richard Torres and Raphael

00:52:39.639 --> 00:52:45.590
Espinosa I can't judge Espinoza that much. He

00:52:45.590 --> 00:52:48.769
has beaten Robesio Ramirez for a title. He beat

00:52:48.769 --> 00:52:52.429
a legitimate titlist at the division. But who

00:52:52.429 --> 00:52:56.550
are these guys that he's defending against? Yeah,

00:52:56.550 --> 00:53:02.449
that's real conceited. I'm saying at the very

00:53:02.449 --> 00:53:06.610
least, he earned his title. He definitely earned

00:53:06.610 --> 00:53:09.090
his title against Rabiz Ramirez. I'm just saying

00:53:09.090 --> 00:53:11.429
it's a little weird. 126 is always a little weird.

00:53:11.570 --> 00:53:16.989
No fights happen until a surprise contender pops

00:53:16.989 --> 00:53:22.630
onto the scene. We'll see what happens. That

00:53:22.630 --> 00:53:25.110
division is going to light up when Inoue goes

00:53:25.110 --> 00:53:29.010
up. Inoue and Nakatani coming up is absolutely...

00:53:29.010 --> 00:53:34.429
Big brattle. Yeah. Any division they go to is

00:53:34.429 --> 00:53:36.650
going to be better. That's the kiss of death.

00:53:36.789 --> 00:53:38.869
Those two are going to blitz every champion in

00:53:38.869 --> 00:53:42.389
the 126. They're going to give Narcan to that

00:53:42.389 --> 00:53:44.710
division, man. I'll tell you that. Like, Nick

00:53:44.710 --> 00:53:47.949
Ball's getting his head sent into the... He's

00:53:47.949 --> 00:53:51.690
going to throw a roll by Inoue. Maybe not murder

00:53:51.690 --> 00:53:56.150
him, but... Nick the Wrecking Ball 5 -2 is getting

00:53:56.150 --> 00:54:00.789
sent into the stands by Inoue, I fear. Was it

00:54:00.789 --> 00:54:03.369
on this pod that I mentioned we had that discussion

00:54:03.369 --> 00:54:07.789
about Nick Ball in any way? I believe we've talked

00:54:07.789 --> 00:54:11.929
about it before, yes. I think that Nick Ball

00:54:11.929 --> 00:54:15.030
has a higher chance of hurting in a way than

00:54:15.030 --> 00:54:19.889
most of the fighters he's fought. By kicking

00:54:19.889 --> 00:54:27.250
him? Yeah, by kicking him. Going up another weight

00:54:27.250 --> 00:54:29.980
division. He can make or break you, you know.

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:33.920
He's already been knocked down twice. And at

00:54:33.920 --> 00:54:36.980
126. I will say by far, by more competent operators,

00:54:37.300 --> 00:54:39.820
they've always been flash knockdowns from big

00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:45.860
counters. I don't think Nick Ball, especially

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:47.940
because they're counters when Inouye's coming

00:54:47.940 --> 00:54:50.739
forward. It's not like a guy's going into Inouye

00:54:50.739 --> 00:54:52.960
and knocking him down. Yeah, that's true. That's

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:55.820
a different issue of durability. Inouye walked

00:54:55.820 --> 00:54:59.619
into it and... Inouye gets walked into a big

00:54:59.619 --> 00:55:04.519
shot by a competent... Which is not going to

00:55:04.519 --> 00:55:09.079
happen with Ball. Ball doesn't have those wrinkles

00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:13.119
to be able to walk Inouye into a shot. We'll

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:18.679
talk about it a little more next week. Inouye's

00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:20.940
going to be fighting Picasso. Every time Inouye

00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:24.440
fights a Mexican fighter, it's always that one

00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:27.510
punch. The one punch that puts it down. Same

00:55:27.510 --> 00:55:31.829
thing. If Ball had any semblance of craft, he

00:55:31.829 --> 00:55:35.190
wouldn't have needed to start throwing and kicking

00:55:35.190 --> 00:55:39.809
guys. He wouldn't have to rely on his other body

00:55:39.809 --> 00:55:43.170
parts in his fucking fists. Yeah. That's what

00:55:43.170 --> 00:55:51.510
I'll say. Other card that day. Matchroom at the

00:55:51.510 --> 00:55:57.219
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Oh, shit.

00:55:57.320 --> 00:56:00.880
From the bottom up, Mikey Talon versus Fezzan

00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:05.980
Shahid. Super flyweights. Richard Reakpour versus

00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:10.619
Tommy Welch at heavy. Sam Gilley versus Ishmael

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:15.239
Davis at super welterweight. Jack Catterall versus

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:20.940
Ekau Essouman at welter. Adam Azeem versus Kurt

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:25.250
Scooby. That's super lightweight. I'm excited

00:56:25.250 --> 00:56:27.429
for this one. That's going to be a really good

00:56:27.429 --> 00:56:33.469
one, I think. Was Scooby that Jake Paul prospect,

00:56:33.590 --> 00:56:36.289
or was he the overtime guy? Overtime. O -T -X.

00:56:37.050 --> 00:56:39.190
Overtime, O -T -X. I was going to say, no, no,

00:56:39.210 --> 00:56:41.269
Ashton Silvey was the Jake Paul one. He was the

00:56:41.269 --> 00:56:46.670
most valuable. Yeah, the MVP one. Okay. And headlining,

00:56:46.769 --> 00:56:51.989
Chris Eubank Jr. Rematching Connor Benn. 12 -rounder.

00:56:52.010 --> 00:56:54.110
I'm assuming they're doing it again at middleweight.

00:56:54.599 --> 00:56:59.380
but I'm not 100 % sure. Jesus Christ. I think,

00:56:59.400 --> 00:57:02.380
honestly, that it's going to be not as good as

00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:03.780
the first, but it'll still be a decent scrap.

00:57:06.440 --> 00:57:08.559
It's a decent undercard as far as, like, Brit

00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:12.000
stuff goes. Yeah, like, actually, I find Adam

00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:18.400
Azeem and Kurt Scooby more intriguing. I agree.

00:57:18.579 --> 00:57:22.760
I need Jack Ketterall to stop fighting. I can't

00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:24.579
believe he's following through with a threat

00:57:24.579 --> 00:57:28.760
to fight. I'll say this, though. I really want

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:31.900
to see Jack Cotterill fight just because of his

00:57:31.900 --> 00:57:35.239
association with Bozy Ennis. We get to see how

00:57:35.239 --> 00:57:39.360
good Bozy is? Oh, my God. I'm calling you right

00:57:39.360 --> 00:57:43.019
now, Kate. Are we fraud -checking Bozy Ennis?

00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:52.349
Jack Cotterill. actually learns from Bozy Edis,

00:57:52.369 --> 00:57:55.369
he might just be a problem. Man, if he just turns

00:57:55.369 --> 00:57:57.510
in the boots at us overnight because of Bozy,

00:57:57.610 --> 00:57:59.710
like, I'm throwing in the towel. Like, that's...

00:57:59.710 --> 00:58:02.949
I'm crying, dude. I'm crying and I'm creaming

00:58:02.949 --> 00:58:05.409
at the same time. That's crazy. That'd be crazy.

00:58:07.349 --> 00:58:10.010
Jack Catterall comes out of the Philly Shell.

00:58:10.070 --> 00:58:13.150
I will, like, lay down the line for her. Philly

00:58:13.150 --> 00:58:16.269
Shell, like, just has a chin now and power and

00:58:16.269 --> 00:58:21.309
athleticism and just... Oh my god. That'd be

00:58:21.309 --> 00:58:24.849
hilarious. And you know, Triple G had that Mexican

00:58:24.849 --> 00:58:30.929
style. Philly style. The Philly cat. I don't

00:58:30.929 --> 00:58:35.070
know what's funnier. If he looks really good

00:58:35.070 --> 00:58:37.849
or if he just looks horrendous and comes out

00:58:37.849 --> 00:58:40.489
with the silly shell. Like the Ryan Garcia silly

00:58:40.489 --> 00:58:51.820
shell. Both would be hilarious. Oh, man. I had

00:58:51.820 --> 00:58:55.579
a thing. I was talking with Shanada. I'm going

00:58:55.579 --> 00:58:59.519
to be at this. I'm going. I'll be in the crowd

00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:02.559
for this one. I'll be one of the two people cheering

00:59:02.559 --> 00:59:08.159
for Kurt Scooby. Yeah. I got to get my sweet

00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:10.639
Caroline in. I'm going to beat your ass, dude.

00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:13.159
I'm going to beat your fucking ass. I'm supporting

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:20.039
Kurt Scooby. Oh, my God. Imagine. Azim should

00:59:20.039 --> 00:59:23.360
win, for the record. He totally should. He should.

00:59:23.420 --> 00:59:28.320
He's a decent prospect. I think he's a contender

00:59:28.320 --> 00:59:33.340
at this point at 140. It's kind of like beating

00:59:33.340 --> 00:59:36.639
Sergey Litvinets at 140, like in his actual weight

00:59:36.639 --> 00:59:40.820
class. Yeah, that's not bad. That's a good one.

00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:55.750
And 140 is very top -heavy. I feel like if he

00:59:55.750 --> 00:59:58.889
looks good with Kurt Scobie, it's going to go

00:59:58.889 --> 01:00:01.190
into one of the titles that is starting to free

01:00:01.190 --> 01:00:10.440
up. What else do we have on the docket? Chris

01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:12.699
Eubank and Conor Benn. Is there really much more

01:00:12.699 --> 01:00:15.019
to say? It's probably not going to be as good

01:00:15.019 --> 01:00:18.440
as the first. Here are the words. Two bums. Two

01:00:18.440 --> 01:00:25.119
bums. Two bums. Neither guy is going to win a

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:29.699
world title. And honestly, they might just rematch

01:00:29.699 --> 01:00:32.219
each other for the next four years until Eubank

01:00:32.219 --> 01:00:38.039
retires. The fight I... Chris Eubank training

01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:42.320
with... with Bomak. That's going to be interesting.

01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:45.059
We've seen what happened before with Chris Eubank.

01:00:45.059 --> 01:00:48.400
Bomak, that was a little nasty. We'll see what

01:00:48.400 --> 01:00:51.599
happens. I'm also interested in that. It's just

01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:55.320
Eubank's going to show up emaciated again, and

01:00:55.320 --> 01:00:58.760
he's not going to have the leg strength to be

01:00:58.760 --> 01:01:07.199
able to finish Conor Benn. You know what? It

01:01:07.199 --> 01:01:09.300
doesn't help that he wears those fucking winning

01:01:09.300 --> 01:01:11.920
gloves, like the winning pillows every damn fight.

01:01:14.320 --> 01:01:18.179
Eubank does? Eubank does. His hands cannot be

01:01:18.179 --> 01:01:20.340
that shop -worn that he can't put on some Mexican

01:01:20.340 --> 01:01:25.300
leather and actually hurt Ben. I mean, at least

01:01:25.300 --> 01:01:28.139
put on some grants. Come on. Yeah, like, some

01:01:28.139 --> 01:01:29.900
grants or some rivals. Like, you don't even,

01:01:30.039 --> 01:01:31.940
like, I'm not saying put on some Reyes. Like,

01:01:31.940 --> 01:01:37.599
at least some Everlasts. Yeah. Winnings? The

01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:41.000
only person that I know of that wears winnings

01:01:41.000 --> 01:01:45.639
is Inouye. Partly brand sponsorship, I expect.

01:01:47.539 --> 01:01:53.119
Hank knocked out Leo Santa Cruz with a pair of

01:01:53.119 --> 01:01:57.480
winnings on. Goodness gracious. That knockout

01:01:57.480 --> 01:02:01.840
was with a pair of winnings on. Sent him to the

01:02:01.840 --> 01:02:05.159
Shadow Realm with them? Yeah. So, that's what

01:02:05.159 --> 01:02:07.320
I mean. There's two guys who can actually punch

01:02:07.320 --> 01:02:12.820
with power with a pair of winnings on. And Eubank

01:02:12.820 --> 01:02:18.280
is neither of them. So, like, I think, like,

01:02:18.320 --> 01:02:20.059
just put on some real gloves, man. It's like,

01:02:20.179 --> 01:02:23.519
like, especially if Eddie Hearn's going to block

01:02:23.519 --> 01:02:26.420
your ambulance. Like, you want to be in and out

01:02:26.420 --> 01:02:31.940
of there quickly. Do we think Eddie blocks the

01:02:31.940 --> 01:02:35.159
ambulance again? No, I don't think he'll do it

01:02:35.159 --> 01:02:41.360
again. Again? That was probably the best. The

01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:43.119
first fight was good, but I'm saying in terms

01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:47.619
of actual boxing consequences following the fight,

01:02:47.699 --> 01:02:50.480
that was the funniest. You guys seen The Dark

01:02:50.480 --> 01:02:55.199
Knight? That's what Eddie's gonna do to the hospital.

01:02:59.800 --> 01:03:03.400
Evacuate it so it can be blown up? Yep. Just

01:03:03.400 --> 01:03:08.780
to not have Chris Eubank get to a fucking the

01:03:08.780 --> 01:03:17.440
nearest hospital. Yeah. Jesus. Oh well. Two bums.

01:03:18.460 --> 01:03:20.900
Two bums. They're never going to win a world

01:03:20.900 --> 01:03:26.039
title. Three bums. Howard Foster. Is Howard Foster

01:03:26.039 --> 01:03:28.179
refereeing this fight? I don't even know. I'm

01:03:28.179 --> 01:03:33.010
just saying some bullshit. That would be... I'm

01:03:33.010 --> 01:03:35.190
going to check, see if it's been announced. I'm

01:03:35.190 --> 01:03:37.050
going to check. That would be funny, though.

01:03:39.190 --> 01:03:44.269
Chris Eubank. Victor Law. Nope, that's the first

01:03:44.269 --> 01:03:50.070
one. Let's see. I don't see one. If it's Howard

01:03:50.070 --> 01:03:52.329
Foster, that's actually crazy. I predicted it.

01:03:53.210 --> 01:03:57.739
Crazy as pool. I'm gonna kill myself. I gotta

01:03:57.739 --> 01:04:00.039
see Howard Foster. Fuck up another fight again.

01:04:04.280 --> 01:04:11.239
Howard fucking Foster. That's all we got on the

01:04:11.239 --> 01:04:18.079
docket, though. Yep. Hold on. What? See if those

01:04:18.079 --> 01:04:20.000
boxing scenes have it. They usually suck enough

01:04:20.000 --> 01:04:22.900
dick to be able to get access to that information.

01:04:27.480 --> 01:04:35.300
Oh, I haven't seen it. I can't find it. Oh, well,

01:04:35.300 --> 01:04:36.940
we'll find out once they're in the ring and we

01:04:36.940 --> 01:04:41.099
see Howard Foster. Already ready to wave it off.

01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:49.559
He's warming up already, yeah. Anything more

01:04:49.559 --> 01:04:59.139
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They all depend on one tiny little hero, the

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takes. With that out of the way, parting words.

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I just have a message to take, actually. Thank

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you. Whether you like it or not, you're a role

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model. There's kids that are watching right now

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that see the behavior you're doing and you're

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letting them down. That's all I've got to say.

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You're letting them down. I think I'm just going

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to go with Pro Box Good. Pro Box is good. Pro

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Box is good. Let's see. This is the second to

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last episode of the month. I'm going to be out

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of the country, as I mentioned. I'm going to

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be in England getting myself waved off too soon

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by Howard Foster. By Howard Foster. Fuck. All

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right. That's it for this edition of the Boxing

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B -Sides. See you next week. See you all next

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time.