This shit ain't nothing to me, man. So, let's
fucking boogie. That's where I'm gonna... Do
my editing. Boxing before dark. It's been a dark
period without us, hasn't it? So dark. Boxing
is back, baby. Oh, the big news. Terrence Crawford
retires. Yeah. I was a little surprised. I wasn't.
Not so much. I thought he might take a few more
fights, but I knew this was coming, right? It
was imminent. I knew it was soon, but I thought
after the Canelo win, he'd take, excuse me, like
one or two more big fights, kind of like victory
lap money grab -ish. Like Floyd did with Andre
Berto? Yeah. I'm still not convinced that Crawford
doesn't come back. for something. Like, he gave
up all the belts and stuff, so clearly that's
not what he's after, but if he gets offered a
bunch of money to have an exhibition with Floyd
Mayweather or something, although I don't think
Floyd would do that, but... Hmm. I think if they
could line up a shot at Undisputed for 160, He
would take that? Yeah, in one or two fights.
Yeah. Yeah, I think Janabek popping really ruined
Crawford's plans. Yeah, to sweep up 160 as well.
Yeah, because that was a unification fight, right?
Janabek? Janabek and Lara, yeah. Yeah. That would
have gave him two belts, and then he's just got...
That would have given him three. Three. Okay.
Yeah. So that was definitely what Crawford was
planning. Yep. Would have given him an easy...
I don't know. I think Janabek would have been
not as... I think that would have been a harder
fight than Canelo gave him. I think so too. Yeah.
Just a little bit more awkward. Well, better
footwork, better movement. Yeah. Canelo's really
kind of slow with his feet. Especially now. Yeah,
he's definitely not gotten better as he's aged.
Yeah, I don't know. A bunch of people are like,
no, Crawford's completely retired. He wouldn't
say it and not do it, but I don't know. Crawford's
still shelling for Saudi so bad. I feel like
he's trying to line up something. He is. He's
really pushing for the ring being the only legitimate
title. Come on, man. Yeah. Like, if you're actually
retired, you probably don't care that much. Right.
Go run your gym in Omaha. Go shoot guns and go
fishing. Yeah, enjoy your retirement. Yeah, if
he's actually retired, like, I'm happy for him.
Going out on top is always a good thing. I do
think it's a good time for him to retire. I'm
just not convinced it's serious. Other than the
160 undisputed, if he was able to finagle that,
I don't see a lot of reasons for him to come
out of retirement. I guess if the money was big
enough for a Canelo rematch, maybe. Yeah, I just...
I don't know. I think if he was really, really
retired, he would quit kind of pushing the company
line so hard. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm reaching,
but I don't know. It feels like he's still working
for Saudi. It doesn't feel like he's retired.
Maybe he's trying to line up commentary work
or something, but Crawford would be an awful
commentator. uh no in my opinion he would be
more of like um operations for the ring you know
oh okay work like making their fights or something
like being it's kind of like promoting a little
bit but he was so shit at promoting himself like
i didn't i don't think crawford's good at those
things he hasn't appeared to be good at those
things for his whole career uh yeah something
that requires a bit of a personality Yeah, like...
A boisterous personality. I just, I don't...
There's some fighters that you can easily see
going into the business side of things. I don't
see Crawford transitioning well into business.
Not as a front man. Maybe as like a trainer,
because... technically he's really good and like
he's super smart and he doesn't have one of those
styles that i think means he can't teach anyone
like he's not a roy jones jr right right i see
what you mean i i he doesn't run on raw talent
crawford actually like works at it Not that other
people don't work at it, but you know what I
mean. Like, it's not 100 % raw talent. I can
see Crawford being good in the gym, like as a
trainer and stuff, but a promoter or a personality
of any kind, I just, I don't see that going well.
Even any of the business stuff, I don't, Crawford
doesn't strike me as good at that. Yeah, I don't
think he has the right personality to be in front
of the camera doing stuff. I can see him becoming
a good trainer. But do you have to suck Saudi
ass to be a good trainer? That's the move that's
kind of weird. That's what makes me think he's
angling for a business position. Yeah. I guess
if they like you, they'll take your fighters.
Yeah, it'll get his... The kids out of Omaha
get them paid, so that's nice. Yeah, that's good.
I don't know. Maybe he's retired completely from
boxing, but I'm just not convinced yet. But as
it stands, retires 42 -0, 31 stoppages, five
-division champion, three -division undisputed.
Crazy. Holy shit, what a resume. Yeah. Is that
better than Floyd Mayweather? I don't think he
fought as good a competition as Floyd. Not nearly.
So, resume -wise, no. But straight -up accolades?
I mean, three -weight undisputed, Floyd didn't
do that. I don't think Floyd did one. Yeah, like,
actual things you've done on paper, Crawford's
is better, I think. Yeah, different eras, I guess.
Different emphasis, like, career -wise. Yeah.
As much as Crawford has switched to saying the
belts don't matter, that's all he ever chased
was belts. Yeah, and then the belts are what
made him as... Formidable for accolades. It's
the belts that made him such a gold medal winner.
But moving on, WBO orders Hamza Shiraz versus
Diego Pacheco for the now vacant 168 title. This
could be fun. I think it's too soon for Pacheco.
You think so? I do. You think Shiraz has it?
Uh, as much as I don't, I will be cheering for
Diego Pacheco, but I'm going to be, I'm not going
to be like, uh, like the way the guys are with,
uh, Osley's Iglesias. Yeah. I'm not going to
be like that. Fair. Um, I'll be, it'll be, uh,
quiet, a little bit more reserved support. Yeah.
I, I don't watch these guys a whole bunch. I
know Shiraz is more of a boxer, right? Like an
outboxer. Pacheco's going to have trouble with
that, I think. He's more of just a puncher. And
he has defensive lapses that are kind of obvious.
Yeah, we'll talk about that when we recap his
fight with Sajo. Yeah, but I think it's a good
fight. Like, whether Pacheco's ready is another
question, but I think it's just a good fight.
And I like that they're having the younger guys
fight each other more often lately. Yeah. The
emphasis on being undefeated is fading. I like
that. I don't care if fighters have a loss or
two, personally. I don't either. Like if they
test themselves, then sometimes you come up short.
It happens. Yeah. And you move on. I actually,
I kind of like when people, I don't like when
they lose, but I like to know that they challenge
themselves enough to lose. Right. And that they
can come back from that because coming back from
a loss is like mentally a big test. Right. Like
when Stephen Fulton got iced by Inouye, And then
he came back big against Brandon Figueroa again.
That was exciting. That was great. I was really
happy. And then he comes in fucking overweight.
And then he imploded. Yeah. You know, that one
fight was good. Maybe he overgassed himself.
Well, the new tattoo was ridiculous. I can't
be stopped. Fucking stupid. Another WBO mandatory,
Joe Cordina versus Abdullah Mason. I think this
is also a good matchup. I'm excited about these
fights. Cordina's a step up for Abdullah. I know
other people don't like Cordina, but I'm a fan.
Cordina's coming off a nice win that we'll be
talking about as well. I thought he looked really
good, yeah. Yeah. Troy Isley. I know the world
has been waiting to hear what he's up to, but
he's a promotional free agent. So congrats on
your new freedom. Hopefully you land yourself
a nice deal somewhere. Ooh, Devin Haney versus
Lewis Crocker to unify the WBO and IBF. welterweight
titles which one is lewis crocker oh i don't
think this is a very good matchup no lewis crocker's
pretty one -sided yep yeah yeah i i don't know
devin haney i guess needs probably some more
um Mental reinforcement. Although he looked good
in his last fight. He did. He looked fantastic
in his last fight. Yeah. And Lewis Crocker, easy
belt. Make yourself the man at 147. Yeah. I mean,
it's for unification, so I can't call it cherry
picking or anything. But that does seem like
an easy belt to scoop up. Hmm. The... Mario Barrios,
Ryan Garcia undercard has been announced. Armando
Resendiz versus Edgar Berlanga for the WBA 168
title. GAR versus Andy Hiraoka. He has one of
the 140 titles GAR does. Yeah. Don't remember
which exactly. I think it's the WBA. Yeah, I
don't remember. I'm trying to figure out which
one is Resendiz. Undersized guy. He fought Kayla
Plant to win the, I think, the regular title.
Yeah. That seems like a matchup in Berlanga's
favor, I assume. It might be. Because Resendiz
did get beat up by Elijah Garcia at 160. Well,
Berlanga's just bigger. Right? Yes. I'm not saying
that Berlanga definitely wins, but I feel like
they picked somebody that suits Berlanga. Resendiz
does... He's... Full -on, like, Mexican style.
So, at least it'll be fireworks. Yeah, well,
and I kind of hope Berlanga loses and disappears,
but I don't think that'll happen. And they have
Lester Martinez versus TBA. If it's not Imbilia,
I don't care. Yeah. I want that rematch. That's
not fair. I do care. I like Lester. But I want
that Mbili rematch. It's weird that they don't
have an opponent yet. I think. When is that card?
It's January? I think it's at the end of January.
Yeah, that's getting really close. That's like
four weeks away. They should have him an opponent.
Yeah, there's not a lot of good... good opposition
available. That's true. Because... Yeah, everybody
kind of fought at 168, didn't they? Yes. Or they're
busy. Yeah. Jamal Charlo? Ugh. I... No. I mean,
Lester beating up Jamal Charlo would be pretty
funny. And I think Lester could take either of
the Charlos right now. Yeah, I think you're right.
But speaking of this card, have you seen Ryan
Garcia in a gym at all? No, I've been seeing
him working out at home. Yeah. I think Ryan might
blow this one too. I know Barrios is shit. Don't
get me wrong. But if Barrios can just keep his
right hand at home. Like, Ryan Garcia is not
taking this seriously. He's fucking hitting pads
with Instagram girls. As far as I can tell. Maybe
it's going to be like the Haney fight and it'll
all be some... Like, oh, he was really taking
it serious. He was just making it look like he
wasn't. But I don't know, man. This feels a little
different. I fucking hate Ryan Garcia. I hope
Barrios knocks him out cold. I don't think it'll
happen, but I can wish for it. I'm just hoping
for a draw. That would also be fucking hilarious.
Three belt defenses as draw. Yep. That would
be too good. That would be really funny, but
I also want Ryan Garcia to lose to the worst
belt holder in modern history. You think he's
the worst? No, I don't know. That was for exaggeration.
I'm sure there's probably somebody who's worse.
Maybe. I don't know. He might be. He might be
the worst at what weight class is this? 147?
Yeah. I think if I narrow it to 147, that statement
is true. There's some people get those like really
small titles that are kind of really ass. Barrios
and Raleigh are... I think Raleigh's better than
Barrios. I think so too. Rolly already beat Ryan,
so we just need Barrios to do it. Then Devin
Haney and Lewis Crocker are busy. Imagine. It
won't happen, but imagine Barrios and Crocker
win and fight to unify next. Oh. The storylines
would be... Boxing is dead. Yeah. I don't think
Haney will fuck it up, but I could see Ryan fucking
it up. Hmm. That's all I had for the news. Yeah.
Oh, well, breaking news, I guess. This will come
out afterwards, but Taraji's off. Oh. Boo. Willie
Baldo Garcia ended up in the hospital making
weight. Or, sorry, I think that's not true. He
pulled out from illness is what the official
line is. There is a really bad flu going around
in Tokyo. I could see him having caught the flu
while making weight and not being able to fight.
But that's the fight I was most excited for tonight.
Yeah. Like by far the one I was most excited
for. I kind of don't even care now. Hmm. Keyshawn
Davis is moving to 147 in the coming year. That
would be a hilarious crash out fight. Keyshawn
Davis and Ryan Garcia. Who implodes the worst.
Probably Keyshawn Davis, actually, would be my
guess. I'm trying to skim this article and see
who Jake Paul's next opponent is supposed to
be. He called out Canelo from the hospital. And
he called out Francis Ngannou as well. Fucking
crazy. Alright. What else do I have here? Kishan.
Jaron Ennis versus Virgil Ortiz has hit more
roadblocks thanks to Virgil Ortiz's manager.
So that's nice. Oh, I do have good news um but
i don't remember the specifics so shigeoka is
the one that was in the hospital i assumed forever
but he's being sent home um this week i think
he's being sent home and his brother who retired
and opened his cafe his wife is having a baby
soon oh that's nice Yeah, so, I mean, not boxing
-adjacent news, but the Shigeokas seem to be
moving forward with life despite the injury.
If it wasn't so damn far away, I would go to
that cafe, but that would be the most expensive
cup of coffee ever. Yeah, not quite worth it.
It's like when I stop... Went out of my way to
go to Danny Garcia's barbershop. Like, I had
the intention of getting a haircut, but the line
was pretty ridiculous. Right. And the prices
were also really stupid. I mean, I'm not surprised.
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And here we go. Recap shit. Bash on Prime pay
-per -view. Ace Mission Studios. I can't believe
they made this pay -per -view. I couldn't either.
That's fucking ridiculous. Even though the price
was... The price was $35. That's still too high.
It is way too high. Anything more than free is
too high for this card. It's not just that it's
Badu Jack as the main, because I like Badu Jack,
but the rest of the card was shit. Yes. There
was absolutely no one else on it. Exactly. And
they made you pay $35 for it? Yeah. Ridiculous.
I wasn't too pleased either. Fucking ridiculous.
And Badu Jack drops it. Norair McHaleon is now
the WBC Cruiserweight champ. Yay. High strangeness
going on in this one. This was a long time ago,
Leo. You have to remind me. Sorry. The corners.
They started fighting. They continued fighting
at the end of round six or seven. And then the
corners rushed into the ring. Right, and security
rushed in and everything, and then they just
continued? Like, I've seen... Yeah, I've seen
people rush the ring and shit before, but, like,
I haven't seen the fight just go on like that.
Like, they just went to their corners and came
out. Like, nothing happened. I don't think I've
seen that before. It was super weird. I mean,
I guess it's fine. Was there a point deduction
in this one too, I think? Was there? No, maybe
not. Sorry, it's like two weeks ago. A little
bit more. My shit memory is shit. Mikaelian deducted
one point in round seven for hitting behind the
head. Okay, that's what I'm thinking of. And
Badu Jack deducted one point for hitting after
the referee called stop in round eight. Okay,
so they canceled out. Yeah. It was just a dirty,
shitty fight. Like, it was not fun to watch this
one. No. No. So, if you missed it, you didn't
miss it. It's just the meme factor of the rushing
the ring, the point deductions. It's just, if
you want to laugh, then you can get it for free.
Go for it, but don't pay for it. I can't believe
they charged for it. Yeah, there's not a whole
bunch to say about this one, I don't think. Like,
Bado Jack's just getting old. I kind of wonder
if he retires now. Kind of feel like he should.
I would imagine he does. I mean, dude's, what
is he, like, 40? 42? Yeah. Like, honestly, he
did really well with his talent level, and I
think now you go home to Sweden. Yep. Not much
for him to do. Not much for Badu to do. Badu
to do. Michaelian, on the other hand, I think
Opataya called him out, and I think he mentioned
Opataya as well. I mean, that would be... Unifications
are always good. Yes. Always good in my book,
but that's going to be pretty lopsided. Yeah.
Like, has Opataya really fought any... Good people?
I don't know how to put it. Like, most of the
people he fights seem kind of shit. They kind
of are. Like, who's his best win? Myrus Bredis?
Yeah, Bredis. That's as good as it gets. I think
Michaelian's just as good as Bredis, if not better.
Bredis, when they fought, was like 40 years old.
So... Yeah, I... I think this would be a step
up for Opataya. I know he's had the belt forever,
but I still think this would be a step up. That
he shouldn't stumble on, but... He stumbled on
his last one, like he was supposed to... If you
only saw the knockout against... What was the
dude's name? I don't remember. Skweo? No. King
Kara. King Kara. Yeah. If you only saw the knockout,
you would think it was just another dominant
performance, but that shit took him to round
eight to do. And Obataya got hit. Yeah, he got
hit a lot. Yeah. So it really does beg the question,
like, how good is Obataya really? Yeah, that's
kind of what I was getting at. Like, I don't
think we've seen Obataya challenged, so you don't
know. I don't know if Mikaelian's the one who's
really going to challenge him, but I think he's
closer to it than fucking Squeo and whatever
this guy was. Chinkara. I don't know. I want
to see Obataya fight some live bodies soon. Mikaelian's
as close to a live body as we got. Other than
Zerto. Yeah. Who just called out Zerto? David
Benavidez? Yeah. Honestly, I'd rather see Benavidez
Zerto than Opataya Zerto. I don't really care
that much about cruiserweight belts. I don't
think anybody does. Yeah. But yeah, if Mikaelian
and Opataya fought Dext, I think that's good.
That's what they should do. I'll cheer for McKaylee
and just for the memes. Oh, man. Moving on. Also
on the 13th, Matchroom at the Stockton Arena
in Stockton, California. Oh, shit. Chavon Clark
got a nice stoppage over Anthony Holloway. Anthony
Holloway was out of his element by round two.
Yeah. Some UDs. Ernesto Mercado. KO6 over Antonio
Moran. Mercado looked pretty damn good. Another
player at 140. At least close. I would say he's
at like the Hiraoka level -ish. Maybe not because
Hiraoka is about a challenge for a title. So
not quite there. But he's close. He's getting
close. He's getting there. He's somebody to watch.
He's not old, is he? No, Mercado is like 20.
He's young. Super young. But he's someone to
keep an eye on in 2026. I think so. He looked
good. Princess Skye Nicholson had a fucking war.
Had a nice fight with Julian Luna Avila. Interim
title. I may have fallen asleep in this one.
As we were talking about earlier, Joe Cordina
gets the UD over Gabe Flores. I'm surprised he
didn't stop him. He was in control from the midpoint
onward. Yeah. Flores took a lot of punches. I
think Cordina's not the hardest hitter. He's
got that one highlight knockout, but he's not
like... a power guy right that's the exception
not the rule yeah i think i think flores was
just tough i thought cordina looked really good
i was excited about his win i like joe cordina
so yep so that that win set him up for a title
shot against abdullah mason so congrats uh gabe
flores continues to be relegated to lower and
lower levels I don't think Flores looked completely
terrible. I just, he's not title level. He's
a good step up guy. I think he'll do numbers
in Stockton if they keep him there. Well, I'd
like to watch him again. I'm not saying he needs
to stop. I just, I don't think he's like, he's
a minus. You think so? I think so. Diego Pacheco
gets dropped en route to a UD over Kevin Lele
Sajo. I think Sajo surprised a lot of people.
It definitely surprised me. Yeah. I was not expecting
him to make it rough and tumble on the inside.
Did not expect him to score a knockdown. And
I did not expect the cards to be as wide as they
were. Let me see what they were. I thought the
115 -112 was good. But the 117 -110 is Fantasyland.
I don't know how they saw that one. Pacheco has
holes. He got hit a lot. And he's not improving
them. Yeah. He's with a new trainer, so I guess
that's something. Yeah. Something to think about,
but. Like, I don't know. I know they really,
really want Pacheco to be really good, and I
don't know if he's going to be really good, but
I guess we'll see. He is exciting. I will always
tune in for a Pacheco fight. Yeah, and he's on
his way to fighting Shiraz for a title, so. Guess
it worked. Guess it worked out. Sajo should get
a nice few fights out of this. Yeah, I would
watch Sajo again. Definitely. Like him versus
like Mbili or Lester Martinez wouldn't be bad.
Yeah. Where's Mbili from originally? Is he Cameroonian
as well? Yes. The French Cameroonian face -off?
I think that would be a really fun fight, actually.
But Mbili has more important stuff to do right
now, though. Unfortunately for Sajo. Yeah. These
French motherfuckers coming out of nowhere, though.
What the hell? Saras was the beginning. Somebody
has to put a stop to this. The French Revolution.
We got a lot more to go, so let's fucking keep
it rolling. Okay. On Wednesday, December 17th,
first No Limit at the TikTok Entertainment Center
in Sydney, Australia. Sam Goodman sweeps Tyler
Blizzard. Not too surprised, as much as I was
pulling for Tyler. Did not see that going well
for him. I miss these. Tim Zhu looked pretty
fucking mid against Anthony Velasquez. He did
win a pretty clean decision, but he didn't impress.
For rebranding himself as the Phoenix, he didn't
really impress as well as he should have. Did
he have a jab this time? Yes, he did. So the
Cuban's working a little bit. Yeah, it's his
first fight with a new trainer, so I guess I'll
withhold judgment. But I'm a little, I don't
know, not feeling it. Unimpressed? Yeah. I really
want Tim Zhu to make a comeback. I do too. Hopefully
this is just growing pains. Taken at the Kokugikan.
in tokyo yeah i was at this one of course all
right so what's the scouting report on seigo
yuri akui yeah he's uh he's kind of getting old
but he's always fun to watch i was really excited
that he got the knockout i i jumped out of my
seat it was great like anytime you see him on
a card tune in in time to see him he's always
fun he either wins or he gets knocked the fuck
out those are his two options yeah i'm trying
to think of there's a i never mind there's somebody
else that hat was given that i think it was on
the mma side though ah yeah like he's 22 and
three but all three knockouts are or sorry all
three losses are knockouts so You're going to
have to kill him to beat him. It's pretty true,
though. It was fun. It wasn't a very long fight.
Rene Santiago split decision over Kiyosuke Takami.
This was a really good fight. I gave it to Takami,
but I'm pretty biased. I would recommend this
one. It was really back and forth. They were
both... I also just fucking hate Santiago because
he keeps coming and beating my fighters. Because
he beat Iwata earlier in the year. Same thing,
I think. Oh no, he was unanimous decision. Boo
this man. Boo this man. Um... Anthony Ola Squaga
stops Taku Kuwahara. Ola Squaga leaned into the
princess and Christmas themes in the most hilarious
way possible. I don't know if anybody else saw
his walkout, but he walked out in a green robe
with the white trim, like a Santa suit, to the
Grinch song. Like, you're a mean one. mr mr grinch
and then proceeded to knock kuwahara out fast
like that was really one -sided i all the squaga
looked great um he curtsied when they introduced
him and uh when when he won and they they were
taking pictures and stuff he had like a santa
sack of stolen presents so cheesy I remember
seeing that on socials. Yeah, yeah. So, super
cheesy, but I loved everything about it. And
he looked really good. Ola Squaga looked fucking
unbeatable in that fight. I don't know that Kuwajara
is the best possible competition, but Ola Squaga
looked really good. This was a flyweight fight?
Yeah. Kuohara had lost to Akui a couple fights
ago. Olusquaga Akui would be fun, but Akui would
die, I think. So it would be another knockout,
would be my prediction. In the main, Seiya Tsutsumi.
Split decision over Nonito Donair. I was so nervous
the entire fight. Yeah. Donair looked pretty
good, especially for being a 44 -year -old man.
I told you that Donair would catch Tsutsumi.
I knew it would happen. Tsutsumi's slow as fuck.
And Donair's slower than he used to be, but his
hands are still fast. Tsutsumi came out cautious,
and I was like, you can't fight like this. This
is not how you fight. And then Donair clipped
him in early, like round two or three, and knocked
him on his ass with a left hook. Like the...
I think... Yeah, I think there was a knockdown.
Or maybe he didn't touch the canvas. I can't
remember. I don't remember a knockdown. Yeah,
okay, he didn't touch the canvas, but he stumbled
back and looked like he maybe touched the canvas.
Anyways, old man Donair had one great fight left.
Tsutsumi looked like Tsutsumi. Like, he is who
I like. So, kind of shit defense. Toughed it
out. Overworked Donair. Donair was looking tired.
But, yeah, I was super nervous. And then they
read the Donair card first, and I was like, fuck.
Because it was a split decision. Super exciting.
Robert Boyle scored it 116 -112 for Donair. Yeah,
I think that's madness. Um, Tsutsumi also had
the best walkout jacket I've ever seen. I ship
pictures everywhere. It's a embroidered denim
thing, uh, cut in the old style, the, uh, old
Japanese style. And it's got like the, uh, tattoo
style embroidery on the back. So Tsutsumi's renamed
himself the Cyclone. So it's a Cyclone with a
dragon in it. Super cool. Holy shit. It's super
cool. That is intense. If you didn't see the
pictures I shared, Leo, you need to Google it.
Yeah, I'm going to look it up. His jacket is
fucking amazing for the walkout. And the red
leather jacket crew was there. I almost went
up and said hello to them. I saw them buying
beer, but I didn't. I was too nervous. Where
can I get a jacket? Yeah, no, but serious. I
bet you those things cost like $500, though.
Probably. Yeah. Anyways, this fight was perfect
for me. Like, Donair looked good, but my favorite
won. So I didn't see an old man die. It was just
a really good night. Worth traveling on a Wednesday.
This one didn't have any... U .S. broadcaster,
so it was next to impossible to find these fights.
I only found the main event and it was not very
good quality. That's really disappointing. It
was a good card. It must have been broadcast
somewhere because they had Jimmy Lennon Jr. there.
Everything was in English. But everything was
in English. They don't usually do that. I can't
find his jacket. I'll send it to you. I may or
may not have it saved on my phone. Let's keep
rolling. We still have a few more to go. Motherfucking
ProBox on Thursday, December 18th in Fort Lauderdale.
As usual. ProBox blocked Japan. What? I have
to VPN now. to watch pro box on youtube yeah
i can't watch it at work anymore i need to be
home with my vpn i am so fucking pissed off about
it i wrote two karen comments like what the fuck
guys it's blocked in the philippines now too
because there's a bunch of pinoy guys were pissed
off that's weird i don't know why they would
do that i don't either It hasn't been picked
up by a local broadcast as far as I can tell.
Like it hasn't moved to Abima or something. Yeah.
Let's see here. We had Kenyon Valle get the stoppage
in one. Christina, is this Chessa? Chessa. Also
stoppage in one. UD, Joshan James, majority decision.
If I recall correctly, they both, they got a
double knockdown. in this one oh yeah this was
super fun i've never seen that live before yeah
i've never seen that happen but it was pretty
good the ref handled it kind of weird like he
counted for martinez he he counted him to eight
he and then he was you know he was like are you
good and then he started counting again for uh
for joshua oh so like joshua got like an extended
count That is weird. You're supposed to count
them both. You're supposed to simul -count, yeah.
Count them both. I suspect that's not something
that refs practice a whole bunch. Yeah, probably
not. Marlon Harrington, big KO over Brian Palacco.
Yeah, that was rough. This one I didn't see.
Mike Juan Williams. versus George Rodriguez.
It ended up getting stopped in the fourth for,
I think, a cut. So it went to the cards, and
it was a UD for Mike Juan. Hebert Sosa versus
Elias Espadas was a UD for Hebert. And Ramon
Cardenas KO5 over Eric Robles. Big KO. Big time.
Like, possible KO of the year contender, maybe?
Yeah, I would put it in the contender category
for sure. Yeah, I don't know if it wins, but
I think it's on the list. Absolutely. Late. I
told you guys that Cardenas was good. Yeah. I
mean, he went 8 with Inoue. That's not nothing.
Yeah, and he has power. I am so fucking sick
of the chinny bum memes. I know they do it just
to piss me off, but... It works. It works. It
works so well. I fucking hate it. It makes me
so angry. I thought Cardenas looked really good.
I know this guy isn't the best competition in
the world, but... Yeah, he was in control the
entire time. Like, there was nothing to worry
about. Hopefully he gets himself back into a
big fight. I think he deserves it. I think Cardenas
has shown he's pretty good. Hold on. Where's
he at? He is 12th on BoxRec. There's good names
in there that are available. Marlon Topoles,
MJ. Yeah, I would like to see him against any
of the Inouye victims. Yeah, sweep up the leftovers,
as they like to say. Where's he ranked in the
actual belt, guys? Cardenas is number two for
the WBA, just behind Junto. Junto got put first
by everybody. Of course. He's number five by
the WBC. And he's not listed on the other two.
I think. But yeah, Cardenas versus honestly anyone
I think would be fun. Topalas would be good.
MJ? I don't think MJ wants to take another hard
fight right now, though. God. Neary? Watching
Cardenas knock out Neary would make me happy.
Yeah, I don't see him listed in WBO. All right.
Friday, December 19th. This is what you've been
waiting for. Yeah, this is why everybody tuned
in today. Oh, I'm going to skip a lot of them,
but Anderson Silva knocked out Tyrone Woodley
in two. Well, the coroner pulled the plug in
two. I saw some pretty funny memes. Silva said
he wants to be a cop. There's a bunch of, we
might get Silva versus John Jones yet. That made
me laugh. Atheist Griffin with a big knockout.
That was a nice way to start the... Yeah. Start
the card. Caroline Dubois defends her title.
WBC lightweight. Whatever. It was pretty nothing
opponent. Yeah, I'm surprised Dubois didn't get
the knockout. Jocasta Valle with a close shave.
Majority decision over Yadira Bustillos. Undisputed
bantamweight champ, Sharnika Johnson gets the
dub. Alicia Baumgartner, three -belt champ. She
does not have WBC because she did 12 rounds by
3 minutes. Which is dumb, but... Yeah, this fight
sucked. Yeah, it wasn't very impressive. This
is a bad co -main for anything, but, like...
I don't want to shit on women's boxing, but this...
Putting women's boxing as the co -main on Netflix
is not how you get new fans. Especially not one
-sided bullshit like this. It's gotta be like
Serrano -Taylor. Yeah. And you can't... You can't
bet that women's boxing is gonna be like that
ever. Like... I don't know. I just... Also, Baumgartner
versus some no -name Canadian, it's not a good
co -mate. Especially to make it, whatever, 12
minutes longer, 20 minutes longer than it usually
is, not a good decision. You know what else was,
well, was it a bad decision? for Jake Paul to
get his ass knocked out in six by Anthony Joshua?
I am disappointed in Joshua. I said it before.
If it takes more than three, I'm disappointed.
Yeah. Jake Paul was, like, was fighting really
terribly, though. Yeah, but Joshua should be
able to deal with that. I don't know. I just...
Joshua looked like shit. I do kind of feel like
he was trying not to hurt Jake Paul too badly.
Even though he did end up breaking his jaw in
two places. Yeah, it's an interesting way of
trying to not hurt him. But, like, even if you
watch that punch, it does not look like a 100
% punch. Maybe. Maybe I'm overestimating Joshua,
but... Also, the memes out of that are fucking
awesome. The smile on Joshua's face right before
he knocked his ass out. Yeah. I will give Jake
Paul the slightest amount of credit that he got
up with the broken jaw. He didn't just lay on
the canvas and cry like I would. I don't know.
I don't want to see any more of this. stuff i
do think this does maybe put a bit of a damper
on it in the future because jake paul really
did get hurt bad can't be doing fighting like
real fighters anymore yeah like maybe jake paul
decides he can just take the punishment but it
might discourage future mismatches like this
even just from the um like business side because
broken jaws will heal but if he did hit him somewhere
else you know like brain damage or whatever so
you think the jake paul train is coming to a
stop i think people will be less interested now
that they've seen him get hurt I think that's
why a lot of people watched. And now that it's
happened the second time, the shine won't be
so good. Yeah. But I don't know. Maybe I'm overestimating
the general public. But I think these fights
are stupid and dangerous. It went about as well
as it could have for... For Jake. I couldn't
have expected anything different. I expected
this to happen sooner, like you. Yeah. Jake Paul
looks scared, which is understandable, and just
kind of tried to run away, which is understandable.
But, like, who wants to see that? Like, there
was... a small group of people that thought Jake
Paul would actually fight. But now they know
he won't. So... I don't get the allure anymore
now that Jake Paul's been hurt. Anthony Joshua
immediately called out Tyson Fury. Sure. I mean,
I still want to see that fight. Yeah, it's several
years too late, but still. And Jake Paul, as
we talked about, he called out Canelo and Francis
Ngannou. Fucking stupid. Yeah. But he also said
he was thinking of just staying at Cruiserweight
and climbing the ranks there. He could try. If
Jake Paul transitioned into being a prospect,
he'd use his name to get bigger names than he
probably deserves right away, but I guess I could
give him respect if he does that, but he doesn't
do shit. He's not a good boxer. I can't name
you 10 cruiserweights, but I guarantee there's
10 cruiserweights to beat Jake Paul. Fucking
Badoo Jack puts a hurt on Jake Paul. Yeah. And
I don't know, after losing that fight, he's probably
down to number 8 or something. Maybe not. Cruiserweights,
really. It's pretty barren. But still. There
has to be 10 professionals that are better than
this guy. Jake Paul is now ranked number 15th
by the WBA, according to Boxing Scene. He was
ranked that before the fight. That's fucking
crazy. That's fucking crazy. Why did... I hate
boxing. Yeah. They did that before the fight.
It was pretty stupid. Did they? I hate boxing.
Chris Billum Smith beats the piss out of Jake
Paul. They could make that one. CBS deserves
a light touch. And a big payout. Yeah. I don't
know if he deserves the big payout, but he took
an ass kicking like a champ. He deserves the
light touch. Anyways, I think that's enough about
that. Yeah. Moving on. Saturday, December 20th.
Really quickly, the WBC Grand Prix is over. The
middleweight winner, Dylan Biggs. Super lightweight,
Carlos Utrilla. Featherweight, Brandon Mejia.
And heavyweight, Kevin Ramirez. Congratulations.
And last thing in the recaps, Salida Promotions.
Tony Harrison knocks out Brian Chavez in four.
Look pretty good doing so. Nice. I don't think
I saw this one. He called out Errol Spence. Nice.
Do you think Spence comes back in the ring? That's
a good question. I don't know. I don't think
so. It's been a long time. It's been a really
long time. If he was going to come back, I would
expect that he would have already. Yeah. I don't
know. I don't think we see Spence again. But
that's it for the recaps. That's a few weeks
to catch up on. So, upcoming shit. Wednesday,
December 31st. Shisei Promotions at the Ota City
Gym. Are you going to this one? Uh, no. I actually
made a friend, and I'm going out for New Year's
this year. Oh, fun. Yeah, I had thought about
this if I was by myself, but I don't know who
Bordas Goidi is. I'm sure I butchered that really
bad. I don't know who he's fighting, and I thought
going out with humans would be better. Yeah,
that's definitely a better use of your time.
I have no idea who any of these people are. Other
than the main event. And that I only know half
of it. Kazuto Ioka. Versus Michael Ordoskoide.
I love Ioka. And I'm going to watch a replay
of this. But yeah. I don't think I recognize
anyone else either. Which is crazy that I don't
recognize them. That's the end of year box festival.
that the Japanese like to do. Yeah, well, and
like New Year's Eve is just big in combat sports
in general. The Ryzen event, I have a friend
going to it. It starts at noon and goes to midnight.
Wow. Yeah. So maybe the doors open at noon, but
it's like 12 hours of Ryzen out at the Saitama
Super Arena. That's the really big combat event.
This one's much smaller, but I usually go because
I like Ioka. So, kicking off the new year, Saturday,
January 3rd, in Puerto Rico, Amanda Serrano versus
Reyna Tellez. I'm glad. Amanda gets to fight
in Puerto Rico. I think that's going to be cool.
I don't know anybody on this card. Yeah, I don't
either. I was just going to say. And it's not
all women, but it's pretty women heavy. Oh, Holly
Holm was on this versus Stephanie Hahn. Holly
Holmes is a much better boxer than I thought
she would be at 44. I don't know if that's a
rude thing to say, but she impressed me the last
time she boxed. She was a... I think she was
a WBC champ? Yeah, but just... She was in MMA
for so long. And she's 44. I don't know. I just...
I was impressed with how well she came back to
boxing. Because she was gone for 12 years. That's
it. Amanda Serrano. Holly Holm. Yeah. Ebony Bridges.
I know that name. I think because she does OnlyFans,
I think that's how she got notoriety. No, she's
dating, what's his name? Kell Brook? Kell Brook.
Okay. Right? I think. Just a second. Let me double
check I have the right name. Oh, shit. Her opponent
has the same last name as me. Yeah, yeah, she's
dating Kell Brook. So they've been in the social
boxing news lately. She's also the one with the
enhanced buzzer. That's why I thought she did.
She probably does. It wouldn't surprise me, but
I don't know about that. I just know that she's
dating Kell Brook now. Because it was... scandalous,
quote -unquote, except he'd been divorced and
just, like, the public didn't know. I see. I
see what that's... They thought he was still
married to his wife, but he'd been divorced for,
like, two years. Kept that quiet. I guess people
don't need to know. But, like, you really don't
need to know. That's it, though. That's all we
got coming up. It's a light week to start. But
January is fucking busy. Towards the end of the
month, it's gonna get busy. I think the 31st
has like four cards on it. Really? That's awesome.
I never looked that far ahead, to be honest.
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I guess Happy New Year. Yeah. Yeah, I hope everybody
had a good Christmas. My big Christmas present
this year was the fancy bourbon I like. And then
one of my friends donated money to the Red Pandas
at the Calgary Zoo in my name. And then I get
a little panda plushie. That's nice. Yeah, and
some paperwork on how they use the money. Red
Pandas are my favorite. When I go back to Canada,
she lives just outside Calgary. When I go back
to Canada, we'll go to the zoo. It's pretty much
we have to every time I visit. Let's see. As
we come up to the new year, people like to act
a fool. So, man, don't drink and drive. Don't
start your year off with a fucking DUI or a car
accident. Even worse. Yeah, make a plan. Have
a plan. Wherever you're going, stay there. I
mean, most cities have some sort of free bus
system on New Year's Eve. I find people don't
know about them, but even the small city I lived
in, Saskatoon, New Year's Eve, the buses are
just free. You just get on the bus. And even
if it's not free, like an Uber is much cheaper
than increased car insurance and all that other
stuff. And if you live somewhere cold, because
my brother's best friend almost died walking
home too drunk in the winter. So if you live
somewhere cold, make sure all your friends actually
get home because they found him in a snowbank
almost dead. Jeez. Yeah. I know not everybody
lives where it's that cold, but... Yeah, have
your Arrive Alive plan for New Year's. Just drink
at home. Have your friends come to your house,
then you don't gotta fucking worry about it.
Let them sleep on your floor. Yeah. Alright.
That's the last episode of Boxing Before Dark.
We'll see you in 2026. Happy New Year! Thank
you.