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Oh baby. Boxing B -Sides back up in your ears.
Joined by the legendary Saul. How's it going
bud? Oh, guys. Glad you're back after a long
hiatus. Yeah. You have good holidays? Good Christmas?
Oh, yeah. It was fantastic. I went all the way
up to Leavenworth. Beautiful town. Beautiful,
beautiful town. I highly recommend it. Christmas
town. Leavenworth? I went to Stoke Billing. Had
some schnitzel. Had some bratwurst. Pretty fire.
Oh, it sounds like you went to a German type
of festival. Yeah, it was a Bavarian town. Oh,
no shit. That's cool. Yeah, it was really cool.
They had the McDonald's there and the Starbucks.
The insides and the way it was all styled looked
dramatic, you know? Yeah. It was really damn
cool. That sounds pretty cool. Yeah, you should
go one day. I just spent it with my family. I
didn't do much. I just hung out. You had a good
time, though, right? Yeah, of course. Always
good to see my nephew and my niece. I'll see
how everyone's doing. It's always cool to catch
up. For sure, for sure. You had good food too.
Yeah, definitely. What was the meals? We had,
rather than doing a turkey, we did roast chickens
and mashed potatoes. My sister thought they turned
out poorly, but I thought they were good. And
just some vegetable sides as well. Fire. Fire.
Roast chicken, that sounds good. Yeah, it was
tasty. Alright, fire. I'm glad you had a good
time. Yeah, man. Well, we're fucking meeting
today as we record this the 30th. Let's get into
a little bit of news. First things first, fucking
Anthony Joshua involved in a car crash. Holy
shit. What do you know about this? What happened?
He was in Nigeria, was it? Yeah, he was in Nigeria,
and what happened was they were on the freeway,
and they ended up trying to overtake somebody.
And what ended up happening was, I guess, a tire
blew out, and then they ended up hitting a parked
car, and the two people in the front died. And
Anthony Joshua miraculous came out with minor
injuries, physical injuries. Mentally, in my
opinion, he's fucked. I don't see him coming
back. I think he's going to have survivor's guilt.
If he comes back, that'll be crazy as hell. But
if you look at the videos with the ones that
I sent you, you can see the dead bodies. It is
hard to watch. Damn. Yeah, I'm just learning
about it. I haven't seen that much. Damn, that's
fucking crazy. Well, yeah, I hope he gets to
talk to somebody about... Survivor's guilt's
a bitch. Oh, yeah, 100%. I mean, that's why I'm
thinking that I don't even think he's going to
come back to boxing because of that. Because
these are guys he's known for his whole career.
Shit. He's coaching, he's a trainer. Not a trainer,
but he's coaching. I think his... His health...
What do they call it? Strength and conditioning?
Yeah. Those are the two guys. Rest in peace to
those guys. I'm glad Anthony Joshua's okay, but
man, it's rough. Just in time for the new year.
Yeah. Well, no real good way to segue out of
that. One of the goats retires. Terrence Crawford
hangs it up. Retires 42 -0. 31 stoppages, 5 division
champion, 3 weight undisputed. That's quite a
fucking resume. Do you think he's going to stay
retired? I do. I think Johnny Beck fucked up
his plans. 100%. Because Johnny Beck was supposed
to unify with Lara and then Crawford swoops in
and... Either he takes out Adamas or he fights...
I think he takes out Adamas for the fourth title
and then fights Janubek. But that's not going
to happen. No, unfortunately not. Yeah, I think
he's done. Unless maybe... What I think is that
if he's not done, he's going to try to get a
bigger pay bump for Canelo rematch and that's
it. And then they both retire. Yeah, that would
be a lot of money. That could probably bring
him back. Because Canelo has, what, two more
fights with Riott season? I believe so. Yeah,
he did Crawford and Skull. He has two more fights,
which I don't know. I don't know what those are
going to be. But anyways, Crawford, if he retires,
he'd retire as a legend. One of the greatest
of all time, in my opinion. I asked you a lot
of this, so I'm curious to get your thoughts.
Is his resume, are his record, his accolades,
is he better than, does he? Is he above Mayweather
on, like, the all -time list? I don't know. I
would say in terms of skill. In terms of resume,
Mayweather beats him. Because up until a couple
fights ago, Crawford was under the top rank.
Not top rank protection program, but they were
just kind of giving him, you know. Not the best
opposition, yeah. Exactly. They gave him guys
that were over the hill or guys that, uh. That
didn't even belong with him in the ring, you
know. And then he fought Porter. And then he
fought Spence. He fought Kell Brook. And then
he fought Canelo. The Canelo fight itself cements
his legacy. But Floyd Mayweather, he's fought,
he got a whole list. He fought Castillo. He fought
Corrales. He fought Caro. De La Hoya. Pacquiao.
Pacquiao. Canelo. All these guys, you know. I
mean, Marquez, he fought legends. The guys that
are also in the history books. So I can't put
Crawford above Mayweather in that regard. But
maybe in terms of skill, I would put it in. And
accolades too. I would say that three times undisputed
is pretty crazy as well. Especially in the four
belt era. Definitely. That weight jump is no
joke. He jumped from 135 to... to 168, that's
never been done in the history of boxing. That
itself is legendary. So resume -wise, yeah, Mayweather
beats him, but accolades, I think Crawford might
have Mayweather beat. Yeah, that's where we landed
as well when we were talking about it was accolades,
Crawford has it, but resume, and I think resume
kind of takes it because Mayweather's resume
is fucking legendary as you already lined, we
already fucking laid it out. Can't really. Yeah,
there's no sense in explaining that one. Yeah.
But I'm curious to get Josh's take on Crawford
because I think he's come around a little bit
more. He kind of turned a corner on Crawford
for the better. Yeah, 100%. He used to be a very
big Crawford hater. Now he's just kind of indifferent,
as it seems. He saw how legendary he is and,
you know, got respected. Yeah, can't be denied.
Exactly. Oh, you know what can't be denied? Shiraz
versus Pacheco for the WBO 168 title. Oh, my
Lord. Man, we're going to talk about Pacheco
in a little bit, but I am of the mind that he's
a little bit too... He's not... I think Shiraz
will beat him. I really do. I agree. And we'll
get into right now about why that is, but Shiraz...
Everybody that's been listening to the show ever
since I came in knows that I do not like Shiraz.
I don't think he's that great of a fighter. And
before I used to be high on Diego Pacheco, and
until recently, mainly his fights this year,
I can't seem to support the guy as much anymore
because he's a Benavidez fighter, I'll tell you
that. He moved on from the Benavidez camp. But,
yeah, he moved on, but, I mean, he still has...
He still fights like it, you know? Yeah. I don't...
And that last fight was... I'm getting to right
now, but... Either way, Shiraz is gonna beat
Pacheco. And I hate to say that, but it's true.
I'm gonna be riding for Pacheco. Like, if we
were doing roles in Discord, I would have Pacheco's,
but... Me too. I'm pretty sure that Shiraz is
gonna beat him. Me too. And, I mean, again...
With Shiraz, he's got... Knockout power. You
know, in a sense. He's got length. I mean, he's
got a couple attributes that I think he meets
Pacheco on. Because up until this point, Pacheco's
kind of been the big guy. But then, I mean, he's
never really fought anybody his exact size, huh?
No. I mean, he fought Trevor McCombie. He fought
Steven Nelson. He fought Kevin Lele Sajo. In
his last fight. All guys that he was how much
taller than them? A few inches at least. Yeah,
exactly. A few inches. And he went the distance
with all three. And then with his, was it Sulecki?
Was it a fight before that? That was a blown
up 154 guy. Yeah, it was a blown up 154 guy and
he knocked him out in what? Round 8? And Billy
got him out in round 1. Or round 2, I think.
Yeah, I was misremembering who got him in the
first. Yeah, it was Billy. Either way. I'm going
to root for him. But Jesus Christ, he's going
to need God on the side for that fight against
Shiraz. And I don't even like Shiraz that much.
Shiraz is going to get that title. WBO hasn't
ordered the fight yet, but... Joe Cordina, who
we'll talk about in a moment, is the mandatory
for Abdullah Mason. Cordina just pitched a really
good fight, and Abdullah Mason, I don't know.
He's had spots where he gets tagged a lot more
than he should. We're going to talk about it
right now, but Joe Cordina, that fight against
Gabe Flores Jr., I mean, come on. Gabe Flores
Jr. is more of a local guy. He's a regional guy.
I've never really been in the world of level
stage, which, again, I can't disrespect the guy.
He's no boxer. But, I mean, no disrespect to
Gabe Flores Jr. He ain't no... He ain't cream
of the crop. Right. He is what he is. He is what
he is. He's an original fighter. Exactly. So,
I mean, I'm glad that they're going to have him
fight Abdullah. Because if they do fight, I mean,
Abdullah wins easily. But... It's a good fight
for Abdullah to get some experience. Yeah, former
champ. Should be good. Former champ. I mean,
he used to have fast hands. It might give him
a little bit of a test, but not a test, actually.
It might give him a little bit of some experience.
But that's all I can say. It's just experience,
honestly. I don't see Cordita beating Abdullah
at all. I think I have the... If Abdullah, he
can be a bit of an idiot sometimes where he doesn't
fight intelligently the way he can and the way
he should. And he'll go head to head with somebody
and he'll get hit a lot. And Cordina, he can
ice somebody if he touches them right. Maybe
a couple years ago. Yeah, he did a couple years
ago. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, Abdullah does
mong out, but he's also young too, so maybe he's
been working on that. You never know. Hopefully
he has. Yeah. Hopefully he minds his P's and
Q's and doesn't act the fool. He's got the gifts.
He's got... Abdullah has a great jab, first of
all. Great length. You know, good height. He
should be able to keep away his opponents. You
know? Except he wants to... He's young and he
wants to be flashy. Except these guys are not
top -ranked guys anymore. He's not fighting the
top -ranked fighters. The fighters that top -rank,
you know, all of these guys. No, he's fighting
world -level opponents. I mean, as much as Jordan
Codina is not, you know, what he used to be,
he still was a champion at one point. You know?
Yeah. Well, we'll never know. We might be surprised,
but... Hopefully, Abdullah fixes the issues from
his last fight and ices him out easily. The Barrios
-Ryan Garcia undercard was announced. Armando
Resendiz vs. Edgar Berlanga. Gary Antoine Russell
vs. Andy Hiraoka. And Lester Martinez vs. TBA.
This is a pretty good... This is a really solid
undercard. This is a PBC card, right? It's not...
Yeah. Turkey. Turkey back. I think it might be...
I think it has Riyadh season sponsorship. Hmm.
Well, hopefully it's put on PBC. They have much
better quality streaming than the Zone card,
I would say. But I know Rossini's Berlanga is
for the WBA. champion, right? Yes. Oh, that's...
I don't get that. I don't get why they... How
does that even happen where Resendiz is facing
Berlanga for a belt when Berlanga lost his last
fight? It baffles me. I think it's just because
he has a name. That's really it. There's nobody
else at 168 that's better than Berlanga that
can, you know, in the WBA rankings. I know they
had a... Actually, I don't know, actually. Shoot.
Mbiles would be fun. That would be a clobberfest.
I mean, even though Berlanga's a free agent,
but they're giving him to anybody. He's kind
of a whore. Yeah, he floats. He floats around,
yeah. I don't know. Lester Martinez, I hope he
fights good opposition. I doubt it, though, if
this is a card like this. They're going to give
him like a, you know. It's not going to be the
Mbili rematch that everybody wants. If that's
an Mbili rematch, that is actually legitimately
a great card. But, I don't know. We'll see. Gary
Antoine Russell versus Andy Hierroca. That's
a, it'll be a gangbuster fight too. I think,
I think most of the fights on the card, besides
I would say Resendiz Berlanga, are going to be
better than the main. Because I feel like the
main. Is either going to be. It's going to be
a Barrios. It's going to be a Barrios decision.
Or it looks like it's going to be a draw. If
it goes to the decision. You know. I'm hoping
for a draw. I hope it'll be funny. It's probably
going to be a draw. But. I don't know. I got
Ryan winning the fight. And we'll talk about
it when it comes. It comes around. But. I seriously
do not rate Barrios. Anywhere near. Cream of
the crop level. No, definitely not. Even with
Raleigh holding one of the titles, Barrios is
still the weakest of the four champions. I understand.
And you know what's funny? I was watching a video
of The Greatest Child to Tell talking to Marisa
Suleiman about how the hell Ryan got a shot at
the WBC champion for Barrios. I mean, he lost
his last fight against Raleigh. Against Devin,
he, you know, had a questionable performance.
You know? Right. Not questionable performance,
but, you know, what happened. The antics, is
what I mean. So, why, I wonder why they gave
him, they would give him the fight. And, Chantel
asked that question to Maurice Suleiman. And,
Suleiman gave, you know, gave the typical PR
answer, you know, oh, Ryan, after his time healing
with himself, We wanted to give him a fight.
We wanted to give him a shot because everybody
deserves to take a chance. All I heard was, no,
we're doing this shit for the money. Yeah, that's
all that I heard with that explanation. That's
all it is. Did you see that interview or no?
No, but with what you just told me, it's no,
Ryan Garcia is the name, so you want the money.
Exactly. Exactly. I mean, that's the reason why
they unbanned him in the first place. Right.
So I just thought that was funny. Oh, speaking
of funny, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are
doing an exhibition in March. Oh, really? It's
announced? Yeah. Mike Tyson announced it, I believe.
Hmm. It's interesting. Mike Tyson announced it.
That's funny because the Pacquiao fight really
actually fell through. Did it? Oh, yeah, it did.
It's not happening anymore, I guess. So if Pacquiao's
not fighting Rowley and Floyd's fighting Mike
Tyson, I don't know who the hell Pacquiao's fighting.
You should just stay retired, I think. I don't
understand. He should not come back. Yeah. You
never know. Maybe that fight will be made still.
I know the masses have been waiting to hear Troy
Isley is a promotional free agent. Troy Isley.
Yeah. Troy Isley. Troy Isley. That's not... Yeah,
he's not ringing a bell. That's just a case in
point. Troy Isley. Troy Isley's a top -ranked
guy, right? He was. He was top -ranked, yeah.
He fought whenever he showed up for a fight,
huh? Usually, yeah. I vaguely remember. Well,
he gave creation. I mean... Go to Pro Box. Devin
Haney versus Lewis Crocker for unification. Easy
scalp for Haney, I think. Yeah. I mean, that's
going to be a fight that will inevitably be on
a pay -per -view card. If they want to be funny,
they could put down a Riyadh season card. I don't
know. That does sound like it's not going to
be a good watch. It'll be another boring Devin
Haney decision. Again, I don't even rate Lewis
Crocker high. No. He don't got power. He don't
got speed. Hopefully Devin Haney wins. We'll
see. And speaking of Brits, fucking Adam Azim
is fighting Gustavo Lemos. If he can't do what
Keyshawn couldn't do, then... Yeah. I don't know.
But what if he can? You see that one going all
the way? I don't see it going all the way. If
Adam Azim is really what he's, you know, said
to be, I don't see it going all the way. Maybe
he'll end Fry in the... Maybe the six. Hmm. What
about you? How do you feel about that fight?
It's a fight of all time. Yeah, I want Adam Azeem
to suffer because he did my man Kurt Scooby and
I don't like it. But Adam Azeem is fine. I think
he should be able to finish it round six to eight
somewhere in that area. Oh. Well, I think we
exhausted all the news there. Oh, fucking...
Reviews. Holy shit. We've got a bit of a list
here. First things first. Bash promotions on
Prime Pay -Per -View. Norair McKalian beats Badou
Jack to claim the WBC Cruiserweight title. Did
you see this fight? Um... It's a cliff. Um...
Pretty sure that it wasn't a good fight to watch.
It was not. Pretty dull. And there was some strangeness
I think at the end of the seventh round where
they the corners rushed into the ring and everybody
was like brawling for a little bit. And then
they just continued the fight like nothing happened.
Pretty odd. That was really weird. Odd shit.
Odd shit. Uh, Makalian was docked a point for
hitting behind the head and Badu Jack was docked
a point for hitting when the referee had called
a stop. Weird fight. Very. That's all I got to
say about that. Uh, hopefully Makalian fights,
um, Opitaya or Zerto, one of the two. Just get
yourself out of the mix, please. Opetai's been
fighting nobody, but, you know. McCabe kind of
fits the bill. Yeah. I mean, might be. Let's
see. Matchroom at the Stockton Arena on DAZN.
Going from the bottom up. Some shit I don't care
about. Chavon Clark had a nice stoppage. Over
Anthony Holloway. It was pretty fun. Ernesto
Mercado KO6 over Antonio Moran. That was a nice
knockout. Good knockout. Yeah, he looked good.
Great, yeah. Ooh, Sky Nicholson gets a UD to
claim the interim WBC Super Bantamweight title.
It certainly was a fight. It was an alright fight.
I don't know. It's a Scott Nicholson fight, what
do you expect? Yeah. We all know why we're here.
Exactly. Joe Cordina, UD over Gabe Flores. We
were talking about it earlier. Not a stellar
win, but Cordina looked good for whatever it's
worth. I'm curious. Is Gabe Flores the matching
guy? They just picked him up off the regional.
I think they picked him up because it was going
to be in Stockton. Okay. That's good. Because
they're trying to push him. That's a fucking
mistake. Yeah, that is a big fucking mistake.
A waste of money right there. I'm glad Joe Gordiano
got the win. I knew he was going to win. I've
heard of him. I've seen a little bit of him.
Nothing to squawk at. No. I thought Joe Cordina
had it... I think it was in the 8th or 9th. He
had Gabe Flores looking pretty hurt. I was surprised
he didn't push the envelope and go for the stoppage.
Let's go as old as hell. Could be. In the main,
Diego Pacheco gets the UD with some questionable
scores. over Kevin Sajo. Got knocked down, what
was it, like the 8th? I think the 8th, yeah,
he got knocked down. It wasn't a horrible knockdown,
but it was a knockdown. Yeah, it definitely showed
what we were kind of alluding to earlier about
Diego Pacheco and now his fight with Shiraz.
If you're getting tagged like that by Kevin Sajo,
I don't know, man. I mean, at the same time,
I do know that Kevin Satcher, I think we were
saying this before, the fight that, I mean, he
looks like he got bricks for hands and he showed
he's got some power. Now, is he ever going to
become a world -level guy? I don't know. I don't
think so. But they'll probably feed him to some
of the top guys, you know, or the up -and -comers.
But Jesus Christ, I don't know. I don't know
what the hell is wrong with Pacheco. Benavidez
has done him wrong. Yeah, it looks like he's
trying to work out, trying to break old habits.
And it's causing some defensive lapses. It's
not working out. I'll tell you, he needs to figure
out something quick. Because he's got some physical
gifts. I mean, he's tall. I mean, he's got some
amount of power. I think after these last couple
fights, I doubt it. That he's got any world -level
power. But he's got a little bit enough to hold
off a fighter. But, I mean, I don't know. We'll
see what happens if he even fights Shiraz. They
might not even make that fight with Shiraz. They
could order it, but he might not even take it.
I expect Pacheco will take it. Just because it's
a shot at a title. So, that's what I'm thinking.
I don't know. Maybe they might think it's too
early. Especially after this fight. I don't know.
I mean, he's only, what, 24? 24, yeah. He's only
24. I mean, he's got plenty of time. Plus, Shiraz,
I mean, if he loses to Shiraz, that would really
set him back. You know? He'll be put on some
undercards for the rest of his time. Until the
rest, near the end of his 20s, most likely. You
think it'll be that bad? Yeah, I mean, I genuinely
think that Shiraz will knock him out. and you'll
stay on a BAM undercard. That's it. He'll be
known in California. Might be well -known in
California, but that's it. I can't rate the guy
highly. He hasn't shown me a lot. And what he's
showing me is that he's not going to be up there
with world -level fighters. I think even someone,
if Berlanga had a really good night, I think
you'd beat him. And that's some crazy shit to
say, maybe. But Berlanga might just beat Pacheco
on his best night. Damn. I'm in Munguia. No,
that's not happening. You don't think so? That's
not going to happen. Caught him up, but that's
not going to happen. Munguia is going down the
IBF route. I don't think he's going to want to
mess with Pacheco. Munguia, we're smart. He can
fight Oslis. Is that a smart move? Is that a
smart move for anyone? Well, I mean, that's a
shot at the title. Versus Oslis. WBL is obviously
going to favor Shiraz. But, I mean, that's an
immediate shot at the title for Munguia. I mean,
Munguia beats Pacheco. I mean, what's going to
happen? He's going to beat an original guy. That's
it. At least with Oslis, he'll have a shot at
a title. You never know. He might surprise everybody.
I mean, yeah, Ostley has been fighting some great
competition. I've been following him for the
past year, and I got to say that, I mean, he's
been selling me. But at the end of the day, he's
also, he hasn't fought world -level opponents
either. I mean, he's the best as far as Vladimir
Shishkin, and that's a pretty damn good opponent.
He knocked him out. That doesn't prove, that
doesn't prove a good amount. Of worth. But at
the same time, it's not... It's not no champion.
You know? I want to see him against a champion.
You know? And Munguia, I mean, yeah, you can
say what you want, but he fought Canelo. He survived.
Obviously, that weapon with Brunello was not
the greatest. You know? Got knocked out. But...
Came back. Had PED scam. I don't know. Either
way, a shot at the title is better than nothing.
You know? Yeah. And it could be Munguia's last
shot for a while. You never know. You think Kevin
Sajo couldn't turn this into something? Because
he gave a good account of himself. I feel like
you could put on a reality card. That's for sure.
Yeah, he can be an opponent again for someone.
Oh, they'll throw his ass to Zephyr. Oh, I forgot
about that. Oh, actually, we should talk about
that. We should talk about Zephyr real quick.
What's the word? That Ryo's going to be fighting.
Ryo's going to be fighting for Zephyr. He is?
Why? Yeah, out of all people, fucking Ryo. I
don't know. What the fuck? That's a crazy move
right there. I'm disappointed. Very, very disappointed.
Because out of all, I mean, first of all, first
of all, if Ryo's the best guy you're able to
get, that is not a good outlook for your company
right now. It's going to take years for them
to build their fires up. I mean, obviously they
said that, you know, well, obviously I heard
actually that they're trying to put Bam with
Zephyr. But I also saw that Robert is denying
those claims. But I don't know. The fact that
Ryo is going to fight for Zephyr, I don't know.
I feel like Robert should know that that's kind
of a dumb idea. I don't know. Is Ryo even with
Robert still? I don't know. Ryo disappeared since
that GAR fight. Yeah. Rivals with Zofo? How disappointing.
It's very disappointing. That's sad. I mean,
obviously, I mean, if you can be the best guy
in that, in that, you know, whatever it is, that
organization can go for it. You know, but at
the end of the day, you try your best over here,
if it doesn't work out, I guess you'll be the
lead man in another organization. Big fish in
a little pond? Exactly. Big fish in a little
pond. That's like, and we'll get to it soon,
but that's like annotating saying he was a fucking
kickboxing champion. But mind you, fucking bullshit.
Let's keep it rolling here. Wednesday, December
17th, No Limit Boxing Promotions at the TikTok
Entertainment Center in Sydney, Australia. Two
fights I was tracking. Sam Goodman gets the UD
over Tyler Blizzard. And Tim Zhu has a lackluster
performance against Anthony Velasquez. To say
the least. Yeah. For rebranding himself as the
Phoenix, getting a new trainer, changing things
up, he didn't look all that great. I can hope
that it's just because it's his first fight back
since his troubles. I can hope he can get better
from here, but that was not a very good performance.
I mean, he's going to be 31? I think. Early 30s.
He's kind of getting there in age soon. Not old
yet. He's going to be leaving his prime soon.
Yeah, and still hunting a title. He's had a title,
hasn't he? No, he had the B. I think the PC.
Yes. No. I don't think he's had one. He had the
interim. Oh, no. He got the full title. Brian
Mendoza. That's right. Yeah. All right. Let's
see. Taken at the Kokugikan in Tokyo. There were...
There was a good stoppage. Anthony Olaskwaga
got a stoppage in four. Over Taku Kuwahara. And
Old Man Donair still has it. Kind of. He loses
a split decision. Seiya Tsutsumi gets the WBA
bantamweight title. I still got it. Yep. I still
got it. Yeah, don't throw him out yet. Thursday,
December 18th. Pro Box. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Joe Sean James. Majority of decision over Yohanler
Martinez. That's the first time I've ever seen
a double knockdown live. I thought that was pretty
cool. I didn't see this card, but I heard about
that. It sucks. Marlon Harrington gets a KO1
over Brian Polacco. Other stuff, other stuff.
Ramon Cardenas, big stoppage in five over Eric
Robles. Ramon looked good. Hey, call me an Uber
driver now. Yeah, no shit. You don't got to be
an Uber driver no more. Friday, December 19th.
MVP on Netflix. You know what this one is. The
Kaseya Center in Miami. Just getting it out of
the way, Anderson Silva stops Tyron Woodley.
Corner pulls the plug after the second, or in
the second. Pretty funny fight. Yeah, the size
disparity was comical. Two old guys going at
it. Avious Griffin gets a big stoppage, big knockout
in one. Caroline Dubois, UD, to defend her WBC
lightweight title. So that's fun. Jocasta Valle,
majority decision, sneaks it by. Undisputed bantamweight
champ, Sharnika Johnson, gets a UD. And three
-belt super featherweight champ, Alicia Baumgartner,
gets a UD. She fought 12 rounds by 3 minutes.
So that was cool. Oh yeah, that was not a bad
fight. I said 12 rounds by 3 minutes. I think
that's one of the first. That's why the WBC title
was not on the line for her. Because they refused
to sanction women's fights for 3 minutes. She
looked great in there. She looked great. We showed
her levels, obviously. Yeah, it's just really
dumb that the WBC doesn't refuses to allow three
minute rounds for women. I don't get it. And
I mean, at least your mom got it. She showed
her. She showed that it doesn't fucking matter.
Right. I mean, I think honestly that they should
be pushing for longer rounds. Anthony Joshua.
KO6. That was... I got to put my dad on the pod.
He's not here, but I got to put my dad on the
pod. Ever since that fight happened, he's been
trying to tell me that that fight was rigged.
How? Why? I got to tell him. I was like, Dad,
you can't fake a knockout like that. You can't
fake the injury. It's shown that he had a real
injury. Big ball got knocked out for once in
his fucking first time, huh? Yep. That shit.
Oh, that was fucking great, by the way. That
was like a Christmas miracle. Fucking amazing
scene. But you know what? I mean, I could tell
that AJ was taking it easy on him. I could tell.
But I got a feeling that he was planning to take
him out in round six. Because I know that he
said himself that he was planning on KOing him
from rounds four to six. I think that was the
plan. Some bullshit, though, I'll tell you that.
Why is that? Some bullshit that Jake, for half
the fight, the majority of the fight was fucking
horrendous. Oh, yeah, Jake Paul was fighting
like a scared little something or other. I don't
blame him. I mean, obviously, if he was fighting
Anthony Joshua, I mean, he knew that he had to
fucking run. You had to do what you had to do
to survive, but at the same time, nobody wanted
to watch that shit. I'm going to tell you this.
If the fight ended like that and it's the fucking
decision merchant bullshit, dude, that would
have been horrible. It would have been bad for
Joshua if he had... It would have been bad for
Joshua and for the sport in general. This is
the guy that's been at that world level. Anthony
Joshua, who just went to the decision with Jake
Paul in a horrible fight like this. Fucking horrendous.
But that didn't happen, obviously. After the
multiple amount of dick -sucking that Jake Paul
tried to do, Anthony Josh got him out. And it
was funny -ass KO. It was. Broken jaw. Broken
jaw, yeah. My dad says that the biggest reason
why Jake Paul wasn't really knocked out was because
once AJ knocked him down on the ground, Jake
Paul wasn't wobbly. I was like that. I mean,
I get it, but I mean, yeah, that's the first
time he's ever been down. I mean, we've seen
that happen before in the past when people are
like, oh shit, you know, but I mean, Jake Paul
kind of just quit before he was super, super,
super wobbly like that. You know, he was, I think
he looked pretty hurt leading up to the stoppage.
I don't, I don't think it was. I think he got
carried a little bit in the opening rounds, but...
When I say quit, I mean like he took a little
bit longer to get him than what was needed. And
I'll tell you this, though. That ref was on some
bullshit. What's his name? I don't even know
the referee's name. I've seen him a couple times.
He was the guy that was refereeing Tim Zu versus...
versus Berto Zaylo. Same guy, but... Tell you
this, that was a bullshit ref jump. No point
deduction for the amount of nut -hugging. Chris
Young is his name. Chris Young, yeah. No point
deduction at all. Come on. Yeah, that's that
clown show. That's enough time for that fucking
clown show. Yeah, that's how I want to give it.
Last two things really quick. The WBC Grand Prix
is over. The winners, heavyweight Kevin Ramirez,
featherweight Brandon Mejia, super lightweight
Carlos Utrilla, and middleweight Dylan Biggs.
Do you think they all get a... I think they'll
get a good spot in the WBC rankings. Based off
of this. Do you think they get any notoriety
from this? No. Unfortunately, no. Concept was
a really good idea. I think it was really nice.
But it just honestly didn't have a lot of...
Not a lot of star power names, you know? Right.
Not a lot of highlight reel KOs. That would get
the casuals. excited for it it was supposed to
be for like no names to get like fight for something
that something attainable yeah um i'm looking
for them in the rankings i don't see kevin ramirez
oh let's go to middleweight oh these are old
rankings that's why And Kevin Ramirez, I think,
was probably the highlight. I would say him and
Troy Nash. I think it's Troy Nash, right? I did
not keep up with it. I couldn't tell you. That's
what I'm saying. I tried to keep up with it a
little bit, but kind of lost any love for it
because it was in a fucking Saudi warehouse.
Not a lot of hype behind this Grand Prix in general.
You know? Yeah. I don't know. It just didn't
have a lot of buzz. That's all I got to say.
It just didn't have a lot of buzz. I don't think
these guys are going to make it far with their
names. Okay, so Kevin Ramirez is from Argentina.
Heavyweight ranks He's not even in here that's
crazy So like what was what was the point of
the tournament All right, they probably plays
kind of give up on it too. Yeah, it's it's weird
Dylan Biggs. Okay. And how is Dylan Biggs, the
winner, ranked below Derek Pomerleau, the loser?
That is some backwards shit. All right. WBC going
to do WBC things. Moving on to the last recap.
Salida promotions in Detroit. Tony Harrison.
Unk still got it. KO4 over Brian Chavez. Looked
pretty good. Unk still got it. That's all I'm
going to say. He called out Errol Spence, which
is spun. That's actually not a bad fight. Not
a bad fight if it even happens. If it happens,
yeah. It's going to be 2026. It's going to be
three years since Spence has fought. And previews.
We don't have a lot of them for this week. We
got to talk about Andrew Tate versus Chase D
'Amore. Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. Another
influencer gets humbled. They were both doing
a lot of fucking knob slobbing. Jake Paul and
Andrew Tate. Yeah, like they were constantly
falling to their knees. Like, what the hell are
you doing? Andrew Tate lost any of the last amount
of masculinity he had in that ring last night.
Yeah, I guess. I thought he was like a champion
kickboxer. In like some shitty league. Oh, it
was a shit league. Okay. Yeah. So, never mind.
He's just a douchebag. He's nice as a douchebag.
He can go fuck himself. Another one that we didn't...
I don't have on here, but Murat Gassiev knocked
out Kubrat Pulev. Interesting fucking fight.
In six rounds. Still got it? Yeah. Yeah, I see
we got to do that Usyk rematch next, right? That
would be a fun one for Usyk to do. Yeah, that
would be funny. They say you got Wilder. Previews.
Only to the Japanese are doing their end of year.
They do fight sports all leading up to New Year.
They do wrestling, MMA, kickboxing, like everything.
The boxing card on the 31st, Shisei Promotions
in Oda, Tokyo. I don't recognize anybody on here
except for Kazuto Ioka. That's about it. Me neither.
I have no idea who anyone else is. But boxing
on New Year's, so that's fun. That's Sonata's
game right there. Yeah. Saturday, January 3rd,
to kick off the New Year, MVP on DAZN, Amanda
Serrano defends her WBO featherweight title versus
Reyna Tellez. I don't really recognize anyone
on this card either. Jean -Paul Rivera. I've
seen him on these MVP cards before. Ebony Bridges,
I know, is certainly a fighter. Something. Holly
Holm is fighting Stephanie Hahn, so that's cool.
That's going to be a fight? Yeah. And yeah, Amanda
Serrano. In the main event. Be interesting to
watch her come back. Hopefully they do 12x3.
I don't think she's ever been in a 12x3 fight.
No, I don't think she has. She should, though.
That's it, though. It's a light week. Very light
week. And we still got the end of year best picks
will be coming up. Going to wait for Josh to
get back for those. 100%. We got to hear his
takes. Yeah. I definitely want to hear his thoughts
on Crawford, too. We got to hear what he's got
to say. Yeah. That's it, though. We have caught
up to wrap up 2025. So, yeah. Parting words.
What do you got? Huh? We'll see you guys next
year. Yep. See you next year. See you guys next
year. That's it for this edition of the Boxing
B -Sides. Fucking see you in 26. Last edition,
2035. Take care. Peace.