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Shanada. What'd it do? It do not much this weekend,
which is good. I finally have two full days.
I don't have to go to work. That's good. And
there's no boxing either. No, there's something
on right now that I'll watch later. Whatever
the DAZN card is. Raul Curiel, I think. Yeah,
it was supposed to be Alexis Rocha, but he got
hospitalized for something. I think he was having
his weight cut went poorly. That's rough. Yeah.
Just a few days out, too. Oh, man. Speaking of
rough. Gervonta Davis, arrest warrant. It is
official. I mean, it's about time, in my opinion.
I guess they were just getting their ducks in
a row. But did you see all the documents? I forget
which one. I think it was Boxing Scene linked
all the public documents about it. No, I didn't
see that. And the police statements. Yeah, it's
basically all on video, like we thought from
the civil case. Yeah. So, yeah, he's fucked.
They also have documented death threats and stuff
going back a while. It's not going to go well,
I don't think. Like, Tank has the money to buy
a really good lawyer, but I don't think anybody's
getting you out of this one, buddy. Yeah, we're
just doing damage mitigation at this point. Yeah,
and all, like, memes and jokes aside, I guess
they were dating, but she broke up with him,
like, a month before, and that's what set him
off. Like, it's not over until I say it's over
type thing. It's like, hmm. Come on, man. Yeah,
they haven't found him, have they? Not that I've
heard. Just the marshals, the federal marshals
are looking for him. That's not a good place
to be. The day after his arrest warrant, there
was a standoff in Baltimore. And somebody texted
me and they're like, oh God, it's Tank. It wasn't.
I would have thought the same thing immediately.
Like if I just saw the headline, standoff in
Baltimore. Yeah, it was police standoff in Baltimore.
And I was like, I'm sure it's not Tank. They
think he's in Florida. Man, what? We already
labeled him Villain of the Year for 2025 for
all of this shit. That's... He's... Go on. He's
gonna be one of those, like, what -if questions,
I think, forever. Like, the wasted potential
in Tank Davis. Yeah. There was talk about him
coming back in 2026. But... I don't think that's
gonna happen. I saw this morning that they made
him champion in recess right now. He's WBA, right?
Yeah. Just fucking strip him. This is an instance
where stripping is appropriate. Like, even if,
whatever, let's say it wasn't all on video and
everything else, he's gonna be tied up in legal
shit for, like, a year at least. he's not gonna
come fight when he's on the run from the fucking
feds like strip him yeah if he was if he was
like medically recessed sure like if he was having
a surgery or something or whatever that's not
what this is but yeah exactly this is villainous
behavior this is this is a perfect case of where
stripping is appropriate i think yeah This is
one of those times where boxing's a little embarrassing.
Yeah, you're on the run from the feds for domestic
abuse charges, but we're just gonna recess you.
Boo. And he hasn't fought in over a year anyways.
They could just strip him for inactivity. But
it's tank. So that's not gonna happen. Fucking
embarrassing. Well, maybe this will help pull
us out of the embarrassing tailspin that is Tank
Davis. The National Combat Sports Summit and
their attempts to modernize boxing. Some key
takeaways. The push to eliminate 10 -10 rounds,
no matter if it's a very highly competitive round
or a no -action round, 10 -10 scores are, quote,
unacceptable. I like that move. Yeah. The California
State Athletic Commission executive head exec
said, if you turn in 10 -10 scores in California,
don't expect to get called back to judge any
more bouts there. Yeah. I never liked the 10
-10 anyways. So I really like this move. Make
them pick somebody. Like, you'll have more judges
disagreeing, I guess, maybe. But in all honesty,
at the highest level, there's not very many 10
-10s outside of Britain anyways, is there? I
have hardly ever seen one outside of Britain.
Like, I don't remember the last time I saw a
10 -10 on an American scorecard that was like
a high -profile fight. So this feels like more
of a... jab at the british judges to me like
the british system it definitely is there's a
few things in here that i'm like this wasn't
really meant for the american like the americans
this was meant to be made public and i assume
specifically for the uk be like this is what
we think of your system but we can't say that
so we'll pretend it's a problem in ours oh yeah
i'm just saying this for nobody in particular
Yeah. 10 -10 scores are ridiculous. Yeah. The
Association of Boxing Commissions, they were
all in attendance. They want to more liberally
award 10 -8 rounds. And this one I'm not so sure
about. Yeah, this one I'm on the fence as well.
I feel like this has a high potential for corruption.
Exactly. This is going to make it really easy
to fuck people on the scorecards, I think. That
was something Josh had said, was there needs
to be specific criteria, not just... The article
said, well, from the summit, cases when a fighter
decisively wins a round. That's a little bit
too broad. That is so fucking vague. Exactly.
Well, and, yeah. I would like to see something
in there where, like, decisively wins the round
and damages the other guy or something. Yeah,
buzzes him or something. Yeah, if you decisively
win and the guy is wobbled at any point. But
then that kind of leads it open to somebody landing
one big shot, so somebody who's completely lost
the round but wobbles somebody. getting a 10
-8 the other way. Like, that's not how it should
work either. Jack Reiss, on that point, he said,
don't confuse activity with effectiveness. But
again, I think... Like, this is the problem.
All these things are so fucking vague. Because
that also don't... Don't confuse a couple of
counter shots with somebody being dominant. Right?
Like, I think this is just going to completely
polarize the judging even more. And we're going
to get a whole bunch of score or fights where
judges have it like 118 to 112 opposite ways.
You're going to get the judge that likes activity
and thinks that the guys buzzed them and stuff.
And give it to the come forward Mexican. And
then you're going to get somebody who likes counter
punches. And is going to give 10 -8 rounds to
the back foot counter puncher. In the same fight.
For landing like 5 clean shots. Versus the 50
that the other dude landed. That were ineffective.
Yeah glancing or not as clean. Yeah. Like, I
don't know. I think they're going to try and
make all these changes and there's going to be
a lot of growing pains. Especially with the 10
-8 rounds. I think they're going to have to undo
that one in a couple years. I hope they don't
go ahead with that. I really don't. I don't want
them to. I think the... Yeah. I think as long
as it's not a big swing. Like, if each judge
kind of gives one 10 -8 round that isn't a knockdown,
it's not going to change a whole bunch. But if
people start doing it every third round, you
know what I mean? Yeah, I got you. Because even
one 10 -8 round would have completely changed
the outcome of Roach versus Pitbull. Yeah. Or
like... Well, I still don't know why the judges
didn't 10 -8 the fucking I'm taking a knee round
with Tang. But if this came in, they would feel
they had that power. Right. Speaking of that
take a knee, let me see here. According to Jack
Reese, in the Davis Roach fight, we couldn't
find it written anywhere that when you take a
knee voluntarily, it's a knockdown. It's always
been the policy most everybody always used, but
now we have it in writing. I mean, it's a fucking
10 -8. Yeah, I guess you have to put it in writing
and it won't happen again, but everybody knows
that. There's no reason they couldn't have done
that. Yeah, there's... Steve Willis, I've always
felt he was a good referee, but that was definitely
a miss. He fucked up there. That was a miss.
Yeah. I did see somebody talking about this online,
and they kind of went through, and Willis never
had very many weird fights. This is kind of the
first time he had to make a strange decision.
That makes sense. But I mean, it's in writing
now, I guess. And last thing. To summarize the
point, Jack Reese points out that whenever a
fight is no longer competitive, the referee needs
to step in. A specific case that he cites is...
father -son trainer -fighter combos, where a
father trainer is not going to throw the towel
in on his boy, and a fighting son is not going
to quit in front of his father. Yeah. It feels
weird that he decided to point out the father
-son thing. It felt out of place to me. I don't
know. Like, there's lots of other... other fights
where it's not father son yeah that you need
to stop but I mean the most famous one for this
is Gabe Rosado right wasn't it Gabe Rosado and
Triple G yep Gabe's dad was the the head corner
but he refused to throw in the towel and it was
like the cut man or someone yeah I think man
who threw it in yeah and he was yelling at the
dad like you're gonna kill your fucking son get
him out of there There's some crazy audio from
the corner that somebody caught and the cut man
was literally like begging him to throw in the
towel and he ripped it away from him. It's crazy.
I mean, I have no problem with this in theory,
but if they overcorrect, you're going to rob
guys of a chance to come back. Yeah, what I took
away from this is that there's going to be a
lot more like... Brit stoppages. That's exactly
what I took away from it. Which... I... I always
love the big, like, they're getting their ass
kicked and they somehow come back fight. And
if they completely get rid of those, it's gonna
make me so fucking sad. But the fighter's health
is the most important thing. I know I meme the
hell out of, like, going out on your shield and
stuff, but I don't actually believe that. So
if they save a couple people, and we'll never
know because you never know, but it's good. But
I really hope we don't get too many, like, I
don't know, like the Parker stoppage last year
was bullshit. That came to mind for me too. Like,
I don't want stoppages like that. But, I don't
know. We'll have to see how they actually implement
it. I do feel like this isn't just flowery words,
like they have specific things that they're actually
going to come through with. I don't know about
the 10 -8 rounds. It will depend how liberal
people get with the 10 -8 rounds, I think. And
I kind of agree with Josh. You need some more
guidance on that. And maybe they have that. I
mean, this is just an article about a conference.
Yeah. Overall, I'm glad as well that they see
specific problems and they are roadmapping solutions
to those problems. Yeah. So it's good to see
that there's positive changes happening for the
sport. Yeah. The only one I'm... really a little
worried about is they want to stop the fights
earlier and the specific don't confuse activity
with effectiveness that just sounds like they're
gonna possibly be stopping fights where guys
are still throwing and landing punches and that
feels like you could make it pretty corrupt pretty
fast yeah well the only thing we can hope for
is more clarification on what the what's the
criteria for scoring a 10 -8 round or what's
the criteria for pulling a fighter quicker yeah
yeah I guess it's just execution we gotta wait
and see how it's executed all these things could
be good or they could all be used to quote unquote
rig fights it's boxing everything's like that
It's unfortunate, but that's our reality. All
right. Canelo is back in training, set to return
in September. He's continuing his Riyadh season
contract, and the card is going to be Mexico
versus the world. At least that's the idea that
Turkey has. Sounds cool. I wonder if they're
going to do the super kind of... Racist isn't
the right word. Stereotypical posters like they
did for Night of the Samurai. Oh, yeah, they
had the samurai armor and stuff. Yeah, but I
kind of feel that if you AI Mexican stuff like
that, it's going to come off way worse. Panchos.
Specifically samurai, yeah. Sombreros. The Aztec
warrior people. I'm interested to see the visuals.
I think it might get a little... suspect. If
they just use AI, then yeah, it's gonna be shitty,
but it can be tasteful. That's what they're gonna
do. Unfortunately. They're just gonna AI it.
Boo. They got away with it with Japan because
they stuck to samurai, but I don't feel like
Mexico has that same, like, this is the thing
we can use. What? Yeah, we'll have to wait and
see. But Canelo has this and one more fight on
his Riyadh season little deal. And I don't know.
That might be it for him. It's kind of time,
I think. We're getting there. I think that I
saw in 2025, Canelo made like $165 million. So
why is he dragging this out? Just finished the
deal and time to call it quits, man. Go hang
out with your kids. Ride your horses. Go train.
Help be a trainer at Eddie's fucking gym. Go
sell Modellos or something. I'm sure Canelo can
get advertising deals too. Oh, hell yeah. He's
going to get deals for life. But moving on. Tim
Zhu, his comeback after that not so great. It
was a win, but it was not quite as awesome. Not
as much of a phoenix rising from the ashes as
we might have hoped. But his next fight, being
explored with Errol Spence. I mean, is that just
Battle of the Damaged? Cash out Errol Spence.
If you still can salvage a little bit of his
shine, then... Yeah. This is the time to do it.
I mean, they're both names, but they're both
names that have lost the shine. You're right.
Yeah. It might be competitive now. Spence hasn't
been in a ring for a long time. It's like two
years. Two years and change. And he didn't look
very good the last time he was out. Oh, hell
no. He got beat the hell up by Bud. Was that
the last fight? He hasn't had one since? Not
that I recall. Okay, yeah. Yeah, I don't know.
This might actually be competitive, and I never
thought I would say Tim Zhu could be competitive
with Errol Spence, but... Given the stage that
they're at now, I think Tim Zhu beats him. Yeah,
I don't know. They're both just not who they
used to be. Unfortunate, but yep, that's true.
Um, Benavidez vs. Zurdo is set for May 2nd. So
that's fun. That is also the Inoue Nakatani day.
It is. So I'll probably miss this one. Because
I am going to get a ticket. No matter what the
cost? Honestly, the cost wouldn't be the thing.
If I don't get the lottery, it's trying to get
one on resale. Because I have no idea how you
find scalpers in Japan. And if I ask the wrong
person, I could be deported. Jesus. If you break
any laws, you can be deported. They don't always.
You can. I'm not saying I would 100 % be, but
I don't want to risk it. Right, so like jaywalking.
Probably not going to get deported for that.
Yeah, I risk jaywalking. But we'll see how that
card builds up. This is just the first announcement.
I'm kind of excited for that fight. I think it's
going to be good. Yeah, there was a lot of jokes
in Discord about this, like, Benavidez not having
to cut. There's a picture of him at a food truck,
and he had, like, three bags fucking full of
stuff. And everyone's like, ah, look at it. Fat
boy eating a lot of food. Well, he owns the truck,
so... Of course he's advertising for the truck.
Like, what the hell do you expect? I mean, Zerto
doesn't cut either, so... Fabio Wardley wants
to make his first defense, and he wants to fight
Derek Chisora. I kind of want it to happen because
I kind of think Chizora could chin him. If Chizora
can eat a Wardley right hand, Chizora's got a
chance. Yeah, that's the gamble though. I don't
want to see Chizora get sparked, but I wouldn't
write him off completely. Wardley's not that
good. He's not. We know he's not. I've bet against
Fabio Wardley too many times at this point and
lost for me to not... I have some hesitation
in picking Chizora. It's all wrong. I'm not saying
it's... It's all wrong for Chizora. I'm not saying
it's a for sure thing. I'm just saying. I would
love it. But I would also hate it because then
Chizora is going to get more fights. Oh, I guess
he's going to have a title. Oh, no. Oh, please.
But Derek Chisora, world champion in 2026. I
mean, that's got a ring to it. He would put himself
in the top five of oldest champions. He'd get
to fight Usyk again. Usyk did say that was his
hardest fight. At heavyweight. It was. I don't
know man. I'm always so. Porn. When Barry Chisora
comes up. Because I love him. But he's so old.
Yeah. Like. Daniel Dubois knocking on your door.
That's a legit fight. Between Wardley and Dubois.
That's a good one to make. And you pick Chisora
as your first defense. A little bit of quackery
going on here. Yeah. Eh. Chris Eubank will be
returning in 2026 at 168. I don't know if this
is... I mean, I guess the weight cuts were probably
a big part of the problem, but... Those pictures
under the hospital after that last fight looked
really rough. I don't know. I kind of feel like
Chris Eubank Jr. should just hang him up. I was
of the same mind. Eubank himself said that it
was the weight cutting for the two Ben fights
that really had him looking like a shell of himself,
to use his own words. And coming at 168, the
cuts won't be that bad. There are some good fights.
Obviously, 168 is pretty stacked at the moment.
The belts have scattered. Not that I think Eubank
deserves a belt, but he might get a shot at one.
Right. He's got the name value to get himself
into a title fight. If he's healthy enough, I
can get behind it. But I don't know, man. He
looked rough. Oh, man. Boxer. Speaking of Eubank,
his promoter, Boxer, is setting up a pay -per
-view model. I know this is like fucking blockbuster
news for everybody, but because they're on BBC,
BBC is a not -for -profit television service,
so they kind of can't do pay -per -views or they
can't extract revenue from their broadcast. So,
yeah, they're doing pay -per -views. Of who?
Eubank, I guess. I just, well, British people
love their boxing. Maybe they'll make money and
people will pay for it, but in fucking America,
nobody's paying for a boxer card. If it's under
$30, I might pick it up. Depending on who's on
it. Yeah, that's the thing. I guess if they price
them cheap enough. I mean, the cost of a movie
for a boxing card is reasonable. What's movie
tickets now? Like 20 bucks? Yeah. Quite a bit.
Which is fucking madness. $20 for three hours
at the theater. Oh, three hours if you're fucking
lucky. Well, I always get there a little early
and you watch the trailers. Plus, well, I mean,
you don't necessarily have to, but like popcorn
and drinks and stuff, not cheap. Yeah, no, I
don't do that. I'm too broke for that shit. Oh,
speaking of being broke, Golden Boy's DAZN deal
expired at the end of 2025. The card that's currently
on is apparently a one -off broadcast deal. Yeah,
this might be the last DAZN card ever for Goldenboy.
Yep. Man, I... I'm a little worried about all
these people losing their broadcasters. We need
a decent home for boxing. If everybody starts...
putting everything on pay -per -view which they
kind of already have but like if everybody is
pay -per -view and even if they price it super
cheap at like 10 20 bucks that's a lot of money
throughout the year for not great fights some
of it i would like for golden boy to renew with
the zone I would like for Top Rank to go to DAZN.
I would like for everyone. I would like everybody.
Yeah. You could take DAZN, you could take that
out of the sentence and put in Amazon Prime.
Anything. I don't care. Just give me a one -stop
shop. I would gladly pay like 50 bucks a month
for that. And I would cancel a bunch of other
subscriptions. If I got all the boxing. Yep.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I've said it before, but
in Japan, the zone for boxing, if you only get
the combat sport one, is quite cheap. So, like,
I would pay more than I'm paying now for the
boxing on the zone if Golden Boy renews. But
right now, it's like $7 American or something
per month. Woof. But literally all I get is boxing
and their weird kickboxing. There's no other
sports that I can watch on DAZN. Sometimes there's
a horse race, but half the horse races are blocked
too. But it's the combat sports package because
that's all I fucking watch on there anyways.
Yeah. Same. Like I got Paramount Plus just because
ultimate effing casuals got to keep up with UFC.
Yeah. Yeah. And. Mimi. It's over there. True.
She is. Um... Mikayla Mayer in her most recent
fight won a 154 pound title. She vacates it to
remain at 147 aiming to fight Lauren Price for
Undisputed. I like this fight. Yeah, me too.
Like, this is a women's fight that I would actually
be excited for. And I kind of want Lauren Price
to win it. I'm not a Michaela Mayer fan. I'm
not too fond of her style either. But I do like
that the women move so much to make these fights
happen. Like, the men don't do that because they
don't have to. The little guys, kind of. They
move up, but they hardly ever go back down. Yeah,
you're right. No, this is a good fight, and I'm
glad Mayer vacated her title to shoot for glory.
I think it'll be good. Richardson Hitchens vs.
Oscar Duarte. Set for February 21st. I think
that's... The Barrios -Ryan card? I think so.
I think that's the same date. Duarte's? Duarte's
a weird one for Hitchens to pick, I think. I
don't know if they're underestimating him, but
I don't think that's a great style matchup for
Richardson -Hitchens. It'll be tough. Duarte's
a big -time pressure fighter, so that'll be tough
for Hitchens to... handle. I also am not a huge
fan of Hitchens, so if Duarte can upset him,
I'll be happy. Same. I don't care for Hitchens
either. So, there was a post by, I don't remember
who it was by, but it was a rumor mill type of
outlet. Usyk Wilder, July 11th in San Francisco.
I'm not sure where... That all seems really random.
Right. Like, I had heard end of April in LA.
That actually makes sense. But July 11th in San
Francisco, kind of random. July's kind of a long
way away. Like, I'd like to see Usyk fight before
that. Yeah, yeah. But I also, I don't, I don't
care about this fight. I understand why he's
doing it, but I don't care. I'll watch it, but
I'm not excited. This is not, this is not a Nusik
fight I'm going to get up for. Navarrete versus
Nunez. Three undercard fights. Tamir Smalls versus
Abel Ramos. Arturo Cardenas versus Jordan Martinez
and Emiliano Vargas versus Agustin Quintana.
So that's a good time. Yeah. There were a few
other guys on the undercard as well, but they
had TBAs. Is that a May card? When is this card?
February. End of February. Nice. Okay. 28th.
Yeah, not a lot of time to get opponents for
the other three guys that are on the bill. Yeah,
no, that's six weeks away. Yeah, pretty much.
A little less. Yeah. That's it for the news,
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All right, in the recaps. January 10th, Queensberry
in Oberhausen, Germany. Javier Herrera, TKO8
over Ricardo Nunez. That was for the interim
WBC lightweight title. And in the main, Agit
Kabayel stops Damian Neba in three. Stops, question
mark. Not so sure. That was a bit of a British
stoppage, as we were discussing. Yeah. Yeah,
I mean, it seemed like it was kind of just...
gonna eventually happen but i would have liked
to see it happen it could have played out a little
more but that was definitely a preview i i think
that's a perfect preview of what uh the national
combat sports summit was talking about yeah yeah
which is why i'm a little not excited about it
They're gonna stop him a little too soon. Like,
Neva wasn't hurt, really. Not really. But, I
do, I had been saying that I like this guy. I
do think he's gonna be good, Damien Neva, but,
I mean, Agit Caballel's just already there. He's
more experienced and more tested. The crowd in
Germany was really good, though. Oh, my goodness.
They were going nuts. Yeah. I always like when
they have these fights in countries you don't
really think of as boxing countries and the crowd's
lit. Because, like, Caballel can fight there
again, get more world exposure. I don't know.
I like to see it. It's not like I'm going to
go to the fight no matter where it is. So it's
fun to see other countries like losing their
shit over their guy. Yeah, I agree completely.
I think back when the World Boxing Super Series
was going on and they were just starting out
with their social media presence, I would kind
of like, they would say, what cities would you
like to see us in? And I was like, non -traditional
cities, like not New York. Not Las Vegas, not
Los Angeles. Yeah. Anywhere else would be really
cool to see. Those people get to watch high -level
boxing all the fucking time. Exactly. Yeah. Well,
speaking of New York, fresh promotions at the
Barclays Center. Oh, boy. Keith Colon stops Alberto
Guevara in seven. Nestor Bravo, KO2 over Pedro
Campa. Big knockout. That was a fun one. Javier
Cintron versus Victor Sandoval. Cintron gets
the stoppage in one. I don't normally track round
of the year, but this one makes me want to keep
track of it. Because that was really good. Yeah,
I kind of missed this card. I only got highlights.
It's all right. You didn't. My parting words.
My parting words. I'll share why I missed this.
It's pretty fun. Emmanuel Rodriguez, former Inouye
victim. UD over Fernando Diaz. and emmanuel rodriguez
is my favorite in a way ko i fucking love that
body shot annihilation the look of pain on rodriguez's
face hilarious uh dalton smith dethrones subreal
matthias in five to claim the wbc 140 title this
was a fucking war leo this was a good fight yeah
i was um Kind of surprised at how rough and tumble
Dalton Smith was. I was not expecting him to,
like, stand and trade with Subaru Matias. Yeah,
me neither. And I thought it was a stupid idea
when it started. I was wrong. Yeah. It worked.
Yeah. The last vestiges of Subaru Matias' chin
were removed that evening. Yeah. I... dalton
smith's better than i thought he was yeah i think
it's kind of the too long didn't read of this
whole fight dalton smith is better than i thought
he was he's still the weakest champion though
right of the well is he let me what weight class
is that 140 Bitch. Richardson, Hitchens, Gary,
Antoine Russell, and Teofimo Lopez. Yeah. I'd
say Dalton Smith is probably the weakest. Although
he could probably beat Richardson, Hitchens.
Yeah, I would. Any opportunity that I can get
to shit on... Hitchens. Richardson's and Hitchens.
I'm going to take it. I don't think he can beat
Gary Antoine Rushlow. No. No. Definitely not.
And then Teofimo's Teofimo. Anyone can beat him,
but he can also beat anybody. Flip a coin. What
version are you going to get? Yeah. But, I mean,
Teo's fighting Shakur, right? That's finalized?
Yeah, it's on the 31st. But I guess his belt
won't be on the line, eh? How's that work? I'm
pretty sure it is. Shakur's moving up. Okay.
Yeah, I don't... I kind of think Shakur's going
to beat Teofimo. Yeah, I'm feeling the same way.
I mean, I'm going to cheer for Teo, but... But,
I mean, I think Dalton Smith fits right in with
those other champions. I don't think he is the
weakest, but he's definitely not the strongest.
I believe he is set to fight Pueyo. Next. They're
not going to have him fight Pitbull? He's the
interim champion. Interim champion is apparently
not a contender position. Really stupid. What?
Okay. I see Sander Martin has moved up the list
on most of these. I kind of want him to get a
title shot. I still say he beat Teal. Yeah, I
agree. Yeah, that's Dalton Smith. Pueo is likely
next. And looking down the list, it's... It's
looking pretty manageable for Smith. Yeah. He
can hold that belt for a while if he doesn't
try and unify. The only thing is, Pueo is a serious
problem, I think. He's like the complete opposite
of Subaru Matias. Uses his range. It's a textbook
outfighter, so... that might be a tough barrier
to breach. Yeah, I have to admit, I know I've
watched Dalton Smith before, but I haven't paid
a whole bunch of attention. Yeah. I don't know
what his weaknesses really are, and I didn't
think he could stand and bang like that, so clearly
I don't know who Dalton Smith is. Well, he's
got a title now, so we're definitely going to
find out more anyway. Oh, shit. All right, let's
move to upcoming Friday, January 23rd. Zufa makes
its premiere on Paramount+. It is no longer called
the UFC Apex. It is the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
Very cool. Yeah, I almost said something very
1990s. That is the gayest fucking name I've ever
heard. Yes, it's really stupid. As of right now,
still don't know who's going to be on this card.
The only thing we know is the headline. Callum
Walsh versus Carlos Ocambo. Yeah, I don't particularly
care about this. It seems like Zufa is... How
do I put it? They're not trying to come in with
a bang. They're building from the bottom, which
will probably work better. They're not going
to blow a bunch of money on Callum Walsh and
Carlos Ocampo. And the other fights that they
have slotted for headlines are also not that
good. They're mid -tier. The biggest thing is,
if they don't let them do walkouts and have their,
like, costumes and custom shorts and shit, I
really hope this bombs. Like, if they're gonna
try and UFC my fucking boxing, I'm gonna be pissed.
UFC is the most boring promotion out there. I
don't like MMA anyways, but I'm not even talking
about the fights. Just everything around it.
It is fucking boring. They barely even let them
have walkout music. Especially at the Apex, where
there's... There's not a... There's like, I don't
know, like 20 feet from the doorway to the ring.
Yeah, like, it's just... They better at least
let them have their custom outfits. Yeah. Like,
if they start giving boxers uniforms, I am honest
to God boycotting. Because that is lame. And
not that that's the most important part, but,
like, that's part of the fun of boxing. Yeah,
I agree. I also just don't give a shit about
Callum Walsh. Like, he's whatever. The only fighter
I cared about on 360 Promotions was Mimi. So,
don't really care about Callum Walsh. Yeah, but
imagine if they don't let Mimi have her outfits.
What the fuck is the point? Yeah, there's no
point. Wait. Saturday, January 24th at the Fontainebleau
in Las Vegas. Oh, shit. Let's start from the
bottom. Amari Jones versus Jerome Baxter. That's
a fun one. Amari Jones, I believe, was an Olympian.
I don't know who Jerome Baxter is, but he seems
like he got a late start. Israel Madrimov versus
Luis Salazar. Who's Luis Salazar? Should I know?
I have no idea who he is. I do not know this
man. He's Dominican. Khalil Coe vs. Jesse Hart.
That should be fun while it lasts. And headlining
Ray Morotaya vs. Andy Cruz for the IBF 135 title.
I think this one should be fun. Andy Cruz is
fun. Yes. I'm riding with Ray Murataya. He's
a Robert Garcia guy. I'm not against Murataya.
I just mean it should be a fun clash of styles.
They're both pretty aggressive, but in different
ways. Yes. Andy Cruz has been buzzed before.
I think Ray can tag him. I wouldn't be surprised
by either of these guys winning. I think this
is kind of a pick -em fight. In my mind, I have
ways that both of them can win. Yeah, of the
two, I'm honestly expecting Andy Cruz to more
likely pull it out. Yeah, I would not be too
shocked if Ray Moritaya was able to get it. This
is one I think that's actually worth tuning into
live. It won't be the same if you know the outcome.
Yeah. Oh, man. Also on the 24th. Well, it was
supposed to be on the 24th. Moses Itauma versus
Jermaine Franklin. The entire card has been postponed.
I believe Moses Itauma has an injury. Yeah, that
kind of sucks. I guess they couldn't just run
it without the headline. Although I kind of feel
like they could have. There's enough on the undercard.
Frank Warren decided not to. Didn't really say
why. He just said he wanted to keep the entire
card intact. And he's floating his fighters financially
until the new show date. All right. Well, as
long as the fighters are taken care of. Yeah.
Have they proposed a new date? It's not very
long, is it? I don't know. I thought they said
about like a month to six weeks or something.
Yeah. Six weeks is what I'm remembering as well.
Okay. So there's not many fights scheduled in
March yet that I've seen. So that's might be
nice filler if it's got to be postponed. Yeah.
So we'll have to make do with match room. Yay.
But Ray Mortaya is a top -ranked guy, so the,
um, as someone put it in Discord, the top -ranked
fighters are being pimped out to other promotions
to get them fights. At least they're getting
them fights, I guess. Yeah. Man, top -ranked
is in the fucking bin. It makes me sad. They've
got some of the best guys. I don't understand
why they can't get a deal. The 31st is a top
-ranked promoted card, and it doesn't have a
broadcaster. We're expecting it to be on Tubi,
I think. The fuck is Tubi? The last Michaela
Mayer fight was on Tubi. It's a free streaming
platform. All right. I guess if it's free, that's
good. They had fucking In A Way on Facebook.
Like, seriously. YouTube is right there. You
don't have to use Facebook Live. So stupid. And
you sure as fuck don't have to use Tubi. Ugh.
I legitimately don't even know what 2B is. You're
not missing out on a whole bunch. Yeah, but that's
it. That's all we got on the horizon for this
week. Not great. It is a little light. The Atalma
card being cut definitely kind of sunk the weekend.
Yeah. The matchroom cards, it's okay. Not the
best. And the Zufa card, who fucking cares? There's
not going to be anybody worth mentioning on the
undercard. I'm very almost certain there's not
going to be anybody really worth mentioning.
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a story. So last weekend, I met up with someone
from a different Discord server that I'm in.
And we went out in Tokyo. And the night started
out kind of shit. The first couple bars we went
to weren't great, whatever. And then we ended
up going to, it's called Harlem. We get inside
and the bottom floor, there's two floors, was
reggae music. So they sing with a Jamaican accent
in Japanese. It always screws with my head. But
anyways, that's not the point of this story.
We're walking around and the guy taps me and
he goes, that's Shinotsuka. And I was like, what?
And he goes, from Ryzen, I saw him win a title
on New Year's Eve. Oh, shit. And I was like,
no shit. And I was like, I don't watch that much
Ryzen. I was like, like, I actually don't know
who this guy is. So he Googled him for me. And
yeah, he used to be a kickboxing champ. He was
a K -1 champ and went into Ryzen. And the dude's
just chilling in the club. Like he had a VIP
section, but he spent no time in it. Like, he
was just out. And I was like, well, go ask him
for an autograph. He's like, I don't have anything
to write on. I was like, ask him for a picture.
And he goes, nah. Come on. Like, that'd be weird.
And I was like, fuck it, I'll ask him for a picture.
So I went up and, like, pretended I was more
of a fan than I am. I was like, we're big fans.
Could we get pictures with you? He took a picture
with my friend, but not me, which kind of sucked.
But I got to shake his hand, but I noticed he
was wearing a necklace with a screen on it, like
a little bigger than an Apple Watch screen. And
it was just his highlight reel. I don't know
if that's the coolest thing I've ever seen or
the fucking lamest thing I've ever seen. I still
can't decide. It is simultaneous. It's simultaneous.
Yeah. I got to shake his hand. He was super nice,
except for walking away without taking a picture
with me. He was up on stage all night. He was
buying shots, like just trays of shots and handing
them out. Him and his friends were walking around
with a bottle of Henny, just straight drinking
out of the bottle. But they didn't take the jigger
off. That's weird. yes they were like jigging
shots into their mouth and i'm like guys you
know you can get more if you take that little
fucking thing out yeah but yeah super fun night
i kind of feel like it was his victory party
um at the end of the night they explained who
he was like late late like 4 a .m they're like
this is who this guy is and why he's been on
stage all night he's the national champion everyone
cheer celebrate our our winner yeah but yeah
so i accidentally partied with uh one of the
ryzen champs last weekend very nice that's why
you missed the fresh promotions yeah yeah that
i think it was worth it i would have taken your
experience over fresh promotions as well yeah
yeah anyways i just wanted to tell my story because
i think it's cool um do i have parting words
hold on let me let me see if let me go to my
repository see if anything jumps out at me um
We'll do New Year's category. Be at war with
your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and
let every New Year find you a better man. It's
Benjamin Franklin. Nice. I actually totally misunderstood
that last sentence for a second. As in, like,
find a better boyfriend. That could be what it
means for you. It could be. Benjamin Franklin
and being at war with your vices. Those two don't...
Benjamin Franklin lost. Yeah, he lost his war.
Oh, man. Notorious poonhound. He was a fucking
glutton. A drunk. Yeah. Good stuff. That's why
he's my hero. Alright, that's going to do it
for this edition of Boxing Before Dark. We'll
see you next time. Bye!