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like that. Friendly Neighborhood Boxing Podcast.

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Yes, that's a good one. All right. Jesus Christ,

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we have so much on the outline, Leo. I don't

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know if I prepared for this. That's all right.

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Gervonta Davis. Didn't prepare to be caught in

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Miami. They did finally get him. He was wearing

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his ridiculous saggy pants. They looked like

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they were going to fall down when he was in handcuffs.

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I thought they were. I wanted them to so badly.

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I thought it'd be hilarious. His bond hearing

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was held. I didn't see the final result, but

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I did see that the prosecutors were trying to

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have him remain in police custody. No, I think

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they let him out because I saw. Oh, maybe not.

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I saw a clip of the judge explaining to him like

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he was a two year old that he can't have any

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contact with that woman. OK, so, yeah, they might

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have let him out. But she was very leaning on

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also, like, you can't contact her through a third

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person. Yeah. But yeah, the Gervonta Davis saga

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continues. I mean, he's been so bad lately. Just

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send him to jail. He's just going to beat somebody

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else up if they let him out. Yeah, he's definitely

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not in a good place right now, mentally. Yeah,

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I mean, he's a boxer. He gets his face pummeled

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in for money. Gotta be a little crazy to do that

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in the first place, but... I don't know, he doesn't

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seem to be in a good headspace. The crash out

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about his kid playing with dolls was the weirdest

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one to me. A toddler. Yeah. But that's enough

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of Gervonta Davis for the time being. I found

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an interesting story about Oscar De La Hoya and

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Golden Boy Promotions. They have defaulted on

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their building mortgage. 626 Wilshire Boulevard

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in downtown LA. They're quite a bit behind. The

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original loan was $27 million for the building.

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And they still owe $23 million. The building

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is a third vacant. So they're not making enough

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on rent. Right. And yeah. Yeah, that doesn't

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sound good. They're upside down on the loan.

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In 2015, the building was valued at $40 million.

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2025, it's $19 million. That's a really big draw.

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Yes, it is. They're seeking... We can't... We're

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losing all... Not all of them, but we're losing

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a bunch of the older promoters. Like, top ranks.

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Dead when Bob dies. Which will be soon. Oscar's

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got almost no one in his stable, and he's on

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his mortgage as fuck. Like, we're gonna be stuck

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with only British promoters soon. And Dana White.

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I said on B -Sides, like, is Eddie Hearn fucking

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saving boxing in 2026? He might be. Fucking,

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what a day. What a day it is that I'm hoping

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Eddie Hearn fucking bails us out. 2026, Chizora

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chins Wilder and Eddie Hearn saves boxing. But

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Golden Boy Promotions did sign a multi -year

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deal with Swerve TV. The fuck is Swerve TV? Right.

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It's a channel that is on... It's like Top Rank

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Classics. It's a channel that's on those services.

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Oh, like Tubi and whatever. Broku and all that

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shit. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, the Golden Boy Library

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will be playing on Swerve TV. And I believe they're

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going to be showing undercards of their events.

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I don't know. So does that mean it's not on YouTube

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anymore? I don't know. All I know is that they're

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going to have a release of their undercards,

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or live viewing of their undercards on Swerve

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TV. Could it still be on YouTube? I would...

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I would hope it is. YouTube's just so much more

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easy to access. Yeah. But that's the latest on

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Golden Boy's troubles. Opetiah's first Zufa card.

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March 8th. That's not very far away. No, it's

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not. I hope Opetiah's been keeping in shape.

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I mean, he seems like he does. I've never seen

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Opataya looking bad. No. The rumor is that they're

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aiming for Mikaelian. That would be good. Like,

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I'd be okay with that. Yeah, but we'll see what

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they cook up. I got the... For the first few

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fights for this one, I ended up calling it a

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mighty mini card. We'll be on Yokohama. Yes,

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that's the one. I, I'm going to try and get a

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ticket for this one. Yokohama is that little

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far enough away that I haven't gone to a fight

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there yet. And I think the venue is not very

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big. So any seat will be good. But yeah, I'm

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excited. It's got Anthony all the squalor. It's

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got no needle. Don't air again, which I'm not,

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super excited for. And it's got Knockout CP Freshmart.

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I can see the Thai legend in person. Yeah. That's

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pretty much everybody that's on the bill. Who

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else do you need? It's going to be awesome. I'm

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glad Oluswaga's getting the headline too. He's

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been looking really good lately. Yeah. Let's

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see. Richard? Torres and Frank Sanchez. The deal

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has been made. They will be fighting on March

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28th. I believe that's an undercard for something.

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I don't remember what at the moment. That's a

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bit of a step up for Richard Torres. Quite. I'll

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be interested to see how he handles that. Because

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I like Richard Torres, but I don't think he's

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that good. He's got to be freakishly skilled

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to compensate for his lack of size. Yeah, he's

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not freakishly skilled. He's just skilled. Yeah.

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Maybe. Frank Sanchez, if that knee issue he had

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before persists, then maybe Torres can pull something

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out. I mean, Frank Sanchez isn't a super mover

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anyways. That just might make him more dangerous.

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He'll have to stand and bang. It's always good

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when Cubans have to stand and bang. They can.

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It works out nicely. It's better than the alternative.

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Yes. Moses Itauma versus Jermaine Franklin. That

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whole card was picked up and moved to March 28th.

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The injury was a torn biceps. That sounds bad.

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Yeah. I don't know much about injuries, but torn

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biceps sounds bad. But yeah, the whole card,

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exactly as it is, just moved the date. Oh, man.

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Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov. It is

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official for April 11th. Nobody asked for this.

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No. It's just going to be two really big guys.

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Not boxing much. I think. I'm not expecting much

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out of Makhmudov. I'm not expecting much out

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of Fury either. He should make decent work of

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it. I guess. Imagine if Mock Madoff chins him

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somehow. Fucking hilarious. I would love it.

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Not gonna happen, but I would love it. Yeah.

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Man, I almost don't even want to mention it just

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because this, whatever it is, trend or meme or

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whatever it is, just really, really annoys me.

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They did... There was a post on social media

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saying there were 6 .7 million or billion fucking

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engagements with... No, it was even stupider.

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It was 6 .7 billion potential... Impressions.

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Impressions, yeah. Oh, that's what it was. The

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fuck does that even mean? It has been seen. 6

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.7 billion times. But I assume the potential

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is that it's been shown on the internet 6 .7

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billion times. Whether people looked at it or

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not, they have no idea. Yeah, but it was obvious

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that it was the 6 .7 thing. God. Fucking stupid.

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All of it's stupid. Impressions are useless.

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Potential impressions are even more useless.

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Like, what the fuck are these metrics? I don't

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know. Overall, pretty displeased with how this

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is going so far. With this fucking number and

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the juggling. hand motion that they do. Yeah,

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that's stupid. Speaking of stupid, Kell Brook

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is returning in Dubai on April 11th as well.

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Why? I didn't know he was still fighting. He's

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not. Like, I don't think dudes had a fight in

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like three years. When was Kell Brook's last

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fight? That is a good question. My cords are

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all over the place. Yeah, the... 2022. I was

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pretty close. It's been a while. Like... And

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he got his ass kicked. Like, he did not look

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good in that fight. Oh, I was thinking the Terrence

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Crawford fight. But he also didn't look good

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against Amir Khan. Just Amir Khan's chin was

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not even glass. What's, like, frost? Paper mache?

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Paper mache is stronger. Like, you know when

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it gets really cold and the frost gets all, like,

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hairy? Yeah, yeah. Well, you're from Arizona,

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but yeah, and you barely touch it and it just

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disintegrates. That's Amir Khan's chin, like

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Horry Frost. But yeah, Kell Brook, he's back,

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baby. This one is, I believe, at Light Flyweight.

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It's 108. Tanon Xak. The IBF title holder is

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facing Sergio Mendoza. I've seen him once. He's

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very hard to actually get on TV. Probably surprising

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no one. But he's just a little Thai guy. He definitely

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used to do Muay Thai. He's got a Muay Thai stance.

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He's fun. Defends his title April 13th. A bit

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of ways after, I guess he'll be watching the

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knockout Freshmark title fight with interest.

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Yeah, because Freshmark moved up, right? Yeah,

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they're at the same weight class. Yeah. Nice.

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You know what's not nice? Keyshawn Davis. It

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seems like he's on his way out the door of top

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rank, and it looks like he's cozying up with

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the matchroom brass. Hmm. I mean, career -wise,

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it's probably a good move. It's probably a good

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move for anyone right now. I'm not... I thought

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top rank would have a home by now. I have a bit

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of a, I don't think it's a conspiracy theory,

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but I have a theory that top rank realizes Bob

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Arum's dying soon and there's no one that's going

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to replace him. And nobody wants to sign any

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sort of long -term deal until they see what happens

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when Bob dies. He had been mentoring his, I think,

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son -in -law. Todd Duboff? I think that's how

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you say his name? Yeah. He had been sort of shaping

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him to be his heir apparent, but I know that

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he's been involved with top -ranked operations

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at an executive level for quite some time. If

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he was really going to become the new face of

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it, they'd start putting him on interviews and

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shit, wouldn't they? At the very least, have

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him make business moves that nerds like us cover.

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Yeah, like, or just something. I've never seen

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this man. I can't think of what he looks like.

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Yeah. Yeah, I do know the name. You're right.

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But, like, I also haven't heard anything about

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him lately. And, like, Bob's dying. He's, like,

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94. Like, nobody lives forever. That's my theory,

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is nobody's happy with whoever's replacing Bob.

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And that's why they can't get a long -term deal.

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It's too bad. I don't want to see Top Rank go

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away, necessarily. It wasn't their biggest fan,

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but... It's still not like this. I thought they

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did pretty well with their boxers, actually.

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Boxers at top rank didn't get shelved like PBC

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and there's way less suing than like Goldenboy

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and, you know, I don't know. Top ranks seem like

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a solid promotion company to me. Oh, speaking

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of suing and Goldenboy, Goldenboy is counter

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suing Rick Merigian, Virgil Ortiz's manager.

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Or slander? I don't know, but it's in regards

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to the breach of contract thing. I think they're

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countersuing Merigian for breach of contract.

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Alright. Yeah. That whole thing is such a fucking

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myth. And this happens to Oscar all the goddamn

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time. Like, every one of his big stars has sued

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him at some point. Probably why he can't pay

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his mortgage. Maybe he can get some advertisers

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for his clapback Thursdays. He should ask the

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ramen sponsor. Oh, man. Bam received an offer

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from Zufa. Matchroom beat that offer. I thought

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it was a done deal that Bam's going back to Matchroom,

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but it's not. He is still able to... She's still...

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courting other offers. But it does look like

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Mattroom is gonna be retaining him. I mean, Bam's...

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I know he's small, and small guys are never that

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famous, but Bam's a superstar. Mattroom's stupid

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if they let him go. Like, he's just getting to

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where he's gonna start fighting big names again.

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I think. For Bam, because of his size, I think

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it would have been stupid for him to go to Zufa.

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I can't name any fighter, it'll be stupid for

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them to go to Zufa. But for Bam in particular,

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he's at a point in his career where that would

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have been a step backwards. That would have killed

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his stardom, for sure. I don't mind Bam using

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Zufa for negotiation tactics. And he didn't seem

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very serious about it anyways. But if Bam had

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seriously considered Zufa, I would have been

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so disappointed. Like, I don't know. None of

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my favorite fighters better go to Zufa or they'll

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start getting hate mail. From you? Yeah. I'll

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go for Karen. I'm so disappointed in you. Let

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me speak to your manager. Yeah. Robert, who I

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think does act as a manager for some of his guys,

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he's been public saying the matchroom beating

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Zufa wasn't... It happened outside of the contractual

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period where it's a certain thing. That Mattroom,

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if Mattroom beats the offer, they automatically

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:22.980
retain him. Okay. So there's, it's legalese,

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:28.900
but yeah. Bam. Fucking get paid, buddy. But not

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:32.220
from Zufa, please. Well, Zufa's not gonna pay

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:38.180
him what he's worth anyways. Yeah. Oh, paying

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:42.559
what it's worth? Miguel Cotto's newly renovated

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:46.410
gym. reopens to the public. Just thought this

00:20:46.410 --> 00:20:49.910
was a nice story. Yeah, that's kind of fun. Did

00:20:49.910 --> 00:20:52.410
they have pictures? Yeah, they had a whole press

00:20:52.410 --> 00:20:56.289
release and everything. Press event. Were there

00:20:56.289 --> 00:21:00.829
giant murals on the wall? Not that I could see.

00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:03.109
I didn't see very many pictures of the gym itself.

00:21:03.430 --> 00:21:07.430
I just saw pictures of Miguel, his wife, and

00:21:07.430 --> 00:21:12.130
different personalities. He should have murals

00:21:12.130 --> 00:21:16.079
of himself. On the gym. I think. I would expect

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:19.599
that he does. Yeah. I was going to ask if the

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.859
paintings were nice because every boxing gym

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:29.380
usually has them. He would have to have other

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:33.279
Puerto Rican fighters, right? Yeah. So you would

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:40.640
have... My memory fucking sucks ass. I don't

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:44.779
know who the top... Trinidad, I guess. Yeah,

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:48.420
that's the one I was trying to think of. The

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:51.759
rest that I'm thinking of are all Mexican, I

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:57.339
think. But yeah, Trinidad. Gotta be on the Puerto

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:59.799
Rican Mount Rushmore. Yeah, he's gotta be there.

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:03.119
But yeah, all I'm thinking of is Cubans and Mexicans

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:07.680
right now. Well, speaking of neither, Christian

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:12.440
and Beely elevated to full champion. The Lester

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:18.240
Martinez rematch is still likely next. But it's

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.920
not for sure. I don't want to see Mbili fight

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.039
anyone else. Like, I don't give a shit. Because

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.440
I think Lester won that first fight. Lester needs

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:32.579
his rematch. I also think Lester does better

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:37.099
in the rematch. Yeah, Lester came on better.

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:41.349
He got better as the fight went on. Mbili is

00:22:41.349 --> 00:22:45.589
kind of like a... He has one gear. It's a fucking

00:22:45.589 --> 00:22:49.549
intense gear, for sure, but he's still like a

00:22:49.549 --> 00:22:53.950
one -trick pony, whereas Martinez was a lot more

00:22:53.950 --> 00:22:58.069
multifaceted. Yeah, he made a lot more adjustments.

00:22:58.230 --> 00:23:00.670
I don't think I've ever seen Mbili make an adjustment

00:23:00.670 --> 00:23:03.289
to anything ever, but I guess if it ain't broke,

00:23:03.430 --> 00:23:08.109
don't fix it. Well, hopefully they do it again.

00:23:09.230 --> 00:23:16.150
But congrats to Mbili. Oh, shit. Something that

00:23:16.150 --> 00:23:22.009
just came up. Diego Pacheco pulls out of the

00:23:22.009 --> 00:23:26.690
negotiations for the title fight with Hamza Shiraz.

00:23:27.210 --> 00:23:35.289
Really? Yeah. Why? I don't know. I mean, Pacheco

00:23:35.289 --> 00:23:37.779
probably loses that. I think he does too. So

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:44.940
maybe that's why. But... Interesting move. Yeah,

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:47.960
I want to see who else they got. Because it's

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:54.099
probably not going to be good. He's going to

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:57.900
be getting ducking allegations for fucking ever

00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:06.000
now. Pacheco. He was already getting them. Okay.

00:24:06.509 --> 00:24:08.950
So they haven't updated their rankings yet. The

00:24:08.950 --> 00:24:16.269
most recent are from December 2025. Super middleweight.

00:24:17.269 --> 00:24:21.190
Number one is Canelo. Two, Pacheco. Three, Shiraz.

00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:29.329
Four, Jacob Bank. He is currently busy. I don't

00:24:29.329 --> 00:24:34.750
think I know who Jacob Bank is. Alem Begich?

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.500
I don't know. German guy. Simon Zackenhuber.

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:52.819
Zackenhuber? Paulinas Njolonomu. Nemu. I don't

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:57.759
know who any of these people are. Callum Simpson.

00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:00.839
Jaime Munguia. Lester Martinez. Beck the Bully.

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:08.349
Iglesias Berlanga. Saras. Okay, so those ones

00:25:08.349 --> 00:25:11.250
I recognize all the names, but those first few,

00:25:11.509 --> 00:25:17.329
do you know who they are? I know Jacob Bank just

00:25:17.329 --> 00:25:23.829
from the fight with William Skull. Alem Bejic,

00:25:24.029 --> 00:25:27.609
no idea. Simon Zackenhuber, we have spoken about

00:25:27.609 --> 00:25:32.589
him. That's the extent of my knowledge. This

00:25:32.589 --> 00:25:39.650
Paulinas fellow, no idea. 168 is a weird weight

00:25:39.650 --> 00:25:44.890
class right now. Yeah, this is all... I think

00:25:44.890 --> 00:25:49.269
this has something to do with Pacheco signing

00:25:49.269 --> 00:25:54.829
a management deal with an agency. It's not an

00:25:54.829 --> 00:26:05.529
individual. I think they're advising him to explore

00:26:05.529 --> 00:26:09.779
promotional deals. instead. That's my thinking.

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:14.500
Right. But that's just my speculation, so who

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:20.640
knows. Still a bad move. It's a fucking title

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:23.859
fight, dude. Yeah, just take it. If you lose,

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:28.039
try again later. It's like the whole point of

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.299
boxing in the first place. Yeah, don't be a bitch.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:42.740
Oh, man. Team USA athletes, anyone who makes

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:47.940
the Olympic team will be paid $200 ,000 for making

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:52.019
the team and competing. That's not that much

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:54.819
for the amount of work it takes to get on the

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:57.920
Olympic team. Yeah. It takes years. But, I mean,

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:03.680
it's not bad. It's something. It's a chunk of

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:07.759
money. Yeah. Is boxing in the Summer Olympics

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:12.839
or the Winter Olympics? Summer. Okay. Because

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:19.519
the Winter Olympics are this year? Yes. In Italy,

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:23.599
I think. I think you're right. Because I think

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:27.519
I just heard a news report that they're sending

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:30.819
ice over as security for the athletes in Italy.

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:35.990
That's... I don't understand. What? why yeah

00:27:35.990 --> 00:27:43.190
yeah anyways yeah dumb um but yeah good uh good

00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:45.589
to see the athletes getting a little bit of recognition

00:27:45.589 --> 00:27:50.690
hopefully this helps tide the boxers over when

00:27:50.690 --> 00:27:54.930
as they start courting start looking at turning

00:27:54.930 --> 00:27:58.970
pro courting promotional outfits they have a

00:27:58.970 --> 00:28:02.579
little bit of money to sit on 200 ,000 is nothing

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:07.079
to sneeze at, but I just mean for the amount

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:11.579
of training and expenses to get there, it's a

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:18.559
drop in the bucket, kind of. Oh, Daniel Dubois

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:25.500
is exploring a fight with Ji Lei Zhang. Interesting.

00:28:29.450 --> 00:28:32.250
That's the best I got, too. This is interesting.

00:28:34.210 --> 00:28:37.309
I'm not super excited about it, but, I mean,

00:28:37.349 --> 00:28:41.750
it's a real fight, so. Yes, it is a fight of

00:28:41.750 --> 00:28:49.049
all time. I don't know if Jang still has it.

00:28:50.390 --> 00:28:52.690
He's super old. He's, like, in his mid -forties.

00:28:53.930 --> 00:28:59.490
Yeah, but he might hit hard still. Yeah, I guess

00:28:59.490 --> 00:29:04.690
he has that danger factor. But also, I think

00:29:04.690 --> 00:29:09.829
Dubois needs just a win against somebody decent

00:29:09.829 --> 00:29:19.069
now. Yeah, I would say so. Like, I mean, if Uze

00:29:19.069 --> 00:29:21.990
gets to go fight Wilder and nobody complains,

00:29:21.990 --> 00:29:26.220
Dubois can fight Jang. He's also only 42, which

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:28.920
isn't that old for heavyweights. Yeah, he's not

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:37.619
nearly as old as I was thinking. Still, yeah,

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.039
good to see Dubois at least doing something.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:46.799
I heard Daniel Dubois is the one with the father

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.259
that's really over -controlling, right? Yeah.

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:53.619
So Dubois had left his trainer that he didn't

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:56.940
seem very happy with to start with. Like, he

00:29:56.940 --> 00:30:00.759
never thanks them in interviews or post -fights

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.339
and stuff. So he'd left and gone to someone else.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:07.519
And within two weeks, he quit and went back.

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:15.319
So... Two weeks? Yeah, like, it wasn't even a

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:21.369
month. And... Dubois makes it sound like it was

00:30:21.369 --> 00:30:24.589
his choice, whatever. But I think it's the dad.

00:30:25.769 --> 00:30:29.150
You think so? Yeah, I think the new trainer was

00:30:29.150 --> 00:30:31.650
like, your dad can't decide everything. Your

00:30:31.650 --> 00:30:36.890
dad's not in charge here. And that was the end

00:30:36.890 --> 00:30:42.599
of the relationship. Is my guess. Like, that

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.880
has not been just flat out said by anyone. But

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:49.140
Dubois decided to leave the new trainer. He wasn't

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:54.259
kicked out or anything. Yeah, for whatever his

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:58.940
motivation was, is a question mark. Yeah, maybe

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:01.640
Dubois just didn't like the training style or

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.799
he didn't feel like it was good or whatever.

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:07.799
But I suspect the dad was told to fuck off and

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.640
the dad said, we're not staying here anymore.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:19.160
Daniel listens to his dad. Shaking my head. Oh,

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:21.960
well, speaking of shaking my head, Edwin De Los

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:27.599
Santos goes over to the dark side. He is now

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:33.200
a Zufa fighter. I definitely recognize the name.

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:37.759
Why do I know the name? He fought Shakur? Yeah,

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:40.279
it was like on... In the middle of the week,

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:43.539
it was like a Thursday. It was the Formula One

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:46.819
Las Vegas Grand Prix, and this was the opener

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:52.000
to that whole event. It was fucking terrible.

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:55.160
It was the worst fight ever, right? Like, I have

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:57.420
the correct fight. Yes, you are remembering correctly.

00:31:57.660 --> 00:32:01.680
It was fucking awful. I guess the guy's famous

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:05.200
for being shit, so... He's got really heavy hands.

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:10.500
That's kind of... his like that's his best attribute

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:20.519
uh otherwise uh kind of middling i guess like

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:25.160
i don't think anyone else was paying him so go

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:28.000
nuts i suppose yeah i hope a bunch of people

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:32.759
do just drain fucking money at azufa like don't

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.680
get me wrong i want these fighters to go and

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:37.000
just drain all the money and kill it instantly

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:44.680
would be nice with uh the six -year contract

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:50.519
limits yeah it's a good chunk of somebody's career

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:56.000
but that's still six years you you can get out

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.940
you don't have to stay there well and a lot of

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.680
these guys aren't gonna stay there six years

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:04.519
anyways they're they're too old for that yeah

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:08.420
like the ones they've been signing like And Opetai

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:12.339
is not fighting for six more years. Vostik, not

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:17.220
fighting for six more years. Which B did they

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:21.319
get? It's not Brancic. Yeah, it is Brancic. Brancic?

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:24.140
Yeah, he's not fighting for six years. Boachuk.

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:27.240
Boachuk. It's Boachuk. He's not fighting for

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:29.740
six years. Boachuk's not fighting for three more

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:38.269
years if he's smart. I doubt any of those guys

00:33:38.269 --> 00:33:42.730
are signing contracts that long. I hope De Los

00:33:42.730 --> 00:33:48.069
Santos, I hope you get paid adequately. You get

00:33:48.069 --> 00:33:50.710
what you're looking for, but hopefully you get

00:33:50.710 --> 00:33:54.930
out while the getting's good. De Los Santos might

00:33:54.930 --> 00:34:03.410
fight for six years. He's only 26. That's also

00:34:03.410 --> 00:34:09.440
assuming that they're signing the Macs. I don't

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:12.079
know if everyone's fighting for signing six years.

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:16.699
No, probably not. But I could also see Zufa just

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:20.900
being greasy fucks and wording it that the fighter

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:23.760
can't decide to end the contract, but Zufa can.

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:27.239
So the fighter's locked in for six years unless

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.920
Zufa decides to cut him loose. I see. Because

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:36.500
there's legal ease you could do that. Yeah, so

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:39.960
it's a six -year contract unless Zufa decides

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:44.760
otherwise. I don't know if that's true, but I

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.519
mean, I imagine that's what Zufa's doing because

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:54.280
they're greasy fucks. Well, would you call Kambosos

00:34:54.280 --> 00:35:00.780
a greasy fuck? Ferocious Promotions is lining

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:08.360
up their first card in June. I actually do hope

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:14.900
Kambosis' promotions goes well. I don't hate

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:19.760
the idea of the Australians having more competition

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.440
in the local scene. Yeah, if what Jacob says

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:27.199
about No Limit is true, if what Polly heard about

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:32.650
Tasman fighters is true. And, like... Kambosis

00:35:32.650 --> 00:35:35.409
is a mouthpiece. I can see him being good at

00:35:35.409 --> 00:35:41.489
being promotions, actually. Yeah, I agree. But

00:35:41.489 --> 00:35:45.489
he is greasy. Like, just physically, he looks

00:35:45.489 --> 00:35:50.070
greasy. Fucking slicked back hair all the time.

00:35:52.110 --> 00:35:55.289
Let's see. Part of the official statement, I

00:35:55.289 --> 00:35:57.710
just took out a little chunk. The focus will

00:35:57.710 --> 00:36:00.469
be on showcasing Australia's best emerging talent.

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:04.659
Built around true 50 -50 matchups, real fights

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.079
that matter with genuine competitive interest.

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:10.179
Australian championships and regional titles

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:12.719
will be on the line, following the same blueprint

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:14.599
I used to climb to the very top of the sport.

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.420
Yeah, I mean, whoever Kambosis' manager is, is

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:24.960
a fucking genius. Yeah. If that's who's managing

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:27.820
for ferocious promotions, fuck, I'd sign with

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:32.139
him. I don't know. Kambosis' career was really

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:38.099
well run. Like, talent to money, Kambosis' ratio

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:43.199
is fucking awesome. Yeah, I agree. He got put

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:46.920
into a lot of high -profile fights, and that

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:49.619
one win catapulted him into the fucking stratosphere.

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:55.039
Yeah. And he played that perfectly. Like... I

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:57.679
would trust his team with my career if I was

00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:01.920
theoretically a young boxer. I think this could

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:07.000
be good. Also, if it's actually true and they

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:10.219
do like a pro box thing, like Australian pro

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:13.059
box would be pretty fun. Don't fucking tempt

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:17.940
me with a good time. Speaking of good times,

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:26.750
the Barrios Garcia undercard. Is set. Richardson

00:37:26.750 --> 00:37:30.610
Hitchens versus Oscar Duarte. For the IBF 140

00:37:30.610 --> 00:37:37.150
title. GAR versus Andy Hirooka. WBA 140 title.

00:37:38.309 --> 00:37:42.150
Frank Martin versus Nahir Albright. 140 pound

00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:45.550
fight. And Beck the Bully versus Sina Akbeko.

00:37:45.750 --> 00:37:51.869
At 168. This is a really good card. It is. Actually

00:37:51.869 --> 00:37:57.130
super excited about this card. Hoping for draw

00:37:57.130 --> 00:38:01.429
number three with Mario Barrios. Actually, I

00:38:01.429 --> 00:38:04.550
hope for Mario Barrios to just KO him. The draw

00:38:04.550 --> 00:38:07.489
would be funnier, but seeing Ryan Garcia fucking

00:38:07.489 --> 00:38:10.510
out on the mat from such a mid -level fighter

00:38:10.510 --> 00:38:16.800
would be perfect. It would be fun. I would fucking

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:19.900
love it. I'm actually super excited about the

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:24.500
Gar versus Hiroyoka fight as well. I don't think

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:29.860
Andy Hiroyoka's ready. I think Gary Antoine's

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:33.500
gonna beat him. But people are excited about

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:37.239
Hiroyoka. I am. I'm hopeful that he can at least

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:40.539
make it competitive. I think it'll be competitive.

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:44.480
You're right though. Antoine is just... He's

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:49.400
too much right now for Hiroko. I think so. And

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.400
then Hitchens Duarte I'm not as excited about,

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:57.659
but could be fun, I guess. It will be as fun

00:38:57.659 --> 00:39:02.960
as I think Hitchens will allow it to be. And

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:05.599
I don't think that's going to be very much. Yeah,

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.780
I kind of hope Duarte catches him with something

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:12.940
early and gets Hitchens off his game. Yeah, it

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:15.320
would be nice. But if he gets tagged early, he's

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:17.619
going to be super negative the rest of the night.

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:21.119
That's true, too. I don't know. I'm not so excited

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:25.960
about that fight. But Gar versus Hiroyuki, I'm

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:30.860
pretty excited about. Not the worst matchup for

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:34.659
Frank Martin. I would honestly expect better,

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:42.230
given the levels of fights he's had. But I guess

00:39:42.230 --> 00:39:45.510
Nahir Albright's not terrible. I was gonna say,

00:39:45.570 --> 00:39:47.989
he's a bit of a name, isn't he? He's got name

00:39:47.989 --> 00:39:53.829
recognition. That's true. I like Beck the Bully,

00:39:53.969 --> 00:39:58.670
so I'm gonna tune in for that. But it's not going

00:39:58.670 --> 00:40:04.369
to be the highest level of boxing. Where have

00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:10.699
I seen Agbeko? Agbeko's the... Is he from the

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:16.980
Congo? Ghana. Or am I? Ghana. Okay. He fought

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:22.780
Morel and lost. Stopped in two in December of

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:27.699
23. Fought Iglesias and lost. Stopped in two

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:36.699
August of 24. He's stoppable, but he also comes

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:41.440
to fight. Like, he's not... an outboxer really

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:46.000
I mean it should be fun because Beck's not that

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:52.820
good either so like an evenly matched guys that'll

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:56.199
punch I'm here for it yeah I agree should be

00:40:56.199 --> 00:41:04.239
at least a fun outing while it lasts oh man speaking

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:08.179
of fun while it lasts Deontay Wilder Derek Chisora

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:15.920
His final April 4th at the O2 in London. I'm

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:18.239
excited for this one. I know I'm not supposed

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:22.679
to be, but I think this is a great matchup. I

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:25.159
think at this point in time in both their careers,

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:28.480
this is a great matchup. Yeah, I think you're

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:31.780
right. Based on where they're at, this is the

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:35.219
type of fight that these dudes should be taking.

00:41:37.070 --> 00:41:46.190
I also think Chizora overwhelms him. I will continue

00:41:46.190 --> 00:41:50.349
to believe that the magic right hand will land.

00:41:51.050 --> 00:41:56.469
I don't think so. Also, what's the over -under

00:41:56.469 --> 00:42:01.159
on Wilder's calves in this fight? What, like

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:04.639
circumference? Yeah, take the under because his

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:10.960
legs are fucking tiny. Yeah, it's weird how he's,

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:14.780
uh... How is he able to carry such, like, a jacked

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:19.440
upper body? With no calves. Like, it's just shinbone.

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:24.539
It's just shinbone. Yeah, his thighs, too, I

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:28.860
guess, aren't very big. Yeah, it's always...

00:42:29.710 --> 00:42:34.429
Like, Deontay, it's called a squat. Fucking go

00:42:34.429 --> 00:42:38.769
for a walk. They are hard, but you kind of need

00:42:38.769 --> 00:42:43.989
them. Well, and, like, power comes from your

00:42:43.989 --> 00:42:49.309
legs, man. Yeah. Makes his right hand all the

00:42:49.309 --> 00:42:52.510
more magnificent, is that it comes from nothing.

00:42:54.630 --> 00:42:58.570
It's just magic. Yeah, he's like a... He would

00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:04.590
be better seen, I guess, as like a genie floating

00:43:04.590 --> 00:43:08.489
halfway out of a cloud. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's

00:43:08.489 --> 00:43:12.369
the legs that you're getting from Wilder when

00:43:12.369 --> 00:43:19.269
it comes to power. It's true, though. Oh, man.

00:43:20.789 --> 00:43:22.750
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debut of Zufa Boxing on Paramount+. Why even

00:46:20.210 --> 00:46:25.710
mention it if I fucking hate Zufa so much? Troy

00:46:25.710 --> 00:46:31.610
Nash. Honestly. He's a very solid prospect. It

00:46:31.610 --> 00:46:34.369
is real boxing. It's still boxing. We gotta talk

00:46:34.369 --> 00:46:37.949
about it. Also, I want to shit on the stupid

00:46:37.949 --> 00:46:41.110
fucking uniforms. I knew they were gonna do it.

00:46:41.250 --> 00:46:44.889
It's so fucking stupid. I want people to have

00:46:44.889 --> 00:46:48.969
the flashy trunks that all look different. I

00:46:48.969 --> 00:46:51.550
want people to have cool walkout outfits that

00:46:51.550 --> 00:46:54.389
tell me about their personality. And I want,

00:46:54.389 --> 00:46:57.250
like, fireworks and fucking music while they

00:46:57.250 --> 00:47:01.530
do it. UFC, the most boring bullshit ever, is

00:47:01.530 --> 00:47:04.230
not gonna work in boxing. And it's not just me

00:47:04.230 --> 00:47:06.449
being weird. A bunch of the fighters were like,

00:47:06.510 --> 00:47:11.110
this looks like shit. Yeah. Fighters and fans

00:47:11.110 --> 00:47:15.230
alike. Half the fun is their outfits. And I'm

00:47:15.230 --> 00:47:17.250
sure it's really important to the boxers, too.

00:47:17.409 --> 00:47:19.190
Like, they probably spend a bunch of time. They

00:47:19.190 --> 00:47:21.730
probably get really excited about it. They probably,

00:47:21.769 --> 00:47:25.329
like... I fucking know Seiya Tsutsumi practices

00:47:25.329 --> 00:47:27.989
his turnaround at the beginning of the walkout

00:47:27.989 --> 00:47:30.090
where he stands and shows off his cool jacket

00:47:30.090 --> 00:47:32.550
or whatever he's wearing. And then he does the

00:47:32.550 --> 00:47:37.170
like Zoolander blue steel as he turns. He practices

00:47:37.170 --> 00:47:40.949
that shit with his friends all the time. I guarantee

00:47:40.949 --> 00:47:46.889
it. You can't take the pageantry out of boxing.

00:47:48.510 --> 00:47:53.260
I think the perfect example is Mizuki. hiruta

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:58.519
she's really not that good she's like she's good

00:47:58.519 --> 00:48:02.679
but she's not special she's fine as a boxer but

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:05.599
like her walkout outfits and her ring attire

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:11.579
on amazing unbeatable exactly that's no joke

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:14.159
the only reason i watch mizuki is because of

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:24.349
her clothes and she's just so happy The nature

00:48:24.349 --> 00:48:31.150
of Zufa is that the 360 promotions became the

00:48:31.150 --> 00:48:35.289
feeder into Zufa. So fucking Mizuki is going

00:48:35.289 --> 00:48:40.630
to have to walk out with just like plain one

00:48:40.630 --> 00:48:47.090
color. Honestly, I wonder if she signs with Zufa.

00:48:47.250 --> 00:48:50.090
If they tell her she has to wear the uniform,

00:48:50.329 --> 00:48:54.360
she might just come back to Japan. That would

00:48:54.360 --> 00:49:00.500
be better. Japanese women get no fights. Like,

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:05.360
in Japan. But, I mean, she's not going to want

00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:11.380
to fight in a uniform. I can't see it. It's so

00:49:11.380 --> 00:49:14.940
fucking stupid. And the Apex Theater sucks ass.

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:17.820
How many people were there? Like, 200? I think

00:49:17.820 --> 00:49:21.690
that's the maximum, is like 250. It fucking looked

00:49:21.690 --> 00:49:25.829
like a school gymnasium. There's no crowd noise.

00:49:26.409 --> 00:49:31.010
Like, fucking in the post -fight interviews,

00:49:31.230 --> 00:49:33.030
Dana White was talking about the bathrooms or

00:49:33.030 --> 00:49:40.710
some shit. What? You didn't see that? No. Somebody

00:49:40.710 --> 00:49:42.449
yelled something. He's like, well, we got nice

00:49:42.449 --> 00:49:48.170
bathrooms now. Oh, yeah. Great. That's excellent.

00:49:48.670 --> 00:49:50.989
That's just, wow, that's what everyone's been

00:49:50.989 --> 00:49:56.650
wanting. And, like, tickets were a million fucking

00:49:56.650 --> 00:50:01.010
dollars for no atmosphere, no cool outfits, no

00:50:01.010 --> 00:50:05.150
walkout theatrics. Like, when Inoue walked out

00:50:05.150 --> 00:50:08.449
that last time I saw him in Tokyo with all the

00:50:08.449 --> 00:50:11.409
fireworks and the guy blasted on the guitar beside

00:50:11.409 --> 00:50:15.869
him. Oh, that was fucking epic. The gif, like,

00:50:15.929 --> 00:50:20.449
where he does the hand thing. That walkout was

00:50:20.449 --> 00:50:24.309
fucking awesome. I can't, like, it would ruin

00:50:24.309 --> 00:50:29.489
that night without that walkout. I don't know.

00:50:29.969 --> 00:50:34.289
Anyways, end of my rant, but fuck Zufa and her

00:50:34.289 --> 00:50:42.130
stupid fucking outfits. Troy Nash had a solid

00:50:42.130 --> 00:50:46.730
performance against Jacob Ramos. Overall, it

00:50:46.730 --> 00:50:50.130
makes me sad. To see such a really good prospect.

00:50:50.710 --> 00:50:54.250
On a Zufa card. Because like everything you just

00:50:54.250 --> 00:50:57.889
described. We're not going to ever get. We're

00:50:57.889 --> 00:50:59.610
not going to ever get to know. Or get to see.

00:50:59.949 --> 00:51:04.989
Who Troy Nash is. He's going to wear. Plain black.

00:51:05.070 --> 00:51:12.349
Or blue fucking trunks. And. Muted shoes. Dana

00:51:12.349 --> 00:51:17.699
doesn't want. The fighters to be. The. Focus.

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:22.340
He's building a brand like he does with UFC.

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:26.139
And the fighters are secondary. That's not what

00:51:26.139 --> 00:51:28.239
he's trying to sell people. He's selling people

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:32.539
Zufa boxing, not Troy Nash. Whereas every other

00:51:32.539 --> 00:51:36.820
fucking promotion sells you a guy. This is our

00:51:36.820 --> 00:51:39.539
guy. He's awesome. You should watch him because.

00:51:40.539 --> 00:51:42.519
Maybe because he gets knockouts. Maybe because

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.480
he picks the coolest walkout music. Maybe because

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:52.460
he has anime shoes. Like... Yeah. Yeah. I just...

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:58.059
Moving up the bill, Robert Merriweather versus

00:51:58.059 --> 00:52:02.539
Cesar Correa. Robert gets the pretty clean, pretty

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:07.840
easy... Well, no. It's a clear UD, but it was

00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:12.960
not an easy fight. Meriwether had Correa gave

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:16.280
Meriwether all he could handle Meriwether has

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:20.119
since in the media been saying like I don't care

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:22.699
about the other original four belts I don't care

00:52:22.699 --> 00:52:26.280
about those I want the Zufa title man who the

00:52:26.280 --> 00:52:29.260
who put a gun to your head and made you post

00:52:29.260 --> 00:52:32.219
that yeah well that's the other thing what's

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:36.730
his name on the fucking broadcast slurping on

00:52:36.730 --> 00:52:42.110
doofaboxing. Yeah, fuck, is he annoying. Absolutely

00:52:42.110 --> 00:52:49.289
ridiculous. I mean, the fighters know that you

00:52:49.289 --> 00:52:53.550
can kiss enough ass with Dana to get special

00:52:53.550 --> 00:52:58.010
treatment. They see it in the UFC. And that's

00:52:58.010 --> 00:53:01.389
another thing, the people begging for the bonus

00:53:01.389 --> 00:53:05.329
money. I fucking hate that. One FC also has the

00:53:05.329 --> 00:53:08.369
bonus money and nobody begs for it. They're super

00:53:08.369 --> 00:53:11.090
happy when they get it. Like, there's guys crying.

00:53:11.210 --> 00:53:14.670
Like, I can buy my dad a house. Like, that sort

00:53:14.670 --> 00:53:18.309
of shit. But nobody's sitting there like, please,

00:53:18.449 --> 00:53:22.769
please, sir. Can I have the bonus? Yeah. With

00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:28.429
the bowling rule. Yeah. Moving up the bill. Not

00:53:28.429 --> 00:53:31.530
a whole lot going on here until we get to the

00:53:31.530 --> 00:53:34.679
co -main. Was it the co -main? I think it was.

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:39.980
No. Trinidad? Yeah. Omar Trinidad versus Max

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:45.380
Ornelas. It was not. Julian Rodriguez, UD over

00:53:45.380 --> 00:53:48.400
Kane Sandoval. That was the co -main. I forgot

00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:51.099
to reorder them. Trinidad gets a stoppage in

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:56.340
10. 10th and final round at the closing minute.

00:53:57.159 --> 00:54:01.230
It was... Omar Trinidad looked like he usually

00:54:01.230 --> 00:54:08.829
does, which is not very good. Fair enough. Speaking

00:54:08.829 --> 00:54:13.269
of not very good, Callum Walsh. UD over Carlos

00:54:13.269 --> 00:54:18.769
Ocampo. Callum Walsh just isn't good enough to

00:54:18.769 --> 00:54:24.630
be their face. For whatever reason, Dana White

00:54:24.630 --> 00:54:29.280
fucking loves Callum Walsh. Yeah, I don't get

00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:35.360
it. I don't get it. But they're putting him in

00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:39.000
a position where he's gonna fail because he's

00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:42.539
not that good. He can't live up to the expectations

00:54:42.539 --> 00:54:48.900
of boxing and being at that level. He's not that

00:54:48.900 --> 00:54:52.219
guy. And it's not fair to him because he hasn't

00:54:52.219 --> 00:54:58.139
had time to become that guy. It's very rare that

00:54:58.139 --> 00:55:01.539
somebody can just be thrown into the spotlight

00:55:01.539 --> 00:55:06.820
like that. It's not that I hate Callum Walsh

00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:13.179
or anything. He's not that good to be the face.

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:22.260
He's not exciting. I don't know. Zufa 1 was disappointing.

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:29.659
I had very low expectations. Yeah, overall, this

00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:34.440
was a disappointing debut for what is supposed

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:37.320
to be the disruptor of the sport or whatever.

00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:44.880
Carlos Ocampo, he was not good. He never really

00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:48.619
was good to begin with. There were people calling

00:55:48.619 --> 00:55:52.739
him washed. You kind of have to be good to be

00:55:52.739 --> 00:55:57.980
washed. Yeah. Callum Walsh could not have landed

00:55:57.980 --> 00:56:02.099
more clean punches. It was unbelievable how this

00:56:02.099 --> 00:56:07.039
fight did not end in a knockout. Walsh has no

00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:11.280
power. That's really the conclusion. This young

00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:16.900
man fucking... I don't know. Even back in the

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:20.500
360 promotion days, I don't understand why he

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:24.519
was their guy. I don't understand what the fucking

00:56:24.519 --> 00:56:27.940
big deal is about Calibals. Yeah. I don't get

00:56:27.940 --> 00:56:36.219
it either. Yeah. Overall, Zufa was as bad as

00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:39.699
I was expecting it to be. And my expectations

00:56:39.699 --> 00:56:44.940
were pretty low. I'm just mad about everything.

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:49.199
Could. Absolutely everything. How is it possible?

00:56:50.190 --> 00:56:54.489
For Max Kellerman to have spoken so much with

00:56:54.489 --> 00:56:59.309
so much dick in his mouth. Yeah, no idea. He

00:56:59.309 --> 00:57:03.929
was slurping so hard. So hard. I've been waiting

00:57:03.929 --> 00:57:07.630
all my life for Zufa. What the fuck are you talking

00:57:07.630 --> 00:57:10.989
about, sir? He compared somebody to Roy Jones

00:57:10.989 --> 00:57:17.309
Jr.? It's fucking ridiculous. The rumor is that

00:57:17.309 --> 00:57:20.849
Andre Ward left early. Because of Kellerman?

00:57:21.849 --> 00:57:28.150
I would. Yeah. If I was sitting at the table,

00:57:28.250 --> 00:57:32.230
I would have such an urge to just slap that man.

00:57:32.829 --> 00:57:39.349
And go, what the fuck are you saying? Max Kriegel?

00:57:40.289 --> 00:57:45.130
No, not Mark Kriegel. Excuse me. He was his usual

00:57:45.130 --> 00:57:51.619
weird self. Making the sob story promotional

00:57:51.619 --> 00:57:56.440
pieces. I don't hate him as much. I don't like

00:57:56.440 --> 00:58:00.139
him, but I don't hate him. Yeah, I usually just

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:04.360
ignore him. Or try to. And Tessitore was his

00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:07.360
usual self. Yeah, the lady they had doing the

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:11.420
interview seemed fine. Like, she wasn't super...

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:16.920
engaging, but she seemed to know what she was

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:21.480
talking about and able to interview the fighters

00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:24.559
competently. Because I've never seen her before.

00:58:24.619 --> 00:58:32.340
I don't know who she is. Yeah. The only... If

00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:37.800
I had to pick something that I could say positively

00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:44.960
or say positive about the Zufa whatever, is the

00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:48.360
production quality was pretty nice. Like, the

00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:52.280
cameras, really clean picture, the camera angles,

00:58:52.420 --> 00:58:56.179
that stuff was all good. That's a pretty low

00:58:56.179 --> 00:58:59.000
bar to get over, so I guess they managed to do

00:58:59.000 --> 00:59:00.619
that. Yeah, but it's important. It is, yes. It

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:04.260
is important. And the run time, like, the show

00:59:04.260 --> 00:59:06.320
was well organized and on time and everything.

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:14.469
Yeah. The... Graphics were atrocious. I think

00:59:14.469 --> 00:59:20.809
they had one score of like 33 to 2. What? On

00:59:20.809 --> 00:59:23.610
the scores, like the show on the screen. Yeah.

00:59:23.750 --> 00:59:28.530
Yeah, it said like 33 to 2 or something. Excellent.

00:59:28.570 --> 00:59:32.650
The stats that they follow or keep track of were

00:59:32.650 --> 00:59:39.570
attacks, attack percentage, and counters. All

00:59:39.570 --> 00:59:43.050
right. Yeah. They were keeping up with attacks.

00:59:44.289 --> 00:59:49.909
I see. Not body punches or jabs or power punches.

00:59:51.289 --> 00:59:55.889
Nope. None of it. Attacks. I didn't pay that

00:59:55.889 --> 00:59:59.889
much attention. That's the shit we're on. We're

00:59:59.889 --> 01:00:02.829
on attacks these days. They're dumbing it down

01:00:02.829 --> 01:00:07.650
to try and get the UFC fans to watch. UFC fans

01:00:07.650 --> 01:00:11.670
don't... know anything about fucking boxing true

01:00:11.670 --> 01:00:17.449
they like if you're a fight fan though you can

01:00:17.449 --> 01:00:22.869
have you watched the ufc yes i have to they they

01:00:22.869 --> 01:00:25.690
don't count jabs or kicks or fucking anything

01:00:25.690 --> 01:00:29.289
either true it's attacks and shoots and defenses

01:00:29.289 --> 01:00:33.750
kicks and punches yeah you're right yeah but

01:00:33.750 --> 01:00:37.369
they don't break them down into any categories

01:00:38.139 --> 01:00:41.199
like they do with boxing because UFC fans are

01:00:41.199 --> 01:00:45.900
too fucking stupid. That's not fair. I'm just

01:00:45.900 --> 01:00:49.380
in a bad mood. They're really dumbing it down

01:00:49.380 --> 01:00:52.420
to match to try and get the UFC fans over it.

01:00:53.340 --> 01:00:58.980
Zufa's trying to put the UFC model onto boxing.

01:01:00.380 --> 01:01:02.920
It's not going to work. It's not the same. It's

01:01:02.920 --> 01:01:08.079
a travesty. Also, this is a side rant. But the

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:11.059
UFC wasn't as bad as it is now when they started.

01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:13.619
When they started, people got their own outfits.

01:01:13.820 --> 01:01:18.659
People got walkouts. The UFC started out being

01:01:18.659 --> 01:01:22.780
fun. I used to watch old UFC, like in the early

01:01:22.780 --> 01:01:26.820
2000s. I actually did watch. But then they introduced

01:01:26.820 --> 01:01:31.840
all this fucking bullshit. And I think even Dana

01:01:31.840 --> 01:01:35.940
forgets how different early UFC was to what it

01:01:35.940 --> 01:01:40.699
is now. And how much better early UFC was. And

01:01:40.699 --> 01:01:44.599
that's why they had fans. People just stuck around

01:01:44.599 --> 01:01:52.579
because it was the only game. Well, let's move

01:01:52.579 --> 01:02:00.360
to some actual box. Saturday, January 24th. At

01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:03.920
the matchroom at the Fontainebleau. Let's start

01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:07.639
from the bottom. Zayquin Moses. Just beats the

01:02:07.639 --> 01:02:14.480
piss out of Leandro Medina. Actually, I missed

01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:16.900
these first two fights. I slept in. It's fine.

01:02:17.159 --> 01:02:22.119
Zayquin is a prospect as well, so it's still

01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:29.739
early. But he looks pretty damn good. Omari Jones.

01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:38.829
Towering Inferno 2 .0. He's like 6 '7", or something,

01:02:39.030 --> 01:02:47.130
at 154. And he beat the piss. Voxrec said 6 '1".

01:02:47.130 --> 01:02:50.690
No, he was way, way taller than Jerome Baxter.

01:02:51.949 --> 01:02:54.409
Okay, let's see what they say Jerome Baxter is.

01:02:54.489 --> 01:02:57.809
Jerome Baxter is listed at 5 '9". So that's a

01:02:57.809 --> 01:03:03.670
4 -inch difference. Then I am remembering...

01:03:04.490 --> 01:03:08.349
Incorrectly. He just looked so much taller at

01:03:08.349 --> 01:03:12.090
the weigh -in and at the press conferences. Four

01:03:12.090 --> 01:03:15.010
inches is quite a bit. Yeah, it's not nothing.

01:03:17.510 --> 01:03:19.849
But yeah, he beat the piss out of Jerome Baxter.

01:03:20.929 --> 01:03:27.150
Easy peasy. Lemon squeezy. Israel Madrimov has

01:03:27.150 --> 01:03:38.340
an interesting night with Luis Salazar. It was

01:03:38.340 --> 01:03:44.039
a fight. Yeah. For all the talk about who Madrimov

01:03:44.039 --> 01:03:47.239
is supposed to be, who we thought he was, like

01:03:47.239 --> 01:03:50.019
the guy who had a decent fight with Terrence

01:03:50.019 --> 01:03:54.900
Crawford, he looked competent, at least. But

01:03:54.900 --> 01:04:00.739
he did not turn in a good performance here. I'm

01:04:00.739 --> 01:04:02.940
not sure what else to make of it. Maybe he's

01:04:02.940 --> 01:04:12.590
not all that. Yeah. I don't know. He... How do

01:04:12.590 --> 01:04:17.170
I put it? He's not very active as a fighter.

01:04:17.449 --> 01:04:21.150
He needs people coming at him because he's not

01:04:21.150 --> 01:04:29.469
going to go after anyone. Yeah. That's definitely

01:04:29.469 --> 01:04:31.969
not what Luis Salazar was there to do either.

01:04:33.289 --> 01:04:39.010
Yeah, it was a pretty shit fight. Speaking of

01:04:39.010 --> 01:04:43.989
shit fights, Khalil Coe, majority decision, question

01:04:43.989 --> 01:04:49.289
mark, over Jesse Hart. I think Jesse Hart should

01:04:49.289 --> 01:04:56.429
have won this one. I agree. I was not very happy

01:04:56.429 --> 01:04:59.650
with these scorecards. Overall, it wasn't a great

01:04:59.650 --> 01:05:05.809
fight either. No, it was pretty dirty. Yeah,

01:05:05.809 --> 01:05:10.889
there's the throw that Khalil Coe did. Yeah,

01:05:10.909 --> 01:05:14.030
just like suplexed him. Yeah, that was funny.

01:05:14.150 --> 01:05:19.210
Also, Coe missed weight. Eight pounds. Yeah,

01:05:20.010 --> 01:05:22.489
something crazy. Like, what the fuck are you

01:05:22.489 --> 01:05:29.110
doing, man? Also, that deduction on heart late.

01:05:29.550 --> 01:05:31.909
Not that it really would have made much difference.

01:05:32.170 --> 01:05:35.269
But that deduction on Hart late in the fight

01:05:35.269 --> 01:05:40.469
was kind of bullshit. I honestly thought Khalil

01:05:40.469 --> 01:05:43.429
Coe had gotten deducted again the first time.

01:05:44.389 --> 01:05:47.030
Yeah, I mean, they did give Hart one warning

01:05:47.030 --> 01:05:51.289
about holding, but then they just took the point,

01:05:51.369 --> 01:05:57.960
like, so fast. Yeah. It felt sleazy. Actually,

01:05:57.980 --> 01:06:00.760
I guess that was important because it would have

01:06:00.760 --> 01:06:11.000
been a tied fight. Mixed draw. Anyways, doesn't

01:06:11.000 --> 01:06:14.840
matter. It's bullshit. And it was not a fun fight

01:06:14.840 --> 01:06:19.539
to watch. Yeah, Khalil Coe, you should not be

01:06:19.539 --> 01:06:23.079
taking this and going back to your retreating

01:06:23.079 --> 01:06:27.730
and celebrating with this. It was not a good

01:06:27.730 --> 01:06:35.090
look for him. Oh, man. Good looks. Ray Murataya

01:06:35.090 --> 01:06:38.969
gets the majority decision over Andy Cruz to

01:06:38.969 --> 01:06:44.650
retain his IBF 135 title. This was a great fight.

01:06:44.889 --> 01:06:47.230
If anybody missed it, they need to go find it.

01:06:47.309 --> 01:06:53.010
This was an awesome fight. Yeah. High action,

01:06:53.050 --> 01:07:00.250
but still very technical. It was good. It's,

01:07:00.250 --> 01:07:05.170
uh, it was a good, I think a good, uh, showing

01:07:05.170 --> 01:07:10.309
of what it, what it looks like when, uh, a superb

01:07:10.309 --> 01:07:15.090
amateur fighter moves into the pros against a

01:07:15.090 --> 01:07:17.690
guy who like just had to grind his way up to

01:07:17.690 --> 01:07:23.309
the top. Yeah, I could. Yeah. I have to say though,

01:07:23.429 --> 01:07:26.969
Murataya really impressed me. I don't remember

01:07:26.969 --> 01:07:30.090
him having that good a defense. I don't either.

01:07:30.230 --> 01:07:34.969
He was fucking on point. He was making Andy Cruz

01:07:34.969 --> 01:07:40.309
miss a lot. And I don't remember Moritai of being

01:07:40.309 --> 01:07:46.630
that guy. I'm actually glad he won, but I wasn't

01:07:46.630 --> 01:07:49.449
expecting it. I had picked Andy Cruz in this

01:07:49.449 --> 01:07:54.090
fight. So did I. Murataya showed he has way more

01:07:54.090 --> 01:07:59.710
skills than he's been using, apparently. Yeah,

01:07:59.809 --> 01:08:02.510
that was pretty much what his entire post -fight

01:08:02.510 --> 01:08:06.909
interview was him saying. I demonstrated why

01:08:06.909 --> 01:08:12.489
I'm the champ. I didn't get elevated. It wasn't

01:08:12.489 --> 01:08:16.750
handed to me, just email title. I've earned my

01:08:16.750 --> 01:08:21.920
way to this spot. And yeah, you can see. You

01:08:21.920 --> 01:08:25.939
can see my talent on display. I was impressed

01:08:25.939 --> 01:08:32.520
with him. Andy Cruz looked good, but I wonder

01:08:32.520 --> 01:08:34.760
if he just doesn't have enough power for the

01:08:34.760 --> 01:08:43.020
pro game. Yeah, his power is definitely not as

01:08:43.020 --> 01:08:46.500
good as his short pro career has made us think

01:08:46.500 --> 01:08:52.720
it is. I would expect him... To adopt more of

01:08:52.720 --> 01:08:57.039
like a hit and move. Kind of style and not try

01:08:57.039 --> 01:09:01.199
to like standing in front of. Murataya did not

01:09:01.199 --> 01:09:07.020
pay dividends for him at all. No. But then you

01:09:07.020 --> 01:09:11.100
just turn into another like. Rigging down. Or

01:09:11.100 --> 01:09:16.659
a runner. Yeah. Anyways, it was a super good

01:09:16.659 --> 01:09:19.979
fight. People should go watch it. Yeah. And I

01:09:19.979 --> 01:09:22.600
do think the right guy won, but that one scorecard

01:09:22.600 --> 01:09:28.680
was fucking madness. 118 -110. Yeah, Tim Cheatham.

01:09:30.539 --> 01:09:34.399
Tim Cheatham. It's always Tim Cheatham. He has

01:09:34.399 --> 01:09:38.779
such shit scorecards. But I do think Moritaya

01:09:38.779 --> 01:09:40.760
deserved the win. It was just closer than that.

01:09:43.560 --> 01:09:48.630
This is an instance. Of something we've talked

01:09:48.630 --> 01:09:52.069
about before, where judges should have to be

01:09:52.069 --> 01:09:55.590
at the post -fight press conference. And they

01:09:55.590 --> 01:09:57.710
should have to take questions like, what the

01:09:57.710 --> 01:10:01.329
fuck score was that? Fucking explain yourself.

01:10:03.189 --> 01:10:07.989
I agree. I wish that they made them write down,

01:10:07.989 --> 01:10:12.609
like, just one word every round of why. Yeah,

01:10:12.609 --> 01:10:17.060
notes. Keep notes. Yeah. I know you don't want

01:10:17.060 --> 01:10:19.739
them, like, looking and writing while the boxing's

01:10:19.739 --> 01:10:24.239
going on, but just, like, round three, uh, Cruz

01:10:24.239 --> 01:10:30.159
hurt. Or round six, Murataya because... Uppercuts.

01:10:30.180 --> 01:10:34.020
Ring general shit. Like, effective aggression.

01:10:34.100 --> 01:10:38.399
Like, just do it in bullet point shorthand. Like,

01:10:38.579 --> 01:10:45.229
M because uppercut. Or something. So that we

01:10:45.229 --> 01:10:48.869
can see why you actually did it. And, I mean,

01:10:48.890 --> 01:10:51.189
people aren't going to agree, but if you have

01:10:51.189 --> 01:10:56.270
to provide a reason... Or even just mark swing

01:10:56.270 --> 01:11:00.329
rounds. Like, yeah, this round was really close,

01:11:00.430 --> 01:11:04.890
but you gotta pick a winner, so... Yeah, we're

01:11:04.890 --> 01:11:09.670
not doing 10 -10s anymore. Not that America did

01:11:09.670 --> 01:11:12.090
much, but I just mean even if they just marked

01:11:12.090 --> 01:11:14.569
rounds that were swing rounds, I thought this

01:11:14.569 --> 01:11:18.010
maybe could have went either way, but I had to

01:11:18.010 --> 01:11:22.430
pick somebody and I decided on Marataya. Yeah.

01:11:22.609 --> 01:11:25.829
Because there were a few swing rounds in this

01:11:25.829 --> 01:11:34.010
fight. Early fight of the year contender. For

01:11:34.010 --> 01:11:37.409
me, it's there right now. Yeah, I suspect there'll

01:11:37.409 --> 01:11:41.130
be some fucking war that I like a lot more. But

01:11:41.130 --> 01:11:45.430
for skilled technical boxing, there's definitely

01:11:45.430 --> 01:11:52.789
fight of the year. All right. Upcoming stuff.

01:11:53.229 --> 01:11:58.890
They finally put it out. The headline matchroom

01:11:58.890 --> 01:12:05.380
in Guadalajara. On February 6th. The headline

01:12:05.380 --> 01:12:07.979
is Christian Medina versus Adrian Curiel for

01:12:07.979 --> 01:12:13.420
the WBO Bantamweight Championship. Nice. I don't

01:12:13.420 --> 01:12:19.000
recognize anyone else on the card. But I'm expecting

01:12:19.000 --> 01:12:27.180
Mexican -style wars. Which are always fun. I

01:12:27.180 --> 01:12:29.579
mean, you don't need to recognize the names on

01:12:29.579 --> 01:12:37.180
Mexican cards, usually. Moving to the last one.

01:12:38.859 --> 01:12:41.760
Saturday, February 7th, Queensbury at the Echo

01:12:41.760 --> 01:12:45.500
Arena in Liverpool. This is going to be fucking

01:12:45.500 --> 01:12:48.220
five hours long. There's so many fights on here.

01:12:48.380 --> 01:12:55.600
Yeah. Not a whole lot of name recognition for

01:12:55.600 --> 01:12:59.399
me. I don't see, I think the, I recognize Jack

01:12:59.399 --> 01:13:07.149
Turner. Maybe. These are very English names.

01:13:07.409 --> 01:13:12.029
Yeah, it's all it's all Queensbury like prospects

01:13:12.029 --> 01:13:17.930
and stuff. So whatever. The main Nick Ball versus

01:13:17.930 --> 01:13:22.569
Brandon Figueroa for Ball's WBA featherweight

01:13:22.569 --> 01:13:29.409
title. This is going to be hilarious. This is

01:13:29.409 --> 01:13:33.510
like a cartoon. I believe this is a seven inch

01:13:33.510 --> 01:13:40.699
height difference. Yeah. I don't know, man. I

01:13:40.699 --> 01:13:45.000
don't think Nick Ball can just get his way in

01:13:45.000 --> 01:13:47.239
there. He's gonna have to fucking jump to hit

01:13:47.239 --> 01:13:54.760
Figueroa in the face. He did fight Ray Vargas.

01:13:56.439 --> 01:13:59.199
Did he? Yeah, that was a pretty big height difference.

01:14:00.579 --> 01:14:04.800
Yeah, and he did not win that. No, he didn't.

01:14:06.640 --> 01:14:09.079
That's a bigger height difference. Vargas is

01:14:09.079 --> 01:14:16.079
taller. I don't know. I just think this is going

01:14:16.079 --> 01:14:20.500
to look like a fucking cartoon. I also don't

01:14:20.500 --> 01:14:22.840
really like Nick Ball, so I'm going to cheer

01:14:22.840 --> 01:14:25.899
for Figueroa. Even though he always looks like

01:14:25.899 --> 01:14:31.140
he's wearing eye makeup. He just looks fantastic.

01:14:31.680 --> 01:14:40.760
He looks fabulous. He does. But yeah, that's

01:14:40.760 --> 01:14:45.220
it for our upcoming cards. It's a light weekend.

01:14:46.939 --> 01:14:52.100
Wow, this weekend's so stacked. Yeah, I think...

01:14:52.100 --> 01:15:01.100
No, the Super Bowl is on February 8th. So, yeah.

01:15:02.119 --> 01:15:12.060
No Zufa this weekend. Fair enough. Super Bowl.

01:15:12.939 --> 01:15:20.039
Patriots versus Seahawks. I have watched zero

01:15:20.039 --> 01:15:23.159
NFL this year. Yeah, I haven't either. My fantasy

01:15:23.159 --> 01:15:27.640
team sucked. Although, so I finished the regular

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season in fantasy at We have 10 teams and I finished

01:15:32.020 --> 01:15:35.520
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was crossing the river to walk to work and it

01:19:26.800 --> 01:19:31.479
was just full of tiny fish. They're like maybe

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large sardine size. And like the water was just,

01:19:35.479 --> 01:19:38.960
you couldn't see water. You could only see fish.

01:19:40.600 --> 01:19:43.340
Yeah, you put a video of that in Discord, right?

01:19:43.640 --> 01:19:46.600
Yeah, yeah. My phone doesn't take very good.

01:19:47.380 --> 01:19:50.220
videos, my camera sucks. But even in my shit

01:19:50.220 --> 01:19:54.199
video, you can see it's just full of fish. So

01:19:54.199 --> 01:19:57.039
that's pretty cool. I like to stop and watch

01:19:57.039 --> 01:19:59.300
the fish for a couple minutes on my way to work.

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I guess parting words, enjoy nature where you

01:20:05.180 --> 01:20:07.939
can, even if you can't leave the city. Because

01:20:07.939 --> 01:20:10.000
the birds should be coming back to America and

01:20:10.000 --> 01:20:16.250
other places soon too. Yeah, enjoy nature. That's

01:20:16.250 --> 01:20:20.729
a good one. My parting words, man. I got a jury

01:20:20.729 --> 01:20:24.609
summons. Nice. It's the first time in my life

01:20:24.609 --> 01:20:29.930
I've ever gotten one. That's exciting. I guess.

01:20:30.829 --> 01:20:36.930
I don't know. I had to register online and now

01:20:36.930 --> 01:20:44.979
I have to wait if they call me. Right. if they

01:20:44.979 --> 01:20:48.060
call i don't know yeah gotta do your civic duty

01:20:48.060 --> 01:20:53.079
i guess yeah i'm not i'm not uh not like bummed

01:20:53.079 --> 01:20:56.560
that i have to or anything just just weird i

01:20:56.560 --> 01:20:59.340
didn't know i kind of stopped started believing

01:20:59.340 --> 01:21:04.520
this was it was a gimmick that nobody gets randomly

01:21:04.520 --> 01:21:07.880
called for this shit it doesn't happen i've gone

01:21:07.880 --> 01:21:11.239
my entire adult life without it It happened to

01:21:11.239 --> 01:21:14.539
my brother a couple years ago, and I was like,

01:21:14.560 --> 01:21:17.460
it'll be some parking ticket or something that

01:21:17.460 --> 01:21:22.619
somebody's fighting. He didn't get chosen, but

01:21:22.619 --> 01:21:25.279
it did turn out to be a murder case. He's like,

01:21:25.279 --> 01:21:28.539
oh, thank God. He's like, I did not want to be

01:21:28.539 --> 01:21:32.359
on that jury. But yeah, he lived too far away,

01:21:32.520 --> 01:21:37.340
basically. Man, I've never been summoned. I don't

01:21:37.340 --> 01:21:41.430
know anyone that's ever been summoned. I don't

01:21:41.430 --> 01:21:46.430
know. Man, I thought it was a joke. But get ready.

01:21:46.550 --> 01:21:53.310
Did you fucking ice somebody on the street? Maybe

01:21:53.310 --> 01:21:56.829
that camera's a little too blurry and I can't

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tell. We do need sponsors for the podcast. But

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that's it for this edition of the Civic Duty

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Podcast. boxing before dark catch you next time

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bye