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Yes, that's a good one. All right. Jesus Christ,
we have so much on the outline, Leo. I don't
know if I prepared for this. That's all right.
Gervonta Davis. Didn't prepare to be caught in
Miami. They did finally get him. He was wearing
his ridiculous saggy pants. They looked like
they were going to fall down when he was in handcuffs.
I thought they were. I wanted them to so badly.
I thought it'd be hilarious. His bond hearing
was held. I didn't see the final result, but
I did see that the prosecutors were trying to
have him remain in police custody. No, I think
they let him out because I saw. Oh, maybe not.
I saw a clip of the judge explaining to him like
he was a two year old that he can't have any
contact with that woman. OK, so, yeah, they might
have let him out. But she was very leaning on
also, like, you can't contact her through a third
person. Yeah. But yeah, the Gervonta Davis saga
continues. I mean, he's been so bad lately. Just
send him to jail. He's just going to beat somebody
else up if they let him out. Yeah, he's definitely
not in a good place right now, mentally. Yeah,
I mean, he's a boxer. He gets his face pummeled
in for money. Gotta be a little crazy to do that
in the first place, but... I don't know, he doesn't
seem to be in a good headspace. The crash out
about his kid playing with dolls was the weirdest
one to me. A toddler. Yeah. But that's enough
of Gervonta Davis for the time being. I found
an interesting story about Oscar De La Hoya and
Golden Boy Promotions. They have defaulted on
their building mortgage. 626 Wilshire Boulevard
in downtown LA. They're quite a bit behind. The
original loan was $27 million for the building.
And they still owe $23 million. The building
is a third vacant. So they're not making enough
on rent. Right. And yeah. Yeah, that doesn't
sound good. They're upside down on the loan.
In 2015, the building was valued at $40 million.
2025, it's $19 million. That's a really big draw.
Yes, it is. They're seeking... We can't... We're
losing all... Not all of them, but we're losing
a bunch of the older promoters. Like, top ranks.
Dead when Bob dies. Which will be soon. Oscar's
got almost no one in his stable, and he's on
his mortgage as fuck. Like, we're gonna be stuck
with only British promoters soon. And Dana White.
I said on B -Sides, like, is Eddie Hearn fucking
saving boxing in 2026? He might be. Fucking,
what a day. What a day it is that I'm hoping
Eddie Hearn fucking bails us out. 2026, Chizora
chins Wilder and Eddie Hearn saves boxing. But
Golden Boy Promotions did sign a multi -year
deal with Swerve TV. The fuck is Swerve TV? Right.
It's a channel that is on... It's like Top Rank
Classics. It's a channel that's on those services.
Oh, like Tubi and whatever. Broku and all that
shit. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, the Golden Boy Library
will be playing on Swerve TV. And I believe they're
going to be showing undercards of their events.
I don't know. So does that mean it's not on YouTube
anymore? I don't know. All I know is that they're
going to have a release of their undercards,
or live viewing of their undercards on Swerve
TV. Could it still be on YouTube? I would...
I would hope it is. YouTube's just so much more
easy to access. Yeah. But that's the latest on
Golden Boy's troubles. Opetiah's first Zufa card.
March 8th. That's not very far away. No, it's
not. I hope Opetiah's been keeping in shape.
I mean, he seems like he does. I've never seen
Opataya looking bad. No. The rumor is that they're
aiming for Mikaelian. That would be good. Like,
I'd be okay with that. Yeah, but we'll see what
they cook up. I got the... For the first few
fights for this one, I ended up calling it a
mighty mini card. We'll be on Yokohama. Yes,
that's the one. I, I'm going to try and get a
ticket for this one. Yokohama is that little
far enough away that I haven't gone to a fight
there yet. And I think the venue is not very
big. So any seat will be good. But yeah, I'm
excited. It's got Anthony all the squalor. It's
got no needle. Don't air again, which I'm not,
super excited for. And it's got Knockout CP Freshmart.
I can see the Thai legend in person. Yeah. That's
pretty much everybody that's on the bill. Who
else do you need? It's going to be awesome. I'm
glad Oluswaga's getting the headline too. He's
been looking really good lately. Yeah. Let's
see. Richard? Torres and Frank Sanchez. The deal
has been made. They will be fighting on March
28th. I believe that's an undercard for something.
I don't remember what at the moment. That's a
bit of a step up for Richard Torres. Quite. I'll
be interested to see how he handles that. Because
I like Richard Torres, but I don't think he's
that good. He's got to be freakishly skilled
to compensate for his lack of size. Yeah, he's
not freakishly skilled. He's just skilled. Yeah.
Maybe. Frank Sanchez, if that knee issue he had
before persists, then maybe Torres can pull something
out. I mean, Frank Sanchez isn't a super mover
anyways. That just might make him more dangerous.
He'll have to stand and bang. It's always good
when Cubans have to stand and bang. They can.
It works out nicely. It's better than the alternative.
Yes. Moses Itauma versus Jermaine Franklin. That
whole card was picked up and moved to March 28th.
The injury was a torn biceps. That sounds bad.
Yeah. I don't know much about injuries, but torn
biceps sounds bad. But yeah, the whole card,
exactly as it is, just moved the date. Oh, man.
Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov. It is
official for April 11th. Nobody asked for this.
No. It's just going to be two really big guys.
Not boxing much. I think. I'm not expecting much
out of Makhmudov. I'm not expecting much out
of Fury either. He should make decent work of
it. I guess. Imagine if Mock Madoff chins him
somehow. Fucking hilarious. I would love it.
Not gonna happen, but I would love it. Yeah.
Man, I almost don't even want to mention it just
because this, whatever it is, trend or meme or
whatever it is, just really, really annoys me.
They did... There was a post on social media
saying there were 6 .7 million or billion fucking
engagements with... No, it was even stupider.
It was 6 .7 billion potential... Impressions.
Impressions, yeah. Oh, that's what it was. The
fuck does that even mean? It has been seen. 6
.7 billion times. But I assume the potential
is that it's been shown on the internet 6 .7
billion times. Whether people looked at it or
not, they have no idea. Yeah, but it was obvious
that it was the 6 .7 thing. God. Fucking stupid.
All of it's stupid. Impressions are useless.
Potential impressions are even more useless.
Like, what the fuck are these metrics? I don't
know. Overall, pretty displeased with how this
is going so far. With this fucking number and
the juggling. hand motion that they do. Yeah,
that's stupid. Speaking of stupid, Kell Brook
is returning in Dubai on April 11th as well.
Why? I didn't know he was still fighting. He's
not. Like, I don't think dudes had a fight in
like three years. When was Kell Brook's last
fight? That is a good question. My cords are
all over the place. Yeah, the... 2022. I was
pretty close. It's been a while. Like... And
he got his ass kicked. Like, he did not look
good in that fight. Oh, I was thinking the Terrence
Crawford fight. But he also didn't look good
against Amir Khan. Just Amir Khan's chin was
not even glass. What's, like, frost? Paper mache?
Paper mache is stronger. Like, you know when
it gets really cold and the frost gets all, like,
hairy? Yeah, yeah. Well, you're from Arizona,
but yeah, and you barely touch it and it just
disintegrates. That's Amir Khan's chin, like
Horry Frost. But yeah, Kell Brook, he's back,
baby. This one is, I believe, at Light Flyweight.
It's 108. Tanon Xak. The IBF title holder is
facing Sergio Mendoza. I've seen him once. He's
very hard to actually get on TV. Probably surprising
no one. But he's just a little Thai guy. He definitely
used to do Muay Thai. He's got a Muay Thai stance.
He's fun. Defends his title April 13th. A bit
of ways after, I guess he'll be watching the
knockout Freshmark title fight with interest.
Yeah, because Freshmark moved up, right? Yeah,
they're at the same weight class. Yeah. Nice.
You know what's not nice? Keyshawn Davis. It
seems like he's on his way out the door of top
rank, and it looks like he's cozying up with
the matchroom brass. Hmm. I mean, career -wise,
it's probably a good move. It's probably a good
move for anyone right now. I'm not... I thought
top rank would have a home by now. I have a bit
of a, I don't think it's a conspiracy theory,
but I have a theory that top rank realizes Bob
Arum's dying soon and there's no one that's going
to replace him. And nobody wants to sign any
sort of long -term deal until they see what happens
when Bob dies. He had been mentoring his, I think,
son -in -law. Todd Duboff? I think that's how
you say his name? Yeah. He had been sort of shaping
him to be his heir apparent, but I know that
he's been involved with top -ranked operations
at an executive level for quite some time. If
he was really going to become the new face of
it, they'd start putting him on interviews and
shit, wouldn't they? At the very least, have
him make business moves that nerds like us cover.
Yeah, like, or just something. I've never seen
this man. I can't think of what he looks like.
Yeah. Yeah, I do know the name. You're right.
But, like, I also haven't heard anything about
him lately. And, like, Bob's dying. He's, like,
94. Like, nobody lives forever. That's my theory,
is nobody's happy with whoever's replacing Bob.
And that's why they can't get a long -term deal.
It's too bad. I don't want to see Top Rank go
away, necessarily. It wasn't their biggest fan,
but... It's still not like this. I thought they
did pretty well with their boxers, actually.
Boxers at top rank didn't get shelved like PBC
and there's way less suing than like Goldenboy
and, you know, I don't know. Top ranks seem like
a solid promotion company to me. Oh, speaking
of suing and Goldenboy, Goldenboy is counter
suing Rick Merigian, Virgil Ortiz's manager.
Or slander? I don't know, but it's in regards
to the breach of contract thing. I think they're
countersuing Merigian for breach of contract.
Alright. Yeah. That whole thing is such a fucking
myth. And this happens to Oscar all the goddamn
time. Like, every one of his big stars has sued
him at some point. Probably why he can't pay
his mortgage. Maybe he can get some advertisers
for his clapback Thursdays. He should ask the
ramen sponsor. Oh, man. Bam received an offer
from Zufa. Matchroom beat that offer. I thought
it was a done deal that Bam's going back to Matchroom,
but it's not. He is still able to... She's still...
courting other offers. But it does look like
Mattroom is gonna be retaining him. I mean, Bam's...
I know he's small, and small guys are never that
famous, but Bam's a superstar. Mattroom's stupid
if they let him go. Like, he's just getting to
where he's gonna start fighting big names again.
I think. For Bam, because of his size, I think
it would have been stupid for him to go to Zufa.
I can't name any fighter, it'll be stupid for
them to go to Zufa. But for Bam in particular,
he's at a point in his career where that would
have been a step backwards. That would have killed
his stardom, for sure. I don't mind Bam using
Zufa for negotiation tactics. And he didn't seem
very serious about it anyways. But if Bam had
seriously considered Zufa, I would have been
so disappointed. Like, I don't know. None of
my favorite fighters better go to Zufa or they'll
start getting hate mail. From you? Yeah. I'll
go for Karen. I'm so disappointed in you. Let
me speak to your manager. Yeah. Robert, who I
think does act as a manager for some of his guys,
he's been public saying the matchroom beating
Zufa wasn't... It happened outside of the contractual
period where it's a certain thing. That Mattroom,
if Mattroom beats the offer, they automatically
retain him. Okay. So there's, it's legalese,
but yeah. Bam. Fucking get paid, buddy. But not
from Zufa, please. Well, Zufa's not gonna pay
him what he's worth anyways. Yeah. Oh, paying
what it's worth? Miguel Cotto's newly renovated
gym. reopens to the public. Just thought this
was a nice story. Yeah, that's kind of fun. Did
they have pictures? Yeah, they had a whole press
release and everything. Press event. Were there
giant murals on the wall? Not that I could see.
I didn't see very many pictures of the gym itself.
I just saw pictures of Miguel, his wife, and
different personalities. He should have murals
of himself. On the gym. I think. I would expect
that he does. Yeah. I was going to ask if the
paintings were nice because every boxing gym
usually has them. He would have to have other
Puerto Rican fighters, right? Yeah. So you would
have... My memory fucking sucks ass. I don't
know who the top... Trinidad, I guess. Yeah,
that's the one I was trying to think of. The
rest that I'm thinking of are all Mexican, I
think. But yeah, Trinidad. Gotta be on the Puerto
Rican Mount Rushmore. Yeah, he's gotta be there.
But yeah, all I'm thinking of is Cubans and Mexicans
right now. Well, speaking of neither, Christian
and Beely elevated to full champion. The Lester
Martinez rematch is still likely next. But it's
not for sure. I don't want to see Mbili fight
anyone else. Like, I don't give a shit. Because
I think Lester won that first fight. Lester needs
his rematch. I also think Lester does better
in the rematch. Yeah, Lester came on better.
He got better as the fight went on. Mbili is
kind of like a... He has one gear. It's a fucking
intense gear, for sure, but he's still like a
one -trick pony, whereas Martinez was a lot more
multifaceted. Yeah, he made a lot more adjustments.
I don't think I've ever seen Mbili make an adjustment
to anything ever, but I guess if it ain't broke,
don't fix it. Well, hopefully they do it again.
But congrats to Mbili. Oh, shit. Something that
just came up. Diego Pacheco pulls out of the
negotiations for the title fight with Hamza Shiraz.
Really? Yeah. Why? I don't know. I mean, Pacheco
probably loses that. I think he does too. So
maybe that's why. But... Interesting move. Yeah,
I want to see who else they got. Because it's
probably not going to be good. He's going to
be getting ducking allegations for fucking ever
now. Pacheco. He was already getting them. Okay.
So they haven't updated their rankings yet. The
most recent are from December 2025. Super middleweight.
Number one is Canelo. Two, Pacheco. Three, Shiraz.
Four, Jacob Bank. He is currently busy. I don't
think I know who Jacob Bank is. Alem Begich?
I don't know. German guy. Simon Zackenhuber.
Zackenhuber? Paulinas Njolonomu. Nemu. I don't
know who any of these people are. Callum Simpson.
Jaime Munguia. Lester Martinez. Beck the Bully.
Iglesias Berlanga. Saras. Okay, so those ones
I recognize all the names, but those first few,
do you know who they are? I know Jacob Bank just
from the fight with William Skull. Alem Bejic,
no idea. Simon Zackenhuber, we have spoken about
him. That's the extent of my knowledge. This
Paulinas fellow, no idea. 168 is a weird weight
class right now. Yeah, this is all... I think
this has something to do with Pacheco signing
a management deal with an agency. It's not an
individual. I think they're advising him to explore
promotional deals. instead. That's my thinking.
Right. But that's just my speculation, so who
knows. Still a bad move. It's a fucking title
fight, dude. Yeah, just take it. If you lose,
try again later. It's like the whole point of
boxing in the first place. Yeah, don't be a bitch.
Oh, man. Team USA athletes, anyone who makes
the Olympic team will be paid $200 ,000 for making
the team and competing. That's not that much
for the amount of work it takes to get on the
Olympic team. Yeah. It takes years. But, I mean,
it's not bad. It's something. It's a chunk of
money. Yeah. Is boxing in the Summer Olympics
or the Winter Olympics? Summer. Okay. Because
the Winter Olympics are this year? Yes. In Italy,
I think. I think you're right. Because I think
I just heard a news report that they're sending
ice over as security for the athletes in Italy.
That's... I don't understand. What? why yeah
yeah anyways yeah dumb um but yeah good uh good
to see the athletes getting a little bit of recognition
hopefully this helps tide the boxers over when
as they start courting start looking at turning
pro courting promotional outfits they have a
little bit of money to sit on 200 ,000 is nothing
to sneeze at, but I just mean for the amount
of training and expenses to get there, it's a
drop in the bucket, kind of. Oh, Daniel Dubois
is exploring a fight with Ji Lei Zhang. Interesting.
That's the best I got, too. This is interesting.
I'm not super excited about it, but, I mean,
it's a real fight, so. Yes, it is a fight of
all time. I don't know if Jang still has it.
He's super old. He's, like, in his mid -forties.
Yeah, but he might hit hard still. Yeah, I guess
he has that danger factor. But also, I think
Dubois needs just a win against somebody decent
now. Yeah, I would say so. Like, I mean, if Uze
gets to go fight Wilder and nobody complains,
Dubois can fight Jang. He's also only 42, which
isn't that old for heavyweights. Yeah, he's not
nearly as old as I was thinking. Still, yeah,
good to see Dubois at least doing something.
I heard Daniel Dubois is the one with the father
that's really over -controlling, right? Yeah.
So Dubois had left his trainer that he didn't
seem very happy with to start with. Like, he
never thanks them in interviews or post -fights
and stuff. So he'd left and gone to someone else.
And within two weeks, he quit and went back.
So... Two weeks? Yeah, like, it wasn't even a
month. And... Dubois makes it sound like it was
his choice, whatever. But I think it's the dad.
You think so? Yeah, I think the new trainer was
like, your dad can't decide everything. Your
dad's not in charge here. And that was the end
of the relationship. Is my guess. Like, that
has not been just flat out said by anyone. But
Dubois decided to leave the new trainer. He wasn't
kicked out or anything. Yeah, for whatever his
motivation was, is a question mark. Yeah, maybe
Dubois just didn't like the training style or
he didn't feel like it was good or whatever.
But I suspect the dad was told to fuck off and
the dad said, we're not staying here anymore.
Daniel listens to his dad. Shaking my head. Oh,
well, speaking of shaking my head, Edwin De Los
Santos goes over to the dark side. He is now
a Zufa fighter. I definitely recognize the name.
Why do I know the name? He fought Shakur? Yeah,
it was like on... In the middle of the week,
it was like a Thursday. It was the Formula One
Las Vegas Grand Prix, and this was the opener
to that whole event. It was fucking terrible.
It was the worst fight ever, right? Like, I have
the correct fight. Yes, you are remembering correctly.
It was fucking awful. I guess the guy's famous
for being shit, so... He's got really heavy hands.
That's kind of... his like that's his best attribute
uh otherwise uh kind of middling i guess like
i don't think anyone else was paying him so go
nuts i suppose yeah i hope a bunch of people
do just drain fucking money at azufa like don't
get me wrong i want these fighters to go and
just drain all the money and kill it instantly
would be nice with uh the six -year contract
limits yeah it's a good chunk of somebody's career
but that's still six years you you can get out
you don't have to stay there well and a lot of
these guys aren't gonna stay there six years
anyways they're they're too old for that yeah
like the ones they've been signing like And Opetai
is not fighting for six more years. Vostik, not
fighting for six more years. Which B did they
get? It's not Brancic. Yeah, it is Brancic. Brancic?
Yeah, he's not fighting for six years. Boachuk.
Boachuk. It's Boachuk. He's not fighting for
six years. Boachuk's not fighting for three more
years if he's smart. I doubt any of those guys
are signing contracts that long. I hope De Los
Santos, I hope you get paid adequately. You get
what you're looking for, but hopefully you get
out while the getting's good. De Los Santos might
fight for six years. He's only 26. That's also
assuming that they're signing the Macs. I don't
know if everyone's fighting for signing six years.
No, probably not. But I could also see Zufa just
being greasy fucks and wording it that the fighter
can't decide to end the contract, but Zufa can.
So the fighter's locked in for six years unless
Zufa decides to cut him loose. I see. Because
there's legal ease you could do that. Yeah, so
it's a six -year contract unless Zufa decides
otherwise. I don't know if that's true, but I
mean, I imagine that's what Zufa's doing because
they're greasy fucks. Well, would you call Kambosos
a greasy fuck? Ferocious Promotions is lining
up their first card in June. I actually do hope
Kambosis' promotions goes well. I don't hate
the idea of the Australians having more competition
in the local scene. Yeah, if what Jacob says
about No Limit is true, if what Polly heard about
Tasman fighters is true. And, like... Kambosis
is a mouthpiece. I can see him being good at
being promotions, actually. Yeah, I agree. But
he is greasy. Like, just physically, he looks
greasy. Fucking slicked back hair all the time.
Let's see. Part of the official statement, I
just took out a little chunk. The focus will
be on showcasing Australia's best emerging talent.
Built around true 50 -50 matchups, real fights
that matter with genuine competitive interest.
Australian championships and regional titles
will be on the line, following the same blueprint
I used to climb to the very top of the sport.
Yeah, I mean, whoever Kambosis' manager is, is
a fucking genius. Yeah. If that's who's managing
for ferocious promotions, fuck, I'd sign with
him. I don't know. Kambosis' career was really
well run. Like, talent to money, Kambosis' ratio
is fucking awesome. Yeah, I agree. He got put
into a lot of high -profile fights, and that
one win catapulted him into the fucking stratosphere.
Yeah. And he played that perfectly. Like... I
would trust his team with my career if I was
theoretically a young boxer. I think this could
be good. Also, if it's actually true and they
do like a pro box thing, like Australian pro
box would be pretty fun. Don't fucking tempt
me with a good time. Speaking of good times,
the Barrios Garcia undercard. Is set. Richardson
Hitchens versus Oscar Duarte. For the IBF 140
title. GAR versus Andy Hirooka. WBA 140 title.
Frank Martin versus Nahir Albright. 140 pound
fight. And Beck the Bully versus Sina Akbeko.
At 168. This is a really good card. It is. Actually
super excited about this card. Hoping for draw
number three with Mario Barrios. Actually, I
hope for Mario Barrios to just KO him. The draw
would be funnier, but seeing Ryan Garcia fucking
out on the mat from such a mid -level fighter
would be perfect. It would be fun. I would fucking
love it. I'm actually super excited about the
Gar versus Hiroyoka fight as well. I don't think
Andy Hiroyoka's ready. I think Gary Antoine's
gonna beat him. But people are excited about
Hiroyoka. I am. I'm hopeful that he can at least
make it competitive. I think it'll be competitive.
You're right though. Antoine is just... He's
too much right now for Hiroko. I think so. And
then Hitchens Duarte I'm not as excited about,
but could be fun, I guess. It will be as fun
as I think Hitchens will allow it to be. And
I don't think that's going to be very much. Yeah,
I kind of hope Duarte catches him with something
early and gets Hitchens off his game. Yeah, it
would be nice. But if he gets tagged early, he's
going to be super negative the rest of the night.
That's true, too. I don't know. I'm not so excited
about that fight. But Gar versus Hiroyuki, I'm
pretty excited about. Not the worst matchup for
Frank Martin. I would honestly expect better,
given the levels of fights he's had. But I guess
Nahir Albright's not terrible. I was gonna say,
he's a bit of a name, isn't he? He's got name
recognition. That's true. I like Beck the Bully,
so I'm gonna tune in for that. But it's not going
to be the highest level of boxing. Where have
I seen Agbeko? Agbeko's the... Is he from the
Congo? Ghana. Or am I? Ghana. Okay. He fought
Morel and lost. Stopped in two in December of
23. Fought Iglesias and lost. Stopped in two
August of 24. He's stoppable, but he also comes
to fight. Like, he's not... an outboxer really
I mean it should be fun because Beck's not that
good either so like an evenly matched guys that'll
punch I'm here for it yeah I agree should be
at least a fun outing while it lasts oh man speaking
of fun while it lasts Deontay Wilder Derek Chisora
His final April 4th at the O2 in London. I'm
excited for this one. I know I'm not supposed
to be, but I think this is a great matchup. I
think at this point in time in both their careers,
this is a great matchup. Yeah, I think you're
right. Based on where they're at, this is the
type of fight that these dudes should be taking.
I also think Chizora overwhelms him. I will continue
to believe that the magic right hand will land.
I don't think so. Also, what's the over -under
on Wilder's calves in this fight? What, like
circumference? Yeah, take the under because his
legs are fucking tiny. Yeah, it's weird how he's,
uh... How is he able to carry such, like, a jacked
upper body? With no calves. Like, it's just shinbone.
It's just shinbone. Yeah, his thighs, too, I
guess, aren't very big. Yeah, it's always...
Like, Deontay, it's called a squat. Fucking go
for a walk. They are hard, but you kind of need
them. Well, and, like, power comes from your
legs, man. Yeah. Makes his right hand all the
more magnificent, is that it comes from nothing.
It's just magic. Yeah, he's like a... He would
be better seen, I guess, as like a genie floating
halfway out of a cloud. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's
the legs that you're getting from Wilder when
it comes to power. It's true, though. Oh, man.
That's it for the news, though. There's quite
a bit going on. Some of it, not that important.
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debut of Zufa Boxing on Paramount+. Why even
mention it if I fucking hate Zufa so much? Troy
Nash. Honestly. He's a very solid prospect. It
is real boxing. It's still boxing. We gotta talk
about it. Also, I want to shit on the stupid
fucking uniforms. I knew they were gonna do it.
It's so fucking stupid. I want people to have
the flashy trunks that all look different. I
want people to have cool walkout outfits that
tell me about their personality. And I want,
like, fireworks and fucking music while they
do it. UFC, the most boring bullshit ever, is
not gonna work in boxing. And it's not just me
being weird. A bunch of the fighters were like,
this looks like shit. Yeah. Fighters and fans
alike. Half the fun is their outfits. And I'm
sure it's really important to the boxers, too.
Like, they probably spend a bunch of time. They
probably get really excited about it. They probably,
like... I fucking know Seiya Tsutsumi practices
his turnaround at the beginning of the walkout
where he stands and shows off his cool jacket
or whatever he's wearing. And then he does the
like Zoolander blue steel as he turns. He practices
that shit with his friends all the time. I guarantee
it. You can't take the pageantry out of boxing.
I think the perfect example is Mizuki. hiruta
she's really not that good she's like she's good
but she's not special she's fine as a boxer but
like her walkout outfits and her ring attire
on amazing unbeatable exactly that's no joke
the only reason i watch mizuki is because of
her clothes and she's just so happy The nature
of Zufa is that the 360 promotions became the
feeder into Zufa. So fucking Mizuki is going
to have to walk out with just like plain one
color. Honestly, I wonder if she signs with Zufa.
If they tell her she has to wear the uniform,
she might just come back to Japan. That would
be better. Japanese women get no fights. Like,
in Japan. But, I mean, she's not going to want
to fight in a uniform. I can't see it. It's so
fucking stupid. And the Apex Theater sucks ass.
How many people were there? Like, 200? I think
that's the maximum, is like 250. It fucking looked
like a school gymnasium. There's no crowd noise.
Like, fucking in the post -fight interviews,
Dana White was talking about the bathrooms or
some shit. What? You didn't see that? No. Somebody
yelled something. He's like, well, we got nice
bathrooms now. Oh, yeah. Great. That's excellent.
That's just, wow, that's what everyone's been
wanting. And, like, tickets were a million fucking
dollars for no atmosphere, no cool outfits, no
walkout theatrics. Like, when Inoue walked out
that last time I saw him in Tokyo with all the
fireworks and the guy blasted on the guitar beside
him. Oh, that was fucking epic. The gif, like,
where he does the hand thing. That walkout was
fucking awesome. I can't, like, it would ruin
that night without that walkout. I don't know.
Anyways, end of my rant, but fuck Zufa and her
stupid fucking outfits. Troy Nash had a solid
performance against Jacob Ramos. Overall, it
makes me sad. To see such a really good prospect.
On a Zufa card. Because like everything you just
described. We're not going to ever get. We're
not going to ever get to know. Or get to see.
Who Troy Nash is. He's going to wear. Plain black.
Or blue fucking trunks. And. Muted shoes. Dana
doesn't want. The fighters to be. The. Focus.
He's building a brand like he does with UFC.
And the fighters are secondary. That's not what
he's trying to sell people. He's selling people
Zufa boxing, not Troy Nash. Whereas every other
fucking promotion sells you a guy. This is our
guy. He's awesome. You should watch him because.
Maybe because he gets knockouts. Maybe because
he picks the coolest walkout music. Maybe because
he has anime shoes. Like... Yeah. Yeah. I just...
Moving up the bill, Robert Merriweather versus
Cesar Correa. Robert gets the pretty clean, pretty
easy... Well, no. It's a clear UD, but it was
not an easy fight. Meriwether had Correa gave
Meriwether all he could handle Meriwether has
since in the media been saying like I don't care
about the other original four belts I don't care
about those I want the Zufa title man who the
who put a gun to your head and made you post
that yeah well that's the other thing what's
his name on the fucking broadcast slurping on
doofaboxing. Yeah, fuck, is he annoying. Absolutely
ridiculous. I mean, the fighters know that you
can kiss enough ass with Dana to get special
treatment. They see it in the UFC. And that's
another thing, the people begging for the bonus
money. I fucking hate that. One FC also has the
bonus money and nobody begs for it. They're super
happy when they get it. Like, there's guys crying.
Like, I can buy my dad a house. Like, that sort
of shit. But nobody's sitting there like, please,
please, sir. Can I have the bonus? Yeah. With
the bowling rule. Yeah. Moving up the bill. Not
a whole lot going on here until we get to the
co -main. Was it the co -main? I think it was.
No. Trinidad? Yeah. Omar Trinidad versus Max
Ornelas. It was not. Julian Rodriguez, UD over
Kane Sandoval. That was the co -main. I forgot
to reorder them. Trinidad gets a stoppage in
10. 10th and final round at the closing minute.
It was... Omar Trinidad looked like he usually
does, which is not very good. Fair enough. Speaking
of not very good, Callum Walsh. UD over Carlos
Ocampo. Callum Walsh just isn't good enough to
be their face. For whatever reason, Dana White
fucking loves Callum Walsh. Yeah, I don't get
it. I don't get it. But they're putting him in
a position where he's gonna fail because he's
not that good. He can't live up to the expectations
of boxing and being at that level. He's not that
guy. And it's not fair to him because he hasn't
had time to become that guy. It's very rare that
somebody can just be thrown into the spotlight
like that. It's not that I hate Callum Walsh
or anything. He's not that good to be the face.
He's not exciting. I don't know. Zufa 1 was disappointing.
I had very low expectations. Yeah, overall, this
was a disappointing debut for what is supposed
to be the disruptor of the sport or whatever.
Carlos Ocampo, he was not good. He never really
was good to begin with. There were people calling
him washed. You kind of have to be good to be
washed. Yeah. Callum Walsh could not have landed
more clean punches. It was unbelievable how this
fight did not end in a knockout. Walsh has no
power. That's really the conclusion. This young
man fucking... I don't know. Even back in the
360 promotion days, I don't understand why he
was their guy. I don't understand what the fucking
big deal is about Calibals. Yeah. I don't get
it either. Yeah. Overall, Zufa was as bad as
I was expecting it to be. And my expectations
were pretty low. I'm just mad about everything.
Could. Absolutely everything. How is it possible?
For Max Kellerman to have spoken so much with
so much dick in his mouth. Yeah, no idea. He
was slurping so hard. So hard. I've been waiting
all my life for Zufa. What the fuck are you talking
about, sir? He compared somebody to Roy Jones
Jr.? It's fucking ridiculous. The rumor is that
Andre Ward left early. Because of Kellerman?
I would. Yeah. If I was sitting at the table,
I would have such an urge to just slap that man.
And go, what the fuck are you saying? Max Kriegel?
No, not Mark Kriegel. Excuse me. He was his usual
weird self. Making the sob story promotional
pieces. I don't hate him as much. I don't like
him, but I don't hate him. Yeah, I usually just
ignore him. Or try to. And Tessitore was his
usual self. Yeah, the lady they had doing the
interview seemed fine. Like, she wasn't super...
engaging, but she seemed to know what she was
talking about and able to interview the fighters
competently. Because I've never seen her before.
I don't know who she is. Yeah. The only... If
I had to pick something that I could say positively
or say positive about the Zufa whatever, is the
production quality was pretty nice. Like, the
cameras, really clean picture, the camera angles,
that stuff was all good. That's a pretty low
bar to get over, so I guess they managed to do
that. Yeah, but it's important. It is, yes. It
is important. And the run time, like, the show
was well organized and on time and everything.
Yeah. The... Graphics were atrocious. I think
they had one score of like 33 to 2. What? On
the scores, like the show on the screen. Yeah.
Yeah, it said like 33 to 2 or something. Excellent.
The stats that they follow or keep track of were
attacks, attack percentage, and counters. All
right. Yeah. They were keeping up with attacks.
I see. Not body punches or jabs or power punches.
Nope. None of it. Attacks. I didn't pay that
much attention. That's the shit we're on. We're
on attacks these days. They're dumbing it down
to try and get the UFC fans to watch. UFC fans
don't... know anything about fucking boxing true
they like if you're a fight fan though you can
have you watched the ufc yes i have to they they
don't count jabs or kicks or fucking anything
either true it's attacks and shoots and defenses
kicks and punches yeah you're right yeah but
they don't break them down into any categories
like they do with boxing because UFC fans are
too fucking stupid. That's not fair. I'm just
in a bad mood. They're really dumbing it down
to match to try and get the UFC fans over it.
Zufa's trying to put the UFC model onto boxing.
It's not going to work. It's not the same. It's
a travesty. Also, this is a side rant. But the
UFC wasn't as bad as it is now when they started.
When they started, people got their own outfits.
People got walkouts. The UFC started out being
fun. I used to watch old UFC, like in the early
2000s. I actually did watch. But then they introduced
all this fucking bullshit. And I think even Dana
forgets how different early UFC was to what it
is now. And how much better early UFC was. And
that's why they had fans. People just stuck around
because it was the only game. Well, let's move
to some actual box. Saturday, January 24th. At
the matchroom at the Fontainebleau. Let's start
from the bottom. Zayquin Moses. Just beats the
piss out of Leandro Medina. Actually, I missed
these first two fights. I slept in. It's fine.
Zayquin is a prospect as well, so it's still
early. But he looks pretty damn good. Omari Jones.
Towering Inferno 2 .0. He's like 6 '7", or something,
at 154. And he beat the piss. Voxrec said 6 '1".
No, he was way, way taller than Jerome Baxter.
Okay, let's see what they say Jerome Baxter is.
Jerome Baxter is listed at 5 '9". So that's a
4 -inch difference. Then I am remembering...
Incorrectly. He just looked so much taller at
the weigh -in and at the press conferences. Four
inches is quite a bit. Yeah, it's not nothing.
But yeah, he beat the piss out of Jerome Baxter.
Easy peasy. Lemon squeezy. Israel Madrimov has
an interesting night with Luis Salazar. It was
a fight. Yeah. For all the talk about who Madrimov
is supposed to be, who we thought he was, like
the guy who had a decent fight with Terrence
Crawford, he looked competent, at least. But
he did not turn in a good performance here. I'm
not sure what else to make of it. Maybe he's
not all that. Yeah. I don't know. He... How do
I put it? He's not very active as a fighter.
He needs people coming at him because he's not
going to go after anyone. Yeah. That's definitely
not what Luis Salazar was there to do either.
Yeah, it was a pretty shit fight. Speaking of
shit fights, Khalil Coe, majority decision, question
mark, over Jesse Hart. I think Jesse Hart should
have won this one. I agree. I was not very happy
with these scorecards. Overall, it wasn't a great
fight either. No, it was pretty dirty. Yeah,
there's the throw that Khalil Coe did. Yeah,
just like suplexed him. Yeah, that was funny.
Also, Coe missed weight. Eight pounds. Yeah,
something crazy. Like, what the fuck are you
doing, man? Also, that deduction on heart late.
Not that it really would have made much difference.
But that deduction on Hart late in the fight
was kind of bullshit. I honestly thought Khalil
Coe had gotten deducted again the first time.
Yeah, I mean, they did give Hart one warning
about holding, but then they just took the point,
like, so fast. Yeah. It felt sleazy. Actually,
I guess that was important because it would have
been a tied fight. Mixed draw. Anyways, doesn't
matter. It's bullshit. And it was not a fun fight
to watch. Yeah, Khalil Coe, you should not be
taking this and going back to your retreating
and celebrating with this. It was not a good
look for him. Oh, man. Good looks. Ray Murataya
gets the majority decision over Andy Cruz to
retain his IBF 135 title. This was a great fight.
If anybody missed it, they need to go find it.
This was an awesome fight. Yeah. High action,
but still very technical. It was good. It's,
uh, it was a good, I think a good, uh, showing
of what it, what it looks like when, uh, a superb
amateur fighter moves into the pros against a
guy who like just had to grind his way up to
the top. Yeah, I could. Yeah. I have to say though,
Murataya really impressed me. I don't remember
him having that good a defense. I don't either.
He was fucking on point. He was making Andy Cruz
miss a lot. And I don't remember Moritai of being
that guy. I'm actually glad he won, but I wasn't
expecting it. I had picked Andy Cruz in this
fight. So did I. Murataya showed he has way more
skills than he's been using, apparently. Yeah,
that was pretty much what his entire post -fight
interview was him saying. I demonstrated why
I'm the champ. I didn't get elevated. It wasn't
handed to me, just email title. I've earned my
way to this spot. And yeah, you can see. You
can see my talent on display. I was impressed
with him. Andy Cruz looked good, but I wonder
if he just doesn't have enough power for the
pro game. Yeah, his power is definitely not as
good as his short pro career has made us think
it is. I would expect him... To adopt more of
like a hit and move. Kind of style and not try
to like standing in front of. Murataya did not
pay dividends for him at all. No. But then you
just turn into another like. Rigging down. Or
a runner. Yeah. Anyways, it was a super good
fight. People should go watch it. Yeah. And I
do think the right guy won, but that one scorecard
was fucking madness. 118 -110. Yeah, Tim Cheatham.
Tim Cheatham. It's always Tim Cheatham. He has
such shit scorecards. But I do think Moritaya
deserved the win. It was just closer than that.
This is an instance. Of something we've talked
about before, where judges should have to be
at the post -fight press conference. And they
should have to take questions like, what the
fuck score was that? Fucking explain yourself.
I agree. I wish that they made them write down,
like, just one word every round of why. Yeah,
notes. Keep notes. Yeah. I know you don't want
them, like, looking and writing while the boxing's
going on, but just, like, round three, uh, Cruz
hurt. Or round six, Murataya because... Uppercuts.
Ring general shit. Like, effective aggression.
Like, just do it in bullet point shorthand. Like,
M because uppercut. Or something. So that we
can see why you actually did it. And, I mean,
people aren't going to agree, but if you have
to provide a reason... Or even just mark swing
rounds. Like, yeah, this round was really close,
but you gotta pick a winner, so... Yeah, we're
not doing 10 -10s anymore. Not that America did
much, but I just mean even if they just marked
rounds that were swing rounds, I thought this
maybe could have went either way, but I had to
pick somebody and I decided on Marataya. Yeah.
Because there were a few swing rounds in this
fight. Early fight of the year contender. For
me, it's there right now. Yeah, I suspect there'll
be some fucking war that I like a lot more. But
for skilled technical boxing, there's definitely
fight of the year. All right. Upcoming stuff.
They finally put it out. The headline matchroom
in Guadalajara. On February 6th. The headline
is Christian Medina versus Adrian Curiel for
the WBO Bantamweight Championship. Nice. I don't
recognize anyone else on the card. But I'm expecting
Mexican -style wars. Which are always fun. I
mean, you don't need to recognize the names on
Mexican cards, usually. Moving to the last one.
Saturday, February 7th, Queensbury at the Echo
Arena in Liverpool. This is going to be fucking
five hours long. There's so many fights on here.
Yeah. Not a whole lot of name recognition for
me. I don't see, I think the, I recognize Jack
Turner. Maybe. These are very English names.
Yeah, it's all it's all Queensbury like prospects
and stuff. So whatever. The main Nick Ball versus
Brandon Figueroa for Ball's WBA featherweight
title. This is going to be hilarious. This is
like a cartoon. I believe this is a seven inch
height difference. Yeah. I don't know, man. I
don't think Nick Ball can just get his way in
there. He's gonna have to fucking jump to hit
Figueroa in the face. He did fight Ray Vargas.
Did he? Yeah, that was a pretty big height difference.
Yeah, and he did not win that. No, he didn't.
That's a bigger height difference. Vargas is
taller. I don't know. I just think this is going
to look like a fucking cartoon. I also don't
really like Nick Ball, so I'm going to cheer
for Figueroa. Even though he always looks like
he's wearing eye makeup. He just looks fantastic.
He looks fabulous. He does. But yeah, that's
it for our upcoming cards. It's a light weekend.
Wow, this weekend's so stacked. Yeah, I think...
No, the Super Bowl is on February 8th. So, yeah.
No Zufa this weekend. Fair enough. Super Bowl.
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I don't really got any right today. Pro box good,
I guess. In the rumors. Espinoza, the 126 champ,
the super tall lanky guy. Yep. It's looking like
he's going to fight in a unification fight with
Angelo Leo. That could be fun. Yeah. I like Angelo.
Yeah, that should be a really good fight. Yeah.
Yeah, actual parting words. It's officially the
start of spring in Japan. And the other day I
was crossing the river to walk to work and it
was just full of tiny fish. They're like maybe
large sardine size. And like the water was just,
you couldn't see water. You could only see fish.
Yeah, you put a video of that in Discord, right?
Yeah, yeah. My phone doesn't take very good.
videos, my camera sucks. But even in my shit
video, you can see it's just full of fish. So
that's pretty cool. I like to stop and watch
the fish for a couple minutes on my way to work.
I guess parting words, enjoy nature where you
can, even if you can't leave the city. Because
the birds should be coming back to America and
other places soon too. Yeah, enjoy nature. That's
a good one. My parting words, man. I got a jury
summons. Nice. It's the first time in my life
I've ever gotten one. That's exciting. I guess.
I don't know. I had to register online and now
I have to wait if they call me. Right. if they
call i don't know yeah gotta do your civic duty
i guess yeah i'm not i'm not uh not like bummed
that i have to or anything just just weird i
didn't know i kind of stopped started believing
this was it was a gimmick that nobody gets randomly
called for this shit it doesn't happen i've gone
my entire adult life without it It happened to
my brother a couple years ago, and I was like,
it'll be some parking ticket or something that
somebody's fighting. He didn't get chosen, but
it did turn out to be a murder case. He's like,
oh, thank God. He's like, I did not want to be
on that jury. But yeah, he lived too far away,
basically. Man, I've never been summoned. I don't
know anyone that's ever been summoned. I don't
know. Man, I thought it was a joke. But get ready.
Did you fucking ice somebody on the street? Maybe
that camera's a little too blurry and I can't
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that's it for this edition of the Civic Duty
Podcast. boxing before dark catch you next time
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