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So much boxing. Um. Let me see. But the intro
this week is go get a library card and actually
use it. Yeah, I'll have that be the lead in.
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right. Cool. Cool. Boxing before dark. We're
back, baby. Yeah. I was gone on a trip. It was
so good, guys. If you're ever in Japan and you
want to get out of the city, but still want to
only speak English and have no problems, I highly
recommend Takayama. Takayama? Yeah, it's up kind
of in the north. It's in the Gifu Prefecture,
but... It has an outdoor museum of an old village
that they set up. And every building has cards
in English about all the items and where it came
from. I learned a lot about silk farming. But
there are full buildings outside. It's a full
village. And then the downtown area has an old
shopping district that's very picturesque. And
some of the souvenirs are really overpriced,
but certain stores were crazy cheap. I got some
beautiful little handmade things for like $2.
Nice. And this tiny little ladybug magnet for
50 cents or 50 yen. So I don't know what that
is in American, like 30 cents. Yeah, something
like that. Yeah, it's crazy. And I got a fluffy
little squirrel made out of rabbit fur for $3.
Nice. Yeah, it's crazy. Oh, wow. You know what's
crazy? Gervonta Davis. I kind of fell behind.
So he was out on bail, and then they put out
a new warrant for him. Yes. For breaking his
parole. Back when he was a... released the last
time yeah so he just didn't want to stay in the
house that he registered is that what he did
yeah that's exactly what it was that's so stupid
like i'm sure his because it was his coach right
his coach's house calvin ford yeah yeah i'm sure
the house is nice like he wasn't told he had
to stay in a crack shack or anything and it's
uh i mean if you don't want to stay there like
what he got caught staying at like fancy resorts
and things like that i mean if you're gonna not
if you're gonna break your probation the terms
of your probation then you should probably not
be public about it yeah that's crazy Yeah. Anyways,
just bad choice after bad choice, Gervonta. Like,
what the fuck? That warrant was rescinded. I
just read a few minutes ago. Oh, was it? Is it
because he's on parole in a different state?
I didn't read why. I just saw that it was wiped
away. Interesting. Manny Pacquiao. Joins the
Team Boxing League. I don't understand what this
is. I'm out of the loop. Team Boxing League was...
There would be teams with different cities. Like,
for example, Manny Pacquiao is going to be the
team captain for San Diego. Okay. And they would
send, like, five fighters in certain weight classes.
And it's just one round, like one round at Featherweight
between those two, one round at Lightweight,
one at Welter, etc. One round is kind of crazy.
I don't think I've ever heard of anything set
up for one round. I've heard short fights, like
four round fights or three round fights. Yeah,
but it's the team as a whole completes the entire
fight. Okay, so it'd be like... These two for
one round, these two for one round, these two
for one round, and then the team who wins three
out of the five rounds wins? I think that's how
it works. Interesting. I mean, it sounds like
it would be good for, like, really young guys.
Yeah, developing guys. Yeah. But, I mean, it
kind of makes sense that Manny Pacquiao's in
it. Like, he's almost 50. Yeah, one round is
not too tiring. I can see Pacquiao being pretty
good at one round, actually. He's still got three
minutes of explosiveness. Yeah, and you don't
have to pace yourself. Yeah. So he's going to
participate as a fighter. Like I said, team captain
of the San Diego TJs. Interesting name for the
team. He will move into an ownership position
for Team Boxing League and he will be the primary
global ambassador. I've said this about a few
things Manny Pacquiao does. I don't like him
owning things and being part of the organization
and fighting at the same time. That seems ripe
for corruption. Yeah, if you're gonna fight,
fight. If you're gonna be an owner, then be an
owner. Yeah, I don't know. Like, I haven't heard
of him doing anything that seems corrupt yet,
but it just seems like a conflict of interest
to me. Yeah, I can see that. Oh, conflict of
interest. We are interested in this conflict.
Oscar Collazo will be rematching Movin Jerusalem
on March 14th. So that's fine. I mean, it's not
a bad rematch. But I don't want to see anything
except Jerusalem and Tataran. Like, that's my
matchup at minimum. Collazo's probably just going
to win again. I assume. I would expect he will,
but this will get... Koyaza will now have two,
or he already has two, and then this is going
to be a third. Yeah, I'm not mad at the matchup,
it's just I want the other one more. Does it
say where they're fighting? I haven't seen. Yeah.
I assume it'll be in the States on an undercard.
Maybe Puerto Rico, if anywhere. That'd be good.
Collazo doesn't get to fight at home very often.
Speaking of fighting at home, Mickey Conlin will
be fighting Kevin Walsh in Belfast on March 20th.
Mickey Conlin's just cracked. Like, I was very
excited about Mickey Conlin going pro, and he
just doesn't have the chin for it. And that's
not something he can really help. I mean, he
could improve his defense, but if he gets caught,
he gets caught. Yeah, Mickey Conlin and defense.
Yeah, I mean, it's not... terrible until all
of a sudden it is. You know what I mean? Yeah.
He's got pretty good defense, but if anybody
gets through, he just has a glass chin like it's
porcelain. But I'll watch it. I like Mickey Conlin.
He didn't have the chin for pro. That'll be on
DAZN. So that's fun. injustice lester martinez
will be fighting for the interim title on march
21st while fucking mble is elevated to full title
yeah did you see the interview with uh lester
on the pro box podcast i did not he's such a
wholesome guy like i don't know i hadn't seen
him speak very much so the the interview is all
in spanish so obviously i'm going off subtitles
but uh he just seems so happy like i don't know
i i was a fan i'm more of a fan now that i've
seen him talk and he just seems so like excited
about getting opportunities i i don't know also
i didn't realize guatemala has easy to understand
Spanish. Like, I could pick out words. Lots of
those South American countries are very hard
for me. But yeah, I would suggest people go watch
the interview. It's like, I don't know, 10 minutes,
and it just really made me more of a fan of Lester
Martinez. Man, I'm over here being too... Too
busy being gutted that he's relegated to this.
Yeah. I mean, I didn't recognize the name of
the guy he's fighting. I don't know if you did.
I don't really watch that weight class. It's
a very difficult name. Something Ali. Yeah. So
I'm assuming Lester's going to win. And then
he has to be in line for the winner of Canelo
and Beely, right? Is Canelo Mbili happening?
I don't think it's signed, but it's sanctioned.
I don't really understand what that means. If
Mbili wants to take that as a defense, then it's
approved by WBC. I mean, Mbili would be kind
of stupid not to. That's a big payday. His name
is Emmanuel. Emmanuel Aleem. Oh, that's not that
difficult. It just looks, it has a lot of extra
letters. Okay. Yeah, so since Canelo and Billy
is sanctioned, I assume that's going to happen.
And I assume that whoever wins this interim gets
that shot next. That's what I was saying in Discord
was I don't... It's not often that the WBC calls
for their interim titles to be consolidated with
the main title. I do think that's the plan in
this specific case, though. That would be good.
I think, I mean, that'd be Leicester's biggest
fight by a time. So I think he should be rematching
Mbili. But if this goes, he gets the winner of
the Canelo and Billy fight. I'm not mad at it,
really. Like, if Mbili manages to beat Canelo,
it becomes a super fight, at least in my opinion.
And if Lester gets a Canelo payday, I'm happy.
Honestly, I think at this point, Lester Martinez
probably beats Canelo. At this stage, you might
be right. Even at this stage. I kind of think,
I don't know about Mbili. Mbili is so one speed.
That's exactly what I was going to say. Exactly.
Yeah. But Lester adjusts so well. Like, I really
was impressed with him in the Mbili fight because
he was losing. And then he managed to make adjustments
and come back in the last half of the fight.
I had Lester winning, but I mean, a draw is not
crazy. Yeah, a draw was reasonable. But yeah,
Leicester winning was, to me, felt more reasonable.
Yeah, yeah. So I'm just excited for Leicester.
And he seems excited. He's like, this is great.
I'm getting shots now. People know who I am.
He's like, I went home to Guatemala. I didn't
pay for anything. It was amazing. People came
up on the street. I was like, do you want a beer?
Do you want some food? Have some food and a beer.
How can I make your road to the title easier?
Yeah, he joked about how he's gotten fat and
needs to, like, get back in the gym and away
from the public a little bit. Makes sense. Makes
sense. Yeah. Let's see here. Santiago Taniguchi
at Light Flyweight for Santiago's WBA WDO titles
on April 3rd. Same day, IBF minimum weight, Tataran
versus Perez. This is a Shadada card for sure.
I'm super excited for this one. Yeah, I made
sure to jot these down for you. I think Santiago
probably wins, but it'll be fun. And I hope Tataran
wins because, like I said, I still want that
Jerusalem -Tataran fight. Is Jerusalem -Tataran,
is that still... If we're assuming Jerusalem
is going to lose and not have a title anymore,
does that lose its luster? Not for me. Maybe
a little bit. I really wanted the Filipino unification
fight. That was my dream fight. I really wanted
them to put that on the Manila card, the 50th
anniversary of the thriller in Manila, but they
didn't. Because they're lame. But I still think
it would be a huge fight. And I think it would
be cool if they did it in the Philippines. But,
I mean, I guess minimum weights don't draw very
well. Even if it happens, it's going to be on
an undercard probably somewhere else. Yeah, they
don't get to command. Much of where they go or
who they fight. Yeah. But I thought that was
a perfect setup for that anniversary card in
Manila and they just didn't make it happen. Lauren
Price has a mandatory defense for the WBA. Will
be taking place on April 4th. I don't think I
know who Lauren Price is. She is the three -belt
welterweight champ. Oh, I do know who she is.
I just needed to see her face, yeah. Nice. We'll
see if the Michaela Mayer gets made after that.
I assume that's kind of a homecoming fight for
her? Yes. She's Welsh, right? I don't know if
she's Welsh. Yes. She was born in Newport and
she lives in some Welsh town. I have no idea
how you pronounce. Estradmanach or something?
Oh, now I want to see. Lauren Price. Oh, shit.
I think Estradmanach is probably close. That's,
I think, as good as it's going to get. I have
no idea how to read well. But that's cool. I
like when fighters get to go home. Yeah, I'm
expecting this to be a one -sided beatdown. Right.
I think the question becomes not if Pavel's going
to lose, but rather when and how. Yeah. Those
Montreal cards are always so one -sided. Like,
there's hardly ever upsets. I don't know. Eye
of the Tiger. That's how they get down. They're
not my favorite. Yeah. They're not my favorite
promoters. Speaking of favorites. Or not your
favorite. Sky Nicholson is going to be headlining
a card in April in Australia. Alright. Yeah.
That's fun. Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May
9th. This should actually be fun. This is a fucking
banger. I am excited about this. Yeah, I don't
watch heavyweights very often, but this one has
my attention. When they're good, they are so
good. This is just going to be big, meaty men
throwing heat. Let's see. Hamza Shiraz is facing
Alem Begich. I think that's how you say it. That's
in Manchester in May. Diego Pacheco dropping
out of the purse bid. That whole sequence of
events was fucking weird. I was disappointed
in Pacheco. Quite. I really didn't think he would
back out of that one. Yeah, I didn't either.
Pretty lame. Yeah. Jack Catterall versus Jose
Ramirez in Fresno on May 30th. I mean, Catterall
should win. No? I think so. I would prefer if
he loses. What this one comes down to, they're
both pretty past it, but Catterall has better
coaching. So that should be the deciding factor,
at least in my opinion. I don't like Jack Catterall.
I don't find him fun to watch at all. I don't
know. He's just kind of dirty. I don't know.
I don't like Catterall. His resurgence as a true
blue Philly -style fighter has been hilarious.
Yeah. I don't know. I am not a Jack Catterall
fan. Are you a fan of Armando Resendiz versus
Jaime Munguia? This one will be on Zerdo Benavidez's
undercard. I am super excited for this one. This
is a good fight. I think it's close. I think
both of them have pretty shit defense. I think
it's just going to be a monk fest. It's going
to be great. Yeah. Personally. I'm super excited
for this one. It's just going to be... A Mexican
brawl. Is Resendiz Mexican? Yes. Yeah, okay.
It's... They are pretty closely matched. And
I know people give him a lot... Resendiz, they
give him a lot of shit because he lost to Elijah
Garcia, I think is his name. Which is... Yeah,
I think... That's a pretty crappy loss to have.
But Munguia's had the worst for wear, I think.
When it comes to losses and just a general go
of things. Getting sparked by a random Frenchman.
Yep. Yeah, I'm leaning to Resendiz on this one.
I kind of am too, but I think it's just going
to be a really fun fight. Yes, it should be.
Like, I'm just excited for the matchup. That
one's worthy of rolls, I think. I think so. And
it's close enough. Like, I think that's truly
a 50 -50. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Oh, man.
Speaking of roles, who do you pick? Errol Spence
versus Tim Zhu in the summer. This is a battle
of the washed. Yes. Like, so much so. Quite.
I don't know, man. Errol Spence has been out
for so long. I know Spence doesn't do tune -ups,
but maybe he should have. Just to see if he can
still even move. Yeah, on B -sides, that's exactly
what I said. Tim Zhu taking the tune -up is kind
of the opposite of what needs to happen. Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know. I'll be watching this one,
but I kind of think it's just going to make me
sad. Because either Errol Spence is completely
washed and loses to Tim Zhu, which shouldn't
happen, but I can see it happening, or Tim Zhu's
career is over, which also makes me a little
sad. Like, I think the loser goes home on this
one. I think this is a last -ditch effort to
salvage... any shine from Errol Spence and try
to rehab Tim Zhu's image with the will of Errol
Spence. Yeah, I think that's a good way to put
it. This is both of them trying to save their
career. Yes, and Errol Spence not taking a tune
-up after two plus years. After a beating. I
know Errol Spence always stays in shape. Like,
I've never seen a picture of Errol Spence where
he wasn't just ripped, but... He did let himself
go after the Crawford fight, yeah. I don't follow
Spence super closely, but, like, the last kind
of interview thing I saw, he looked like he was
in good shape, but... Tim Zhu's pretty washed,
but being in good shape isn't enough to beat
Tim Zhu. Yeah. Saul had an interesting take,
which was, I'll believe it when I see it, how
many times over the last two years have we heard
Errol Spence is coming back against X, Y, or
Z fighter? That's true, but I do think him is
the least dangerous opponent that they've proposed
for Spence in a long time. Yeah, I agree. I can
see this one happening. I don't particularly
disagree with Saul. Spence has a history of not
actually fighting. Everyone he says is in the
works or almost signed. But I could see this
one happening. This is the safest opponent he
said he's coming back to. Yeah. This one fucking
just... really fucking pisses me off um wbc strips
shakur stevenson for not paying a sanctioning
fee in his last fight which was at a different
weight class for a different organization and
they expected him to pay a fucking sanctioning
fee yeah this this one's just weird i saw an
interview with wbc is yeah And, I mean, I don't
know how any of this shit works, but he said
that they wanted to make a special belt for it
and that something something and something about
rules and it's a flat fee for this one or whatever.
It's all just kind of bullshit, though. Yes.
I don't know. The whole situation seems stupid.
Like, WBC always bends over, or they bend their
rules. Constantly. Yeah, for, typically for Mexican
fighters, but they do it for money guys, mostly.
And I don't, I, like, skipping. Shakur is a money
guy. Right, skipping this one bullshit fee. In
order to keep the belt on Shakur, have him fight
for that title more often is going to get you
more money. So this was an interesting hill that
they chose to die on. Yeah, I didn't, even him
explaining the situation, I didn't really understand
it. Yeah, because he's full of shit. Yeah, well.
Usually they have at least some logic you can
follow. Right. Yeah. Man, logic you can follow.
Matchroom signs an eight -show deal with Fox
Sports Australia. I believe that counts for New
Zealand as well. I mean, TV deals are good. Yeah,
get after it. Yeah. I don't want to see Matchroom
die. I know they're not everybody's favorite,
but they're a big active promotion company. Given
the state that boxing is in right now, I do not
want Matchroom to even get a boo -boo. Yeah.
I would put this as good news. Yes. I think Sky
is going to be headlining the first one. I think
that's what they're trying to do. I don't think
that's a particularly bad choice. I mean, I don't
like her, but... She's good looking. I mean,
it's gonna... Yeah, she's pretty and talented
and she's pretty good in the interviews. Yeah.
She seems like an alright person. Yeah, she's
not a bad kind of figurehead for... The only
problem is her fights are so boring. Yeah. I
don't like when they headline, when boring people
headline the broadcast for, I know it's not free
TV, but like TV that a lot of people have. Because
then it just kind of, well, especially females,
it's like, oh, female boxing is boring. It almost
chases casuals away. Yeah, and like the only,
Your only sell with Skye as the headline is that
she's good looking. And I don't particularly
like that either for female boxing. But I know
it's how it works. Yeah, it's unfortunate. Like,
Sharnika should get... She should get a good
rub from this, though. She's a lot more exciting
to watch. That's true. Speaking of exciting to
watch, Yuri Orkus, Gamboa, and Lee Selby are
going to BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing. They're not
fighting each other. It's just they're both.
I saw them both. Yeah, they're both going to
that promotion. Gamboa is going to do well there,
I think. Yeah, he's going to do like Austin Trout
did with BKFC. I mean, I don't watch bare -knuckle
boxing. I'm not particularly opposed to blood,
but that's just too much for me. The cuts are
fucking atrocious. Yeah, I say it any time a
bare -knuckle comes up. The last time I watched
it, I watched a woman get punched in the eye,
and she later lost that eye, or at least lost
the use of it. I'm like, I'm good. I don't need
to watch this anymore. Yeah, I just... Bare Knuckle's
too bloody for me. I don't mind in boxing when
there's a bad cut because it's not every fight.
But every Bare Knuckle fight in every Bare Knuckle
organization, there's just blood everywhere.
Even Muay Thai isn't that bloody by comparison.
Yeah. This was on the rumor mill. Not sure how...
how much uh veracity there is to it but Devin
Haney versus Manny Pacquiao is being explored
I don't want to see that I don't either I don't
want to see Manny Pacquiao fight like at all
except for maybe team boxing league yeah or like
a Mayweather rematch because Mayweather's broke
as fuck but like I don't want to see Manny Pacquiao
in there against champions I just don't It's
not fair, number one. And we talked about that
at length with the Barrios fight. But number
two, Manny doesn't deserve to be there. And it's...
Dangerous. With Barrios, you have the... He's
not that good. So it's a little bit more even.
But Devin Haney... Is going to put a fucking
shellacking on Manny Pacquiao. Yeah. And it's
going to be an embarrassment for such a legend.
A living legend. Yeah, I really don't want to
see this. I don't want this in any way, shape,
or form. I'm going to call Bill Haney right now.
Tell him to stop. Yeah, just stop. Yep. Man,
speaking of broke Mayweather. Files a $340 million
lawsuit against Showtime and Steven Espinoza,
former president of the former Showtime Sports.
I don't even know where to start with this. One,
it's been 10 years. Yes. How did you, if it's
true, which I don't think it is, but if it's
true, how did you not notice that you didn't
get $340 million? Like, everybody's like, oh,
he has so much money. Why would he notice? That
is a piss poor excuse. Like, if they said that
he didn't notice not getting even $10 million.
Sure, I guess. Like, on the grand scale of Mayweather's
bank account. that's like me missing $100. But
$340 million, even at his peak, that's a good
chunk of money for Mayweather. I think of his
entire net earnings, I think that would be like
30 % of it. How do you not notice that you don't
get 30 %? Yeah. And like, how do you not notice
that you don't get 60 % that year? Like, I just,
this can't be true. In the deposition, he's alleging
that Stephen Espinosa and Showtime routed money
to accounts that were owned by Al Heyman. But
Al Heyman is not named in the deposition. Yeah,
because Mayweather knows he'd be countersued
to the end of time if he named Al Heyman. I mean,
we were talking about it a little bit ago in
Discord, and a lot of Al Heyman fighters, past
or present, still speak very highly of him. He's
on a pretty bad skid right now. But Adrian Broner,
for whatever his word may be worth, said, Al
Heyman was always transparent with me. He was
always helpful to me in money matters. Yeah,
I just don't believe this at all. I don't either.
One, I don't think it matters how rich you are.
You're going to notice if you're not getting
over $300 million. Like, that's a crazy amount
of money. And number two, if it's true, how do
you not notice for 10 years? Like, if this was
two years ago, I didn't get my money, that would
almost make sense because like, oh, you were
doing your taxes or whatever. But like, how do
you not notice that when you file taxes? Like...
Mayweather must have accountants. That's what
Chief said. Exactly what Chief said. When you
are at that level of wealth, how do you not have
an accountant or an advisor, a money manager,
a fiduciary? How do you not have one? I haven't
looked at how many years he's saying that they
funneled this money. Any one year, if you funnel
$100 million away, you have to note it. That's
a pretty noticeable number. Yeah, Mayweather
was not making $500 million a year. And even
if he was, that's like, I'm not that good at
math. It's more than 20 % of $500 million. That's
like 60 % of $500 million. Oh, yeah, 340 of $500.
Yes, you're right. Yeah, like, it's just such
a large amount. I don't understand how you could
miss it. And Mayweather must have had accountants.
And I've never really heard of him having IRS
trouble, so he must have been filing taxes. Yeah,
I've never heard of him having issues with money
at all. Yeah, but, like, if... If he failed to
file $300 million of income, the IRS would be
on his ass. Yeah, the IRS is on my ass for a
considerably smaller number. Exactly. And like,
whatever the taxes on $340 million is, if he
paid that out of pocket, his accountant would
notice. Like... I don't know the tax system in
America, but that's literally millions of dollars
of taxes, isn't it? Yeah, tens of millions. Yeah,
like, how do you pay that much taxes and not
notice that you didn't get the money? This can't
be true. I don't understand how this could possibly
be true. We were perusing Mayweather's social
media, public social media stuff. He recently
purchased a jet that's worth $65 million. He's
on the hook at a jeweler for $1 .5 million. And
he owes a real estate developer in New York about
half a million. I can 100 % believe that Mayweather
blew this money. Yes. But I can't believe that
he didn't get it and didn't notice. Like, I know
you're rich, but you're not so rich that you
don't notice $300 million missing. Like, what
the fuck? Yeah, so he's not, like, flat broke.
He owns a lot of real estate. He owns some jewelry
pieces that are like $20 to $50 million each.
Yeah, he's not liquid, but I'm sure he has enough
assets he could fix this. Yeah, he'd just have
to downgrade his lifestyle. He's spending like
he's still fighting twice a year for hundreds
of millions. Yeah. Yeah, I have no problem believing
he blew the money, but I just I don't see how
he could possibly have not gotten the money and
just didn't notice. Yeah. But we'll see how this
develops still in the early stages. I expect
I'm I kind of expect this is going to get laughed
out of the courtroom. Like, get real, buddy.
Well, and isn't. some of the um evidence he's
submitting like social media tweets from rick
glazer of all people yeah yeah taking start suing
showtime and paramount for 340 million dollars
on the word of rick glazer just that is a special
level Of fucking dumb. Yeah, I can't see this
actually making it through chords because I can't
see it being true at all. But. We'll see how
this turns out. I'm expecting Mayweather to come
back in a couple exhibitions. He's what I'm expecting.
He has a couple of exhibitions lined up. Does
he? Yeah, Mike Tyson and some kickboxer guy.
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slash mwb. Cool. Recaps, recaps, recaps. We have
a few to get through because you were not here.
Yeah, sorry. No, these are good cards, so I didn't
want to skip them. like um pro box tv on friday
january 30th uh it was a pro box card it was
a little bit more decision heavy than we're used
to yeah it was still a solid card but we're spoiled
with pro box that's exactly what i was gonna
say is we've been spoiled by pro box so this
one seems like a dud just by comparison Still
a million times better than any Eye of the Tiger
card that's ever happened. Yes. Let's see. Suleman
Sagawa dropped the ball. My boy. To Rene Palacios.
And Brian Flores, majority decision over Starling
Castillo. Moving on. Saturday, January 31st.
Did you see this one? I saw the main event later,
but I missed everything else. Dina Torslund was
as dominant as we expected. Excellent. I'm glad
to hear it. I really like Dina. Yeah, she was
good. And in the main event, Jakub Bank gets
the stoppage in 12 over William Scholl. How shit
is Canelo? That's what I was... Gonna bring up.
I honestly feel like the stoppage was a little
suspect. And I think that it was in the last
15 seconds of the fight. I think that they did
it so that Jakub Bank can say, I stopped the
guy that Canelo couldn't. I do think Skull could
have made the bell. Yes. I wouldn't have been
mad if they hadn't stopped it. But it's also
not the worst stoppage we've seen. No, it's not
terrible, but... Yeah, yeah. I do kind of feel
what you're saying. And I can see that point
of view for sure. But I mean, Skull was losing
on the cards anyways. And Yakubank did put a
beating on William Skull that Canelo couldn't
or didn't. Exactly. So either way, he did better.
Yeah. Yakov Bank was cutting off the ring very
nicely, I thought, actually. And Skull came in
a tracksuit. We expected that, though. Yes, you're
right. Or I expected that. But I think Bank looked
pretty good. I will probably watch his next fight
now. And he stopped William Skull when Canelo
couldn't even really hit him very much. How shit
is Canelo? Canelo is so washed. He never had
great footwork, but now it's just kind of really
bad. I think Jakub put it in better perspective
for me personally. Seeing, like, this is what
it looks like to cut off the ring against the
guy who's planning to run the whole time. Yeah.
And maybe it's because Bank had more film. Because
I'd never heard a skull before Canelo. But if
Canelo was as good as he... If Canelo was as
good as he was, he should have been able to cut
off the ring. This was for a secondary title
in the WBO. So expect Jakub Bank to get the first
crack at... The winner of Shiraz Begich. Which
is probably Shiraz. I would assume so. I don't
know how that fight goes. Because this is the
only Yakov Bank fight I've ever seen. I don't
know much about him. But. Shiraz is a mover.
As well. Different kind of mover. He could move.
Could be a mover. I don't know. I think he'd
be down to trade with Bank. I don't know if that's
a good idea. Yeah, Shrug. I don't know either.
I'm interested to see that fight now. I don't
know. The next generation of super middleweights
is here. It's not my favorite weight class, but
168 is getting interesting again. Speaking of
interesting, Matchroom at the Newcastle Arena.
Let's see. Leo Atang gets a stoppage in three.
You do not have to change your name. Congratulations.
Nice. Josh Padley, I spoiled this one for you.
It's okay. I really did think that I was being
vague with the... That was not vague at all,
Leo. Oh, shit. Yeah, but... Electrifying stoppage
over Jawad Belmedi. It was fast. I was still
surprised at how quickly he knocked him out.
I mean, Josh Padley's kind of getting me to come
around on him. Yeah, he's shaping himself up
to be a nice little contender here. Yeah, and
his story is great, too. Yes. I love when working
guys kind of make it. The People's Electrician.
Yeah. Even though he's British, I kind of cheer
for him anyway. I don't know if you've heard,
just on B -Sides, we've been doing the Comrades
thing a bit lately. Yeah, yeah, I always listen
to B -Sides, partly just to make sure we don't
overlap too much. The comrades thing is funny,
but I will not be joining. Josh Kelly. I don't
get why it's comrades if you're Chinese. I don't
know. Isn't that Russian? It's because you're
communist. Okay. That's what I gather. I see.
Josh Kelly squeaks by. I was surprised. I expected
Kelly to lose. I did too. I thought Kelly was
selling whatever little shine he had to a champion
that desperately needs to be... Some shine? Yes.
Who needs some credibility. Yeah, and that just
didn't happen. Like, good on Josh Kelly. I was
not expecting him to really even be in this fight.
I knew he'd come to try and win, but I didn't
expect him to pull it off. I think this kind
of kills Murda. I don't think we'll see him again
in anything big. I don't know if I would misspoke
on B -sides when I said I hope that he's not
a very good watch, but he was pretty damn fun
against him. Yeah, I think Murda Zaliev can be
fun, but he falls into that very Eastern European
style. that I find not so fun. Yeah. Josh Kelly
pulled him into a fun fight in this one. Like,
this fight was a banger. I really enjoyed this
fight. And I guess I gotta watch Josh Kelly now,
which kind of sucks. Bokrum is petitioning to
the IBF for the rematch. Yeah, and the controversy
with the cards. Yeah. The British scoring or
whatever. Yeah, so... Who was the British guy?
Steve Gray? No, that's the ref. It's a judge
whose name I recognize. Anyways, he had it 10
-10 in the 12th. And that was Steve Gray. You're
right. Okay, yeah, yeah. Which... gave josh kelly
the win 10 10 rounds are bullshit across the
board i don't like them but uh i kind of thought
the 12th was a murder round myself and one of
the judges had it for him but the other judge
had it for josh kelly so the 10 10 isn't that
controversial other than it's a 10 10 and it
decided the fucking outcome of the fight like
yeah i we need to have a conversation with the
brits and their fascination with 10 10s that
uh statement they put out from the american combat
conference or whatever the hell it was called
yeah that was a hundred percent uh kind of like
slap to the brits saying no 10 10 rounds because
they hardly ever happen in america anyways That
was a very not subtle way of telling the Brits
that they're bullshit. And then this happened
shortly after. Josh Kelly is in talks with Xander
Zayas right now. That's what they're looking
to do. I mean, I kinda agree that Murda deserves
a rematch. I think so too, given how close it
was. Yeah, but the Josh Kelly -Zayas is a bigger
fight, I think. Oh, definitely. Marta Zaliev
is not a very marketable fighter. Even though
this fight was a banger, I don't think anyone
cares about Marta Zaliev, which is a mean thing
to say, but he's nobody's favorite fighter. Yeah,
he's probably not even his mom's favorite fighter.
As the saying goes. Yeah. But I did kind of put
this as an early fight of the year candidate.
Yeah. It's on my list now. Yeah, let's get to
Xander Zayas here. In San Juan, Puerto Rico,
really quickly, Juanmita Lopez gets a UD. With
Conor Goad. They were calling him Little Canelo.
Just because he was a redhead. Alright. I was
expecting a stoppage win. Just because he had
him in trouble a few times. Oh well. It was only
his fifth fight. What are you going to do? Giovanni
Santillan gets a UD over Courtney Pennington.
And... Xander Zayas, split decision win over
Abbas Baru to unify the WBO, WBA, Super World's
Week titles. Yeah. Eight to four for Baru? I
don't know about that. That card was pretty out
there. I was cheering for Baru, and when they
announced that card, I was like, what the fuck?
Zayas definitely won that fight. Absolutely.
Yeah. And he looked pretty good in it, actually.
Yeah, the maturation of Xander Zayas is unfolding
before our eyes. The guys think that these titles
are now going to be held hostage by Top Rank.
I mean, if he fights Josh Kelly, that's a pretty
dangerous fight. That is a damn good fight. Yeah,
I mean, Zayas should win it, but I would not
consider that holding the belts hostage. That's
a dangerous opponent. Yeah, that's what they
came down with, was we're not going to see Zayas
in anything relevant or notable. And he's 23
now, not until he's almost 30. I mean, that's
a possibility. Top Rank really does lock shit
down. They protect their guys, yeah. Yeah. But
if he takes the Kelly fight, I can't be mad.
It's a good one. Yeah. I guess we'll have to
wait and see. I wonder if Top Rank will have
more trouble doing that now that they don't have
a broadcast home. Ooh, you're right. Like...
They're going to have to put their guys against
other guys to get on TV. And Josh Kelly, I'm
sure Eddie Hearn is fucking foaming at the mouth
for that one. Yeah. I think it's going to be
a lot harder for Top Rank to protect their guys
now that they don't have a home. Let's keep rolling.
Ring six, Madison Square Garden. Let's... We
have quite a bit that was worth mentioning here.
Amma Williams gets a funky decision against Wendy
Toussaint, who came in on like 12 hours notice.
Yeah. Didn't manage to get the stoppage. That
raises some serious question marks. If you didn't
have them already. Wendy's always there to win.
He's tough, yeah, for sure. But... 12 hours notice
and you can't get the guy out of there, that's
crazy. Kevin Castillo gets the UD over Saudi
plant Ziad Almayouf. This was good for my heart.
Fantastic. That was just fantastic. Where can
I send Kevin Castillo flowers? Oh, shit. Jarrell
Miller loses his hair en route to a split decision
win over Kingsley Ebay. This is the best thing
that's ever happened to Jarrell Miller. Yes,
it is. Wasn't he on Jimmy Kimmel after this?
That's crazy. Yeah, everybody wanted a piece
of him. Also, whoever his hairdresser person
is, they failed. Because there are definitely
people that can glue those wigs on that would
stay. It's not like he had really long hair or
anything. I... I was saying, like, after it happened,
I was like, why not just go bald, dude? No one
cares. I will never make fun of men for wearing
wigs. If it makes you feel good, do it. But whoever
put that on fucked him over because I've definitely
seen some crazy ones online. I got into a reels
hole with this two profiles that do hair for
men like that. And shit, some of them, like...
You wear them for two weeks. You shower. The
one guy was a surfer and he had like the long
surf hair and he'd go out in the ocean. And it
like people were saying, why did you think it
would stay on? It should have stayed on. They
have gotten really good at toupees. So his particular
vendor did not do a good job. No, but there's
this lady that is amazing. Anyways, beside the
point. But passing it around the crowd, taking
pictures. Hilarious. He played it off really
well. The fucking, I accidentally used Nair at
my mom's house. That was crazy. Bro, nobody's
believing that. Just, yeah, you're right. If
he wants to use a hairpiece, fucking use a hairpiece.
I really don't think men should get shit for
that. No. It's very equivalent. Well, lots of
women wear wigs. Or fake hair or whatever. Like
they add to their natural hair. I don't think
it should be a big deal. Big deals. Bruce Carrington
stops Carlos Castro in nine. Fucking KO of the
year contender. That was the nicest three -piece
combo I have ever seen. Like that clip is crazy.
I'm not a big Shushu fan, but that was beautiful.
Yeah, I was talking to the guys. I was saying,
like, one thing that stood out to me after in
rethinking on the fight is how much trouble Carlos
Castro gave Bruce Carrington. Because he buzzed
him more than once. And he was hitting him pretty
cleanly, pretty often. And what I feel needs
to stop is this talk of Bruce Carrington fucking
mogs Inouye. Yeah, no. That talk needs to stop.
That's fucking stupid. If Inouye hits Carrington
like that, and he would. It's over. Exactly.
I know Inouye doesn't have the same power at
this weight class, but come on. Bruce Carrington
now joins the ranks of Angelo Leo, Rafaela Spinoza.
Damn it, I'm blanking. Oh, yeah, we'll be talking
about it in a little bit. Brandon Figueroa now.
Yeah. I don't think Carrington beats any of those
guys, to be honest. But maybe I'm just a hater.
If he beats anyone, it's honestly going to be
Figueroa. Figueroa, yeah. Yeah, Figueroa is a
bit of a question mark. That's just me playing
favorites. I would like to see that fight, actually.
I think it'd be good. Yeah, be the first time
we see a unification at Featherweight in quite
some time. Yeah. Keeping it rolling, Keyshawn
Davis stops Jermaine Ortiz just near the end
of the 12th round. Saul was really, really big
on this one. Really loved Keyshawn Davis' performance.
I'm still not... that high on it. I don't know.
I feel like this could have been done sooner.
I just don't like Keyshawn Davis anymore. I was
never a huge fan and all that bullshit last year
really turned me off. I can't be unbiased on
this one. I don't think he looked that good,
though. Yeah. I mean, Jermaine Ortiz is kind
of a name, but not really. He gave... Well, he
threw his fight, to use Josh's phrase, he threw
his fights away late. Like, he was giving Teofimo
good work, and then he just shit the bed. And
then same with Lomachenko. Lomachenko turning
it up in addition to Jermaine shitting the bed.
Yeah, well, and the stoppage came late this time,
too. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, shit. Shakur Stevenson claims
the WBO super lightweight title by 11 -1 -ing
Teofimo Lopez. Yeah, this was just a fucking
masterclass beatdown. Shakur owned him. Yeah.
I kind of thought it might happen, but I thought
Teo would put up more of a fight. I thought Teo
would do better. and lose but and shakur his
last couple fights have been fun i have to say
he has changed his style to where i don't hate
watching him now so i gotta give shakur his props
he does seem to be trying to to be more entertaining
and he just looked miles above tio in this one
and Yeah, it was just, it was crazy impressive.
It certainly doesn't help for, to, when you're
facing an opponent like Shakur Stevenson, who
is just that damn good. Yeah. When you have absolutely
no corner. Oh my God. His, his dad needs to die.
Like, I don't say that very often. I'm usually
like, they need to go away. But his dad just
straight up needs to die. Like, he gave him no
advice in the corner. In fact, he made it worse.
Like, the only thing he kept saying near the
end is you're gonna hate yourself tomorrow. Like,
no actionable advice at all. Hit him. Like, what
the fuck are you doing? Do better. Fuck him up,
bro. Yeah, absolutely useless. And then the interview
afterwards where he's saying his son didn't follow
his advice. What fucking advice? You gave him
zero advice. Like, I was cheering for Tio entirely
because I feel bad for Tio. Like, Tio is my...
pity cheer and this just made it even worse like
jesus christ if that's what he says on tv and
what he says in the public the fuck is he saying
to him at home like he was just a poor little
kid like i know he's not a kid anymore but mentally
he's just a poor little kid who wants his dad
to be happy with him yeah i don't know like Tio's
dad just is an awful person Shakur's corner was
giving him much better advice and he was fucking
owning the fight like they were still giving
him actionable advice yeah like I don't know
it wouldn't make any difference like I don't
think having a good corner would have saved Tio
but Tio needs Somebody who can actually. Help
him. He's in there alone. Fighting by himself.
And he's in there. Being told he's a piece of
shit. Like that can't be good. For your mental
health. In the fight. When. Sean Porter. Fought
Terrence Crawford. Porter was. Owning the early
rounds on activity, and then Terrence Crawford
started doing what he does. And it was lights
after that. And then Kenny Porter, who is his
dad, Sean's dad and his coach, was saying kind
of the same things. Like, he didn't listen to
me. He didn't have a plan. He wasn't working
hard in the gym. And I was like, man, I would
very much like for you to be hit by a car. Yeah,
like, I love my dad, but if he said something
like that to me, I would just straight up punch
him in the face. Like, what the fuck? For Tio
Senior to be making the press rounds saying he
didn't have a game plan. Like, bitch, you're
the coach. That's your fucking job. Your job
is to formulate the game plan with your fighter.
And help him in the ring and help him adjust
with actual advice that he can follow. It doesn't
have to be like fucking profound, but I don't
know, like more lateral movement or when you
pull back, make sure you don't leave your chin
up or all those things that people say. Fucking
any of it would have been better than you're
going to hate yourself tomorrow. Yeah, I fucking
hate you, Tio Fimo Sr. I hate you right now.
Like, I don't know. Shakur looked amazing. Better
than I expected. And Tio's corner made me really,
really sad. It's kind of my summary of this fight.
I feel so bad for Tio. Yeah. Let's keep it rolling.
Sunday, February 1st, Zufa Boxing 2. This was
unfortunately a very fun card. The prelims were
eh, whatevs. I didn't watch the prelims, to be
honest. But Hot Rod Kalachik stops Oleksandr
Vozdik in seven. This fight was fun. This is
my kind of fight. Yeah. I like Hot Rod. I'm glad
he won, actually. Got off the canvas to nuke
Vosdik, who was kind of cruising at that point.
Yeah. A pretty good comeback, yeah. Sergei Bohachuk.
Split decision over Ratsabutaev. Klobbers. Two
Klobbers. Yeah, the vintage Sergei. I mean, this
is why I love him. He just stands in there and
bangs. And a bloody Jose Valenzuela beauty over
Diego Torres. Yeah, this one was also fun, but
Valenzuela clearly just won that fight. Diego
Torres was in there the whole time trying to
win. Even though he was way behind, he was coming
out trying. Bless his heart. I mean, that's what
you want. Yeah. I don't hate you for losing.
I hate you for quitting. I don't want to give
Zufa more time. They have more shit coming up.
I still want to shit on the stupid fucking uniform.
It's garbage, and I hate it. Yes. Moving on.
Friday, February 6th. This was a pretty nothing
card matchroom in Mexico. Christian Medina in
the headline gets a UD over Adrian Curiel to
retain his WBO bantamweight title. Other than
that... Yeah, this card was kind of a dud. Not
a whole lot doing. Saturday, February 7th. This
undercard, I don't really think there was anything.
The co -main, Andrew Cain, gets a stoppage in
nine over Alejandro Gonzalez. Andrew Cain will
be relevant in a moment. Brandon Figueroa stops
Nick Ball in the 12th. What a stoppage. How the
fuck did Nick Ball get up from the first one?
Yeah. I gotta give Nick Ball all the credit because
he was looking beat to fuck. I think it was at
the end of round 7 before the start of round
8. I was like, dude, you look like a zombie.
Like, Nick Ball was just getting beat up and
Nick Ball's one of those guys, he is not gonna
stop trying. Like, I don't particularly like
him. I think he fights a little dirty, but I
gotta give it, he has so much heart. Like, Nick
Ball's got that dog in him. Definitely. It was
weird. Well, I don't know if weird is... Going
into the 12th round and coming out with a knockout...
We were talking about it, like, leading up to
it, leading up to the fight, thinking Figueroa
has to win this by stoppage, because he's not
going to get the nod in Liverpool. I also was
feeling that way, yeah. And the cards at the
time of the stoppage, too, had Figueroa up. Yeah,
I think he should have been. It was a really
close fight. Yeah, I thought it was super close.
But I also had Figueroa up by like one or two
rounds going into the 12th. I think one round.
But I was surprised that the UK judges were so
fair. Yeah. Also, who was the referee in this
one? Because he wanted to... Yeah, okay. I thought
it was Steve Gray. He wanted to see a fucking
body. Like. When Nick Ball went down face down.
After looking so tired and beat up. Just fucking
stop it. And he gave him a long count. Had him
do like a couple things. I'm like dude. He is
out. Like. He was on his feet. But he was out.
And he sent him to go get fucking plastered.
Well you can't. British. the Brit fighter against
the foreigner. Yeah, that's true, I guess. Only
the foreigner can be Brit -stopped. Fair, fair.
I thought Brandon Figueroa looked good, though.
He hasn't looked great in his last few fights.
I thought this was a much better performance
than his last one. And Figueroa was eating some
pretty clean uppercuts. I was a little impressed
with his chin. I thought the War of Attrition
was going to happen. I honestly thought Nick
Ball was going to survive it. Just because Brandon
Figueroa has been through a more difficult career
so far. Yeah. I thought Nick Ball would be able
to pull it out. This was a fun fight, though.
If anyone missed it, it's worth a watch. For
sure. Just with... Because it was in the UK,
with it being as close as it was, I expected
that all of the rounds would be swayed to Nick
Ball instead. Let's see. Marcus McDonald is from
the UK. Jean -Robert Lane is from Monaco. And
Glenn Feldman is from the US. Interesting. I
had no problem with any of the cards at the stoppage.
I thought it was judged quite fairly. Yeah. Yeah,
the 103 -106 on Feldman and McDonald, both...
So even the Brit judge had it to Figueroa. Yeah.
All right. Yeah, this was as even keel as you
can get. But Steve Gray wanted Nick Ball to fucking
die. Well, Brandon Figueroa, you got yourself
a title. Two divisions now. They were saying
three division on the broadcast for whatever
reason. It's a little weird. I don't know if
they were doing that thing I do. I sometimes
mix up Figueroa and Fundora. They don't look
alike at all, but they're both tall and their
names start with F. Yeah. That's all it is. You
have anything more for Figueroa Ball? I liked
Figueroa's shorts. Very late 80s, early 90s.
I enjoyed it. Zufa could never. Exactly. Let's
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Now, into the upcoming stuff. Thursday, February
19th. I don't know who these people are, except
for Jin Sasaki. Yes. I think I know who Kai Watanabe
is, but not worth talking about. Yeah, honestly,
even Jin Sasaki's comeback fight is not really
worth talking about. I think it's fine. I mean,
it's definitely a soft touch comeback fight.
Marlon Pagalpalan. Yeah. Excellent. Saturday,
February 21st. I'm so excited for this one. For
Matchroom? Yeah. At the Nottingham Arena. What
do we got here? Dave Allen against TBA. Meatball
Molly McCann is back. Sandy Ryan for a vacant
title. Ishmael Davis, I think, is defending his
British title. And Leewood versus Josh Warrington.
I want Leewood to knock out Josh Warrington so
badly. Anything to end the Warrington. Just send
him home. Please. Forever. Yes. I do not want
him fighting anymore. I don't know why I'm so
excited for this one. But I have been excited
for this since they announced it. It is top level
Brit slob. Yes, it is the not cream of the crop.
It's the fucking cream of the slop. Yeah. Excellent.
I'm excited. Lee would better land that right
hand or I'm going to be so sad. Hmm. The ring.
High stakes. Since on the zone in Vegas. We talked
about this card before when it was like a few
weeks ago when it was finalized. They've since
added two more. Joshua Edwards and Amari Jones,
I think. I don't know who they're fighting, though.
But those guys are on the come up. So, man, they're
not going to be the best. Yeah. Bektamir Malakuziev
versus Sina Agbeko. This might be like a surprise
fight of the night. I could see this being a
banger. Yes. It should be fun. Frank Martin versus
Nahir Albright. Should also be fun. Yeah. Albright
took Getting Jumped by the Davis Brothers and
turned it into a fight on the Zone pay -per -view.
A ring card. Yeah. I mean, good on him. Richardson
Hitchens defends his IBF super lightweight title
against Oscar Duarte. I'm going to be pulling
for Oscar in this one. I really hope he pulls
off the upset. I don't know how likely it is,
but... Anything to move Richardson Hitchens out
of the spotlight. Yeah, I am not a fan. I do
not like Richardson Hitchens. Gary Antoine Russell
versus Andy Hiraoka for the WBA super lightweight
title. This is the main event in my heart. I'm
excited for this one. Yeah, this is the people's
main event. Yeah. Personally, I don't think Andy
Hiraoka is as good as people think he is. I think
Gary Antoine Russell is going to expose him.
But I might be wrong. I don't think Andy's gonna
win. I just hope he has a good showing. Yeah,
I don't want Andy Hiraoka to disappear or anything.
I don't dislike him. I just don't get the hype
around him. He's really athletic. That's the
best I got. Yeah. He's not bad. I just don't
get the hype. Hopefully, Gary shows us all his
limitations. Speaking of not living up to the
hype, Mario Barrios defends his WBC welterweight
title against Ryan Garcia. I just want Ryan Garcia
to go away. Yeah, I don't think he's going to
win, but I want Mario Barrios to win. This is
the most mid of mid -offs, in my opinion. I honestly
do think the draw would be fucking hilarious.
I don't think it's going to happen. I honestly
see this one ending in a knockout either way.
I would love a draw. It would just be too good.
A draw would be perfect. I would absolutely love
it. But I kind of also want to see Ryan Garcia
knocked out by the worst champion in boxing.
Also, I am excited for the ring lock. I know
that's a bit lame, but Mario Barrios always has
really fun ring locks. Ryan Garcia can also put
on shows. Yeah, I think the ring walks in this
one are going to be great. Oh, Teofimo's ring
walk. Remember that? The Jabbawockeez? That was
fun. I really liked it. I know Jabbawockeez are
pretty old, but I thought it was great. Anything
more for Barrios Garcia? I was about to say Barcia.
No, no. I just hope Garcia loses. All right.
Last thing. Sunday, February 22nd. The quote,
as she likes to call herself, Clarissa Shields,
Undisputed Heavyweight Championship. Rematching
Franchon Cruz Dizern. I'm expecting this to be
pretty one -sided. It's going to be a wipeout.
I have a bit of a tangent, though. Wasn't it
Clarissa Shields that had her weave come out
in the middle of a fight? Did she? Yeah, it was
years ago. I should Google it and make sure.
But I'm pretty sure it was Clarissa Shields and
her weave started coming out and the corner was
like, do you want your hair or do you want the
belt? It's not as famous as the one this week,
but. Was it not Clarissa? I think it was. Yeah,
it was Clarissa Shields. That clip is also hilarious,
but because it's women's boxing and it was. quite
a long time ago, it never got famous. Clarissa
is one of those people, she has hair, but she,
like, puts fake stuff in it, like, adds to it.
Yeah, to accentuate, yeah. Yeah, and it was a
really funny moment, the corner, because she
was, like, trying to fix it in the corner, and
she was telling them how to put the pins in properly
and stuff, and the coach is like, I don't think
he swore, but he was like, bitch, do you want
the hair or do you want the belt? And it was
really funny. I'm surprised it hasn't come up
with the recent hair fiasco. Yeah. I guess maybe
that just isn't as famous a moment. And Clarissa
was very embarrassed by it. She probably tries
to keep it low key. But I expect Clarissa is
just going to beat the crap out of this lady
again. Clarissa is just levels above the other
women in all these heavy weight classes. Yeah,
there's nobody there. Yeah, well, Clarissa is
good. Hmm. That's all we got, though. Not a bad
weekend of fights. Not bad. Oh, shit. Let's see.
We are heading into the ring. High stakes. Parting
words. Chocolate's going to be on sale. I'm excited
for the chocolate sales. Oh, yeah. That's right.
Yeah. I'll have... It's going to be on sale soon.
Excellent. Yeah. I'm spending my Valentine's
Day watching the one card, so big plans. Well,
as we record on, well, for me, it's Friday evening
on the 13th. I think I'm going to take myself
somewhere nice tomorrow. Nice. Yeah. No, I'm
eating leftover takeout and watching kickboxing.
Not a bad way to spend the day. No, I'm perfectly
happy with it. Oh, man, we've been going for
quite some time here. Holy shit. Yeah, sorry,
Leo. Nah, we had a lot to get over. So, to go
over. Get through, go over. Fucking mixing up
words. That's it. for this edition of Boxing
Before Dark see you later bitches bye