The B -Side and Boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.
B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side.
The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. The B
-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.
Alright, let's fucking kick it off here. Boxing
B -Sides. We're back to talk the fights. The
comrades have assembled. Saul, the one and only.
Welcome back to this all -American version of
Turning Point USA. Turning Point USA. All -American
Turning Point USA boxing b -sides, guys. Oh,
no, there's a reason why I'm feeling pretty American
today. Y 'all know why. Anthony Oluswaga is fighting
Jukia Yumura. Oh, yeah, man. That's 100 % why
I'm like that. And Josh. We are ready to fucking
kick it off here. The news. Getting this one
out of the way, there is a, I call it Mighty
Minis. It's a lot of lower weight divisions.
On March 15th on YouNext. This one's in Japan.
KnockoutCPFreshmart is moving up to 108. By the
way, please donate to the Patreon today. We are
trying to purchase our own Knockout SP Discord
fighter. It's probably going to be time. NonitoDonair
is going to be on this in a WBA Bantamweight
Eliminator. For whatever reason. And then Anthony
Olasquaga is defending his WBO 112. Manny Pacquiao
joins Team Boxing League. He will be fighting.
He will be the primary global ambassador. He
will be a member of the ownership group. And
he will be the team captain for the San Diego
TJs. Sure. This is where the older gent belongs.
Like, if you want to keep fighting, this is where
you should be. I don't know, man. I'm just like,
oh, these exhibitions. Well, I guess they're
not exhibitions. But, like, he looked really
bad with that Korean dude before he fought Barrios.
But then he fought Barrios and made Barrios look
like an idiot. So, who knows? He made himself
look young again, you know? Barrios made him
look young. Yeah. I think that's a bad way to
put it. Yeah. You know, when you think about
it, this really is Keith Thurman's fault. I need
your addition to talk about that today, man.
I saw you say that in chat. I know. I soft launched
it in chat. We're stuck with Manny Pacquiao because
of Keith Thurman. This really is his fault. Maybe
Manny Pacquiao is that good. He beat Keith Thurman.
If Keith had not been knocked down, he would
have squeaked by on the cards. At least with
a draw, man. But yeah, Manny Pacquiao, Team Boxing
League. Let's see here. Sky Nicholson is going
to be headlining a card in April in Australia.
Oh boy. Yeah. Nikita Zoo. Sky Nicholson, Simps,
stay winning. Yeah, not me though. Kel Brook.
will be returning April 11th in Dubai. This is
not related to the Tyson Fury card. Yeah. He
will. Yeah, he's going to be fighting. He's coming
back to the pro ranks. Good fucking luck. Yeah.
Let's see here. Tanongsak Simsri, the IBF 108
champ, is facing Sergio Mendoza April 13th. Miguel
Cotto renovated his gym, reopened to the public.
They had a nice little PR event. That's a good
little heartwarming thing. Yeah, it was really
nice. They didn't show the gym much in the pictures.
They mostly focused on the people that were there.
And Miguel, his wife, and the other coaches that
are in the gym. But yeah, it was really cool.
That he's trying to keep boxing alive in Puerto
Rico. Yeah, he's standing on the arms and shoulders
of Dan Zayas right now. And the GOAT, Edgar Berlanga.
Yeah, my GOAT and the King of New York. This
is an interesting news piece. Team USA, the Olympic
athletes, are going to be paid. This is from
a giant donation made by some billionaire dude.
He donated a lot of money and every athlete that
makes the Olympic team will receive a $200 ,000
check. That's fantastic. I wanted to include
this because this is obviously going to include
the boxers. It'll be nice for them to have cash
and not have to take the... First pro contract.
Yeah, the first promotion to put a contract in
front of them and they just jump on it. They
got a little bit of money to sit on. What billionaire
game is doing this? I'm curious. Let me look
it up. Because I don't remember. Financier Ross
Stevens. Ross Stevens. Is he involved with Zufa
at all? Not that I know of. If he's connected
to Zufa, it feels like a ploy to, you know. Oh,
to try to coax them and to push them towards
Zufa? Yep. Yeah. Every athlete, even if they
don't medal, gets 200k. I hope someone like Joseph
Iwanongia. Joseph Jr. Joey Jr. I'm going to start
calling him Joey Jr. Joey Jr. Gakes at the Olympics.
Seeming pretty special prospect. But yeah, that's
the little bonus that they're going to get for
making the team. Also, that's fucking fantastic
that they're still having the boxing at the Olympics
this time around in America. Oh, shit. I should
try to go to some. Did you sign up for it? Because
I signed up for it. No, I didn't. I should, though.
Well, the cutoff was... Let me see if I can find
a link for you, and I'll send it to you, okay?
All right. Ferocious Promotions. George Cambosos.
Yeah. They're going to be putting on their first
card in June, around that time. One of the...
A little blurb from the press release was 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. Very top of the sport. Yeah. He did
claw his way up with the weird IBF Eliminator
fights that they make you do. And he took that
one win off Teofimo and turned that into how
many paydays? Two with Devin Haney, Lomachenko.
So, yeah. Whoever managed his career, if they
are managing in ferocious promotions, I would
feel comfortable that my career would take a
good direction. They could get a fucking mongoloid
like George Kambosos to where he got. No limit
boxing. Wins the purse bid for Lewis Crocker
versus Liam Parrow. I think Parrow said something
about not having to worry about questionable
judges. If he had fought in the UK. Last one.
Yuri Orkus Gamboa will be lacing back up. No,
not lacing back up. He's going to be taking them
off, actually. Bare knuckle boxing. Sorry, I
don't know if you expect me to say anything about
Lewis Crocker, Liam Parrow, first bid. I'm just,
I was just going to let it speak for itself with
the silence. Yeah, well. Honestly. C 'est la
vie. There's some fun recaps to get to, so let's
fucking do it. First things first, Friday, February
6th, Matchroom in Mexico. Bunch of rock 'em,
sock 'em robots. The main event, Christian Medina
defended his WBO bantamweight title against former
108 titleist Adrian Curiel. Pretty one -sided
affair. But, oh, baby. This is why we're here.
Queensberry at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Looking
up the bill. Andrew Cain, he will be... He's
a relevant character later. He will be relevant
later. He gets a stoppage in nine over Alejandro
Gonzalez. But... The main event. Nick Ball, the
WBA featherweight champion, is stopped in the
12th by Brandon Figueroa. Oh, my goodness. What
a fight. Fucking finally, though. Why does everyone
hate Nick Ball so much? Well, he's just... He's
a scouser. He's a scouser who shitty fanbase
fights shitty opponents very carefully managed.
With a shitty attitude. Struggles against these
shitty opponents. Kicks and fouls constantly
when fights are not going his way. And... I've
never seen a career more built around waiting
for the payday than Balls. Credit to his management,
but holy fuck. He's a dreadful watch because
he's one of those inside fighters who isn't powerful
or that fun. He kind of just gets in your chest
and smothers everyone's work. You're like motorboating
all the time. Yeah, basically. Like, he's nothing.
He's not a fun personality. He's not a fun fighter.
Very cocky. Like, a very, very, very weak champion
who's had more controversial results than a guy
of his stature really should have. BFig, on the
other hand, he's very, obviously, because he's
very humble. He was happy to even be there. You
know? And... He should be there. Oh, yeah. I
mean, yeah. He's happy to be there. And he won
the fight. He put up a good scrap. Do I think
he's going to beat the other champions at 126?
I don't know. Maybe he beats Leo. Maybe. But...
I think B -Fig... Again, not to try to down his
performance. Put down his performance. He put
on fucking... In my opinion, obviously the knockout
of the year because he knocked out Nick Ball.
I'm going to fucking call him a legend for that
because fuck, Nick Ball's... Yeah. Similar to
Omar. He's got a basically like a... He burns
bright for a shorter amount of time. And he's
already... He did like... I feel like the premise
of this fight from the Nick Ball management,
like Nick Ball protection program was... This
guy's kind of washed. Like, he really had to
scrape it out against Joey Gonzalez, and it's
definitely split on whether he actually deserved
that win. And the Mark Maxayo fight, too. I remember
there was some controversy there. Controversy
there. Yep. And that's what I mean. Like, he's...
The whole point for Nick Ball was to, like, you
beat up on a guy whose perception is being super,
super washed. And you get full credit as if you
beat him when he was good. And it's hilarious
that it backfired that spectacularly. I think
this is mandatory, right? Was it mandatory? He
didn't really have to fight them, honestly. I
don't recall if it was the mandatory challenger
or not. Which title was it? The WBA? Yeah. Yeah,
no. There's no way he had to fight a mandatory.
Either way. Thank good riddance to Ball. You
don't think we see him again? Well, I think we're
going to have to see him. Jazz Dickens? Jazz
is at 130. He could move up, but he's 5 '2".
He's a fucking meatball already. Yeah, so what
I will say is he probably hangs around for Inoue
Nakatani to happen and fights the loser. And
gets iced by them, too. They probably get smoked
by the loser, but it's a payday. Meanwhile, he's
going to hang around at domestic level like he
did pretty much his entire title reign, too.
What about Luis Neri? Neri smokes him. Like,
the thing is that, like, I love, like, Figueroa
pulled it out, but just look at the shot that
he caught ball with. Like, anyone at world, like,
real world level could land that. Which shot?
The first time or the second time? The big first,
the big one that caused the knockdown. That laid
him out? Yeah. Like, that one, anyone could land
that. Like, Neri could land that. Like, who was
the one who knocked Inoue down? Was it Neri too?
Or, yeah. Neri knocked him down. Cardenas knocked
him down. Okay, so yeah, like Neri caught him
with a, again, huge, huge left hand. Who's to
say that doesn't happen to Paul? Especially considering
it could be a Joe Joyce situation because he
hadn't been knocked down before this. It could
totally be a case of his chin cracked right there.
Yeah, he hadn't been down before. Not at all.
I don't think we've seen the end of Nick Ball
at the top level. If he could, moving down would
probably be ideal. Yeah, but... He's going to
have to work his way back up, either way you
look at it. That was a pretty devastating loss.
Like, because again, like, let's say, oh, I'm
going to just fight a top 10 guy at 122. That's
Cardenas. I got a good move for him. Go to what?
I was going to say, go to 130, fight Jazza Dickens,
and potentially get a title. If you win, you
do unification with Oshaki Foster. You know what's
hilarious, though? It would be Anthony Kakash.
Anthony Kakash, yeah. He's probably beating Jazza
Dickens. Honestly, Kakash has the best managed
career of all time. I mean, he's not that bad
of a fighter. He's pretty good. No, he's pretty
good, but I'm saying he's pretty good and he's
just tearing through all of the last generation
Brits at this weight range. Like, if Kid Galahad
was still around, Kid Galahad would be on the
fucking chopping block too. That is a name I
have not heard in a long time. Listen, I only
keep Kid Galahad as ball knowledge because, oh
my god, watching Kiko Martinez obliterate him
was so, so satisfying. It's such a good gift.
Let me see if Discord still has it. Kiko got
brought in as an easy scout for somebody and
he ended up sparking them, didn't he? Yeah, that
was Kid Galahad. That was him? That was his first
title defense. Because he beat Jazza Dickens
for the IBF World Featherweight title. Kiko Martinez
was the easy first defense, and then... It wasn't
so easy. Let me pull up the highlight here for...
Because it's so funny. It's actually so funny
watching it happen. This is one of my, like,
degenerate boxer fights. Degenerate boxing fan
fights where I actually sat down and watched
this live instead of just catching, like, this
broadcast afterwards. Like, if you skip... It's
so funny. It's basically... It's five seconds
into the sixth round. Five seconds into the sixth
round, he just destroys him with a right hand.
I'm pretty sure that's Howard Foster, like, cradling
him like a mother breastfeeding a child. Like...
It's just so... It's beautiful. But, um, yeah.
Akash, my favorite. One of my favorite Brit slayers.
Just the way he's only fought Brits for the past
couple years. What about you, Saul? Did you watch
all this Brit destroying? Or are you a new -gen
Brit hater? I'm a new Jimbo hitter. I'm not going
to lie. Shit. You got to watch it. Oh, my God.
He just lays him the fuck out. Holy shit. I'm
listening to it. I'm enjoying the history lesson.
I'm not going to lie and pretend like, hey, yeah,
that was a great fight, guys. It was not a great
fight. It was basically like. Kid Galahad would,
like, jab and take, like, two shuffle steps back.
And at the start of the sixth round, he just
times him on one of those step backs. And just
kills him. Oh, my God. Like, it's so funny. But
just Howard Foster instantly stepping in. Not
even, like, a doubt. He knew he was fucked up.
He knew he was dead. Oh, he died. Like, straight
up, it was so funny. So that's what I mean by
Kakashi's taking out this entire generation of,
like, British featherweights at 130 now. Love
to see it. Love to see it. Nick Ball can join
this pantheon of late 2010s, 2020s British featherweights
who only fought each other. Um, Carl Frampton,
does he fit that bill? Let me see. Let me look
at his box rec just to see if he fought. He did
lose to Josh Warrington, actually. He was a part
of this generation. Yeah, I remember. I went
to his fight at the MGM Grand against Leo Santa
Cruz. Yes. Really good fight. A surprising amount
of people came out for Frampton. They always
come out to the United States. It's actually
weird. I'm not sure if we count him as Brit because
he's from Northern Ireland. So technically UK.
Close enough to British. To me, there's only
one Ireland. And it's the fucking Republic. Exactly.
Let's see. Let's go back to here. What does Brandon
Figueroa do from here? Like we were talking about.
Last time, we were talking about Bruce Carrington
and his lapses in sound defensive judgment, but
I don't think Figueroa can do... Can he do what
Castro was able to do? Can he do more than Castro
could? At an earlier point in his career, yes.
Right now, a little dicey. Yeah, that's... He's
washed. He's about... He's washed. I'm not going
to sugarcoat it with beef fig. He's definitely...
He's definitely on the tail end here. So he's
got enough for one good effort, basically. Trilogy
with Stephen Fulton. There you go, guys. Oh,
shit. Maybe a 140, but... Oh my god. How do you
move up two weight classes and still blow it,
dude? Unification fights don't look like they're
in the cards, though. Espinoza's a top -ranked
guy. Carrington is a top -ranked guy. He kind
of just gets to pick whatever non -champ in his
vicinity that he wants to basically go out on
a good note against. Yeah, I mean, it's going
to be fucking... It's going to be Hell's Hostage
and Makaladi, guys. A nice champion to add to
your card. To your cards. Yeah, like... Who did
Turkey extend the offer? He extended the offer
to fight on the card, but with no specific opponent,
right? Random Figueroa on Mexico versus the world.
Yeah, but no specific opponent. I think it's
going to be fucking... He didn't pick anyone.
Some random dude. Watch me anyway. Man, that'd
be some horrible reward. That'd be funny. What
a shitty reward. You pull a knockout of the year
out of your ass and immediately get rewarded
with hate. So your head is going to land anywhere
between the third and fifth row. That'd be funny.
It would be pretty funny, though. I don't hate
BFake that much, though, so I'd be a little sad.
You think he fights Sam Goodman? I was thinking
it. He could fight Sam Goodman. He's not a power
threat. Big payday in Australia. Yeah. He can
be caught, right? He's not that fleet -footed.
He's also not that good, so it's a fight he could
win. Exactly. Yeah, he's really not that good.
But he's good on paper. Yeah. Hmm. I'm looking
down the box rec list here. Omar Trinidad, that
fucking weirdo over at Zufa. I mean, I guess
you could do Neary or... Lewis Neary would be
a good scrap. I'm not going to lie. That'd be
a good scrap, but, like, again, I'm not... They
fought before. Yeah. At 122. Yes. Neary's fat
ass got taken out by a body shot. Mm -hmm. Still
not a good scrap. Not a good scrap, George Gonzalez.
George Gonzalez rematch for a world title. Not
needed. But not unwelcome either. I mean, honestly,
I know it sounds fucking dumb, but I seriously
think that a Stephen Fulton rematch is a possibility.
Those are making the weight, bro. I have a feeling
that the PBC is going to do some weird shit like
that. They're going to make him do a trilogy
fight. It's not too out of the realm of possibility
to keep it in -house, at least for the first
one. That's true. And Stephen Fulton could probably
win that one too. He beat him twice. Probably.
If Fulton doesn't show up, doesn't roll into
the ring, he'll do a good job. If anybody...
He wanted to take an easy first defense. Could
run it back with Mark McSayo. People thought
he won. So it was a good fight. And put the chatter
to rest. I don't remember who it is in Discord
that was just livid at the McSayo decision. Oh,
my God. We always have diehards for everything.
I actually love that chat. I think it was toast.
Yeah, I love that there's just diehards for everything,
though. It's funny. Yeah, like you wouldn't expect
a Max Ayo fucking Homer, but... Oh, there it
is. Yeah, there's one. Well, the world is Brandon
Figueroa's fucking oyster. right now for like
the next six months yeah he's got he's trying
to think of he's on borrowed time yeah who were
we talking about last time that has recently
won a title but josh kelly yes josh kelly that's
what we were talking about he's got a title now
but you got your find the highest bidder yeah
lewis lewis crocker could not find the uh highest
bidder it seems. So he gets to go lose to was
it Liam Parrow? Yep. Yep. Because I'm going to
say Liam Parrow is no joke and Lewis Crocker
is not that good. Not enough to beat Liam Parrow.
Anything more for Brandon Figueroa's Heroic rescue
of the WBA title. Heroic rescues. Sorry. More
like under new management. Under new management.
Nah, I know that V -Fake doesn't duck. It doesn't
duck, but I mean, it's not going to be fighting
unifications. That's more circumstances than...
That's politics. Yeah, that becomes a politics
discussion rather than a discussion on him. Well,
I don't think anything's going to be different
with that belt. Just a new... Maybe there might
be. I don't know. I mean, fuck. We've been having
our own version of Riyadh cards in America with
these PBC cards with fucking Top Rank and Mashroom
fighters on here. Stephen Fulton is... pretty
dangerous defense to take. Especially considering
you lost him twice. Exactly. Like, Stephen Fulton
has his number. Yeah. Again, I just don't think
it'll happen because of the weight. Yeah. This
is a guy who moved up a weight class and still
blew it by two weight classes. Like, he's ranked
at lightweight right now because of how bad he
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slash mwb. All right, into the previews. First,
Thursday, February 19th. Ohashi promotions at
Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Why are we talking about
this? Jin Sasaki is back, baby. Versus Marlon
Pagalpalan. That was mouthful. You know what?
It'll be fun. Yeah. Sasaki is fun. Fun little
card. I'm happy. And I'm always up at 3am, so
it doesn't matter. shit matchroom at the Nottingham
Arena on Saturday, February 21st. Let's see here.
Moving up the bill, David Allen. Anthony Joshua.
Dude, Anthony Joshua could have come out of that
car after the car accident and still stopped
Dave Allen in six. Like, come on. He could have
still been injured from the accident and still
done the job. No, I remember there was an infamous
TBA that ended up coming together late, and it's
probably... This one is boxing math, to use your
metaphor. So he had a barn burner against an
Argentinian dude named Ariel Esteban Bracamonte.
Bracamonte. That sounds worse than that. and
it was just a this fight was just a barn burner
they had their mouths like they were breathing
out of their mouths by the opening bell and they
just went to war it was it's probably like the
best it's probably the most fun worst fight you'll
ever see well like i will make sure to check
it out one day here i'll send you the the full
fight it's worth watching I'll watch it while
I'm playing some Nintendo. All boxing fans should
watch this fight because this should be your
bar for terrible heavyweight fights. Check it
out. If there are two guys that you know have
no aspirations to do anything ever at heavyweight,
they should at least be this fun while being
fat out of shape. Bracamonte and Gerald Miller.
Up to that point, they had the heaviest combined
weight for a professional fight. Until those
YouTubers... Yeah, they broke the scale with
their fight. It was a truck weighing scale, by
the way, so you know it's bad. It's fucking crazy.
I'm serious, dude. Boogie and Wings of Redemption.
That's what I mean by everyone has their vices.
My vices are just two fat dudes beating the shit
out of each other. Will always be my vice. Because
it's so fascinating. How are you a professional
athlete this out of shape? That's why they call
them heavyweights. Yeah, you ever jingle keys
in front of a baby? That's basically what it's
like. Moving up, the bill, Molly McCann. Meatball
Molly, the UFC chick. Meatball Molly. Meatball
Molly. Is in a six -rounder at super bantamweight.
Sandy Ryan is fighting for the vacant WBC super
lightweight title against Carla Zamora. Ishmael
Davis versus Bilal Fawaz. I think this is for
the... Like British and Commonwealth stuff. I
don't keep track of that. But I think I saw that
that's what this is. And in the headline, Lee
Wood versus Josh Warrington. What a rematch.
This is the one we've all been waiting for. It
was a barn burner. I'm so excited for the same
people to keep fighting each other forever. Josh
Warrington is one of the dirtiest fighters ever.
Literally ever. Oh, my God, dude. Like, I...
He's also probably, like... Like, Nick Ball heading
in the direction of, like, he loses and immediately
gets a shot at the same title because of politics.
Because, like, if you look at his resume, he'll
lose and then get another shot at the IBF and
then lose and get another shot at the IBF. Or
get into an eliminator with for the IBF. That's
how you game the system. Just, oh my god. And,
like, Lee Wood is probably one of the biggest
overachievers I've ever seen. Because he straight
up has, like, a rocky boxing ability. Like...
Full honesty, he's not great at boxing, but somehow
always wins. Most of the time. Most of the time.
Lost to Jazza Dickens, dude. He lost to Jazza
Dickens, and then got his ass beat pillar to
post for 12 rounds by Michael Conlon before pulling
it out. Yeah. That was one of my favorite knockouts.
Hilarious. It's just like a video. It looks like
one of, like, you know the 2007, like, punch
out on the Wii? Yeah. Oh, yeah. It looked like
one of those knockouts. Like, when you knock
Aaron Ryan out of the ring. Like, just the, like,
hilarious, like, epic knockout. Josh Warrington
was also up there. Again, also being hit pillar
to pole. Being... Punched, rabbit punched, head
butted, and need pillar to post. And then just
stops him randomly in the seventh. So, like,
as much as we can, as much as, as British as
he is, it's not, not fun to watch him. You know?
I would give him, like, the plucky underdog.
Yeah, like, he just. He just boxes like Rocky
does, but the whole thing in the Rocky movies
is that Rocky sucks. Hey, not in Rocky 3. I mean,
I guess, but he was also missing the Eye of the
Tiger, so. That's true. And those were all cherry
picks, according to Mickey. Well, he came in
being a roided out Soviet guy. Number one. Yeah,
but that was all Will. Like, let's be real. Like,
let's be real. Like, the whole point is that
he's kind of a bum who just, like, he's able
to take a hit and give it back. He's buffed Dave
Allen, you're saying? No. Dave Allen is not athletic
enough to give it back. Well, that's why he's
buffed Dave Allen. Dave Allen has been buffed
and still not giving it back. This is the thing.
We've seen him in every body shape and size.
And it's been the same thing. That's why I love
him. He's terrible. Let's move on to the ring
high stakes at the T -Mobile Arena. Starting
from the bottom, Bektamir Melikuziev, Versina
Akbeko. in a super middleweight fight. Yeah,
I'm not mad at this. It's, like, Beko isn't terrible.
Ish. No, yeah, he's not bad. I think, like, his
only losses are to really good people. His losses
are to Dave Morrell and Osley's Iglesias. No
shame there. And then in the 2010s, there's stuff
to, like, Vladimir Shishkin and Raymond Goetz,
but, like, whatever. Beck the Bully comes to
Rumble. He's vulnerable. He's vulnerable enough
to make it interesting. Frank Martin versus Nahir
Albright. 10 rounds at 140. My God. Keyshawn
Davis' son. Keyshawn Davis' father, I mean. Sorry.
Nahir Albright. Nahir Albright. Keyshawn Davis'
father. You know what? It would be really funny
if Frank Martin does him like he did Rance's
Bartholomew. That would be pretty fucking awesome.
It would be the funniest possible outcome for
just another, like... I mean, yeah, he's like...
He's like better than him, I guess. And then
he just kills him. I hear Albright took... He
pivoted from having a baby thrown at him. To
this. So, that's nice. Yes. Well, not just that.
He also won his last fight, too. Yeah, he also
beat Kelvin Davis, the inferior Davis brother.
And then got jumped in his dressing room by Keyshawn
Davis. Who had a stroller with a baby in it.
With a baby in it, yeah. Just on standby, by
the way. Just on standby. But you know what?
It'd be really funny if Frank Martin just plastered
him. No disrespect to Keyshawn Davis' father.
But I need more GIFs. They're really funny. More
Frank Martin GIFs. Frank Martin GIFs are always
so funny. Because the two we have of him are...
One is Tank, literally just... disintegrating
him. And the other one is of him disintegrating
Rance's Bartholomew. It's good. He also got rid
of the Muhammad Ali cosplayer Michelle Rivera,
so I will forever appreciate him for that. Will
you appreciate Richardson Hitchens? defending
his IBF super lightweight title against Oscar
Duarte. Good fight. Yeah, it's a good fight.
I'm just like, oh, my God. I want to be so high
on Hitchens, but he's like a caricature of how
people describe Shakur, how I describe Shakur
Stevenson. Yeah, no, I mean, Shakur never went
and almost lost to Gustavo Lemos and pretty much
had to get robbed. I'd rob him. I don't know.
Like, that's what I mean. Like, he's a caricature
of how people describe Shakur Stevenson. Africa!
Africa! It makes me, like, I want to like Hitchens.
He's clearly good, but also, like, fuck. Yeah,
he's talented, but at the same time, he's not
all that. I want to rip my hair out every time
I watch him fight because he could engage more.
He very much has the skill to engage more. And
it's not like he has pillow fists. He's just
a very negative fighter. I was going to say,
I was going to use that term. He's a very negative
fighter. He's just so negative because he clearly
has the pop to at least bother guys and then
just, oh my god. Like, even, like, yeah, him
stopping Cambosos, he was cool and all, but,
like, there were seven other rounds of NyQuil.
Whatever, man. Maybe Duarte will bring it out
of him, though. I'm hopeful that Duarte could
catch him with something. Oh, yeah. Just at least,
like, not even the win, just to make him do something.
Something that he's never done before. I was
telling... When I was talking with Shanada about
this fight a while ago, it said the same thing.
Just that Duarte catches him with something.
But I was thinking that that would make Hitchens
retreat into his cave a little more. Just be
more negative to avoid any more damage. He probably
will be. Next. Yep. Gary Antoine Russell defends
his WBA 140 title against Andy Hidaoka. Okay,
this fight's going to be gangbusters. I'm so
excited for this one. Me too. I like Andy. He's
really athletic, really explosive. Should be
fun. Fun clash. He's fun. Gary Antoine Russell
is good and fun. That's good. Great co -main.
This is probably going to be a way better fight
than the main itself. Let's be fully honest.
Yeah, I think you're right. As a fight, this
is so much better than the main. As much as I
do like Andy, there's always... There is always
talk when he comes up in Discord about whether
he's, you know, is he actually, who has he fought?
Is he actually that good? You know? Real. And
yeah, to an extent it's true, but this is the
time to find out. Because he's got a really fucking
elite opponent in front of him. So we're going
to see if the Andy stories are real. Let's see,
but I mean, I honestly feel like a guy that way.
I can't even call this one. See, unlike the Hitchens
fight, where I know Hitchens is probably going
to win, this fight, I can't decide. Because,
again, Gary Antoine Russell, great fighter, but,
I mean, have we ever seen him fight a guy kind
of like Andy Arauca with the... Same kind of
amount of closeness. I mean, come on. Pueyo.
Pueyo is a totally different skill set. I was
going to say, Pueyo, you've got to really get
a tang of the in and out, and it doesn't help
that. Who in his camp died that really threw
him off for that? His father? His father, yes.
So that fight is kind of a write -off. I can
agree with you on that. But I just think this
fight is just... In my opinion, it's going to
be the hardest fight of his career. Oh, absolutely.
Like, hardest fight of his career that he's present
for. Yeah. Like, this will show you what he's
made of. I agree. Like, if he gets... There's
a chance that either man can get knocked down.
There's a chance it could be a fight of the year.
You know? It could be fucking... It could be...
I don't see no way that this is not a gangbusters.
Oh, yeah. No, like, there's no... Both these
guys are going to engage and engage good. It'll
be... It is going to be gangbusters. Mm -hmm.
Just sucks that it's not going to be a PBC quality,
but... I mean, maybe they'll stop the 4K that
they used for Stevenson Lopez. Did they use 4K
for that? Hmm? Did they use 4K for that? It looked
like it. I don't know. We'd need Hazy's TV to
really tell. Yeah, that's true. We'd need a top
-quality TV, not the plasma TV that has been
so often discussed in chat. Noted. Hitchens Truther.
Hitchens Truther. That was for the main. And
in the main event. WBC welterweight champion
Mario Barrios fights Ryan Garcia. Ooh, we're
going to have a good one for this. Man, I'm going
to gouge my eyes out. I look at his box rack,
and every time I see two consecutive draws...
That shit is too funny, man. It's too funny.
It's so funny. I think we're going for number
three, depending on how Ryan shows up, too. I
got my last prediction with Ryan wrong. And I'm
going to go out on the land and say he's going
to win this fight. I think he's going to beat
Mario Barrios. He's more than good enough to
beat Mario Barrios. The question is, is he going
to show up locked in enough to do so? Well...
Because Mario Barrios is not durable at all.
I hate to say it, but it's not the tank fight
that makes me question the durability. It's the
Keith Thurman fight where the contractually...
Keith was wearing, like, 12 -ounce gloves and
still knocking him pillar to post. He rearranged
his face. Yeah, and those were with pillows.
Honestly, I'm going to keep it real with you.
I agree to a sense, but I think the fight that
shows me his vulnerability is with the Abel Ramos
fight. Well, I'm trying to ignore the two draws
in terms of, like... Vulnerability? No, just
in general, because, like, it's kind of... The
longest -lasting welterweight champion is a dude
who just gets nonstop draws. I mean, let's be
for real. I mean, the Keith Thurman fight, I
know the 12 -ounce gloves, pillow fist, but also
Keith Thurman's also pretty damn good. At the
time, he was pretty good. Oh, I know, but he
was coming off an insane amount of ring rust
and just, like... beat his ass with pillows like
that's I'm not saying they should be doing no
damage but it's like every shot was wobbling
him yeah which is like that's more damning like
he took Keith Thurman yeah home run right hand
whatever he took it off the gloves and still
shook as he's a big guy dude and the thing is
but one thing is that Keith Thurman was accurate
as fuck is Ryan accurate? He can be if he's fast.
Ryan hits harder. Yeah, 100%. I genuinely wonder
how big the ring is going to be on the site.
But if Ryan wins, it's going to be my knockout.
There's no way that Ryan's going to win. I think
Ryan's confounding. He's got that silly shell
that he still uses. It'll be really funny if
he gets confounded against the silly shell. What
I will say is... I genuinely think that Ryan's
going to fight. I think Ryan's going to fight
desperate in this fight, and so is Mario Barrios.
Both of them are at the... Obviously, Mario Barrios
is champion, but he's coming off two draws, and
Ryan is coming off a loss. His last fight was,
before that loss, was Devin Haney, where it was
overturned. The fight before that is Oscar Duarte
in, like, what, 2023? 2023. That's the last time
he legitimately... Won a fight fair and square.
Nothing being overturned. Not a loss. Last time
he was in a championship bout was, I believe,
with Tank. And he lost too. No, wasn't Rowley
for... I meant the time before that too. So all
championship fights that he had, he lost. So
we'll see what happens with Barrios. I generally
think this is going to be the time he becomes
champ. He really has to. A, the universe needs
to make it happen before Virgil gets a world
title fight. B, that's the number one way to
get a Devin Haney rematch or to run it back with
Rowley. One thing I will say is that Mario Barrios,
he's coming into imminent enemy territory. I
will say, though. Haney -Ryan unification does
a crazy gait. Oh, yeah. 100%. Crazy gait. Crazy
gait review. That's a crazy gait. That's a crazy
fight, like, commercially. People are not going
to remember Mario Barrios, or they're not going
to remember Roley if Ryan knocks out Mario Barrios,
who is arguably might be better than Roley in
terms of skill. He's better than... Well, if
you use Tank as the measuring stick, one, like,
kept it close with Tank down the stretch. The
other guy got nuked in as soon as Tank got sick
of carrying him. Yeah. I gotta say that. I think
Mario Barrios, if he wins, he's gotta knock out
Ryan. He can't go wait for it, Ryan, because
someone's... Tim Cheatham's gonna put a fucking
7 -5 Ryan card in there. Or, like, 9 -3. I don't
even care if Mario Barrios got robbed low -key
after the double draw robbery. The drawberry,
as Leo says. Yeah, the drawberry. Two consecutive,
by the way, drawberries. But I have not... I
can see it happening. I can see some shit happening.
It'd be really funny if he just has three fights
in a row that are all ridiculously controversial.
My thing is that Ryan's for sure going to get
that Devin Haney fight no matter what. Oh, yeah.
Whether it happens now or later. I don't know.
Or if it's even big. Yeah. You know? Because
if Ryan loses, I mean, Ryan is not... Obviously,
he's still a star, but he's not seen as how he
was years ago. He's not at that same level at
all. He fell from grace pretty hard. Yeah, he
fell from grace pretty hard. He's surviving off...
Going on kick streams with fucking some dude
named Oblivion. Who, again, he's a streamer.
But, I mean, he's not as big as the other guys
that are out there. Before he was doing Aiden
Ross and all this shit with fucking other people.
Jake Paul before. But, I mean, now he's doing
fucking with, what, Oblivion? He's scraping the
bottom of the barrel. And Ryan needs this win.
He needs it. And honestly... I think he sounds
pretty good. I haven't heard his Vice voice recently,
the one he had with Demi Haney. So that's pretty
good. I don't think he's drinking or partying
like crazy. You think he's locked in? I genuinely
think he's locked in. I think he was locked in
last time too, in a sense, but I think he uses
the excuse that he wasn't. I don't know. That's
my opinion of it. Granted, also, he's also popping
up on stream, so what the fuck do I know? I'm
a fucking boxing fan. I'm not an analyst like
fucking all these other guys. I'm in the fucking
gym every day. What the fuck do I know? He might
just be in it for the money. All very compelling
points that you made, both of you. I am going
to stand by. I would very much like for there
to be another draw. Simply because it's too fucking
funny. To have three draws in a row. Arguably
lost. More than likely. Probably did lose. But
you got a draw anyway. Oh my god. Let's not remember
that. The Fabian Maidana scores. Were also a
little wide. They were a little wide. Considering
that Maidana. Actually gave him trouble too.
So this is. Man, please, please, Ryan, free these
shackles. The Devin Haney rematch would be excellent
if it was a unification. It's probably going
to happen regardless. They're going to call it
the legendary unification fight, like how they
did with Crawford and Spence, Spence and Porter.
They're going to try to put it like, which it
will. It's going to be up there with. It's probably
one of the most popular welterweight unifications
in history. Yeah. But, I mean, I don't know.
If it happens naturally like that, I'll be happy.
But, I don't know. No tears will be shed for
Mario Barrios' title reign. No. Not at all. Not
even Omyra Figueroa's. Well, I don't think she's
even around anymore. No, they split up. What's
up with her now? She's back on the market, baby.
Oh, Leo. Leo, you got them B -sized connections
to Bob because he calls you up to B -fig. But
how good we've been talking about him. Like,
hey, introduce me to your sister. Oh, my God.
I wonder why they split up. That's actually kind
of interesting. Yeah, there's no rationale. All
I've found is social media posts saying something
like, I have stepped into the hardest role in...
In the world. Being a single mother. With no
mention of why. Maybe he left her. Because I
don't see him mentioning her. Yeah. I checked.
While we were watching the Figueroa fight. For
some reason. I got zoned in on it. And I checked
both of their stuff. And they scrubbed each other.
Jesus Christ. And they have a kid together too.
They do. Well, I don't know. Maybe he was, like,
doing some shit behind her back, or maybe she
was doing shit behind his back. But to scrub
like that with a kid, I don't know. That seems
kind of interesting. That's harsh. B -Sides drama.
Boxing B -Sides drama club over here. Yeah. Well,
I mean, after Saturday, when Ryan Garcia takes
Barrios' title, he'll still have a... The baby
will still have a world champion uncle. It's
a better role model. Yeah. And soon to be owner
of a podcast and ex -military. Stepfather. Why
not? Fuck it. I'm going for it. I gotta go to
Waslaco, Texas. Let's see. Last words on the
ring high stakes. High stakes? I'm hungry. The
real main event is Russell vs. Hiroko. The people's
main event. I wonder why it's not like a dual
headline. Or even like a PBC. I actually liked
when PBC did the two, two charlots in one night.
That was, that was a really, that was a really
good card and idea. But what I mean is like,
it's, it's on, it's on DAZN and PBC. Oh, have
it streaming on both networks. Yeah. I thought
you were talking about doing like the two, two
cards thing. And I'm like, ah, that was, that
was so good. No, like, seriously, it just fills
up. It was such a good idea, though, like, because
you basically have two good undercards, two good
mains, one price, all in one place on one afternoon.
It's great. Now we got that shit on the zone.
No, we don't. I wish we had. I wish we had cards
that good on the zone. Remember when Turkey said
he was going to do a pay -per -view for $25 and
then said it was going to be free? And then his
own remember when his own said pay -per -view
was dead and then gave Tevin Farmer six million
billion dollars. I think I saw a video the other
day of a generational boxing one. It was fucking
about Tevin Farmer. I was like, okay, I'm not
watching this shit. Oh, I saw that exact like
TikTok and I was like, we're really glazing Tevin
Farmer right now. Yeah. What's this? What's this
shit? I mean, I'll respect Tevin Farmer. Respect
to him like over earning and overachieving. But
like. The latter, like, half of his career is
literally just, like, Eddie Heard throwing money
away. And then Floyd Schofield becoming the king.
All right, one more card before we get out of
here. Sunday, February 22nd, Salida promotions
on DAZN in Detroit. Oh. There's really only one
fight on here that really matters. Clarissa Shields,
the undisputed heavyweight champion. Oh, this
is at heavyweight too? Yeah. Oh man, Cruz Dizern
is going to be immobile. Rematching Franchon
Cruz Dizern. They've made their pro debut against
each other. Fuckin' 2016. What was that at like...
Super welterweight? Super middleweight. Heavyweight
is such a... This is the fakest division ever
to exist in boxing. Women's heavyweight? Women's
heavyweight. Oh my god. Like, I can't... For
the record, Cruz Dizern is getting dragged up
from super middleweight for this fight. Like...
Man. Like, Clarissa really, I don't think she
has better uses of her time, frankly, but I also
don't think getting mad when people say no one
watches your fights is also, like, there's both,
this is a rare, like, both sides of a fighter's
validity in regards to viewership argument are
actually correct. I really wish Shadesha Green
didn't suck. If she didn't suck, we would have
had... It would have been actually a pretty good
name for a shield. But, uh, no. The... Just to
add to the, like, calling this the fakest division,
the different sanctioning bodies have the weight
the same, and I believe it's 175. Some of them
call that heavyweight, others call that light
heavyweight. But, uh, yeah. Oh, shit! The WBF?
title's gonna be on the line too oh my god holy
shit oh my god dude i'm just oh my god i'm just
so over like this isn't like a fighter i can
say when will you fight anyone good like no when
will someone good appear at your weight class
before you age out she is currently 30. I know,
which means we got like 10 more years for someone
else to pop up who's okay. By age 45, I think
she'll be beatable by the people around her,
though. BoxRec only has one page of women's heavyweights.
Only 49 women on those. And only four, no, five,
hold on, only six with winning records above
1 -0. Yeah, a good chunk of these are 0 -2, 0
-3. 9 -12 -1, 16 -38 -0. 16 -38 -0 is such an
entertaining record because how did you fight?
You're just fighting people who don't exist.
Actually, never mind. Wait, she's at heavyweight
right now, but she did fight Amanda Serrano in
2011 at 126. 15 years ago, man. Holy shit. That's
how dire it is. We have featherweights fighting
at heavyweight. The number two ranked heavyweight
is a 7 -0, what is that, Colombian. She's 24
years old. You know what? Might as well just
throw her in. Throw her in with shields. There's
no other. She's 24, considering the rest of the
top five is above age 35. Yeah, and this Colombian
chick, she's been heavyweight the whole time,
so it's not like she's moving up from... Maybe
the size. Maybe the size will do it. I don't
know. I think Shields still has another 15 years
before she becomes beatable. No one's going to
be touching her. She's got another 15 years.
That's a crazy thing to think, though. It's not
even hyperbolic when I say that she has 15 years
on this planet before she becomes beatable. Yeah,
any fights that she takes from now to then, she's
not going to be taking any damage. No. Realist,
if she wanted to keep going to age 50, she could
still be competitive at age 50. She hasn't taken
any damage in her career. She's skilled on top
of being athletic, but the skills still remain
even as that wanes. It's not like there's any
power to fade. Yeah, there was the talk of paying
Layla Ali to come out of retirement just to make
some kind of compelling fight. I think she has
to start doing the George Foreman seven women
in one night. Just line up seven women for her
to fight back to back to back to back. I'd watch
it. I'd watch it and you don't even have to fill
in an undercard. That's the card. The only ones
who really have a chance are at the end. Yeah,
at the end. You put the best opponents at the
end, and that's how you do it. It's not even...
I can't even... Most fighters, you can come up
with a reason to slander them. Clarissa Shield
has no... Zero people within 50 pounds of her
that can give any sort of reasonable challenge.
It's just hilarious, honestly. Maybe she should
have stayed an amateur, honestly. Until recently.
She probably could have had another Olympic medal.
Yeah, probably could have gotten endorsements.
Yeah, more endorsements, another Olympic medal,
and then still turn pro and have the same career.
And the 200K for making the Olympic team. Yeah.
She would have had the same career no matter
what moment she turned pro in. So, like, I don't
know. The fact that we're even discussing this
instead of the quality of the fight itself speaks
volumes with her at this point. Yep. There's
not a whole lot to say on it, because Clarissa's
going to whip that ass, and that's pretty much
it. That's about it. Mm -hmm. And how. Okay.
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Go to the Wayside Sports Review. All right, we
are heading into Barrios Garcia. Lee Wood, Josh
Warrington. Nah, we're doing Antoine Russell
and Andy Hiroka. That's the weekend we got. Parting
words. I hope Ryan Garcia wins because that'll
mean a Devin Haney rematch is... Almost certain.
Or maybe he could fight Brian Norman Jr.? Well,
no. I had to throw him in there, guys. I'm sorry.
Get him out of here. On a real note, the people's
main event, Andy Hirooka and Gary Antoine Russell,
I really hope that fight is as good as it promises.
Because that's such an easy fight of the year.
Contender. Just on paper. Alright. That's going
to do it for this edition of the Boxing B -Sides.
We'll see you on the other side of Garcia Barrios.