This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing
Before Dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.
Back. Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before.
Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This
is Boxing Before Dark. Alright. God damn, it's
Boxing Before Dark. We are back up in your ears
to talk the fights. Shanada, Japan is not treating
you well as you start heading towards the door.
No, work's been absolute shit. But, but, there
is a light a couple months away. They announced
Rod Tang is headlining the One Samurai in Ariaka.
I tried to watch him last time he was in Japan
and he had to pull out. So I'm going to pick
up another ticket, and if he doesn't make this
fight, he's dead to me. His career's about dead,
too, at this point. Yeah, I think his career's
kind of on life support anyways, but I would
really like to see him fight live once. That
would be pretty cool. It's a cool thing to say
you did, right? Yeah. Yeah. Which is why I'm
also excited about March, because I get to see
Knockout CP Freshmart. I bought my ticket. Everything's
looking good, except it's a Sunday. Travel arrangements
have to be made. It might be earlier, hopefully,
so that it finishes earlier. I'm wondering, now
that I think about it, if they did that because
Ola Squaga's the headliner. Oh, to have it...
Like he's American? Yeah, to have it timed for
them. For us, I guess. Yeah, like, Donair's the
co -main, so maybe it'll be fairly early in the
day. Interesting. Because I was trying... I was
checking, and on Tapeology, it says that the
start time is 3 Eastern in the morning. Oh, then
it's not... Yes, seems like a standard start
time for Japan. Getting back from Yokohama might
be hard. I don't know where this stadium is.
It depends how hard it is to get from the stadium
to the main train line. We'll see. If I get stuck
in Tokyo overnight, I get stuck in Tokyo overnight.
I can salary man it. Just go drink till 5am and
catch the train and show up hungover as fuck.
is that the like the stereotype or the common
thing that happens the stereotype is that they
come to work hungover quite often but i don't
think it's usually on monday it's usually on
like a thursday or a friday makes sense i guess
to do it later in the week yeah Later this year,
Mayweather Pacquiao 2 on September 19th. The
fight nobody wants. Like, who's excited about
this? Fucking, I can't imagine. I really don't
know. It's not like the first fight was no fun.
I guess the idea is that Mayweather will be rusty
enough and Pacquiao's been active. I think. I
think that's what they're trying to do. I think
it's just two big names that Netflix thinks people
will tune in for. If it's free to watch with
the subscription, then yeah, probably. I hope
they stack the undercard, though. Get some good
boxing in front of a bunch of casual eyes. That's
what a lot of the chatter I've been seeing online
is, is that we're putting two guys in their late
40s. As the headliner, it's going to turn people
off to the sport because you're going to be watching
old men well past their times. I don't think
they need to stack the undercard with names,
but they need a pro box style undercard. Good
matchups. Good matchups that are exciting if
you have no idea what you're watching. They really
need to put some bangers on the undercard. Yeah,
you're absolutely right. Because what card was
Mbili Lester on? Canelo Bud. Okay. But, like,
they need fights like that. They need just two
guys swinging with, like, high action so that
the casuals are like, oh, yeah, this boxing stuff's
kind of, like, pretty good. If it's all lopsided
fucking mismatches, it's... It's going to be
bad for the sport, not good. Yeah, I agree. Putting
your blue -chip prospects into showcase fights,
this isn't the time for that. No, you need close
matchups. I have heard rumors that it's Pacquiao
and Mayweather that are doing it, so it'll be
their stable of fighters. Oh, no. Yeah, so I'm
a little worried. They got Manny Pacquiao Jr.,
Kermel Moten. Moten could be flashy and get a
knockout, at least. Hopefully, you would think,
but he's moving up quite a bit for his next fight.
He's moving up like three divisions. Yeah, I
don't know. I'm a little nervous that this is
not going to be good. Yeah. Then I'm going to
have to field all the fucking questions from
other people I know who are going to tune in
for this because it's Mayweather Pacquiao. Yeah,
like, it could be a really big opportunity for
the sport, but I kind of think they're going
to fumble it. I honestly get the feeling as well.
Which sucks. Well, another spectacle on the horizon.
Oleksandr Usyk is fighting glory kickboxing champion
Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza on May
23rd. What the fuck? This must be pretty breaking.
I haven't heard this before. This must have broken
while you were sleeping, because we've been talking
about it for a bit in Discord. Goddamn. Yeah,
that's going to be a weird fight. Verhoeven's
a really good kickboxer, though. Yes. Yes, he
is. His record in kickboxing is 54 and 10. The
only concerning thing is... His knockout ratio
is really low, so he's not a power threat. You
can't sell it as a power guy. Right. Yeah. I
don't know. I'm kind of done with these circus
matchups. I'm not going to lie. I want Usyk to
just fight somebody young and viable. You know
who's not done with circus matchups? The WBC.
The title is going to be on the line. This is
a voluntary defense. How the fuck? Exactly. What?
Yeah. This is his first boxing match, isn't it?
I don't think so. But he has not had many. Let
me make sure. He definitely doesn't deserve a
title shot. Yeah, doesn't matter how many fights
he's had. If any. He's had one. Okay, so I was
pretty close. It was a four -rounder that he
won in two. Knockout in two over Janos Finfera,
who was 0 -5 at the time. Perfect. And this guy
gets a title shot. This gets more stupid the
more I fucking look into it. What the fuck? yeah
uh this if you're gonna do a crossover event
do a crossover event whatever at this point like
fuck it who cares but wbc like what the fuck
is this the wbc is losing credibility at an enormous
rate right now big time that's fucked um Doing
it like the novelty of doing a fight at the pyramids.
I get it. People, we were looking into it. People
do concerts there. There are events that are
hosted at that location. Location. So it's not
unusual to have something like this. It's the
crossover. The novelty of the crossover. It's
fine. Really. highly competitive world champion
kickboxer. There have been plenty of kickboxers
who've crossed over and done really well. Chris
Algieri's one. There are quite a few heavyweights
that were listed as well. But the title, dude.
The title should not be on the line. And yeah,
if Usyk wants to do crossover fights for big
money, fuck it. I mean, Usyk can kind of do what
he wants. Go for it. What the fuck are you doing,
WBC? Wait. At this point, I feel that Usyk could
genuinely vacate all the titles and do circus
shows. And just make money. Yeah. And it's completely
fine. Like, you're not holding anything up. But,
like, Agit Kabayel has been waiting for his shot
at a belt. Specifically the WBC for quite some
time. He should be pissed. Yeah. He is the mandatory
after this, which we're assuming Usyk's going
to pretty much take him to school. Verhoeven,
I mean. I would assume. Yeah. And then Caballel
gets a shot. Imagine if Verhoeven, with his weird
footwork, throws Usyk off and lands a punch from
the gods. What if Usyk gets Sarast? The power
of the pharaohs. In Verhoeven's Fist. Boxing
would be dead. Yeah, I might... That would be
one of my... Throw my hands up. I'm not watching
this shit anymore. Goddamn. I like Goosing, but
I kind of want it to happen now. Just as a...
just doesn't stop doing this fucking stupid shit.
Like, eventually it's gotta blow up, right? Yeah.
It happens, like, cherry picks go wrong all the
time. This would be worse than a cherry because
it's coming from another sport altogether. Yeah.
I mean, it's not gonna happen, but it would make
boxing look so bad. power of the pharaohs verhoeven
is secretly moon knight uh yeah so verhoeven
he's signed a two fight deal with misfits i don't
know if it was misfits or mf pro but he's with
that group and i think this is one of the fights
on the deal Yeah, I don't follow misfits at all.
But, like, Rico Verhoeven's a bit of a legend.
Like, if he wants to get his bag, get your bag,
man. Like, I don't think kickboxing pays the
best. Yeah, definitely not what he's going to
be getting paid for this. Yeah, well, I think
the misfits guys get paid pretty decent for what
misfits is, right? Yeah, I think you're right.
It's owned and operated by one of the original
influencer boxers, the KSI dude. Yeah. So, like,
he'll make money. So, good on him, I guess. But
the WBC needs to get their shit together. Take
all your shit and put it in a box and get it
together. Like, what the fuck? It makes me think
of all the situations where WBC has been citing
rules and regulations and bylaws of the organization
to strip very qualified fighters. And then you
do this. Where are your rules and bylaws now?
They don't matter if they make a lot of money.
Of course. That's all that is driving this. Fucking
stupid. Yes. Yes, it is. But what isn't stupid,
Top Rank and ESPN are at the negotiating table
to renew their broadcast deal. Very surprised
to have heard of that, just because... It seemed
like ESPN was getting out of the fight sports
game altogether. But I'm glad to see TopRank
is going to find a home. I'm glad TopRank's finding
a home. And honestly, I like having boxing on
TV. Yes. Like ESPN or TSN in Canada, those are
channels that every sports bar has. Successfully.
Yeah, you can go to the bar and if there isn't
a big game on, you can be like, hey, there's
boxing on channel 401. Can you switch it for
me? You know? Yeah. Yeah, I used to do that with
Buffalo Wild Wings. Typically, they only show
UFC. Yeah. But I could go to any Buffalo Wild
Wings and say, can you put one of these on ESPN?
Yeah, like in Canada, Boston Pizza will do that
for you every time. But even my local, like,
just one -off pub by my house would do it if
there wasn't a big hockey game. You know, like
they have TVs set up, they can show three channels.
They'll switch two of the TVs to boxing for you
or something. Yeah. The... End of the road is
in view for Katie Taylor. She's going to take
one last fight in Dublin and she's done. I think
that's a good move. Katie's gotten old and she's
taken a shit ton of punishment. It's time. Yeah,
I was going to say it's been time. It's been
time for a little while in my opinion, but one
last fight. in Dublin. It's going to be fucking
huge. People will turn up for Katie Taylor's
retirement. And I think she kind of deserves
that big send -off. Absolutely. Fucking trailblazer.
Especially in Ireland. Well, she legitimately
had to take him to court to get women's boxing
legal in Ireland. She deserves her one last big
send -off. But I'm glad she's made the decision
to make it a send -off. Oh, instead of just another
event? Yeah. In her career. I think if you know
it's your last fight and you're that big a name
and you announce it, it lets your fans come out
and make it special. Rather than having one last
fight and then announcing it at the end. I think
more people will show up because they know it's
her last fight. Yeah, that's what I was thinking
is if they know that this is the last chance
they have to see the Katie Taylor fight, then
they're going to go. Yeah. And like, I just think
the atmosphere will kind of be set up for it
being a retirement party almost. The crowd will
be bigger and louder and... They'll probably
sing her some song. I don't know. Yeah, the festivities
will be. Different than if she. Was just fighting.
She announced it after the fight. Yeah. Yep.
Well, we'll be. We'll be watching. For Katie.
Fucking it. End of an era, though. Yeah. Like.
Yeah. She's been around since the beginning of
women's boxing. I wonder. If the end of the Katie
Taylor era is a good cutoff point for switching
to three minute rounds. Like the peak amateur
and very accomplished professional is retiring.
I mean, you've still got the old men making the
rules. Well. When has that gone wrong? I don't
disagree with you. I'm just saying I don't think
it'll happen. They don't give a shit. Well, speaking
of not giving a shit, the Kazakhstan Sports Authority
gives Jannebeck a six -month suspension. So he
pretty much just can't fight in Kazakhstan for
six months. Okay, but did you see the craziness
that came out with all of this? No. Apparently,
he had a stroke a few months before. What? Yeah.
Yeah, I remember seeing that in Discord briefly,
but I was like, no, no fucking way. He's a young
man. He's fine. Okay, so I actually knew a guy,
and he wasn't a professional athlete, but he
just trained really hard to keep in shape and
stuff for, like, health reasons, and he was running
marathons and shit like that, and he stroked
out in a gym. Like, I think he's not that much
older than me, and this happened years ago. He
was probably in his, like, mid -30s. Yeah, it's
about Janabek's age. Shit just happens sometimes,
right? So, I mean, if he did have a mini -stroke,
I think is the way they phrased it, I don't know
if he should be boxing. Doesn't seem like a good
idea to me. But the doctors don't give a shit.
Like... But that was their argument was that
it was leftovers from being in the hospital or
something. Because they do treat you with like
steroids and stuff to get your blood flowing
and things. Oh, right. So that's where the PED
pop came from? That was their stance. That's
the explanation that they offered. Yeah, it was
accidental while he was in the hospital. But
that's just fucking crazy too. Like, if you're
having mini strokes, you shouldn't be getting
punched in the face. He cuts down a lot to stay
at 160. And that does not help with stuff like
that. Absolutely. At all. Not good for your brain.
Not good for your health in general, but definitely
not good for your brain. Yeah. To dehydrate yourself
that much. So... If they're believing his story,
and I assume if it's true he sent medical records
to the commissions and stuff, I assume they would
ask for that. And, uh, I mean, if that's what
it is, I can kind of see a slap on the wrist.
Like, you're not going to not let the doctors
treat you. Yeah, that does give it better context,
so. But also, if you're having mini strokes,
you should retire. Yes. Man, that is wild. Again,
this is just stuff I saw on Discord from other
sources, obviously. But like, Vom's usually pretty
good about picking his sources to share. Yes,
she is. That whole thing is just fucking crazy,
though. And which organization gave him a one
-year suspension from the day he popped? WBO?
Yeah. Which is also just a slap on the wrist.
He probably wasn't fighting within a year anyways.
It was leading up to the Lara fight. It was a
few weeks away when he popped. Right, okay. Yeah,
I don't know. That whole story is crazy. Man,
Janet Beck. What the fuck, man? Another reason
why people should all fight closer to their natural
weight. Yeah, I've... With, um... We'll talk
about it a bit in a second. I think... Richardson
Hitchens pulling out of his fight. Yeah. He also
cuts weight like a motherfucker. That was a...
That reignited the... Should we get rid of next
day weigh -ins? Should we just do same day weigh
-ins again? I've... I've looked into this stuff
a little bit. And instead of 10 pounds like the
IBF does, 10 % of the weight I think would be
a good middle ground. So if you fight at 147,
you can rehydrate, I guess you'd round up 15
pounds. So you're fighting closer to your natural
weight, and you're still not ballooning outside.
And I generally, there's not a whole bunch on
it, but rehydrating more than... 10 to 15 % doesn't
help you anyways. You've done too much of a weight
cut. So you've only really hurt yourself. Yeah,
like it's kind of a bell curve. Yeah. And that
like 10 % is pretty near the middle of the bell
curve. And there's some fighters who can rehydrate
better than others and all that sort of stuff.
Like bodies are different. But I kind of think
a percentage like that, uh, rehydration clause
would be effective. Right. And not damaging.
10 % at flyweight versus middle is, yeah, those
are two very different numbers. Or light heavy.
Right. Like, so, like, the 10 pounds, I think,
is too harsh for the higher weight classes. It
works for the guys I like because that's about
10%. Right, yeah. But a percentage of each weight
class, I think, might be a good middle ground
that I don't think anyone's tried yet. They tried
same -day weigh -ins and people were dying. They've
tried this and people rehydrate so much. Like...
But if you keep the rehydration controlled, it
might be better for the fighters. We'll have
to call Daryl Peoples. Yeah. I do kind of wish
that, and this is many things, but I do kind
of wish the boxing commissions would put more
interest in science. Like, they could pay for
these studies to be done. And these sorts of
studies wouldn't be that expensive. You're paying
for a couple scientists and you're basically
just using the blood tests and shit that they
probably already take. Just someone re -examining
it from a different lens. Yeah. Rather than,
this is how we've always done it. Yeah, like,
it... It kind of surprises me that none of these
combat sports guys... pay any money for science
to be done. And if you have people who are already
funded pay -wise, you're just paying for the
tests and giving them work. Science is expensive,
but there's ways to make it not so expensive.
I should call up a couple universities and try
and get some grant money. But I don't do human
stuff. I'd have to find friends that do human
stuff. You'd just be like the project director?
I could just write the grant. Hmm. Lewis Crocker
is pulling out of his title defense against Liam
Parrow. Why? I didn't see what specifically it
was, but I saw that he was injured. When was
that scheduled for? I don't remember. It's not
real soon. No, I think it's April. Must be a
bad injury if he's pulling out of an April fight.
Yeah. Let me see if I can... Find it real quick?
Yeah, I want to see what it is. Hand injury.
Hand injury, yeah. Ooh, ligament damage is not
good. That might be a career problem. Yeah, I
don't think it'll be an ender, but it could become
a problem. That sucks. That was kind of a decent
matchup, I thought. Yeah, would have been nice
to see. Liam Parrow back in the title picture.
It still would have been the weaker of the four
champs. Yeah, but still. And Ireland in Australia,
like, people would come out for that. Oh, man.
Will people come out for this double headliner,
Laurence Acoli versus Tony Yoka? And Bakari Samake
versus Ermal Hadribe. I think it is Hadribe.
No. No. April 25th. Nobody cares about any of
these people. In Paris. In Paris? Yes. We'll
have to send Vom. He lives in Paris. To go heckle
Tony Yoka? I honestly could not care less about
Akoli or Yoka. And I honestly don't recognize
the other two names. I don't either. I don't
know if you do. Okay. Yeah. I do not give a shit
about this card at all. Do you give a shit about
Andrew Tabidi signing with Zufa? No. I also don't
know who that is. cruiserweight contender you
have here i had that just in case um you needed
a little primer so that must be for what's his
name yeah yep i was drawing a blank i all that
was coming was a coley i'm like that's not the
same person yeah i'm guessing that's what they
signed him for So Opetai is just going to be
knocking over cans at Zufa, too. Yay. Excellent.
The best fighting the best. Mm -hmm. Did you
see that they've announced their first belt fight?
Zufa? Yeah, I think it's the light heavyweight.
Hot Rod is going to be... Yeah, I forget who
the other one is, but Hot Rod's fighting for
the Zufa belt. Oh, boy. Yay. The five belt era
has begun. Excellent. I do actually kind of like
hot rod. I do too. He's entertaining. He's fun
to watch. So, I mean, getting the Zufa belt,
I guess is going to get them more money. I assume.
Yeah. He'll get paid better for sure. So good
for hot rod, but like who gives a shit about
Zufa belts? Yeah. Right. Like whatever does it
for you. If the Zufa title. Fucking gets you
going, then have at it. I mean, he signed with
them, so what else is he going to fight for?
But it's not like he was getting other title
shots anyways. Honestly, Hot Rod is that level
that I was expecting to go to Zufa and just,
you know, exist. He is at that level, isn't he?
He was not going to get a title shot with anyone
else. No. Pro box title. Right. The title picture
for Light Heavyweight is jammed up with Beevil,
Better BF, and Benavidez. Yeah. Not a chance.
So, like, for Hot Rod, it made sense to go to
Zufa, and I'm glad to see he's going to make
more money. Speaking of making money, Frank Warren
is filing suit against, I think this is Sela
and TKO and Zufa. And I think Turkey is listed,
or is that Sela? I think he's the Sela. Okay.
Yeah, Frank Warren doesn't lose very often. One
billion is madness. I don't think he's going
to get that, but... It would not surprise me
if he has a real case. Frank Warren doesn't file
nonsense lawsuits. He's not litigious, I think
is the word. Well, he is litigious, but only
when he has grounds. Okay. Shrewd litigious man.
Yeah, like, I don't know. This is interesting.
I'm interested to see what happens here. Yeah,
so for the uninitiated, the lawsuit is that Frank
Warren was supposed to be like a partner organization
as those entities built up their boxing operations.
And the case is that Frank Warren got cut out
before the terms of the contract were fulfilled.
So the... more specific that I've heard but I
I think this is listed in the lawsuit is that
Frank Warren gave them access and helped build
a road plan for them to get into boxing that
he was supposed to be a part of And that was
written in the contract. Like he would help them
develop and plan their entrance into boxing and
be part of it. And then they cut him out. So
that's the part, like basically they're stealing
his business plan. So that's the more like specific.
It's not just, oh, you guys said you'd play with
me and then you didn't. It's we talked specific
business strategies and I helped them design
these business strategies. And that was part
of the contract. And then they broke the contract
when they took me out and stole my IP, basically.
I don't know the right words for business stuff,
but... Proprietary information. Yeah, basically
they came in and just... ransacked him business
-wise. Thanks for the plan, Frank. Peace. Yeah,
which is illegal if they had a contract saying
otherwise. Yeah, that was... I don't imagine
he would be suing otherwise. If they had... Yeah,
I'm actually pretty interested in this one because...
I mean, Dana and Sella and those guys, they all
kind of, from the outside, appear like they feel
super untouchable. And they can just do what
they want because no one has enough money to
fight them about it. But, I mean, if you break
the contract, you break the contract, Frank probably
has a leg to stand on in court. I think the $1
billion is probably to try and get them to settle
before. Like, not take it all the way to the
end. Yeah. Because the settlement would probably
be less than what the court result is anyway.
Which is not going to be a billion, but... No,
but I think the billion is just like... You always
aim high, right? Of course. I saw that Don King
is also suing them. Yeah, I didn't look into
that one. He's suing the TKO Zufa or whatever.
And the WBA. Because his guy, I think Michael
Hunter, was supposed to fight Gerald Miller.
And they pulled Gerald Miller for unknown reasons.
And Miller ended up fighting the hairpiece situation.
Right, right. So it's supposed to be Michael
Hunter that took his hair off. Right. I mean,
Don King does file nonsense lawsuits, but it
would also be funny if Don King won that one.
I do not cheer for Don King in any sense of the
word, but it would be kind of funny if even he
can get money out of suing Zufa. Yeah, whatever
dries them up. With Frank Warren suing the TKO
group and the Saudis, and then we've talked about
it previously with Eddie Hearn and really keeping
American fighters busy, are the fucking Brit
promoters saving American boxing right now? They
might be. God. I mean, those two are the only
ones that are really in the old guard doing anything.
They're kind of just saving boxing, I think.
Yeah. They've been keeping top rank afloat. That's
for sure. Yeah, I kind of hope we see the old
guard circle the wagons and get Zufa fucking...
In line, at least. I don't care if they exist,
but this we're gonna change everything has to
stop. Yeah. There's a... There has to be some
compatibility with how Zufa operates and how
everyone else does. A bit. I don't want a UFC
-style boxing entity. Zufa signs Conor Benn to
a one -fight deal worth 15 million to fight Regis
Progray at 150 pounds. That's fucked. Everything
about it's fucked. This was entirely them spending
a shit ton of money to piss off Eddie Hearn.
That's all this is. Oh, yeah. That's the only
reason it's Connor Ben. Yeah. But, like, there's
no way they make back a third of this. Who the
fuck cares about Regis Progray? This is going
to be on the Tyson Fury, Makhmudov card. I guess
they want to get Brits watching, but they were
going to watch anyways. Nobody is tuning in for
Connor Ben specifically. Yeah. That wasn't already
watching Fury. The salt from the UFC fighters
has been fucking tasty. They are fucking livid.
That Conor Benn, of all people, it's a lot of
who the fuck is this guy? And he's getting 15
mil for one fight. What's that, like 10 times
what the UFC guys get? Yeah, at least. To fight
nobody? Like, Regis isn't a nobody, but nobody
cares about Regis Progray. Like, he's not a big
name. Nope. I don't know. This is fucking stupid.
I think it's pretty goddamn funny. Let's spend
$15 million just to piss off Eddie Hearn. For
one fight after which Conor Benn can very easily
go back to the matchroom. It's a one fight deal,
dude. Maybe. But Eddie seems legitimately hurt
by this. I don't know if Conor can go back. That's
a pretty big backstab. Especially if it happened
the way Eddie says it did. Like, not even taking
a phone call. Yeah. I haven't seen anything from
the Connor -Ben team about it. Dana said that's
not how it went down, but you can't believe a
word he says. Dana can suck a dick. Give a shit
what that piece of shit says. What I really hope
continues to happen is dumb fuck moves like these,
Zufa continues to make just really stupid decisions
like this. Yeah. By all means, Connor Ben, get
paid, my man. You're the one putting your life
on the line here. Also, you have burnt, like...
such a bridge on this one because it's been um
what's the word verified that eddie hearn bailed
connor ben out during that whole drug scandal
lent him hundreds of thousands of dollars to
keep him afloat and he could he kept him working
because remember he had a few fights in the u
.s at the time like they were they were on at
uh the most odd times so that they could be prime
time in the uk Yeah. No, it's just, I know money's
money and everything else, but honestly, Connor
Ben probably would have made more money if he
just signed a multi -fight deal with Matchroom.
Probably could have gotten a fight with Regis
Progray. Yeah, he wouldn't have got $15 million
for that one fight, but they'd have got him three
fights for seven or eight. That comes out to
more money. Right, because you take this one,
it's a big bag. Congrats. Where do you go after
that? You're going to have to re -sign with Zufa,
and they're not giving you 15 mil again. No.
But also, this is very publicly 15 million for
fucking Conor Benn to fight a C -level fighter.
Boxers are going to want more if they have any
name value going to Zufa now. Hmm. Yeah. Also,
how stupid is Jio Pataya feeling? Because I know
he's not getting $15 million a fight. And he's
a fucking champion. Yep. Yeah, a lot of the big
name UFC guys have been like, where the hell's
my $15 million? Yeah. Well, and they should.
Absolutely. I really, really want this to fucking
backfire so badly. I think it's already starting.
Oh, God. I really want the UFC, the top guys,
and whatever grade of fighter they are, this
is like a good unionizing movement situation
right here. You're giving this fucking clown
15 mil while we're getting paid peanuts. Yeah.
This is absurd. UFC makes so much money. Yeah.
It's not like UFC can't afford to pay their fighters.
In 2025, they made $1 .5 billion in revenue.
And it was 50 % was profit. 57 % was profit.
So they're making $570 million a year. Yeah.
A little more than that. Yeah, to cover their
overhead and everything. And they don't have
$500 million in overhead. No, they don't. $1
.5 billion. 57 % profit. That's a thousand Connor
Benz. Where... Where is... Why... Why can't the
UFC dudes get paid? The money is clearly fucking
there. Yeah. Nah, I think this move into boxing
is going to backfire on Dana, or I'm hoping it
does. And it's going to be great. Pour me out
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Oh, man. Recap shit. It is a good time for recaps.
For the recaps. First one, Thursday, February
19th. Ohashi Promotions at Korakuen Hall. Fucking...
Do I know who these people are? Not really. I
only know Jin Sasaki. Gets the stoppage win,
I say win with very heavy irony, over Marlon
Bagalpalan. Yeah, Jin Sasaki looked like shit.
Straight up trash. Yeah, just high guard, getting
lit up, and he does have power. Yeah, that's
what bailed him out. He bailed himself out. But
he just looked like shit. Jin Sasaki probably
should consider not boxing anymore. I think.
I agree. After seeing that, absolutely not. Absolutely
no skill. And he was just taking a shit ton of
punches. I assume they chose somebody who didn't
have much power. Which was a good choice, because
anyone with any power would have knocked him
out again. Yeah, the amount of punishments of
the body he was taking would have been the perfect
setup to just nuke him in the face. Yeah, yeah.
Nah, Jin Sasaki looked like straight ass. And
I know we're going to have listeners going, he
always looked like straight ass, but like, this
was worse. Yeah, this is worse than his usual...
Level of trash. Man, speaking of trash. Saturday,
February 21st at the Nottingham Arena. Matchroom.
Let's see here. Leo Atang. Congrats. Stops Dan
Garber in one. You get to keep the name. Yep.
I get the feeling he's going to be keeping the
name for quite some time. Yeah. He's pretty solid.
And he's going to crush Cairns as long as they
put him in front of him. Speaking of Cairns,
fucking David Allen stops Kareem Barajan in one.
Did you see his interview with, what's the British
podcast? Propa Boxing, I think? No, I didn't.
After the fight? He was at, like, a fucking McDonald's
playpen with his kids or whatever, and it just
had him on, like, FaceTime. The kids were so
loud he had to go outside. But he, his plan is
two more fights and then Zhang. That's the roadmap
for Dave Allen, according to Dave Allen. All
right. I'd watch it. Why not? Yeah. Why not?
I mean, Yang's a million years old. Maybe he's
slow enough Dave Allen can avoid the right hand.
Left? I forget which one Zhang throws hard, but...
I think he's a lefty. Yeah. After I said right,
it sounded wrong. But, I mean, you gotta kinda
love Dave Allen just because he's Dave Allen,
but... He is a lefty. Dude is not... He's not
going to live very long when he can't box anymore.
He will be destitute within a year. There's that,
but he just also goes into hard depression and
eats himself to death. He was talking about how
he was morbidly obese. I know he's a big guy,
but he was like, I was 350 a few months ago.
Not months, but Jesus Christ, man. This man legitimately
is just gonna die when he doesn't have boxing.
So, keep letting him knock over cans, please.
People come watch him. He's fun in interviews.
Yeah, he's a character. He's a fun character.
Speaking of fun characters, Molly McCann gets
the scoring referee. Points decision. Sandy Ryan
squeaks it by to claim the super lightweight
title. The very reputable and respectable WBC
title. Yeah. Bilal Fawaz gets the majority decision
over Ishmael Davis to claim the Commonwealth
and British title. He has a hell of a story.
Yeah, crazy story. Hell of a story. He is a character.
He's a weird dude. He's an interesting fighter
to watch. I would say he's a pretty good... If
you look at Chris Eubank Sr. Yeah, I've heard
those comparisons. That's what he reminded me
of, was Eubank Sr. I don't hate him doing well.
No, his, the only thing was like his, Chris Eubank
would do those weird types of like poses and
stuff, but he actually did stuff as well. Yeah.
Whereas Fawaz was a little bit gun shy for some
reason. Yeah, that's true. That was, that's my,
if I had a complaint about it. It would be, you
know, let your hands go. I don't really like
the showboating, but I mean, given his story,
I kind of have to cheer for him. Yeah, same.
Oh, you know who I don't want to cheer for anymore?
Lee Wood and Josh Warrington. Lee Wood gets the
UD. How do I feel about that? Fucking not very
good. You think Warrington should have got the
nod? No. The fight was kind of shit. They're
both hot garbage is what it is. Yeah. Honestly,
I don't think this would be a bad time for Lee
Wood to retire. I don't think he will. But going
out on a win in front of a big crowd. Rival.
It wouldn't be a bad idea. Yeah. This is like
the moment for him to hang it up. Yeah. Yeah.
This would be a good way to bow out. He's not
going to do anything of note. In the future.
I don't think. No not really. And it was a good
crowd. Like. I don't know. I kind of feel like
they both should retire. Josh Warrington did
right? I think so. I think he announced it after
the fight. Yeah. If he had continued. He should
change his training regimen. Just like run his
head into a wall. Well, I mean, he got a couple
good headbutts in there anyways. Yeah, he did.
Can't retire without him. Fucking, yeah, this
was not a good fight. I watched purely out of
hate for Warrington. I wanted to see him get
sparked again, but I'm glad Lee Wood won. Yeah,
I am too. Lee Wood, like of all the, even though
he has the fucking broccoli head. Of all the
Brits, he's definitely not at the top of my hate
list. Yeah. It's good for him to win, I guess.
With his hair texture, because I'm assuming that's
natural, I don't know how many other haircuts
he can do. Yeah, you're absolutely right. That's
probably the best one he's got with curly hair
like that. Yeah, good thing that it's come into
fashion. Yeah, but he had it forever. Exactly.
He had it before it was cool. Yeah, yeah. Let's
roll on the ring. High stakes at the T -Mobile
Arena. Let's see. From the bottom up, Mohamed
Alakel gets a stoppage in two. Whatever. It's
as expected for the Saudi plant. Joshua Edwards.
UD over Brandon Colantonio. Brandon fucking won
the story of the night. He looked like he just
knocked off from the factory and he was on his
way to the pub, but instead he got pulled into
this. I have to admit that I only saw the co
-main and main on this one. It's fine. Oh no,
I did see Beck as well. Yeah, it's all right.
These are, like, as expected, pretty much. Well,
not really, actually, in the case of Joshua Edwards.
He was... This was supposed to be, like, an easy
scalp, but Cole Antonio gave him work. And Joshua
Edwards did not look like the future of American
heavyweights the way we expected. Probably good
to find out early. Yes. It's weird how this garbage
man looking person, he just looks like a blue
collar dude. Just an average Joe. This dude is
giving you fits. What's up? You're the freak
athlete here. What's going on? Yeah. Yeah. Freak
athletes. Amari Jones stops Luis Arias in four.
Went about. As you would expect for a vet on
the downslope of his career. What did you make
of Beck's win here? I mean, Beck's Beck. He kind
of always looks the same. I thought he looked
the same as always. It's, um, I don't know. He's
not bad. He's just not, like, star power. He's
not going to be competing with Oslis or Hamza
Shiraz. He's not going to be competing with those
guys for a title. But I could still see Beck
getting, like, a world title that's weaker. I
don't think it's completely out of the question,
but it would have to be like a Mario Barrio situation.
Yeah. Is Beck Zufa level? Maybe, but I don't
want to see him go to Zufa. I think he's good
enough he can hang around with the real guys.
He can be competitive with the top contenders.
Yeah, if he went to Zufa, I think he'd win. Oh,
they would move him up? He'd either have to move
down or up. He'd have to move up. I don't think
Beck could move down. Beck Demir versus Hot Rod?
I think Beck could win that. It'd be hard, but
I think he could win it. Man. Frank Martin. Nahir
Albright. Fight to... This is the first time
I've seen one. A unanimous draw. Yeah, that's
strange. I had never seen that before. Must have
been an actually really close fight. It was.
I assume. It was. I honestly felt Nahir Albright
did better. And if anyone was going to get the
nod, it should have been him. But... uh frank
martin is the house guy so what do you expect
hopefully they do the rematch um frank martin
showed some limitations kind of showed himself
to be one trick ish like he has this he uses
his athleticism to kind of hop in behind his
left hand and then he pivots on it and tries
to throw a combination off the pivot. And he
kept doing that. And here Albright was able to
stuff it after the fourth or fifth round. I mean,
yeah, if you have a pattern, good people will
figure it out. Yeah. They both said they want
the rematch, so I really hope they do it again.
I think Frank Martin might be... Heading into
the Fraud Watch. Territory. He's getting kind
of old. Yeah. And he's not doing a whole lot.
Moving up. Supposed to be. Look. This was canceled.
Richardson Hitchens versus Oscar Duarte. As we
discussed earlier. Supposed to be the co -main.
The people's main event. Gary Antoine Russell.
UD win over Andy Hirooka. To me, this went as
I expected, where Andy's going to be able to
use his... He is a pretty damn good athlete as
well. He's really athletic, and he was going
to be able to use that to maybe not take the
rounds off of GAR, but make the rounds competitive.
So even though it was a unanimous decision, I
think the scores were wider than the fight was.
I don't know. What did you think? Hirooka actually
kind of surprised me. I expected it to be wider
of a fight than it was. i didn't think andy had
the the experience i thought gar was going to
out experience him and he definitely did in the
early rounds but andy adjusted better than i
thought he would like i know he lost but he impressed
me in the loss i i do want to ask you do you
think if he didn't have visa issues it would
have made a difference oh if he had gotten adjusted
like the jet lag or whatever yeah well and i
don't think it's just jet lag entirely like that
must be a little distracting maybe not i don't
know i don't know yeah i mean we'll never know
but i kind of think this fight was gonna go this
way anyways yes i i agree completely i just i
my only My support of Hirooka was just for him
to give a good account of himself. And kind of
put people on notice. Like, he's actually a legit
contender. Not just some undefeated, only fought
in Japan bum. And I think he did that. Like,
he succeeded at that. Like I said, he did much
better in the later rounds than I thought he
was going to. But I think it's just a lack of
experience. They kind of skip some steps in the
middle with Hirooka here, I think. Yeah, I think
you're right. Lack of options, willing to travel
to Japan. Yeah, and like, I know they don't fight
very often and everything else, but the Russell
brothers always look good. Like, they are consistently
good. And I thought the corner advice that the
older brother was giving was really good. He
was being pretty hard on Gar in the corner, actually.
He was. I thought. But, like, the actual substantial
advice. Since we talk so much about T .O.'s dad,
I've started paying more attention to what they're
actually saying in the corner. And Gary Russell
Jr. seems like a really good coach. He stepped
into the role really well. Yeah. That isn't just
a you're my family and I won't replace you. I
think he's a really good coach. Also, complete
sidebar, but they all use it, I think. I love
the whole face shield, the anti -swell. That
thing looks cool as fuck. Oh, yeah. It's like
a metal mask with, I think it has a snake on
the front that they put over their face. I just
think it looks cool. Man, the post -fight interview
was interesting from GAR. The other 140 champions
are who you would immediately think. But he said,
I'll fight anyone. I want to fight Shakur last.
was his was his what he said and to me that was
like that was quackery I think he's not he's
not ready for he's not he's not beating Shakur
no yeah I mean I don't know if it's quackery
or just being logical realistic yeah like I'll
fight the hardest guy after I've beaten everyone
up to him I don't think that's an unreasonable
thing to say. No. It's not the bluster that boxing
fans are used to, but I mean, I kind of like
when guys are realistic. Yeah. Let me pull up
who else is at 140. Yeah, I'm so bad at weight
classes. So, his fellow champs. Richardson Hitchens,
of course. Dalton Smith. And Shakur. I mean,
like, if you're chasing unifications, of course
you're going to go after Smith first. Definitely.
Hitchens has to fight Lindolfo Delgado. He has
to. Oh my goodness. I kind of feel like... We
didn't talk about, but I kind of feel like Hitchens
pulling out of this fight. I know he was sick
and everything else, but it's a bit of a duck
if he doesn't fight Duarte. Duarte is a hard
fight. I don't think he's the best or anything,
but he's going to lay hands on you. It's going
to be damaging. And if Hitchens kind of steps
out and fights his mandatory. It feels duckish
to me, and Hitchens is kind of a duck anyways.
Hitchens, if he wants to keep his title, he has
to fight Delgado next. Unfortunately. Yeah, I
get it, but I'm just saying. If he doesn't reschedule
the fight with Duarte after that, it's kind of
a bitch move. Yeah. Yeah, if you're so certain
you're going to beat him, then just do it another
time. Man. I had to exclaim Cletus Selden is
number six in the WBA? Are you fucking kidding
me? The standings are always trash. What the
fuck? I don't know when these were last updated
because Hiroko is still at number one. I don't
know if he would be dropped. How far he would
be dropped for losing. I don't recognize quite
a few of the WBA names, to be honest. I don't
know. Like, I don't know who Agbar? I don't know
how you say that. Agrabah? Oh, no. Yeah. I don't
know who number two and number three are. Yeah,
I don't either. There's another guy named Arislandi?
Cuba, what are you doing? Cuba has weird names.
Yeah, they have wacky names. Is he Cuban? Yes,
of course he is. His name's Arislandi. He might
have been Dominican. Because they do some...
Names like that, too. I guess. But, last words
for GAR and Andy? It went the way I expected.
Gar's still Gar. I didn't see that he'd slowed
down at all or anything. And, like I said, Andy
impressed me. Yeah, I'm happy to see. I think
Andy's going to grow from this. He'll be much
better. for this experience um yeah yeah they
just they they skip steps he wasn't ready for
gar yeah in my opinion oh man you know who else
wasn't ready wbc welterweight champion mario
barrios gets 12 owed by ryan garcia i have to
admit garcia looked the best he's ever looked
yeah he was fantastic he was working with both
hands he wasn't his one shot type of guy yeah
which just makes me hate him more because if
you can do this why don't you just do this every
time why haven't you been doing this yeah like
i fucking hate ryan garcia but i have to admit
it was a very impressive performance he looked
like he should be world class like he looked
like everyone said he looks That I had never
seen before. I wonder how much of that is because
Mario Barrios is hot. I don't know what temperature,
but he is some temperature of garbage. I don't
think he's hot garbage, but Mario Barrios overachieved.
He just straight up overachieved for the skill
set he has. That is applicable in more than one
way. But yeah, I heard that Garcia hurt his left
hand. That might be the best thing that's ever
happened to him. He had to use both hands. This
is a situation where a father trainer was fucking
on point. Well, and like, apparently I don't
know anything about his dad, but his dad was
his coach all the way through amateurs when Ryan
looked really good. So maybe, maybe this is a
case where that's the best, like the best matchup.
Yeah. Because Ryan seems fucking impossible to
coach, but maybe his dad has figured out how.
Yeah, I think you're right. Like, uh, Derek James
and Joe Goosen, whatever their faults might be,
had issues. Yeah, well, and, like, Ryan got kicked
out of... Was it Eddie Reynoso's camp? Yeah,
Eddie Reynoso's camp. Yeah. Like, this might
be a case where the fighter is just so hard to
work with, it has to be somebody close to him
that can manage his crazy. Yeah, I don't see
anyone better suited. Yeah, I fucking hate it,
but Ryan looked really good. If only people could
see your expressions as you're having to say
all this. I am biased as fuck, but I have to
admit, he looked really good. Man, I think the
possibilities here... Are pretty fucking spicy.
Because he has. Two rematches that he. Like has
to take. Right. He has to avenge the Raleigh
loss. Which is a unification fight. He has to
fucking. Get back the no contest. With Devin
Haney. Yeah. Yeah I mean. Those. Those are exciting
fights. And. If this Ryan shows up for either
of those fights, I think he probably wins. Yeah,
I think you're right. The only thing I could
see happening with Devin Haney that would be
different is that Devin Haney is able to withstand
the power a little better. At the higher weight,
yeah. And, I mean... Devin Haney got caught bad
early. If that doesn't happen, he might be able
to outbox Ryan. Because he got up, but I don't
think Haney ever really recovered. Mentally,
if nothing else. I don't think just mentally.
I think he was pretty rocked that entire fight.
I don't think his legs were doing what he wanted
them to do. So, if this Ryan shows up, I think
Roley gets steamrolled, unfortunately. But the
Devin Haney fight is one I would actually like
to see. Because I think that could be a really
close fight. If Haney avoids getting caught early
in the fight. Man, Lewis Crocker left standing
out in the rain. That might be the best thing
for Lewis Crocker right now. I wonder if he can
swing a voluntary against Patty Donovan, because
that could be a really big UK fight. Like, people
would turn the fuck up for that. They turned
up for it the first time. Oh, they already fought?
I don't watch this. It was a vacant title fight
when they fought. I don't watch this weight class
very closely. That's alright. But yeah, I would
like to see Garcia -Haney too, and I think that's
a pretty big, big fight. So, Ryan Garcia in the
post -fight interview said only one name, and
that was Shakur Stevenson. You got fucking solid
rivals here. I'm not sure why you're wanting
to jump down. Or drag up Shakur. Ryan said, they
first said 144 catchweight. And then Ryan said,
fuck that. I'll go all the way down and I'm going
to take your title. I don't want to see it. I
don't either. Ryan's going to be drained at that
weight. He'll have a built -in excuse. I don't
want to see a catchweight. Like you said, he's
got good fights here. Stay in your fucking lane.
Wait for Shakur to move up. Yeah, it's going
to happen. Right. It's a matter of time before
Shakur gets there. Deal with the business you
have in your neighborhood and Shakur is going
to come there anyways. Number one contender is
Connor Ben. Yeah, people were convinced that
they were paying Connor Ben that $15 million
and they were going to get the Ryan Garcia fight
because that was the only fight that made sense
for that much money. And Connor Benz fighting
Regis Progray. Regis fucking Progray. Oh, man.
Going back to Lewis Crocker, you said the Liam
Parrow fight was cancelled, right? I think it's
cancelled. I don't know if it's postponed. Because
Parrow hurt his hand, though, not the other guy.
Crocker hurt his hand. Right. Yeah, I think Lewis
Crocker needs to just milk that injury and stay
out of the fire for a little while. Karen Chikadzian,
the dude that fought Boots twice, he has a final
eliminator with Patty Donovan. Man, the IBF just
loves to recycle their people. Yeah, Lewis Crocker,
man, just stay fighting your cheeky Mandos. Yeah,
stay out of the fire. Let the Americans figure
their shit out. Really? Like, if in my ideal
world, Ryan Garcia avenges the loss to Rawley,
then he three -belt unifies with Devin Haney,
and then off to the side, little Lewis Crocker.
comes into the picture just to complete the set.
I mean, it would make sense. But I would fucking
love if Roly pulls off the upset again. Unified
champion, Roly Romero. I don't think there's
any world where Roly beats Devin, but wouldn't
Roly beating Ryan again be just fucking amazing?
Yeah, it would be pretty funny. I would love
it. Yeah, Lewis Crocker, you gotta settle that
Liam Parrow shit. And then you're gonna have,
by the time that's done, you're gonna have another
mandatory lined up. You're not gonna be in the
conversation with these other people. I think
that's the best thing for him to do anyways.
It would be ideal for him. Yeah. All right. Let's
move to the last fight, the last card. Sunday,
February 22nd. Three that I was tracking. Daniel
Perkins stops Shea Keneally in six. Atif Olberton
wins by end of first round retirement. Joseph
George sat on his stool and he just straight
up keeled over? Yeah, that was really weird.
I did not like that they kept him in the ring.
Get the fucking ambulance in there. He was out
for a while. Best case scenario, it's some weird
dehydration thing. Worst case scenario, he's
got some weird brain bleed. Like, why are you
keeping him in the ring for 15 fucking minutes?
Get him on a stretcher, get him in an ambulance,
and take him to the hospital. They did eventually
get him there, and from what I read, a first
-hand account, or a first -hand source, is that
he's okay. So that's good. But it was a weird
delay. I didn't like the way they handled it.
I thought it was ridiculous. You know what else
was ridiculous? Clarissa Shields. The main event.
Gets the UD. Tenno's. Franchon Cruz discern.
It was a fight. That happened. It certainly was.
It was boring as fuck. It was pretty bad. Pretty
hard to watch. For whatever it's worth, Clarissa
Shields got nearly 20 ,000 people in the arena.
So fucking get after it. Yeah, but... There's
nobody for her to fight. There's nobody there.
There's nobody around. No. That's always been
Clarissa's problem. Lack of opponents. Yeah.
But... That's it. That's the last card. Unless
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bitch. We do not have a lot on the horizon. Yeah,
this is pretty weak. Yep. Thursday, March 5th.
Eye of the Tiger. This will be streaming on Punching
Grace. The fuck is that? Exactly. I went to check
it out. It's... Whatever. It's a site. But it's
free? Yes. Well, on a weekend like this, it might
be worth watching. Let me double check something
here. What? Eye of the Tiger is always such mismatches.
I don't like their cards. They're usually pretty
shit. I guess you get to see knockouts. Steve
Claggett? His opponent is still TBA. For a week
and a half away? Yep. Excellent. So that's going
to be a real good close fight. Who else did I
have on here? The co -main, I think it's the
co -main, Lennar Perez, cruiserweight contender,
is fighting Isaac Chalemba. Holy shit. Isn't
he like 100 years old? Yeah. Fucking eye of the
tiger, man. Leave Isaac alone. Oh my goodness.
His age isn't listed. It's because he's inactive.
When was the last time he fought? I'll see if
I can find his age. May 2024. It's the last time
he fought. He was born in 87. So he's not as
old as I thought. Man, he's just been around
for a while. But... Fucking Eye of the Tiger.
Like... They are anti -Probok. A while... A long
time ago... Wait. Is it Isaac Chalumba? Hold
on a second. I want to get this right. It was
someone else. Never mind. I was thinking there's
a person that we used to refer to as the banana
peel. But it's not Isaac Chalumba. I think Isaac
Chalumba usually loses when he's supposed to.
Yes, he does. The person I'm thinking of, I think
it's Darnell Boone. Always loses when he's supposed
to as well, but he always scores huge knockdowns.
I think he got one on Andre Ward. That's crazy.
Yeah, quite. Steven Butler versus Ramadan Hiseni
is the main event. Just excellent. Yeah. I know
I should try and talk up Eye of the Tiger because
they're Canadian, but they suck. Yeah. You know
what else sucks? Sunday, March 8th. Zufa Boxing.
Who is on this card? I don't know who any of
these people are. And that's saying something.
Main event. Jai Opataya. The IBF cruiserweight
champion is facing Brandon Glanton. I don't know
if this is confirmed, but I saw somewhere that
they were going to try to put the Zufa title
on this one too. I haven't seen that, but it
wouldn't surprise me. I mean, you kind of have
to. Jai's going to be their cruiserweight champ.
Of course. Is Jai's belt on the line? Like his
real belt? Yes. I kind of hope Glanton sparks
him. That would be fucking hilarious. I mean,
Obataya doesn't seem to have the best chin ever.
He's been pretty rocked by some pretty mid dudes.
And Glanton has some power? Yeah, I think he
does. It's got a lot of knockouts and TKOs anyways.
Bulletproof Brandon Glanton. I would like to
see Obataya fuck this up. It would make me happy.
Just another notch on the fuck Zufa belt. Sorry,
Opitaya, you're just collateral damage. It's
nothing personal, but yeah, I would very much
like for Quentin to fucking end you. I know we
can't, but I would love to add a Zufa sticker
so you can buy Fuck Zufa. Well, that's all we
got coming up. That's a really shit weekend.
Yeah, this was one over on B -Sides. I said...
Go outside. Yeah, touch grass. Find something
to do. Go watch a movie. Yeah, go walk your dog.
If you live in the northeast, go play in the
snow. Oh yeah, go have a snowball fight with
the fucking police. Apparently that's happening.
That's a thing? Why? That sounds fun. Yeah, this
sounds like a really good community building
activity. for the police to do. Yeah. People
are so fucking weird these days, man. Yeah. Oh,
man. Newfoundland, where I did my PhD, has gotten
hit with crazy amounts of snow. It's a record
for them. And my buddy sent me a picture of his
house. And he's dug out now. but originally he
had to crawl out the upstairs windows and like
walk off the roof onto the snow and start digging.
Jeez. The picture he sent me was from inside
the house and the living room windows are like
completely covered. His house was just dark.
I would like that. Just to be blacked out. Yeah.
Me too. But like, they've been trying to dig
out and shit. And I talked to them a couple days
ago and there was more snow in the forecast.
So I think they're just kind of fucked right
now. Well, we're done with the five parting words.
Do you have any? Go touch grass. Yeah, go outside.
If you're into MMA shit, we mentioned 1FC at
the very beginning. If you like MMA shit, Ultimate
F 'ing Casuals. Yeah. I keep it fucking busy.
I will find the most random shit I can. Did you
know that UFC, or the TKO that operates UFC,
they also operate Zufa Boxing, as we know. They
also operate a... UFC BJJ. I didn't even know
that was a thing. Yeah, they have a jujitsu whatever.
They also do pro wrestling, right? Yes, real
American freestyle. It's like Olympics collegiate
style wrestling. No, I mean like they do WWE
style wrestling as well. Oh yeah, WWE themselves
are part of the TKO. Okay, I wasn't sure which
one it was. and there's real american freestyle
that interesting is yeah that's happening um
if you hate mma like me because it's boring as
hell uh one f the one friday fights are usually
really good they're mma light it's almost all
muay thai and kickboxing usually oh yeah I really
enjoy them, but here in Japan, they end so goddamn
late. For me, they start way too fucking early.
But it's on YouTube for free. You can just watch
it later. Yeah. You know what they started fucking
doing? The first three fights on the bill are
not included in the replays. Oh. Or the broadcasts.
I have noticed one is giving out less bonuses
on Friday. I think this move into Japan is expensive.
So they're tightening their budget a little.
And I think server replay space is probably expensive.
Yeah, it is. Man, that's all I got. Go outside.
There are better things you could do on Thursday
than watch this Eye of the Tiger card. There's
nothing on Friday or Saturday at all for boxing.
Go set up a date. That's it for this edition
of Boxing Before Dark. We'll fucking see you
on the other side of this unfortunate weekend.
Thank you.