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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing

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Before Dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.

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Back. Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before.

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Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This

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is Boxing Before Dark. Alright. God damn, it's

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Boxing Before Dark. We are back up in your ears

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to talk the fights. Shanada, Japan is not treating

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you well as you start heading towards the door.

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No, work's been absolute shit. But, but, there

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is a light a couple months away. They announced

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Rod Tang is headlining the One Samurai in Ariaka.

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I tried to watch him last time he was in Japan

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and he had to pull out. So I'm going to pick

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up another ticket, and if he doesn't make this

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fight, he's dead to me. His career's about dead,

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too, at this point. Yeah, I think his career's

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kind of on life support anyways, but I would

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really like to see him fight live once. That

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would be pretty cool. It's a cool thing to say

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you did, right? Yeah. Yeah. Which is why I'm

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also excited about March, because I get to see

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Knockout CP Freshmart. I bought my ticket. Everything's

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looking good, except it's a Sunday. Travel arrangements

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have to be made. It might be earlier, hopefully,

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so that it finishes earlier. I'm wondering, now

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that I think about it, if they did that because

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Ola Squaga's the headliner. Oh, to have it...

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Like he's American? Yeah, to have it timed for

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them. For us, I guess. Yeah, like, Donair's the

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co -main, so maybe it'll be fairly early in the

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day. Interesting. Because I was trying... I was

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checking, and on Tapeology, it says that the

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start time is 3 Eastern in the morning. Oh, then

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it's not... Yes, seems like a standard start

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time for Japan. Getting back from Yokohama might

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be hard. I don't know where this stadium is.

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It depends how hard it is to get from the stadium

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to the main train line. We'll see. If I get stuck

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in Tokyo overnight, I get stuck in Tokyo overnight.

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I can salary man it. Just go drink till 5am and

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catch the train and show up hungover as fuck.

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is that the like the stereotype or the common

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thing that happens the stereotype is that they

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come to work hungover quite often but i don't

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think it's usually on monday it's usually on

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like a thursday or a friday makes sense i guess

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to do it later in the week yeah Later this year,

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Mayweather Pacquiao 2 on September 19th. The

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fight nobody wants. Like, who's excited about

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this? Fucking, I can't imagine. I really don't

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know. It's not like the first fight was no fun.

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I guess the idea is that Mayweather will be rusty

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enough and Pacquiao's been active. I think. I

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think that's what they're trying to do. I think

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it's just two big names that Netflix thinks people

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will tune in for. If it's free to watch with

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the subscription, then yeah, probably. I hope

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they stack the undercard, though. Get some good

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boxing in front of a bunch of casual eyes. That's

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what a lot of the chatter I've been seeing online

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is, is that we're putting two guys in their late

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40s. As the headliner, it's going to turn people

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off to the sport because you're going to be watching

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old men well past their times. I don't think

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they need to stack the undercard with names,

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but they need a pro box style undercard. Good

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matchups. Good matchups that are exciting if

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you have no idea what you're watching. They really

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need to put some bangers on the undercard. Yeah,

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you're absolutely right. Because what card was

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Mbili Lester on? Canelo Bud. Okay. But, like,

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they need fights like that. They need just two

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guys swinging with, like, high action so that

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the casuals are like, oh, yeah, this boxing stuff's

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kind of, like, pretty good. If it's all lopsided

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fucking mismatches, it's... It's going to be

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bad for the sport, not good. Yeah, I agree. Putting

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your blue -chip prospects into showcase fights,

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this isn't the time for that. No, you need close

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matchups. I have heard rumors that it's Pacquiao

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and Mayweather that are doing it, so it'll be

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their stable of fighters. Oh, no. Yeah, so I'm

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a little worried. They got Manny Pacquiao Jr.,

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Kermel Moten. Moten could be flashy and get a

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knockout, at least. Hopefully, you would think,

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but he's moving up quite a bit for his next fight.

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He's moving up like three divisions. Yeah, I

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don't know. I'm a little nervous that this is

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not going to be good. Yeah. Then I'm going to

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have to field all the fucking questions from

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other people I know who are going to tune in

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for this because it's Mayweather Pacquiao. Yeah,

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like, it could be a really big opportunity for

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the sport, but I kind of think they're going

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to fumble it. I honestly get the feeling as well.

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Which sucks. Well, another spectacle on the horizon.

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Oleksandr Usyk is fighting glory kickboxing champion

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Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza on May

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23rd. What the fuck? This must be pretty breaking.

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I haven't heard this before. This must have broken

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while you were sleeping, because we've been talking

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about it for a bit in Discord. Goddamn. Yeah,

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that's going to be a weird fight. Verhoeven's

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a really good kickboxer, though. Yes. Yes, he

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is. His record in kickboxing is 54 and 10. The

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only concerning thing is... His knockout ratio

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is really low, so he's not a power threat. You

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can't sell it as a power guy. Right. Yeah. I

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don't know. I'm kind of done with these circus

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matchups. I'm not going to lie. I want Usyk to

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just fight somebody young and viable. You know

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who's not done with circus matchups? The WBC.

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The title is going to be on the line. This is

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a voluntary defense. How the fuck? Exactly. What?

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Yeah. This is his first boxing match, isn't it?

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I don't think so. But he has not had many. Let

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me make sure. He definitely doesn't deserve a

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title shot. Yeah, doesn't matter how many fights

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he's had. If any. He's had one. Okay, so I was

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pretty close. It was a four -rounder that he

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won in two. Knockout in two over Janos Finfera,

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who was 0 -5 at the time. Perfect. And this guy

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gets a title shot. This gets more stupid the

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more I fucking look into it. What the fuck? yeah

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uh this if you're gonna do a crossover event

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do a crossover event whatever at this point like

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fuck it who cares but wbc like what the fuck

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is this the wbc is losing credibility at an enormous

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rate right now big time that's fucked um Doing

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it like the novelty of doing a fight at the pyramids.

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I get it. People, we were looking into it. People

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do concerts there. There are events that are

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hosted at that location. Location. So it's not

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unusual to have something like this. It's the

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crossover. The novelty of the crossover. It's

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fine. Really. highly competitive world champion

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kickboxer. There have been plenty of kickboxers

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who've crossed over and done really well. Chris

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Algieri's one. There are quite a few heavyweights

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that were listed as well. But the title, dude.

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The title should not be on the line. And yeah,

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if Usyk wants to do crossover fights for big

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money, fuck it. I mean, Usyk can kind of do what

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he wants. Go for it. What the fuck are you doing,

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WBC? Wait. At this point, I feel that Usyk could

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genuinely vacate all the titles and do circus

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shows. And just make money. Yeah. And it's completely

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fine. Like, you're not holding anything up. But,

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like, Agit Kabayel has been waiting for his shot

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at a belt. Specifically the WBC for quite some

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time. He should be pissed. Yeah. He is the mandatory

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after this, which we're assuming Usyk's going

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to pretty much take him to school. Verhoeven,

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I mean. I would assume. Yeah. And then Caballel

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gets a shot. Imagine if Verhoeven, with his weird

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footwork, throws Usyk off and lands a punch from

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the gods. What if Usyk gets Sarast? The power

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of the pharaohs. In Verhoeven's Fist. Boxing

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would be dead. Yeah, I might... That would be

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one of my... Throw my hands up. I'm not watching

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this shit anymore. Goddamn. I like Goosing, but

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I kind of want it to happen now. Just as a...

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just doesn't stop doing this fucking stupid shit.

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Like, eventually it's gotta blow up, right? Yeah.

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It happens, like, cherry picks go wrong all the

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time. This would be worse than a cherry because

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it's coming from another sport altogether. Yeah.

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I mean, it's not gonna happen, but it would make

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boxing look so bad. power of the pharaohs verhoeven

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is secretly moon knight uh yeah so verhoeven

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he's signed a two fight deal with misfits i don't

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know if it was misfits or mf pro but he's with

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that group and i think this is one of the fights

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on the deal Yeah, I don't follow misfits at all.

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But, like, Rico Verhoeven's a bit of a legend.

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Like, if he wants to get his bag, get your bag,

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man. Like, I don't think kickboxing pays the

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best. Yeah, definitely not what he's going to

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be getting paid for this. Yeah, well, I think

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the misfits guys get paid pretty decent for what

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misfits is, right? Yeah, I think you're right.

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It's owned and operated by one of the original

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influencer boxers, the KSI dude. Yeah. So, like,

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he'll make money. So, good on him, I guess. But

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the WBC needs to get their shit together. Take

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all your shit and put it in a box and get it

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together. Like, what the fuck? It makes me think

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of all the situations where WBC has been citing

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rules and regulations and bylaws of the organization

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to strip very qualified fighters. And then you

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do this. Where are your rules and bylaws now?

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They don't matter if they make a lot of money.

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Of course. That's all that is driving this. Fucking

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stupid. Yes. Yes, it is. But what isn't stupid,

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Top Rank and ESPN are at the negotiating table

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to renew their broadcast deal. Very surprised

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to have heard of that, just because... It seemed

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like ESPN was getting out of the fight sports

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game altogether. But I'm glad to see TopRank

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is going to find a home. I'm glad TopRank's finding

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a home. And honestly, I like having boxing on

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TV. Yes. Like ESPN or TSN in Canada, those are

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channels that every sports bar has. Successfully.

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Yeah, you can go to the bar and if there isn't

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a big game on, you can be like, hey, there's

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boxing on channel 401. Can you switch it for

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me? You know? Yeah. Yeah, I used to do that with

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Buffalo Wild Wings. Typically, they only show

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UFC. Yeah. But I could go to any Buffalo Wild

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Wings and say, can you put one of these on ESPN?

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Yeah, like in Canada, Boston Pizza will do that

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for you every time. But even my local, like,

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just one -off pub by my house would do it if

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there wasn't a big hockey game. You know, like

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they have TVs set up, they can show three channels.

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They'll switch two of the TVs to boxing for you

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or something. Yeah. The... End of the road is

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in view for Katie Taylor. She's going to take

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one last fight in Dublin and she's done. I think

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that's a good move. Katie's gotten old and she's

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taken a shit ton of punishment. It's time. Yeah,

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I was going to say it's been time. It's been

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time for a little while in my opinion, but one

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last fight. in Dublin. It's going to be fucking

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huge. People will turn up for Katie Taylor's

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retirement. And I think she kind of deserves

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that big send -off. Absolutely. Fucking trailblazer.

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Especially in Ireland. Well, she legitimately

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had to take him to court to get women's boxing

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legal in Ireland. She deserves her one last big

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send -off. But I'm glad she's made the decision

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to make it a send -off. Oh, instead of just another

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event? Yeah. In her career. I think if you know

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it's your last fight and you're that big a name

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and you announce it, it lets your fans come out

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and make it special. Rather than having one last

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fight and then announcing it at the end. I think

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more people will show up because they know it's

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her last fight. Yeah, that's what I was thinking

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is if they know that this is the last chance

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they have to see the Katie Taylor fight, then

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they're going to go. Yeah. And like, I just think

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the atmosphere will kind of be set up for it

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being a retirement party almost. The crowd will

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be bigger and louder and... They'll probably

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sing her some song. I don't know. Yeah, the festivities

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will be. Different than if she. Was just fighting.

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She announced it after the fight. Yeah. Yep.

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Well, we'll be. We'll be watching. For Katie.

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Fucking it. End of an era, though. Yeah. Like.

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Yeah. She's been around since the beginning of

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women's boxing. I wonder. If the end of the Katie

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Taylor era is a good cutoff point for switching

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to three minute rounds. Like the peak amateur

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and very accomplished professional is retiring.

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I mean, you've still got the old men making the

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rules. Well. When has that gone wrong? I don't

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disagree with you. I'm just saying I don't think

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it'll happen. They don't give a shit. Well, speaking

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of not giving a shit, the Kazakhstan Sports Authority

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gives Jannebeck a six -month suspension. So he

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pretty much just can't fight in Kazakhstan for

00:19:05.049 --> 00:19:08.730
six months. Okay, but did you see the craziness

00:19:08.730 --> 00:19:12.900
that came out with all of this? No. Apparently,

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:18.099
he had a stroke a few months before. What? Yeah.

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:21.319
Yeah, I remember seeing that in Discord briefly,

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:23.359
but I was like, no, no fucking way. He's a young

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:28.059
man. He's fine. Okay, so I actually knew a guy,

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:31.160
and he wasn't a professional athlete, but he

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:33.380
just trained really hard to keep in shape and

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:36.480
stuff for, like, health reasons, and he was running

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.400
marathons and shit like that, and he stroked

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:45.029
out in a gym. Like, I think he's not that much

00:19:45.029 --> 00:19:47.250
older than me, and this happened years ago. He

00:19:47.250 --> 00:19:51.430
was probably in his, like, mid -30s. Yeah, it's

00:19:51.430 --> 00:19:54.549
about Janabek's age. Shit just happens sometimes,

00:19:54.930 --> 00:19:59.349
right? So, I mean, if he did have a mini -stroke,

00:19:59.569 --> 00:20:03.410
I think is the way they phrased it, I don't know

00:20:03.410 --> 00:20:05.970
if he should be boxing. Doesn't seem like a good

00:20:05.970 --> 00:20:09.690
idea to me. But the doctors don't give a shit.

00:20:11.170 --> 00:20:14.470
Like... But that was their argument was that

00:20:14.470 --> 00:20:18.289
it was leftovers from being in the hospital or

00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:21.430
something. Because they do treat you with like

00:20:21.430 --> 00:20:24.130
steroids and stuff to get your blood flowing

00:20:24.130 --> 00:20:26.529
and things. Oh, right. So that's where the PED

00:20:26.529 --> 00:20:31.009
pop came from? That was their stance. That's

00:20:31.009 --> 00:20:34.569
the explanation that they offered. Yeah, it was

00:20:34.569 --> 00:20:42.660
accidental while he was in the hospital. But

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:47.160
that's just fucking crazy too. Like, if you're

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.819
having mini strokes, you shouldn't be getting

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:53.359
punched in the face. He cuts down a lot to stay

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:57.019
at 160. And that does not help with stuff like

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:59.660
that. Absolutely. At all. Not good for your brain.

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.480
Not good for your health in general, but definitely

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:05.460
not good for your brain. Yeah. To dehydrate yourself

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:11.730
that much. So... If they're believing his story,

00:21:11.950 --> 00:21:15.690
and I assume if it's true he sent medical records

00:21:15.690 --> 00:21:18.809
to the commissions and stuff, I assume they would

00:21:18.809 --> 00:21:24.369
ask for that. And, uh, I mean, if that's what

00:21:24.369 --> 00:21:27.269
it is, I can kind of see a slap on the wrist.

00:21:27.769 --> 00:21:31.029
Like, you're not going to not let the doctors

00:21:31.029 --> 00:21:34.609
treat you. Yeah, that does give it better context,

00:21:34.849 --> 00:21:38.819
so. But also, if you're having mini strokes,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:50.559
you should retire. Yes. Man, that is wild. Again,

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:56.400
this is just stuff I saw on Discord from other

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:59.920
sources, obviously. But like, Vom's usually pretty

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:03.720
good about picking his sources to share. Yes,

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:09.200
she is. That whole thing is just fucking crazy,

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:14.319
though. And which organization gave him a one

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:17.380
-year suspension from the day he popped? WBO?

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:23.000
Yeah. Which is also just a slap on the wrist.

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.940
He probably wasn't fighting within a year anyways.

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:32.220
It was leading up to the Lara fight. It was a

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:37.069
few weeks away when he popped. Right, okay. Yeah,

00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:40.230
I don't know. That whole story is crazy. Man,

00:22:40.289 --> 00:22:44.990
Janet Beck. What the fuck, man? Another reason

00:22:44.990 --> 00:22:48.009
why people should all fight closer to their natural

00:22:48.009 --> 00:22:52.869
weight. Yeah, I've... With, um... We'll talk

00:22:52.869 --> 00:22:56.849
about it a bit in a second. I think... Richardson

00:22:56.849 --> 00:23:01.519
Hitchens pulling out of his fight. Yeah. He also

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:04.759
cuts weight like a motherfucker. That was a...

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:09.440
That reignited the... Should we get rid of next

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:12.720
day weigh -ins? Should we just do same day weigh

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:19.460
-ins again? I've... I've looked into this stuff

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:24.579
a little bit. And instead of 10 pounds like the

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:28.720
IBF does, 10 % of the weight I think would be

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:33.700
a good middle ground. So if you fight at 147,

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.759
you can rehydrate, I guess you'd round up 15

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:41.859
pounds. So you're fighting closer to your natural

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:46.000
weight, and you're still not ballooning outside.

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:52.579
And I generally, there's not a whole bunch on

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:58.180
it, but rehydrating more than... 10 to 15 % doesn't

00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:00.720
help you anyways. You've done too much of a weight

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:05.980
cut. So you've only really hurt yourself. Yeah,

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:08.720
like it's kind of a bell curve. Yeah. And that

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.720
like 10 % is pretty near the middle of the bell

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:15.519
curve. And there's some fighters who can rehydrate

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.519
better than others and all that sort of stuff.

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:23.339
Like bodies are different. But I kind of think

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:28.880
a percentage like that, uh, rehydration clause

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:33.460
would be effective. Right. And not damaging.

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:40.079
10 % at flyweight versus middle is, yeah, those

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:43.099
are two very different numbers. Or light heavy.

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:50.140
Right. Like, so, like, the 10 pounds, I think,

00:24:50.809 --> 00:24:53.609
is too harsh for the higher weight classes. It

00:24:53.609 --> 00:24:56.470
works for the guys I like because that's about

00:24:56.470 --> 00:25:03.009
10%. Right, yeah. But a percentage of each weight

00:25:03.009 --> 00:25:05.849
class, I think, might be a good middle ground

00:25:05.849 --> 00:25:11.230
that I don't think anyone's tried yet. They tried

00:25:11.230 --> 00:25:15.450
same -day weigh -ins and people were dying. They've

00:25:15.450 --> 00:25:19.150
tried this and people rehydrate so much. Like...

00:25:19.789 --> 00:25:25.230
But if you keep the rehydration controlled, it

00:25:25.230 --> 00:25:28.849
might be better for the fighters. We'll have

00:25:28.849 --> 00:25:34.490
to call Daryl Peoples. Yeah. I do kind of wish

00:25:34.490 --> 00:25:38.750
that, and this is many things, but I do kind

00:25:38.750 --> 00:25:41.910
of wish the boxing commissions would put more

00:25:41.910 --> 00:25:47.650
interest in science. Like, they could pay for

00:25:47.650 --> 00:25:50.660
these studies to be done. And these sorts of

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:53.119
studies wouldn't be that expensive. You're paying

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:55.640
for a couple scientists and you're basically

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:58.059
just using the blood tests and shit that they

00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:03.059
probably already take. Just someone re -examining

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:07.119
it from a different lens. Yeah. Rather than,

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:10.660
this is how we've always done it. Yeah, like,

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:15.000
it... It kind of surprises me that none of these

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:19.970
combat sports guys... pay any money for science

00:26:19.970 --> 00:26:26.829
to be done. And if you have people who are already

00:26:26.829 --> 00:26:29.750
funded pay -wise, you're just paying for the

00:26:29.750 --> 00:26:34.849
tests and giving them work. Science is expensive,

00:26:35.009 --> 00:26:37.569
but there's ways to make it not so expensive.

00:26:42.549 --> 00:26:45.990
I should call up a couple universities and try

00:26:45.990 --> 00:26:51.160
and get some grant money. But I don't do human

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:53.299
stuff. I'd have to find friends that do human

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:57.099
stuff. You'd just be like the project director?

00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:05.039
I could just write the grant. Hmm. Lewis Crocker

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:09.119
is pulling out of his title defense against Liam

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:14.599
Parrow. Why? I didn't see what specifically it

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:20.259
was, but I saw that he was injured. When was

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:24.720
that scheduled for? I don't remember. It's not

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:30.380
real soon. No, I think it's April. Must be a

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:32.819
bad injury if he's pulling out of an April fight.

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:40.680
Yeah. Let me see if I can... Find it real quick?

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:45.849
Yeah, I want to see what it is. Hand injury.

00:27:46.009 --> 00:27:52.549
Hand injury, yeah. Ooh, ligament damage is not

00:27:52.549 --> 00:27:58.150
good. That might be a career problem. Yeah, I

00:27:58.150 --> 00:28:00.690
don't think it'll be an ender, but it could become

00:28:00.690 --> 00:28:08.029
a problem. That sucks. That was kind of a decent

00:28:08.029 --> 00:28:12.089
matchup, I thought. Yeah, would have been nice

00:28:12.089 --> 00:28:15.210
to see. Liam Parrow back in the title picture.

00:28:15.549 --> 00:28:19.690
It still would have been the weaker of the four

00:28:19.690 --> 00:28:25.890
champs. Yeah, but still. And Ireland in Australia,

00:28:26.089 --> 00:28:32.150
like, people would come out for that. Oh, man.

00:28:32.309 --> 00:28:35.890
Will people come out for this double headliner,

00:28:36.130 --> 00:28:42.109
Laurence Acoli versus Tony Yoka? And Bakari Samake

00:28:42.109 --> 00:28:49.349
versus Ermal Hadribe. I think it is Hadribe.

00:28:49.450 --> 00:28:53.230
No. No. April 25th. Nobody cares about any of

00:28:53.230 --> 00:29:00.430
these people. In Paris. In Paris? Yes. We'll

00:29:00.430 --> 00:29:05.349
have to send Vom. He lives in Paris. To go heckle

00:29:05.349 --> 00:29:11.779
Tony Yoka? I honestly could not care less about

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:15.400
Akoli or Yoka. And I honestly don't recognize

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.500
the other two names. I don't either. I don't

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:21.259
know if you do. Okay. Yeah. I do not give a shit

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:24.980
about this card at all. Do you give a shit about

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:32.880
Andrew Tabidi signing with Zufa? No. I also don't

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:36.470
know who that is. cruiserweight contender you

00:29:36.470 --> 00:29:40.609
have here i had that just in case um you needed

00:29:40.609 --> 00:29:48.049
a little primer so that must be for what's his

00:29:48.049 --> 00:29:51.890
name yeah yep i was drawing a blank i all that

00:29:51.890 --> 00:29:54.730
was coming was a coley i'm like that's not the

00:29:54.730 --> 00:29:58.809
same person yeah i'm guessing that's what they

00:29:58.809 --> 00:30:01.849
signed him for So Opetai is just going to be

00:30:01.849 --> 00:30:06.809
knocking over cans at Zufa, too. Yay. Excellent.

00:30:06.910 --> 00:30:12.430
The best fighting the best. Mm -hmm. Did you

00:30:12.430 --> 00:30:15.730
see that they've announced their first belt fight?

00:30:16.890 --> 00:30:20.930
Zufa? Yeah, I think it's the light heavyweight.

00:30:21.130 --> 00:30:24.630
Hot Rod is going to be... Yeah, I forget who

00:30:24.630 --> 00:30:26.750
the other one is, but Hot Rod's fighting for

00:30:26.750 --> 00:30:32.269
the Zufa belt. Oh, boy. Yay. The five belt era

00:30:32.269 --> 00:30:37.609
has begun. Excellent. I do actually kind of like

00:30:37.609 --> 00:30:40.369
hot rod. I do too. He's entertaining. He's fun

00:30:40.369 --> 00:30:44.369
to watch. So, I mean, getting the Zufa belt,

00:30:44.509 --> 00:30:47.509
I guess is going to get them more money. I assume.

00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:51.329
Yeah. He'll get paid better for sure. So good

00:30:51.329 --> 00:30:54.329
for hot rod, but like who gives a shit about

00:30:54.329 --> 00:30:56.670
Zufa belts? Yeah. Right. Like whatever does it

00:30:56.670 --> 00:31:00.799
for you. If the Zufa title. Fucking gets you

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:04.640
going, then have at it. I mean, he signed with

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.599
them, so what else is he going to fight for?

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:10.180
But it's not like he was getting other title

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:14.759
shots anyways. Honestly, Hot Rod is that level

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:18.259
that I was expecting to go to Zufa and just,

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:23.220
you know, exist. He is at that level, isn't he?

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:28.099
He was not going to get a title shot with anyone

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:34.740
else. No. Pro box title. Right. The title picture

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:38.039
for Light Heavyweight is jammed up with Beevil,

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:42.720
Better BF, and Benavidez. Yeah. Not a chance.

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:45.980
So, like, for Hot Rod, it made sense to go to

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:50.980
Zufa, and I'm glad to see he's going to make

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:58.690
more money. Speaking of making money, Frank Warren

00:31:58.690 --> 00:32:04.049
is filing suit against, I think this is Sela

00:32:04.049 --> 00:32:10.009
and TKO and Zufa. And I think Turkey is listed,

00:32:10.150 --> 00:32:13.710
or is that Sela? I think he's the Sela. Okay.

00:32:14.549 --> 00:32:18.210
Yeah, Frank Warren doesn't lose very often. One

00:32:18.210 --> 00:32:20.450
billion is madness. I don't think he's going

00:32:20.450 --> 00:32:23.500
to get that, but... It would not surprise me

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:27.039
if he has a real case. Frank Warren doesn't file

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:32.660
nonsense lawsuits. He's not litigious, I think

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:36.440
is the word. Well, he is litigious, but only

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:42.420
when he has grounds. Okay. Shrewd litigious man.

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:46.119
Yeah, like, I don't know. This is interesting.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:51.779
I'm interested to see what happens here. Yeah,

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:56.799
so for the uninitiated, the lawsuit is that Frank

00:32:56.799 --> 00:33:00.799
Warren was supposed to be like a partner organization

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:06.180
as those entities built up their boxing operations.

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:11.920
And the case is that Frank Warren got cut out

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:16.539
before the terms of the contract were fulfilled.

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:22.880
So the... more specific that I've heard but I

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.200
I think this is listed in the lawsuit is that

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:33.079
Frank Warren gave them access and helped build

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:37.140
a road plan for them to get into boxing that

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:40.089
he was supposed to be a part of And that was

00:33:40.089 --> 00:33:43.509
written in the contract. Like he would help them

00:33:43.509 --> 00:33:48.130
develop and plan their entrance into boxing and

00:33:48.130 --> 00:33:51.910
be part of it. And then they cut him out. So

00:33:51.910 --> 00:33:55.150
that's the part, like basically they're stealing

00:33:55.150 --> 00:34:02.029
his business plan. So that's the more like specific.

00:34:02.190 --> 00:34:04.529
It's not just, oh, you guys said you'd play with

00:34:04.529 --> 00:34:10.179
me and then you didn't. It's we talked specific

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:14.239
business strategies and I helped them design

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:17.760
these business strategies. And that was part

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:20.579
of the contract. And then they broke the contract

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:25.880
when they took me out and stole my IP, basically.

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:28.679
I don't know the right words for business stuff,

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:32.679
but... Proprietary information. Yeah, basically

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:37.349
they came in and just... ransacked him business

00:34:37.349 --> 00:34:41.989
-wise. Thanks for the plan, Frank. Peace. Yeah,

00:34:42.090 --> 00:34:45.210
which is illegal if they had a contract saying

00:34:45.210 --> 00:34:49.329
otherwise. Yeah, that was... I don't imagine

00:34:49.329 --> 00:34:54.949
he would be suing otherwise. If they had... Yeah,

00:34:55.050 --> 00:34:58.110
I'm actually pretty interested in this one because...

00:34:59.849 --> 00:35:05.369
I mean, Dana and Sella and those guys, they all

00:35:05.369 --> 00:35:10.210
kind of, from the outside, appear like they feel

00:35:10.210 --> 00:35:13.630
super untouchable. And they can just do what

00:35:13.630 --> 00:35:15.610
they want because no one has enough money to

00:35:15.610 --> 00:35:20.389
fight them about it. But, I mean, if you break

00:35:20.389 --> 00:35:23.389
the contract, you break the contract, Frank probably

00:35:23.389 --> 00:35:26.860
has a leg to stand on in court. I think the $1

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:29.940
billion is probably to try and get them to settle

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:34.000
before. Like, not take it all the way to the

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.360
end. Yeah. Because the settlement would probably

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:42.659
be less than what the court result is anyway.

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:47.619
Which is not going to be a billion, but... No,

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.159
but I think the billion is just like... You always

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:56.539
aim high, right? Of course. I saw that Don King

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:59.380
is also suing them. Yeah, I didn't look into

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:04.119
that one. He's suing the TKO Zufa or whatever.

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:10.380
And the WBA. Because his guy, I think Michael

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:13.099
Hunter, was supposed to fight Gerald Miller.

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:18.920
And they pulled Gerald Miller for unknown reasons.

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:23.739
And Miller ended up fighting the hairpiece situation.

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:28.380
Right, right. So it's supposed to be Michael

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:33.199
Hunter that took his hair off. Right. I mean,

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:36.619
Don King does file nonsense lawsuits, but it

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:39.079
would also be funny if Don King won that one.

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:42.239
I do not cheer for Don King in any sense of the

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:46.860
word, but it would be kind of funny if even he

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:52.440
can get money out of suing Zufa. Yeah, whatever

00:36:52.440 --> 00:37:01.239
dries them up. With Frank Warren suing the TKO

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:09.239
group and the Saudis, and then we've talked about

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:13.019
it previously with Eddie Hearn and really keeping

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:17.519
American fighters busy, are the fucking Brit

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:21.760
promoters saving American boxing right now? They

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:25.010
might be. God. I mean, those two are the only

00:37:25.010 --> 00:37:28.630
ones that are really in the old guard doing anything.

00:37:30.550 --> 00:37:33.110
They're kind of just saving boxing, I think.

00:37:33.389 --> 00:37:39.130
Yeah. They've been keeping top rank afloat. That's

00:37:39.130 --> 00:37:43.690
for sure. Yeah, I kind of hope we see the old

00:37:43.690 --> 00:37:47.389
guard circle the wagons and get Zufa fucking...

00:37:48.590 --> 00:37:51.630
In line, at least. I don't care if they exist,

00:37:51.889 --> 00:37:54.170
but this we're gonna change everything has to

00:37:54.170 --> 00:38:00.369
stop. Yeah. There's a... There has to be some

00:38:00.369 --> 00:38:04.389
compatibility with how Zufa operates and how

00:38:04.389 --> 00:38:12.469
everyone else does. A bit. I don't want a UFC

00:38:12.469 --> 00:38:24.880
-style boxing entity. Zufa signs Conor Benn to

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:31.340
a one -fight deal worth 15 million to fight Regis

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:38.400
Progray at 150 pounds. That's fucked. Everything

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:42.300
about it's fucked. This was entirely them spending

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:44.480
a shit ton of money to piss off Eddie Hearn.

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:47.400
That's all this is. Oh, yeah. That's the only

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:52.059
reason it's Connor Ben. Yeah. But, like, there's

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:56.400
no way they make back a third of this. Who the

00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:00.780
fuck cares about Regis Progray? This is going

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:06.519
to be on the Tyson Fury, Makhmudov card. I guess

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:08.760
they want to get Brits watching, but they were

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:11.500
going to watch anyways. Nobody is tuning in for

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:14.940
Connor Ben specifically. Yeah. That wasn't already

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:25.119
watching Fury. The salt from the UFC fighters

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:29.980
has been fucking tasty. They are fucking livid.

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:34.239
That Conor Benn, of all people, it's a lot of

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:38.980
who the fuck is this guy? And he's getting 15

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:42.480
mil for one fight. What's that, like 10 times

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:47.300
what the UFC guys get? Yeah, at least. To fight

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:52.920
nobody? Like, Regis isn't a nobody, but nobody

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:57.760
cares about Regis Progray. Like, he's not a big

00:39:57.760 --> 00:40:03.760
name. Nope. I don't know. This is fucking stupid.

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:13.699
I think it's pretty goddamn funny. Let's spend

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:18.179
$15 million just to piss off Eddie Hearn. For

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:21.400
one fight after which Conor Benn can very easily

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:25.840
go back to the matchroom. It's a one fight deal,

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:32.579
dude. Maybe. But Eddie seems legitimately hurt

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:38.719
by this. I don't know if Conor can go back. That's

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:41.900
a pretty big backstab. Especially if it happened

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:47.460
the way Eddie says it did. Like, not even taking

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:53.199
a phone call. Yeah. I haven't seen anything from

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:58.559
the Connor -Ben team about it. Dana said that's

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:00.440
not how it went down, but you can't believe a

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:04.320
word he says. Dana can suck a dick. Give a shit

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:14.409
what that piece of shit says. What I really hope

00:41:14.409 --> 00:41:19.309
continues to happen is dumb fuck moves like these,

00:41:19.530 --> 00:41:23.309
Zufa continues to make just really stupid decisions

00:41:23.309 --> 00:41:28.989
like this. Yeah. By all means, Connor Ben, get

00:41:28.989 --> 00:41:31.250
paid, my man. You're the one putting your life

00:41:31.250 --> 00:41:36.690
on the line here. Also, you have burnt, like...

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:41.900
such a bridge on this one because it's been um

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:47.579
what's the word verified that eddie hearn bailed

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.780
connor ben out during that whole drug scandal

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:53.300
lent him hundreds of thousands of dollars to

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:57.000
keep him afloat and he could he kept him working

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:59.380
because remember he had a few fights in the u

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:02.599
.s at the time like they were they were on at

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:05.719
uh the most odd times so that they could be prime

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:12.320
time in the uk Yeah. No, it's just, I know money's

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.880
money and everything else, but honestly, Connor

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:17.599
Ben probably would have made more money if he

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:20.539
just signed a multi -fight deal with Matchroom.

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:24.000
Probably could have gotten a fight with Regis

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:27.380
Progray. Yeah, he wouldn't have got $15 million

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:29.900
for that one fight, but they'd have got him three

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:34.460
fights for seven or eight. That comes out to

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:38.920
more money. Right, because you take this one,

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:42.380
it's a big bag. Congrats. Where do you go after

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:45.400
that? You're going to have to re -sign with Zufa,

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.579
and they're not giving you 15 mil again. No.

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:53.340
But also, this is very publicly 15 million for

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:57.000
fucking Conor Benn to fight a C -level fighter.

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:00.800
Boxers are going to want more if they have any

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:06.610
name value going to Zufa now. Hmm. Yeah. Also,

00:43:06.690 --> 00:43:09.690
how stupid is Jio Pataya feeling? Because I know

00:43:09.690 --> 00:43:13.829
he's not getting $15 million a fight. And he's

00:43:13.829 --> 00:43:20.590
a fucking champion. Yep. Yeah, a lot of the big

00:43:20.590 --> 00:43:23.510
name UFC guys have been like, where the hell's

00:43:23.510 --> 00:43:27.110
my $15 million? Yeah. Well, and they should.

00:43:27.429 --> 00:43:30.929
Absolutely. I really, really want this to fucking

00:43:30.929 --> 00:43:35.420
backfire so badly. I think it's already starting.

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:41.480
Oh, God. I really want the UFC, the top guys,

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:47.199
and whatever grade of fighter they are, this

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.619
is like a good unionizing movement situation

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:53.739
right here. You're giving this fucking clown

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:59.099
15 mil while we're getting paid peanuts. Yeah.

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:03.179
This is absurd. UFC makes so much money. Yeah.

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:06.559
It's not like UFC can't afford to pay their fighters.

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:13.480
In 2025, they made $1 .5 billion in revenue.

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:18.900
And it was 50 % was profit. 57 % was profit.

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:27.480
So they're making $570 million a year. Yeah.

00:44:28.230 --> 00:44:31.150
A little more than that. Yeah, to cover their

00:44:31.150 --> 00:44:34.969
overhead and everything. And they don't have

00:44:34.969 --> 00:44:40.369
$500 million in overhead. No, they don't. $1

00:44:40.369 --> 00:44:48.710
.5 billion. 57 % profit. That's a thousand Connor

00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:58.719
Benz. Where... Where is... Why... Why can't the

00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:04.599
UFC dudes get paid? The money is clearly fucking

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:10.940
there. Yeah. Nah, I think this move into boxing

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:13.380
is going to backfire on Dana, or I'm hoping it

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:18.480
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00:45:31.269 --> 00:45:36.289
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Oh, man. Recap shit. It is a good time for recaps.

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For the recaps. First one, Thursday, February

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19th. Ohashi Promotions at Korakuen Hall. Fucking...

00:48:34.889 --> 00:48:38.190
Do I know who these people are? Not really. I

00:48:38.190 --> 00:48:42.300
only know Jin Sasaki. Gets the stoppage win,

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:47.619
I say win with very heavy irony, over Marlon

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:53.659
Bagalpalan. Yeah, Jin Sasaki looked like shit.

00:48:53.960 --> 00:49:00.260
Straight up trash. Yeah, just high guard, getting

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:05.219
lit up, and he does have power. Yeah, that's

00:49:05.219 --> 00:49:07.599
what bailed him out. He bailed himself out. But

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:13.110
he just looked like shit. Jin Sasaki probably

00:49:13.110 --> 00:49:17.510
should consider not boxing anymore. I think.

00:49:17.730 --> 00:49:25.030
I agree. After seeing that, absolutely not. Absolutely

00:49:25.030 --> 00:49:31.650
no skill. And he was just taking a shit ton of

00:49:31.650 --> 00:49:34.789
punches. I assume they chose somebody who didn't

00:49:34.789 --> 00:49:38.269
have much power. Which was a good choice, because

00:49:38.269 --> 00:49:40.190
anyone with any power would have knocked him

00:49:40.190 --> 00:49:45.750
out again. Yeah, the amount of punishments of

00:49:45.750 --> 00:49:48.289
the body he was taking would have been the perfect

00:49:48.289 --> 00:49:51.630
setup to just nuke him in the face. Yeah, yeah.

00:49:53.070 --> 00:49:56.130
Nah, Jin Sasaki looked like straight ass. And

00:49:56.130 --> 00:49:57.789
I know we're going to have listeners going, he

00:49:57.789 --> 00:50:00.809
always looked like straight ass, but like, this

00:50:00.809 --> 00:50:05.369
was worse. Yeah, this is worse than his usual...

00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:13.340
Level of trash. Man, speaking of trash. Saturday,

00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:18.320
February 21st at the Nottingham Arena. Matchroom.

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:24.480
Let's see here. Leo Atang. Congrats. Stops Dan

00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.780
Garber in one. You get to keep the name. Yep.

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:30.679
I get the feeling he's going to be keeping the

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:34.179
name for quite some time. Yeah. He's pretty solid.

00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:38.219
And he's going to crush Cairns as long as they

00:50:38.219 --> 00:50:42.320
put him in front of him. Speaking of Cairns,

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:47.860
fucking David Allen stops Kareem Barajan in one.

00:50:49.260 --> 00:50:53.719
Did you see his interview with, what's the British

00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:57.880
podcast? Propa Boxing, I think? No, I didn't.

00:50:57.940 --> 00:51:02.090
After the fight? He was at, like, a fucking McDonald's

00:51:02.090 --> 00:51:04.769
playpen with his kids or whatever, and it just

00:51:04.769 --> 00:51:08.210
had him on, like, FaceTime. The kids were so

00:51:08.210 --> 00:51:13.210
loud he had to go outside. But he, his plan is

00:51:13.210 --> 00:51:19.610
two more fights and then Zhang. That's the roadmap

00:51:19.610 --> 00:51:22.989
for Dave Allen, according to Dave Allen. All

00:51:22.989 --> 00:51:29.820
right. I'd watch it. Why not? Yeah. Why not?

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:36.380
I mean, Yang's a million years old. Maybe he's

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:39.280
slow enough Dave Allen can avoid the right hand.

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:44.079
Left? I forget which one Zhang throws hard, but...

00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:47.739
I think he's a lefty. Yeah. After I said right,

00:51:47.820 --> 00:51:51.960
it sounded wrong. But, I mean, you gotta kinda

00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:55.139
love Dave Allen just because he's Dave Allen,

00:51:55.340 --> 00:52:00.730
but... He is a lefty. Dude is not... He's not

00:52:00.730 --> 00:52:03.050
going to live very long when he can't box anymore.

00:52:04.130 --> 00:52:09.250
He will be destitute within a year. There's that,

00:52:09.469 --> 00:52:13.570
but he just also goes into hard depression and

00:52:13.570 --> 00:52:18.769
eats himself to death. He was talking about how

00:52:18.769 --> 00:52:22.090
he was morbidly obese. I know he's a big guy,

00:52:22.210 --> 00:52:25.409
but he was like, I was 350 a few months ago.

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:31.579
Not months, but Jesus Christ, man. This man legitimately

00:52:31.579 --> 00:52:35.019
is just gonna die when he doesn't have boxing.

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:39.980
So, keep letting him knock over cans, please.

00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:42.480
People come watch him. He's fun in interviews.

00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:47.139
Yeah, he's a character. He's a fun character.

00:52:47.599 --> 00:52:52.880
Speaking of fun characters, Molly McCann gets

00:52:52.880 --> 00:53:00.679
the scoring referee. Points decision. Sandy Ryan

00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:04.659
squeaks it by to claim the super lightweight

00:53:04.659 --> 00:53:11.119
title. The very reputable and respectable WBC

00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:17.780
title. Yeah. Bilal Fawaz gets the majority decision

00:53:17.780 --> 00:53:22.119
over Ishmael Davis to claim the Commonwealth

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:28.190
and British title. He has a hell of a story.

00:53:29.349 --> 00:53:34.130
Yeah, crazy story. Hell of a story. He is a character.

00:53:34.389 --> 00:53:37.969
He's a weird dude. He's an interesting fighter

00:53:37.969 --> 00:53:42.130
to watch. I would say he's a pretty good... If

00:53:42.130 --> 00:53:46.530
you look at Chris Eubank Sr. Yeah, I've heard

00:53:46.530 --> 00:53:49.630
those comparisons. That's what he reminded me

00:53:49.630 --> 00:53:56.119
of, was Eubank Sr. I don't hate him doing well.

00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:03.500
No, his, the only thing was like his, Chris Eubank

00:54:03.500 --> 00:54:07.860
would do those weird types of like poses and

00:54:07.860 --> 00:54:11.380
stuff, but he actually did stuff as well. Yeah.

00:54:11.739 --> 00:54:14.880
Whereas Fawaz was a little bit gun shy for some

00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:19.820
reason. Yeah, that's true. That was, that's my,

00:54:19.960 --> 00:54:22.659
if I had a complaint about it. It would be, you

00:54:22.659 --> 00:54:25.400
know, let your hands go. I don't really like

00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:28.059
the showboating, but I mean, given his story,

00:54:28.260 --> 00:54:31.880
I kind of have to cheer for him. Yeah, same.

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:36.199
Oh, you know who I don't want to cheer for anymore?

00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:41.880
Lee Wood and Josh Warrington. Lee Wood gets the

00:54:41.880 --> 00:54:48.039
UD. How do I feel about that? Fucking not very

00:54:48.039 --> 00:54:51.880
good. You think Warrington should have got the

00:54:51.880 --> 00:54:55.260
nod? No. The fight was kind of shit. They're

00:54:55.260 --> 00:54:58.579
both hot garbage is what it is. Yeah. Honestly,

00:54:58.719 --> 00:55:01.059
I don't think this would be a bad time for Lee

00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:04.179
Wood to retire. I don't think he will. But going

00:55:04.179 --> 00:55:07.539
out on a win in front of a big crowd. Rival.

00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:11.420
It wouldn't be a bad idea. Yeah. This is like

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:14.820
the moment for him to hang it up. Yeah. Yeah.

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:17.719
This would be a good way to bow out. He's not

00:55:17.719 --> 00:55:20.610
going to do anything of note. In the future.

00:55:21.190 --> 00:55:27.369
I don't think. No not really. And it was a good

00:55:27.369 --> 00:55:32.489
crowd. Like. I don't know. I kind of feel like

00:55:32.489 --> 00:55:35.510
they both should retire. Josh Warrington did

00:55:35.510 --> 00:55:39.789
right? I think so. I think he announced it after

00:55:39.789 --> 00:55:45.230
the fight. Yeah. If he had continued. He should

00:55:45.230 --> 00:55:48.230
change his training regimen. Just like run his

00:55:48.230 --> 00:55:52.690
head into a wall. Well, I mean, he got a couple

00:55:52.690 --> 00:55:55.210
good headbutts in there anyways. Yeah, he did.

00:55:56.309 --> 00:56:01.210
Can't retire without him. Fucking, yeah, this

00:56:01.210 --> 00:56:04.510
was not a good fight. I watched purely out of

00:56:04.510 --> 00:56:07.070
hate for Warrington. I wanted to see him get

00:56:07.070 --> 00:56:11.389
sparked again, but I'm glad Lee Wood won. Yeah,

00:56:11.429 --> 00:56:14.829
I am too. Lee Wood, like of all the, even though

00:56:14.829 --> 00:56:18.320
he has the fucking broccoli head. Of all the

00:56:18.320 --> 00:56:21.699
Brits, he's definitely not at the top of my hate

00:56:21.699 --> 00:56:25.960
list. Yeah. It's good for him to win, I guess.

00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:28.800
With his hair texture, because I'm assuming that's

00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:31.179
natural, I don't know how many other haircuts

00:56:31.179 --> 00:56:36.239
he can do. Yeah, you're absolutely right. That's

00:56:36.239 --> 00:56:39.260
probably the best one he's got with curly hair

00:56:39.260 --> 00:56:41.739
like that. Yeah, good thing that it's come into

00:56:41.739 --> 00:56:46.130
fashion. Yeah, but he had it forever. Exactly.

00:56:46.269 --> 00:56:51.449
He had it before it was cool. Yeah, yeah. Let's

00:56:51.449 --> 00:56:55.929
roll on the ring. High stakes at the T -Mobile

00:56:55.929 --> 00:57:01.190
Arena. Let's see. From the bottom up, Mohamed

00:57:01.190 --> 00:57:06.510
Alakel gets a stoppage in two. Whatever. It's

00:57:06.510 --> 00:57:13.519
as expected for the Saudi plant. Joshua Edwards.

00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:21.800
UD over Brandon Colantonio. Brandon fucking won

00:57:21.800 --> 00:57:25.780
the story of the night. He looked like he just

00:57:25.780 --> 00:57:29.440
knocked off from the factory and he was on his

00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:31.880
way to the pub, but instead he got pulled into

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:36.139
this. I have to admit that I only saw the co

00:57:36.139 --> 00:57:38.440
-main and main on this one. It's fine. Oh no,

00:57:38.500 --> 00:57:42.800
I did see Beck as well. Yeah, it's all right.

00:57:42.900 --> 00:57:48.360
These are, like, as expected, pretty much. Well,

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:50.880
not really, actually, in the case of Joshua Edwards.

00:57:51.199 --> 00:57:55.099
He was... This was supposed to be, like, an easy

00:57:55.099 --> 00:58:00.880
scalp, but Cole Antonio gave him work. And Joshua

00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:04.719
Edwards did not look like the future of American

00:58:04.719 --> 00:58:10.510
heavyweights the way we expected. Probably good

00:58:10.510 --> 00:58:17.349
to find out early. Yes. It's weird how this garbage

00:58:17.349 --> 00:58:20.110
man looking person, he just looks like a blue

00:58:20.110 --> 00:58:23.610
collar dude. Just an average Joe. This dude is

00:58:23.610 --> 00:58:27.010
giving you fits. What's up? You're the freak

00:58:27.010 --> 00:58:32.750
athlete here. What's going on? Yeah. Yeah. Freak

00:58:32.750 --> 00:58:36.309
athletes. Amari Jones stops Luis Arias in four.

00:58:37.809 --> 00:58:42.460
Went about. As you would expect for a vet on

00:58:42.460 --> 00:58:55.179
the downslope of his career. What did you make

00:58:55.179 --> 00:59:00.139
of Beck's win here? I mean, Beck's Beck. He kind

00:59:00.139 --> 00:59:04.059
of always looks the same. I thought he looked

00:59:04.059 --> 00:59:11.750
the same as always. It's, um, I don't know. He's

00:59:11.750 --> 00:59:18.150
not bad. He's just not, like, star power. He's

00:59:18.150 --> 00:59:21.530
not going to be competing with Oslis or Hamza

00:59:21.530 --> 00:59:23.690
Shiraz. He's not going to be competing with those

00:59:23.690 --> 00:59:29.210
guys for a title. But I could still see Beck

00:59:29.210 --> 00:59:35.159
getting, like, a world title that's weaker. I

00:59:35.159 --> 00:59:36.840
don't think it's completely out of the question,

00:59:36.960 --> 00:59:41.300
but it would have to be like a Mario Barrio situation.

00:59:41.980 --> 00:59:51.619
Yeah. Is Beck Zufa level? Maybe, but I don't

00:59:51.619 --> 00:59:53.780
want to see him go to Zufa. I think he's good

00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:55.960
enough he can hang around with the real guys.

00:59:58.159 --> 01:00:02.380
He can be competitive with the top contenders.

01:00:03.090 --> 01:00:07.769
Yeah, if he went to Zufa, I think he'd win. Oh,

01:00:07.809 --> 01:00:09.889
they would move him up? He'd either have to move

01:00:09.889 --> 01:00:13.869
down or up. He'd have to move up. I don't think

01:00:13.869 --> 01:00:18.469
Beck could move down. Beck Demir versus Hot Rod?

01:00:20.190 --> 01:00:23.409
I think Beck could win that. It'd be hard, but

01:00:23.409 --> 01:00:33.199
I think he could win it. Man. Frank Martin. Nahir

01:00:33.199 --> 01:00:36.340
Albright. Fight to... This is the first time

01:00:36.340 --> 01:00:41.019
I've seen one. A unanimous draw. Yeah, that's

01:00:41.019 --> 01:00:47.460
strange. I had never seen that before. Must have

01:00:47.460 --> 01:00:50.300
been an actually really close fight. It was.

01:00:50.300 --> 01:00:53.059
I assume. It was. I honestly felt Nahir Albright

01:00:53.059 --> 01:00:56.579
did better. And if anyone was going to get the

01:00:56.579 --> 01:01:01.059
nod, it should have been him. But... uh frank

01:01:01.059 --> 01:01:04.820
martin is the house guy so what do you expect

01:01:04.820 --> 01:01:09.000
hopefully they do the rematch um frank martin

01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:14.500
showed some limitations kind of showed himself

01:01:14.500 --> 01:01:22.159
to be one trick ish like he has this he uses

01:01:22.159 --> 01:01:25.639
his athleticism to kind of hop in behind his

01:01:25.639 --> 01:01:30.139
left hand and then he pivots on it and tries

01:01:30.139 --> 01:01:33.159
to throw a combination off the pivot. And he

01:01:33.159 --> 01:01:36.820
kept doing that. And here Albright was able to

01:01:36.820 --> 01:01:42.039
stuff it after the fourth or fifth round. I mean,

01:01:42.179 --> 01:01:45.960
yeah, if you have a pattern, good people will

01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:51.000
figure it out. Yeah. They both said they want

01:01:51.000 --> 01:01:52.960
the rematch, so I really hope they do it again.

01:01:54.179 --> 01:01:58.679
I think Frank Martin might be... Heading into

01:01:58.679 --> 01:02:02.860
the Fraud Watch. Territory. He's getting kind

01:02:02.860 --> 01:02:05.820
of old. Yeah. And he's not doing a whole lot.

01:02:10.099 --> 01:02:15.239
Moving up. Supposed to be. Look. This was canceled.

01:02:15.460 --> 01:02:19.880
Richardson Hitchens versus Oscar Duarte. As we

01:02:19.880 --> 01:02:22.619
discussed earlier. Supposed to be the co -main.

01:02:23.480 --> 01:02:26.960
The people's main event. Gary Antoine Russell.

01:02:28.010 --> 01:02:34.590
UD win over Andy Hirooka. To me, this went as

01:02:34.590 --> 01:02:40.369
I expected, where Andy's going to be able to

01:02:40.369 --> 01:02:43.929
use his... He is a pretty damn good athlete as

01:02:43.929 --> 01:02:45.929
well. He's really athletic, and he was going

01:02:45.929 --> 01:02:50.889
to be able to use that to maybe not take the

01:02:50.889 --> 01:02:56.710
rounds off of GAR, but make the rounds competitive.

01:02:57.599 --> 01:03:00.340
So even though it was a unanimous decision, I

01:03:00.340 --> 01:03:04.239
think the scores were wider than the fight was.

01:03:04.820 --> 01:03:09.619
I don't know. What did you think? Hirooka actually

01:03:09.619 --> 01:03:15.480
kind of surprised me. I expected it to be wider

01:03:15.480 --> 01:03:18.739
of a fight than it was. i didn't think andy had

01:03:18.739 --> 01:03:22.139
the the experience i thought gar was going to

01:03:22.139 --> 01:03:24.619
out experience him and he definitely did in the

01:03:24.619 --> 01:03:28.639
early rounds but andy adjusted better than i

01:03:28.639 --> 01:03:33.420
thought he would like i know he lost but he impressed

01:03:33.420 --> 01:03:38.579
me in the loss i i do want to ask you do you

01:03:38.579 --> 01:03:42.119
think if he didn't have visa issues it would

01:03:42.119 --> 01:03:46.280
have made a difference oh if he had gotten adjusted

01:03:46.280 --> 01:03:49.940
like the jet lag or whatever yeah well and i

01:03:49.940 --> 01:03:53.980
don't think it's just jet lag entirely like that

01:03:53.980 --> 01:04:00.500
must be a little distracting maybe not i don't

01:04:00.500 --> 01:04:04.519
know i don't know yeah i mean we'll never know

01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:06.860
but i kind of think this fight was gonna go this

01:04:06.860 --> 01:04:11.679
way anyways yes i i agree completely i just i

01:04:11.679 --> 01:04:17.000
my only My support of Hirooka was just for him

01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:20.900
to give a good account of himself. And kind of

01:04:20.900 --> 01:04:22.960
put people on notice. Like, he's actually a legit

01:04:22.960 --> 01:04:27.840
contender. Not just some undefeated, only fought

01:04:27.840 --> 01:04:31.659
in Japan bum. And I think he did that. Like,

01:04:31.659 --> 01:04:35.920
he succeeded at that. Like I said, he did much

01:04:35.920 --> 01:04:38.280
better in the later rounds than I thought he

01:04:38.280 --> 01:04:42.239
was going to. But I think it's just a lack of

01:04:42.239 --> 01:04:46.949
experience. They kind of skip some steps in the

01:04:46.949 --> 01:04:51.650
middle with Hirooka here, I think. Yeah, I think

01:04:51.650 --> 01:04:56.170
you're right. Lack of options, willing to travel

01:04:56.170 --> 01:05:01.849
to Japan. Yeah, and like, I know they don't fight

01:05:01.849 --> 01:05:04.130
very often and everything else, but the Russell

01:05:04.130 --> 01:05:08.469
brothers always look good. Like, they are consistently

01:05:08.469 --> 01:05:13.360
good. And I thought the corner advice that the

01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:16.619
older brother was giving was really good. He

01:05:16.619 --> 01:05:18.980
was being pretty hard on Gar in the corner, actually.

01:05:19.019 --> 01:05:24.739
He was. I thought. But, like, the actual substantial

01:05:24.739 --> 01:05:29.980
advice. Since we talk so much about T .O.'s dad,

01:05:30.260 --> 01:05:32.059
I've started paying more attention to what they're

01:05:32.059 --> 01:05:35.679
actually saying in the corner. And Gary Russell

01:05:35.679 --> 01:05:39.710
Jr. seems like a really good coach. He stepped

01:05:39.710 --> 01:05:44.690
into the role really well. Yeah. That isn't just

01:05:44.690 --> 01:05:47.949
a you're my family and I won't replace you. I

01:05:47.949 --> 01:05:51.829
think he's a really good coach. Also, complete

01:05:51.829 --> 01:05:55.349
sidebar, but they all use it, I think. I love

01:05:55.349 --> 01:05:58.289
the whole face shield, the anti -swell. That

01:05:58.289 --> 01:06:02.539
thing looks cool as fuck. Oh, yeah. It's like

01:06:02.539 --> 01:06:05.420
a metal mask with, I think it has a snake on

01:06:05.420 --> 01:06:08.460
the front that they put over their face. I just

01:06:08.460 --> 01:06:13.760
think it looks cool. Man, the post -fight interview

01:06:13.760 --> 01:06:22.440
was interesting from GAR. The other 140 champions

01:06:22.440 --> 01:06:27.000
are who you would immediately think. But he said,

01:06:27.139 --> 01:06:30.139
I'll fight anyone. I want to fight Shakur last.

01:06:31.179 --> 01:06:35.440
was his was his what he said and to me that was

01:06:35.440 --> 01:06:42.179
like that was quackery I think he's not he's

01:06:42.179 --> 01:06:44.980
not ready for he's not he's not beating Shakur

01:06:44.980 --> 01:06:48.980
no yeah I mean I don't know if it's quackery

01:06:48.980 --> 01:06:55.099
or just being logical realistic yeah like I'll

01:06:55.099 --> 01:06:57.480
fight the hardest guy after I've beaten everyone

01:06:57.480 --> 01:07:00.320
up to him I don't think that's an unreasonable

01:07:00.320 --> 01:07:07.460
thing to say. No. It's not the bluster that boxing

01:07:07.460 --> 01:07:10.320
fans are used to, but I mean, I kind of like

01:07:10.320 --> 01:07:17.380
when guys are realistic. Yeah. Let me pull up

01:07:17.380 --> 01:07:23.760
who else is at 140. Yeah, I'm so bad at weight

01:07:23.760 --> 01:07:29.010
classes. So, his fellow champs. Richardson Hitchens,

01:07:29.150 --> 01:07:36.510
of course. Dalton Smith. And Shakur. I mean,

01:07:36.610 --> 01:07:39.329
like, if you're chasing unifications, of course

01:07:39.329 --> 01:07:41.590
you're going to go after Smith first. Definitely.

01:07:44.269 --> 01:07:48.650
Hitchens has to fight Lindolfo Delgado. He has

01:07:48.650 --> 01:07:55.019
to. Oh my goodness. I kind of feel like... We

01:07:55.019 --> 01:07:57.420
didn't talk about, but I kind of feel like Hitchens

01:07:57.420 --> 01:08:00.039
pulling out of this fight. I know he was sick

01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:03.900
and everything else, but it's a bit of a duck

01:08:03.900 --> 01:08:07.880
if he doesn't fight Duarte. Duarte is a hard

01:08:07.880 --> 01:08:11.219
fight. I don't think he's the best or anything,

01:08:11.360 --> 01:08:14.480
but he's going to lay hands on you. It's going

01:08:14.480 --> 01:08:18.800
to be damaging. And if Hitchens kind of steps

01:08:18.800 --> 01:08:23.840
out and fights his mandatory. It feels duckish

01:08:23.840 --> 01:08:26.739
to me, and Hitchens is kind of a duck anyways.

01:08:29.880 --> 01:08:34.079
Hitchens, if he wants to keep his title, he has

01:08:34.079 --> 01:08:38.960
to fight Delgado next. Unfortunately. Yeah, I

01:08:38.960 --> 01:08:45.079
get it, but I'm just saying. If he doesn't reschedule

01:08:45.079 --> 01:08:48.399
the fight with Duarte after that, it's kind of

01:08:48.399 --> 01:08:52.729
a bitch move. Yeah. Yeah, if you're so certain

01:08:52.729 --> 01:08:55.350
you're going to beat him, then just do it another

01:08:55.350 --> 01:09:08.649
time. Man. I had to exclaim Cletus Selden is

01:09:08.649 --> 01:09:12.149
number six in the WBA? Are you fucking kidding

01:09:12.149 --> 01:09:22.319
me? The standings are always trash. What the

01:09:22.319 --> 01:09:29.600
fuck? I don't know when these were last updated

01:09:29.600 --> 01:09:32.140
because Hiroko is still at number one. I don't

01:09:32.140 --> 01:09:34.899
know if he would be dropped. How far he would

01:09:34.899 --> 01:09:41.939
be dropped for losing. I don't recognize quite

01:09:41.939 --> 01:09:45.420
a few of the WBA names, to be honest. I don't

01:09:45.420 --> 01:09:49.920
know. Like, I don't know who Agbar? I don't know

01:09:49.920 --> 01:09:54.260
how you say that. Agrabah? Oh, no. Yeah. I don't

01:09:54.260 --> 01:09:57.159
know who number two and number three are. Yeah,

01:09:57.199 --> 01:10:01.460
I don't either. There's another guy named Arislandi?

01:10:02.939 --> 01:10:08.199
Cuba, what are you doing? Cuba has weird names.

01:10:08.359 --> 01:10:11.159
Yeah, they have wacky names. Is he Cuban? Yes,

01:10:11.159 --> 01:10:15.399
of course he is. His name's Arislandi. He might

01:10:15.399 --> 01:10:18.680
have been Dominican. Because they do some...

01:10:18.989 --> 01:10:24.390
Names like that, too. I guess. But, last words

01:10:24.390 --> 01:10:30.050
for GAR and Andy? It went the way I expected.

01:10:30.810 --> 01:10:34.149
Gar's still Gar. I didn't see that he'd slowed

01:10:34.149 --> 01:10:38.529
down at all or anything. And, like I said, Andy

01:10:38.529 --> 01:10:42.869
impressed me. Yeah, I'm happy to see. I think

01:10:42.869 --> 01:10:45.609
Andy's going to grow from this. He'll be much

01:10:45.609 --> 01:10:50.710
better. for this experience um yeah yeah they

01:10:50.710 --> 01:10:54.350
just they they skip steps he wasn't ready for

01:10:54.350 --> 01:11:00.850
gar yeah in my opinion oh man you know who else

01:11:00.850 --> 01:11:06.029
wasn't ready wbc welterweight champion mario

01:11:06.029 --> 01:11:13.729
barrios gets 12 owed by ryan garcia i have to

01:11:13.729 --> 01:11:15.869
admit garcia looked the best he's ever looked

01:11:16.390 --> 01:11:18.789
yeah he was fantastic he was working with both

01:11:18.789 --> 01:11:22.310
hands he wasn't his one shot type of guy yeah

01:11:22.310 --> 01:11:25.409
which just makes me hate him more because if

01:11:25.409 --> 01:11:27.529
you can do this why don't you just do this every

01:11:27.529 --> 01:11:31.409
time why haven't you been doing this yeah like

01:11:31.409 --> 01:11:34.710
i fucking hate ryan garcia but i have to admit

01:11:34.710 --> 01:11:37.189
it was a very impressive performance he looked

01:11:37.189 --> 01:11:41.930
like he should be world class like he looked

01:11:41.930 --> 01:11:45.859
like everyone said he looks That I had never

01:11:45.859 --> 01:11:55.600
seen before. I wonder how much of that is because

01:11:55.600 --> 01:12:01.659
Mario Barrios is hot. I don't know what temperature,

01:12:01.859 --> 01:12:06.800
but he is some temperature of garbage. I don't

01:12:06.800 --> 01:12:12.060
think he's hot garbage, but Mario Barrios overachieved.

01:12:13.609 --> 01:12:15.789
He just straight up overachieved for the skill

01:12:15.789 --> 01:12:20.649
set he has. That is applicable in more than one

01:12:20.649 --> 01:12:27.829
way. But yeah, I heard that Garcia hurt his left

01:12:27.829 --> 01:12:29.989
hand. That might be the best thing that's ever

01:12:29.989 --> 01:12:35.270
happened to him. He had to use both hands. This

01:12:35.270 --> 01:12:40.989
is a situation where a father trainer was fucking

01:12:40.989 --> 01:12:45.729
on point. Well, and like, apparently I don't

01:12:45.729 --> 01:12:48.810
know anything about his dad, but his dad was

01:12:48.810 --> 01:12:51.029
his coach all the way through amateurs when Ryan

01:12:51.029 --> 01:12:56.090
looked really good. So maybe, maybe this is a

01:12:56.090 --> 01:12:59.550
case where that's the best, like the best matchup.

01:13:00.789 --> 01:13:03.770
Yeah. Because Ryan seems fucking impossible to

01:13:03.770 --> 01:13:07.390
coach, but maybe his dad has figured out how.

01:13:09.829 --> 01:13:12.739
Yeah, I think you're right. Like, uh, Derek James

01:13:12.739 --> 01:13:16.279
and Joe Goosen, whatever their faults might be,

01:13:16.359 --> 01:13:22.079
had issues. Yeah, well, and, like, Ryan got kicked

01:13:22.079 --> 01:13:26.319
out of... Was it Eddie Reynoso's camp? Yeah,

01:13:26.319 --> 01:13:30.579
Eddie Reynoso's camp. Yeah. Like, this might

01:13:30.579 --> 01:13:33.000
be a case where the fighter is just so hard to

01:13:33.000 --> 01:13:35.439
work with, it has to be somebody close to him

01:13:35.439 --> 01:13:40.140
that can manage his crazy. Yeah, I don't see

01:13:40.140 --> 01:13:45.760
anyone better suited. Yeah, I fucking hate it,

01:13:45.800 --> 01:13:52.979
but Ryan looked really good. If only people could

01:13:52.979 --> 01:13:56.159
see your expressions as you're having to say

01:13:56.159 --> 01:14:02.720
all this. I am biased as fuck, but I have to

01:14:02.720 --> 01:14:06.420
admit, he looked really good. Man, I think the

01:14:06.420 --> 01:14:12.920
possibilities here... Are pretty fucking spicy.

01:14:13.319 --> 01:14:18.500
Because he has. Two rematches that he. Like has

01:14:18.500 --> 01:14:21.720
to take. Right. He has to avenge the Raleigh

01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:25.000
loss. Which is a unification fight. He has to

01:14:25.000 --> 01:14:29.100
fucking. Get back the no contest. With Devin

01:14:29.100 --> 01:14:37.060
Haney. Yeah. Yeah I mean. Those. Those are exciting

01:14:37.060 --> 01:14:42.060
fights. And. If this Ryan shows up for either

01:14:42.060 --> 01:14:48.859
of those fights, I think he probably wins. Yeah,

01:14:48.960 --> 01:14:53.920
I think you're right. The only thing I could

01:14:53.920 --> 01:14:56.800
see happening with Devin Haney that would be

01:14:56.800 --> 01:14:59.159
different is that Devin Haney is able to withstand

01:14:59.159 --> 01:15:02.479
the power a little better. At the higher weight,

01:15:02.600 --> 01:15:08.899
yeah. And, I mean... Devin Haney got caught bad

01:15:08.899 --> 01:15:12.579
early. If that doesn't happen, he might be able

01:15:12.579 --> 01:15:18.760
to outbox Ryan. Because he got up, but I don't

01:15:18.760 --> 01:15:22.020
think Haney ever really recovered. Mentally,

01:15:22.079 --> 01:15:25.560
if nothing else. I don't think just mentally.

01:15:25.600 --> 01:15:28.260
I think he was pretty rocked that entire fight.

01:15:28.520 --> 01:15:32.600
I don't think his legs were doing what he wanted

01:15:32.600 --> 01:15:39.789
them to do. So, if this Ryan shows up, I think

01:15:39.789 --> 01:15:44.050
Roley gets steamrolled, unfortunately. But the

01:15:44.050 --> 01:15:46.750
Devin Haney fight is one I would actually like

01:15:46.750 --> 01:15:49.630
to see. Because I think that could be a really

01:15:49.630 --> 01:15:54.069
close fight. If Haney avoids getting caught early

01:15:54.069 --> 01:16:00.850
in the fight. Man, Lewis Crocker left standing

01:16:00.850 --> 01:16:05.300
out in the rain. That might be the best thing

01:16:05.300 --> 01:16:12.460
for Lewis Crocker right now. I wonder if he can

01:16:12.460 --> 01:16:15.600
swing a voluntary against Patty Donovan, because

01:16:15.600 --> 01:16:18.560
that could be a really big UK fight. Like, people

01:16:18.560 --> 01:16:20.800
would turn the fuck up for that. They turned

01:16:20.800 --> 01:16:24.920
up for it the first time. Oh, they already fought?

01:16:25.079 --> 01:16:28.060
I don't watch this. It was a vacant title fight

01:16:28.060 --> 01:16:32.479
when they fought. I don't watch this weight class

01:16:32.479 --> 01:16:36.930
very closely. That's alright. But yeah, I would

01:16:36.930 --> 01:16:39.989
like to see Garcia -Haney too, and I think that's

01:16:39.989 --> 01:16:46.029
a pretty big, big fight. So, Ryan Garcia in the

01:16:46.029 --> 01:16:49.710
post -fight interview said only one name, and

01:16:49.710 --> 01:16:54.890
that was Shakur Stevenson. You got fucking solid

01:16:54.890 --> 01:16:57.609
rivals here. I'm not sure why you're wanting

01:16:57.609 --> 01:17:04.300
to jump down. Or drag up Shakur. Ryan said, they

01:17:04.300 --> 01:17:08.399
first said 144 catchweight. And then Ryan said,

01:17:08.479 --> 01:17:11.220
fuck that. I'll go all the way down and I'm going

01:17:11.220 --> 01:17:14.979
to take your title. I don't want to see it. I

01:17:14.979 --> 01:17:17.680
don't either. Ryan's going to be drained at that

01:17:17.680 --> 01:17:21.420
weight. He'll have a built -in excuse. I don't

01:17:21.420 --> 01:17:23.119
want to see a catchweight. Like you said, he's

01:17:23.119 --> 01:17:25.479
got good fights here. Stay in your fucking lane.

01:17:26.560 --> 01:17:30.560
Wait for Shakur to move up. Yeah, it's going

01:17:30.560 --> 01:17:34.210
to happen. Right. It's a matter of time before

01:17:34.210 --> 01:17:38.369
Shakur gets there. Deal with the business you

01:17:38.369 --> 01:17:41.590
have in your neighborhood and Shakur is going

01:17:41.590 --> 01:17:45.970
to come there anyways. Number one contender is

01:17:45.970 --> 01:17:51.069
Connor Ben. Yeah, people were convinced that

01:17:51.069 --> 01:17:53.350
they were paying Connor Ben that $15 million

01:17:53.350 --> 01:17:55.829
and they were going to get the Ryan Garcia fight

01:17:55.829 --> 01:17:58.630
because that was the only fight that made sense

01:17:58.630 --> 01:18:03.300
for that much money. And Connor Benz fighting

01:18:03.300 --> 01:18:11.460
Regis Progray. Regis fucking Progray. Oh, man.

01:18:13.600 --> 01:18:15.960
Going back to Lewis Crocker, you said the Liam

01:18:15.960 --> 01:18:19.659
Parrow fight was cancelled, right? I think it's

01:18:19.659 --> 01:18:23.079
cancelled. I don't know if it's postponed. Because

01:18:23.079 --> 01:18:26.000
Parrow hurt his hand, though, not the other guy.

01:18:26.119 --> 01:18:32.899
Crocker hurt his hand. Right. Yeah, I think Lewis

01:18:32.899 --> 01:18:36.260
Crocker needs to just milk that injury and stay

01:18:36.260 --> 01:18:44.560
out of the fire for a little while. Karen Chikadzian,

01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:50.079
the dude that fought Boots twice, he has a final

01:18:50.079 --> 01:18:55.579
eliminator with Patty Donovan. Man, the IBF just

01:18:55.579 --> 01:19:02.539
loves to recycle their people. Yeah, Lewis Crocker,

01:19:02.640 --> 01:19:08.479
man, just stay fighting your cheeky Mandos. Yeah,

01:19:08.560 --> 01:19:11.520
stay out of the fire. Let the Americans figure

01:19:11.520 --> 01:19:17.399
their shit out. Really? Like, if in my ideal

01:19:17.399 --> 01:19:21.199
world, Ryan Garcia avenges the loss to Rawley,

01:19:21.340 --> 01:19:25.659
then he three -belt unifies with Devin Haney,

01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:30.000
and then off to the side, little Lewis Crocker.

01:19:30.510 --> 01:19:33.949
comes into the picture just to complete the set.

01:19:35.130 --> 01:19:39.210
I mean, it would make sense. But I would fucking

01:19:39.210 --> 01:19:43.590
love if Roly pulls off the upset again. Unified

01:19:43.590 --> 01:19:47.850
champion, Roly Romero. I don't think there's

01:19:47.850 --> 01:19:51.869
any world where Roly beats Devin, but wouldn't

01:19:51.869 --> 01:19:56.829
Roly beating Ryan again be just fucking amazing?

01:19:57.649 --> 01:20:00.890
Yeah, it would be pretty funny. I would love

01:20:00.890 --> 01:20:11.350
it. Yeah, Lewis Crocker, you gotta settle that

01:20:11.350 --> 01:20:15.069
Liam Parrow shit. And then you're gonna have,

01:20:15.130 --> 01:20:17.510
by the time that's done, you're gonna have another

01:20:17.510 --> 01:20:22.729
mandatory lined up. You're not gonna be in the

01:20:22.729 --> 01:20:26.489
conversation with these other people. I think

01:20:26.489 --> 01:20:28.750
that's the best thing for him to do anyways.

01:20:29.579 --> 01:20:35.239
It would be ideal for him. Yeah. All right. Let's

01:20:35.239 --> 01:20:39.819
move to the last fight, the last card. Sunday,

01:20:39.899 --> 01:20:45.760
February 22nd. Three that I was tracking. Daniel

01:20:45.760 --> 01:20:52.899
Perkins stops Shea Keneally in six. Atif Olberton

01:20:52.899 --> 01:20:59.779
wins by end of first round retirement. Joseph

01:20:59.779 --> 01:21:02.319
George sat on his stool and he just straight

01:21:02.319 --> 01:21:06.399
up keeled over? Yeah, that was really weird.

01:21:07.279 --> 01:21:12.020
I did not like that they kept him in the ring.

01:21:13.039 --> 01:21:17.100
Get the fucking ambulance in there. He was out

01:21:17.100 --> 01:21:21.880
for a while. Best case scenario, it's some weird

01:21:21.880 --> 01:21:25.760
dehydration thing. Worst case scenario, he's

01:21:25.760 --> 01:21:28.420
got some weird brain bleed. Like, why are you

01:21:28.420 --> 01:21:30.720
keeping him in the ring for 15 fucking minutes?

01:21:31.819 --> 01:21:34.260
Get him on a stretcher, get him in an ambulance,

01:21:34.319 --> 01:21:38.739
and take him to the hospital. They did eventually

01:21:38.739 --> 01:21:43.699
get him there, and from what I read, a first

01:21:43.699 --> 01:21:47.539
-hand account, or a first -hand source, is that

01:21:47.539 --> 01:21:52.399
he's okay. So that's good. But it was a weird

01:21:52.399 --> 01:21:55.390
delay. I didn't like the way they handled it.

01:21:55.750 --> 01:22:01.229
I thought it was ridiculous. You know what else

01:22:01.229 --> 01:22:04.270
was ridiculous? Clarissa Shields. The main event.

01:22:05.189 --> 01:22:09.789
Gets the UD. Tenno's. Franchon Cruz discern.

01:22:11.609 --> 01:22:17.970
It was a fight. That happened. It certainly was.

01:22:17.970 --> 01:22:20.649
It was boring as fuck. It was pretty bad. Pretty

01:22:20.649 --> 01:22:25.060
hard to watch. For whatever it's worth, Clarissa

01:22:25.060 --> 01:22:28.560
Shields got nearly 20 ,000 people in the arena.

01:22:28.979 --> 01:22:33.840
So fucking get after it. Yeah, but... There's

01:22:33.840 --> 01:22:36.819
nobody for her to fight. There's nobody there.

01:22:37.479 --> 01:22:41.100
There's nobody around. No. That's always been

01:22:41.100 --> 01:22:45.720
Clarissa's problem. Lack of opponents. Yeah.

01:22:50.640 --> 01:22:55.399
But... That's it. That's the last card. Unless

01:22:55.399 --> 01:23:00.359
you have any burning thoughts. Nah. Alright.

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George when he keeled over? What did you think

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this is pretty weak. Yep. Thursday, March 5th.

01:26:23.989 --> 01:26:28.550
Eye of the Tiger. This will be streaming on Punching

01:26:28.550 --> 01:26:35.949
Grace. The fuck is that? Exactly. I went to check

01:26:35.949 --> 01:26:44.090
it out. It's... Whatever. It's a site. But it's

01:26:44.090 --> 01:26:47.909
free? Yes. Well, on a weekend like this, it might

01:26:47.909 --> 01:26:52.369
be worth watching. Let me double check something

01:26:52.369 --> 01:26:58.689
here. What? Eye of the Tiger is always such mismatches.

01:26:58.810 --> 01:27:03.350
I don't like their cards. They're usually pretty

01:27:03.350 --> 01:27:08.729
shit. I guess you get to see knockouts. Steve

01:27:08.729 --> 01:27:15.649
Claggett? His opponent is still TBA. For a week

01:27:15.649 --> 01:27:19.609
and a half away? Yep. Excellent. So that's going

01:27:19.609 --> 01:27:27.869
to be a real good close fight. Who else did I

01:27:27.869 --> 01:27:32.010
have on here? The co -main, I think it's the

01:27:32.010 --> 01:27:35.909
co -main, Lennar Perez, cruiserweight contender,

01:27:36.050 --> 01:27:44.229
is fighting Isaac Chalemba. Holy shit. Isn't

01:27:44.229 --> 01:27:50.270
he like 100 years old? Yeah. Fucking eye of the

01:27:50.270 --> 01:27:57.869
tiger, man. Leave Isaac alone. Oh my goodness.

01:27:58.850 --> 01:28:02.649
His age isn't listed. It's because he's inactive.

01:28:03.630 --> 01:28:07.710
When was the last time he fought? I'll see if

01:28:07.710 --> 01:28:13.510
I can find his age. May 2024. It's the last time

01:28:13.510 --> 01:28:19.949
he fought. He was born in 87. So he's not as

01:28:19.949 --> 01:28:22.970
old as I thought. Man, he's just been around

01:28:22.970 --> 01:28:28.909
for a while. But... Fucking Eye of the Tiger.

01:28:30.029 --> 01:28:38.050
Like... They are anti -Probok. A while... A long

01:28:38.050 --> 01:28:43.159
time ago... Wait. Is it Isaac Chalumba? Hold

01:28:43.159 --> 01:28:46.600
on a second. I want to get this right. It was

01:28:46.600 --> 01:28:51.819
someone else. Never mind. I was thinking there's

01:28:51.819 --> 01:28:54.539
a person that we used to refer to as the banana

01:28:54.539 --> 01:29:00.859
peel. But it's not Isaac Chalumba. I think Isaac

01:29:00.859 --> 01:29:03.779
Chalumba usually loses when he's supposed to.

01:29:03.920 --> 01:29:10.239
Yes, he does. The person I'm thinking of, I think

01:29:10.239 --> 01:29:14.460
it's Darnell Boone. Always loses when he's supposed

01:29:14.460 --> 01:29:18.159
to as well, but he always scores huge knockdowns.

01:29:18.420 --> 01:29:24.899
I think he got one on Andre Ward. That's crazy.

01:29:25.279 --> 01:29:32.060
Yeah, quite. Steven Butler versus Ramadan Hiseni

01:29:32.060 --> 01:29:41.640
is the main event. Just excellent. Yeah. I know

01:29:41.640 --> 01:29:43.859
I should try and talk up Eye of the Tiger because

01:29:43.859 --> 01:29:50.619
they're Canadian, but they suck. Yeah. You know

01:29:50.619 --> 01:29:54.659
what else sucks? Sunday, March 8th. Zufa Boxing.

01:29:56.819 --> 01:30:02.840
Who is on this card? I don't know who any of

01:30:02.840 --> 01:30:05.079
these people are. And that's saying something.

01:30:07.000 --> 01:30:12.159
Main event. Jai Opataya. The IBF cruiserweight

01:30:12.159 --> 01:30:19.159
champion is facing Brandon Glanton. I don't know

01:30:19.159 --> 01:30:23.520
if this is confirmed, but I saw somewhere that

01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:25.180
they were going to try to put the Zufa title

01:30:25.180 --> 01:30:29.699
on this one too. I haven't seen that, but it

01:30:29.699 --> 01:30:32.779
wouldn't surprise me. I mean, you kind of have

01:30:32.779 --> 01:30:36.100
to. Jai's going to be their cruiserweight champ.

01:30:36.340 --> 01:30:40.829
Of course. Is Jai's belt on the line? Like his

01:30:40.829 --> 01:30:45.449
real belt? Yes. I kind of hope Glanton sparks

01:30:45.449 --> 01:30:50.109
him. That would be fucking hilarious. I mean,

01:30:50.310 --> 01:30:53.310
Obataya doesn't seem to have the best chin ever.

01:30:54.270 --> 01:30:57.130
He's been pretty rocked by some pretty mid dudes.

01:30:58.609 --> 01:31:04.909
And Glanton has some power? Yeah, I think he

01:31:04.909 --> 01:31:10.130
does. It's got a lot of knockouts and TKOs anyways.

01:31:12.750 --> 01:31:18.069
Bulletproof Brandon Glanton. I would like to

01:31:18.069 --> 01:31:21.529
see Obataya fuck this up. It would make me happy.

01:31:24.310 --> 01:31:33.199
Just another notch on the fuck Zufa belt. Sorry,

01:31:33.199 --> 01:31:35.619
Opitaya, you're just collateral damage. It's

01:31:35.619 --> 01:31:38.220
nothing personal, but yeah, I would very much

01:31:38.220 --> 01:31:42.420
like for Quentin to fucking end you. I know we

01:31:42.420 --> 01:31:45.479
can't, but I would love to add a Zufa sticker

01:31:45.479 --> 01:31:53.420
so you can buy Fuck Zufa. Well, that's all we

01:31:53.420 --> 01:31:57.260
got coming up. That's a really shit weekend.

01:31:57.619 --> 01:32:01.079
Yeah, this was one over on B -Sides. I said...

01:32:01.920 --> 01:32:05.720
Go outside. Yeah, touch grass. Find something

01:32:05.720 --> 01:32:11.319
to do. Go watch a movie. Yeah, go walk your dog.

01:32:12.520 --> 01:32:15.659
If you live in the northeast, go play in the

01:32:15.659 --> 01:32:18.479
snow. Oh yeah, go have a snowball fight with

01:32:18.479 --> 01:32:21.439
the fucking police. Apparently that's happening.

01:32:22.399 --> 01:32:28.279
That's a thing? Why? That sounds fun. Yeah, this

01:32:28.279 --> 01:32:29.979
sounds like a really good community building

01:32:29.979 --> 01:32:35.640
activity. for the police to do. Yeah. People

01:32:35.640 --> 01:32:40.979
are so fucking weird these days, man. Yeah. Oh,

01:32:41.180 --> 01:32:46.420
man. Newfoundland, where I did my PhD, has gotten

01:32:46.420 --> 01:32:50.159
hit with crazy amounts of snow. It's a record

01:32:50.159 --> 01:32:53.979
for them. And my buddy sent me a picture of his

01:32:53.979 --> 01:32:59.140
house. And he's dug out now. but originally he

01:32:59.140 --> 01:33:01.960
had to crawl out the upstairs windows and like

01:33:01.960 --> 01:33:04.520
walk off the roof onto the snow and start digging.

01:33:04.800 --> 01:33:09.060
Jeez. The picture he sent me was from inside

01:33:09.060 --> 01:33:12.640
the house and the living room windows are like

01:33:12.640 --> 01:33:14.960
completely covered. His house was just dark.

01:33:17.199 --> 01:33:23.739
I would like that. Just to be blacked out. Yeah.

01:33:24.699 --> 01:33:27.939
Me too. But like, they've been trying to dig

01:33:27.939 --> 01:33:30.779
out and shit. And I talked to them a couple days

01:33:30.779 --> 01:33:33.239
ago and there was more snow in the forecast.

01:33:33.680 --> 01:33:36.760
So I think they're just kind of fucked right

01:33:36.760 --> 01:33:46.199
now. Well, we're done with the five parting words.

01:33:46.359 --> 01:33:50.140
Do you have any? Go touch grass. Yeah, go outside.

01:33:51.789 --> 01:33:54.970
If you're into MMA shit, we mentioned 1FC at

01:33:54.970 --> 01:33:58.510
the very beginning. If you like MMA shit, Ultimate

01:33:58.510 --> 01:34:04.710
F 'ing Casuals. Yeah. I keep it fucking busy.

01:34:05.090 --> 01:34:09.329
I will find the most random shit I can. Did you

01:34:09.329 --> 01:34:15.029
know that UFC, or the TKO that operates UFC,

01:34:15.210 --> 01:34:18.750
they also operate Zufa Boxing, as we know. They

01:34:18.750 --> 01:34:24.949
also operate a... UFC BJJ. I didn't even know

01:34:24.949 --> 01:34:29.109
that was a thing. Yeah, they have a jujitsu whatever.

01:34:31.189 --> 01:34:35.310
They also do pro wrestling, right? Yes, real

01:34:35.310 --> 01:34:39.430
American freestyle. It's like Olympics collegiate

01:34:39.430 --> 01:34:43.090
style wrestling. No, I mean like they do WWE

01:34:43.090 --> 01:34:45.850
style wrestling as well. Oh yeah, WWE themselves

01:34:45.850 --> 01:34:48.329
are part of the TKO. Okay, I wasn't sure which

01:34:48.329 --> 01:34:51.770
one it was. and there's real american freestyle

01:34:51.770 --> 01:34:58.529
that interesting is yeah that's happening um

01:34:58.529 --> 01:35:03.710
if you hate mma like me because it's boring as

01:35:03.710 --> 01:35:08.369
hell uh one f the one friday fights are usually

01:35:08.369 --> 01:35:11.109
really good they're mma light it's almost all

01:35:11.109 --> 01:35:15.279
muay thai and kickboxing usually oh yeah I really

01:35:15.279 --> 01:35:19.159
enjoy them, but here in Japan, they end so goddamn

01:35:19.159 --> 01:35:24.359
late. For me, they start way too fucking early.

01:35:25.180 --> 01:35:28.420
But it's on YouTube for free. You can just watch

01:35:28.420 --> 01:35:31.220
it later. Yeah. You know what they started fucking

01:35:31.220 --> 01:35:34.640
doing? The first three fights on the bill are

01:35:34.640 --> 01:35:40.399
not included in the replays. Oh. Or the broadcasts.

01:35:40.939 --> 01:35:43.880
I have noticed one is giving out less bonuses

01:35:43.880 --> 01:35:49.659
on Friday. I think this move into Japan is expensive.

01:35:49.739 --> 01:35:53.439
So they're tightening their budget a little.

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And I think server replay space is probably expensive.

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Yeah, it is. Man, that's all I got. Go outside.

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There are better things you could do on Thursday

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than watch this Eye of the Tiger card. There's

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nothing on Friday or Saturday at all for boxing.

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Go set up a date. That's it for this edition

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of Boxing Before Dark. We'll fucking see you

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on the other side of this unfortunate weekend.

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Thank you.