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The one and only Saul. Welcome. Welcome back,
guys. We were not talking anything about you.
Oh, my God. Don't even bring it up. Don't even
bring it up. Don't even bring it up, man. Come
on. And Josh. I'm going to bring it up. Hello.
Let's start with extending the hand of friendship
to our buddies over at Ultimate FN Casuals. This
week on March 7th, UFC 326. I should probably
have checked if this card was updated, but looking
at... In the early prelims, a good fight. Sumu
Derji versus Jesus Aguilar. Should be a good
time. The main portion of the event, I can't
say pay -per -view anymore. Rob Font versus Raul
Rosas. That should be a good fight. That kid
who was in high school, right? He was, yes. When
he started. Yeah. Caio Borralo versus Rainier
de Ritter. Rainier de Ritter is one of my personal
favorites. He moved from the organization 1FC
and he moved to UFC. So, I like him for that.
Max Holloway versus Charles Oliveira for the...
It's not really a title, but it... I don't know.
It physically is one. The BMF title. The Mickey
Mouse BMF. Yes, yes. So it's... First, it has...
It started off as a gimmick and has since taken
on a life of its own and is being treated like
some kind of seriousness when it's not. But that
is on the line. Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira.
I think I would say this is a boxing fan friendly
fight. Two heavy strikers. Can they grapple?
Yes. Do they often grapple? Not really. So it
should be fun. I'll say that much. And looking
at the preview block, like, fuck. There's not
a whole lot else going on. No, there is not.
If you are hard up for fights, this is a good
one to check out. All right. Into the boxing
news. We're starting off. We're going to keep
the disappointments rolling. Mark Magsayo goes
to the dark side. He signs with Zufa. Disappointing.
I like Mark Magsayo. When we were talking about
Brandon Figueroa beating Nick Ball to claim a
title at featherweight, I had said Mark Magsayo
would be the perfect first defense because they
had a fight at featherweight previously that
had a questionable result. having that rematch
would be perfect for Mark because he gets a title
fight. And then Brandon gets to, you know, settle
the questions. But instead, we got this. Yep,
he's got it. I mean, like, you're making your
own life choices. Like, that's his own fault.
And then watch him in, like, a year or even a
couple months be like, oh, why am I not getting
any title fights? and the other belts. Why am
I not getting a legitimate title fight? Yeah,
that's been the common thread between Zufa guys.
And it's been a month of this experiment, so
I don't know what you guys expected, honestly.
Maybe I'm just silly, though. No. This one...
Andy Ruiz also signed. This was like a little
bit more on the rumor side, but I did see it
in multiple places. Andy Ruiz looking like he's
going to Zufa. Right now, your only opposition
is fucking F .A. at Jogba and Charles Martin.
One thing that I could say for Mark McSayo about
this is that. At his weight class, there's more
competition. So at the very least, he can say,
I'm going to a steady stream of fights, like
a regular schedule of fights. I guess. If nothing
else, he knows that he has a fight coming up.
Andy Ruiz is not quite the same. Their heavyweight
stable is two people. He's going to fight F .A.
Jagua and maybe Jai Opataya. That's it. Right.
Just fodder for Opataya when he moves up. Yeah.
See, I don't even mind Andy signing with them
because it's kind of cool. We don't actually
have to... We know you're not serious. Yeah,
you're not in title contention anymore. Yeah,
we know you're not serious. It's whatever. Andy
will at least make money from there. He could
be a Zufa champion, whatever. But... MarkMexayo...
MarkMexayo could still be... Could still have
been competitive. I think. Yeah. At 126 or 130,
yes. But now he has to move up to 135. Where
he's gonna be undersized. So... Just like everyone
else. They're going to look a little soft. Like
a Bo Hachuk looks soft. Callum Walsh looked soft.
These alleged weight classes, oh yeah. Yeah,
because they're having to move up X amount of
pounds. Last Zufa signing, Connor Benn. Signs
with Zufa. This one is pretty hilarious. One
fight deal. Worth eight figures somewhere. I've
heard 10 to $15 million for the one fight. This
is pretty hilarious. It's like, what are you
doing, man? You've just soured the only promoter
who actually wants you. Like your relationship
with the only guy who wants you. Yeah. You want
you because the relationship with the father
said to turn your back on someone that supports
you when you were at your lowest. built up their
entire career, man. Like, I'm not saying there
should be, like, loyalties owed. Exactly. I feel
like this is a unique case where, like, this
is the only guy who wants him. Like, Matchroom's
the only guy who wants him long -term. Like,
let's be real. This is going to be a one -off
against Callum Walsh, and that's it. I got a
theory about this, and I'm not going to lie.
It's a weird theory, but it just might be real.
What if Dana paid Connor Ben 10 to 15 million?
And Eddie Hearns is saying, yeah, yeah, you took
my guy, but they're wasting money on someone
like Connor Ben just to spy Eddie, right? I'm
pretty sure it's just to spy Eddie, by the way.
Oh, probably. And I feel like Connor Ben is going
to go back to Eddie afterwards. Just to take
that money from the Saudis. I feel like he would
go back to Eddie, and Eddie's going to take him
back with open arms. I mean, that's just a theory.
Either way, it's still kind of scummy what he
did. Again, I agree with Josh. There should be
no loyalty in boxing, but this is a special case
where, I mean, this guy supported you when you
were at your lowest. No one wanted you. No one
wanted to even put you in a fight. And Eddie
gave you two of your biggest paydays. I'm going
to say, it's not even like he's a name, like
a superstar that's worth going through this trouble
for. Oh, yeah. They say he's super strong because
of you being that those fights are big. Oh, yeah.
And her name, good promotion. Like, again, I
hate giving Pern his props because, like, he
doesn't often deserve them. But with Ben, like,
come on. When Ben had, when he, like, pissed
hot for overeating eggs or whatever it was. Yes.
That's what it was. Pern put on fights in the
U .S. like on Sunday mornings so that they would
be at UK, like a prime time. If he's made like
no money too. He lost money on those fucking
events, but he still put them on to have Connor
been busy and working. So that, that is one situation
to me where like if, if Eddie has not demonstrated
that he's willing to take care of you at this
point, if you don't feel that way, I don't know
what else he can do. Yeah, well, like, I don't
know, man. I think even the case is when he started
giving, like, Tevin Farmer, like, a million billion.
Andre, or Demetrius Andre. Andre and Tevin Farmer
were very well taken care of this fight. Probably,
like, you know, I wrote an article a while back
how, like, okay, I understand that fighters should
get paid what they're worth, but they should
be getting paid what they're worth, not exorbitantly
more. And ruin the market. Like, Eddie totally
contributed to that, but I will not fault him
as a person for taking care of these guys. You
know? Another situation that I think Connor Ben
could have looked at was the situation with Bam.
Where Bam's contract ended, Zufa tried to court
him, and... And Bam, to his credit, I think,
he brought it back to Eddie and said, hey, this
is what Zufa's offering me. What can you do with
this? And Eddie said, I will beat that. I'll
do better than that. And Bam, like we had talked
about, at that point in the negotiation, still
had time to shop with other promoters. And he's
still going back to Matchroom. Clearly, Mashroom
is fucking taking care of their people. Yeah.
So, whatever... Connor, Ben, man, like, if you
want to get the bag, get the bag, dude. I'm not...
Nobody can fault you for that. I sincerely doubt
that Eddie would have gotten you 15 mil for one
fight. Oh, fuck no. But... Maybe against, like,
Boots? Maybe? Maybe. That's a big maybe. But
I suppose one thing that Shanada has said that
I kind of like is I hope that these guys go sign
big contracts and then leave. So here's Connor
Ben taking 15 mil out of the coffers and then
leaves. And there's Zufa short 15 mil. If that
hastens their demise, then cool. Oh, yeah. Let's
see here. Manny Pacquiao Promotions wins Angelo
Leo's first defense. They win the purse bid.
Rais Alim, the number one contender, will be
getting the hometown fight instead of Probox
winning Angelo Leo's defense. And they would
have put it on in Albuquerque for... Angelo to
have a hometown fight. But yeah, Manny Pacquiao
Promotions is making moves. Something I'm curious
about is to this point, all we've really seen
out of Manny Pacquiao Promotions is lower level
stuff like four rounders, debutants, six rounds.
But now they're making bids on world title fights.
I'm curious where the... The money's coming from?
Yeah, where's that capital coming from? From
the Filipino economy? Yeah, Sean Gibbons fucking
cashing, putting up the cash. It would make sense
if the... For the cards that MP has put on before...
that have been in the philippines like i was
saying with like the debutantes and stuff it
would make sense for like the for the philippine
government to kind of have a hand in that and
say like oh yeah put on a card for us but this
one is like what where is this coming from um
moving on callum smith versus david morel is
official April 18th in Liverpool. That's going
to be a great fight. Yes. That's going to be
a fun one. I don't think Smith has gotten in
for a second to beat Morrell, but it's going
to be fun. Maybe not beat him, but to survive
in there with him and trade? Oh, Lord. He's going
to go to war. That would be a mistake. They're
going to go to war. Smith demonstrably cannot
box on his back foot. And Smith would absolutely
go to war. Yeah, you're right. I gotta say that
Smith's probably one of, if not the most exciting
British fighter out there right now. Obviously,
he's not the best fighter, but man, he will put
up a fight. You know? I think that once he fights
Morel, Morel doesn't back down either as much
as other fighters, but if Smith keeps pushing,
if Smith pushes the initiative to you know, maybe
put a hurtin' on Morel, he might knock him out.
I know that sounds crazy to say. I know that
sounds crazy to say. But Morel got knocked down
his last fight. And the fight with Benavidez,
he got outworked. Katayev doesn't count, dude.
I get it. I get it. The living P .E .D. Katayev?
Yeah, I was gonna say, like, he is Balko, bro.
Like, that doesn't count. But the thing is...
He didn't lose that. He didn't get close to losing
that fight because the guy was on PEDs. Not just
because of that. He lost because he was not fighting
the right fight. He was kind of goofing off.
Exactly. He was goofing off. Goofing off in that
fight. He kind of goofed off in the Benavidez
fight just a little bit. I mean, I think against
Smith, Smith is, whether you guys like it or
not, a top 10 guy at 175. You're right. You're
right. So if he puts Beltas to Morel, he might
just fucking win. You think he's got to, like,
exert the pressure and keep Morel on his back
foot? I genuinely think he's going to put Morel
on the back foot. Morel's going to be dancing
on the back foot, and he should be fighting on
the back foot anyways. But knowing Morel in the
past couple fights, he's been the one to push
the fight. He was usually the pressure guy. That
was, like, his big deal. That's what made him
so fun to watch. Well, he was a pressure guy,
but it was a different type of pressure. It wasn't
so much like a Pitbull -Cruz pressure or even
a David Benavidez pressure. It was more like
a pick -your -shots type of pressure. At least
that's how I see it. Not so much like a relentless
barrage of punches. But even in other fights,
he's been on the back foot. And I think he should
be against Cal Smith. Because the only guy who's
been able to knock Cal Smith out was Betterbeef.
Canelo fought Cal Smith, couldn't knock him out.
Who else fought? It was Cal Smith lost to Canelo,
Betterbeef. And John Ryder. And John Ryder. He
watched the fight. He didn't lose to him. He
didn't, not on paper. And honestly, with Kyle
Smith and Bwatsi, as much as we don't see Bwatsi
as how we saw him before, Bwatsi still put up
a great fight against Kyle Smith. Couldn't knock
him out. He had him close, but I don't know.
Who'd say that Kyle Smith can't out -pressure
David Murrell? I mean, the British have had a
good year so far. I can't not expect an upset
like that. Now, this would be... I was thinking
that this is the point where the UFC guy, Paddy
Pimblitt, he's another Liverpool fighter, combat
sports guy. And he says, scousers don't get knocked
out. But then we saw what happened to fucking
Nick Ball. Has the Liverpool chin been cracked?
Is David Morel going to fucking... If he can
be a little extra spicy. That'd be crazy. Like,
I'd be off my seat watching Morel ice a guy just
clean. I mean, Morel, I'll be honest, dude. Morel
hasn't knocked out an elite. Not elite, but he
hasn't really put a lot of a hurt on a top 10
guy. On a top 10 guy? No. No, not particularly.
I think Smith is just very hittable. Tail end
of his career, too. If we really, really want
to downplay Morrell, we can say that at worst,
he's a bigger, stronger, better John Ryder. I'm
not going to go that far and say that he's a
bigger, stronger John Ryder. I just think that...
If we're downplaying... Morel to the, like, extreme.
I'm not trying to downplay Morel. I'm just saying
that from what I've seen, he hasn't been put
against... I'm not saying he's not an elite fighter.
He's a pretty great fighter for what I've seen
so far. But also from what I've seen, he got
put on his behind by fucking Kataev. Benavidez
put a hurtin' on him. And Hot Rod, you know?
I mean, say what you want, but Hot Rod... Hard
work. Yeah, give him hard work. That's Hot Rod.
God bless Hot Rod for the record. Yeah, Hot Rod
put a hurt on Gavazdic. I mean, come on. He's
a decent guy. He's a great guy from what I've
seen, but he's also kind of untested at, not
the elite level, but like at the contender level,
if you want to say that, you know? At the contender
level, he's at very, very mixed. He's a very
mixed bag. Hot take of the week. Moreau wins,
then that puts him back in contention for a title.
But if he doesn't win, or if he looks bad, I
think that people are going to start calling
him a fraud. As if they aren't already calling
him a fraud. My only thing is that Callum Smith,
to this point, his mileage is more than... like
it's higher than the his number of fights would
indicate and the the british style of fighting
um the like the stereo i think callum smith does
sort of fit the bill of the stereotypical brit
um yeah somewhat he he goes to war and i don't
think going to war with David Morrell at this
stage of your career is a really good idea. That's,
that's really it for me is that Callum Smith,
like if this was five plus years ago, like, fuck
yeah, this is an amazing fight. But right now,
Callum Smith, I think he's on his like farewell
tour and David Morrell is going to be the one
to cash the biggest amount out of it. So let
me ask you guys. If Calvin Smith wins, he gets
the WBO Mando, right? He becomes the interim.
I know that's for a trinket. He becomes the interim
champion, okay? At that point, he's kind of on
the way back up if he beats David Murrell. If
he beats David Murrell, that shows that he still
has a lot of life left in him. And honestly,
if he beats David Murrell, I mean... What you
said is a great point because at the same time,
he's an exciting fighter, but he's not like David
Benavidez level. If he beats David Morel, what
do you guys think about – how do you think that
would alter the look on David Benavidez's career?
Because Benavidez's best fight was with Morel.
Well, he's about to fight Zerdo, so we're going
to see then. Yeah, we'll see then. I understand.
Yeah, like Zerdo I feel like is a better picture
of where he's at right now. And I hope he wins,
but that's another story for another day. Actually,
that's the story for today, actually. Yeah, it's
the story for right now. Fucking segue into Benevita
Zerto. Fuck it. Last, just last picks. Callum
Smith versus David Morrell. Who are you taking?
Like, your money's on the table. Who are you
taking? Oh, I got Morrell. I got Morrell, too.
I would say Morrell, but honestly... I might
just, it might be a toss -up for me. I mean,
that sounds crazy, but I feel like Calvin Smith
does have a chance to put Belta as to Morel.
I'm still going to choose Morel, but I really
don't have as much faith as I did in Morel compared
to what I did when he was first coming up before
the Hot Rod fight, even before the David Benavidez
fight. Even before Katia, I still had a lot of
trust, I had a lot of faith in him. Now, he does
have a new trainer, I believe, right? In Ismael
Salas? Yeah, so we'll see how that is. I was
thinking Barroso, but... I know. I was about
to say that. I was thinking Barroso for a second.
No, but, I mean, we'll see how he is with that
new trainer, so we'll never know until we see
him fight in the ring again. So I got David Morrell,
too, but I'm not opposed to a Smith win as well.
Also, considering it's a matchroom card as well...
You would hedge your bet and... Put a little
small amount on Callum Smith. Exactly, yeah.
It's a match from cards. So if it goes to the
cards, then who knows what kind of fucker. It
might be stinky. Yeah. Yeah, it could be smelly.
Just like Rick. Last question on this fight.
Robbie, who you know from Discord, he lives in
Liverpool. The question has come up. Should he
go to Fabio Wardley versus Daniel Dubois? Or
should he go to Callum Smith versus David Moreau?
Well, Fabio Wardley, Daniel Dubois is going to
be gangbusters. Is that even a question? Yeah.
Is it? That one's straight up going to be gangbusters.
Those two guys have no defense. Two, I don't
know if I sound crazy, but two prime heavyweight
knockout punchers. With no defense. They got
no defense and they're all hard. Can I say something?
This might sound controversial, but I genuinely
feel like this might be a George Foreman, Ron
Lyle type fight. Oh, yeah. It's going to be gangbusters.
It's going to be so fucking fun. Assuming Dubois
doesn't, like, fold at the adversity, which I
really don't think he will, it's going to be
fabulous. I don't think so. I think Dubois has
found his heart. He's fucking built for the big
show now. I would love to see him again, you
know? He lost to Usyk, who is a generational
talent. That is no shame. No shame whatsoever.
The one thing for... The one thing was about
Callum Smith, David Morrell, is when will a guy
like David Morrell be in your hometown again?
That's true. But when are you ever going to experience
Fabio Wardley versus... Heavyweight title fight,
baby. Like, damn, dude. No, but like, it's not
just like a heavyweight title fight, like a standard
defense or like, like this fight is genuinely
like, I've like, I've never seen such a fight
like gangbusters in my life. The battle for Britain.
Like, like it's so obviously like, like again,
like it's going to be all heart, all power. Like,
oh my god. Not going to the cards. No, not in
the slightest. And if it does, it's like the
easiest fight of the year ever if it somehow
goes to the cards. Alright, so moving on to Benavidez
vs. Zerto at Cruiserweight. Interesting choice
for Benavidez. Part of me thinks... He doesn't
want to have to cut for a fight right now. It's...
Zerto's easy enough. Right. Yeah, Zerto's an
easy enough win. Or, not win, necessarily, but...
It's an easy enough fight to take at a higher
weight class without being worried about adjusting
to the power or anything. I honestly don't...
I think that Zerto, or not Zerto, Benavidez will
adjust fine to Cruiser, and he's going to be
too much for Zerto the whole time. I don't see
this going well for Ramirez at all. I have a
bit of an interesting opinion about this fight
as well, honestly. Fire away. I'm going to say
this first and foremost. I think Dave Benavidez
is going to beat Zerto. 100%. No doubt about
it. However, I do believe that this has the potential
to be a disaster for David as well. Absolutely.
In the sense that... Oh, yeah. Everything can
go sideways so fast. 100%. If the size catches
up to Benavidez. 100 % because... Zerto, I'm
going to say this. You looked at both men. Did
you guys see that press conference? You guys
saw that, right? Zerto with the bloody shorts?
Or no, Benavidez with the bloody shorts. Yeah,
and then Zerto, the initial fight press conference,
and they did the face -off. Dude, Zerto is a
fucking heavyweight. He is huge. And I know that...
He's fat as fuck, though. It's not like he's
in super shape. No, like, Ben, let's be real.
B -Ball, like, you saw the B -Ball fight. Like,
oh my god. Zerto's huge, but like, he's not...
He's not in a position to punch back when he
gets hit. Just because he's not that athletic.
Fast hands are going to be a problem for Fatboy.
Yeah, like, fast hands are generally... Because,
like, even... You don't need, like, that much
movement to route Zerdo, to be honest. You just
need to hit him quick enough because he can't
return fire. And I agree with you. The thing
is that if Benavidez... If his speed doesn't
carry up to Cruiserweight, if his power doesn't
carry up to Cruiserweight... I don't think the
power needs to carry. I think the speed will
carry, but the power won't. You can break a two
-by -four over Zerto's head, and it probably
wouldn't dent him. I was about to say that, too.
You need Zerto to respect you. Zerto is a durable
fighter. He may not be fast, he may not be the
hardest puncher, but he is a durable fighter.
And if Benavidez punches himself out, that's
Zerto's opportunity to come back and fucking
beat the shit out of him. I will say... Bivol
definitely punches softer than Benavidez and
still managed to keep him on the end of it. And
it's not that... Benavidez will probably keep
his gas a little better since he's not cutting.
I agree. Cruiserweight is probably his natural
weight, if we really think about it. I agree.
No cutting weight, yes. Zerto is having to cut
down to Kruiser. I'm just raising the concerns
of what could happen if Benavidez, if his speed
and his stamina and his power doesn't really
carry up. And if he kind of not drops the ball,
but I would say doesn't take it seriously. I
feel like he's going to take it serious, but
the off chance he doesn't, he thinks it's going
to be an easy shot at a title. Or two titles.
I don't know. It might just be a fucking rough
night for him. That can go south very quickly.
I think Dave Venavita's wins are in a pretty
wide decision. Yeah, pretty handily. Yeah, pretty
handily, but he needs to be on his shit. He needs
to be very focused. Very disciplined. One thing
that... man like you you have me wanting to kind
of think against who i who i'm backing because
david benavidez the benavidez boys the whole
fucking clan they're from my city so like i'm
there is no you gotta you gotta back them there's
no no fucking chance in hell that i'm backing
fucking zerto over benavidez there's no question
about it but what i do wonder is when Benavides
moved up from super middle to light heavy, and
he fought Vostok. His power very clearly did
not carry in that fight. And now you're talking
about adding another 25 pounds on top of that.
It presents some concerns. My saving grace here
is I physically watched. Zerto get knocked, fucking
laid on his back by Jesse Hart. This was at a
lighter weight class, yes, but nonetheless, like,
if a dude like Jesse Hart's putting you on your
back, then... Oh, yeah. Like, I'm not saying
it's going to be, like, an accumulation thing.
I'm saying, like, Zerto is slow enough for Benavidez
to be able to find, like, the shot he did with
Andre as an example. But will Benavidez be fast
enough to get that shot in the first place? Yeah.
I think so. I think Benavidez will retain his
speed while Zerto being super fucking slow. Yeah.
And, I mean, at the same time, you guys see that
Zerto got knocked out, put on his fucking back
by Jesse Hart. Benavidez was also put on his
ass, too. I mean, again, it was a... It was an
off -balance flash knockdown with... No, not
against Morel. Not against Morel. Talk about
Gabriel. Gabriel, yeah. Is that the one where
he had the flu? Yeah, but that was a flash knockdown
off a jab. Like, the Morel one carries more weight.
Yeah, the Morel one's fine, but... The Gabriel,
it was a flash knock. He was still upon his butt.
Either way. Off -balance by a well -timed jab,
which is something that... I don't think Zerto...
He can't jump. Zerto is not good at firing back.
He is good at asserting himself. Like, he fought
Joe Smith Jr., right? That fight? The main thing
was he asserted himself over Joe Smith Jr. And
that's how he got his traffic going. But if you
see, if you just keep beating him to the punch,
he has no answer. Yeah, I agree. And we've seen
it happen. Like, I'm not saying you have to be,
like, b -ball level. I'm just saying, like, Benavidez
is pretty damn close, too, so. No, I agree. He's,
like, fucking elite in his own way. It's a little
different from Soviet style. One thing about
Benavidez is that he has fantastic defense. I
would say very underrated defense. For how much
his hands move? Yeah, dude. His defense is fucking
solid. Utilizing a cross guard with a high guard?
Yeah, fucking amazing. Let's keep rolling here.
It's a little bit of small news throughout. Rising
Star Promotions will be hosting Brick City Fight
Night, broadcasted by ProBox TV. I'm just happy
to see Pro Box getting more fucking air time.
And if Rising Star, their leadership is Cornflake
LaManna, I think his name is. If they let the
Pro Box matchmakers have a little bit of work
in here, then this is going to be an excellent
card. Karen Chukudzian will be fighting Patty
Donovan for an IBF eliminator at welterweight.
Holy shit. The world has been waiting. Jesus.
Carlos Adamas versus Amma Williams has been rescheduled.
This will be in Orlando on a matchroom card March
21st. So Ammo gets his title shot. Adamas gets
to fight. Yeah, he gets to kick the can down
the road of like, is he a legitimate champion
or not? Yeah. Let's see here. Last one before
we get to kind of big news. Troy Isley, the one
and only. signs a multi -fight deal with Matchroom.
Dude, if Top Rank's not paying you, they're not
getting you work, then get after it, buddy. Troy
Isley is kind of like a Zufa -level dude, to
be honest. Oh, that's a rough goings. It is a
rough designation. And I genuinely like Troy
Isley. I really do. I really, really do. I like
him more than most people, even though he exists.
But, last thing. Teofimo is officially moving
up to Welterweight. I brought this one up because
of the card we're going to be recapping in a
moment. My first gut reaction is that Teofimo
is undersized. Oh yeah, his power did not carry
to 140 at all. Exactly. That's exactly what I
was going to say. Moving up to 140, he already
had troubles there. And now he's expecting to
solve his problems moving up a little bit higher.
My man, the problem is in your fucking corner.
I don't know how else to say it. Your father
is the fucking problem. That's all I got. Joey
Gamache gets vindicated every damn day that Teofimo
walks this planet. Unbelievable. I think we've
litigated the Teofimo Sr. slander enough at this
point oh yeah like i've said the name joey gamache
too many times you're right like who i don't
i don't know i don't know what more signs you
need that that just hit him bro just hit him
bro that's the man what the fuck happened to
your power you're gonna hate yourself in the
morning bro it's like bro like straight up there
are discord users who would do a better job Yeah.
Honestly, Josh, I would trust you and Teofimo's
Corner more than fucking... You know what? Hit
me up. Hit us up. Hit us up. I'll fly out to...
Teo, I know you're listening. We got new coaches
lined up for you, buddy. Yeah. I'll bring...
I got Isaac D's on nutrition. I'll bring the
liquor. I'll bring the liquor. You're in good
hands, man. At the very least, you won't be embarrassing
yourself against Steve Claggett. Or Sandro Martin.
Or taking like a million years to knock out Ocampo.
And Jermaine Ortiz. Yeah, we're gonna... We're
gonna sort your career out, buddy. We got this.
We're gonna put you on the Anthony Kakash. career
management path, you're only fighting Brits until
the end of your days. That's the career rehab
is we're going to have you fighting Brits. You're
going to be Anthony Kakachi. You're changing
your name to Knockout Lux Media. We got you.
Alright, that's all we got for the news though.
Any fucking say Old military phrase. Save rounds.
Any last -minute things that came up that I didn't?
Did we talk about Inoue Nakatani being signed?
Because last week we talked about Floyd. We briefly
mentioned it, but we haven't talked about it
at length. Yeah, so... It's just in. How literally
is this just in? Naoya Inoue versus Junto Nakatani
is... is legit fucking official for may 2nd at
the tokyo dome i met i know i mentioned it earlier
today um or last time i don't um whatever we're
talking about it now yeah this has we're gonna
talk about it a lot this yeah dude um i what
i'm excited about is what what they're gonna
do I know this is super degenerate shit, but
I'm really interested in what they're going to
do with the undercard here. Because they have
a guaranteed viewership worldwide here. Oh yeah,
this is a super fight. So what are they going
to do? Who are you going to put on? Are they
going to put on fucking Reito Tsutsumi? Or who
is that other fucking club? Don't say that name.
Hayato? I feel like they're going to put on...
Anyways, brother. Don't say that fucking name.
For sure. Takuma. Takuma makes sense. They might
put on Hayato. The Tsutsumi pros are... I don't
know. Hirooka could bounce back on that. Jin
Sasaki, if he's not fighting already, can definitely
make for a fun undercard scrap. Uh, fuck. We
literally just talked about him last week. Why
is his name eluding me? Nishida? Uh, Nishida.
Ryusuke Nishida. Ryusuke Nishida. Yeah, it's
a perfect gap. He fought February, fighting in
May. Yeah, that's not a bad shout. Not a bad
shout. I gotta say, it's an honor to talk about
this before Shinata's able to talk about it on
the podcast. You're real as fuck. You're real
as fuck. Let's fucking go. We're the first to
announce it. I'm the first boxing podcast to
announce it, honestly. Might be first on the
boat here. We're the best boxing podcast to announce
it, and that's what matters. And it's not even
close. Would you put... He is... Even though,
as Shonan would say, and I would agree, he's
like a fucking douchebag, but Tenshin Asakawa
is a fucking pay -per -view star. You got to
put all the names you can on this undercard.
This is your Super Bowl. I got to say about the
Super Bowl, honestly, I feel like they should
put a lot of prospects on here, too. A lot of
up -and -coming. You can stack prelims, too.
You're right. This is the Mayweather and Pacquiao
fight of the Asian territories. Mainly Japan,
but obviously over there, I feel like a lot of
the regions over there are going to watch it.
And I generally think that if you do what they
did with Mayweather Pacquiao, you can make a
lot of stars in the Japanese scene. Well, what
they did with Mayweather Pacquiao was they had
fucking Lomachenko fight a nobody, and then they
had Leo Santa Cruz fight a nobody. Just to make
sure that the guy that they want to highlight
gets a win. You know what I mean? It would, because
honestly, those are the fights that I remember,
some of the fights I remember most from their
career. Or on the card. If that's the case, then
I would imagine they would, I bet, I would bet
a lot that they have Takuma in a way on this
as well. Oh yeah, 100%. You gotta have the brother
on there. I told my pops and I told my girlfriend,
I said, hey, we're gonna be watching this fight
at 3 in the fucking morning. Yeah. We're gonna
be watching it. I'm getting, I think everybody
in the boxing pod, like in the boxing discord
should get up for this. This is a Super Bowl.
This is an at everyone level fight. This is literally
like for casuals. This is on the level of Dave
Allen. Who's going to be streaming the fight?
It's not talking. It's StreamEast. Sorry, sorry.
Maybe I'm not allowed to say that. That was a
joke. I think it said the StreamBeast of Netflix,
right? I'm certain that somebody will oblige.
The thing is that there's no way it's not on...
It's not going to be a Saudi car, right? Someone
has to pick it up, yeah. There's no way this
is not a Saudi car, or there's no way this is
a Saudi car, right? I don't think so. I haven't
seen anything indicating that it's aligned with
the ring yet. It's crazy because it's on a Saturday
morning, not a Sunday morning. It's Saturday
night for them. Saturday night. I thought they
said it was on May 2nd. May 2nd is Saturday,
right? It's Saturday night for them. For us,
it's like Saturday morning. Yeah, early as shit.
I think I'm just going to pull an all -nighter,
honestly. Because don't they usually have their
fights on Monday? They usually have theirs on
Mondays, like bank holidays, whatever they're
called. But yeah, Mondays that they have off,
they usually put them on then. Well, I'm excited
for that day because I got to wake up early,
watch Inoue Nakatani, sleep on it, and then go
watch fucking Benavida Zero. I love that shit.
I love this sport. 2026 is looking to be fucking
amazing, dude. First half is fucking awesome.
Has been so far. Yeah. All right. Anything more
for the news? One more thing. Have we ever talked
about Jizora and Beyonce Wilder? Oh, Jesus, man.
You went from Nakatane to Jizora Wilder. Yeah,
one's a super fighter and one's a Japanese box.
What I can really say about... Chizora Wilder
Wilder Chizora, fucking excuse me. That's how
the hashtag is going to go. You will find me
dead before I'm going to cheer for a goddamn
Brit over red, white, and blue missile fucking
system Deontay Wilder. That's true. This is a
battle of the boxing laundry three. Is he really
going to win? Fucking probably not. Chizora has
more experience being washed at this point. Wilder's
still kind of trying to do the same thing, and
it's just not working anymore. But goddammit,
I'm riding to the fucking depths. I'm riding
with Wilder. Guaranteed, if Wilder beats Chizora,
he gets an AJ fight. Oh, please. At this point,
it just has to happen at this point. AJ fight
or even fucking Usyk. The Chizora train going
on forever is also really funny. Okay, now have
we hit all the news? I believe so. Okay. Well,
it's okay that we went a little extra because
the previews are fucking dire. Oh, yeah. Social
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slash flakes. Okay. Into the recaps. First things
first. Thursday, February 19th. Ohashi Promotions
at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This was quite a step
down from his previous outing. Jin Sasaki gets
a stoppage in two over Marlon Bagalpalan. Practice
that one. Jin was very clearly behind a step.
Was shelled up for the majority of the time.
Getting hit a lot to the body. Getting hit a
lot around the guard. And then he lands a fucking
counter. And puts Marlon on his ass. So he was
losing until he won. Expected better out of Sasaki
for some reason. Let's see. Saturday, February
21st. First, we start with Matchroom at the Nottingham
Arena in the UK. From the bottom up, Leo Atang
gets a stoppage in one. Congrats. You get to
keep your name. David Allen stops Kareem Barragan.
The GOAT. The GOAT. David GOAT Allen. Fucking
romped him. The shit was not even competitive.
I expected it to go like six rounds just because
I saw Dave Allen was weighing in at a career
high. Yeah, he was like almost 280. Yeah, technically
the one fight against, he was 271 for this fight.
He's only weighed 272 once. That was when Eddie
Hearn called him a fat piece of shit on the broadcast.
Jesus Christ. And I spent all that time defending
Eddie Hearn a little bit ago. Eddie Hearn is
not ready. He's got to start showing up in shape.
Stop gambling. Didn't bring up the piss jugs,
thankfully. But we love Dave Allen, and hopefully
he gets, I don't know, a trilogy with Johnny
Fisher, I guess. I feel like that's kind of the
appeal of Dave Allen, though. He's just a, you
know, a fat, bad dude. He's an everyman. He's
just an average dude. Yeah. I mean, I remember
when Eddie Hearn was talking about him versus
Makhmudov, he was saying, you know, he's probably
not going to win, but I got to respect him for
wanting to take that fight. You know what? I
agree with you, Eddie Hearn. Fuck it. I'm watching
this shit. Here's your boxing junk food of the
day. We'll never not recommend it. Dave Allen,
Ariel Esteban, Bracamonte. Just two fat dudes
going balls to the wall for seven rounds. We
love Dave Allen here. We love Dave Allen. He
is worth an at everyone on the Discord. Moving
up, Molly McCann, Meatball Molly, gets a scoring
referee points decision. Sandy Ryan wins the
vacant WBC super lightweight title by majority
decision. This was a lot more fun than it should
have been or than I expected it to be. Bilal
Fawaz. Majority decision over Ishmael Davis to
secure the, what was it? Like the Brit and Commonwealth
titles. Bilal had a wild backstory. Like he was
smuggled into the UK as a kid. And it was crazy.
But overall, it was. I don't know, maybe it wasn't
that good of a fight, but Fawaz was doing a lot
of posing and taunting. Here is a fight where
I felt a little bit of shame for being a boxing
degenerate. Lee Wood, unanimous decision over
Josh Warrington. Pretty one -sided affair. I'm
whatever gets Joshua Warrington Josh Warrington
get whatever gets him the fuck out of like my
social media feed even tangentially whatever
gets him the fuck away from me yes but Lee Wood
did not look very good in this yeah there was
proper shame in discord like you guys are still
watching this oh yeah i tuned i tuned out after
like the seventh or eighth round where i was
like there is no way like there's no way anything
happens other than like what's been going on
the last couple i half tuned out i admit i was
still paying attention um but i just was like
i'm gonna update the podcast stuff oh yeah you
guys just fight in the background Yeah, that
was not the best fight. Moving on. Average Brit
scrap. I think they were saying in chat... Warrington
was just so washed. Leawood was not much better.
No, but, like, the thing is that it could have
been fun if Warrington was not completely ruined.
Somebody said that Lynn had tuned out about halfway
through. Sure. Yeah, that's crazy. That's a good
litmus test. Let's move on to the ring high stakes
in Las Vegas, Nevada from the bottom up. I don't
have these necessarily in order, but these are
all the fucking prelims. Mohamed Alakel gets
a stoppage in two over who cares. Here was a
lot of fun. Joshua Edwards. Unanimous decision
over Brandon Colantonio. We were having a lot
of fun in chat with this one. Colantonio was
giving Edwards a lot of trouble. His mobility.
He was very clearly in shape, even though he
didn't look like it. And his mobility was giving
Edwards quite a bit of trouble. Even though the
cards had it a sweep, I feel this was an indictment
on Joshua Edwards and where he is compared to
the hype anyway. Do you think that this is...
Kind of a fraud watch for Joshua Edwards? Or
is it just like, hey, maybe just a hiccup? Yeah,
we'll have to see how Edwards carries on from
here. Cole Antonio, I know, won a lot of hearts.
Just looking like an average Joe and really putting
in a good fight against a blue chip prospect.
Yeah, we'll see how Edwards carries on. Amari
Jones stops Luis Arias in four. Not really surprised
here. Yeah, Luis Arias is... Super washed. Yeah,
like, washed. Never all that to begin with, but
definitely just washed right now. You know what?
Given that he was never all that good to begin
with, he comes into this a level below Washed.
He's coming into this as a trapo. Oh, yeah. Who
just has the slightest amount of name recognition,
and thus we pair him with our blue chip prospect,
Amari Jones. Dude, he'd fucking handled business
the way that you would expect. Edwards, take
notes. Moving up, Bektimir Melikuziev stops Sina
Agbeko in seven. This is a snoozer. Jesus Christ.
This is a rough watch. Like, he just kind of
dawdled his way to a knockout. Like, they would...
They would be, like, lunging at each other, throwing
one or two punches, and then they'd clash, and
then they'd get pulled apart, and then repeat
the process over and over. And it just so happened
that Beck was landing more than Cena. That's
really it. Mm -hmm. Leaves a bit to be desired
what... I wanted to think this would be the chance
for Beck the Bully to get back to his bullying
ways. Who were we talking about last time? Were
we talking about somebody that had a 168er? We
were talking about Munguia. Munguia. So, yeah.
What I was hoping for here was for Beck to...
reassert himself into the conversation of the
top tier guys. Like with Diego Pacheco, his team
pulled him out of a title fight saying that he's
not ready. Jaime Munguia, his team pulled him
out of a title fight for reasons we don't know.
This is like the perfect chance for someone like
Beck to have gotten back into the conversation.
But instead we get this. Cut on his face. What
a disgrace. Yeah. Oh, shit. This is the first
time I've ever seen one happen. Frank Martin
gets a unanimous draw with Nahir Albright. This
is... I had never had to write... on our doc
that we work from, I usually just write UD for
unanimous decision. I've never had to write unanimous
draw before. Frank Martin, for what he is touted
to be, and I guess based on the hype, he definitely
did not deliver. I would honestly argue that
Nahir Albright got the win there. He did enough
to get the win. Martin threw that away, though.
Do you think that it was more Martin throwing
it away than... Like, Albright definitely did
a good job exploiting the gaps that Martin left.
But... Oh, my God. Martin left some clear holes
in there and then didn't... really assert himself
all that well in the early going, and then obviously
he unraveled late. I do think Albright wins a
rematch, though, just because of how traffic
was going. So something that I noticed in patterns
I've noticed, just one example was Deontay Wilder
throughout the Fury fights. Whenever he was not
getting his way or he was in trouble himself,
he had this tendency to throw this pawing jab
and then trying to land the right hand behind
it. Frank Martin kind of did the same thing where
he tried to throw his jab, tried to throw the
straight left behind it and then pivot out of
the way. For a follow -up right hook. And it
was just not working the whole fucking time.
And he just kept doing it. Really seems like
they just kind of trained one move. And then
left it at that. Maybe they didn't expect Albright
to have the acumen that he did. We ourselves
knew that Albright was going to be a tough challenge,
though. Of course. I mean, we're only, not to
be mean to us, but we're a fucking podcast. These
guys have been doing this shit for their whole
lives. Derek fucking James, that was the game
plan that you came up with? Exactly. I'm not
trying to downplay this, but... You're trying
to tell me that they're no better than us? They
can't see that Naheer Albright is a tough opponent?
He gave Keyshawn Davis solid work. He beat another
Davis brother. How do you think that this is
going to be a gimme fight? Just because he has
name recognition. Did he gimmick his way up here?
Absolutely not. Honestly, I feel like Naheer
Albright... is going to be a very popular name
that up -and -comers are going to fight. I could
see and hear Albright fighting Emiliano Vargas
in the future. Oh, yeah. I was going to say that
I honestly don't think so because he's a fucking
banana peel. No, but the thing is that he is
in his prime right now. Yeah. He is going to
decline. especially like fair enough i don't
think i don't think he's gonna age that well
considering he generally like he gets guys to
unravel late but it's it puts miles on the clock
to have to unravel a guy late every time right
yeah you have to eat a bit of traffic to like
you need you need to eat a bit you need to really
feel him out so like the miles are on the clock
I see what you mean. I'm not saying in one to
two years he's going to be that gatekeeper. I'm
thinking more four to five when he's 34, 35 and
lost the step and the miles catch up to him.
Someone already knocked him out. I understand
what you guys mean. Right now, he's in contention.
He's probably not going to win a belt, but he's
in contention. Then he's going to meet someone
who is... Great, to say the least. And it's going
to be kind of a slip and slide from there. You
know what? I disagree with you. I feel like he
has a chance of getting a belt if he was moved
properly. He would have had a belt already if
he were that guy. Honestly, he's more likely
to get a record deal than he is a title. Let
me tell you this. How do guys like fucking...
Abas Baral, Lewis Crocker, Jazza Dickens, all
these guys that... They spoil the show. They
spoil, but they also work their way up rankings.
Usually the IBF, if you notice. Yeah, it's always
the IBF. It's usually the IBF. They don't fight
names until they get into the position to fight
names. This guy, he had his chance with Jermaine
Ortiz to skip the line. He had a chance with
Keyshawn to skip the line. And his chance with
Frank Martin to skip the line. Sometimes you
just don't. Like you gamble, you lose. That's
what it is. I just think in a weak division,
a weaker division, he probably... Because he
totally would have spoiled the guy. But here,
140 is very strong. 140 is a really good division
right now. Like 140 is really strong. So that's
where, again, you gamble on yourself and sometimes,
well, you lose. That's just what it is. Yeah.
Honestly, I hope he keeps going. Because I kind
of like watching him. Not necessarily him, but
more like to see if a fighter can finally crack
his ass. He is like the... premiere to me he
is the premiere underdog story um he's been thrown
in with higher much higher level names and he's
given them fucking good work he fought to a draw
with what was what was supposed to be pbc's blue
chip guy in frank martin um and fought him to
a draw uh really you can't what can what What
more can you really ask for the B -side guy to
fight the name? The house name? This is probably
as good as it was going to get for him. Speaking
of as good as it's going to get, Richardson Hitchens
withdraws. Against Oscar Duarte. IBF. Super lightweight
title fight. Is pulled from the card. Allegedly.
This was the. Same day. Rehydration weigh in.
Welcome. Welcome back. Lloyd Schofield Jr. And
Richardson. Did not. He was having trouble with
it. The. rumblings that i had read about where
he he went like he was went to his breakfast
or whatever for before the weigh -in and he was
super sick afterwards after eating um but like
you made the weigh -in you made the the actual
weigh -in and then you're getting sick i don't
know man yeah maybe duarte looked a little too
big in person Sounds like a little bit of bull
honky. It's a little weird, I will admit. A lot
of people have been saying that because like
this isn't the first time that somebody's had
a problem with the same day rehydration weigh
in. And because of that, IBF should just scrap
it. I'm inclined to agree. Regardless of this
Richardson -Hitchin situation, Daniel Jacobs
had a problem with it a while ago. The same -day
rehydration weigh -in is still fucking ridiculous.
They have it as flat numbers, where if you're
fighting at 140, you cannot weigh plus 10 pounds.
the next day but if you fight at 154 it's like
plus 12 you know what i'm saying like it's yeah
it should be like it really should be a percentage
yeah it should be a percentage of whatever your
fight weight is and then there you go but overall
uh is what do you what do you guys think is this
is this like duck is this really a duck I genuinely
feel... It's just really funny. Like, all this
for Duarte is really funny. I genuinely feel
it might just be a dunk because same day, he
looked pretty fine the day prior. You know, I
didn't see too much weight cut, like, the weight
drain. Yeah, like, it's just... He might have
been sick. You made the weight, dude. Yeah, he
made the weight. That's what I mean. He literally
made the weight. Yeah, that's the tough part.
And honestly, it's hard to believe that he was,
like, really sick, you know? Now, again, if you
don't feel like you feel competent enough to
get in the ring and risk your life, by all means,
drop out. But we can still have our suspicions.
We can still call you a duck because that does
seem like a duck. Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, it's
funny. It's funny. I'm sorry. It's it's you're
exactly right. Like these guys are putting their
lives on the line for our entertainment. It's
like if Richardson, like, bro, if you can't make
the if you can't make the next day rehydration
limit or whatever, then say so. Or if you just
don't want to fight, then say so. If you're having
problems making 140 and that is what led you
to having issues with the rehydration limit,
then say so. And then move up. Move up to 147
so that you don't have these problems anymore.
But, bro, Oscar Duarte is not... This is not
the guy that you need to be like... having a
fuss and pulling out of fights about. He probably
would have won that pretty handily. As much as
I would have liked for Duarte. Yeah, dude. Hitchens
was perfect. Hitchens is actually good. Yes,
as much as I don't like it. Hitchens is solid.
Very solid. Seems like he's going to fight Delgado
next. Oh yeah, his Mando. He has to now, because
this was his voluntary that he fought tooth and
nail to get. So yeah, Lendofo Delgado instead.
They'll probably do that on the next Worst of
the World. It's not a bad one, but out of the
frying pan and into the fire. Well done. Moving
up. The People's Main Event. Gary Antoine Russell,
unanimous decision over Andy Hiraoka, retains
his WBA super lightweight title. I was an Andy
truther insofar as I didn't think he was going
to win. I just thought he was going to give GAR
a lot better of a fight. than most people were
expecting. Other than Russell's nuts, what are
we taking away from this? He sacrificed his nuts
to break the curse. Russell could have made that
easier for himself by listening to the Elder
Gary in his corner. Definitely could have made
that easier. I feel like he was way too trigger
happy. Oh yeah. He definitely could have made
that way easier. But you know what? The win's
a win and it wasn't even uncomfortable. It was
just... It wasn't. Honestly, if they don't make
Albright and Martin next, fighting Albright or
Martin is a good shout. No, I disagree. I honestly
feel like... I think Russell should be in unification
next. What is there at 1 -4? I'm talking about
easy to make fights. What is there? He could
own Dalton Smith. He could fight Hitchens. He
could fight Shakur. I'm going to tell you this.
He does not want to fight Shakur. When they asked
him if he wanted to fight Shakur, he was like,
yeah, I'll fight him last. Why? I gotta earn
my way up the same way that he did. Get the fuck
out of here, bro. Just so you can modify them.
I respected the duck, but you know. Definitely
Dalton Smith. Easiest title snipe. Easiest one.
I was gonna say, unless Dalton Smith uses his
time -slowing powers that we saw in the gif.
Unless he uses his fucking time -stopping powers.
I think it's a very easy fight. Maybe I'm just
a hater. I really think GAR could make easy work
of Richards and Hitchens. I think Hitchens is
very negative, and honestly... Russell is very
positive, though. I would have really liked to
see Russell listen to his corner a bit more before
engaging another negative fighter in his next
fight. Andy wasn't that negative, was he? No,
but I'm saying the habits of not listening to
your corner when you don't need to. When you
actually need to go to your plan B or C to track
down a negative fighter. like you'll see it catch
up then yeah like uh abdullah mason when he won
the title yeah like he was clearly in charge
but like he still wasn't listening to his corner
yeah that makes sense harder and the thing is
that andy was not like good or tough enough to
give russell that like top check to listen to
your damn corner But I'm just saying, a guy like
Hitchens, you need to be dialed in with your
corner to track him down across the ring. Okay.
Especially because the Hitchens fight, he's going
to get a huge ring. Oh, God. I hope not. You've
got to find him. You're going to have to go find
him. What if GAR fought Oscar Duarte next? The
ultimate fuck you to Richardson Hitchens. That
would be such a good fight, and it so sets up
Richardson Hitchens. You can do the whole build
-up. Like, it doesn't matter who the winner is.
You both just take shots at Hitchens the whole
time. It's beautiful. Like, they would actually,
like, what is it? Carl Weathers and Arnie clapping
hands in Predator. Dylan, you son of a bitch.
Like, you just... Yeah, you do the entire build
-up and you make... Sniping at Hitchens the whole
time. Yeah, like... YSL in shambles. So real.
Okay, so I... As much as J .R., like, the world
is his fucking oyster, other than Shakur, like,
I honestly think the world is right for the picking.
I would like to take a second to think about
what's possible for Hiraoka from here. Because
he gave a good account of himself. He had the
slip -ups with the low blows. Nobody's pretending
that didn't happen. But what are some options
here? Like Frank Martin and Hira Albright? Yeah,
unless he's going straight for the top like you
do Frank Martin. I'm assuming that they would
have liked the winner from Frank Martin and Nahir
Albright to challenge Russell next. And then
take the loser. Yeah, like Andy takes the loser,
you have Russell fight the winner, and then it
all works out. That's how you align the schedule
for them. Oh yeah, you have like a double elimination,
like the winner of the loser fight. Gets another
shot. Yeah, now you have... You basically set
up your undercards really well going forward,
but... Turkey curse. Turkey doesn't fucking listen
to the show, apparently. Turkey curse. So it's
a turkey curse, so nothing can go right? Still,
I think... What I hope happens more than anything
is Frank and Nahir do a rematch. Nahir fucking
earned that shit if if Frank honestly like if
Frank doesn't take it even though he did insist
that that was what he wanted if he doesn't end
up taking it to me that is peak quackery for
what's supposed to be a blue chip guy yeah but
yeah Gary like Antoine, the world's your oyster,
man. You pretty much got your pick of the litter,
apparently, except for Shakur Stevenson. Understandable,
but Andy... Yeah, there are names that are on
this card that are absolutely worth taking. I
think that he proved he can at least hang at
the higher end of the contender level. Maybe
not necessarily as a champion yet, but I think
he can still make something happen from this.
All right. In the main event, Mario Barrios,
the WBC welterweight champion, drops a decision
to Ryan Garcia. It was written from the beginning
when Ryan Garcia just like put him on his ass.
The shit was not even close to competitive. I
think one, one card had it 11 to one. Another
card had it 12 to zero. I don't remember what
the third one was, but that was, that was like,
Does that go under the category for our yearly
picks? Is that a masterclass or a beatdown? I
would say beatdown. Beatdown? Beatdown, not masterclass.
Beatdown. Beatdown. Masterclass is Shakur. This
was a beatdown. He beat the shit out of them.
Like, all 12. I gotta say, this reminded people
why there's levels to this shit. I'm not gonna
start saying that Ryan Garcia is elite like Shakur,
but... I mean, last night... On Saturday. It
proved. That Ryan. If. In. Top. Condition. With.
Decent. Training. I guess. If you can say that.
You. Is. The world's oyster. Because he's a star.
And. He can fight. Fucking. Pretty much anybody.
Honestly. And. I think that. He beats a lot of.
Opponents. If he's dedicated. If he's dedicated.
If not, he loses. What's kind of crazy is how
good his dad was in the corner. I was about to
say. Take notes. This is what it's like to coach
your kid. Like, very suspicious. Like, I get
it's Mario Barrios. So, like, he don't really
need it. But just the way he, like, Like, this
is how a dad is supposed to know his fighter.
Like, he kept him dialed in. And, like, because
Ryan, like, probably could have flown off the
handle and made a dumb mistake and let Barrios
into the fight. But, I don't know. I think he
did a really good job keeping Ryan dialed in.
Honestly, whatever he's doing in camp is working
because we saw him use his right hand. That's
how he scored the knockdown to start. Exactly.
And a very good jab. Pretty nice uppercut too.
I barely saw any of that left hook shit. I saw
a lot of the right hook. The left hook came in
strictly on checks. That was it. And honestly,
that was a very good Ryan Garcia. I'm not saying
this, but people are saying that he can fight
Shakur and he has a chance of winning. They're
building that fight up. I think that's a little
bit of being intoxicated on the moment, to be
honest with you. I got to agree, but I generally
feel like... I did hear the chatter too, yeah.
I think Ryan looked gangbusters last night and
it proved why... There's champions that are moved
properly and just fall into a belt. And there's
also people that, like Ryan, he has the talent.
He has the God -given gift of the quick twitch.
But if you're not on your shit, you're never
going to win. And Ryan proved it. He was on his
shit and that he belongs with the other guys
in the division. I think it was a very... great
performance and I I earned $50 off my dad which
he doesn't want to pay because he thinks that
Ryan was cheating so we'll see maybe Ryan looked
jacked he looked really fucking his physical
I'm not gonna say like he looked I've spent some
time in the power lifting circuit he doesn't
look that kind of jacked you know what I mean
He looks super muscular, yes. He's super ripped,
but I think that's just good training, good discipline.
I don't think that he was out of his mind on
juice of any kind. Just my estimation of what
I saw. For boxing, he looked like he was determined.
Physically. So, the conversation, I think, for
Ryan Garcia turns to... He now holds the WBC
belt. To me, what should be his immediate opposition
are, what, Lewis Crocker with the IBF, Raleigh
Romero rematch with the WBA, and Devin Haney,
run it back with him. um get an actual fucking
result on your records with that um the like
the easy the easy answer is lewis crocker like
this i'm sorry buddy you don't like you don't
fucking rate with the other guys even roly romero
fucking mocks you um I think that Ryan Garcia
is in the command seat right now. He gets to
decide what the big unification fight will be.
It's not even close. He's easily the name in
the division, too. It's not even close. And,
more importantly than anything, he has a world
title before Virgil. Shut the fuck up. Shut the
fuck up. Oh, my God. Look at this. A world title.
Not just a world title fight. A full belt. Before
Virgil could even get in the ring for one. Yeah.
Well, that's what you call poor management. But
back to Ryan. Virgil could not manage the butts
he ate. Shut the fuck up. It's like the ass he's
eating, he's also being treated like ass too.
He's like an auroribos, the snake that eats its
own ass. Hey, we're talking about Ryan right
now. Hey, keep my hands off Virgil. Keep my hands
off. Eat the hands off my Virgil. So the obvious,
well, to me, what are the obvious next steps
is one of those three unification bites. What?
Let me check the WBC rankings. I want to see
who they have in the first position for him.
Walter Wade. Ryan Garcia's a champ. No shit.
Connor Ben. What the fuck? They just placed him
there. Oh, yeah. They just placed him there and
then he signed a Zufa. And then they have Suleiman
Sishko. From France. Okay. Manny Pacquiao, who
we know is back. He's not going to fight Ryan.
They have Ryan Garcia in the fourth position.
So that's nice. He's both champ and number four.
That's weird. Raul Curiel. That, I imagine, would
be Oscar's dream. Jack Catterall, number six.
Jaron Catterall. Oh, my God. Can I tell you guys
something? I'm going to keep it up with you guys.
I doubt Ryan is going to fight anybody on that
list. That's not a big name. I agree. WBC, right?
Yeah. He doesn't even have to. He's going to
call the shots. WBC aren't making him fight anyone,
bro. Yeah. Money, but just pay me. I don't care
who you fight. I would say, honestly, the biggest
money fights are either Shakur or Devin Haney.
And one's a lot more winnable, and that's Devin
Haney. But I feel like the more interesting fight
right now would be Shakur. Because with Devin
Haney, you don't know if, obviously, the performance
he had with Devin was because of the pads, the
beaties, or because Devin shit. That may have
been proved. I really, like, the fight will go
the same way. It just depends on how in shape
Ryan is. And that's purely because it wasn't
like, oh, Ryan caught him. Like, straight up,
first, like, minute of the fight, Haney was on
skates. I want to see that fight. I genuinely
feel like I determined Ryan that we saw. I'm
not going to say it's unnecessary. I'm just like.
No, 100%, no. It's so clear. But Ryan versus
Devin rematch would be very interesting. That
would bring a lot of ice to the sport. However,
a Ryan versus Shakur fight is something that
I would say feels more like building the story
of Shakur, building the career of Shakur, rather
than building the career of Ryan, in my opinion.
I feel like it's an easy Shakur win. Granted,
if he does lose, they could just say that. He
tried to be great. You know, the weight was too
much. It took the biggest challenger. Yeah. I
think when it comes to, as you put it, building
the story of Ryan Garcia as like a champion or
whatever, Teofimo, that's an easy fucking win,
in my opinion. As long as Teofimo does not change
his corner, he's like sitting. Out in the middle
of the ocean with a little dingy raft. And Ryan
is like a fucking giant whale and he's just going
to smash him. It's not even close, dude. I was
thinking in the chat about that fight that that
fight is also a likely option, but they were
making fun of me like, oh, Tew doesn't make any
money. Because Tew really doesn't make money.
I feel like it's more likely that he's going
to end up unifying for more money because he
has... Rolly and Haney in the same weight class.
History with both of them. I understand, but
if none of them want to fight Ryan and Conor
Zufa, which I doubt the WBC is going to want
Conor to fight Ryan right now. I don't think
that either of those two would turn it down.
With Devin and Shakur? No, with Devin and Rolly.
Devin and Rolly. They don't turn it down. I feel
like Devin has a possibility of turning down
just because I don't think he wants to experience
what he went through again. I feel like you might
still be a little nervous over that. Would that
be ducking? I'm not saying it's going to happen.
I'm just saying that's a possibility. If he did,
would it be ducking? If he did, honestly, that
would be ducking. I kind of feel like it would
be. Because he already fought him before. Right.
Get him on the testing regimen that you're satisfied
with and leave it at that. The thing is, I mean,
Ryan was using, who was using this for this fight?
Was it USADA or was it VADA? He was, I think,
on USADA. I think. But the thing is that WBC
uses VADA for their whatever testing. I mean,
I'm pretty sure Vata probably tested his ass
at the very end. Yeah, I'm sure he has been tested
thoroughly. Especially after popping. Especially
after popping before. Yeah, dude. They've been
on top of his ass. Ryan Garcia is a champ and
the world is oyster. Yeah. Ryan is in control
of this division. Including the other champs.
Ryan is in charge. Yeah. Which it's unfortunate
because like Devin Haney is super fucking talented
but the other two like fucking fuck them. Yeah.
Anything more for high stakes? Not at all. Got
one more. Salida. On DAZN in Detroit, Michigan.
Only three that I was tracking. Danielle Perkins
stops. Che Canale. I think I got that right.
For the WBA light heavyweight title. And this
one was a little wacky. Atif Olberton. gets gets
the win it was a retirement after the first over
joseph george uh apparently joseph was he was
sitting in the corner right after the round it's
fully responsive and then he just fucking slumps
over completely oh yeah this happened he just
falls completely over and he was like a fucking
corpse on the ground it was really fucking frightening
So that happened. It was only one round. I would
suggest checking it out. Apparently, Joseph George
is doing well. He's been discharged from the
hospital. He's like no lingering issues. Should
be OK. So that's good. And in the main undisputed
heavyweight champion. Clarissa Shields. Yeah,
heavyweight. Gets the UD over Franchon Cruz to
CERN. The shit wasn't even close. Franchon didn't
need to be within 25 pounds of that division.
Overall, this was a... I'm trying to decide.
What was the worst use of my time? Lee Woods,
Josh Warrington, or this? Easily Lee Woods, Josh
Warrington. This was at least okay for a round.
Overall, I watched this shit so that you don't
have to. It was certainly a fight. Clarissa Shields
spent the post -fight interview talking about
The just general lack of opposition. No shit.
And talking about rematching people she's already
beat. So it was a good time. Again, she could
have probably won two more gold medals. Same
career. And still had the exact same career with
the same accolades and we'd still be talking
about the same shit right now. Well, we would
just be talking about her having beaten these
people once. Yeah, instead of two to three times.
Exactly, instead of multiple rematches that we
don't need. But you get it. We would still be
having the conversation of, this woman has no
opposition. I wish she had anyone to fight. And
alternate universe Josh is probably like, hey,
why didn't she just go for another gold medal
on top of that? Why not? Why not? The gold medal's
at least like... they bring you i'm gonna say
more good press than olympic pedigree is a lot
i would say is a lot bigger than uh these trinkets
baby yeah like at what point do you like start
like throwing them out this is an ollie foreman
yeah it's shields for cruz discern too it this
is not fucking ollie joe frazier too Yeah, I
had someone, I think I saw someone on Discord
complaining, like, why does Cruz Dizern look,
like, low -key out of shape? And I'm like, that's
because she moved up. Five fucking divisions.
Yeah. Like, Cruz Dizern moved up a fuck ton just
to get fights. Like, this is heavyweight. I don't
know. I will, I want to leave it at this. Jake
Paul's next, I guess. Clarissa Shields, very
clearly, super fucking dominant. It's not really
her fault that there's nobody around her to fight.
That's how it goes for the ladies. Sorry. I don't
know how someone could be blamed for having other
fighters above her in the pound -for -pound list.
You're not beating anybody. I don't know. That
was a conversation that I saw happening online.
Why Shields has to be number one? Super talented,
yes, but who's she beating? Alright. Last thing.
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Previews are really light. This is a... This,
I would... I'm going to preface what we talk
about with this. This is a good time to maybe
think about other activities that you can do.
Go... Going outside in particular. Start looking
into maybe some nice trail walks you can do.
Other stuff because there's not a whole lot of
boxing. Thursday, March 5th. Eye of the Tiger.
This will be free on the web streaming service
called Punching Grace. Yeah. Sure. Hold on. I
want to check. I want to be sure before I...
Okay, he's still... Okay. Moving from the bottom
up. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Steve Claggett
is on this one. It's an Eye of the Tiger card,
so expect a lot of Canadian names here. Steve
Claggett's opponent as of right now, TBA. So
whenever fight night comes, you can expect just
quality. Quality op. Moving up. I don't reckon.
Oh, Isaac Chalemba. Are you fucking kidding me?
Oh my God. The goop face guy. That's him. Isaac
Chalemba. Holy fuck. Boys are back in town for
this one. You said Isaac Chalemba and I lit up
thinking of the... What's the command again?
I think it's Chalemba. It's Chalemba. Isaac Chalemba
versus Lennar Perez. God bless. Oh, this is at
Cruiserweight. So Chalemba has stepped up. Yeah,
he stepped up in competition, right? In the main
event, Stephen Butler versus Ramadan Hisani at
Super Middleweight. If your name is Ramadan,
you should be named Christmas. That's the equivalent.
He's a Swiss guy, too. Named Ramadan? Yeah. Excellent.
Makes perfect sense. This guy named Ramadan.
Sure. Whatever, man. Sure. Isaac Chalimba. Man,
maybe it's worth watching this just for Isaac
Chalimba. And Sunday, March 8th. I have not to
date seen what else is going to be on this card.
It is highly likely it's not going to be very
good. Or at the very least, it's not going to
be anyone you've heard of. Zufa Boxing 4 at the
Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The headliner, IBF Cruiserweight
Champion Jai Albataya vs. Brandon Glanton. Sure,
whatever. It is a fight. It is one of the fights
of all time. Sure. Go outside. Like I said, this
is a good weekend to plan an activity outside
of your home. You don't have to sit home and
watch this shit. There's nothing going on. Honestly,
the UFC card, if you are desperate for fucking
fighting, but that, no. That ain't it, man. This
weekend, this ain't it. Go elsewhere. Do otherwise.
Isaac Chalimba. Jesus Christ. This is what dreams
are made of, is fighting Isaac Chalemba. Oh,
shit. All right, so we are definitely up on time
here. It is a super light weekend. Not a whole
lot of boxing going on. Parting words. What do
you got? I would like to say, you know, besides
the boxing stuff, you know, I just want to let
everybody know if you're dealing with anything
that was mental, that if you're not doing so
well, I would 100 % recommend reaching out. I
hope everybody that's listening to this pod is
doing great. But I just want to support mental
health awareness. I just want to raise mental
health awareness for my closing statement. I
hope everybody's doing well. It's very wholesome.
Yeah, I guess. Let's see. On the opposite end,
just for the... The counterbalance. I hope you're
all doing poorly. Yeah. I hope you're feeling
nauseous at like 90 % of the time and the other
10 % you're having diarrhea. Well, Washington
D. Allen. I hope you piss in jugs and waste all
your paychecks gambling like Dave Allen. I can't
even bring myself to finish that. All right.
So, yeah, we are heading into a light fucking
weekend. Like I said, dude, find something else.
There's plenty of things you could do other than
sit in your fucking cave. Yeah, you can listen
to this podcast. That's true. Well, that's like
a given. Well, you can do it again. You can do
it again. While you're on your trail nature walk,
you can listen to this. All right. That's it
for this edition of The Boxing B -Sides. We'll
fucking see you on the other side with some boxing.