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The B -Side in boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.

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B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side.

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The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. The B

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-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.

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Alright. Boxing B -Sides. What? Could have possibly

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happened before the timer was running. That's

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for you to find out. Patreon .com. All right.

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The one and only Saul. Welcome. Welcome back,

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guys. We were not talking anything about you.

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Oh, my God. Don't even bring it up. Don't even

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bring it up. Don't even bring it up, man. Come

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on. And Josh. I'm going to bring it up. Hello.

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Let's start with extending the hand of friendship

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to our buddies over at Ultimate FN Casuals. This

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week on March 7th, UFC 326. I should probably

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have checked if this card was updated, but looking

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at... In the early prelims, a good fight. Sumu

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Derji versus Jesus Aguilar. Should be a good

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time. The main portion of the event, I can't

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say pay -per -view anymore. Rob Font versus Raul

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Rosas. That should be a good fight. That kid

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who was in high school, right? He was, yes. When

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he started. Yeah. Caio Borralo versus Rainier

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de Ritter. Rainier de Ritter is one of my personal

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favorites. He moved from the organization 1FC

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and he moved to UFC. So, I like him for that.

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Max Holloway versus Charles Oliveira for the...

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It's not really a title, but it... I don't know.

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It physically is one. The BMF title. The Mickey

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Mouse BMF. Yes, yes. So it's... First, it has...

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It started off as a gimmick and has since taken

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on a life of its own and is being treated like

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some kind of seriousness when it's not. But that

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is on the line. Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira.

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I think I would say this is a boxing fan friendly

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fight. Two heavy strikers. Can they grapple?

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Yes. Do they often grapple? Not really. So it

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should be fun. I'll say that much. And looking

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at the preview block, like, fuck. There's not

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a whole lot else going on. No, there is not.

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If you are hard up for fights, this is a good

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one to check out. All right. Into the boxing

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news. We're starting off. We're going to keep

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the disappointments rolling. Mark Magsayo goes

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to the dark side. He signs with Zufa. Disappointing.

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I like Mark Magsayo. When we were talking about

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Brandon Figueroa beating Nick Ball to claim a

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title at featherweight, I had said Mark Magsayo

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would be the perfect first defense because they

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had a fight at featherweight previously that

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had a questionable result. having that rematch

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would be perfect for Mark because he gets a title

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fight. And then Brandon gets to, you know, settle

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the questions. But instead, we got this. Yep,

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he's got it. I mean, like, you're making your

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own life choices. Like, that's his own fault.

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And then watch him in, like, a year or even a

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couple months be like, oh, why am I not getting

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any title fights? and the other belts. Why am

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I not getting a legitimate title fight? Yeah,

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that's been the common thread between Zufa guys.

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And it's been a month of this experiment, so

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I don't know what you guys expected, honestly.

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Maybe I'm just silly, though. No. This one...

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Andy Ruiz also signed. This was like a little

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bit more on the rumor side, but I did see it

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in multiple places. Andy Ruiz looking like he's

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going to Zufa. Right now, your only opposition

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is fucking F .A. at Jogba and Charles Martin.

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One thing that I could say for Mark McSayo about

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this is that. At his weight class, there's more

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competition. So at the very least, he can say,

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I'm going to a steady stream of fights, like

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a regular schedule of fights. I guess. If nothing

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else, he knows that he has a fight coming up.

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Andy Ruiz is not quite the same. Their heavyweight

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stable is two people. He's going to fight F .A.

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Jagua and maybe Jai Opataya. That's it. Right.

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Just fodder for Opataya when he moves up. Yeah.

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See, I don't even mind Andy signing with them

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because it's kind of cool. We don't actually

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have to... We know you're not serious. Yeah,

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you're not in title contention anymore. Yeah,

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we know you're not serious. It's whatever. Andy

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will at least make money from there. He could

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be a Zufa champion, whatever. But... MarkMexayo...

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MarkMexayo could still be... Could still have

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been competitive. I think. Yeah. At 126 or 130,

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yes. But now he has to move up to 135. Where

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he's gonna be undersized. So... Just like everyone

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else. They're going to look a little soft. Like

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a Bo Hachuk looks soft. Callum Walsh looked soft.

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These alleged weight classes, oh yeah. Yeah,

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because they're having to move up X amount of

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pounds. Last Zufa signing, Connor Benn. Signs

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with Zufa. This one is pretty hilarious. One

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fight deal. Worth eight figures somewhere. I've

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heard 10 to $15 million for the one fight. This

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is pretty hilarious. It's like, what are you

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doing, man? You've just soured the only promoter

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who actually wants you. Like your relationship

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with the only guy who wants you. Yeah. You want

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you because the relationship with the father

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said to turn your back on someone that supports

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you when you were at your lowest. built up their

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entire career, man. Like, I'm not saying there

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should be, like, loyalties owed. Exactly. I feel

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like this is a unique case where, like, this

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is the only guy who wants him. Like, Matchroom's

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the only guy who wants him long -term. Like,

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let's be real. This is going to be a one -off

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against Callum Walsh, and that's it. I got a

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theory about this, and I'm not going to lie.

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It's a weird theory, but it just might be real.

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What if Dana paid Connor Ben 10 to 15 million?

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And Eddie Hearns is saying, yeah, yeah, you took

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my guy, but they're wasting money on someone

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like Connor Ben just to spy Eddie, right? I'm

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pretty sure it's just to spy Eddie, by the way.

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Oh, probably. And I feel like Connor Ben is going

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to go back to Eddie afterwards. Just to take

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that money from the Saudis. I feel like he would

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go back to Eddie, and Eddie's going to take him

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back with open arms. I mean, that's just a theory.

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Either way, it's still kind of scummy what he

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did. Again, I agree with Josh. There should be

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no loyalty in boxing, but this is a special case

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where, I mean, this guy supported you when you

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were at your lowest. No one wanted you. No one

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wanted to even put you in a fight. And Eddie

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gave you two of your biggest paydays. I'm going

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to say, it's not even like he's a name, like

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a superstar that's worth going through this trouble

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for. Oh, yeah. They say he's super strong because

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of you being that those fights are big. Oh, yeah.

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And her name, good promotion. Like, again, I

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hate giving Pern his props because, like, he

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doesn't often deserve them. But with Ben, like,

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come on. When Ben had, when he, like, pissed

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hot for overeating eggs or whatever it was. Yes.

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That's what it was. Pern put on fights in the

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U .S. like on Sunday mornings so that they would

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be at UK, like a prime time. If he's made like

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no money too. He lost money on those fucking

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events, but he still put them on to have Connor

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been busy and working. So that, that is one situation

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to me where like if, if Eddie has not demonstrated

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that he's willing to take care of you at this

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point, if you don't feel that way, I don't know

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what else he can do. Yeah, well, like, I don't

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know, man. I think even the case is when he started

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giving, like, Tevin Farmer, like, a million billion.

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Andre, or Demetrius Andre. Andre and Tevin Farmer

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were very well taken care of this fight. Probably,

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like, you know, I wrote an article a while back

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how, like, okay, I understand that fighters should

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get paid what they're worth, but they should

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be getting paid what they're worth, not exorbitantly

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more. And ruin the market. Like, Eddie totally

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contributed to that, but I will not fault him

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as a person for taking care of these guys. You

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know? Another situation that I think Connor Ben

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could have looked at was the situation with Bam.

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Where Bam's contract ended, Zufa tried to court

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him, and... And Bam, to his credit, I think,

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he brought it back to Eddie and said, hey, this

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is what Zufa's offering me. What can you do with

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this? And Eddie said, I will beat that. I'll

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do better than that. And Bam, like we had talked

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about, at that point in the negotiation, still

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had time to shop with other promoters. And he's

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still going back to Matchroom. Clearly, Mashroom

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is fucking taking care of their people. Yeah.

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So, whatever... Connor, Ben, man, like, if you

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want to get the bag, get the bag, dude. I'm not...

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Nobody can fault you for that. I sincerely doubt

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that Eddie would have gotten you 15 mil for one

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fight. Oh, fuck no. But... Maybe against, like,

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Boots? Maybe? Maybe. That's a big maybe. But

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I suppose one thing that Shanada has said that

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I kind of like is I hope that these guys go sign

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big contracts and then leave. So here's Connor

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Ben taking 15 mil out of the coffers and then

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leaves. And there's Zufa short 15 mil. If that

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hastens their demise, then cool. Oh, yeah. Let's

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see here. Manny Pacquiao Promotions wins Angelo

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Leo's first defense. They win the purse bid.

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Rais Alim, the number one contender, will be

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getting the hometown fight instead of Probox

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winning Angelo Leo's defense. And they would

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have put it on in Albuquerque for... Angelo to

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have a hometown fight. But yeah, Manny Pacquiao

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Promotions is making moves. Something I'm curious

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about is to this point, all we've really seen

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out of Manny Pacquiao Promotions is lower level

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stuff like four rounders, debutants, six rounds.

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But now they're making bids on world title fights.

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I'm curious where the... The money's coming from?

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Yeah, where's that capital coming from? From

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the Filipino economy? Yeah, Sean Gibbons fucking

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cashing, putting up the cash. It would make sense

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if the... For the cards that MP has put on before...

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that have been in the philippines like i was

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saying with like the debutantes and stuff it

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would make sense for like the for the philippine

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government to kind of have a hand in that and

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say like oh yeah put on a card for us but this

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one is like what where is this coming from um

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moving on callum smith versus david morel is

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official April 18th in Liverpool. That's going

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to be a great fight. Yes. That's going to be

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a fun one. I don't think Smith has gotten in

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for a second to beat Morrell, but it's going

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to be fun. Maybe not beat him, but to survive

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in there with him and trade? Oh, Lord. He's going

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to go to war. That would be a mistake. They're

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going to go to war. Smith demonstrably cannot

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box on his back foot. And Smith would absolutely

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go to war. Yeah, you're right. I gotta say that

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Smith's probably one of, if not the most exciting

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British fighter out there right now. Obviously,

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he's not the best fighter, but man, he will put

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up a fight. You know? I think that once he fights

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Morel, Morel doesn't back down either as much

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as other fighters, but if Smith keeps pushing,

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if Smith pushes the initiative to you know, maybe

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put a hurtin' on Morel, he might knock him out.

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I know that sounds crazy to say. I know that

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sounds crazy to say. But Morel got knocked down

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his last fight. And the fight with Benavidez,

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he got outworked. Katayev doesn't count, dude.

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I get it. I get it. The living P .E .D. Katayev?

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Yeah, I was gonna say, like, he is Balko, bro.

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Like, that doesn't count. But the thing is...

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He didn't lose that. He didn't get close to losing

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that fight because the guy was on PEDs. Not just

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because of that. He lost because he was not fighting

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the right fight. He was kind of goofing off.

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Exactly. He was goofing off. Goofing off in that

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fight. He kind of goofed off in the Benavidez

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fight just a little bit. I mean, I think against

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Smith, Smith is, whether you guys like it or

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not, a top 10 guy at 175. You're right. You're

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right. So if he puts Beltas to Morel, he might

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just fucking win. You think he's got to, like,

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exert the pressure and keep Morel on his back

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foot? I genuinely think he's going to put Morel

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on the back foot. Morel's going to be dancing

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on the back foot, and he should be fighting on

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the back foot anyways. But knowing Morel in the

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past couple fights, he's been the one to push

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the fight. He was usually the pressure guy. That

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was, like, his big deal. That's what made him

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so fun to watch. Well, he was a pressure guy,

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but it was a different type of pressure. It wasn't

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so much like a Pitbull -Cruz pressure or even

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a David Benavidez pressure. It was more like

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a pick -your -shots type of pressure. At least

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that's how I see it. Not so much like a relentless

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barrage of punches. But even in other fights,

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he's been on the back foot. And I think he should

00:17:32.529 --> 00:17:38.450
be against Cal Smith. Because the only guy who's

00:17:38.450 --> 00:17:40.789
been able to knock Cal Smith out was Betterbeef.

00:17:41.289 --> 00:17:43.269
Canelo fought Cal Smith, couldn't knock him out.

00:17:43.410 --> 00:17:49.069
Who else fought? It was Cal Smith lost to Canelo,

00:17:49.210 --> 00:17:53.829
Betterbeef. And John Ryder. And John Ryder. He

00:17:53.829 --> 00:17:57.210
watched the fight. He didn't lose to him. He

00:17:57.210 --> 00:18:03.509
didn't, not on paper. And honestly, with Kyle

00:18:03.509 --> 00:18:07.869
Smith and Bwatsi, as much as we don't see Bwatsi

00:18:07.869 --> 00:18:10.930
as how we saw him before, Bwatsi still put up

00:18:10.930 --> 00:18:14.309
a great fight against Kyle Smith. Couldn't knock

00:18:14.309 --> 00:18:17.410
him out. He had him close, but I don't know.

00:18:18.630 --> 00:18:22.150
Who'd say that Kyle Smith can't out -pressure

00:18:22.150 --> 00:18:24.569
David Murrell? I mean, the British have had a

00:18:24.569 --> 00:18:27.589
good year so far. I can't not expect an upset

00:18:27.589 --> 00:18:33.950
like that. Now, this would be... I was thinking

00:18:33.950 --> 00:18:40.849
that this is the point where the UFC guy, Paddy

00:18:40.849 --> 00:18:44.769
Pimblitt, he's another Liverpool fighter, combat

00:18:44.769 --> 00:18:48.089
sports guy. And he says, scousers don't get knocked

00:18:48.089 --> 00:18:50.470
out. But then we saw what happened to fucking

00:18:50.470 --> 00:18:56.329
Nick Ball. Has the Liverpool chin been cracked?

00:18:56.670 --> 00:19:00.539
Is David Morel going to fucking... If he can

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:04.299
be a little extra spicy. That'd be crazy. Like,

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.900
I'd be off my seat watching Morel ice a guy just

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:12.839
clean. I mean, Morel, I'll be honest, dude. Morel

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:16.700
hasn't knocked out an elite. Not elite, but he

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:23.200
hasn't really put a lot of a hurt on a top 10

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:31.720
guy. On a top 10 guy? No. No, not particularly.

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:36.619
I think Smith is just very hittable. Tail end

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:40.420
of his career, too. If we really, really want

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:44.880
to downplay Morrell, we can say that at worst,

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:51.279
he's a bigger, stronger, better John Ryder. I'm

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:53.700
not going to go that far and say that he's a

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:55.759
bigger, stronger John Ryder. I just think that...

00:19:55.759 --> 00:20:00.049
If we're downplaying... Morel to the, like, extreme.

00:20:00.549 --> 00:20:02.509
I'm not trying to downplay Morel. I'm just saying

00:20:02.509 --> 00:20:04.470
that from what I've seen, he hasn't been put

00:20:04.470 --> 00:20:06.910
against... I'm not saying he's not an elite fighter.

00:20:07.029 --> 00:20:09.210
He's a pretty great fighter for what I've seen

00:20:09.210 --> 00:20:12.190
so far. But also from what I've seen, he got

00:20:12.190 --> 00:20:17.309
put on his behind by fucking Kataev. Benavidez

00:20:17.309 --> 00:20:21.470
put a hurtin' on him. And Hot Rod, you know?

00:20:21.609 --> 00:20:23.170
I mean, say what you want, but Hot Rod... Hard

00:20:23.170 --> 00:20:25.690
work. Yeah, give him hard work. That's Hot Rod.

00:20:27.910 --> 00:20:31.450
God bless Hot Rod for the record. Yeah, Hot Rod

00:20:31.450 --> 00:20:34.690
put a hurt on Gavazdic. I mean, come on. He's

00:20:34.690 --> 00:20:38.730
a decent guy. He's a great guy from what I've

00:20:38.730 --> 00:20:42.490
seen, but he's also kind of untested at, not

00:20:42.490 --> 00:20:44.750
the elite level, but like at the contender level,

00:20:44.890 --> 00:20:47.549
if you want to say that, you know? At the contender

00:20:47.549 --> 00:20:50.670
level, he's at very, very mixed. He's a very

00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:57.319
mixed bag. Hot take of the week. Moreau wins,

00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:00.779
then that puts him back in contention for a title.

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:05.319
But if he doesn't win, or if he looks bad, I

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.579
think that people are going to start calling

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:09.180
him a fraud. As if they aren't already calling

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:13.539
him a fraud. My only thing is that Callum Smith,

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:24.059
to this point, his mileage is more than... like

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:28.160
it's higher than the his number of fights would

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:34.039
indicate and the the british style of fighting

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:39.259
um the like the stereo i think callum smith does

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:42.420
sort of fit the bill of the stereotypical brit

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:48.019
um yeah somewhat he he goes to war and i don't

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:50.829
think going to war with David Morrell at this

00:21:50.829 --> 00:21:55.390
stage of your career is a really good idea. That's,

00:21:55.390 --> 00:21:57.509
that's really it for me is that Callum Smith,

00:21:57.569 --> 00:22:02.009
like if this was five plus years ago, like, fuck

00:22:02.009 --> 00:22:04.789
yeah, this is an amazing fight. But right now,

00:22:04.829 --> 00:22:08.569
Callum Smith, I think he's on his like farewell

00:22:08.569 --> 00:22:12.670
tour and David Morrell is going to be the one

00:22:12.670 --> 00:22:17.640
to cash the biggest amount out of it. So let

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:19.519
me ask you guys. If Calvin Smith wins, he gets

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:25.660
the WBO Mando, right? He becomes the interim.

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:29.839
I know that's for a trinket. He becomes the interim

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:33.500
champion, okay? At that point, he's kind of on

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:36.779
the way back up if he beats David Murrell. If

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:41.240
he beats David Murrell, that shows that he still

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.660
has a lot of life left in him. And honestly,

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:46.680
if he beats David Murrell, I mean... What you

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:48.160
said is a great point because at the same time,

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:53.440
he's an exciting fighter, but he's not like David

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:56.640
Benavidez level. If he beats David Morel, what

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.200
do you guys think about – how do you think that

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.279
would alter the look on David Benavidez's career?

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.299
Because Benavidez's best fight was with Morel.

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:07.819
Well, he's about to fight Zerdo, so we're going

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:10.519
to see then. Yeah, we'll see then. I understand.

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:14.619
Yeah, like Zerdo I feel like is a better picture

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:17.960
of where he's at right now. And I hope he wins,

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.039
but that's another story for another day. Actually,

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:22.339
that's the story for today, actually. Yeah, it's

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:26.000
the story for right now. Fucking segue into Benevita

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:33.859
Zerto. Fuck it. Last, just last picks. Callum

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:36.319
Smith versus David Morrell. Who are you taking?

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.779
Like, your money's on the table. Who are you

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:40.940
taking? Oh, I got Morrell. I got Morrell, too.

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:46.039
I would say Morrell, but honestly... I might

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:48.680
just, it might be a toss -up for me. I mean,

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.859
that sounds crazy, but I feel like Calvin Smith

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.599
does have a chance to put Belta as to Morel.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:56.000
I'm still going to choose Morel, but I really

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:59.099
don't have as much faith as I did in Morel compared

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:01.759
to what I did when he was first coming up before

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.599
the Hot Rod fight, even before the David Benavidez

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.940
fight. Even before Katia, I still had a lot of

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:09.299
trust, I had a lot of faith in him. Now, he does

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:12.900
have a new trainer, I believe, right? In Ismael

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:17.980
Salas? Yeah, so we'll see how that is. I was

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:21.259
thinking Barroso, but... I know. I was about

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.519
to say that. I was thinking Barroso for a second.

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:26.480
No, but, I mean, we'll see how he is with that

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.579
new trainer, so we'll never know until we see

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.359
him fight in the ring again. So I got David Morrell,

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:37.299
too, but I'm not opposed to a Smith win as well.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.119
Also, considering it's a matchroom card as well...

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:42.720
You would hedge your bet and... Put a little

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:45.920
small amount on Callum Smith. Exactly, yeah.

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:49.240
It's a match from cards. So if it goes to the

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:52.119
cards, then who knows what kind of fucker. It

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:54.819
might be stinky. Yeah. Yeah, it could be smelly.

00:24:56.220 --> 00:25:01.579
Just like Rick. Last question on this fight.

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:07.440
Robbie, who you know from Discord, he lives in

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:12.579
Liverpool. The question has come up. Should he

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:17.259
go to Fabio Wardley versus Daniel Dubois? Or

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:19.299
should he go to Callum Smith versus David Moreau?

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:21.720
Well, Fabio Wardley, Daniel Dubois is going to

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.779
be gangbusters. Is that even a question? Yeah.

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:28.059
Is it? That one's straight up going to be gangbusters.

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:32.539
Those two guys have no defense. Two, I don't

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:35.339
know if I sound crazy, but two prime heavyweight

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:39.180
knockout punchers. With no defense. They got

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:42.619
no defense and they're all hard. Can I say something?

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:45.019
This might sound controversial, but I genuinely

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:47.779
feel like this might be a George Foreman, Ron

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:50.440
Lyle type fight. Oh, yeah. It's going to be gangbusters.

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:53.640
It's going to be so fucking fun. Assuming Dubois

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:57.240
doesn't, like, fold at the adversity, which I

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.000
really don't think he will, it's going to be

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:01.440
fabulous. I don't think so. I think Dubois has

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:05.200
found his heart. He's fucking built for the big

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:09.099
show now. I would love to see him again, you

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:11.460
know? He lost to Usyk, who is a generational

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.980
talent. That is no shame. No shame whatsoever.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:22.880
The one thing for... The one thing was about

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:28.599
Callum Smith, David Morrell, is when will a guy

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:32.019
like David Morrell be in your hometown again?

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.769
That's true. But when are you ever going to experience

00:26:36.769 --> 00:26:40.069
Fabio Wardley versus... Heavyweight title fight,

00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:43.730
baby. Like, damn, dude. No, but like, it's not

00:26:43.730 --> 00:26:46.130
just like a heavyweight title fight, like a standard

00:26:46.130 --> 00:26:49.329
defense or like, like this fight is genuinely

00:26:49.329 --> 00:26:53.690
like, I've like, I've never seen such a fight

00:26:53.690 --> 00:26:56.930
like gangbusters in my life. The battle for Britain.

00:26:56.930 --> 00:27:01.670
Like, like it's so obviously like, like again,

00:27:01.730 --> 00:27:06.319
like it's going to be all heart, all power. Like,

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:10.220
oh my god. Not going to the cards. No, not in

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:14.099
the slightest. And if it does, it's like the

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:17.000
easiest fight of the year ever if it somehow

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:22.059
goes to the cards. Alright, so moving on to Benavidez

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:27.779
vs. Zerto at Cruiserweight. Interesting choice

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:33.900
for Benavidez. Part of me thinks... He doesn't

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:39.059
want to have to cut for a fight right now. It's...

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:42.720
Zerto's easy enough. Right. Yeah, Zerto's an

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:46.200
easy enough win. Or, not win, necessarily, but...

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:49.619
It's an easy enough fight to take at a higher

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:53.279
weight class without being worried about adjusting

00:27:53.279 --> 00:28:00.759
to the power or anything. I honestly don't...

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:06.380
I think that Zerto, or not Zerto, Benavidez will

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:12.680
adjust fine to Cruiser, and he's going to be

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:17.400
too much for Zerto the whole time. I don't see

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:25.599
this going well for Ramirez at all. I have a

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.279
bit of an interesting opinion about this fight

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:31.019
as well, honestly. Fire away. I'm going to say

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:33.000
this first and foremost. I think Dave Benavidez

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:36.700
is going to beat Zerto. 100%. No doubt about

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:41.460
it. However, I do believe that this has the potential

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:47.500
to be a disaster for David as well. Absolutely.

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.799
In the sense that... Oh, yeah. Everything can

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:53.140
go sideways so fast. 100%. If the size catches

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:58.289
up to Benavidez. 100 % because... Zerto, I'm

00:28:58.289 --> 00:28:59.789
going to say this. You looked at both men. Did

00:28:59.789 --> 00:29:03.150
you guys see that press conference? You guys

00:29:03.150 --> 00:29:06.049
saw that, right? Zerto with the bloody shorts?

00:29:06.750 --> 00:29:09.829
Or no, Benavidez with the bloody shorts. Yeah,

00:29:09.869 --> 00:29:13.170
and then Zerto, the initial fight press conference,

00:29:13.309 --> 00:29:16.190
and they did the face -off. Dude, Zerto is a

00:29:16.190 --> 00:29:21.519
fucking heavyweight. He is huge. And I know that...

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:24.500
He's fat as fuck, though. It's not like he's

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:28.900
in super shape. No, like, Ben, let's be real.

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.839
B -Ball, like, you saw the B -Ball fight. Like,

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:37.480
oh my god. Zerto's huge, but like, he's not...

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.480
He's not in a position to punch back when he

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:44.900
gets hit. Just because he's not that athletic.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:48.380
Fast hands are going to be a problem for Fatboy.

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:50.460
Yeah, like, fast hands are generally... Because,

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:54.140
like, even... You don't need, like, that much

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:57.660
movement to route Zerdo, to be honest. You just

00:29:57.660 --> 00:30:00.519
need to hit him quick enough because he can't

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.539
return fire. And I agree with you. The thing

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:07.680
is that if Benavidez... If his speed doesn't

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.799
carry up to Cruiserweight, if his power doesn't

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.900
carry up to Cruiserweight... I don't think the

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.119
power needs to carry. I think the speed will

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:17.880
carry, but the power won't. You can break a two

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.960
-by -four over Zerto's head, and it probably

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:23.259
wouldn't dent him. I was about to say that, too.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:27.339
You need Zerto to respect you. Zerto is a durable

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:29.460
fighter. He may not be fast, he may not be the

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.480
hardest puncher, but he is a durable fighter.

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:35.059
And if Benavidez punches himself out, that's

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:38.319
Zerto's opportunity to come back and fucking

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:42.609
beat the shit out of him. I will say... Bivol

00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:45.650
definitely punches softer than Benavidez and

00:30:45.650 --> 00:30:49.369
still managed to keep him on the end of it. And

00:30:49.369 --> 00:30:54.470
it's not that... Benavidez will probably keep

00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:56.569
his gas a little better since he's not cutting.

00:30:58.210 --> 00:31:01.750
I agree. Cruiserweight is probably his natural

00:31:01.750 --> 00:31:05.609
weight, if we really think about it. I agree.

00:31:05.829 --> 00:31:11.119
No cutting weight, yes. Zerto is having to cut

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:15.299
down to Kruiser. I'm just raising the concerns

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:19.599
of what could happen if Benavidez, if his speed

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:21.960
and his stamina and his power doesn't really

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:25.539
carry up. And if he kind of not drops the ball,

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:32.039
but I would say doesn't take it seriously. I

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.019
feel like he's going to take it serious, but

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.579
the off chance he doesn't, he thinks it's going

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:38.759
to be an easy shot at a title. Or two titles.

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:43.059
I don't know. It might just be a fucking rough

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:45.599
night for him. That can go south very quickly.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:49.500
I think Dave Venavita's wins are in a pretty

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:53.420
wide decision. Yeah, pretty handily. Yeah, pretty

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:56.700
handily, but he needs to be on his shit. He needs

00:31:56.700 --> 00:32:03.880
to be very focused. Very disciplined. One thing

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:08.970
that... man like you you have me wanting to kind

00:32:08.970 --> 00:32:12.589
of think against who i who i'm backing because

00:32:12.589 --> 00:32:15.609
david benavidez the benavidez boys the whole

00:32:15.609 --> 00:32:18.309
fucking clan they're from my city so like i'm

00:32:18.309 --> 00:32:21.109
there is no you gotta you gotta back them there's

00:32:21.109 --> 00:32:23.170
no no fucking chance in hell that i'm backing

00:32:23.170 --> 00:32:26.269
fucking zerto over benavidez there's no question

00:32:26.269 --> 00:32:31.230
about it but what i do wonder is when Benavides

00:32:31.230 --> 00:32:34.450
moved up from super middle to light heavy, and

00:32:34.450 --> 00:32:38.529
he fought Vostok. His power very clearly did

00:32:38.529 --> 00:32:43.430
not carry in that fight. And now you're talking

00:32:43.430 --> 00:32:45.950
about adding another 25 pounds on top of that.

00:32:48.009 --> 00:32:56.730
It presents some concerns. My saving grace here

00:32:56.730 --> 00:33:02.579
is I physically watched. Zerto get knocked, fucking

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:06.720
laid on his back by Jesse Hart. This was at a

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:11.000
lighter weight class, yes, but nonetheless, like,

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.779
if a dude like Jesse Hart's putting you on your

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:17.539
back, then... Oh, yeah. Like, I'm not saying

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:19.099
it's going to be, like, an accumulation thing.

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:23.240
I'm saying, like, Zerto is slow enough for Benavidez

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:25.380
to be able to find, like, the shot he did with

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:30.480
Andre as an example. But will Benavidez be fast

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.480
enough to get that shot in the first place? Yeah.

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:37.019
I think so. I think Benavidez will retain his

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:41.400
speed while Zerto being super fucking slow. Yeah.

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.880
And, I mean, at the same time, you guys see that

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:47.619
Zerto got knocked out, put on his fucking back

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:50.799
by Jesse Hart. Benavidez was also put on his

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.299
ass, too. I mean, again, it was a... It was an

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:56.579
off -balance flash knockdown with... No, not

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:59.500
against Morel. Not against Morel. Talk about

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:02.059
Gabriel. Gabriel, yeah. Is that the one where

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.480
he had the flu? Yeah, but that was a flash knockdown

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:06.420
off a jab. Like, the Morel one carries more weight.

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:11.420
Yeah, the Morel one's fine, but... The Gabriel,

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.900
it was a flash knock. He was still upon his butt.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.860
Either way. Off -balance by a well -timed jab,

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:21.480
which is something that... I don't think Zerto...

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:25.539
He can't jump. Zerto is not good at firing back.

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:29.340
He is good at asserting himself. Like, he fought

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:32.719
Joe Smith Jr., right? That fight? The main thing

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:37.179
was he asserted himself over Joe Smith Jr. And

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:40.659
that's how he got his traffic going. But if you

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:42.500
see, if you just keep beating him to the punch,

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:48.940
he has no answer. Yeah, I agree. And we've seen

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:54.199
it happen. Like, I'm not saying you have to be,

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:58.280
like, b -ball level. I'm just saying, like, Benavidez

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:03.019
is pretty damn close, too, so. No, I agree. He's,

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:07.039
like, fucking elite in his own way. It's a little

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:11.320
different from Soviet style. One thing about

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:14.159
Benavidez is that he has fantastic defense. I

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.130
would say very underrated defense. For how much

00:35:17.130 --> 00:35:21.489
his hands move? Yeah, dude. His defense is fucking

00:35:21.489 --> 00:35:25.070
solid. Utilizing a cross guard with a high guard?

00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:30.590
Yeah, fucking amazing. Let's keep rolling here.

00:35:31.429 --> 00:35:37.429
It's a little bit of small news throughout. Rising

00:35:37.429 --> 00:35:40.889
Star Promotions will be hosting Brick City Fight

00:35:40.889 --> 00:35:46.619
Night, broadcasted by ProBox TV. I'm just happy

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:48.960
to see Pro Box getting more fucking air time.

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:57.880
And if Rising Star, their leadership is Cornflake

00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:04.099
LaManna, I think his name is. If they let the

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:07.280
Pro Box matchmakers have a little bit of work

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.460
in here, then this is going to be an excellent

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:19.650
card. Karen Chukudzian will be fighting Patty

00:36:19.650 --> 00:36:24.289
Donovan for an IBF eliminator at welterweight.

00:36:24.769 --> 00:36:33.469
Holy shit. The world has been waiting. Jesus.

00:36:34.469 --> 00:36:39.030
Carlos Adamas versus Amma Williams has been rescheduled.

00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:43.269
This will be in Orlando on a matchroom card March

00:36:43.269 --> 00:36:51.780
21st. So Ammo gets his title shot. Adamas gets

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:54.619
to fight. Yeah, he gets to kick the can down

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:57.139
the road of like, is he a legitimate champion

00:36:57.139 --> 00:37:06.179
or not? Yeah. Let's see here. Last one before

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:11.500
we get to kind of big news. Troy Isley, the one

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:15.199
and only. signs a multi -fight deal with Matchroom.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:19.739
Dude, if Top Rank's not paying you, they're not

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:23.420
getting you work, then get after it, buddy. Troy

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:28.340
Isley is kind of like a Zufa -level dude, to

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:33.539
be honest. Oh, that's a rough goings. It is a

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:38.400
rough designation. And I genuinely like Troy

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:41.929
Isley. I really do. I really, really do. I like

00:37:41.929 --> 00:37:45.269
him more than most people, even though he exists.

00:37:46.869 --> 00:37:53.610
But, last thing. Teofimo is officially moving

00:37:53.610 --> 00:37:58.690
up to Welterweight. I brought this one up because

00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:00.750
of the card we're going to be recapping in a

00:38:00.750 --> 00:38:07.110
moment. My first gut reaction is that Teofimo

00:38:07.110 --> 00:38:11.539
is undersized. Oh yeah, his power did not carry

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:14.579
to 140 at all. Exactly. That's exactly what I

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:18.400
was going to say. Moving up to 140, he already

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:21.659
had troubles there. And now he's expecting to

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:24.239
solve his problems moving up a little bit higher.

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:27.260
My man, the problem is in your fucking corner.

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:34.719
I don't know how else to say it. Your father

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:43.460
is the fucking problem. That's all I got. Joey

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:49.099
Gamache gets vindicated every damn day that Teofimo

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:58.000
walks this planet. Unbelievable. I think we've

00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:04.050
litigated the Teofimo Sr. slander enough at this

00:39:04.050 --> 00:39:06.530
point oh yeah like i've said the name joey gamache

00:39:06.530 --> 00:39:10.170
too many times you're right like who i don't

00:39:10.170 --> 00:39:12.710
i don't know i don't know what more signs you

00:39:12.710 --> 00:39:16.889
need that that just hit him bro just hit him

00:39:16.889 --> 00:39:18.969
bro that's the man what the fuck happened to

00:39:18.969 --> 00:39:21.429
your power you're gonna hate yourself in the

00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:25.949
morning bro it's like bro like straight up there

00:39:25.949 --> 00:39:29.250
are discord users who would do a better job Yeah.

00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:32.110
Honestly, Josh, I would trust you and Teofimo's

00:39:32.110 --> 00:39:36.010
Corner more than fucking... You know what? Hit

00:39:36.010 --> 00:39:41.650
me up. Hit us up. Hit us up. I'll fly out to...

00:39:41.650 --> 00:39:45.510
Teo, I know you're listening. We got new coaches

00:39:45.510 --> 00:39:48.730
lined up for you, buddy. Yeah. I'll bring...

00:39:48.730 --> 00:39:56.090
I got Isaac D's on nutrition. I'll bring the

00:39:56.090 --> 00:40:00.010
liquor. I'll bring the liquor. You're in good

00:40:00.010 --> 00:40:03.489
hands, man. At the very least, you won't be embarrassing

00:40:03.489 --> 00:40:07.530
yourself against Steve Claggett. Or Sandro Martin.

00:40:08.849 --> 00:40:13.250
Or taking like a million years to knock out Ocampo.

00:40:13.510 --> 00:40:18.289
And Jermaine Ortiz. Yeah, we're gonna... We're

00:40:18.289 --> 00:40:20.809
gonna sort your career out, buddy. We got this.

00:40:21.010 --> 00:40:25.369
We're gonna put you on the Anthony Kakash. career

00:40:25.369 --> 00:40:27.530
management path, you're only fighting Brits until

00:40:27.530 --> 00:40:31.530
the end of your days. That's the career rehab

00:40:31.530 --> 00:40:33.769
is we're going to have you fighting Brits. You're

00:40:33.769 --> 00:40:35.849
going to be Anthony Kakachi. You're changing

00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:43.289
your name to Knockout Lux Media. We got you.

00:40:45.369 --> 00:40:47.610
Alright, that's all we got for the news though.

00:40:48.269 --> 00:40:54.820
Any fucking say Old military phrase. Save rounds.

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:58.460
Any last -minute things that came up that I didn't?

00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:02.500
Did we talk about Inoue Nakatani being signed?

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:08.480
Because last week we talked about Floyd. We briefly

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:12.199
mentioned it, but we haven't talked about it

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:16.139
at length. Yeah, so... It's just in. How literally

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:20.340
is this just in? Naoya Inoue versus Junto Nakatani

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:26.250
is... is legit fucking official for may 2nd at

00:41:26.250 --> 00:41:29.329
the tokyo dome i met i know i mentioned it earlier

00:41:29.329 --> 00:41:33.630
today um or last time i don't um whatever we're

00:41:33.630 --> 00:41:37.889
talking about it now yeah this has we're gonna

00:41:37.889 --> 00:41:41.449
talk about it a lot this yeah dude um i what

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:46.570
i'm excited about is what what they're gonna

00:41:46.570 --> 00:41:50.360
do I know this is super degenerate shit, but

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.920
I'm really interested in what they're going to

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.619
do with the undercard here. Because they have

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:59.980
a guaranteed viewership worldwide here. Oh yeah,

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:02.440
this is a super fight. So what are they going

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:04.760
to do? Who are you going to put on? Are they

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:07.940
going to put on fucking Reito Tsutsumi? Or who

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.460
is that other fucking club? Don't say that name.

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:11.260
Hayato? I feel like they're going to put on...

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:13.480
Anyways, brother. Don't say that fucking name.

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:19.780
For sure. Takuma. Takuma makes sense. They might

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:26.239
put on Hayato. The Tsutsumi pros are... I don't

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:31.119
know. Hirooka could bounce back on that. Jin

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:35.659
Sasaki, if he's not fighting already, can definitely

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:41.269
make for a fun undercard scrap. Uh, fuck. We

00:42:41.269 --> 00:42:43.250
literally just talked about him last week. Why

00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:47.309
is his name eluding me? Nishida? Uh, Nishida.

00:42:48.050 --> 00:42:50.869
Ryusuke Nishida. Ryusuke Nishida. Yeah, it's

00:42:50.869 --> 00:42:52.949
a perfect gap. He fought February, fighting in

00:42:52.949 --> 00:42:57.849
May. Yeah, that's not a bad shout. Not a bad

00:42:57.849 --> 00:43:00.909
shout. I gotta say, it's an honor to talk about

00:43:00.909 --> 00:43:03.590
this before Shinata's able to talk about it on

00:43:03.590 --> 00:43:07.150
the podcast. You're real as fuck. You're real

00:43:07.150 --> 00:43:11.690
as fuck. Let's fucking go. We're the first to

00:43:11.690 --> 00:43:15.489
announce it. I'm the first boxing podcast to

00:43:15.489 --> 00:43:17.809
announce it, honestly. Might be first on the

00:43:17.809 --> 00:43:20.650
boat here. We're the best boxing podcast to announce

00:43:20.650 --> 00:43:22.750
it, and that's what matters. And it's not even

00:43:22.750 --> 00:43:28.869
close. Would you put... He is... Even though,

00:43:28.869 --> 00:43:32.150
as Shonan would say, and I would agree, he's

00:43:32.150 --> 00:43:34.670
like a fucking douchebag, but Tenshin Asakawa

00:43:34.670 --> 00:43:37.650
is a fucking pay -per -view star. You got to

00:43:37.650 --> 00:43:40.030
put all the names you can on this undercard.

00:43:40.090 --> 00:43:46.349
This is your Super Bowl. I got to say about the

00:43:46.349 --> 00:43:47.889
Super Bowl, honestly, I feel like they should

00:43:47.889 --> 00:43:50.849
put a lot of prospects on here, too. A lot of

00:43:50.849 --> 00:43:54.829
up -and -coming. You can stack prelims, too.

00:43:54.889 --> 00:44:00.389
You're right. This is the Mayweather and Pacquiao

00:44:00.389 --> 00:44:05.070
fight of the Asian territories. Mainly Japan,

00:44:05.210 --> 00:44:07.289
but obviously over there, I feel like a lot of

00:44:07.289 --> 00:44:08.329
the regions over there are going to watch it.

00:44:09.429 --> 00:44:13.969
And I generally think that if you do what they

00:44:13.969 --> 00:44:17.449
did with Mayweather Pacquiao, you can make a

00:44:17.449 --> 00:44:21.309
lot of stars in the Japanese scene. Well, what

00:44:21.309 --> 00:44:24.150
they did with Mayweather Pacquiao was they had

00:44:24.150 --> 00:44:28.389
fucking Lomachenko fight a nobody, and then they

00:44:28.389 --> 00:44:34.079
had Leo Santa Cruz fight a nobody. Just to make

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:36.139
sure that the guy that they want to highlight

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:40.679
gets a win. You know what I mean? It would, because

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:42.840
honestly, those are the fights that I remember,

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.699
some of the fights I remember most from their

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:50.840
career. Or on the card. If that's the case, then

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:55.420
I would imagine they would, I bet, I would bet

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:59.340
a lot that they have Takuma in a way on this

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:03.420
as well. Oh yeah, 100%. You gotta have the brother

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:06.840
on there. I told my pops and I told my girlfriend,

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:08.260
I said, hey, we're gonna be watching this fight

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:12.539
at 3 in the fucking morning. Yeah. We're gonna

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:17.059
be watching it. I'm getting, I think everybody

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:19.780
in the boxing pod, like in the boxing discord

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:21.800
should get up for this. This is a Super Bowl.

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:26.579
This is an at everyone level fight. This is literally

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:35.000
like for casuals. This is on the level of Dave

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:37.619
Allen. Who's going to be streaming the fight?

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:43.380
It's not talking. It's StreamEast. Sorry, sorry.

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:46.400
Maybe I'm not allowed to say that. That was a

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:52.059
joke. I think it said the StreamBeast of Netflix,

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:56.679
right? I'm certain that somebody will oblige.

00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:01.480
The thing is that there's no way it's not on...

00:46:02.329 --> 00:46:05.090
It's not going to be a Saudi car, right? Someone

00:46:05.090 --> 00:46:08.230
has to pick it up, yeah. There's no way this

00:46:08.230 --> 00:46:09.789
is not a Saudi car, or there's no way this is

00:46:09.789 --> 00:46:13.289
a Saudi car, right? I don't think so. I haven't

00:46:13.289 --> 00:46:17.250
seen anything indicating that it's aligned with

00:46:17.250 --> 00:46:23.110
the ring yet. It's crazy because it's on a Saturday

00:46:23.110 --> 00:46:26.909
morning, not a Sunday morning. It's Saturday

00:46:26.909 --> 00:46:32.050
night for them. Saturday night. I thought they

00:46:32.050 --> 00:46:34.869
said it was on May 2nd. May 2nd is Saturday,

00:46:35.090 --> 00:46:39.110
right? It's Saturday night for them. For us,

00:46:39.110 --> 00:46:42.829
it's like Saturday morning. Yeah, early as shit.

00:46:42.929 --> 00:46:45.170
I think I'm just going to pull an all -nighter,

00:46:45.190 --> 00:46:49.110
honestly. Because don't they usually have their

00:46:49.110 --> 00:46:53.070
fights on Monday? They usually have theirs on

00:46:53.070 --> 00:46:57.929
Mondays, like bank holidays, whatever they're

00:46:57.929 --> 00:47:01.110
called. But yeah, Mondays that they have off,

00:47:01.250 --> 00:47:04.769
they usually put them on then. Well, I'm excited

00:47:04.769 --> 00:47:06.030
for that day because I got to wake up early,

00:47:06.130 --> 00:47:09.110
watch Inoue Nakatani, sleep on it, and then go

00:47:09.110 --> 00:47:13.449
watch fucking Benavida Zero. I love that shit.

00:47:14.230 --> 00:47:16.469
I love this sport. 2026 is looking to be fucking

00:47:16.469 --> 00:47:20.550
amazing, dude. First half is fucking awesome.

00:47:23.630 --> 00:47:28.500
Has been so far. Yeah. All right. Anything more

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:32.019
for the news? One more thing. Have we ever talked

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:34.780
about Jizora and Beyonce Wilder? Oh, Jesus, man.

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:40.579
You went from Nakatane to Jizora Wilder. Yeah,

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:43.340
one's a super fighter and one's a Japanese box.

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:53.190
What I can really say about... Chizora Wilder

00:47:53.190 --> 00:47:55.989
Wilder Chizora, fucking excuse me. That's how

00:47:55.989 --> 00:48:02.989
the hashtag is going to go. You will find me

00:48:02.989 --> 00:48:05.050
dead before I'm going to cheer for a goddamn

00:48:05.050 --> 00:48:10.389
Brit over red, white, and blue missile fucking

00:48:10.389 --> 00:48:15.769
system Deontay Wilder. That's true. This is a

00:48:15.769 --> 00:48:19.280
battle of the boxing laundry three. Is he really

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:23.500
going to win? Fucking probably not. Chizora has

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:30.559
more experience being washed at this point. Wilder's

00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:34.179
still kind of trying to do the same thing, and

00:48:34.179 --> 00:48:38.440
it's just not working anymore. But goddammit,

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:43.000
I'm riding to the fucking depths. I'm riding

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:48.719
with Wilder. Guaranteed, if Wilder beats Chizora,

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:54.440
he gets an AJ fight. Oh, please. At this point,

00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:58.159
it just has to happen at this point. AJ fight

00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:05.440
or even fucking Usyk. The Chizora train going

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:10.980
on forever is also really funny. Okay, now have

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:15.800
we hit all the news? I believe so. Okay. Well,

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:17.880
it's okay that we went a little extra because

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:21.619
the previews are fucking dire. Oh, yeah. Social

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slash flakes. Okay. Into the recaps. First things

00:51:52.019 --> 00:51:58.559
first. Thursday, February 19th. Ohashi Promotions

00:51:58.559 --> 00:52:06.010
at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This was quite a step

00:52:06.010 --> 00:52:10.989
down from his previous outing. Jin Sasaki gets

00:52:10.989 --> 00:52:18.090
a stoppage in two over Marlon Bagalpalan. Practice

00:52:18.090 --> 00:52:24.889
that one. Jin was very clearly behind a step.

00:52:25.849 --> 00:52:30.369
Was shelled up for the majority of the time.

00:52:30.969 --> 00:52:33.769
Getting hit a lot to the body. Getting hit a

00:52:33.769 --> 00:52:37.369
lot around the guard. And then he lands a fucking

00:52:37.369 --> 00:52:43.130
counter. And puts Marlon on his ass. So he was

00:52:43.130 --> 00:52:51.050
losing until he won. Expected better out of Sasaki

00:52:51.050 --> 00:52:57.530
for some reason. Let's see. Saturday, February

00:52:57.530 --> 00:53:03.349
21st. First, we start with Matchroom at the Nottingham

00:53:03.349 --> 00:53:09.309
Arena in the UK. From the bottom up, Leo Atang

00:53:09.309 --> 00:53:12.750
gets a stoppage in one. Congrats. You get to

00:53:12.750 --> 00:53:19.570
keep your name. David Allen stops Kareem Barragan.

00:53:19.590 --> 00:53:26.690
The GOAT. The GOAT. David GOAT Allen. Fucking

00:53:26.690 --> 00:53:29.969
romped him. The shit was not even competitive.

00:53:31.190 --> 00:53:35.110
I expected it to go like six rounds just because

00:53:35.110 --> 00:53:37.650
I saw Dave Allen was weighing in at a career

00:53:37.650 --> 00:53:43.250
high. Yeah, he was like almost 280. Yeah, technically

00:53:43.250 --> 00:53:50.269
the one fight against, he was 271 for this fight.

00:53:50.449 --> 00:53:57.559
He's only weighed 272 once. That was when Eddie

00:53:57.559 --> 00:54:00.420
Hearn called him a fat piece of shit on the broadcast.

00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:07.400
Jesus Christ. And I spent all that time defending

00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:11.019
Eddie Hearn a little bit ago. Eddie Hearn is

00:54:11.019 --> 00:54:15.860
not ready. He's got to start showing up in shape.

00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:20.340
Stop gambling. Didn't bring up the piss jugs,

00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:25.619
thankfully. But we love Dave Allen, and hopefully

00:54:25.619 --> 00:54:28.739
he gets, I don't know, a trilogy with Johnny

00:54:28.739 --> 00:54:33.260
Fisher, I guess. I feel like that's kind of the

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:35.500
appeal of Dave Allen, though. He's just a, you

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:39.099
know, a fat, bad dude. He's an everyman. He's

00:54:39.099 --> 00:54:43.820
just an average dude. Yeah. I mean, I remember

00:54:43.820 --> 00:54:46.039
when Eddie Hearn was talking about him versus

00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:48.679
Makhmudov, he was saying, you know, he's probably

00:54:48.679 --> 00:54:50.960
not going to win, but I got to respect him for

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:53.019
wanting to take that fight. You know what? I

00:54:53.019 --> 00:54:56.239
agree with you, Eddie Hearn. Fuck it. I'm watching

00:54:56.239 --> 00:55:01.719
this shit. Here's your boxing junk food of the

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:04.440
day. We'll never not recommend it. Dave Allen,

00:55:04.739 --> 00:55:08.480
Ariel Esteban, Bracamonte. Just two fat dudes

00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:14.659
going balls to the wall for seven rounds. We

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:18.340
love Dave Allen here. We love Dave Allen. He

00:55:18.340 --> 00:55:26.119
is worth an at everyone on the Discord. Moving

00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:31.400
up, Molly McCann, Meatball Molly, gets a scoring

00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:40.260
referee points decision. Sandy Ryan wins the

00:55:40.260 --> 00:55:44.639
vacant WBC super lightweight title by majority

00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:50.139
decision. This was a lot more fun than it should

00:55:50.139 --> 00:55:53.179
have been or than I expected it to be. Bilal

00:55:53.179 --> 00:55:57.750
Fawaz. Majority decision over Ishmael Davis to

00:55:57.750 --> 00:56:01.909
secure the, what was it? Like the Brit and Commonwealth

00:56:01.909 --> 00:56:09.869
titles. Bilal had a wild backstory. Like he was

00:56:09.869 --> 00:56:17.369
smuggled into the UK as a kid. And it was crazy.

00:56:17.670 --> 00:56:24.079
But overall, it was. I don't know, maybe it wasn't

00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:28.400
that good of a fight, but Fawaz was doing a lot

00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:36.900
of posing and taunting. Here is a fight where

00:56:36.900 --> 00:56:40.599
I felt a little bit of shame for being a boxing

00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:45.139
degenerate. Lee Wood, unanimous decision over

00:56:45.139 --> 00:56:51.510
Josh Warrington. Pretty one -sided affair. I'm

00:56:51.510 --> 00:56:55.289
whatever gets Joshua Warrington Josh Warrington

00:56:55.289 --> 00:56:58.090
get whatever gets him the fuck out of like my

00:56:58.090 --> 00:57:03.769
social media feed even tangentially whatever

00:57:03.769 --> 00:57:08.469
gets him the fuck away from me yes but Lee Wood

00:57:08.469 --> 00:57:14.369
did not look very good in this yeah there was

00:57:14.369 --> 00:57:17.429
proper shame in discord like you guys are still

00:57:17.429 --> 00:57:21.699
watching this oh yeah i tuned i tuned out after

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:23.559
like the seventh or eighth round where i was

00:57:23.559 --> 00:57:27.619
like there is no way like there's no way anything

00:57:27.619 --> 00:57:29.880
happens other than like what's been going on

00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:35.719
the last couple i half tuned out i admit i was

00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:38.559
still paying attention um but i just was like

00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:44.119
i'm gonna update the podcast stuff oh yeah you

00:57:44.119 --> 00:57:49.820
guys just fight in the background Yeah, that

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:57.679
was not the best fight. Moving on. Average Brit

00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:01.900
scrap. I think they were saying in chat... Warrington

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:06.059
was just so washed. Leawood was not much better.

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:09.519
No, but, like, the thing is that it could have

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:15.380
been fun if Warrington was not completely ruined.

00:58:19.019 --> 00:58:24.039
Somebody said that Lynn had tuned out about halfway

00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:30.719
through. Sure. Yeah, that's crazy. That's a good

00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:38.300
litmus test. Let's move on to the ring high stakes

00:58:38.300 --> 00:58:44.820
in Las Vegas, Nevada from the bottom up. I don't

00:58:44.820 --> 00:58:47.539
have these necessarily in order, but these are

00:58:47.539 --> 00:58:51.480
all the fucking prelims. Mohamed Alakel gets

00:58:51.480 --> 00:58:57.360
a stoppage in two over who cares. Here was a

00:58:57.360 --> 00:59:01.000
lot of fun. Joshua Edwards. Unanimous decision

00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:05.559
over Brandon Colantonio. We were having a lot

00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:09.119
of fun in chat with this one. Colantonio was

00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:13.099
giving Edwards a lot of trouble. His mobility.

00:59:13.929 --> 00:59:16.650
He was very clearly in shape, even though he

00:59:16.650 --> 00:59:20.369
didn't look like it. And his mobility was giving

00:59:20.369 --> 00:59:25.670
Edwards quite a bit of trouble. Even though the

00:59:25.670 --> 00:59:29.789
cards had it a sweep, I feel this was an indictment

00:59:29.789 --> 00:59:35.769
on Joshua Edwards and where he is compared to

00:59:35.769 --> 00:59:41.409
the hype anyway. Do you think that this is...

00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:44.860
Kind of a fraud watch for Joshua Edwards? Or

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:49.340
is it just like, hey, maybe just a hiccup? Yeah,

00:59:49.340 --> 00:59:54.159
we'll have to see how Edwards carries on from

00:59:54.159 --> 00:59:58.039
here. Cole Antonio, I know, won a lot of hearts.

00:59:58.920 --> 01:00:03.920
Just looking like an average Joe and really putting

01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:07.920
in a good fight against a blue chip prospect.

01:00:11.789 --> 01:00:17.929
Yeah, we'll see how Edwards carries on. Amari

01:00:17.929 --> 01:00:24.909
Jones stops Luis Arias in four. Not really surprised

01:00:24.909 --> 01:00:31.170
here. Yeah, Luis Arias is... Super washed. Yeah,

01:00:31.230 --> 01:00:37.389
like, washed. Never all that to begin with, but

01:00:37.389 --> 01:00:41.190
definitely just washed right now. You know what?

01:00:41.769 --> 01:00:45.269
Given that he was never all that good to begin

01:00:45.269 --> 01:00:50.309
with, he comes into this a level below Washed.

01:00:50.670 --> 01:00:57.670
He's coming into this as a trapo. Oh, yeah. Who

01:00:57.670 --> 01:01:01.909
just has the slightest amount of name recognition,

01:01:02.090 --> 01:01:08.730
and thus we pair him with our blue chip prospect,

01:01:09.050 --> 01:01:13.920
Amari Jones. Dude, he'd fucking handled business

01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:17.360
the way that you would expect. Edwards, take

01:01:17.360 --> 01:01:23.719
notes. Moving up, Bektimir Melikuziev stops Sina

01:01:23.719 --> 01:01:29.960
Agbeko in seven. This is a snoozer. Jesus Christ.

01:01:31.119 --> 01:01:33.960
This is a rough watch. Like, he just kind of

01:01:33.960 --> 01:01:39.039
dawdled his way to a knockout. Like, they would...

01:01:39.320 --> 01:01:41.679
They would be, like, lunging at each other, throwing

01:01:41.679 --> 01:01:46.019
one or two punches, and then they'd clash, and

01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:48.019
then they'd get pulled apart, and then repeat

01:01:48.019 --> 01:01:51.920
the process over and over. And it just so happened

01:01:51.920 --> 01:01:57.199
that Beck was landing more than Cena. That's

01:01:57.199 --> 01:02:03.820
really it. Mm -hmm. Leaves a bit to be desired

01:02:03.820 --> 01:02:08.039
what... I wanted to think this would be the chance

01:02:08.039 --> 01:02:11.960
for Beck the Bully to get back to his bullying

01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:18.599
ways. Who were we talking about last time? Were

01:02:18.599 --> 01:02:23.900
we talking about somebody that had a 168er? We

01:02:23.900 --> 01:02:28.280
were talking about Munguia. Munguia. So, yeah.

01:02:28.460 --> 01:02:33.820
What I was hoping for here was for Beck to...

01:02:34.760 --> 01:02:39.019
reassert himself into the conversation of the

01:02:39.019 --> 01:02:46.119
top tier guys. Like with Diego Pacheco, his team

01:02:46.119 --> 01:02:48.800
pulled him out of a title fight saying that he's

01:02:48.800 --> 01:02:52.360
not ready. Jaime Munguia, his team pulled him

01:02:52.360 --> 01:02:55.940
out of a title fight for reasons we don't know.

01:02:57.960 --> 01:03:00.579
This is like the perfect chance for someone like

01:03:00.579 --> 01:03:03.420
Beck to have gotten back into the conversation.

01:03:04.650 --> 01:03:12.150
But instead we get this. Cut on his face. What

01:03:12.150 --> 01:03:20.969
a disgrace. Yeah. Oh, shit. This is the first

01:03:20.969 --> 01:03:24.050
time I've ever seen one happen. Frank Martin

01:03:24.050 --> 01:03:30.349
gets a unanimous draw with Nahir Albright. This

01:03:30.349 --> 01:03:35.590
is... I had never had to write... on our doc

01:03:35.590 --> 01:03:40.929
that we work from, I usually just write UD for

01:03:40.929 --> 01:03:44.449
unanimous decision. I've never had to write unanimous

01:03:44.449 --> 01:03:53.210
draw before. Frank Martin, for what he is touted

01:03:53.210 --> 01:04:00.889
to be, and I guess based on the hype, he definitely

01:04:00.889 --> 01:04:05.519
did not deliver. I would honestly argue that

01:04:05.519 --> 01:04:09.699
Nahir Albright got the win there. He did enough

01:04:09.699 --> 01:04:12.139
to get the win. Martin threw that away, though.

01:04:12.940 --> 01:04:14.840
Do you think that it was more Martin throwing

01:04:14.840 --> 01:04:18.719
it away than... Like, Albright definitely did

01:04:18.719 --> 01:04:21.860
a good job exploiting the gaps that Martin left.

01:04:23.139 --> 01:04:28.420
But... Oh, my God. Martin left some clear holes

01:04:28.420 --> 01:04:31.530
in there and then didn't... really assert himself

01:04:31.530 --> 01:04:35.750
all that well in the early going, and then obviously

01:04:35.750 --> 01:04:42.389
he unraveled late. I do think Albright wins a

01:04:42.389 --> 01:04:45.389
rematch, though, just because of how traffic

01:04:45.389 --> 01:04:54.130
was going. So something that I noticed in patterns

01:04:54.130 --> 01:04:57.489
I've noticed, just one example was Deontay Wilder

01:04:57.489 --> 01:05:03.579
throughout the Fury fights. Whenever he was not

01:05:03.579 --> 01:05:06.360
getting his way or he was in trouble himself,

01:05:06.659 --> 01:05:11.820
he had this tendency to throw this pawing jab

01:05:11.820 --> 01:05:14.400
and then trying to land the right hand behind

01:05:14.400 --> 01:05:18.599
it. Frank Martin kind of did the same thing where

01:05:18.599 --> 01:05:22.099
he tried to throw his jab, tried to throw the

01:05:22.099 --> 01:05:26.099
straight left behind it and then pivot out of

01:05:26.099 --> 01:05:30.920
the way. For a follow -up right hook. And it

01:05:30.920 --> 01:05:33.280
was just not working the whole fucking time.

01:05:33.400 --> 01:05:37.039
And he just kept doing it. Really seems like

01:05:37.039 --> 01:05:39.480
they just kind of trained one move. And then

01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:44.699
left it at that. Maybe they didn't expect Albright

01:05:44.699 --> 01:05:49.369
to have the acumen that he did. We ourselves

01:05:49.369 --> 01:05:51.789
knew that Albright was going to be a tough challenge,

01:05:51.789 --> 01:05:55.510
though. Of course. I mean, we're only, not to

01:05:55.510 --> 01:05:58.710
be mean to us, but we're a fucking podcast. These

01:05:58.710 --> 01:06:01.889
guys have been doing this shit for their whole

01:06:01.889 --> 01:06:05.469
lives. Derek fucking James, that was the game

01:06:05.469 --> 01:06:11.309
plan that you came up with? Exactly. I'm not

01:06:11.309 --> 01:06:13.920
trying to downplay this, but... You're trying

01:06:13.920 --> 01:06:16.579
to tell me that they're no better than us? They

01:06:16.579 --> 01:06:19.579
can't see that Naheer Albright is a tough opponent?

01:06:20.539 --> 01:06:26.139
He gave Keyshawn Davis solid work. He beat another

01:06:26.139 --> 01:06:30.599
Davis brother. How do you think that this is

01:06:30.599 --> 01:06:32.960
going to be a gimme fight? Just because he has

01:06:32.960 --> 01:06:37.780
name recognition. Did he gimmick his way up here?

01:06:37.920 --> 01:06:41.440
Absolutely not. Honestly, I feel like Naheer

01:06:41.440 --> 01:06:45.429
Albright... is going to be a very popular name

01:06:45.429 --> 01:06:50.170
that up -and -comers are going to fight. I could

01:06:50.170 --> 01:06:51.949
see and hear Albright fighting Emiliano Vargas

01:06:51.949 --> 01:06:55.150
in the future. Oh, yeah. I was going to say that

01:06:55.150 --> 01:06:58.630
I honestly don't think so because he's a fucking

01:06:58.630 --> 01:07:03.090
banana peel. No, but the thing is that he is

01:07:03.090 --> 01:07:07.550
in his prime right now. Yeah. He is going to

01:07:07.550 --> 01:07:10.760
decline. especially like fair enough i don't

01:07:10.760 --> 01:07:12.679
think i don't think he's gonna age that well

01:07:12.679 --> 01:07:16.679
considering he generally like he gets guys to

01:07:16.679 --> 01:07:20.019
unravel late but it's it puts miles on the clock

01:07:20.019 --> 01:07:23.800
to have to unravel a guy late every time right

01:07:23.800 --> 01:07:27.900
yeah you have to eat a bit of traffic to like

01:07:27.900 --> 01:07:30.440
you need you need to eat a bit you need to really

01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:32.699
feel him out so like the miles are on the clock

01:07:33.610 --> 01:07:39.190
I see what you mean. I'm not saying in one to

01:07:39.190 --> 01:07:41.210
two years he's going to be that gatekeeper. I'm

01:07:41.210 --> 01:07:46.050
thinking more four to five when he's 34, 35 and

01:07:46.050 --> 01:07:49.849
lost the step and the miles catch up to him.

01:07:50.329 --> 01:07:53.590
Someone already knocked him out. I understand

01:07:53.590 --> 01:07:56.469
what you guys mean. Right now, he's in contention.

01:07:56.530 --> 01:07:59.050
He's probably not going to win a belt, but he's

01:07:59.050 --> 01:08:01.510
in contention. Then he's going to meet someone

01:08:01.510 --> 01:08:07.099
who is... Great, to say the least. And it's going

01:08:07.099 --> 01:08:09.480
to be kind of a slip and slide from there. You

01:08:09.480 --> 01:08:11.119
know what? I disagree with you. I feel like he

01:08:11.119 --> 01:08:12.960
has a chance of getting a belt if he was moved

01:08:12.960 --> 01:08:17.300
properly. He would have had a belt already if

01:08:17.300 --> 01:08:20.479
he were that guy. Honestly, he's more likely

01:08:20.479 --> 01:08:25.399
to get a record deal than he is a title. Let

01:08:25.399 --> 01:08:27.840
me tell you this. How do guys like fucking...

01:08:28.430 --> 01:08:32.390
Abas Baral, Lewis Crocker, Jazza Dickens, all

01:08:32.390 --> 01:08:36.289
these guys that... They spoil the show. They

01:08:36.289 --> 01:08:40.090
spoil, but they also work their way up rankings.

01:08:40.310 --> 01:08:43.750
Usually the IBF, if you notice. Yeah, it's always

01:08:43.750 --> 01:08:47.770
the IBF. It's usually the IBF. They don't fight

01:08:47.770 --> 01:08:50.909
names until they get into the position to fight

01:08:50.909 --> 01:08:55.050
names. This guy, he had his chance with Jermaine

01:08:55.050 --> 01:08:58.590
Ortiz to skip the line. He had a chance with

01:08:58.590 --> 01:09:01.810
Keyshawn to skip the line. And his chance with

01:09:01.810 --> 01:09:03.630
Frank Martin to skip the line. Sometimes you

01:09:03.630 --> 01:09:06.890
just don't. Like you gamble, you lose. That's

01:09:06.890 --> 01:09:09.869
what it is. I just think in a weak division,

01:09:10.149 --> 01:09:14.250
a weaker division, he probably... Because he

01:09:14.250 --> 01:09:16.250
totally would have spoiled the guy. But here,

01:09:16.369 --> 01:09:20.170
140 is very strong. 140 is a really good division

01:09:20.170 --> 01:09:23.520
right now. Like 140 is really strong. So that's

01:09:23.520 --> 01:09:26.420
where, again, you gamble on yourself and sometimes,

01:09:26.640 --> 01:09:30.680
well, you lose. That's just what it is. Yeah.

01:09:31.359 --> 01:09:37.500
Honestly, I hope he keeps going. Because I kind

01:09:37.500 --> 01:09:41.340
of like watching him. Not necessarily him, but

01:09:41.340 --> 01:09:43.600
more like to see if a fighter can finally crack

01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:48.840
his ass. He is like the... premiere to me he

01:09:48.840 --> 01:09:53.020
is the premiere underdog story um he's been thrown

01:09:53.020 --> 01:09:56.520
in with higher much higher level names and he's

01:09:56.520 --> 01:09:59.819
given them fucking good work he fought to a draw

01:09:59.819 --> 01:10:03.279
with what was what was supposed to be pbc's blue

01:10:03.279 --> 01:10:08.880
chip guy in frank martin um and fought him to

01:10:08.880 --> 01:10:13.430
a draw uh really you can't what can what What

01:10:13.430 --> 01:10:18.569
more can you really ask for the B -side guy to

01:10:18.569 --> 01:10:24.310
fight the name? The house name? This is probably

01:10:24.310 --> 01:10:31.850
as good as it was going to get for him. Speaking

01:10:31.850 --> 01:10:39.130
of as good as it's going to get, Richardson Hitchens

01:10:39.130 --> 01:10:47.369
withdraws. Against Oscar Duarte. IBF. Super lightweight

01:10:47.369 --> 01:10:52.409
title fight. Is pulled from the card. Allegedly.

01:10:52.409 --> 01:10:58.029
This was the. Same day. Rehydration weigh in.

01:10:58.569 --> 01:11:04.829
Welcome. Welcome back. Lloyd Schofield Jr. And

01:11:04.829 --> 01:11:09.170
Richardson. Did not. He was having trouble with

01:11:09.170 --> 01:11:15.329
it. The. rumblings that i had read about where

01:11:15.329 --> 01:11:20.409
he he went like he was went to his breakfast

01:11:20.409 --> 01:11:24.890
or whatever for before the weigh -in and he was

01:11:24.890 --> 01:11:30.710
super sick afterwards after eating um but like

01:11:30.710 --> 01:11:33.050
you made the weigh -in you made the the actual

01:11:33.050 --> 01:11:36.989
weigh -in and then you're getting sick i don't

01:11:36.989 --> 01:11:40.470
know man yeah maybe duarte looked a little too

01:11:40.470 --> 01:11:43.130
big in person Sounds like a little bit of bull

01:11:43.130 --> 01:11:48.850
honky. It's a little weird, I will admit. A lot

01:11:48.850 --> 01:11:52.550
of people have been saying that because like

01:11:52.550 --> 01:11:54.970
this isn't the first time that somebody's had

01:11:54.970 --> 01:11:58.630
a problem with the same day rehydration weigh

01:11:58.630 --> 01:12:02.909
in. And because of that, IBF should just scrap

01:12:02.909 --> 01:12:08.220
it. I'm inclined to agree. Regardless of this

01:12:08.220 --> 01:12:11.479
Richardson -Hitchin situation, Daniel Jacobs

01:12:11.479 --> 01:12:18.819
had a problem with it a while ago. The same -day

01:12:18.819 --> 01:12:21.539
rehydration weigh -in is still fucking ridiculous.

01:12:22.579 --> 01:12:27.000
They have it as flat numbers, where if you're

01:12:27.000 --> 01:12:33.619
fighting at 140, you cannot weigh plus 10 pounds.

01:12:34.239 --> 01:12:37.199
the next day but if you fight at 154 it's like

01:12:37.199 --> 01:12:40.420
plus 12 you know what i'm saying like it's yeah

01:12:40.420 --> 01:12:42.119
it should be like it really should be a percentage

01:12:42.119 --> 01:12:45.199
yeah it should be a percentage of whatever your

01:12:45.199 --> 01:12:50.699
fight weight is and then there you go but overall

01:12:50.699 --> 01:12:54.619
uh is what do you what do you guys think is this

01:12:54.619 --> 01:12:59.420
is this like duck is this really a duck I genuinely

01:12:59.420 --> 01:13:02.539
feel... It's just really funny. Like, all this

01:13:02.539 --> 01:13:07.800
for Duarte is really funny. I genuinely feel

01:13:07.800 --> 01:13:11.319
it might just be a dunk because same day, he

01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:15.039
looked pretty fine the day prior. You know, I

01:13:15.039 --> 01:13:21.060
didn't see too much weight cut, like, the weight

01:13:21.060 --> 01:13:23.859
drain. Yeah, like, it's just... He might have

01:13:23.859 --> 01:13:25.729
been sick. You made the weight, dude. Yeah, he

01:13:25.729 --> 01:13:27.010
made the weight. That's what I mean. He literally

01:13:27.010 --> 01:13:29.449
made the weight. Yeah, that's the tough part.

01:13:30.149 --> 01:13:33.970
And honestly, it's hard to believe that he was,

01:13:33.970 --> 01:13:38.829
like, really sick, you know? Now, again, if you

01:13:38.829 --> 01:13:41.229
don't feel like you feel competent enough to

01:13:41.229 --> 01:13:43.550
get in the ring and risk your life, by all means,

01:13:43.609 --> 01:13:46.890
drop out. But we can still have our suspicions.

01:13:47.489 --> 01:13:49.369
We can still call you a duck because that does

01:13:49.369 --> 01:13:53.289
seem like a duck. Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, it's

01:13:53.289 --> 01:13:57.850
funny. It's funny. I'm sorry. It's it's you're

01:13:57.850 --> 01:14:01.050
exactly right. Like these guys are putting their

01:14:01.050 --> 01:14:05.770
lives on the line for our entertainment. It's

01:14:05.770 --> 01:14:09.550
like if Richardson, like, bro, if you can't make

01:14:09.550 --> 01:14:13.010
the if you can't make the next day rehydration

01:14:13.010 --> 01:14:19.739
limit or whatever, then say so. Or if you just

01:14:19.739 --> 01:14:25.279
don't want to fight, then say so. If you're having

01:14:25.279 --> 01:14:29.279
problems making 140 and that is what led you

01:14:29.279 --> 01:14:31.220
to having issues with the rehydration limit,

01:14:31.439 --> 01:14:37.039
then say so. And then move up. Move up to 147

01:14:37.039 --> 01:14:38.760
so that you don't have these problems anymore.

01:14:39.720 --> 01:14:44.720
But, bro, Oscar Duarte is not... This is not

01:14:44.720 --> 01:14:48.340
the guy that you need to be like... having a

01:14:48.340 --> 01:14:52.039
fuss and pulling out of fights about. He probably

01:14:52.039 --> 01:14:57.159
would have won that pretty handily. As much as

01:14:57.159 --> 01:15:01.979
I would have liked for Duarte. Yeah, dude. Hitchens

01:15:01.979 --> 01:15:05.680
was perfect. Hitchens is actually good. Yes,

01:15:05.699 --> 01:15:09.460
as much as I don't like it. Hitchens is solid.

01:15:09.800 --> 01:15:13.079
Very solid. Seems like he's going to fight Delgado

01:15:13.079 --> 01:15:18.130
next. Oh yeah, his Mando. He has to now, because

01:15:18.130 --> 01:15:21.810
this was his voluntary that he fought tooth and

01:15:21.810 --> 01:15:27.729
nail to get. So yeah, Lendofo Delgado instead.

01:15:29.170 --> 01:15:30.810
They'll probably do that on the next Worst of

01:15:30.810 --> 01:15:35.789
the World. It's not a bad one, but out of the

01:15:35.789 --> 01:15:42.890
frying pan and into the fire. Well done. Moving

01:15:42.890 --> 01:15:47.800
up. The People's Main Event. Gary Antoine Russell,

01:15:48.020 --> 01:15:53.380
unanimous decision over Andy Hiraoka, retains

01:15:53.380 --> 01:16:01.640
his WBA super lightweight title. I was an Andy

01:16:01.640 --> 01:16:06.680
truther insofar as I didn't think he was going

01:16:06.680 --> 01:16:12.199
to win. I just thought he was going to give GAR

01:16:12.199 --> 01:16:15.739
a lot better of a fight. than most people were

01:16:15.739 --> 01:16:23.260
expecting. Other than Russell's nuts, what are

01:16:23.260 --> 01:16:28.819
we taking away from this? He sacrificed his nuts

01:16:28.819 --> 01:16:32.100
to break the curse. Russell could have made that

01:16:32.100 --> 01:16:36.920
easier for himself by listening to the Elder

01:16:36.920 --> 01:16:45.180
Gary in his corner. Definitely could have made

01:16:45.180 --> 01:16:47.699
that easier. I feel like he was way too trigger

01:16:47.699 --> 01:16:50.699
happy. Oh yeah. He definitely could have made

01:16:50.699 --> 01:16:53.939
that way easier. But you know what? The win's

01:16:53.939 --> 01:16:57.060
a win and it wasn't even uncomfortable. It was

01:16:57.060 --> 01:17:02.359
just... It wasn't. Honestly, if they don't make

01:17:02.359 --> 01:17:07.279
Albright and Martin next, fighting Albright or

01:17:07.279 --> 01:17:11.640
Martin is a good shout. No, I disagree. I honestly

01:17:11.640 --> 01:17:16.800
feel like... I think Russell should be in unification

01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:20.359
next. What is there at 1 -4? I'm talking about

01:17:20.359 --> 01:17:23.479
easy to make fights. What is there? He could

01:17:23.479 --> 01:17:28.539
own Dalton Smith. He could fight Hitchens. He

01:17:28.539 --> 01:17:33.159
could fight Shakur. I'm going to tell you this.

01:17:33.239 --> 01:17:36.479
He does not want to fight Shakur. When they asked

01:17:36.479 --> 01:17:39.159
him if he wanted to fight Shakur, he was like,

01:17:39.199 --> 01:17:44.119
yeah, I'll fight him last. Why? I gotta earn

01:17:44.119 --> 01:17:47.279
my way up the same way that he did. Get the fuck

01:17:47.279 --> 01:17:49.039
out of here, bro. Just so you can modify them.

01:17:49.420 --> 01:17:54.640
I respected the duck, but you know. Definitely

01:17:54.640 --> 01:18:01.119
Dalton Smith. Easiest title snipe. Easiest one.

01:18:01.960 --> 01:18:05.520
I was gonna say, unless Dalton Smith uses his

01:18:05.520 --> 01:18:09.779
time -slowing powers that we saw in the gif.

01:18:12.719 --> 01:18:16.420
Unless he uses his fucking time -stopping powers.

01:18:16.600 --> 01:18:22.479
I think it's a very easy fight. Maybe I'm just

01:18:22.479 --> 01:18:27.819
a hater. I really think GAR could make easy work

01:18:27.819 --> 01:18:32.420
of Richards and Hitchens. I think Hitchens is

01:18:32.420 --> 01:18:36.699
very negative, and honestly... Russell is very

01:18:36.699 --> 01:18:39.670
positive, though. I would have really liked to

01:18:39.670 --> 01:18:44.050
see Russell listen to his corner a bit more before

01:18:44.050 --> 01:18:46.689
engaging another negative fighter in his next

01:18:46.689 --> 01:18:50.649
fight. Andy wasn't that negative, was he? No,

01:18:50.649 --> 01:18:57.550
but I'm saying the habits of not listening to

01:18:57.550 --> 01:19:00.909
your corner when you don't need to. When you

01:19:00.909 --> 01:19:04.609
actually need to go to your plan B or C to track

01:19:04.609 --> 01:19:07.979
down a negative fighter. like you'll see it catch

01:19:07.979 --> 01:19:11.979
up then yeah like uh abdullah mason when he won

01:19:11.979 --> 01:19:15.659
the title yeah like he was clearly in charge

01:19:15.659 --> 01:19:18.220
but like he still wasn't listening to his corner

01:19:18.220 --> 01:19:20.380
yeah that makes sense harder and the thing is

01:19:20.380 --> 01:19:23.579
that andy was not like good or tough enough to

01:19:23.579 --> 01:19:28.159
give russell that like top check to listen to

01:19:28.159 --> 01:19:31.659
your damn corner But I'm just saying, a guy like

01:19:31.659 --> 01:19:36.260
Hitchens, you need to be dialed in with your

01:19:36.260 --> 01:19:39.979
corner to track him down across the ring. Okay.

01:19:40.579 --> 01:19:42.699
Especially because the Hitchens fight, he's going

01:19:42.699 --> 01:19:46.060
to get a huge ring. Oh, God. I hope not. You've

01:19:46.060 --> 01:19:47.819
got to find him. You're going to have to go find

01:19:47.819 --> 01:19:56.139
him. What if GAR fought Oscar Duarte next? The

01:19:56.139 --> 01:19:59.300
ultimate fuck you to Richardson Hitchens. That

01:19:59.300 --> 01:20:02.239
would be such a good fight, and it so sets up

01:20:02.239 --> 01:20:04.220
Richardson Hitchens. You can do the whole build

01:20:04.220 --> 01:20:07.100
-up. Like, it doesn't matter who the winner is.

01:20:07.180 --> 01:20:09.260
You both just take shots at Hitchens the whole

01:20:09.260 --> 01:20:13.220
time. It's beautiful. Like, they would actually,

01:20:13.399 --> 01:20:20.000
like, what is it? Carl Weathers and Arnie clapping

01:20:20.000 --> 01:20:23.600
hands in Predator. Dylan, you son of a bitch.

01:20:24.890 --> 01:20:28.029
Like, you just... Yeah, you do the entire build

01:20:28.029 --> 01:20:30.470
-up and you make... Sniping at Hitchens the whole

01:20:30.470 --> 01:20:35.829
time. Yeah, like... YSL in shambles. So real.

01:20:38.630 --> 01:20:45.130
Okay, so I... As much as J .R., like, the world

01:20:45.130 --> 01:20:48.369
is his fucking oyster, other than Shakur, like,

01:20:48.369 --> 01:20:51.930
I honestly think the world is right for the picking.

01:20:54.670 --> 01:20:57.890
I would like to take a second to think about

01:20:57.890 --> 01:21:02.890
what's possible for Hiraoka from here. Because

01:21:02.890 --> 01:21:07.949
he gave a good account of himself. He had the

01:21:07.949 --> 01:21:11.210
slip -ups with the low blows. Nobody's pretending

01:21:11.210 --> 01:21:16.289
that didn't happen. But what are some options

01:21:16.289 --> 01:21:21.119
here? Like Frank Martin and Hira Albright? Yeah,

01:21:21.180 --> 01:21:23.619
unless he's going straight for the top like you

01:21:23.619 --> 01:21:27.119
do Frank Martin. I'm assuming that they would

01:21:27.119 --> 01:21:29.460
have liked the winner from Frank Martin and Nahir

01:21:29.460 --> 01:21:34.439
Albright to challenge Russell next. And then

01:21:34.439 --> 01:21:39.260
take the loser. Yeah, like Andy takes the loser,

01:21:39.479 --> 01:21:42.159
you have Russell fight the winner, and then it

01:21:42.159 --> 01:21:44.380
all works out. That's how you align the schedule

01:21:44.380 --> 01:21:47.579
for them. Oh yeah, you have like a double elimination,

01:21:47.859 --> 01:21:51.079
like the winner of the loser fight. Gets another

01:21:51.079 --> 01:21:55.079
shot. Yeah, now you have... You basically set

01:21:55.079 --> 01:21:57.279
up your undercards really well going forward,

01:21:57.380 --> 01:22:02.380
but... Turkey curse. Turkey doesn't fucking listen

01:22:02.380 --> 01:22:06.539
to the show, apparently. Turkey curse. So it's

01:22:06.539 --> 01:22:10.460
a turkey curse, so nothing can go right? Still,

01:22:10.579 --> 01:22:14.180
I think... What I hope happens more than anything

01:22:14.180 --> 01:22:18.890
is Frank and Nahir do a rematch. Nahir fucking

01:22:18.890 --> 01:22:24.609
earned that shit if if Frank honestly like if

01:22:24.609 --> 01:22:28.329
Frank doesn't take it even though he did insist

01:22:28.329 --> 01:22:31.350
that that was what he wanted if he doesn't end

01:22:31.350 --> 01:22:36.229
up taking it to me that is peak quackery for

01:22:36.229 --> 01:22:43.130
what's supposed to be a blue chip guy yeah but

01:22:43.130 --> 01:22:48.000
yeah Gary like Antoine, the world's your oyster,

01:22:48.119 --> 01:22:51.520
man. You pretty much got your pick of the litter,

01:22:51.659 --> 01:22:57.140
apparently, except for Shakur Stevenson. Understandable,

01:22:57.180 --> 01:23:03.960
but Andy... Yeah, there are names that are on

01:23:03.960 --> 01:23:08.000
this card that are absolutely worth taking. I

01:23:08.000 --> 01:23:11.119
think that he proved he can at least hang at

01:23:11.119 --> 01:23:15.260
the higher end of the contender level. Maybe

01:23:15.260 --> 01:23:22.399
not necessarily as a champion yet, but I think

01:23:22.399 --> 01:23:24.859
he can still make something happen from this.

01:23:25.399 --> 01:23:31.560
All right. In the main event, Mario Barrios,

01:23:31.619 --> 01:23:36.819
the WBC welterweight champion, drops a decision

01:23:36.819 --> 01:23:45.979
to Ryan Garcia. It was written from the beginning

01:23:45.979 --> 01:23:50.020
when Ryan Garcia just like put him on his ass.

01:23:51.380 --> 01:23:55.920
The shit was not even close to competitive. I

01:23:55.920 --> 01:24:00.000
think one, one card had it 11 to one. Another

01:24:00.000 --> 01:24:03.300
card had it 12 to zero. I don't remember what

01:24:03.300 --> 01:24:10.199
the third one was, but that was, that was like,

01:24:11.420 --> 01:24:16.260
Does that go under the category for our yearly

01:24:16.260 --> 01:24:20.000
picks? Is that a masterclass or a beatdown? I

01:24:20.000 --> 01:24:22.039
would say beatdown. Beatdown? Beatdown, not masterclass.

01:24:22.060 --> 01:24:24.520
Beatdown. Beatdown. Masterclass is Shakur. This

01:24:24.520 --> 01:24:27.399
was a beatdown. He beat the shit out of them.

01:24:27.460 --> 01:24:31.220
Like, all 12. I gotta say, this reminded people

01:24:31.220 --> 01:24:34.039
why there's levels to this shit. I'm not gonna

01:24:34.039 --> 01:24:36.479
start saying that Ryan Garcia is elite like Shakur,

01:24:36.539 --> 01:24:40.510
but... I mean, last night... On Saturday. It

01:24:40.510 --> 01:24:47.630
proved. That Ryan. If. In. Top. Condition. With.

01:24:48.250 --> 01:24:52.689
Decent. Training. I guess. If you can say that.

01:24:53.850 --> 01:24:58.350
You. Is. The world's oyster. Because he's a star.

01:24:59.850 --> 01:25:02.029
And. He can fight. Fucking. Pretty much anybody.

01:25:03.989 --> 01:25:07.949
Honestly. And. I think that. He beats a lot of.

01:25:08.010 --> 01:25:12.699
Opponents. If he's dedicated. If he's dedicated.

01:25:12.939 --> 01:25:18.640
If not, he loses. What's kind of crazy is how

01:25:18.640 --> 01:25:22.539
good his dad was in the corner. I was about to

01:25:22.539 --> 01:25:27.060
say. Take notes. This is what it's like to coach

01:25:27.060 --> 01:25:32.159
your kid. Like, very suspicious. Like, I get

01:25:32.159 --> 01:25:35.720
it's Mario Barrios. So, like, he don't really

01:25:35.720 --> 01:25:40.779
need it. But just the way he, like, Like, this

01:25:40.779 --> 01:25:43.039
is how a dad is supposed to know his fighter.

01:25:45.319 --> 01:25:49.420
Like, he kept him dialed in. And, like, because

01:25:49.420 --> 01:25:51.619
Ryan, like, probably could have flown off the

01:25:51.619 --> 01:25:54.619
handle and made a dumb mistake and let Barrios

01:25:54.619 --> 01:25:59.739
into the fight. But, I don't know. I think he

01:25:59.739 --> 01:26:02.460
did a really good job keeping Ryan dialed in.

01:26:04.460 --> 01:26:06.859
Honestly, whatever he's doing in camp is working

01:26:06.859 --> 01:26:11.260
because we saw him use his right hand. That's

01:26:11.260 --> 01:26:13.439
how he scored the knockdown to start. Exactly.

01:26:14.239 --> 01:26:21.180
And a very good jab. Pretty nice uppercut too.

01:26:21.859 --> 01:26:27.539
I barely saw any of that left hook shit. I saw

01:26:27.539 --> 01:26:30.500
a lot of the right hook. The left hook came in

01:26:30.500 --> 01:26:35.569
strictly on checks. That was it. And honestly,

01:26:35.770 --> 01:26:40.050
that was a very good Ryan Garcia. I'm not saying

01:26:40.050 --> 01:26:43.189
this, but people are saying that he can fight

01:26:43.189 --> 01:26:45.869
Shakur and he has a chance of winning. They're

01:26:45.869 --> 01:26:48.529
building that fight up. I think that's a little

01:26:48.529 --> 01:26:51.789
bit of being intoxicated on the moment, to be

01:26:51.789 --> 01:26:56.210
honest with you. I got to agree, but I generally

01:26:56.210 --> 01:26:58.430
feel like... I did hear the chatter too, yeah.

01:26:59.430 --> 01:27:02.090
I think Ryan looked gangbusters last night and

01:27:02.090 --> 01:27:05.319
it proved why... There's champions that are moved

01:27:05.319 --> 01:27:09.199
properly and just fall into a belt. And there's

01:27:09.199 --> 01:27:14.960
also people that, like Ryan, he has the talent.

01:27:15.300 --> 01:27:18.920
He has the God -given gift of the quick twitch.

01:27:19.939 --> 01:27:22.920
But if you're not on your shit, you're never

01:27:22.920 --> 01:27:25.720
going to win. And Ryan proved it. He was on his

01:27:25.720 --> 01:27:29.359
shit and that he belongs with the other guys

01:27:29.359 --> 01:27:32.390
in the division. I think it was a very... great

01:27:32.390 --> 01:27:36.890
performance and I I earned $50 off my dad which

01:27:36.890 --> 01:27:38.670
he doesn't want to pay because he thinks that

01:27:38.670 --> 01:27:45.590
Ryan was cheating so we'll see maybe Ryan looked

01:27:45.590 --> 01:27:49.109
jacked he looked really fucking his physical

01:27:49.109 --> 01:27:53.550
I'm not gonna say like he looked I've spent some

01:27:53.550 --> 01:27:57.670
time in the power lifting circuit he doesn't

01:27:57.670 --> 01:28:00.189
look that kind of jacked you know what I mean

01:28:00.920 --> 01:28:04.920
He looks super muscular, yes. He's super ripped,

01:28:05.079 --> 01:28:09.199
but I think that's just good training, good discipline.

01:28:10.300 --> 01:28:14.640
I don't think that he was out of his mind on

01:28:14.640 --> 01:28:21.140
juice of any kind. Just my estimation of what

01:28:21.140 --> 01:28:28.420
I saw. For boxing, he looked like he was determined.

01:28:29.579 --> 01:28:37.510
Physically. So, the conversation, I think, for

01:28:37.510 --> 01:28:42.670
Ryan Garcia turns to... He now holds the WBC

01:28:42.670 --> 01:28:48.569
belt. To me, what should be his immediate opposition

01:28:48.569 --> 01:28:53.350
are, what, Lewis Crocker with the IBF, Raleigh

01:28:53.350 --> 01:28:57.189
Romero rematch with the WBA, and Devin Haney,

01:28:57.350 --> 01:29:02.539
run it back with him. um get an actual fucking

01:29:02.539 --> 01:29:08.560
result on your records with that um the like

01:29:08.560 --> 01:29:13.340
the easy the easy answer is lewis crocker like

01:29:13.340 --> 01:29:18.640
this i'm sorry buddy you don't like you don't

01:29:18.640 --> 01:29:23.420
fucking rate with the other guys even roly romero

01:29:23.420 --> 01:29:31.340
fucking mocks you um I think that Ryan Garcia

01:29:31.340 --> 01:29:37.939
is in the command seat right now. He gets to

01:29:37.939 --> 01:29:41.060
decide what the big unification fight will be.

01:29:42.840 --> 01:29:45.100
It's not even close. He's easily the name in

01:29:45.100 --> 01:29:49.500
the division, too. It's not even close. And,

01:29:49.500 --> 01:29:53.060
more importantly than anything, he has a world

01:29:53.060 --> 01:29:58.500
title before Virgil. Shut the fuck up. Shut the

01:29:58.500 --> 01:30:04.779
fuck up. Oh, my God. Look at this. A world title.

01:30:05.420 --> 01:30:10.640
Not just a world title fight. A full belt. Before

01:30:10.640 --> 01:30:15.020
Virgil could even get in the ring for one. Yeah.

01:30:16.239 --> 01:30:21.659
Well, that's what you call poor management. But

01:30:21.659 --> 01:30:24.680
back to Ryan. Virgil could not manage the butts

01:30:24.680 --> 01:30:28.800
he ate. Shut the fuck up. It's like the ass he's

01:30:28.800 --> 01:30:31.420
eating, he's also being treated like ass too.

01:30:32.619 --> 01:30:36.000
He's like an auroribos, the snake that eats its

01:30:36.000 --> 01:30:39.079
own ass. Hey, we're talking about Ryan right

01:30:39.079 --> 01:30:43.159
now. Hey, keep my hands off Virgil. Keep my hands

01:30:43.159 --> 01:30:48.140
off. Eat the hands off my Virgil. So the obvious,

01:30:48.399 --> 01:30:51.699
well, to me, what are the obvious next steps

01:30:51.699 --> 01:30:56.779
is one of those three unification bites. What?

01:30:58.269 --> 01:31:02.770
Let me check the WBC rankings. I want to see

01:31:02.770 --> 01:31:07.409
who they have in the first position for him.

01:31:08.590 --> 01:31:11.789
Walter Wade. Ryan Garcia's a champ. No shit.

01:31:12.789 --> 01:31:16.390
Connor Ben. What the fuck? They just placed him

01:31:16.390 --> 01:31:20.310
there. Oh, yeah. They just placed him there and

01:31:20.310 --> 01:31:24.729
then he signed a Zufa. And then they have Suleiman

01:31:24.729 --> 01:31:32.039
Sishko. From France. Okay. Manny Pacquiao, who

01:31:32.039 --> 01:31:35.720
we know is back. He's not going to fight Ryan.

01:31:35.920 --> 01:31:39.659
They have Ryan Garcia in the fourth position.

01:31:40.939 --> 01:31:45.300
So that's nice. He's both champ and number four.

01:31:45.880 --> 01:31:52.460
That's weird. Raul Curiel. That, I imagine, would

01:31:52.460 --> 01:31:59.020
be Oscar's dream. Jack Catterall, number six.

01:31:59.140 --> 01:32:03.079
Jaron Catterall. Oh, my God. Can I tell you guys

01:32:03.079 --> 01:32:04.979
something? I'm going to keep it up with you guys.

01:32:05.520 --> 01:32:09.300
I doubt Ryan is going to fight anybody on that

01:32:09.300 --> 01:32:13.500
list. That's not a big name. I agree. WBC, right?

01:32:14.220 --> 01:32:20.159
Yeah. He doesn't even have to. He's going to

01:32:20.159 --> 01:32:23.060
call the shots. WBC aren't making him fight anyone,

01:32:23.239 --> 01:32:28.079
bro. Yeah. Money, but just pay me. I don't care

01:32:28.079 --> 01:32:32.319
who you fight. I would say, honestly, the biggest

01:32:32.319 --> 01:32:34.260
money fights are either Shakur or Devin Haney.

01:32:34.880 --> 01:32:36.760
And one's a lot more winnable, and that's Devin

01:32:36.760 --> 01:32:39.359
Haney. But I feel like the more interesting fight

01:32:39.359 --> 01:32:43.000
right now would be Shakur. Because with Devin

01:32:43.000 --> 01:32:47.560
Haney, you don't know if, obviously, the performance

01:32:47.560 --> 01:32:51.100
he had with Devin was because of the pads, the

01:32:51.100 --> 01:32:55.609
beaties, or because Devin shit. That may have

01:32:55.609 --> 01:33:00.029
been proved. I really, like, the fight will go

01:33:00.029 --> 01:33:03.069
the same way. It just depends on how in shape

01:33:03.069 --> 01:33:06.069
Ryan is. And that's purely because it wasn't

01:33:06.069 --> 01:33:09.369
like, oh, Ryan caught him. Like, straight up,

01:33:09.369 --> 01:33:12.949
first, like, minute of the fight, Haney was on

01:33:12.949 --> 01:33:16.229
skates. I want to see that fight. I genuinely

01:33:16.229 --> 01:33:18.069
feel like I determined Ryan that we saw. I'm

01:33:18.069 --> 01:33:19.590
not going to say it's unnecessary. I'm just like.

01:33:19.630 --> 01:33:25.090
No, 100%, no. It's so clear. But Ryan versus

01:33:25.090 --> 01:33:29.810
Devin rematch would be very interesting. That

01:33:29.810 --> 01:33:32.569
would bring a lot of ice to the sport. However,

01:33:32.670 --> 01:33:34.550
a Ryan versus Shakur fight is something that

01:33:34.550 --> 01:33:40.289
I would say feels more like building the story

01:33:40.289 --> 01:33:42.470
of Shakur, building the career of Shakur, rather

01:33:42.470 --> 01:33:45.630
than building the career of Ryan, in my opinion.

01:33:45.829 --> 01:33:49.670
I feel like it's an easy Shakur win. Granted,

01:33:49.670 --> 01:33:52.100
if he does lose, they could just say that. He

01:33:52.100 --> 01:33:56.600
tried to be great. You know, the weight was too

01:33:56.600 --> 01:34:00.819
much. It took the biggest challenger. Yeah. I

01:34:00.819 --> 01:34:04.640
think when it comes to, as you put it, building

01:34:04.640 --> 01:34:09.039
the story of Ryan Garcia as like a champion or

01:34:09.039 --> 01:34:12.760
whatever, Teofimo, that's an easy fucking win,

01:34:12.840 --> 01:34:15.939
in my opinion. As long as Teofimo does not change

01:34:15.939 --> 01:34:22.880
his corner, he's like sitting. Out in the middle

01:34:22.880 --> 01:34:27.659
of the ocean with a little dingy raft. And Ryan

01:34:27.659 --> 01:34:30.159
is like a fucking giant whale and he's just going

01:34:30.159 --> 01:34:34.180
to smash him. It's not even close, dude. I was

01:34:34.180 --> 01:34:35.779
thinking in the chat about that fight that that

01:34:35.779 --> 01:34:37.399
fight is also a likely option, but they were

01:34:37.399 --> 01:34:39.180
making fun of me like, oh, Tew doesn't make any

01:34:39.180 --> 01:34:42.520
money. Because Tew really doesn't make money.

01:34:42.720 --> 01:34:46.460
I feel like it's more likely that he's going

01:34:46.460 --> 01:34:49.199
to end up unifying for more money because he

01:34:49.199 --> 01:34:54.829
has... Rolly and Haney in the same weight class.

01:34:55.409 --> 01:34:58.109
History with both of them. I understand, but

01:34:58.109 --> 01:35:01.029
if none of them want to fight Ryan and Conor

01:35:01.029 --> 01:35:03.909
Zufa, which I doubt the WBC is going to want

01:35:03.909 --> 01:35:07.789
Conor to fight Ryan right now. I don't think

01:35:07.789 --> 01:35:10.430
that either of those two would turn it down.

01:35:12.449 --> 01:35:16.109
With Devin and Shakur? No, with Devin and Rolly.

01:35:17.130 --> 01:35:20.489
Devin and Rolly. They don't turn it down. I feel

01:35:20.489 --> 01:35:22.369
like Devin has a possibility of turning down

01:35:22.369 --> 01:35:25.750
just because I don't think he wants to experience

01:35:25.750 --> 01:35:28.649
what he went through again. I feel like you might

01:35:28.649 --> 01:35:30.630
still be a little nervous over that. Would that

01:35:30.630 --> 01:35:34.689
be ducking? I'm not saying it's going to happen.

01:35:34.729 --> 01:35:38.329
I'm just saying that's a possibility. If he did,

01:35:38.850 --> 01:35:42.270
would it be ducking? If he did, honestly, that

01:35:42.270 --> 01:35:43.890
would be ducking. I kind of feel like it would

01:35:43.890 --> 01:35:46.649
be. Because he already fought him before. Right.

01:35:48.039 --> 01:35:51.939
Get him on the testing regimen that you're satisfied

01:35:51.939 --> 01:35:57.600
with and leave it at that. The thing is, I mean,

01:35:57.640 --> 01:36:02.100
Ryan was using, who was using this for this fight?

01:36:02.140 --> 01:36:06.380
Was it USADA or was it VADA? He was, I think,

01:36:06.380 --> 01:36:11.060
on USADA. I think. But the thing is that WBC

01:36:11.060 --> 01:36:19.199
uses VADA for their whatever testing. I mean,

01:36:19.220 --> 01:36:21.159
I'm pretty sure Vata probably tested his ass

01:36:21.159 --> 01:36:25.079
at the very end. Yeah, I'm sure he has been tested

01:36:25.079 --> 01:36:29.420
thoroughly. Especially after popping. Especially

01:36:29.420 --> 01:36:33.420
after popping before. Yeah, dude. They've been

01:36:33.420 --> 01:36:37.640
on top of his ass. Ryan Garcia is a champ and

01:36:37.640 --> 01:36:42.739
the world is oyster. Yeah. Ryan is in control

01:36:42.739 --> 01:36:47.140
of this division. Including the other champs.

01:36:47.449 --> 01:36:53.670
Ryan is in charge. Yeah. Which it's unfortunate

01:36:53.670 --> 01:36:56.090
because like Devin Haney is super fucking talented

01:36:56.090 --> 01:37:03.090
but the other two like fucking fuck them. Yeah.

01:37:04.869 --> 01:37:11.090
Anything more for high stakes? Not at all. Got

01:37:11.090 --> 01:37:20.560
one more. Salida. On DAZN in Detroit, Michigan.

01:37:21.279 --> 01:37:25.520
Only three that I was tracking. Danielle Perkins

01:37:25.520 --> 01:37:30.819
stops. Che Canale. I think I got that right.

01:37:31.220 --> 01:37:37.899
For the WBA light heavyweight title. And this

01:37:37.899 --> 01:37:45.119
one was a little wacky. Atif Olberton. gets gets

01:37:45.119 --> 01:37:49.779
the win it was a retirement after the first over

01:37:49.779 --> 01:37:56.020
joseph george uh apparently joseph was he was

01:37:56.020 --> 01:37:58.760
sitting in the corner right after the round it's

01:37:58.760 --> 01:38:01.180
fully responsive and then he just fucking slumps

01:38:01.180 --> 01:38:04.699
over completely oh yeah this happened he just

01:38:04.699 --> 01:38:08.140
falls completely over and he was like a fucking

01:38:08.140 --> 01:38:11.739
corpse on the ground it was really fucking frightening

01:38:12.720 --> 01:38:17.439
So that happened. It was only one round. I would

01:38:17.439 --> 01:38:24.279
suggest checking it out. Apparently, Joseph George

01:38:24.279 --> 01:38:28.380
is doing well. He's been discharged from the

01:38:28.380 --> 01:38:33.500
hospital. He's like no lingering issues. Should

01:38:33.500 --> 01:38:40.199
be OK. So that's good. And in the main undisputed

01:38:40.199 --> 01:38:44.170
heavyweight champion. Clarissa Shields. Yeah,

01:38:44.289 --> 01:38:48.949
heavyweight. Gets the UD over Franchon Cruz to

01:38:48.949 --> 01:38:55.489
CERN. The shit wasn't even close. Franchon didn't

01:38:55.489 --> 01:38:59.489
need to be within 25 pounds of that division.

01:39:02.149 --> 01:39:09.350
Overall, this was a... I'm trying to decide.

01:39:10.209 --> 01:39:14.289
What was the worst use of my time? Lee Woods,

01:39:14.569 --> 01:39:18.789
Josh Warrington, or this? Easily Lee Woods, Josh

01:39:18.789 --> 01:39:21.930
Warrington. This was at least okay for a round.

01:39:24.210 --> 01:39:27.609
Overall, I watched this shit so that you don't

01:39:27.609 --> 01:39:35.069
have to. It was certainly a fight. Clarissa Shields

01:39:35.069 --> 01:39:38.189
spent the post -fight interview talking about

01:39:39.999 --> 01:39:45.800
The just general lack of opposition. No shit.

01:39:46.039 --> 01:39:49.960
And talking about rematching people she's already

01:39:49.960 --> 01:39:54.699
beat. So it was a good time. Again, she could

01:39:54.699 --> 01:39:58.220
have probably won two more gold medals. Same

01:39:58.220 --> 01:40:01.600
career. And still had the exact same career with

01:40:01.600 --> 01:40:03.720
the same accolades and we'd still be talking

01:40:03.720 --> 01:40:08.079
about the same shit right now. Well, we would

01:40:08.079 --> 01:40:10.579
just be talking about her having beaten these

01:40:10.579 --> 01:40:14.279
people once. Yeah, instead of two to three times.

01:40:14.460 --> 01:40:17.560
Exactly, instead of multiple rematches that we

01:40:17.560 --> 01:40:19.920
don't need. But you get it. We would still be

01:40:19.920 --> 01:40:22.020
having the conversation of, this woman has no

01:40:22.020 --> 01:40:25.439
opposition. I wish she had anyone to fight. And

01:40:25.439 --> 01:40:28.520
alternate universe Josh is probably like, hey,

01:40:28.539 --> 01:40:30.300
why didn't she just go for another gold medal

01:40:30.300 --> 01:40:34.560
on top of that? Why not? Why not? The gold medal's

01:40:34.560 --> 01:40:39.140
at least like... they bring you i'm gonna say

01:40:39.140 --> 01:40:43.039
more good press than olympic pedigree is a lot

01:40:43.039 --> 01:40:46.699
i would say is a lot bigger than uh these trinkets

01:40:46.699 --> 01:40:52.300
baby yeah like at what point do you like start

01:40:52.300 --> 01:40:55.859
like throwing them out this is an ollie foreman

01:40:55.859 --> 01:41:01.600
yeah it's shields for cruz discern too it this

01:41:01.600 --> 01:41:05.300
is not fucking ollie joe frazier too Yeah, I

01:41:05.300 --> 01:41:07.380
had someone, I think I saw someone on Discord

01:41:07.380 --> 01:41:09.960
complaining, like, why does Cruz Dizern look,

01:41:10.140 --> 01:41:12.819
like, low -key out of shape? And I'm like, that's

01:41:12.819 --> 01:41:16.220
because she moved up. Five fucking divisions.

01:41:17.220 --> 01:41:21.439
Yeah. Like, Cruz Dizern moved up a fuck ton just

01:41:21.439 --> 01:41:26.819
to get fights. Like, this is heavyweight. I don't

01:41:26.819 --> 01:41:32.979
know. I will, I want to leave it at this. Jake

01:41:32.979 --> 01:41:36.720
Paul's next, I guess. Clarissa Shields, very

01:41:36.720 --> 01:41:41.460
clearly, super fucking dominant. It's not really

01:41:41.460 --> 01:41:44.300
her fault that there's nobody around her to fight.

01:41:45.979 --> 01:41:51.039
That's how it goes for the ladies. Sorry. I don't

01:41:51.039 --> 01:41:58.000
know how someone could be blamed for having other

01:41:58.000 --> 01:42:00.619
fighters above her in the pound -for -pound list.

01:42:00.819 --> 01:42:06.510
You're not beating anybody. I don't know. That

01:42:06.510 --> 01:42:09.409
was a conversation that I saw happening online.

01:42:09.670 --> 01:42:15.430
Why Shields has to be number one? Super talented,

01:42:15.670 --> 01:42:22.750
yes, but who's she beating? Alright. Last thing.

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Previews are really light. This is a... This,

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I would... I'm going to preface what we talk

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about with this. This is a good time to maybe

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think about other activities that you can do.

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Go... Going outside in particular. Start looking

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into maybe some nice trail walks you can do.

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Other stuff because there's not a whole lot of

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boxing. Thursday, March 5th. Eye of the Tiger.

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This will be free on the web streaming service

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called Punching Grace. Yeah. Sure. Hold on. I

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want to check. I want to be sure before I...

01:46:25.319 --> 01:46:35.079
Okay, he's still... Okay. Moving from the bottom

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up. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Steve Claggett

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is on this one. It's an Eye of the Tiger card,

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so expect a lot of Canadian names here. Steve

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Claggett's opponent as of right now, TBA. So

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whenever fight night comes, you can expect just

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quality. Quality op. Moving up. I don't reckon.

01:47:04.119 --> 01:47:07.539
Oh, Isaac Chalemba. Are you fucking kidding me?

01:47:07.960 --> 01:47:13.739
Oh my God. The goop face guy. That's him. Isaac

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Chalemba. Holy fuck. Boys are back in town for

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this one. You said Isaac Chalemba and I lit up

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thinking of the... What's the command again?

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I think it's Chalemba. It's Chalemba. Isaac Chalemba

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versus Lennar Perez. God bless. Oh, this is at

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Cruiserweight. So Chalemba has stepped up. Yeah,

01:47:46.689 --> 01:47:52.489
he stepped up in competition, right? In the main

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event, Stephen Butler versus Ramadan Hisani at

01:48:01.909 --> 01:48:06.510
Super Middleweight. If your name is Ramadan,

01:48:06.649 --> 01:48:10.289
you should be named Christmas. That's the equivalent.

01:48:11.149 --> 01:48:16.170
He's a Swiss guy, too. Named Ramadan? Yeah. Excellent.

01:48:16.789 --> 01:48:19.090
Makes perfect sense. This guy named Ramadan.

01:48:19.890 --> 01:48:27.989
Sure. Whatever, man. Sure. Isaac Chalimba. Man,

01:48:28.090 --> 01:48:30.670
maybe it's worth watching this just for Isaac

01:48:30.670 --> 01:48:41.029
Chalimba. And Sunday, March 8th. I have not to

01:48:41.029 --> 01:48:44.010
date seen what else is going to be on this card.

01:48:44.670 --> 01:48:48.369
It is highly likely it's not going to be very

01:48:48.369 --> 01:48:52.369
good. Or at the very least, it's not going to

01:48:52.369 --> 01:48:57.810
be anyone you've heard of. Zufa Boxing 4 at the

01:48:57.810 --> 01:49:04.310
Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The headliner, IBF Cruiserweight

01:49:04.310 --> 01:49:18.399
Champion Jai Albataya vs. Brandon Glanton. Sure,

01:49:18.420 --> 01:49:22.460
whatever. It is a fight. It is one of the fights

01:49:22.460 --> 01:49:31.760
of all time. Sure. Go outside. Like I said, this

01:49:31.760 --> 01:49:37.260
is a good weekend to plan an activity outside

01:49:37.260 --> 01:49:43.939
of your home. You don't have to sit home and

01:49:43.939 --> 01:49:48.760
watch this shit. There's nothing going on. Honestly,

01:49:49.159 --> 01:49:53.079
the UFC card, if you are desperate for fucking

01:49:53.079 --> 01:49:59.800
fighting, but that, no. That ain't it, man. This

01:49:59.800 --> 01:50:07.920
weekend, this ain't it. Go elsewhere. Do otherwise.

01:50:12.560 --> 01:50:22.510
Isaac Chalimba. Jesus Christ. This is what dreams

01:50:22.510 --> 01:50:28.210
are made of, is fighting Isaac Chalemba. Oh,

01:50:28.210 --> 01:50:34.329
shit. All right, so we are definitely up on time

01:50:34.329 --> 01:50:42.210
here. It is a super light weekend. Not a whole

01:50:42.210 --> 01:50:49.050
lot of boxing going on. Parting words. What do

01:50:49.050 --> 01:50:56.670
you got? I would like to say, you know, besides

01:50:56.670 --> 01:51:00.130
the boxing stuff, you know, I just want to let

01:51:00.130 --> 01:51:02.750
everybody know if you're dealing with anything

01:51:02.750 --> 01:51:08.909
that was mental, that if you're not doing so

01:51:08.909 --> 01:51:12.869
well, I would 100 % recommend reaching out. I

01:51:12.869 --> 01:51:14.529
hope everybody that's listening to this pod is

01:51:14.529 --> 01:51:18.640
doing great. But I just want to support mental

01:51:18.640 --> 01:51:21.220
health awareness. I just want to raise mental

01:51:21.220 --> 01:51:25.539
health awareness for my closing statement. I

01:51:25.539 --> 01:51:27.500
hope everybody's doing well. It's very wholesome.

01:51:31.659 --> 01:51:43.699
Yeah, I guess. Let's see. On the opposite end,

01:51:43.899 --> 01:51:48.909
just for the... The counterbalance. I hope you're

01:51:48.909 --> 01:51:53.590
all doing poorly. Yeah. I hope you're feeling

01:51:53.590 --> 01:51:58.289
nauseous at like 90 % of the time and the other

01:51:58.289 --> 01:52:03.250
10 % you're having diarrhea. Well, Washington

01:52:03.250 --> 01:52:09.750
D. Allen. I hope you piss in jugs and waste all

01:52:09.750 --> 01:52:16.340
your paychecks gambling like Dave Allen. I can't

01:52:16.340 --> 01:52:22.000
even bring myself to finish that. All right.

01:52:22.079 --> 01:52:24.239
So, yeah, we are heading into a light fucking

01:52:24.239 --> 01:52:26.840
weekend. Like I said, dude, find something else.

01:52:28.359 --> 01:52:32.319
There's plenty of things you could do other than

01:52:32.319 --> 01:52:35.760
sit in your fucking cave. Yeah, you can listen

01:52:35.760 --> 01:52:41.779
to this podcast. That's true. Well, that's like

01:52:41.779 --> 01:52:45.109
a given. Well, you can do it again. You can do

01:52:45.109 --> 01:52:49.090
it again. While you're on your trail nature walk,

01:52:49.350 --> 01:52:53.329
you can listen to this. All right. That's it

01:52:53.329 --> 01:52:57.949
for this edition of The Boxing B -Sides. We'll

01:52:57.949 --> 01:52:59.949
fucking see you on the other side with some boxing.