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

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

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

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Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This

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is Boxing Before Dark. Alright. Boogie time.

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Boxing Before Dark. Holy shit. Shanada, we're

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back. We're back. It's March now. Oh my goodness,

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it is indeed. You know what that means. Yokohama

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card in two weeks. Not even two weeks. Just a

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little over one. Yeah. I gotta go print my ticket.

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For some reason I thought you meant March Madness,

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the college basketball tournament. I don't watch

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basketball. I was thinking of maybe doing a bracket

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this year just to do it. I know the guys on Ultimate

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FN Casual, they'll do it. They'll watch. I'm

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pretty sure they do now that I think about it.

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I just hate basketball. It's like the one major

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sport I won't watch. I don't have an issue with

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it. I just, I don't know. Don't really... They

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don't enforce the rules properly. They let the

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stars travel. There's double dribbles all the

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fucking time. It drives me nuts. Well, what are

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you gonna do? You gonna give LeBron a foul? You

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gonna give LeBron a foul? I don't think so. Not

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on this. This is LA. If you want to make it back

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to your car in one piece, you're going to let

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him. Bullshit. Speaking of bullshit, Punch, the

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monkey, the caretakers are planning to take away

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his fucking plushie. He's got friends now. He

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doesn't need his imaginary friend anymore. Yeah,

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I know, but he and his little Stuffed orangutan.

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That was... They were like the iconic duo. Another...

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I know Punch has grown up enough. He's in the

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clan now. He stands up for himself when the other

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monkeys try to pick on him. He hits them with

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the fake monkey and confuses them. He has a weapon,

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so I guess that might be part of the problem.

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But yeah, that's the punch update. There's a

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pygmy hippo that was born here in Arizona. I

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forgot what they nicknamed it. It was a cute

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nickname, though. You'll have to find it for

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next time. Yeah, we'll switch animal gears back

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to the pygmy hippos. My friend in Calgary bought

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me a... whiskey glass and tongs with red pandas

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from the zoo excellent yeah oh man well speaking

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of uh stuff from the zoo qfc heavyweight champion

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tom aspinall signs with the newly founded matchroom

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talent agency this is uh It's management, not

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promotion. Oh, okay. Yeah. I cannot help but

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feel this is a counter fuck you with Dana signing

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Connor fuckface. And so now they sign. Now Eddie

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is going to be managing Tom Aspinall. Excellent.

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Yeah. Let the pettiness rain down. Right. What

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I expect is Tom Aspinall is not going to be in

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the UFC for very much longer. Because with Eddie

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Hearn managing slash negotiating on Aspinall's

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behalf, they're just going to like, okay, you

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want that much money? Well, then you're not fighting.

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Yeah. Dana's just going to ice him out. Right.

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Yeah. But Tom Aspinall's the one that's been

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talking about coming over to boxing for a while,

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isn't he? He has been, yes. But, yeah, the battle

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of the pettiest bitch continues. Eddie and Dana.

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They're both pretty petty. Yeah, they're really

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having a go. This could drag out for a while.

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Yeah, we're going to watch more and more athletes

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get paid more and more as they try to out -fuck

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each other. It'll be whatever gets these guys

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paid, I guess. Could be worse. I'm hopeful. With

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the signing of Conor Benn, a lot of UFC guys

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have come out of the woodwork saying, like, what

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the fuck, man? Where's my 15 mil? As they should.

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Yes. And I think if Eddie is able to extract

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more wealth from UFC for Tom Aspinall, he could

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maybe get more signees and get more guys under

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his umbrella. And then, man, Eddie Hearn saving

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fucking UFC? Is that what we're doing in 2026?

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No. 2026, we're blowing up the world. There will

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be no UFC next year. Ultimate fucking carnage.

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That's way too cool. Man, you know what else

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isn't cool? Mario Barrios. It's moving up to

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154. I doubt he can make it. He's not going to

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be able to keep up at 147. Maybe he could beat

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Rawley. Maybe. Maybe he could beat Lewis Crocker.

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Again, it's a big maybe. Barrios is pretty mid.

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But going up to 154, like you, Boots, fucking

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Virgil, if he ever is able to make it back to

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the ring, Fundora. Fundora would dog walk Mario

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so badly. It wouldn't be close. I'm not sure

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what compelled this move. Like you honestly,

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he honestly had a better chance at 47 if he would

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have continued there. Moving up to 54, you're

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just going to get your ass kicked quite a few

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times before you decide to retire. Yeah, I think

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Barrios kind of overachieved in his career, and

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now it's honestly probably time to retire. But

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he's looking, I guess the idea is it's easier

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to make the weight and he can gain some power.

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Because he's tall enough for 154. Like, he's

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a big tall guy. Yeah, I think he could. He's

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sized adequately. But yeah, I don't see him snagging

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a belt. No. At all. Hold on a second. I really

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just want to continue dunking on Barrios here.

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So I want to see... Make sure I know who the

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title holders are. Josh Kelly? Yeah, he's not

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beating Josh Kelly. Xander Zayas holds two. And

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then Fundora. And Fundora. This ain't it, buddy.

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Nah. Xander Zayas could take Mario Barrios as

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an easy defense. Somebody with name recognition.

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Yeah. But that's pretty much all he is. Do you

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think they put Barrios directly into the rankings?

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I mean, he was a title holder. If that's going

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to happen, it would happen in the WBC, since

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that was the title that he had previously held.

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Yeah. Otherwise, I would be... Well, looking

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at the people in these rankings... I don't recognize

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half the names. Yeah, there's quite a few people

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here that even I don't recognize. It's possible

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that they throw him in the bottom portion of

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the top 15. Yeah, I don't know. I hope Mario

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doesn't hang around too long because he's going

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to take some ass beatings. And he's a tough guy,

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so he'll stay in there too long. Yeah, and he's

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starting to sound a little off. Is he? Yeah,

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like he's taken a little bit too much already.

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I don't really listen to the interviews with

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him and stuff. He's always been a little bit

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of an airhead. Yeah. So the change has been kind

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of subtle, but it's been, I don't know, it feels

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obvious to me, so. I don't know. What do I know,

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though? Maybe Nikita Zoo can sort them out. The

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better of the Zoo Brothers. Oh, shit. Moving

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on to most valuable promotions signs a long -term

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deal with ESPN. How did I misspell ESPN? Epson.

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You were thinking about the Epstein list. Yeah.

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It's definitely been on my mind a bit. I mean,

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having boxing back on TV is good. I'm surprised

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it's MVP that made it happen. Personally. But

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I can't hate it. My thinking is that MVP more

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often than not puts on women heavy. Or entirely

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women's cards. Yeah, that part I'm not so excited

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about. So it's cheap. ESPN got fights, full top

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-to -bottom boxing cards for a lot less than,

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like, having Xander Zayas, a two -belt title

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holder, is going to be expecting a little bit

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more of a premium. That's true. Yeah, it's going

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to be kind of mid -boxing, I think. Yeah, MVP's

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not great. their stable is on the women's side

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it's like top tier but but top tier women's boxing

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is kind of mid unfortunately yes yeah so i'm

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a little worried that way that they'll be boxing

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on tv that casuals can see because so many people

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have espn but it's not gonna be fun i want pro

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box on tv that's all i want Would have been a

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better signing for them. For ESPN, I mean. They

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would get what they're looking for, which is

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high action, competitive matchups. Yeah. And

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not costing like the amount a champion would

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expect. Like a title holder would expect. Yeah,

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I don't really know what the Pro Box guys are

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getting, but it can't be that much. No, I think

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that would have been a better move than MVP.

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But then I would have to get a TV subscription,

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so I guess Pro Box on YouTube is still... Still

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the move? Yeah. Oh, man. Making moves, changing

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moves. USA Boxing, the amateur... Like, management

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system has withdrawn their support for the Ali

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Revival Act. Good. Yes, good. Not sure what made

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them support it in the first place. I would like

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to hear what that rationale is. And also, what

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made you decide to take back said support? I

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would like some justifications. yeah but it's

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boxing so you won't get any of course not that

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would be ridiculous man like it's a it's a if

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you're gonna support it then like fucking go

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go all in on it if you're whatever i don't agree

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with you but i don't think they read it before

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they supported it they probably didn't somebody's

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finally sat down and read it And explain to them

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what it says. Why didn't you just call Boxing

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Before Dark, bitch? I could have told you. Yeah,

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I don't know. I still hate that they're trying

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to make those changes that they're trying to

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make. They all do sound like good things on the

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surface, but it's gonna kill low -level boxing.

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Yeah. Speaking of lower -level boxing, Manny

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Pacquiao Jr., who was supposed to fight on the

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28th of February, has been moved to April 3rd

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on the Tataran undercard. So that's fun. That

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Pacquiao Jr. is not very good. No. I think his

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first fight was a draw. Yeah. And they robbed

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the guy. Well, what are you going to do? It's

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Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao Jr. You're going to

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call a double dribble on him? I don't think so.

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Send him the fuck home. Iceland will be hosting

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its first ever professional boxing event on April

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10th. That's pretty cool. It's going to be headlined.

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By Icelandic. I have him listed as Viking. Because

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that's just way cooler. Colby Christensen. Will

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be facing an Austrian. Sasha Milankovic. Do I

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know who Milankovic is? I don't think so. Even

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if I don't know who they are. That's pretty cool.

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Yeah. Good to see. Boxing finding a home. More

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places. Oh, Jason Maloney versus Andre Donovan

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on April 23rd. Don't have a lot of words for

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this. The Maloney brothers keep doing it. Yeah,

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it's time for those two to wrap it up. Doubtful.

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Talk about it in a second, but fucking title

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shot coming up. Really? Yeah. That's crazy. Sam

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Eggington. For fuck's sakes, buddy. Returns on

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May 2nd against Kona Walker. Sam Eggington is

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always fun to watch unless he's getting beat

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so bad you're scared he's gonna die. Like...

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He's one of those guys. Yeah, I agree. Haney,

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Devin Haney and Raleigh Romero are in, quote,

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late stage serious talks for a unification fight.

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We were talking about this being a good next

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move for Haney. Yes. Easy snipe. Yeah. Two division

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champion, Rolando Romero. I love it. Talk about

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overachieving. Imagine if he somehow gets the

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upset, just like land some on Haney. Yeah, I

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would send him money or something. How can I

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express my gratitude? Just start hocking flowers

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and teddy bears in the ring like they do for

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figure skating. It's not that Haney's bad, because

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he's not. He demonstrated in the Norman fight

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that he can be entertaining. And he demonstrated

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also in that fight that he just simply chooses

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not to. Which makes me more angry than if you

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can't be entertaining. Right. Exactly right.

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Shakur does it too. Shakur seems to have decided

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to be more excited lately, but more than half

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the time, most of the time, he chooses to be

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boring as fuck. Yeah, it's been a recent change

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that he's been noticeably more engaging. Yeah,

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and I like the change. I might have to start

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not cheering against him if he keeps it up. Cheering

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against him? IBF champ Willy Baldo Garcia has

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to face mandatory challenger Andrew Maloney.

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This will be promoted by the Kamedas. This whole

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sentence sucks. I don't like any of this. Wooly

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Baldo should be able to knock out Andrew Maloney.

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I would think. I don't know enough about Wooly

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Baldo to say. Maloney went 12 with Nakatani.

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I get the Maloney's mixed up. Like the two brothers.

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Who fought Tenchin? Because he looked like shit.

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Jason. IBF Final Eliminator Kenneth Lover vs.

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Katsuma Akitsugi. I am so excited for this fight,

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but so torn. I have no idea who to cheer for.

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These are two of my favorites. You might have

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to do a Don King and hold a flag for each of

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them and wave them both. I really don't know

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how this one's going to go. Because Lover has

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more power and flashier moves. But Akitsugi is

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just constant death by a thousand cuts. And I

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don't know which one will win. Like, this is

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going to be an anime fight. Like, the bigger,

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faster guy kind of just standing there trying

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to hit the... The smaller guy that's like...

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I don't know who to pick in this one either.

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I know you're a big fan of Kenneth Lover. I'm

00:21:00.089 --> 00:21:04.670
not that familiar with him. I think he's really

00:21:04.670 --> 00:21:08.990
good, but he also signed with the Kamedas. Interesting

00:21:08.990 --> 00:21:15.250
choice of career. Probably made sense, I guess.

00:21:16.809 --> 00:21:21.150
He's a Filipino. He doesn't know. I imagine for

00:21:21.150 --> 00:21:27.299
him, It was getting signed by a promoter in the

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:31.920
developed world. Yeah. That's more international.

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:41.799
Yeah, just a chance to get out of PI. WBA orders

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:46.960
Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Boddy for their vacant

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:53.740
title. Nice. Yeah. Is that going to be fun? Saul

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:58.660
should be excited with Floyd Schofield in the

00:21:58.660 --> 00:22:05.619
mix. Body can be... He can be outboxed, has been

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:08.799
outboxed pretty soundly, but then gets bailed

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:12.859
out with his own power. Yeah, because he's had

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:15.740
a couple crazy knockouts Body has. Yes, he has.

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:21.500
So that's kind of the question of... Is Schofield

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:25.579
going to be piecing him up so much that he gets

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:31.680
a little too cocky maybe and overextends and

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:35.119
then gets hit by something big from Lucas body?

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.839
I mean, I have to cheer for the Canadian, I guess.

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:43.920
Who do you cheer for in Dalton Smith versus Alberto

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:47.319
Pueo? This has been officially ordered by the

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:51.980
WBC. Rumor mill was that it's going to be going

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:55.420
to Perspid, but I haven't seen anything confirming

00:22:55.420 --> 00:23:01.059
that. Which one's Alberto Puello? Tall -ish.

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:05.579
Tall for the weight class. Bald. Black. He's

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:10.500
Dominican. He's a pretty good outfighter. He

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:15.259
had a good war with Gar. Yeah, I was just going

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:17.740
to say he... You beat him in a split decision.

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:21.619
Super close. I guess I will have to cheer for

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:24.059
Puyo because I'm not cheering for Dalton Smith.

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:30.859
Yeah, I'm leaning the same way. It would be fun

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:34.980
for Dalton Smith to continue his streak as the

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:39.859
plucky upstart. Yeah, I won't be mad. But yeah,

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:45.069
I'm riding with Puyo on this one as well. Plus,

00:23:45.069 --> 00:23:49.410
there's not that many Dominican boxers. No, no,

00:23:49.450 --> 00:23:57.109
not really. WBC, more news on the WBC. They have

00:23:57.109 --> 00:24:02.150
sanctioned Lamont Roach, William Zepeda for their

00:24:02.150 --> 00:24:10.130
vacant title. This wasn't their first pick for

00:24:10.130 --> 00:24:14.059
what they were going to order, but... They are

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:17.440
satisfied with these two and their petition to

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.460
be the vacant title fight. I think this should

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:26.700
be a fun fight. Yeah, it's another tough one.

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:30.500
Zepeda is also a death by a thousand cuts kind

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:34.599
of guy. I think Roach wins this, but I think

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:37.400
it'll be entertaining the whole time. Yeah, I

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:40.549
agree. I'm pretty sure Lamont Roach has what

00:24:40.549 --> 00:24:46.369
it takes to weather the shrimp storm. I forgot

00:24:46.369 --> 00:24:51.410
he was the shrimp. Yep. Speaking of the WBC,

00:24:51.569 --> 00:24:53.630
I don't know if we talked about this last week.

00:24:53.789 --> 00:24:57.450
I don't think so. Did you see that they are letting

00:24:57.450 --> 00:25:00.529
the world title be on the line for Usyk Verhoeven?

00:25:01.109 --> 00:25:04.210
Yes, we did talk about that. They backtracked.

00:25:04.829 --> 00:25:07.069
Oh, they backtracked and then put it back on

00:25:07.069 --> 00:25:12.000
the line? Yeah. Like, Suleiman had said, no,

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:14.319
we're making up some weird belt, but the world

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:17.660
title won't be on the line. And then literally,

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:21.140
like, the next day, the WBC came out and said,

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:23.839
no, the world title's on the line. And Suleiman's

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:26.160
like, well, I'm just the president. It wasn't

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.279
really up to me. That's a board decision. Shenanigans.

00:25:31.049 --> 00:25:34.009
Yeah, anyways. I was pissed off about that. Because

00:25:34.009 --> 00:25:36.569
I heard the announcement that it wasn't a title

00:25:36.569 --> 00:25:40.990
fight, and I was happy. And then they backtracked

00:25:40.990 --> 00:25:44.369
it. Like, they did the commemorative belt for

00:25:44.369 --> 00:25:49.130
Mayweather McGregor. Totally appropriate. Sure,

00:25:49.349 --> 00:25:51.910
I have no problem with them making up bullshit

00:25:51.910 --> 00:25:55.930
belts. That's whatever. But having it be a legitimate

00:25:55.930 --> 00:26:02.380
world title fight, that's shenanigans. Some guy

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:06.859
who is 1 -0 gets to fight for a world title.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:12.539
But it was a stoppage win. He's had his 100 %

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:17.420
knockout ratio. It was a four -rounder. Huh?

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:21.920
Is that doing it for you? No. This is stupid.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:28.809
Fucking stupid. Oh, shit. Tyson Fury. Versus

00:26:28.809 --> 00:26:31.670
Makhmudov. The undercard has been announced.

00:26:32.250 --> 00:26:37.730
Got a few names here. Conor Benn versus Regis

00:26:37.730 --> 00:26:42.849
Progray. We already knew. The $15 million fight.

00:26:43.529 --> 00:26:49.930
Contested at 150 pounds. Jamie Chikeva versus

00:26:49.930 --> 00:26:54.630
Richard Ryakpour. For the British heavyweight

00:26:54.630 --> 00:26:59.740
title. Frasier Clark versus Justice Hooney. That's

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:03.359
a good time. That could be fun. Yeah. We'll see

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.200
if Frasier Clark can replicate what Fabio Wardley

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:11.700
did. Lose every second of every round until that

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:15.559
one punch. I mean, Clark has enough power. He

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:19.740
could. He could, yes. Troy Williamson versus

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:25.619
Simon Zackenhuber. What is this? Brahan? Gorham,

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:30.579
I think it is. Versus Edward Georgiev. Mikey

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:34.039
Tallon. There's Christopher Rios. Felix Cash

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:37.539
versus Liam O 'Hare. Hector Lozano versus Sultan

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:41.660
Al -Muhammad. Goddamn Saudi plant. And Elliot

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:45.660
Whale versus Tom Hill. To round it out. There's

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:48.480
a lot of very different name styles on that card.

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:54.599
Yeah. Not a whole lot going on here. As expected,

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:59.900
it's Tyson Fury on the headline. When we were

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:02.759
talking about Connor Ben versus Regis Progre

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:07.400
being the co -main, as you had put it, there's

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:10.660
nobody that's tuning into this card that wasn't

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:14.039
tuning in already for Tyson Fury. None of these

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:18.569
guys add any value to this. I mean... Connor

00:28:18.569 --> 00:28:21.490
Ben and Frasier Clark might get you a couple

00:28:21.490 --> 00:28:25.490
extra people to pay for it. A few, yeah, maybe

00:28:25.490 --> 00:28:34.009
a few. But, yeah. Last thing. Naoya Inoue, Junto

00:28:34.009 --> 00:28:39.230
Nakatani is officially official. This, we have

00:28:39.230 --> 00:28:43.750
Takuma Inoue versus Kazuto Ioka. What's looking

00:28:43.750 --> 00:28:48.240
like going to be the co -main. I wanted... To

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:52.279
first get your reaction to Saul saying, we did

00:28:52.279 --> 00:29:00.000
it first. That's annoying. It is annoying. Like,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:04.839
it had just been signed. I think we were in the

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:09.140
middle of recording. Yeah, yeah. I listened to

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.720
the episode earlier today. I heard him gloating.

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:18.390
Sucks. Stupid schedule. But we know who the fucking

00:29:18.390 --> 00:29:23.589
fanatic is here, though. Exactly. The ticket

00:29:23.589 --> 00:29:26.789
lottery opened yesterday. I have my name in.

00:29:27.670 --> 00:29:31.029
And I have my friend's name in. So I've never

00:29:31.029 --> 00:29:33.789
had them actually check my ID, even though it

00:29:33.789 --> 00:29:39.490
says they will. But her name is Sarah something

00:29:39.490 --> 00:29:42.599
Brazilian. It's a white person name. Anyways,

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:45.460
so I got her to put her name in too, and I'll

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:48.539
just pretend I'm her if she wins. Yeah, I was

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:53.200
going to ask, why not have the people that you

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:57.400
work with have them put their names in? Theoretically,

00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:00.839
they're supposed to check your ID at the door.

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:05.359
They never do, but theoretically. Yeah, can't

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:07.119
walk in with a joke. Tokyo Dome's pretty big,

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:10.700
yeah. Yeah, I don't think anyone's going to believe

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:16.740
that my name is Xiao Xing Yao. Totally. Nobody's

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:22.140
going to buy that. Yeah. Tokyo Dome. Very fitting

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:27.000
venue. Takuma Inoue as the co -main. Just fucking

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.880
pinched fingers. That's just fucking perfect.

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:34.259
They're cooking with that one. I'm so excited

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:37.319
Ioka gets to fight in Tokyo Dome. Oh, he finally

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:41.539
gets his... flowers like yeah he gets his moment

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:46.640
finally i'm so excited about it yeah i i don't

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:49.519
think he's gonna win um but i'm gonna be cheering

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:53.000
for him anyway just because you get it tattooed

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:57.559
man yeah yeah oh he's gonna have to fucking paint

00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:02.730
on the makeup oh gross It's going to be like

00:31:02.730 --> 00:31:05.230
running down all over the fucking ring and everything.

00:31:05.609 --> 00:31:11.230
He always has to paint his tattoos when he fights

00:31:11.230 --> 00:31:14.690
in Oda City Gym as well. But usually it's just

00:31:14.690 --> 00:31:17.210
like a tiny covering and it rubs off during the

00:31:17.210 --> 00:31:19.089
fight. I don't know if you've ever noticed, but

00:31:19.089 --> 00:31:21.829
that happens all the time on the Japanese broadcast.

00:31:23.589 --> 00:31:26.890
but the JBC said they're going to crack down

00:31:26.890 --> 00:31:30.029
on makeup coming off, which I don't know what

00:31:30.029 --> 00:31:32.450
the fuck that means. Like, the corner's going

00:31:32.450 --> 00:31:36.230
to have to be, like, rollering their arms. Can

00:31:36.230 --> 00:31:40.009
you just wear, like, a full bodysuit to, like,

00:31:40.109 --> 00:31:44.150
a tight spandex kind of thing? Compression clothing?

00:31:45.430 --> 00:31:48.670
I don't think they'll allow you to wear a shirt

00:31:48.670 --> 00:31:57.559
boxing. Because, who was it? Kyoguchi wears like

00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:01.220
compression pants. Pants? But I've never seen

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.359
them let anyone wear a shirt. I don't know about

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.319
the top. Yeah, you're right. Donair wears like

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.720
the long, long compression socks that go up to

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:11.460
like past his knees or whatever. Yeah, he wears

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:14.720
the ladies volleyball socks. Yeah, good stuff.

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:20.309
Who else are we expecting on this? Oh, they kind

00:32:20.309 --> 00:32:23.509
of, they put out the card, didn't they? Not that

00:32:23.509 --> 00:32:28.109
I've seen. Uh, one second. Thought I saw it yesterday.

00:32:28.869 --> 00:32:32.869
Yeah, full fight card. Oh, shit. Wow, they have

00:32:32.869 --> 00:32:37.529
that already. Yoshiki Takei versus D. Kang Wang.

00:32:38.509 --> 00:32:44.289
Hilarious. Diakno Yan versus Yuito Moriwaka.

00:32:44.970 --> 00:32:50.170
Sora Tanaka versus Jin Sasaki. Toshiki Shimomachi

00:32:50.170 --> 00:32:53.950
versus Raya. Jin Sasaki. Jin Sasaki's on it,

00:32:54.049 --> 00:32:58.450
yeah. I guess if you want a knockout. Either

00:32:58.450 --> 00:33:00.509
way. Yeah, either way, you're going to get one.

00:33:00.569 --> 00:33:05.950
I don't recognize Sora Tanaka, so I don't know.

00:33:07.029 --> 00:33:10.509
Shimomachi versus Abe. Raya Abe is always a good

00:33:10.509 --> 00:33:13.789
watch. He loses fairly often, but he's always

00:33:13.789 --> 00:33:16.769
fun. I feel like you've mentioned him a few times.

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:23.380
Kosuke Tomioka versus Shogo Tanaka, and then

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:28.859
Takuma Kazuto and Naoya Junto. It's a pretty

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:31.920
big card for Japan. They usually don't have that

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:35.720
many fights. And I think I saw how many rounds

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:38.460
each was, and there's only one that's less than

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:44.160
10 or 8. Very cool. Yeah. I think there's one

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:47.890
4 -rounder. One eight rounder and the rest are

00:33:47.890 --> 00:33:52.069
all ten or more. So I got to break the full undercard.

00:33:52.450 --> 00:34:00.609
There you go. Fuck you, Saul. Oh, shit. Yeah,

00:34:00.670 --> 00:34:05.430
they packed it up with local talent, which is

00:34:05.430 --> 00:34:09.889
good. They're not importing too much. Yeah, a

00:34:09.889 --> 00:34:17.039
couple B -sides. Yeah, B -sides for sure. Anything

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:20.440
more for the news? I don't think so. There's

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:24.300
a lot of news lately. Boxing is booming. Yeah,

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:27.659
we are having an excellent year. And we're only

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:32.099
in March. Yeah, the year is young. It can get

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:36.039
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On the 27th, we had ProBox at the College Park

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:40.449
Center in Arlington, Texas. They did not let

00:37:40.449 --> 00:37:44.849
you forget that it happened in Arlington. Yeah,

00:37:44.929 --> 00:37:49.949
that came up often. It came up a lot. I understand,

00:37:50.150 --> 00:37:52.730
you know, wanting to put your, like, we're a

00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:57.130
good sports town. Yeah, I get it. But, like,

00:37:57.130 --> 00:37:59.309
goddamn, maybe dial it back just a little bit.

00:38:02.030 --> 00:38:06.070
Have, like, 10, 15 -minute promos talking about

00:38:06.070 --> 00:38:12.260
Arlington. It looks very nice, but calm down.

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:18.679
What did we have on ProBox? Had a few stoppages.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:24.539
Javier Guerrero stops. Linomar, Rio Santiago

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:30.239
in the first. Emilio Garcia, another big stoppage

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:38.639
in the first. The Boca Negra boys. Where'd the

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:42.739
other one go? Oh, he was at the beginning. Ranulfo

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:47.760
Bocanegra gets a UD. Xavier Bocanegra also gets

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:54.480
a UD. Unfortunate. I think the main event got

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:58.460
pulled. And it's going to be rescheduled. I don't

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:05.739
remember who it was, to be honest. Yeah. I don't

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:12.789
remember who it was either. It was still a fun

00:39:12.789 --> 00:39:17.110
pro box card. More lopsided than usual. A lot

00:39:17.110 --> 00:39:20.449
of knockouts this time. Yeah, and corner stoppages.

00:39:20.590 --> 00:39:23.929
The co -main and the main. Edward Vasquez gets

00:39:23.929 --> 00:39:26.730
it stopped in the corner after the fifth. And

00:39:26.730 --> 00:39:30.849
Ruben Aguilar after the eighth. The main was

00:39:30.849 --> 00:39:34.929
getting a little hard to watch. Yes. I was not

00:39:34.929 --> 00:39:39.409
sad that they stopped that. You don't want to

00:39:39.409 --> 00:39:42.019
watch someone get... Beaten to death? Is that

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:47.119
not? No. Is that not what we're into? No. Yeah,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:54.199
definitely not. Oh, shit. Saturday, February

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:59.119
28th. One thing first. Manny Pacquiao promotions.

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:04.079
The only fight I was really watching. I was waiting

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:06.519
for Manny Pacquiao Jr. His shit got canceled.

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.619
Kermel Moten. He got a stoppage in the corner

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:15.760
after the second. It was pretty lopsided. It

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.420
was good that the corner pulled it when they

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:22.039
did, because that was only going to get fucking

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:27.760
dangerous. I think I missed this card, to be

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:33.139
honest. It's just kind of a gimme for Moten.

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:37.010
It's not. Yeah, it wasn't super high on my, like,

00:40:37.010 --> 00:40:39.650
I gotta see this. Yeah, it's not that big of

00:40:39.650 --> 00:40:46.590
a deal. Matchroom on DAZN. This I had to see.

00:40:46.909 --> 00:40:50.389
At the Desert Diamond Arena. I also had to see

00:40:50.389 --> 00:40:56.949
it. That's where I fucking went. Live. I watched

00:40:56.949 --> 00:41:00.469
the crowd. It got pretty rowdy. It was fucking

00:41:00.469 --> 00:41:05.289
packed before... Before the main portion of the

00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.849
card, the televised portion, before that even

00:41:07.849 --> 00:41:10.949
started, it was fucking packed. Excellent. It

00:41:10.949 --> 00:41:13.130
was so cool. Like, there were so many people

00:41:13.130 --> 00:41:17.150
that were there. This kid on the undercard, Philip

00:41:17.150 --> 00:41:24.690
Vela, he got a UD over Brian Ramos. He had a

00:41:24.690 --> 00:41:28.110
lot of fucking people that traveled for him.

00:41:28.230 --> 00:41:31.710
It was really, it was pretty cool. I was sitting

00:41:31.710 --> 00:41:35.409
next to his grandma and grandpa. Oh, that's crazy.

00:41:35.769 --> 00:41:39.210
Yeah, that's who I got sat next to. Did they

00:41:39.210 --> 00:41:43.590
tell you all about how hard he works? No. They

00:41:43.590 --> 00:41:49.530
had apparently... They were higher up in the

00:41:49.530 --> 00:41:52.090
section, but since nobody was sitting there,

00:41:52.170 --> 00:41:56.070
they had moved down to take those seats. And

00:41:56.070 --> 00:41:58.650
then the actual people showed up in the middle

00:41:58.650 --> 00:42:01.239
of the fucking co -main. Man, you guys suck.

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:05.860
Yeah. You guys should trade seats. Because fucking

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:09.320
Granny and Grampy over here, they were staying

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:14.539
for the whole thing. Of course. Yeah. There was

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:18.320
like four crowd fights as well. Maybe you didn't

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:21.780
notice them being there live. No, I didn't. I

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:23.860
didn't see them. Yeah, they were down near. They're

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:27.500
almost always at the front. But yeah. They were

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:30.639
trying to get angles on the fight so that you

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:33.039
couldn't see the fights in the crowd and people

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:36.139
were getting tackled and escorted out. It's pretty

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:43.760
funny. Jordan Martinez, he was a local kid. He

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:48.880
was, I think, managed by the bigger of the local

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:52.980
promoters or promotional agencies or whatever

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:58.889
the fuck. And he got a split draw against Arturo

00:42:58.889 --> 00:43:02.690
Popoca. I remember the crowd not being too pleased

00:43:02.690 --> 00:43:07.309
with that one. It was a close fight. I didn't

00:43:07.309 --> 00:43:11.349
think a split draw was a bad decision. But nobody

00:43:11.349 --> 00:43:15.429
wants their favorite to draw. Right, the Arizona

00:43:15.429 --> 00:43:21.269
kid getting a draw in Arizona. Come on. Come

00:43:21.269 --> 00:43:23.730
on. I think the draw might have been bailing

00:43:23.730 --> 00:43:29.309
him out. if anything. The Arizona kid? Yes. Yeah,

00:43:29.389 --> 00:43:33.170
I kind of thought Popoko won it too. Man, there

00:43:33.170 --> 00:43:36.570
was one fight that was so good. I remember one

00:43:36.570 --> 00:43:40.710
of the guys was pretty tall and lanky and he

00:43:40.710 --> 00:43:44.269
was out fighting and everybody was cheering for

00:43:44.269 --> 00:43:48.170
the other dude who was shorter, trying to get

00:43:48.170 --> 00:43:51.690
on the inside and work on the body from the inside.

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:54.840
And I was the only one cheering for the lanky

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:59.000
dude. Nobody likes tall people, Leo. I'd be cheering

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:01.920
for the short guy too. Apparently not. The only

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:05.880
tall people I cheer for are the Fandoras. Man.

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:09.159
So I was like, they're all just cheering for

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:10.880
the aggression and everything. I'm like, watch

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.980
how he just pivots him off with his jab. Like

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:14.860
he's just going to stick his jab in his face,

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:16.960
pivot around him. He's going to land a combo.

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:20.179
Watch. And then happened every fucking time.

00:44:20.969 --> 00:44:24.610
Yeah, and that's impressive. But everybody likes

00:44:24.610 --> 00:44:27.690
when the little guy pulls it off. Yeah, well,

00:44:27.809 --> 00:44:32.670
having been the tall, lanky guy, I don't agree.

00:44:35.650 --> 00:44:40.570
Being 5 '4", I cheer for the shorter guys. Let's

00:44:40.570 --> 00:44:43.550
see here. Abel Ramos gets the split decision

00:44:43.550 --> 00:44:49.110
win over Tamir Smalls. Tamir started off really

00:44:49.110 --> 00:44:51.909
well. I was actually pretty concerned. I was

00:44:51.909 --> 00:44:53.989
like, man, Abel's about to get fucking embarrassed

00:44:53.989 --> 00:44:58.349
here. This is not going well. Do you remember

00:44:58.349 --> 00:45:01.510
what the coroner was telling him to do? Because

00:45:01.510 --> 00:45:03.630
I tried to watch it again on the broadcast and

00:45:03.630 --> 00:45:07.889
I didn't really catch anything. To Abel Ramos?

00:45:08.230 --> 00:45:13.590
Yeah. The advice was all kind of just generic.

00:45:14.610 --> 00:45:21.210
Boo. Be patient. Don't get over your skis type

00:45:21.210 --> 00:45:25.769
stuff. Come on. If I remember right. I don't

00:45:25.769 --> 00:45:28.590
remember it being anything special. Man, this

00:45:28.590 --> 00:45:32.250
was Tamir Smalls came into this undefeated. This

00:45:32.250 --> 00:45:37.170
was supposed to be like his jump up to like a

00:45:37.170 --> 00:45:41.489
Abel was the gatekeeper and Tamir Smalls was

00:45:41.489 --> 00:45:43.610
supposed to fucking kick down, kick open the

00:45:43.610 --> 00:45:47.590
gate. And that did not happen. No, Unk still

00:45:47.590 --> 00:45:51.230
got it. Unk still has it. He did it for us Unks

00:45:51.230 --> 00:45:55.469
fucking everywhere. I actually enjoy Abel Ramos.

00:45:55.650 --> 00:46:00.050
I've cheered for him for a while. Did you cheer

00:46:00.050 --> 00:46:05.329
for Emiliano Vargas versus Agustin Quintana?

00:46:06.769 --> 00:46:09.429
I did not agree with this stoppage. They stopped

00:46:09.429 --> 00:46:12.480
it in the corner after the ninth. Agustin jumped

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:16.139
up out of his stool like, what the fuck? He was

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:20.380
fucking mad. Yeah, he was mad. But did you watch

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:24.019
the broadcast on that one? No. His corner had

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:26.619
been telling him for three or four rounds, we're

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:29.699
going to stop it. Not four. That's an exaggeration.

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:32.559
That was multiple rounds. The corner was like,

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:35.239
you're getting hit too much. You're not looking

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:38.300
good. We're going to stop it. And then Quintana

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:42.969
would come out. And do stuff. And he's like,

00:46:43.050 --> 00:46:45.969
give me another round. And they did that a couple

00:46:45.969 --> 00:46:49.869
times. And then they finally pulled it. I didn't

00:46:49.869 --> 00:46:54.250
hear that. I mean, if you let it go through the

00:46:54.250 --> 00:46:58.130
ninth, it's just one more round. I agree. It's

00:46:58.130 --> 00:47:00.789
just one more round. I would have let him go

00:47:00.789 --> 00:47:06.250
out. Because, like, he was losing. For sure.

00:47:06.329 --> 00:47:09.920
He was definitely losing. For sure. He was doing

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:15.139
stuff. But. I always give corners shit. For not

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:17.300
stopping it soon enough. So I can't complain.

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:19.960
They were thinking about their fighter. And they

00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:22.000
clearly saw something. That they were worried

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.579
about. When he was coming back to the stool.

00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:29.739
For a couple rounds. But man. I would see Quintana

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:35.090
again. I would watch him. He was fun. Yeah, he

00:47:35.090 --> 00:47:38.590
did a lot better than I was expecting. I kind

00:47:38.590 --> 00:47:42.469
of thought they were going to give Vargas kind

00:47:42.469 --> 00:47:46.130
of a little can to crush just to get his name

00:47:46.130 --> 00:47:48.090
profile out there. I kind of think they thought

00:47:48.090 --> 00:47:50.070
they were doing that. Really? And they pulled

00:47:50.070 --> 00:47:53.650
up some unknown Argentine. Unknown, because I've

00:47:53.650 --> 00:47:58.570
seen Quintana before. But they pulled up some

00:47:58.570 --> 00:48:04.250
random Argentine, and Argentina has... that can

00:48:04.250 --> 00:48:06.690
be knocked over. But Argentina has some serious

00:48:06.690 --> 00:48:10.869
boxers. Argentina has huge boxing culture. Yeah,

00:48:10.929 --> 00:48:17.710
yeah. And I think the Vargas team didn't pick

00:48:17.710 --> 00:48:20.710
who they thought they were picking. But I like

00:48:20.710 --> 00:48:22.969
Quintana. Like, if I see him on a card, I'm like,

00:48:23.010 --> 00:48:26.539
oh, I've got to tune into this card. Because

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:29.000
he beat Mark Castro, which I know isn't a great

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:31.480
win, but that's where I saw him. Mark Castro

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:34.059
was on the rise at that point, right? He was

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:38.579
building up his name. Quintana was an upset for

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:43.079
sure. And that's the last time I think he was

00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:48.239
on a broadcast I saw. But I was like, oh, I don't

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:53.070
think Emiliano Vargas watched tape. Or maybe

00:48:53.070 --> 00:48:55.130
he did. Maybe they wanted a fight that was harder.

00:48:55.289 --> 00:48:57.610
Maybe this was perfectly what they wanted. They

00:48:57.610 --> 00:49:00.989
wanted somebody to push Emiliano because he hasn't

00:49:00.989 --> 00:49:04.210
had that many hard fights. Vargas has kind of

00:49:04.210 --> 00:49:07.849
been knocking over Cam. For the most part, yes.

00:49:08.730 --> 00:49:13.130
Yeah. I do think this was good for Emiliano.

00:49:13.750 --> 00:49:17.710
He had to show some new... Maybe not new stuff,

00:49:17.909 --> 00:49:21.590
but he had to show stuff for the whole fight.

00:49:22.349 --> 00:49:27.250
Like, Quintana does not go away. All right, so

00:49:27.250 --> 00:49:33.070
the outburst is justified then. I get why Quintana's

00:49:33.070 --> 00:49:36.710
mad, but I, just like you, I always say, like,

00:49:36.769 --> 00:49:40.989
corners should be stepping in sooner, more often,

00:49:41.050 --> 00:49:45.409
when things are no longer competitive. And corners,

00:49:45.610 --> 00:49:51.269
no. Yes, they do. Like, or they should. No, I

00:49:51.269 --> 00:49:54.130
guess. There are shitty corners out there. Don't

00:49:54.130 --> 00:49:57.590
get me wrong. But when a corner steps in, I'm

00:49:57.590 --> 00:50:00.789
always like, oh, they saw something. Yeah. Like,

00:50:00.789 --> 00:50:05.349
they saw their fighter doing something that made

00:50:05.349 --> 00:50:11.170
them worried. So Quintana, we can hope, gets

00:50:11.170 --> 00:50:14.849
the call again. I'd watch it. Yeah, if you want

00:50:14.849 --> 00:50:18.469
to give your guy solid work, then this is who

00:50:18.469 --> 00:50:23.840
you call. Yeah, like, he's a step -up test. I

00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:26.139
wouldn't really... I guess Gatekeeper works.

00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:30.820
Like, I don't think Quintana's winning a world

00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:34.599
title, ever. He's a higher -end Gatekeeper. Yeah,

00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:44.099
yeah. Vargas at 140. He's still got work to do

00:50:44.099 --> 00:50:48.059
before he gets to the title conversation, right?

00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:53.440
Yeah. He's 11th in the IBF, 12th in the WBA.

00:50:55.099 --> 00:51:00.360
Looking good as a prospect, though. But they

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:06.059
need to polish him some more, I think. He's number

00:51:06.059 --> 00:51:11.920
five in the WBO. That is a fucking mistake if

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:13.940
you think you're going to challenge for that.

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:23.559
That's Shakur. at the top there yeah and he's

00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:28.840
not in the wbc the rankings are so random yeah

00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:31.820
they're they're a little weird it would i would

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:38.639
be i would prefer the organization pfl over on

00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:42.039
the mma side they've outsourced their rankings

00:51:42.039 --> 00:51:47.769
to like a neutral third party And I think that

00:51:47.769 --> 00:51:50.869
the boxing sanctioning body should consider doing

00:51:50.869 --> 00:51:56.530
the same. Boxing is definitely, like, I don't

00:51:56.530 --> 00:52:01.309
want to say pay to win, but, like, you have to

00:52:01.309 --> 00:52:05.610
really campaign for one of the belts to be in

00:52:05.610 --> 00:52:09.250
the rankings. Like, there should be more people

00:52:09.250 --> 00:52:11.590
that are in all the rankings because they're

00:52:11.590 --> 00:52:15.380
clearly in the top ten. Right. That's what I'm

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:19.659
saying. They should be outsourced. Because I

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:23.280
don't give a shit who they're paying fees to.

00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:26.159
What I want to know is how do they stack up compared

00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:32.599
to this champion or that champion. I guess that

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:37.199
is the benefit of having one ranking system.

00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:47.320
Yeah. Ooh, I see Sander Martine is getting close

00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:51.139
to another title shot. Oh, shit. With Dalton

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:55.940
Smith. Yeah, he's number two in the WBC. Martine

00:52:55.940 --> 00:53:03.539
is boring, but I just like that he's Spanish.

00:53:03.760 --> 00:53:11.900
Not gonna lie. Mexican War. Oh, was it a war?

00:53:11.900 --> 00:53:15.900
It was a fucking wipeout. It was a fucking wipeout.

00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:19.139
I thought this was going to be a much more fun

00:53:19.139 --> 00:53:24.219
fight. I really did. So did I. Nunez, kind of

00:53:24.219 --> 00:53:29.039
disappointed. He looked a little starstruck or

00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:32.460
something. He wasn't quite ready for the big

00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:35.199
lights. I was going to say exactly that, the

00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:38.099
big lights. I noticed about round four, I'm like,

00:53:38.219 --> 00:53:41.900
man, this shit's over. He's not doing anything.

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:47.159
he's caught up in the moment so much that he's

00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:50.340
not he's not throwing his hands and he's just

00:53:50.340 --> 00:53:54.099
eating punishment it's this is not gonna go well

00:53:54.099 --> 00:53:56.199
for him i would be surprised if this goes the

00:53:56.199 --> 00:54:00.059
distance yeah well and nutritionist nav looked

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:07.309
fucking unstoppable He did. He looked fucking

00:54:07.309 --> 00:54:11.789
amazing. I was riding for Nunez. I made it clear

00:54:11.789 --> 00:54:17.110
it was because of no nutritionist nav. I would

00:54:17.110 --> 00:54:20.070
like some comeuppance for the Coca -Cola's and

00:54:20.070 --> 00:54:25.570
M &M's. I love that nav just was so good not

00:54:25.570 --> 00:54:30.710
giving a shit. But nav giving a shit is... fucking

00:54:30.710 --> 00:54:34.170
unstoppable i think it is we're entering that

00:54:34.170 --> 00:54:38.130
mythical status of uh strength and conditioning

00:54:38.130 --> 00:54:44.869
fucking nutrition navarrete's uh the like we're

00:54:44.869 --> 00:54:46.349
talking they're talking about throwing them in

00:54:46.349 --> 00:54:52.190
with oshaki foster abs a hard out for fucking

00:54:52.190 --> 00:54:55.090
anybody i don't care what anyone says i know

00:54:55.090 --> 00:54:58.590
a bunch of people are like he's so awkward, and

00:54:58.590 --> 00:55:01.829
he's open to get caught, and he is, but that's

00:55:01.829 --> 00:55:05.090
part of the charm. I don't know. I fucking love

00:55:05.090 --> 00:55:09.349
Nav. Like, what are you doing throwing left uppercuts

00:55:09.349 --> 00:55:15.110
from across the fucking ring? Like, forget a

00:55:15.110 --> 00:55:19.389
gazelle hook or whatever the hell that was called.

00:55:19.530 --> 00:55:22.670
Like, he's got a gazelle uppercut. Who does that?

00:55:22.989 --> 00:55:28.380
Nobody. Who does it? And then, even fewer, who

00:55:28.380 --> 00:55:32.900
lands it? Consistently. Consistently lands that

00:55:32.900 --> 00:55:38.380
type of shit. Yeah, it's ridiculous. I love Nav.

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:43.699
Nav's one of my favorites. He's also got those

00:55:43.699 --> 00:55:47.840
crazy monkey arms too. Yeah, that's why Punch

00:55:47.840 --> 00:55:52.639
chose Nav. I told you. Yeah, I should have listened.

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:57.949
Punchy my boy. Everything about Nav, even with

00:55:57.949 --> 00:56:00.730
a nutritionist, it's not like Nav was cut or

00:56:00.730 --> 00:56:04.110
anything. No, he wasn't on the cover of men's

00:56:04.110 --> 00:56:07.090
fitness or anything. No, but you could almost

00:56:07.090 --> 00:56:12.070
see abs this time. Almost. Yeah. Maybe next time.

00:56:13.650 --> 00:56:20.190
I fucking love Nav. He's so ridiculous. But yeah,

00:56:20.250 --> 00:56:22.809
I think Nav can fight whoever the fuck he wants

00:56:22.809 --> 00:56:27.420
and win right now. I don't know. That's what,

00:56:27.539 --> 00:56:33.420
um... Oshaki Foster is tough. That's a tough

00:56:33.420 --> 00:56:40.179
one to take. It's tough, but I think it's quite

00:56:40.179 --> 00:56:44.340
feasible that Nav could get undisputed. Well,

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:47.659
yeah, the other belt holders, Jazza fucking Dickens,

00:56:47.659 --> 00:56:51.199
of course. That's a fucking gimme, pretty much.

00:56:53.369 --> 00:56:56.429
I do like that Nev called out Foster and not

00:56:56.429 --> 00:57:02.570
Dickens. Good. I couldn't hear that part, so

00:57:02.570 --> 00:57:08.130
I went back to the broadcast again to hear what

00:57:08.130 --> 00:57:10.869
they were talking about. Yeah, yeah. That's the

00:57:10.869 --> 00:57:14.650
only, like, bad part of going to Boxing Live.

00:57:14.929 --> 00:57:19.349
I couldn't hear shit. Yeah. And, well, especially

00:57:19.349 --> 00:57:22.469
not with that crowd. That crowd seemed loud.

00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:25.639
It was hype as fuck. I was really glad I went.

00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:29.659
My problem in Japan is everybody's quiet while

00:57:29.659 --> 00:57:33.219
they speak Japanese, and then they all cheer

00:57:33.219 --> 00:57:37.159
for what they said over top of the English. Oh,

00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:40.179
yeah. Yeah, like, I never hear the translator.

00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:42.539
She's also really quiet, that translator they

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:47.460
always have. Yeah. Nah, man, this seemed like

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:50.739
a great card to go to. Like, I was a little jealous

00:57:50.739 --> 00:57:54.949
watching on TV. It seemed really loud and just

00:57:54.949 --> 00:57:58.469
exciting to be there. Yeah, everyone was having

00:57:58.469 --> 00:58:01.050
a good time. Some people were having too much

00:58:01.050 --> 00:58:06.289
of a good time, apparently. There were legit

00:58:06.289 --> 00:58:11.849
fights in the crowd. Not just drunken old men.

00:58:12.030 --> 00:58:16.230
It was probably amateur boxers going at it in

00:58:16.230 --> 00:58:20.480
the crowd. Damn. But yeah, Nav looked great.

00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:24.440
He did. Keep the nutritionist, I guess. It seems

00:58:24.440 --> 00:58:28.760
like a good move. I happily and humbly fucking

00:58:28.760 --> 00:58:37.820
eat crow. That was fantastic. Nunez, yeah, it

00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:42.260
was maybe a lack of experience under the bright

00:58:42.260 --> 00:58:48.150
lights. I also think... nab just confuses people

00:58:48.150 --> 00:58:51.809
everybody goes in with a game plan but who the

00:58:51.809 --> 00:58:54.829
fuck do you spar to get ready for that punch

00:58:54.829 --> 00:58:59.789
yeah like i just i don't think you can replicate

00:58:59.789 --> 00:59:03.789
nab's style so it's confusing for the first few

00:59:03.789 --> 00:59:11.250
rounds and i nunez just couldn't adjust he just

00:59:11.250 --> 00:59:14.320
looked confused And he was getting hit hard.

00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:19.340
And he tried. Like, he didn't give up. All he

00:59:19.340 --> 00:59:23.119
could really do was plod forward, kind of flat

00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:26.340
-footed, and then just get pieced up some more.

00:59:27.400 --> 00:59:31.539
Yeah. But, like, I think he just didn't know

00:59:31.539 --> 00:59:35.619
what to do. He didn't know how to counter ridiculousness.

00:59:41.039 --> 00:59:49.599
Yeah, so Nav wants Foster. Wonderful fight. Nunez,

00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:53.380
where do you go from here? Back down the rankings.

00:59:54.940 --> 00:59:58.079
Yeah, Nunez needs a bit of a confidence boost,

00:59:58.159 --> 01:00:02.699
I think. He got dropped to number seven. Fucking

01:00:02.699 --> 01:00:10.610
feed him, Hayato Tsutsumi. What about... Luis

01:00:10.610 --> 01:00:15.329
Lopez, Venado. The guy who got sparked by Angelo

01:00:15.329 --> 01:00:23.309
Leo. Yeah. I don't like seeing Venado box anymore.

01:00:23.429 --> 01:00:25.550
He's the one that had the brain bleed, right?

01:00:25.750 --> 01:00:32.030
He did, yes. I just don't like that he's still

01:00:32.030 --> 01:00:35.309
fighting, so I can't say I want to see that.

01:00:35.650 --> 01:00:38.449
I want him to retire and not die in the ring.

01:00:42.180 --> 01:00:48.300
Which body is Nunez in? He's in the other one.

01:00:50.019 --> 01:00:52.539
Because I was going to say Kenichi Ogawa is getting

01:00:52.539 --> 01:00:55.739
high up in the WBO. Ogawa's probably a pretty

01:00:55.739 --> 01:00:59.579
easy out. I love Ogawa, but he's probably a pretty

01:00:59.579 --> 01:01:03.719
easy out. Oh, there's no way in hell, Kenichi

01:01:03.719 --> 01:01:08.780
Ogawa. Well, Nav also has, he has the, he owes

01:01:08.780 --> 01:01:12.570
Charlie Suarez. He owes Charlie Suarez. Yeah.

01:01:13.389 --> 01:01:18.289
And Suarez has, we had to do like the frame by

01:01:18.289 --> 01:01:21.570
frame to kind of decide what, what happened.

01:01:21.590 --> 01:01:24.190
And it wasn't clear if you didn't do frame by

01:01:24.190 --> 01:01:26.489
frame, but it looked like it was caused by a

01:01:26.489 --> 01:01:31.489
punch. The cut was. Yeah. It was made way, way

01:01:31.489 --> 01:01:35.429
worse when his glove drug across it. Yeah. But

01:01:35.429 --> 01:01:40.679
no, he does. He does owe Charlie Suarez. After

01:01:40.679 --> 01:01:44.400
that, Foster's a good one. Ogawa has got some

01:01:44.400 --> 01:01:48.780
time to kill. Ogawa versus Liam Wilson. I'm sure

01:01:48.780 --> 01:01:52.300
Jacob would like that. Yeah, Liam Wilson comes

01:01:52.300 --> 01:01:57.300
to Rumble. Ogawa comes to Rumble. Ogawa's got

01:01:57.300 --> 01:02:02.239
a fight coming up. Does he? Yeah, I got an email

01:02:02.239 --> 01:02:07.260
saying buy tickets. I forget when it is. I want

01:02:07.260 --> 01:02:11.590
to say it's in April. I don't think I'll grab

01:02:11.590 --> 01:02:13.349
a ticket. I want to wait and see who else is

01:02:13.349 --> 01:02:15.610
fighting. Because Ogawa's just knocking over

01:02:15.610 --> 01:02:18.429
another can. He's been knocking over cans for

01:02:18.429 --> 01:02:22.130
a couple years now. As long as you pay tribute

01:02:22.130 --> 01:02:25.050
to your sanctioning body, you'll move up the

01:02:25.050 --> 01:02:30.409
rankings anyway. Yeah. Ogawa's what he always

01:02:30.409 --> 01:02:33.949
was. I think any of the real world class guys

01:02:33.949 --> 01:02:39.780
beat him. He does have that one punch. He does,

01:02:40.019 --> 01:02:44.800
yes. But that's kind of all he has. And he's

01:02:44.800 --> 01:02:50.699
getting old. But over in the IBF, I don't really

01:02:50.699 --> 01:02:55.980
recognize a whole bunch of names. Ray Ford was

01:02:55.980 --> 01:02:59.579
not bad. I don't think that's a good one for

01:02:59.579 --> 01:03:05.119
Nunez next. No, no, no, no. Definitely not. Masanori

01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:09.670
Rikishi would be good. Yeah. Liam Wilson is right

01:03:09.670 --> 01:03:15.489
there as well. Josh Padley, not bad. Konsei Sao,

01:03:15.650 --> 01:03:20.510
not bad. Yeah. Like I said, though, I think Nunez

01:03:20.510 --> 01:03:23.190
needs not a give me, but he needs a confidence

01:03:23.190 --> 01:03:29.889
booster. Yeah. After that ass kicking. Anything

01:03:29.889 --> 01:03:34.369
more for the matchroom card on the zone? No,

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is the second month in a row that we have friday

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the 13th february we had it march we had it'll

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happen it'll happen twice in a row anytime Happens

01:07:21.380 --> 01:07:25.860
in February. Yeah, that makes sense. The first

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28 dates are on the same day of the week in March.

01:07:30.219 --> 01:07:33.980
And then we'll have it again in November of this

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year. But they're usually like seven or eight

01:07:37.019 --> 01:07:44.219
months apart. Yeah. Anyway, Pearl Box TV on Friday,

01:07:44.300 --> 01:07:49.980
March 13th at the Osceola Heritage Park in Florida.

01:07:50.860 --> 01:07:55.179
This card is still filling out, but what we do

01:07:55.179 --> 01:07:59.199
have right now is pretty nice. Najee Lopez versus

01:07:59.199 --> 01:08:03.599
Manuel Gallegos at the headline. Dominic Valle

01:08:03.599 --> 01:08:10.440
versus Eduardo Ramirez in the co -main. Kenyon

01:08:10.440 --> 01:08:18.460
Valle down the bill versus Anel Dudo. That's

01:08:18.460 --> 01:08:26.949
a very unusual name. He is from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

01:08:27.470 --> 01:08:31.189
Oh. So. Okay. Not so unusual now. Now that I

01:08:31.189 --> 01:08:37.329
know it's Balkan. But. Yeah, no. I mean, it's

01:08:37.329 --> 01:08:39.210
pro box. I'm going to watch. It's going to be

01:08:39.210 --> 01:08:43.930
a good time. No brainer. Fucking. Saturday, March

01:08:43.930 --> 01:08:49.329
14th. Queensberry on DAZN at the Three Arena

01:08:49.329 --> 01:08:56.619
in Dublin. Like a few names here that I recognize.

01:08:57.460 --> 01:09:05.520
Gary Coley is facing Benito Sanchez. How do I

01:09:05.520 --> 01:09:09.279
say this? Liam Walsh is facing E -O -G -H -A

01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:16.020
-N. Evan. Evan? Evan. Are you... Pretty sure

01:09:16.020 --> 01:09:19.760
it's Evan. It's one of those Gaelic names. Yeah,

01:09:19.779 --> 01:09:22.460
well, of course. I just wasn't sure how to say

01:09:22.460 --> 01:09:26.210
it. I was going to say like Aegon or something

01:09:26.210 --> 01:09:30.750
like from Game of Thrones. Maybe it's Egan, but

01:09:30.750 --> 01:09:38.109
I think it's Evan. It's like Siobhan. Yeah. And

01:09:38.109 --> 01:09:42.569
there's that other dude, I don't remember. Kevin.

01:09:42.770 --> 01:09:45.229
Kevin, yeah, but it's spelled like Kowowowan

01:09:45.229 --> 01:09:48.390
or something like that. Yeah, yeah. I think the

01:09:48.390 --> 01:09:51.149
H's are often a V sound. Yeah, I think you're

01:09:51.149 --> 01:09:54.609
right. So I think this is Evan. Or Evan with

01:09:54.609 --> 01:09:59.069
an accent. We'll find out on March 14th. Yeah.

01:09:59.970 --> 01:10:02.569
John O 'Carroll. Haven't seen him in quite some

01:10:02.569 --> 01:10:05.829
time. I don't know who that is. I have to click

01:10:05.829 --> 01:10:08.390
on his picture. He's like an angry leprechaun

01:10:08.390 --> 01:10:15.829
looking guy. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Pierce O 'Leary

01:10:15.829 --> 01:10:20.510
is facing Mark Chamberlain. Mark Chamberlain,

01:10:20.590 --> 01:10:24.229
I haven't seen for a while. Yeah. Last time I

01:10:24.229 --> 01:10:28.689
remember, he was fighting on a card in Saudi

01:10:28.689 --> 01:10:36.130
Arabia. And for whatever reason, Turkey Al -Alshaykh

01:10:36.130 --> 01:10:39.949
just came out after Mark Chamberlain's fight

01:10:39.949 --> 01:10:41.810
and said, yeah, you're one of my favorite fighters

01:10:41.810 --> 01:10:47.539
ever. And it's kind of weird. Weird choice. Yeah,

01:10:47.600 --> 01:10:49.479
of all the people you're going to be a hardcore

01:10:49.479 --> 01:10:53.880
fan of, we all have our pet favorites, but Mark

01:10:53.880 --> 01:10:58.479
Chamberlain? Are you sure? He's been keeping

01:10:58.479 --> 01:11:03.619
busy. He's had two fights last year. Nice. That's

01:11:03.619 --> 01:11:12.180
good. In the main event, Jazza Dickens, the WBA

01:11:12.180 --> 01:11:21.460
130 champ. Faces 7th rated Anthony Kakachi. This

01:11:21.460 --> 01:11:25.899
is going to be a dirty fucking awful fight. I

01:11:25.899 --> 01:11:30.119
hate Anthony Kakachi. Josh loves him. He calls

01:11:30.119 --> 01:11:34.640
him the British can crusher. Or not can, but

01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:39.279
the British fucking vanquisher. Yeah, and he

01:11:39.279 --> 01:11:42.359
might do it again, but I fucking hate Kakachi.

01:11:43.260 --> 01:11:47.939
I'm going to have to cheer for Jazza here. If

01:11:47.939 --> 01:11:54.039
Kakachi were to face Josh Warrington, who would

01:11:54.039 --> 01:11:58.680
you be backing on that one? I mean, headbutts?

01:11:58.680 --> 01:12:03.199
I would be backing headbutts. I would bet on

01:12:03.199 --> 01:12:05.520
a no contest. I don't know if that's really a

01:12:05.520 --> 01:12:07.680
thing you can bet on, but I would bet on a no

01:12:07.680 --> 01:12:16.390
contest. Josh Warrington retired, right? Yes.

01:12:16.449 --> 01:12:18.449
As far as I know. We don't have to deal with

01:12:18.449 --> 01:12:22.789
him anymore? Hopefully not. He looked like shit

01:12:22.789 --> 01:12:27.829
in that fight. That last one. His headbutting

01:12:27.829 --> 01:12:31.069
was still... His headbutting game was just fucking

01:12:31.069 --> 01:12:35.630
peach perfect still. Yes. The thing he's best

01:12:35.630 --> 01:12:41.189
at. Yep. Can't be beat. Jazza Dickens, though.

01:12:41.760 --> 01:12:48.359
He got elevated as the champion. He didn't really

01:12:48.359 --> 01:12:52.600
fight his way there. Yeah, it's not like I'm

01:12:52.600 --> 01:12:56.779
a big Jazza fan. This is more of a hate watch

01:12:56.779 --> 01:13:03.100
than anything. Yeah. But it does look like there

01:13:03.100 --> 01:13:08.939
might be some fun scraps. Yeah. Gary Coley is

01:13:08.939 --> 01:13:14.279
not bad. Not a bad... Out. He comes to rumble.

01:13:15.439 --> 01:13:19.380
Even if he's outgunned. Where is this? Okay,

01:13:19.479 --> 01:13:23.859
Benito Sanchez, his opponent, is 17, 17 and 4.

01:13:26.199 --> 01:13:31.640
Yeah. Question marks. He's a Mexican ginger.

01:13:31.840 --> 01:13:35.020
Maybe he'll bang. That's what I was going to

01:13:35.020 --> 01:13:39.159
say. Oh, my God. All his last fights are losses,

01:13:39.220 --> 01:13:44.329
though. How many is this? Holy shit. He's got

01:13:44.329 --> 01:13:49.529
the one draw. Yeah. His last ten are nine losses

01:13:49.529 --> 01:13:54.550
and a draw. Okay. But all of his a lot of these

01:13:54.550 --> 01:14:00.569
losses are scoring referees in the UK. So he's

01:14:00.569 --> 01:14:04.630
been brought in I think. To lose. I think what

01:14:04.630 --> 01:14:09.310
is happening is they brought him in to put him

01:14:09.310 --> 01:14:12.760
in front of developing young British fighters,

01:14:13.039 --> 01:14:17.779
and then they say, look, it's a Mexican. You

01:14:17.779 --> 01:14:20.579
can do it. We need to get over the mental hump

01:14:20.579 --> 01:14:25.140
of facing Mexican fighters. Yeah, because Mexicans

01:14:25.140 --> 01:14:29.539
beating Brits, it's a tale as old as time. It

01:14:29.539 --> 01:14:34.439
is. It is. But I'm not going to put any hopes

01:14:34.439 --> 01:14:40.289
in Benito Sanchez, given his recent record. He's

01:14:40.289 --> 01:14:44.930
from the Chololo Larios Boxing Gym. So, isn't

01:14:44.930 --> 01:14:56.109
that fun? Moving on. Goldenboy, also on DAZN.

01:14:57.390 --> 01:15:02.489
From the bottom up, I'm not certain that this

01:15:02.489 --> 01:15:05.029
is the exact running order, but the fights that

01:15:05.029 --> 01:15:10.409
we do know, we have Jojo Diaz. Who's he fighting?

01:15:10.550 --> 01:15:15.949
I just completely fucking blanked on it. Alexis

01:15:15.949 --> 01:15:21.109
Rocha. God. He's facing Alexis Rocha at welterweight.

01:15:21.569 --> 01:15:25.829
Are they finally going to kill Jojo Diaz? One

01:15:25.829 --> 01:15:31.850
can hope. Fucking child toucher person. Yeah.

01:15:32.850 --> 01:15:37.470
But like, Jojo is tough. You have to give him

01:15:37.470 --> 01:15:41.880
his tough. Yes. But Alexa Rocha is just going

01:15:41.880 --> 01:15:45.119
to beat the shit out of him. Alexis Rocha is

01:15:45.119 --> 01:15:49.840
like a full -fledged welterweight. He's not necessarily

01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:51.739
the greatest welterweight you're going to come

01:15:51.739 --> 01:15:55.300
across, but he's... But he's also not the worst.

01:15:55.520 --> 01:15:58.659
Yes, he's not the worst either. And then Jojo

01:15:58.659 --> 01:16:03.960
Diaz, he's started his career at like 126. Yeah,

01:16:04.039 --> 01:16:09.569
like Jojo belongs at like 130. 135 maybe. Maybe.

01:16:11.010 --> 01:16:14.250
But yeah. This isn't going to go well for Jojo

01:16:14.250 --> 01:16:17.689
Diaz. No. And he cuts so bad. This is going to

01:16:17.689 --> 01:16:20.989
be bloody. I'm 100 % sure we'll see blood. I

01:16:20.989 --> 01:16:23.510
was going to say I'm 100 % sure this doesn't

01:16:23.510 --> 01:16:28.930
go the distance. One way or another. Yeah. Jojo

01:16:28.930 --> 01:16:32.590
doesn't have power. No. He didn't really have

01:16:32.590 --> 01:16:39.420
power before. Yeah. This is just somebody wants

01:16:39.420 --> 01:16:42.140
to see a pedophile get beat up. And I'm all for

01:16:42.140 --> 01:16:47.300
that. That's not a complaint. Moving up. Gabby

01:16:47.300 --> 01:16:52.539
Fundora versus Viviana Ruiz. I'm always excited

01:16:52.539 --> 01:16:55.439
to see Gabby. Man, she's going to beat the piss

01:16:55.439 --> 01:17:01.380
out of this woman. Yeah. Yeah. Vivian Ruiz is

01:17:01.380 --> 01:17:07.939
good. But Gabby's just... really good she's great

01:17:07.939 --> 01:17:16.819
yeah i've been seeing it's come up especially

01:17:16.819 --> 01:17:21.380
with the most recent clarissa shields fight the

01:17:21.380 --> 01:17:25.800
talk of where where do women land on the pound

01:17:25.800 --> 01:17:30.159
for pound list because you have to do you do

01:17:30.159 --> 01:17:32.720
have to give credit to shields for being as dominant

01:17:32.720 --> 01:17:37.310
as she is but Like, you also have to keep in

01:17:37.310 --> 01:17:40.829
mind that her opposition is not very good. So,

01:17:40.909 --> 01:17:44.590
like, you're crushing cans, and you're dominating

01:17:44.590 --> 01:17:48.369
as you're supposed to, but someone like Katie

01:17:48.369 --> 01:17:52.489
Taylor has had a lot tougher opposition. Tougher,

01:17:52.590 --> 01:17:57.470
yeah. Well, and you always say you don't consider

01:17:57.470 --> 01:17:59.829
the heavyweights in the pound -for -pound, really.

01:18:00.090 --> 01:18:03.829
I don't. No, I don't. So that acts as Clarissa.

01:18:05.920 --> 01:18:09.319
Yeah, well, she was never in it to be... She

01:18:09.319 --> 01:18:11.140
was in it when she was, like, at super middleweight

01:18:11.140 --> 01:18:13.199
and stuff, but... Yeah, yeah. Yeah, not anymore.

01:18:15.220 --> 01:18:17.340
I don't know. Pound for pound in the women's

01:18:17.340 --> 01:18:20.979
is... I'd have to put Gabi way up there, I think.

01:18:21.020 --> 01:18:23.640
Absolutely. That's why I'm asking. She's probably

01:18:23.640 --> 01:18:28.899
my number one. People won't like that take, but...

01:18:28.899 --> 01:18:33.920
I mean... She fights small, and she gets knockouts.

01:18:36.039 --> 01:18:40.260
Which not many women do. Yeah, it is a bit more

01:18:40.260 --> 01:18:43.180
uncommon. Even across on the MMA side of the

01:18:43.180 --> 01:18:48.079
street, it's still not as common. Yeah. Like,

01:18:48.159 --> 01:18:51.199
Gabi might be my number one. I haven't sat down

01:18:51.199 --> 01:18:53.260
and really thought about it, but she's probably

01:18:53.260 --> 01:18:58.260
my number one, pound for pound. She's got skills,

01:18:58.460 --> 01:19:03.260
but she also seems to have some power. Yes. Yes,

01:19:03.260 --> 01:19:07.640
she does. So that leverage that she gets on those

01:19:07.640 --> 01:19:11.239
fucking long -ass limbs. Yeah. One of the few

01:19:11.239 --> 01:19:16.500
things that I remember from AP Physics is torque.

01:19:17.239 --> 01:19:22.100
Yeah, yeah. Long levers. Yes. Speaking of pound

01:19:22.100 --> 01:19:26.100
for pound, Oscar Collazo will be putting his

01:19:26.100 --> 01:19:30.210
WBA, WBO... Minimum weight titles on the line

01:19:30.210 --> 01:19:34.229
against Jesus Haro. I'm still pissed off about

01:19:34.229 --> 01:19:36.250
this. This was supposed to be Melvin Jerusalem.

01:19:37.109 --> 01:19:41.170
It was. They screwed over my little Filipino.

01:19:42.850 --> 01:19:49.550
I mean, Collazo's gonna kill this kid. Yep. It's

01:19:49.550 --> 01:19:55.979
not gonna be competitive. Even I don't know who

01:19:55.979 --> 01:20:01.579
Jesus Haro is, and he's got a few losses already.

01:20:03.720 --> 01:20:08.279
For whatever it's worth, beloved listener, Koyaso

01:20:08.279 --> 01:20:13.520
is the number one strawweight, and Haro is number

01:20:13.520 --> 01:20:19.479
60 on BoxRec. Yeah, I don't understand. Why did

01:20:19.479 --> 01:20:22.500
you do this? Having Melvin Jerusalem on there,

01:20:22.989 --> 01:20:26.329
You could have marketed that as something. Well,

01:20:26.369 --> 01:20:28.310
it would be another unification. Exactly. It

01:20:28.310 --> 01:20:32.250
would have gotten Collazo closer. Yeah. But,

01:20:32.329 --> 01:20:35.829
yeah, I don't know. I really like Collazo. I

01:20:35.829 --> 01:20:39.409
think he's a great boxer. But this move has annoyed

01:20:39.409 --> 01:20:43.850
me to no end. And I don't get the thought process.

01:20:44.989 --> 01:20:49.379
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. Unless

01:20:49.379 --> 01:20:52.460
Collazo hurt himself in camp or something and

01:20:52.460 --> 01:20:56.420
doesn't want to... Oh, something we don't know

01:20:56.420 --> 01:20:58.680
about behind the scenes? Yeah, and he's like,

01:20:58.760 --> 01:21:02.600
well, give me somebody I can beat anyways. Someone

01:21:02.600 --> 01:21:07.579
I can beat handicapped? Yeah, like, Collazo can

01:21:07.579 --> 01:21:15.060
beat this kid with a whatever. And main event,

01:21:15.359 --> 01:21:20.430
Arnold Barbosa. Versus Kenneth Sims at Welterweight.

01:21:21.890 --> 01:21:25.670
Which one's Kenneth Sims? Sorry. This could be

01:21:25.670 --> 01:21:29.729
fun. They both kind of throw a lot of punches,

01:21:29.829 --> 01:21:33.029
right? Or am I mixing up my people? I am not

01:21:33.029 --> 01:21:36.569
very familiar with Kenneth Sims, to be honest.

01:21:38.829 --> 01:21:43.510
His box rec pitcher is also not great. It just

01:21:43.510 --> 01:21:45.689
looks like something somebody took after a fight.

01:21:46.279 --> 01:21:51.359
Yeah. Sims is coming off a loss to Duarte. Oh,

01:21:51.359 --> 01:21:56.500
shit. He is. Close decision loss. Close -ish.

01:21:57.779 --> 01:22:06.100
Mixed decision. Yeah. That was at 140. He fought

01:22:06.100 --> 01:22:11.079
Kendo Castaneda at 147. Jonathan Romero at 147.

01:22:14.300 --> 01:22:17.819
Huh. Kind of goes up and down a little bit. Yeah,

01:22:17.819 --> 01:22:20.539
he's fluctuating a bit. Yeah, and I've definitely

01:22:20.539 --> 01:22:27.619
seen some of these fights. Barbossa, he's been

01:22:27.619 --> 01:22:33.539
at 140 for a minute. I think this could be interesting.

01:22:34.260 --> 01:22:39.180
This seems on paper like it should be a good

01:22:39.180 --> 01:22:42.340
matchup. Yes, it appears that it should be competitive.

01:22:43.119 --> 01:22:48.210
Yeah. Even if Kenneth Sims is number 56 or whatever.

01:22:49.069 --> 01:22:54.550
I think he's better than that. Barbossa with

01:22:54.550 --> 01:22:59.869
the number 8 on BoxRec, that's at 140. For whatever

01:22:59.869 --> 01:23:03.170
it's worth. Because he hasn't moved up yet. Right.

01:23:04.350 --> 01:23:08.590
Way to tick. No, Kenneth Sims is also rated at

01:23:08.590 --> 01:23:15.420
140. So, never mind. His last fight was at 140.

01:23:17.939 --> 01:23:22.239
I mean, included in your DAZN subscription, definitely

01:23:22.239 --> 01:23:28.159
worth watching. Yeah. And if nothing else, I

01:23:28.159 --> 01:23:30.939
can promise that the chat will be fun. If the

01:23:30.939 --> 01:23:34.539
fights suck, the chat gets more fun than normal.

01:23:34.640 --> 01:23:37.979
That's true. And you get to see Gabi, and you're

01:23:37.979 --> 01:23:40.800
going to get to see Collazo's style on some nobody.

01:23:42.700 --> 01:23:46.560
Yeah, which... Pisses me off. If you want to

01:23:46.560 --> 01:23:51.239
start getting into the Mighty Minis, this is

01:23:51.239 --> 01:23:54.920
a good time to start. I don't know if this is

01:23:54.920 --> 01:23:56.699
a good time, but you'll probably see a knockout.

01:23:56.800 --> 01:23:58.420
That's what I'm saying, because it's going to

01:23:58.420 --> 01:24:03.180
be a beatdown. Yeah, but one -sided beatdowns

01:24:03.180 --> 01:24:06.180
aren't fun. The Minis are fun when it's close

01:24:06.180 --> 01:24:08.939
and they throw a thousand punches. That's what

01:24:08.939 --> 01:24:11.539
makes them a good time? That's what makes them

01:24:11.539 --> 01:24:14.439
a good time. If you aren't scared of getting

01:24:14.439 --> 01:24:16.720
knocked out with one punch, you take more chances.

01:24:18.220 --> 01:24:23.039
And you throw more. That is my pitch for the

01:24:23.039 --> 01:24:27.300
minis. Well, speaking of the minis, Sunday, March

01:24:27.300 --> 01:24:34.439
15th, take in promotions at Yokohama Kanagawa,

01:24:34.500 --> 01:24:38.619
Japan. I got my ticket. Well, I paid for my ticket.

01:24:38.659 --> 01:24:42.470
I gotta go print it out. today uh from these

01:24:42.470 --> 01:24:47.649
bottom two do you see we have hayato aiko versus

01:24:47.649 --> 01:24:51.710
natsuki kuramochi that's i don't know these two

01:24:51.710 --> 01:24:55.750
i don't know yeah i don't know these two uh matsumoto

01:24:55.750 --> 01:25:02.050
i've seen before russei matsumoto he's on his

01:25:02.050 --> 01:25:05.770
way up but i don't know that he'll ever really

01:25:05.770 --> 01:25:09.170
get out of japan If I'm not mistaken, he has

01:25:09.170 --> 01:25:15.229
the WBA regular title. Okay. Well, then he's

01:25:15.229 --> 01:25:20.329
going to get out of Japan. Uni Takada is one

01:25:20.329 --> 01:25:24.189
of those gatekeeper guys. Like, if you can beat

01:25:24.189 --> 01:25:27.770
him, you're good. If you're not that good, he's

01:25:27.770 --> 01:25:33.270
going to beat you. But this is a rematch. Is

01:25:33.270 --> 01:25:38.479
it? What does TDU mean? TDU's a unanimous technical

01:25:38.479 --> 01:25:41.500
decision, so it's like it got medical stoppage

01:25:41.500 --> 01:25:45.500
after the fourth. Okay, okay. Then it goes to

01:25:45.500 --> 01:25:49.579
the cards. Yeah, so their last fight went to

01:25:49.579 --> 01:25:52.659
the cards early. Looks like it's after the fifth,

01:25:52.819 --> 01:25:57.760
and those five rounds were a clean sweep for

01:25:57.760 --> 01:26:03.720
Matsumoto. I suspect he'll win, but it should

01:26:03.720 --> 01:26:09.069
be a fun fight. Anthony Olasquaga, WBO flyweight

01:26:09.069 --> 01:26:14.609
champ versus Jukia Imura. I went out for drinks

01:26:14.609 --> 01:26:18.350
last night and I got Olasquaga a new fan. Really?

01:26:18.409 --> 01:26:23.409
Yeah, the Brazilian girl invited me out for drinks

01:26:23.409 --> 01:26:25.689
with one of her lab mates because he watches

01:26:25.689 --> 01:26:29.770
boxing. And I was talking about Olasquaga and

01:26:29.770 --> 01:26:32.590
how he's called the princess and he always has

01:26:32.590 --> 01:26:35.789
like fun outfits and stuff. And she's like, I

01:26:35.789 --> 01:26:37.930
don't care about boxing, but his Instagram looks

01:26:37.930 --> 01:26:40.710
cute. Because I showed her, he did a get ready

01:26:40.710 --> 01:26:44.569
with me. Of course he did. Of course he did.

01:26:44.609 --> 01:26:48.550
He doesn't have, well, I guess he's got a little

01:26:48.550 --> 01:26:50.970
bit of a beard, but he trims up his hair and

01:26:50.970 --> 01:26:53.930
stuff like once a week himself. He lines it up

01:26:53.930 --> 01:26:58.149
and everything. Yeah, and he like fades the sides.

01:26:58.369 --> 01:27:00.609
I don't know if that's the right word. But yeah,

01:27:00.670 --> 01:27:03.949
he was doing his get -ready thing, and I showed

01:27:03.949 --> 01:27:07.489
her that, and she's like, this is cute. And I

01:27:07.489 --> 01:27:11.909
was like, nice. Yeah. How tall is this woman?

01:27:16.630 --> 01:27:18.850
She's a little taller than me, maybe like 5 '5",

01:27:18.850 --> 01:27:22.949
5 '6". Okay, so kind of at the height where if

01:27:22.949 --> 01:27:24.909
she saw Ola Squaga in person, she would say,

01:27:24.989 --> 01:27:29.840
oh, that's cute. Yeah, probably. And I was trying

01:27:29.840 --> 01:27:32.939
to explain how small the boxers I like are. And

01:27:32.939 --> 01:27:36.039
I'm really bad at kilograms. And she's like,

01:27:36.180 --> 01:27:39.060
what do they fight at? Like 60 kilograms? And

01:27:39.060 --> 01:27:44.119
I was like, no. Like, what's 60 kilograms? I

01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:48.739
think they fight at 43 or 44. Yeah, yeah. And

01:27:48.739 --> 01:27:51.560
she's like, I haven't weighed that since elementary

01:27:51.560 --> 01:27:59.460
school. And I was like, yeah, yeah. So. I'm excited

01:27:59.460 --> 01:28:04.260
for the Ola Squaga fight. I don't think I recognize

01:28:04.260 --> 01:28:06.939
the guy he's fighting. His box art picture is

01:28:06.939 --> 01:28:10.640
hilarious. It's him in a sombrero. Well done.

01:28:11.180 --> 01:28:15.699
And it's red, white, and green too. Dope. Never

01:28:15.699 --> 01:28:20.479
fought outside of Japan, so I'm not sure what

01:28:20.479 --> 01:28:26.539
that's about. But yeah, I'm assuming Ola Squaga

01:28:26.539 --> 01:28:31.260
is going to win. It's always a fun fight. Yeah,

01:28:31.260 --> 01:28:35.920
he's an exciting fighter to watch. Yeah. Moving

01:28:35.920 --> 01:28:41.600
up, Tamanun Neomtrong, aka Knockout CP Freshmark.

01:28:42.520 --> 01:28:46.680
I get to see the legend in person, Leo. Yeah.

01:28:47.560 --> 01:28:51.180
He's defending, right? His WBC Light Flyweight

01:28:51.180 --> 01:28:55.340
title? Yeah, I think he won it in his last fight.

01:28:56.520 --> 01:29:02.470
He's facing... Shokichi Iwata. Iwata's also fun.

01:29:03.170 --> 01:29:07.409
Like, this should be good. Iwata has power for

01:29:07.409 --> 01:29:10.470
such a small guy. I'm a little worried that he's

01:29:10.470 --> 01:29:16.510
gonna crack Freshmart. Freshmart does have a

01:29:16.510 --> 01:29:21.489
lot of mileage. He's old. And being that small

01:29:21.489 --> 01:29:27.369
has to be hard. I'm just super excited to see

01:29:27.369 --> 01:29:31.569
Freshmart in person. I was talking to a different

01:29:31.569 --> 01:29:34.609
girl. She's from Thailand, and she didn't recognize

01:29:34.609 --> 01:29:36.689
his fight name, but she's like, oh, this guy's

01:29:36.689 --> 01:29:40.109
super famous. He's on TV all the time. So apparently,

01:29:40.250 --> 01:29:47.310
CP Freshmart's famous in Thailand. Yeah, I was...

01:29:47.310 --> 01:29:55.319
My thinking was... CP Freshmart? is an online

01:29:55.319 --> 01:29:59.680
like uh order and delivery grocery store yeah

01:29:59.680 --> 01:30:02.159
they also have locations you could go to but

01:30:02.159 --> 01:30:04.819
it's one of the biggest chains in thailand so

01:30:04.819 --> 01:30:08.159
like apparently he's like the the sponsor for

01:30:08.159 --> 01:30:11.720
them he's the poster boy for yeah so it makes

01:30:11.720 --> 01:30:14.819
sense that everybody would know who he is of

01:30:14.819 --> 01:30:17.899
course it's like having your name be fucking

01:30:17.899 --> 01:30:24.800
uh leo xp walmart or something Yeah. But like

01:30:24.800 --> 01:30:27.800
he's on the commercials. Yeah. She didn't recognize

01:30:27.800 --> 01:30:32.140
his name. Oh, well, I probably butchered. Well,

01:30:32.279 --> 01:30:34.479
I tried his real name, but I probably butchered

01:30:34.479 --> 01:30:39.880
it. But she recognized his face instantly. Nice.

01:30:40.560 --> 01:30:43.640
Yeah. I'm glad he's famous. I love C .P. Freshmark.

01:30:44.100 --> 01:30:49.439
Yeah. He his rivalry with I don't remember his

01:30:49.439 --> 01:30:53.060
full name, but his. His rivalry with Moonsree?

01:30:54.100 --> 01:30:57.739
Yeah. That was one of the few things that got

01:30:57.739 --> 01:31:02.680
me paying attention to the straw weights. Well,

01:31:02.699 --> 01:31:05.380
and just holding that belt for so long. People

01:31:05.380 --> 01:31:10.020
don't do that. Like, you don't stay that small

01:31:10.020 --> 01:31:14.079
for so long. Is this the main event? I don't

01:31:14.079 --> 01:31:16.100
know if I have the running order. You have them

01:31:16.100 --> 01:31:18.960
out of order. Ola Squaga is the main event. Okay.

01:31:19.289 --> 01:31:22.729
Makes sense. But the last one on the card, Nonito

01:31:22.729 --> 01:31:30.069
Donair versus Riku Masuda in a WBA bantamweight

01:31:30.069 --> 01:31:35.850
eliminator. I can't believe Donair's still doing

01:31:35.850 --> 01:31:40.130
it. Well, he had a great fight with Susumi. He

01:31:40.130 --> 01:31:43.350
did have a great fight with Susumi. I'm also

01:31:43.350 --> 01:31:46.369
excited to see Donair again, but I kind of hope

01:31:46.369 --> 01:31:50.500
Masuda wins. To be honest. Just to send Donair

01:31:50.500 --> 01:31:55.079
home? Yeah. If he keeps doing this, he's gonna

01:31:55.079 --> 01:32:00.279
get hurt. Well, Rachel Donair is accustomed to

01:32:00.279 --> 01:32:04.100
a certain lifestyle at this point. And Nonito

01:32:04.100 --> 01:32:07.539
Donair is the most pussy -whipped man on Earth.

01:32:07.779 --> 01:32:11.239
He is most definitely at his wife's beck and

01:32:11.239 --> 01:32:16.100
call. Yeah, yeah. So if she wants him to keep

01:32:16.100 --> 01:32:19.420
fighting, he probably will. Oh, he'll fight until

01:32:19.420 --> 01:32:26.140
she says stop. Yeah. But Masuda's good. Like,

01:32:26.140 --> 01:32:32.659
this is not a gimme at all. Masuda's only loss

01:32:32.659 --> 01:32:38.220
was to Seiya Satsumi. It's very fitting that

01:32:38.220 --> 01:32:41.819
they would be having an Eliminator. But yeah,

01:32:41.880 --> 01:32:45.880
I'm super excited for this one. Alright, so we've

01:32:45.880 --> 01:32:54.699
got taken. We're going into your trip to Yokohama

01:32:54.699 --> 01:32:59.140
weekend. Yeah. We've got a little bit of action

01:32:59.140 --> 01:33:05.260
in Dublin. Out in California. But the mighty

01:33:05.260 --> 01:33:11.119
mini card parting words. I'm just super excited.

01:33:11.239 --> 01:33:14.460
It's a night of legends. Like, there's a couple

01:33:14.460 --> 01:33:17.960
people on this that well i never thought i'd

01:33:17.960 --> 01:33:21.100
get to see knockout cp freshmart live so i'm

01:33:21.100 --> 01:33:26.020
just super excited about that and this arena

01:33:26.020 --> 01:33:30.819
is close to like four craft beer breweries yeah

01:33:30.819 --> 01:33:34.539
so i might wake up early have a couple beers

01:33:34.539 --> 01:33:41.579
before the fights guy I went to drinks with,

01:33:41.680 --> 01:33:44.479
he's from Yokohama, so he was letting me in on

01:33:44.479 --> 01:33:51.560
all the secrets. Nice. Yeah. Oh, shit. Well,

01:33:51.800 --> 01:33:57.800
for parting words, in the recaps was my boxing

01:33:57.800 --> 01:34:00.979
outing in the previews, Shinada's boxing outing.

01:34:01.460 --> 01:34:07.239
If you can, go to an event. If it's near enough

01:34:07.239 --> 01:34:10.250
that you're like you're not going to be put out

01:34:10.250 --> 01:34:16.289
going, then go. Honestly, even like smaller shows

01:34:16.289 --> 01:34:19.789
can be a lot of fun. Club level stuff can be

01:34:19.789 --> 01:34:23.729
a lot of fun. And they're usually not that expensive.

01:34:24.149 --> 01:34:27.930
Club shows are not at all. Like, I don't know

01:34:27.930 --> 01:34:30.409
about American prices, but here it's like 50

01:34:30.409 --> 01:34:36.789
bucks to go to Colerico and Hall. I don't...

01:34:37.449 --> 01:34:40.729
I was getting in on press passes. Not flexing,

01:34:40.729 --> 01:34:44.210
but at the same time, I couldn't drink or anything

01:34:44.210 --> 01:34:48.310
or have a ball. I'm supposed to be a neutral

01:34:48.310 --> 01:34:55.590
observer. But, yeah. Those are my parting words.

01:34:55.649 --> 01:34:59.430
If you can go to an event, fucking go. You will

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not regret it. I agree. I'm gonna miss. boxing

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when I go back to Canada because there's fucking

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none to watch live. Well, that's it for this

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edition of Boxing Before Dark. Fuck, my batteries

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are getting low. And it is getting dark. See

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you on the other side of Yokohama. Bye.