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Alright. Timer is running. Holy shit. It is the
Boxing B -Sides. We're having a fucking roadhouse
of a day. Joined by Saul, the one and only. What's
up, guys? Happy to be back after two long weeks.
And Josh. What's up? Caddio man. Caddio man.
All right. Don't have a lot of MMA to recap.
But there has been some pretty monumental news.
This is like big in the sporting world in general.
Before we get to that, first things first, Matchroom
Talent Agency, this fresh new company that Eddie
Hearn stood up specifically to sign UFC heavyweight
champion Tom Aspinall to a management deal. It's
pretty obvious. This is Eddie Hearn's retaliation
to Conor Benn. All I can really take away from
this is if Eddie can get Tom the money he fucking
deserves, hopefully others will take notice.
And they don't necessarily have to sign with
Eddie, but they'll start negotiating for better
pay because, like, fuck UFC and their pay model.
Fuck him right in the fucking butt. But, yeah,
Tom Aspinall, he is now BFFs with Eddie Hearn.
So isn't that fun? Now, the UFC White House card.
The shit has been in the news since it was announced
like a fucking year ago. And the lineup has finally
been released. The event is called UFC... Freedom
250. Yeah, she's asked. Oh, my God. Bone nickel
on the card, right? Yes. Oh, man. So, I forget
what the term is for 250 years. It's like bi
-quintennial or whatever the fuck. I don't remember.
But that is the overall event. Freedom 250 is
the brand. Sestercentennial. Is that what it
is? Yes, or semi -quincentennial. Semi -quincentennial
is what I was trying to get at. Yeah, sestercentennial
is also, yeah. So the way that I liken it is
if I say September 11th, 2001, you know what
that day is. But if I say 9 -11, there's a whole
lot more that gets wrapped up into that, like
all the fucking music that came out, all the...
uh you're either with us or against us type of
talk all that bullshit that happened back then
so freedom 250 it's kind of what that is it's
unfortunate that they're commandeering my beloved
for this but let's go down the card real quick
at the top ilia taporia the lightweight champion
is going to be consolidating with Justin Gaethje,
the interim champ. Alex Pajera will be fighting
Cyril Ghosn for the interim heavyweight title.
The aforementioned Tom Aspinall is still recovering
from surgery. Yeah, from... Cyril Ghosn. Cyril
Ghosn. Yep. So, prayers up for AP's eyes. Sean
O'Malley, an all -American kid, bantamweight,
fighting Ayman Zahabi. My thinking here is that
they got a Middle Eastern dude to get beat up.
Because there are better options for Sean O'Malley
to face, but we got this. Yeah, I've heard of
a guy named Sandhagen that they want him to fight.
Yes, Corey Sandhagen is a very good choice. Mauricio
Hufi versus Michael Chandler. Michael Chandler's
a big MAGA dude, so no surprise there. Are you
going to get his ass beat? Yes. He's well past
his prime. Unfortunately for Mikey Chan, it's
not going to be a good night. Mikey Chan's great.
Bo Nickel. The aforementioned, he's like an all
-American Division I wrestler or whatever. So
naturally he's going to be on the card with the
fucking gimme opponent. And Diego Lopez versus
Steve Garcia. This is just an action fight. So,
fun. But there you have it. I do want to say
that it's funny that about all the rumors surrounding
the event. I'm pretty sure you guys... obviously
i've talked about this on ultimate fucking casual
shout out to isaac and nathan and leo over there
but it's funny how this card was played up to
be the biggest card not just of the year but
in ever year history yeah exactly you're talking
about john jones versus alex perea and then apparently
i even heard ilia tapuria versus makachev Yes,
that was all of the rumors of fights that fell
through, or a fight that fell through. Like,
Jon Jones was first AP. That was one of the big,
like, is it this one? But it was Ilya Zaporio
versus Islam Makachev. That was supposed to be
on here. And then I also heard that Conor McGregor,
his day got moved back fucking until July. He'll
be on a numbered event. like UFC 330 or something
like that, or 329. So he'll still be on a major
event, but just not this one. He just didn't
want to waste him on there. And one thing I do
want to say, I just want to point out to Matt,
again, I feel like they, I just want to go back
to the original point with Matt Strum and Tom
Aspinall. I just wanted to bring up that this
can shake up the whole entire UFC system. I mean,
it could pretty much become a union at that point
if they have Eddie Hearn, leading the charge
of negotiating fighter pay with Dana White. You
know, get them all paid their well -deserved
money. So, you know, I got to hand it to Eddie
Hurton. That's kind of fucking funny. Dana White
started this problem for himself by paying Conor
Benn 15 mil for a bullshit fight. He started
this. He's bringing this on himself. So it's
no surprise, like Sean O'Malley and others, like
Michael Venom Page, those have been two very
vocal critics of the Conor Benn signing. Understandably,
they're like, where's my 15 mil? All the work
that I put in, all the risks that I take to build
up not just myself, but to build up UFC as a
brand, where the fuck is my compensation? Yeah.
So, yeah. Rightfully so. Absolutely. I hope that
Tom Aspinall, like, I had said it kind of jokingly.
I've said it before. Like, is Eddie Hearn saving
American boxing? Now, is Eddie Hearn saving UFC?
Oh, my God. He is saving MMA. Is he saving MMA
right now? God. He might be killing UFC by the
way. Or at least Dana White's involvement in
the UFC. Cry me a river. Oh, yeah. That guy's
hilarious. Yeah, he can go turn tomato red somewhere
else. For me, what's paramount is fighter safety,
fighter compensation. These are the dudes that
are taking the risks, so they should be paid
for it. But anything more for... A little bit
of MMA news. All right. So like Saul, like you
mentioned, we're going to be talking about this
very extensively over on Ultimate F and Casuals.
So wherever you get podcasts, that's where you
can get that. Let's get into boxing news. Motherfucking
Virgil. We're starting off with your client.
Saul Goodman oh yeah so shout out Isaac the other
half of my Virgil bro my Virgil bro deal the
Virgil bromance yeah my Virgil bromance if Isaac
and Saul die Virgil has no more fans yeah that's
facts actually that's not facts because Virgil
has a lot of fans so fuck you guys I don't know
I think the Freudian slip was the first one So
the legal move which Virgil undertook as we understand
it under the advice of Rick Morigian. Is it Morigian
or Morigian? I've never heard his name said out
loud. Just Rick. Rick Motherfucker. Rick Butthead.
He advised Virgil to try to legally maneuvered
his way out of his Golden Boy contract so that
he could negotiate with Matchroom for the boots
fight. And the judge put a stop to it, has called
for arbitration. And in his clapback Thursday,
Oscar has, I don't know, take his word for whatever
you value it to be. He has said, like, I have
no ill will towards Virgil. It's just Rick is
a dickhead. This is just going to be, you're
going to burn up your capital fighting me in
court. So let's sit down and talk like men. I
don't know. Saul, you're the Virgil bro. What
do you got here? Well, as much as I'm very critical
of Golden Boy and Oscar himself, my point, my
standing is that it wasn't so much on the part
of Virgil, but more as manager that kind of fucked
him over. I did a little bit of research and
I got a feeling that since Oscar was kind of
losing the DA the DA zone contract that Rick
merging kind of saw the opportunity to break
away from a virtual break away from Oscar and
one of the clauses in virtual contract is that
the Oscar golden boy has to have a relationship
with a network now that relationship can either
be and I guess this will Oscar argued That a
relationship could be like a swerve TV. Yeah,
swerve TV. Or he's working with PBC, you know,
something. He could put Golden Boy on BLK Prime.
That could be considered a relationship with
the network. There just has to be an outlet for
Virgil's fights. Exactly, for boxing. Exactly.
And I think that's what screwed Virgil over.
I'm not going to say that Oscar is innocent because
Oscar is also holding Virgil back from a money
fight. Also, the fact that Virgil's only, I think,
max pay, this is kind of what started it, that
Virgil's max pay was $3 million guaranteed. When
he wanted more, he wanted to equal the pay he
got from the Madrigal fight, which was a Riyadh
season card, where if he went to Saudi Arabia,
he would be given more money. So there's a lot
of politics involved. So I see there's a lot
of... A lot of shit to go around. You know. Mainly
on a good portion of it on Rick Meridian. Yes.
That he does seem to be like the objectively
bad player in this whole fucking charade or act
that we have going on isn't. Didn't a matchroom
offer like 10 million plus guaranteed? I believe
so. Yes. But I think it was also a multi -fight
deal match. Oh, that's right. Yeah, it was. Which
included the boots fight. However, honestly,
I mean, again, we kind of see the writing on
the wall with Golden Boy. They're kind of going
out of business. It's unfortunate. Yeah, exactly.
It would be good for Virgil to leave, but his
contract's not up until, I believe, August of
2027. And if until that time, you know, he has
a couple little fights here and there, he could
ride it out and still make money. Versus if,
you know, he doesn't fight at all. He doesn't
Mike Garcia and just wait out his contract, you
know. Let the time run out. Yeah, let the time
run out. I mean, he loses two valuable years.
He could fight it out. Is it strictly time -based,
or is there like X number of fights and then
more time? His contract is up, I think, in August
2027. And that's at that point that he could
renegotiate or he could just find another promo.
I believe that's what I saw. And honestly, it's
kind of sad to see that potentially Virgil won't
be able to fight throughout all of 2027. Which
I believe, honestly, the only way he fights again
might be if he gets a shot at a title. Because
I even see myself that. I think Virgil's pretty,
pretty, what's the word? He's going to leave
Golden Boy. He's made it very public that he
is going to leave Golden Boy. He made a tweet
about it. You know, he's gone. He doesn't want
to work with Oscar anymore. So if he's trying
to sever the relationship, then I feel like he's,
instead of trying to negotiate with Golden Boy
for better pay and an extended contract, he's
just going to try to buy his way out. That's
what I see. That's my prediction. He's just going
to try to buy his way out through arbitration.
But I feel like Oscar's going to be petty and
just ride it out. Josh, how are you feeling?
No, I don't disagree. It's a rough situation
for Virgil to be in. As funny as the Virgil no
world title bit is, it's a shame he's not going
to be in the ring anytime soon as a result of
the legal troubles. Did it end up being true
that if he had just waited a week, he would have
been able to negotiate the boot swipe? Not sure.
That I hadn't heard. I did hear something about
how if he had just waited it out, he would have
been able to negotiate without getting into a
pile of shit. I think that was just from an independent
news outlet. It's unverified, but if it's true,
then my opinion flips. If that is true, that
he could have just waited a week, I'm going to
blame it on Rick and say Rick is a dickhead and
he misguided. Virgil to pull the trigger a little
too early. Exactly. 100%. And also, Golden Boy,
Oscar himself is not vindicated from it, or is
not free from hate, because honestly, the stuff
that he says on his Cloudback Thursdays, I mean,
that can also hinder on the ability to get a
fight for Virgil, for talking all this smack
about Eddie. And everybody else throwing caca
at everybody. Especially his dad. Exactly. If
you can't land a version of the fight, that's
also from, yes, the manager, but also from a
promoter's standpoint as well. You're not able
to get your fight or that fight. You can't throw
your weight around. Oscar doesn't have any weight.
No, not anymore. I mean, really, why would PBC
want to fight Virgil if the WBC is not going
to mandate it? Sebastian Fundora is just going
to fight Errol Spence, as they've been trying
to do. That's not even a joke, seriously. They're
going to have Sebastian Fundora fight Thurman,
and most likely the winner between Zhu and Spence,
probably if Spence wins. If Spence wins, it's
going to be Fundora -Spence, yes. Exactly. And
they're going to make a big old thing about it
saying Spence is back. But that's some bullshit
because Virgil's been the number one guy at the
WBC. He got the interim title. So I don't wish
bad on Sebastian Fundora. I don't. I don't want
him to be injured because he's a great fighter.
And this is just the politics of where he's at.
But the only way for Virgil to get that WBC title
is if Fundora gets injured and is out for...
A year. Or. If Thurman. Wins and retires. On
top of the title. That's the only way Virgil
is going to be able to get that. WBC trinket.
Because otherwise. He ain't seen shit. He should
vacate. And honestly. And this might be. This
might piss some people off. It might piss Isaac
off a little bit too. So. Sorry. But. Virgil
is probably the best case for Zufa. That's probably
the best fighter they can get. Because if I were
Virgil, I would be pissed at how my promoters
were working, how these belt organizations are
treating me, knowing I'm the best guy in this
division, but I'm getting screwed over. You'd
have to move up to 160. He's going to have to
beat fucking Callum Walsh. 160 will have a much
easier... But even then, for the WBC, I mean,
that's getting... That's Adame's. That's Adame's
and Ramos' land right there, you know? I mean,
come on. If Virgil really wanted the title, honestly,
the only way he's going to get it is through
injury or he goes to Zufa. And he says, fuck
you to everybody else. And honestly, I'm not
going to say I wouldn't blame him because I would
kind of turn my back on Virgil for that. That's
still bullshit, but that would make sense. That's
a cardinal saying, he's going to Zufa. Exactly.
But that would make sense. Why? Because he's
getting fucked. You're not a champion. You're
a guy that's getting screwed over politics. You
know? I've said for quite some time it's it's
weird how WBC is often I don't know if it's often
but it's From what I've gathered, like in my
journeys, my travels online and everything, it
seems to be held as like the most prestigious
title that you could get. Yeah. But they are
the most fucky with their rules. Like being an
interim champ. Now, say what you want about UFC.
Justin Gaethje won the interim title because
Ilya Teporia. had legal issues so he was like
dealing with a divorce and custody battle for
his kid it was looking like he was going to be
out for the majority of the year he ends up getting
his stuff settled and now they're consolidating
it immediately now how long has virgil had the
interim title how many fights has he how many
times has he defended the interim title like
what the fuck does that even mean um it's That
is where world championship aspirations go to
die is WBC interim belt holder. Just me, me,
I don't know, just calling it like I see it.
WBC is pretty fucking scummy with their interim
stuff. Worse than WBA, maybe. Is that too much?
Is that a... A little bit too far? That's a bit
too much. Yeah, you're right. Still. Virgil deserves
better. I think if he goes to arbitration, if
he is truly determined to get out of his golden
boy situation, I wonder if Eddie Hearn would
be willing to put up the cash to buy him out.
That comes with... Just because you get more
out of him than the boots fight? Absolutely.
You have him on a multi -fight deal. Yeah, you
have a guy. You don't only get the boots fight,
super fight out of it. You get the right to Virgil's
rebuild. You get the boots rematch. Or if he
wins, you get the right... If he wins, you get
a new Mexican star. yeah like you either like
there's no loss because virgil filling in an
undercard on the rebuild is having him as your
co -main like what a what a sales pitch so easy
every time every time it's and you don't and
the thing is that like you get him at an all
-time low in value because this is a guy who
has trouble show who has had trouble showing
up to a fight uh who has not been in the spotlight
for ages right Like, you buy low on him, and
you just get all the value. Well, I'll tell you
this. You put Bam and Virgil, dual headline in
Texas. You're selling out that much. No, that
sells, dude. That sells. Bam and Virgil in Texas?
That is like, that would be to me. The second
iteration, there used to be Triple G and Roman
Gonzalez. It was the big drama show and the little
drama show. Virgil and Bam, that's fucking 2
.0. That's it right there. Let's keep it rolling
here. USA Boxing, the amateur system in the States,
withdraws their support for the Oli Revival Act.
uh naturally this is a good thing the only thing
i'm curious about is what is the rationale i
that's all i want i just want to hear what the
thinking process was why did you support it in
the first place and why are you withdrawing support
now uh you know it i'm more than happy to see
another like a big power player as an opponent
to this i just want to hear the thinking that's
all What's your theory, Leo? I think Shanada
had it right when she said they actually read
the thing. All you gotta do is read it. It sounds
great on the surface. All the numbers and the
minimums and all that stuff sounds great on the
surface. In broader context, not that great for
boxing. Professional boxing, I'll say. Man, this
is actually a good time to put your plan into
motion. So let's see if we can get somebody from
USA Boxing to talk about it. Comment on this.
Yeah. Just give me a blurb. I'll take it. We'll
see. Even anybody. Yeah. I would love to hear
from the athletes. Did they read it? Did somebody
brief them on it? What's the deal here? You do
a good interview. But like I said to Shanada,
all you had to do was call Lux Media. Bitch,
I fucking read the thing. I watched all of it.
All of us read the thing. We all read it. We,
I, I, I did. I know I posted the videos for you
guys. I don't know if you watched them, but all
of the house committee hearings and sessions
for the revival act, I watched like fucking hours
of congressional hearings. And they weren't even
hiding it. Like what, how bad this was going
to be. No, the, I honestly was pretty upset that
they got Muhammad Ali's wife to speak in support
of it. I think they gave her the surface level.
Like, look, we're going to increase fighter minimums
and insurance and things like that. And doctors.
Yeah. It sounds good. It sounds great. It does
sound good. Like, it sounds good when you obfuscate
all the, like, the real purpose and... how you're
gonna get there what are the third and fourth
order effects of what we're trying to accomplish
with this yeah like yeah yeah surface level like
yeah fighter minimums but i'm like this is gonna
this opens the door to basically permanently
curtail fighter maximums yeah and destroy small
and destroy small promoters by putting a lot
of the costs on them instead of the commission
you destroy entry level is dead You destroy small
promoters and you basically gain the power to
curtail fighter maximums. And you create, when
you kill the grassroots, you create a scenario
like UFC has now, where they have, if you go
to UFC Fight Pass, they have like 15 fucking
promotions that all fight on UFC Fight Pass.
And they're all farm leagues. That's all it is.
So you're going to have the astroturfing of UBOs
or small -time promoters that just feed into
Zufa or whoever else. Yeah. But let's keep it
rolling. This is the news the world has been
waiting for. Tony Yoka, Lauren Ciccoli. April
25th in Paris. Please contain your excitement.
This might be the worst fight ever. Yeah? It's
pretty goddamn bad. Yeah. Like... Like, this...
Like, genuinely, like, Yoka is... Hot dog shit.
He's not... He's terrible. And Okoli, like, is...
Cold dog shit. Is an affront to the sport. Yeah,
he is. Like, it's like, if you pay money to watch
him, you are part of the problem with this sport.
You're kind of a chud. You are a chud. You deserve
what you get. It's going to be a bad fight. Like,
that money is better spent on Zufa than Lawrence
or Coley. Honestly, go get a meth head hooker
at that point. A good Zufa fighter? Yeah, like,
dude, I've seen better, I've seen more entertaining
fights on Street Peeps. Like, please. You'll
probably have more fun on heroin. You'll probably
have more fun in a homeless restroom wiping your
butt on a toilet seat. I mean, this fight's horrible.
Lawrence Coley and Tony Oka. I need Lawrence
Coley to step up and get knocked out. Please.
I'm over it. You could Lawrence Coley and Tony
Oka and show. He's probably the only fighter
I've seen who, like, Has promotional issues.
Not because he's difficult to work with. Or a
bad person. Or particularly bad. But because
he's like. He's so. Just. Awful. To watch. That
like. There is nobody who wants to see him. Not
even his whole family. Would go watch him fight.
Yeah. It's horrible. I remember. This was several
years ago at this point. I had worked an overnight
shift at a data center. And I would get home.
They had unlimited overtime. So I was getting
home at like... I got off. My shift ended at
like 7. I'm getting home at like 1. Just because
of that sweet, sweet money. But I got home. And
Tony Yoko was fighting Martin Bacoli. And I had
been having trouble. I had not at that point
gotten like a sleep mask or blackout curtains.
So I was having trouble sleeping. I put on Tony
Yoka, Martin Bacoli. Man, I was out like a light.
It's beautiful. Thank you, Tony Yoka. Moving.
Two wrongs might make a right. You guys may never
know. It might be a banger fight. You might be
onto something here. Tony Yoka not being gun
-shy because he's not scared of, like, offense
coming back at him. Who knows? This might be
the recipe. It might be the greatest fight in
French history. We don't say this often, but
just put this shit on the background while you
do something else. If you're going to watch this
fight, just put it on the background. Netflix
and chill, just Tony Yoka and Loris Chloe and
chill. Like, come on. This is pathetic. Yeah.
Is this pathetic? Mario Barrios has announced
his move to 154. Whatever. Sure. Yeah. He's going
to get his ass kicked a few times and then retire.
You know what's going to happen? You know what,
man? Put him with Virgil for his first fight
with Matchroom. And that's not... They're going
to do Sebastian Vandoro versus Mario Barrios.
And they're going to fight until the draw. No
way. Vandoro will beat the absolute piss out
of Mario Barrios. It's not happening. Like, Barrios
is... Oh, my God. Like, he should have gone straight
to 160 if he wanted any type of success. Should
have gone to Zufa. Former world champion Mario
Barrios. But yeah, this is not... This ain't
it, man. You weren't very good at 147. Now you're
moving up to a division where the guys are a
lot... Not a lot, but they're bigger than you.
And a lot better. They're a lot stronger. And
yeah, they're better. This shit ain't it, man.
You got a kid. You need to reconsider your choices
here. Or don't. Manny Pacquiao Jr., his fight
on February 28th was canceled, and it has been
moved to April 3rd. He will be on the Tataran
Perez undercard. Manny Pacquiao Jr. is not very
good. Just for the sake of his father, I'm giving
him the little time that I have right now. Moving
on. Iceland. Manny Pacquiao Jr. is as good of
a boxer as Manny Pacquiao Sr. is as a politician.
That's giving too much credit to Jr. I was going
to say that's giving too much credit to Pacquiao
the politician. Either way, that's a fucking
dunk. He's about as good as Campbell Hatton.
That's what I was going to say. You remember
Campbell Hatton, co -main. On a pay -per -view
fighter. Excellent. Iceland will be hosting its
first ever professional boxing event on April
10th. The headline, Icelandic Viking Kolbin Kristiansen
will be facing Austrian Sasha Milenkovic. Heavyweights.
I hope the crowd's good. Yeah. I really think
Reykjavik is going to show out for their, like,
it's their home guy, right? So I think they're
going to come out. I hope they can tap into a
new market. Hopefully Iceland might just love
Bakken so much they just become mega fans. A
new Germany without the questionable judging.
Would love to see it. I thought you were going
to say a new Germany without the questionable
history. No, Iceland's got some fun history too.
Yeah, goddamn Vikings. Questionable decisions.
Sam Eggington will be returning on May 2nd against
Kona Walker. God. You know, at least they made
Ted Cheeseman Sam Eggington ever. Those two should
fight each other. Just in perpetuity. As long
as they want to continue fighting professionally,
they have to fight each other. Yeah, Cheeseman
and Eggington. That was there. That was when
this gimmick peaked. Have the referee named like
Ham or Bacon or something. Bacon, Egg, and Cheese.
Bacon, Egg, and Cheese. The Bacon, Egg, and Cheese
on May 2nd. All right. Ping, everyone. David
Allen versus... He is teasing a quote -unquote
world -class opponent. The frontrunner is Ji
Lei Zhang. That's going to be a hilarious fight,
man. Two guys who are terrible, fat, and out
of shape. Actually, that's... Desang isn't terrible.
He's just out of shape. Old. Old, out of shape,
doesn't drink water on fight week. Dave Allen
shows up. He's got the jokes to prove that he's
hydrated. Oh, man. Oh, my God. Shows up looking
like the Michelin Man dude. these years trainers
like Dave Allen's in fantastic shape and I'm
like he showed up at a career high weight that's
um who promotes like I guess Queensbury like
the Allen's matchroom matchroom so it's been
Eddie that's been in the in the headlines saying
like oh if uh David Allen he's he's been more
dialed in than I've ever seen him and he's he's
really Eager to prove that he still has it. Like,
that type of shit. I don't know if I believe
that. Guy who never had it. Has suddenly found
it. Yeah, guy who never had it, though. Eddie
Reynoso helps people find it. If you follow me.
Last bit. We'll find drugs. Just on the nose.
It's all perfect. Last bit. Haney and Rolly Romero
are in, quote, late -stage serious talks for
a unification fight. Man, Rolly Romero continues
to overachieve. I need him to win this one with
Haney, too. That would be the funniest thing
in the world. I'm telling you this. There's a
path for Rolly undisputed. There is. Roley undisputed
before Virgil Ortiz belt is probably the best
thing that will ever become reality. I'm confident
Roley beats Lewis Crocker. I would agree with
that. Roley beats Crocker. It's literally just
Haney, and then he can probably beat Ryan again.
Or he has a chance of beating Ryan. It's just,
I'd laugh so hard. I would say, like a grieving,
mourning flowers to Virgil. Like, your career's
fucking over, bro. Brawley is undisputed before
you got a title. Get the fuck out of here, dude.
Call it quits. It's over. Yeah, what I can hope
for from Haney is he displays what he did at
the beginning of the Brian Norman fight, where
he showed that he can be entertaining. And what
he also demonstrated in the latter half of that
fight is that he just chooses not to be engaging.
For that reason, I hope Raleigh wins. And then
Raleigh's going to knock him out. Oh, God. I
would send him, like, money or something. And
we're going to cry laughing. Yeah. We're going
to cry laughing. At everyone, like, ten fucking
times. Raleigh beat Haney. Raleigh beat Haney.
Three -division champion? God, you're right.
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Wait, was he a champ at 135? I think he was interim,
right? Interim. So 140 and 147. Yeah, but for
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champ. And Virgil. Yes, as well. Anything more
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Let's go Rolly. Rolly Undisputed. That's where
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on the 27th of February. There is quite a bit
that happened here. The top two. The main and
co -main. Ruben Aguilar. gets the corner stoppage
after the eighth, and Edward Vasquez corner stoppage
after the fifth. This, as Shanada pointed out,
and I thought it was a good one, is this was
a little bit more less competitive matchups,
a little bit more one -sided than we're used
to with Pro Box. Still, like, entertaining, but
not a lot of back and forth. Yeah. Man, they
also made it a point to make sure you knew this
event was taking place in Arlington, Texas. Holy
shit. Moving on. Saturday, February 28th. Manny
Pacquiao promotions in Verona, New York. The
only two. The top two. Lorenzo Parra stops Elijah
Pierce in the second. That's just the main event.
But I was here for Kermel Moten gets the corner
stoppage after the second. The shit was not even
competitive. Moten does what Moten do. That's
about all I got. Yeah. Did he? Wait. Did he weigh
at 140 or 147 for this? He's at 147 now. Jesus
Christ. Growing boy. Yeah, he's still like 19,
18. Fucking ridiculous. Yeah, he weighed in 142
for this fight. Matchroom on DAZN. Your boy was
in attendance. From the bottom up... The Jumbotron
was not showing... They didn't have the bugs
that showed the names and the trunk colors. They
just had the camera feed and the timer. So I
don't really remember who all these people are.
$25 Michelob Ultras were really hitting the spot.
Raman Muhammad stops Mitchell McFadden in two.
Hector Beltran, UD over Cesar Diaz. This young
man was impressive. Philip Vela, UD over Brian
Ramos. I know it was Philip Vela because I got
a ticket in the Philip Vela fan section. Nice.
So I got to sit next to his grandma and grandpa,
and they were very proud of their young man.
As he should have been. But after that, like
all the Vela people just went up and got shithoused
and then they came back for the main event. So
that was fun. Let's see. Oscar Alvarez, UD over
Treaty Ochoa. Arturo Popoca split draw with Jordan
Martinez. Martinez was a local kid. So the crowd
did not appreciate that he got a draw. However,
I think the draw kind of saved him from losing.
So count your blessings, people. Um, Abel Ramos
split decision over to mere smalls. This was
like this for unks all across the country. Abel
Ramos, you did it for us. Uh, God damn, that
was great. Tamir Smalls started off nicely. Abel
Ramos. Not going to say there was a tipsy guy
in the crowd shouting to pressure him. And that
pressure. Go on, my son. Go on, my son. Pressure.
Go on, my son. Pressure behind the jab. Work
in. Get underneath. Work the body. Not going
to say that's what did it. But we all saw what
happened. Go on, my son. Emiliano Vargas. Corner
stoppage after the ninth over Agustin Quintana.
Apparently, the corner had been telling him for
a few rounds at that point, like, hey, you're
taking too much punishment. We're not going to
let this continue. So they finally pulled the
plug. Agustin was not happy, as one might expect.
But Emiliano Vargas was whooping that ass. Miliano,
that was, I'm not gonna lie, that was a tough
fight for Miliano. Yeah, he had to find new gears.
Yeah, and he showed some strength, but he also
showed what he also needs to work on. Yeah. A
little more so than even his last fight. This
fight was, I mean, I gotta admit, the guy that
he was fighting was tough. Tough SOB. Yeah, but
you didn't, looking at the guy, you probably
wouldn't know. You wouldn't expect him to be
tough. Unexpectedly tough, I would say. And Emiliano
put up a good fight, and we'll see where he goes
from here. But I'm glad he got through it, got
the knockout. It looked great. Do you think this
was a case of Team Vargas picking an opponent
that they maybe underestimated? Because, look,
this guy Quintana is from Argentina. and maybe
i don't know y 'all must have forgot but argentina
has like a really deep roots in boxing oh yeah
like they their records are very misleading yes
i wonder if that's if that's what happened is
like they tried to pick a showcase and instead
they put on a competitive compelling fight Rather
than a highlight reel, but c 'est la vie. In
the main event, Emmanuel Navarrete stops Eduardo
Nunez in the 11th to unify the WBO and IBF super
featherweight titles. Saul, you were a Nunez
guy. You and I. What did you see Nunez? What
went wrong for Nunez? I feel like Nunez early
on didn't put the pressure on enough. He kept
going on the back foot. And I guess Navarrete,
that's not really a good idea with the size,
the length that he has, and the awkwardness he
has in his arsenal. Going on the back foot is
probably one of the dumbest things to do if you're
not. a slick fighter and nunez unfortunately
one i to me it seemed like he wanted to feel
out navarrete and try to see how he fight try
to like figure him out and he got pummeled bad
and i want to be on about you guys but i don't
care what anybody says nunez showed tremendous
heart in that fight he went, he got up as I was
busted up and he still wanted to continue that
last round. They had to stop the fight for him.
You know? Yeah, you're right. He was absolutely
courageous. And by the end, I was just kind of
saying, stop the fight, dude. It's, it's, it's
over. You know, he just go, go on and fight another
day. You go, you take the loss and you already
have a loss on your record. You know, you're
not gonna be undefeated no matter what. Take
the loss and just come back another day. You
can in the future get a title again. You're not
horrible. It was funny. My girlfriend was crying
because I was kind of hyping up Nunez to her.
She was somehow busted up and the music they
were playing too was emotional. Very beautiful
Mexican ballad. I was like, man, that's fucked,
dude. I was like, this shit happens on the regular
in boxing. Yeah, you should see what happens
to Virgil. Shed some tears for him. I'm good.
But, you know. Tears of laughter. Shut up. Shut
up. But, no, no. It was, it was, he showed tremendous
heart. And I got to give it to Nevin. I did not
expect him to have, still have that in him. He
looked great. Fighting on the outside and on
the inside. I'm just, I was kind of left in shock.
I was like, shock. I don't know he had that anime
anymore. I know if you go into Discord and you
check the gifs and you type in bowing or we're
not worthy, for me, the Wayne's World gif comes
up of them like, we're not worthy of their idols.
Yeah, I see it. To me, that's what Nav did. I
was writing with Nunez. I wanted... some comeuppance
for nav never taking things seriously um like
i i just wanted it i wanted that road to run
out that's it um and i had hoped nunez would
be able to do it but man like as you put it uh
i think he was starstruck um the the lights of
being in a like 15 000 packed arena Main event.
Unification. Vaquero Navarrete is in front of
you. Like, bro, I've never been in a situation
like this. Like, not even close. And I think
that it got to his head a little bit. But, yeah.
Josh, what do you got? Nav. Damn, Nav looked
good. Nav looked good. He looked in shape, which
is... Nutritionist Nav. Yeah, I was about to
say, like, damn, that's the difference that actually,
like, eating well and not slamming, like, Mexican
Cokes two weeks before your fucking fight looks
like? Jesus Christ. Liam Wilson would like a
run back. Yeah, like, Jesus Christ, man. Where
was this earlier? Yeah. Man, this is, uh... This
is a scary prospect, I think, if he continues
to do the strength and conditioning, the nutritional
stuff. This is a fucking totally different beast.
Working out and... Actually exercising. Doing
your job as a professional athlete and you look
this much better? Jesus Christ. Would have figured.
Oh, my God. Yeah, like over on Boxing Before
Dark, we had joked. I think I told you guys that
Punch the Little Monkey would pick Nav. Yeah,
we talked about it. We did. But those fucking
gorilla arms with this version, Navarrete owes
Charlie Suarez the rematch. That was like the
promise that you step aside for this unification.
You'll get a shot at the two belts if I win.
And that's what's next. Suarez stood a chance
because he's mad decent. And also that Nav wasn't
doing the stuff that he did for this. Do you
think that is Charlie Suarez enough of an opponent
to get Nav up and going, like to have that same
motivation? I don't know. Like, that's just...
Damn, it's nice when he's not eating, like, bomack
before a fight. Oh, my God. But besides Charlie
Suarez, he called for Oshaki Foster. And that
takes, like, a special level of confidence. Oshaki
Foster is your textbook outfighter. He's slick,
mobile. long jab nav also has long ass arms so
he might be able to work past that nonetheless
like it's like that come forward rumbler like
nav oh shaki foster's like the fucking kryptonite
for that man and that's that's like the one of
the first names out of his mouth i think i got
shaki for that fight if i do too I, so do I,
I'm going to be hoping nav can pull it off, but
I, yeah, I think Foster's going to win as much
as I'd like nav to win, but Hey, you guys, uh,
Hey Eddie, um, bring that one back to Phoenix.
We can, uh, we can, uh, make it work. I guarantee
you one ticket sale. Okay, so we got Nav. He's
got a rematch Suarez. He called for Oshaki Foster.
And the other title holder is Jazza Dickens.
Well, Jazza for about... Is it this week? Yeah.
We'll be talking about it in a minute. Jazza
for about the rest of this week. Unless he beats
Kakachi. He's not beating Kakachi, but that's...
The Britslayer? Yeah, like, Britslayer Supreme,
come on. Guac is included. Britslayer Supreme.
Nunez. I think... Saul, you put it well. Nunez...
As long as Nav is in the picture, maybe not.
But Nunez will get a title again. He could go
for one of the other ones. But we know IBF likes
to recycle their guys. So if he stays in the
IBF ecosystem, he's going to get another shot.
Oh, yeah. So regardless, I would like to see
how Nunez rebuilds from here. Because you got
the jitters out. You heard the big crowd. You
got the big lights. Let's get serious now. Let's
bring it back. Yeah, let's bring it back around.
Anything more for Nav Nunez? All right. Let's
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them. Friday, March 13th in our previews. Probox
TV. They have a card every weekend until mid
-April. Fucking yes. We are eating. We are feasting.
So yeah, this one's in Kissimmee, Florida. There
are some Probox alum on here. Nachi Lopez versus
Manuel Gallegos in the main event. Dominic Valle.
in the co -main, and his fucking compatriot Kenyon
is further down the bill. But pro box good. Well,
man, we've been getting the spectrum. We've been
getting the usual highly competitive 50 -50 matchups.
We've gotten the decision -heavy cards. We've
gotten knockout -heavy cards. Fucking one -sided
cards. Like, man, Pro Box is really flexing.
Saturday, March 14th. Queensberry at the Three
Arena in Dublin. This is your Who's Who of Britslop.
There are some fun -ish names on here. Let's
see. Gary Coley is facing... Benito Sanchez,
17 -17 -4 is his record. I would appreciate if
you two could go to his box record real quick.
Because I have a theory about who Benito Sanchez
is. He's a very ginger... Mexican. He's freckly
and red hair and everything. Yeah, I'm looking
at his box rec right now. He's a symmetrical
record. Yeah, he does. He does have one. Yes.
Canelito has a symmetrical record. So what I
think, if you look at his most recent, like,
ten fucking fights, they're all in the UK. They're
all scoring referee points decisions that he
loses. Here... is my theory on Benito Sanchez.
He is a Mexican fighter that they bring to the
UK to lose. They bring him there to be beaten
by British fighters so that they can get over
the mental hump of facing a Mexican. That's true.
I genuinely think that that's what he's for.
That's what he's doing. That's his purpose. Little
Canelo. Gary Coley got fucking sparked. There's
a guy named Rocky Israel refereeing one of these
points losses. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Now, Gary Coley got smoked by Jose Felix. Yeah,
who is not great. No, he's not. And he is like
eight inches shorter than Gary Coley in everything.
Cully had all the advantages. I think Benito
is the practice fighter. See, you can beat a
Mexican. See, you just did it. So you can beat
a Mexican, yeah. You can beat Mexicans. They're
not all that scary. Look at him. You just beat
him. Curiously, Jono Carroll's still fighting?
Yeah, the angry leprechaun is still doing it.
I remember he had, like, a knockout of the year
contender. And it was, like, in January of, like,
2016 or something. Just a random thought. Yeah,
probably. Mark Chamberlain still doing it. Jesus,
they pulled out every washed up Brit for this.
Kakashi's lining all of them up in a row. Yeah,
like, I was about to say, like, damn. Kakachi
really owns this fucking country. But, yep, main
event. Jazza Dickens, the WBA super featherweight
champ versus 7th ranked Anthony Kakachi. I don't
really have a lot to say. Honestly, Benito was
more fun than, like, the rest of the shit. When
I was doing Boxing Before Dark, we both kind
of stopped. Benito Sanchez, 17, 17, and 4. What
the fuck is this? Yeah, five knockouts on each
wins and losses. Man, he's just the best. He
might be my new fucking pet favorite. Just the
most random person you could fucking fall for.
Oh, yeah. Moving on. Saturday, March 14th continues
with Golden Boy at the Honda Center in Anaheim,
California. Starting us off, Pedo Diaz versus
Alexis Rocha. Fucking Diaz has been undersized
since he moved up from 130. And now he's fighting
at fucking welterweight. Alexis Rocha is not
the best welterweight that you could encounter,
but he's also not the worst. This is a fucking
mistake on DS. Shanada put it... Are we trying...
Is somebody trying to get a diddler killed? Because
that's kind of what it looks like. Well, yes.
The world's smallest violin playing for the diddler.
Sorry. Don't care. Ari won't play violin. He
can just go straight to fucking hell. Moving
on to someone who does deserve all the violence,
Gabriela Fandora, the undisputed flyweight champ
versus Viviana Ruiz. I consider myself quite
the degenerate to include the mighty minis and
the women's side. I don't know who this woman
is. I'm expecting Fandora is going to whoop that
ass. That's about it. Yeah, she built ass knockout.
Classic Gabi. So, I had this conversation with
Shanada and it was about women's pound for pound.
Since Shields competed recently, the conversation
seems to be around her Having to be number one
versus other women fighters like Fundora, Katie
Taylor, who beat better opposition. But for some
reason, Clarissa Shields has to be first for
fighting. It's not at all her fault. Fighting
dogshit fighters. It's not her fault. She's...
Crushing the cans as she should. Yeah. Not like
someone we'll talk about next week who does not
do that distinctly. One thing about Shield is
that she's very great with her skills. She's
just, she's easily the best women's fighter.
Does Taylor not, like, in her prime, I guess.
Best and greatest are different. Okay. All right.
I'll say Taylor's, like, among the greatest,
like, closer to greatest than Clarissa is. Mm
-hmm. Just because she had the strength of opposition
to actually go out and fight. And, uh... What
is it? Shields just... She's the best, but cannot
be the greatest because there's no strength of,
uh... Like, who did you beat? Danielle fucking
Perkins? Come on. Yeah, like, there's just...
It's just not... It's not there. I want to continue
reiterating it's not Clarissa's fault. It's not.
No, I don't know. Like, she's easily the best.
Like, her skills are so head and shoulders above
anyone. It's just she has no one to actually
show out against. She gets... She absolutely
deserves the moniker, the quote that she picked
for herself. Just the same way Floyd Mayweather
picked TBE for himself. Muhammad Ali picked goat
for himself. Yeah. You guys, like you all are
that fucking good. You, yes, absolutely. That's
your nickname. Um, my one thing that I don't
know if this is a hot take or not. I don't, when
it comes to pound for pound considerations, I
do not include heavyweights period because the
point of pound for pound is to compare to the
heavyweights that's that was like the whole purpose
of what pound was made for so like why so like
i'm i'm curious how does usik being number one
like no shit he's the biggest baddest boxer ever
like right now he's the he's the baddest man
on the planet i'm curious how like if we scaled
how does bam compete or how does virgil compete
Usyk's a unique case because he's... Cruiser,
yes. He went up. No, but he's also just that
good. But that's my hot take on pound for pound.
Similarly, it applies to the women's side as
well. Clarissa Shields, to me, doesn't go on
a pound for pound list because she is the one
that you're comparing everyone else to. So...
I don't know. Still, like, I think Shanada said,
like, Gabi has an argument to be over Shields.
What do you think? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Especially
because Gabi's more dominant over similar opposition.
Right. Like, even if you're going to say, oh,
Gabi's also fighting bums, too. She's... Her
bums are better than Clarissa's bums. Her bums
are better, and she's ripping their hearts out.
Like, it's not... What did Shields do in her
last one? 10 -0? It's UD, UD, UD, but you don't
get paid extra for overtime, and dominating them,
especially in shorter women's fights to that
extent, is more impressive to me personally.
I agree. I agree completely. Let's move on. Speaking
of pound for pound, fucking Oscar Collazo will
be putting his WBA, WBO. Minimum weight titles
on the line against Jesus Haro. This, I know
you guys probably don't care, but this was supposed
to be Melvin Jerusalem. And it was supposed to
be a three belt unification. And the Golden Boy
rug pulled on Jerusalem like two weeks before
the fight. So. I care. He could have been. Three
belts. Right. That's, that's what, uh, like,
like fucking loves these minimum weights and
stuff. And like, we were both lamenting like
three belt unification is something you can market.
Oscar Collazo whooping on some dude you never
heard of. You barely even heard of his, the three
belt guy, but now this absolute fucking nobody
who cares last. Main event, Arnold Barbosa moves
up to welterweight against Kenneth Sims Jr. Is
Kenny Sims, like, is this somebody that we should
be concerned about? No. I'm not too familiar
with this game. Not particularly. If it was a
good fighter, I wouldn't be concerned about it,
but Arnold Barbosa is not a fighter. He's not
great. He's not great. He's decent. He's decent
contender level. And I'm not trying to knock
him because he's a regional fighter and, you
know, all respect to him. He's in a similar area
where I live. He's from the hood. You know? Yeah.
Well, you know, it's like I got to support the
guy, but I'm not going to lie and say, hey, this
guy is fucking goaded. I rode with Jose Benavidez
Jr. Like, he wasn't great. I rode with him anyway.
Barbosa's going to make it look harder than it
should be. but it won't be that. He's going to
make Kenneth Sims Jr. actually look good. Oof.
You think Sims is going to take it? Not Sims
is going to take it, but I feel like he's going
to make it look like Sims is actually... It's
going to be competitive. Yeah. When it shouldn't
be. Exactly. All right. Maybe Kenneth Sims and
Alexis Rocha could trade spots. And we can get
a little bit more of a clobber session. Alexis
Rocha's not even that bad compared to... I'm
not trying to call Arnold Boboza bad, but he's
very one -dimensional. He doesn't have power.
He's not fast. He doesn't have good ability to
cut off the ring. No lateral movement at all.
I mean, he's just a one -dimensional fighter.
That's it. That's all I gotta say. I mean, he
got... He got far for a reason, but there's a
ceiling with him. And he's already hit it. Golden
Boy Protection Program? Yes, 100%. In my opinion,
I don't even think he should be headlining the
card. He lost his last fight. I mean, I think
Oscar Collazo or even Gabby should headline this
card. But I mean, it makes sense if he's hosting
in Anaheim, they're more focused on getting people
to buy tickets rather than... People watching
the fight on streaming. Yeah, they had lowriders
in the promo stuff. Yeah. Very clear demographic
that they're catering to. 100%. I'm actually
considering going to the fight because it might
be cheap as hell. Oh, it's going to be cheap
as hell. Yeah. With... On Boxing Before Dark,
I was saying, like, I went for our parting words.
Like, I went to Matchroom, and Shonato is going
to the card that we're about to talk about in
a second. So, my parting words were, if you can
go, fucking go. So. I'm going to repeat that
to you. If you can go. If you can go. You're
not putting yourself out. You can take your lady
with you. Go. I'm thinking. It's selling fast.
Let me see. Pre -game. Oh, damn. $36. What? That's
a good price. Bro, you got to go. Or ringside
$150. Ringside? Bro, dude. What? My tickets were
like that much. And I wasn't on the floor. Damn.
Dude, get lower bowl. Lower bowl like front row.
Don't be on the floor. Floor seats are garbage.
Let me show you. I might just go with this one.
Because I get to see Gabby, Oscar, and Arnold.
And you get to see Penno Diaz get his ass beat.
Yeah, I mean, come on. Again, it'll be a good
watch. It'll be a good watch to go watch for
boxing. Just go watch the boxing. Especially
at that price. Jesus. The 222 section and the
208 section. Those are good. If you get a seat
that's by a corner, you might not luck out and
you get the camera corner. That's true. If you
could get red or blue, it's good because it's
always going to be clear during the rounds. But
the neutral corners, that's a gamble. And they
don't ever put out which corners they're going
to be where. I might just go my part. I think
you should go. If you can, you should go. Let
me see. But let's keep it rolling here. Golden
Boy. Anything more for the Golden Boy card? Besides
Saul, you gotta go. Pre -game in the parking
lot, don't pay fucking $50 for a single game.
Pre -game in the parking lot. Yeah, the StubHub
Center, or like Dignity Health, whatever the
fuck, they have a, it's the LA Galaxy stadium
as well. So, they have a, like, you can tailgate.
they have places to dump your charcoal when you're
done grilling. You can fucking tailgate boxing
events. That's pretty sweet. Pretty damn cool.
Alright, let's get the last card out of the way.
This is straight up Mighty Minis across the board.
At the top of the bill. Anthony Olaskwaga, the
WBO flyweight champ, is facing Jukia Imura. This
is the one Shanada was most excited about. Tamanu
Neomtron, a .k .a. Knockout CP Freshmark, is...
The GOAT. Of the Mighty Minis, he is ATG, for
sure. He is defending his WBC... light flyweight
title against Shokichi Iwata. Nonito Donair and
Riko Masuda are in a WBA bantamweight eliminator.
Both of these guys had really close fights with
the WBA champ, Seiya Tsutsumi. So, makes sense
that they're competing for a second shot. Who
else? Ryusei Matsumoto versus Yuni Takada. The
WBA regular minimum weight titles on the line.
Like, dude, how are there enough minimum weights
to warrant a regular title and a super title?
What the fuck? What, you're telling me you're
not a fan of this? I love boxing, just in all
its forms. Pro -box good. Pro -box good. Pro
-box good. I'll leave it. Knockout CP, fresh
Martha Goat. Exactly. Yeah. And, like, in the
developmental series, the largest fighters on
the card, Hayato Aiko versus Natsuki Kuremochi
at featherweight. Shenandoah will be in attendance.
We will all be watching. Fuck. Knockout CP Freshmark.
We're here for it. Was that good? Did I sell
the excitement? Did that do it? Alright, cool.
Saul, I would recommend checking out the latest
of Boxing Before Dark. You are mentioned several
times. several times oh i wonder if it's good
or bad it's all slander it is it's it's a lot
of um counter punches i'll say oh lord but in
the most recent in the most recent one yeah just
dropped like uh an hour or two ago i'll watch
today um all right so we are heading into sol
strip to the honda center Pardon words. Roland
Romero disputed 2026. Fuck Devin Haney. Fuck
Ryan Garcia. Fuck Lewis Crocker. Fuck Virgil
Ortiz. No, we love Virgil Ortiz here. I do. And
fuck Zufa. Roblox good. Roblox good. I'll reiterate.
I'm not sure if I'm going to cut all that chatter
out about your particular seating arrangements.
I probably will. So I'll just read it. I'll say
it again. If you can go, go. Even club shows
are a lot of fun. So if you can, do. Club shows
are not expensive. Even the drinks and stuff,
the concessions are not that expensive compared
to a big card. So if you can, do. You will be...
You'll never regret that you did. I'll leave
it at that. All right. That's it for this edition
of the Boxing B -Sides. We'll see you on the
other side.