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Dark. Holy shit. We are back. Shanada. We have,
this is like a two month old comment, but we
have an angry listener. Oh, nice. I like it.
So here, I'm going to read you the comment. I'm
not sure who this is directed at, but it was
on a Boxing Before Dark video. So it's one of
the two of us. Here, here, exact words from BC355.
How dare you comment on people from UK for thinking
we can't be bothered to travel 40 minutes to
see relatives. So many of us have traveled the
world, seen so many different cultures and people
from different environments. Most of you guys
don't even have passports because you think that
the US is the world. It's probably talking about
me then. I'm not saying that you're on that list
because I don't know you, just like you obviously
have no idea about the average person in the
UK. Alright. This was two months ago. So it's
January time frame. But we definitely talked
about it on the podcast. I remember. Of course.
Because I went to the UK. Which is how I was
able to speak with such confidence. Because every
single UK person that I met. Which was in Liverpool.
Thanks to Robbie. And how fucking outgoing he
is. It was a lot of people in Liverpool. Thanks
to me, just going out in Manchester and Leeds,
it was quite a few people. And same with London.
And the joke that I made every time rang true
with all of them. It was, to Americans, 100 years
is a long time. To Brits, 100 miles is a long
way. yeah and they all thought like yeah oh shit
like ha ha ha goddamn yankee that's exactly right
yeah yeah yes i know i i knew it was right before
i came but i you thank you all for confirming
yeah i don't mean to generalize everybody in
the uk of course that was never my intention
but based on the myriad of people that i did
meet traveling 40 minutes an hour is a long fucking
way. Cause like talking to them, uh, I, when
I was talking about going to see, uh, you bank
Ben and I was telling them like where I was staying
in London compared to where the fight was. And
they're like, Oh shit, that's a lot. Like that's
a, that's a bit of a hike even with taking the
subway. Well, like you gotta make it work, man.
If you really want to go to these things, you
gotta make it work. Yeah, like I'm going to those
fights in Yokohama and it's about it's probably
going to be a little over two hours with trains
and buses and stuff. And people are like, oh,
my God, you're doing that in one day. I'm like,
yeah, I want to see the fight. It's pretty fucking
standard in North America. Yeah. Like I go to
Tokyo fairly often and people are like, no, that's
like that's a big thing to do. You have to plan
that. It's a fucking 40 minutes on the train,
guys. well but it's worth it to visit family
i agree for family absolutely maybe maybe that
is the generalization that is when they didn't
like yeah yeah yeah yeah going for family maybe
that's a totally different story but like going
to like talking i've driven 40 minutes for mcdonald's
i've driven an hour and a half for mcdonald's
so sometimes you gotta have those fries man look
they're so good yeah The people in Liverpool,
I think it was 90 minutes by train from Liverpool
to London. Yeah. And they're like, oh, that's
way too far. I wouldn't do that. Yeah, I know
Robbie said he hasn't been to London in years
and years. Since he was like 13, he said. Yeah.
Like, bro, that's not that far. And he's like
30 -something. Yeah. Man, it's different because
that distance that he has to travel to get to
London, that's how far away my sister lives.
But that's totally different, going to a fight
in London versus going to visit your family.
I'd probably go to the fights. Well, that's a
lie. I used to drive four hours twice a month
to see my family. But yeah, I think the family
part is the... Yeah, yeah. Sorry, I know people
in the UK visit family. Of course. I have heard
people complain. About driving too far. And it's
not that far. It's like what I do to get my mail.
Yeah, there are social media people, like personalities,
who specifically, that I know of, a British guy
and a French guy. And both of them are like,
you have no idea. how big this place is oh yeah
that move to america yeah yeah there's a couple
guys that did the same thing in canada as well
yeah of course and they're like same same i said
i wanted to see the rocky mountains and i'm living
in i think he was in um saskatchewan somewhere
i think he was in regina and it's like a 10 -hour
drive and people are like oh yeah we'll plan
a we'll plan like a long weekend trip and he's
like no But my family used to go on a ski trip
twice a year, and we drove eight and a half hours
to get there. Like, driving to L .A. is about,
like, it's about six hours on the road. I've
done that for long weekends, like when we did
Bud Madrimov. Yeah. It's pretty standard. Yeah,
I guess priorities, and it's, like, it's also
relative. Like, because for me... Driving six
hours, not that big of a deal. Yeah. Yeah. But
keeping family out of it, because that's totally
different circumstances. But I'm super excited
we got a comment, even if it's a pissed off one.
Oh, we also, Pedro has been commenting on our
stuff, too. Oh, has he? Yeah. Where do people
comment? Because I only listen on YouTube. Yeah,
they're commenting on YouTube. Ah, shit. I'm
just too early, I guess. I got my notification
turned on. But I think that's going to do it
for our unrelated stuff. We were talking last
time, as we shift away from Punch, who has been
accepted by his troop, they took his plushie
away. They gave it to another orphaned baby.
Oh, nice. Not baboon or macaque. I think it was
a chimpanzee. Okay. But they gave it to another
baby that needs a cuddle friend. And as we shift
our animal focus, the pygmy hippo that was born
here in Arizona a few weeks ago is named Jelly
Bean. That's a perfect name for pygmy hippos.
Yes, it's very, very cute. There's already the
online discussion of Jelly Bean versus Mudang.
Mudang. Yep. Of course. Like, why do we have
to pit women against each other? Why can't we
just build each other up? Just be friends. Yeah,
dude. Fellow lady hippos being homies. What's
the problem? Named after food. Is that what mudang
is? Mudang's like fatty pork bowls, yeah. Oh,
fuck. Man, there's a dish in Korea. It's called
eodang, and it's like fish cake. oh okay so not
quite the same but then like when i heard mudang
i was like huh is that like beef cake just uh
dumb i think it's pork i think it's pork um but
we'll keep up with jellybean see what sort of
shenanigans she gets up to um but into the boxing
news finally well is it The IBF has stripped
Jannebeck. I'm trying to think. Finally, because
like technically, yes, he did pop for PEDs. But
the medical circumstances behind it, if we take
Team Jannebeck at their word. I think they did
release some medical records to the Boxing Commission
or whatever it is. So he was in the hospital
for something with stroke -like symptoms. And
that one he popped for is... If I understand
the science properly, and I might not, it helps
your body use sugar more efficiently. So I don't
really know how that one helps with a stroke.
But I am not a medical doctor, so maybe that's
super obvious to people who know stuff. I don't
know. Or maybe it was just him trying to cover
up that he was healing from being in the hospital
and took steroids. Using sugar more efficiently,
that does sound like you're cutting weight. Yeah.
This still smells like, oh, dang, still a little
fishy, but. Yeah. But if he really had a stroke,
I fucking hate when boxers go back in the ring
after stuff like that. Yes. Major medical issues.
Dog, if you genuinely had a stroke, as you claim,
it's time to call it quits. Yeah. Like you've
made a lot of money. It's not worth dying. Right.
Open a gym. Kazakhstan, like, fucking team up
with Triple G. Get another energy drink out there.
There's other shit you can do, man. Yeah. You
don't have to not work. You just need to not
get punched in the head for a living. Or cut,
like, 30 fucking pounds to make weight for a
fight, like, two or three times a year. That's
true, too. Yeah. I guess we'll have to keep watching
to see how this shapes out. Like, not necessarily.
Like, the IBF, they've stripped him, so that
ship has sailed. WBO gave him that retroactive
suspension. The Kazakh Commission gave him that
retroactive suspension. Of, like, one year, which
he was probably going to be off anyway. Right.
If he had a stroke, like, a year is... Not a
lot of time to be taken off. Like, you should
be taking more, if not indefinite. Like, yeah,
exactly. But yeah, we'll see how this shapes
out, because things are still fishy here. Frank
Sanchez, his knee was inflamed, I think was the
word. So his fight with Richard Torres, that
was the co -main for Fundora Thurman. That fight
has been postponed. Brian Mendoza versus Yohannes
Taez is now the co -main. Mendoza's fun. Yes.
Like, that should be a good co -main. Probably
better than Richard Torres, to be honest. Mendoza
is fun. I just don't like the heavyweights very
much. Shenada biases. They don't throw any punches.
I think Richard Torres would have thrown a lot.
He is more active. If anyone was going to make
it stinky, it would have been Frank. Not just
because he's Cuban, but also because his knee,
it's a known issue. Yeah, it's a known issue.
And that he's a Cuban like 33, so he's probably
like 40. Exactly. But Brian Mendoza is fun, as
you put it. Yoannis Tejas, I don't remember if
he's been back since he lost to Bas Baru, but
he did give a spirited performance even in that
loss. So this is not a bad comeback for Tejas.
It's a winnable comeback. Yeah, this one isn't
like a foregone conclusion or anything. I think
it'll be a fun co -main. I think it'll be pretty
close. Yeah, it should be competitive. Michaela
Mayer has parted ways with Top Rank. She's now
signed with Most Valuable Promotions. MVPW, I
think, is the subsidiary that they're using.
Oh, okay. I was like, what the fuck's the W?
But yeah, yeah. It's Watermelon. I'm just slow.
What was nice was Michaela Mayer took to social
media and she's been saying like, I'm beyond
grateful for the time I had with Top Rank. It
was like the most wonderful 10 years ever. I'm
grateful to Todd Duboff for taking a chance on
me. I would not be who I am or in the position
that I'm in without Top Rank. It's just nice
to see somebody like parting ways with a promoter.
And not saying, like, fuck that snake. Yeah,
yeah. Well, and MVP is the place for the women.
It is, absolutely. They get the women big fights,
and they have fucking most of the good women
boxers right now. So it should be easier to make
some big fights. The only one missing from, like,
the major women that are not signed with MVP,
Clarissa Shields and Gabby. I don't know who
else. Lauren Price, maybe? I think she's with
Boxer. Yeah, I'm not sure. I don't pay that much
attention. Is Caroline Dubois MVP now? She is
now. Yeah. I think this is a good move. And like
you said, it's nice to see they're not burning
bridges. Yeah, I think they'll do business again.
MVP and top rank. I think they will anyway. And
MVP, they don't really have a TV deal, but they
seem to be able to get their boxers spots. MVPW
has a TV deal with ESPN. Oh, do they? Yes. Yeah,
we talked about it, where it was like they probably
don't have to pay as much because it's women's
fights. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But they'll still pay
a decent premium, at least. Top Rank needs some
sort of broadcast deal. Speaking of top ranks
woes, Teofimo Lopez tweeted, then deleted within
a span of like two minutes. Quote, I may never
fight again. His words. I mean, the almost instant
deletion, I assume this is just Teemo, Teemo?
Teo having a bad day. Yeah, that was something
I didn't put into Discord was like, I know. What
a depressive episode feels like. And I want to
type into Twitter, like, I would prefer to set
myself on fire than have to fucking deal with
anything right now. Yeah. Well, and I'm sure
his dad had just gotten finished chewing him
out or something. My dad was a piece of shit,
too, Teofimo. If you need to talk about it, bro,
I'm here for you. Hardshell tacos. That's the
whole fucking point of Hardshell Tacos. I don't
know. I've said it a million times. I just feel
bad for Tio. Yeah, I do too. I will still, if
I ever get a chance to meet him and shake his
hand, I will shake his hand with the Zoloft pill
in my hand to pass it to him. I'm like, you want
this. I'm telling you, you want this. Moving
on to... Jordan Martinez, the guy that got the
draw with Arturo Popoca. I think he goes by Cardenas
now. But he got the draw. He signs with Matchroom.
So, fuck yeah, dude. Local kid making it big.
He has a greasy fucking box rec photo. Oh, my
God. Have you seen it? Yes, I have. His... But
that's... Matchroom's a big signing. That's good
for him. It's a social media video that goes
around. A guy is getting his mustache trimmed
up, and the voiceover is like a fake cholo barber.
It's like, we're going to get you looking all
firme. Doing the fake whistle. That's exactly
what he looks like. That is what he looks like.
That guy getting his... Doesn't look bad, but
that is just the most... It's a look. Yeah. It
is a look. Speaking of looks, Ashton Silva is
coming back. He will be fighting, I think...
I don't know if he signed with MF Pro or Queensberry,
but he's going to be fighting on the Wilder Chisora
undercard. So, good to see him back. I gotta
see a picture. Oh, nice, yeah. I recognize his
picture. Yeah, good to see him make moves. They
have quite a few Americans on that undercard.
Are they trying to make it like a America versus
US thing? US versus UK? So, like, would that
be US, UK? Would that be You Suck? Yes. Yes,
it would. You suck because you won't travel 45
minutes to see your family. That's not true because
you absolutely would. But yeah, you know what?
I think that would be a solid way to build the
card out. Yeah, I mean, people really get into
that. I'm not very patriotic, so. The only time
that it comes into play for me is when I don't
know who I'm going to cheer for. So let's weigh
our options. Are they American? No, then I'm
not cheering for them. Are they Latino? Yes,
then I'm cheering for them. But it just goes
down like the flow chart. And that's only if
it's like I don't. Wilder, Chizora, man, I'm
going for the American, of course. I have to.
Nah, I'm backing Chizora. Yeah, well, so what
if I think he's actually going to win? I'm still
going with Wilder. Ignore the evidence of your
eyes and ears. I mean, that one's just going
to be fun. Should be a good time. That is one
of the few heavyweight fights that I'm like,
this is just going to be entertaining. Hopefully.
But I can't see Chizora not making it entertaining.
Chizora is always entertaining. Usually entertaining.
He's put on some stinkers. Yeah, but I didn't
see those, so they don't count. Oh, okay then.
I was going to say, his fights with Dillian White
were just bad. Hot, hot garbage. Yeah, I don't
think I saw those. His fight with Usyk? Not very
entertaining. He tried his best to make it entertaining.
Chizora sounding like a dying wildebeest in the
corner was pretty entertaining. Yeah. In the
Dillion White fights, he did a lot of taunting
and showboating. I think at one point, he had
Dillion White... They had tied up, and then he
kind of got over to the top of them, and so,
like, Dillian White was, like, bent over, and
the ref was coming over, and then Derek Chisora
just, like, thrust it on his head. Oh! Yeah,
so that was pretty funny. Oh, man. Bam! Moving
up to Bantamweight. Has me stressed the fuck
out. Aiming for WBA champ Antonio Vargas. Because
they recessed my boy again. They give him no
time. What do you mean? So they brought him out
of recess and then put him back? Yeah, so he
is injured. He had to postpone his next fight.
And so they instantly put him back in recess.
They give Seiya Sutsumi zero time. Because the
last time they recessed him for his eye, they
put him in recess like a month after his fight,
I think. And he fought within that same year,
for sure. I think it was within seven months.
Which was the Donair fight, right? Yeah, other
champions don't get recessed like that. No, they
don't. I don't know why they're fucking with
Seiya so bad. Like, I don't understand it. Because
he had to postpone his fight. But he fought Donair,
what, in February? I think so. Like, it wasn't
long ago. And... This next fight that they were
talking about with Vargas, he had to postpone,
but champions postpone fights all the fucking
time and don't get recessed. I can only say that
at least they didn't strip him. I guess, but...
It's a small consolation, but... Anyways, if
he has to come back to BAM, I think the Tsutsumi
train might get derailed. Yeah. I'm still gonna
ride with him, but it's not gonna be fun. Now
you know how I feel about Wilder vs. Chizora.
It's not like I don't cheer for people I know
are losing all the time, Leo. Sometimes it's
just what you must do. Stay aboard the ship as
it goes down. I can't abandon my guy. And I love
Bam. Like, it's not like I'm cheering against
Bam, but... I haven't met Bam in person, so...
He's very unassuming. Yeah, he seems like a really
nice guy. He is. He is a nice guy. And if he
didn't have tattoos on his face, you would think...
Oh my god, they're so bad. They are, but if he
didn't have those, you'd think he's like a teenager.
Yeah, he's kind of baby -faced. Man, sticking
with your guy, though, even though he might end
up in a position, a really poor position, it's...
Can we get somebody to point out to Nova Scotia
Boxing? Like, look, this is how you do it. Alright?
You ride with your... You made your pick. And
you fucking ride with it. And that's it. Or,
if you want to jump off, then admit it and say,
I was wrong. I made a bad choice. And then look
at that. Well, and some of us cheer with our
hearts and not with our heads. And that's fine.
That's part of boxing. Yeah, like with Barrios
vs. Ryan. If we didn't put the draw option out
there, I would have been with Barrios. Just because,
like, I would like to see Ryan lose to a fucking
shitter. That would just be too funny. I want
the Rolly rematch, and I want Rolly to just do
the same thing. That is actually a good news
point that I forgot about. Apparently... take
social media posts for whatever they're worth.
Haney Garcia too is in the works and it's in,
it's in the, it's going well. The negotiations
are going well, but that flies in the face of
what we heard previously of Haney versus Raleigh.
That was supposed to, that was allegedly in late
stage, serious negotiations. So I don't know.
I don't know what to make of this. I mean, Garcia
must be more money. Absolutely. So it wouldn't
surprise me if they pivot. Like, if they can.
But if Haney fights Rawley, I would like to see
Ryan fight Lewis Crocker. Just so they could
do the little tournament -ish. Yeah. Yeah, and
unify. Yep. I guess it doesn't really matter
which way you do it, though. Roley versus Crocker
could also do the same thing. That's like the
consolation bracket. But that's kind of what
they rate, so whatever. I'd watch it. Yeah, I
would too. And not just because I'm a goddamn
filthy neckbeard degenerate that never leaves
my office because I'm watching fight sports all
the goddamn time. Oscar Duarte, Angel Fierro
in negotiations for the Zerto Benavidez undercard.
That's a fucking fireworks fight. Yeah. Yeah,
I actually kind of really like Oscar Duarte.
Yeah, he's solid. And he's action, which is basically
all I ask for. Fiero is an all -action type of
dude, too. Yeah. Nah, that would be a good undercard
fight. That is a straight -up war of attrition.
Yeah, and that would be a good setup for Zerdo
Benavidez, I think. I agree. Luis Neri will be
fighting in April against, I think, this... It's
probably top two, not two, your absolute most
favorite fighters ever. Jean -Brieuc Castanero?
Yeah, yeah. So I have made a new friend here
in Japan. She's from Brazil. And she said she
wants to come to that bar to a boxing match because
I took her there on a different night and she
had a lot of fun. And she's like, I want to see
the... The boxing atmosphere. And I was like,
okay, next card that I'm definitely watching
that's not in Japan will go. So these guys are
fighting in Kyrgyzstan. Why? Because it's the
Kamedas. They're doing a three -day thing. Like
a fight festival type of shit? Yeah, and they
always put music in between. In Kyrgyzstan. And
this is the Saturday fight in Japan. It might
be Sunday morning. But anyways, I told her I
would book us two seats at the bar for this one.
And I was like, you'll love it because it's two
fucking villains fighting and everyone hates
both of them. Two villains of Japan. Yeah, Louis
Neary is hated in Japan and John Riel Casamero
is hated in Japan. And I'm like, the fight's
probably going to be shit. Because Casamero has
looked like ass. Yeah, JRC is hot garbage. He
has been for quite some time. Yeah. Neary, I
think, bops him. Bad as fuck. Yeah, Neary's gonna
knock him out. Like, I'm gonna have to ride with
Neary on this one, which hurts me to say, but
it's gonna happen. Lesser of two evils situation.
But, I was like, this has all the boxing drama.
Like, we're gonna have to go for drinks before,
so I can... tell you who the Kamedas are, why
they're in Kyrgyzstan and they don't promote
in Japan very often, who Louis Neri is and what
he did, and who John Riel Casamero is and why
we hate him. So. Don't forget those. For her!
It's going to be a multi -day lesson on boxing
villain history. You've got to catch up on the
lore. Luis Neri beating Shinsuke Yamanaka back
in the day. Blowing weight twice. Popping for
pads. Popping for pads the first time. Getting
banned by the JBC. I think he's unbanned. Getting
banned by the government of Japan. Right, yeah.
From ever being allowed back into Japan. And
then having it lifted so that Inoue could beat
his ass. Yep. Yep. There's a lot of story here.
This fight is not going to be that good, but
I think it's a great one if she wants to go watch
one boxing match. It's... This is, I think, as
close to professional wrestling as boxing can
get. Yeah. There's just so much drama around
these two fighters and the promoters. And just
everything. Because she's going to ask, why are
they in Kyrgyzstan? What do you mean? Poki Kameda
is really working on, I don't, Kyrgyzstani? Like,
is it their own language? Yes, Kyrgyz. Okay.
I wasn't sure what it was called. He's really
been working on it, so it's going to be a Japanese
dude giving a speech in Kyrgyzstan. It's... Wonderful.
It's going to be fucking great. That's what dreams
are made of. If she is not even casually interested
in boxing, but she listens because she's my friend,
so this is going to be perfect for that, I think.
Right, like I said, the storyline is too good.
So it's you don't have to even really know how
the fight plays out. Like when I was a kid and
I watched wrestling a lot, I got to watch like
Monday Night Raw, Thursday Night Smackdown. And
then the storylines conclude on the pay -per
-views that happen on like Saturday or Sunday.
I never got to watch those. So I never saw how
the storylines concluded. Or who won. You had
to figure it out from context the next week.
Exactly. So this is what an instance where you
get to see how the storyline finishes in a way.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Anyways, I'm super excited
about that. Yeah, it's really fun. Oh man, speaking
of fun. Bare Knuckle Boxing signs Victor Ortiz
and John Molina. I'm a little bit more concerned
about Ortiz. Yeah. He's been out for a while.
He's had a rough go of it. Molina has a lot of
mileage on the clock, for sure. But, I don't
know. I feel like he retired much sooner. At
a better time, at least, than Ortiz did. So,
regardless. The Retirement League. Continues
to pad its roster. Yeah, I really don't like
bare knuckle boxing. I don't either. I don't
watch it at all. I just, it's kind of gross.
Quite. Oh, speaking of gross. Tommy the Hitman
Hearns is under guardianship and conservatorship.
Yeah, I think Tommy's been going really downhill
quickly. His health, yes. Yeah. Wasn't there...
They kind of said it wasn't real, but wasn't
there rumors he wandered away and was a little
lost? Like they were looking for him? I hadn't
heard of that. Maybe I have the wrong retired
boxer. You know how I am with names. Yeah. But
there was... Just let me Google it. While you're
looking, you know how there's those shitty prediction
markets where you can gamble on real life events
and stuff? I really don't like those. I don't
either. One way, you don't have to gamble on
Tommy Hearns' life. Because that's just fucking
disgusting. Man, and now I'm about to follow
it up with something that's also pretty scummy.
This is a good time. buy some autograph merch
okay so i i had the right the right guy but it's
been reported as false but last december there
was a social media like tommy hearns has gone
missing yada yada yada that's crazy i've never
heard of the the rumors was he's dementia had
gotten worse and he had wandered away from home
and nobody knew exactly where he was. But they
came out and said that that was not true. So
maybe I'm just spreading rumors. When was that?
December? Yeah, last December. Jeez. Kind of
makes you wonder, though. I mean, maybe being
under conservatorship is not the worst thing.
No. If his health is that bad. Right. As long
as it's good people taking care of them. And
it might not be. Not like a Britney Spears situation.
Yeah. Yeah. But get your autograph memorabilia
now because it's going to go up like at least
10 times in cost. Yeah. Well, if he's getting
that sick, he's not going to be making new autographs.
Just a very good friend of mine. He's a big time
Tommy Hearns fan. It's like his favorite fighter
ever. Not a bad choice. Every year, every other
year or something, I would get him a Tommy Hearns
autograph something. Like the baseball cards
that are of boxers or big 8x10 prints. I got
one that was Sugar Ray and Tommy Hearns and another
one that was Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns.
That's crazy. Yeah. The one that was Marvin Hagler,
Tommy Hearns, was like $1 ,500. Yeah. Because
Marvin Hagler. Yeah, yeah. I'm not saying buy
the stuff now so that you can flip it later.
I'm saying buy it now so you can have it for
yourself. Yeah, it's sad to see your heroes get
old. Yeah. Because how old is Tommy now? He must
be like my dad's age. 60s? 70s? 70s? 67. That's
too young to need conservatorship. It's too bad.
But with a lot of... With boxing mileage, though?
Yeah. His brain is probably like 90 -something.
Yeah, that's true. Man. Just... I don't know.
If you're the praying type. Pray for the Hearns
family. Moving to your boy, Katsuma Akitsugi
has been added to the Tenshin Asakawa Juan Francisco
Estrada undercard. I'm gonna have to buy a ticket
that Tenshin is headlining. And that annoys me.
You could leave before the main event. I'm not
gonna do that. It's Estrada. yeah but yeah no
i'm super excited akitsugi's been on the pro
box circuit for a while he's been living in america
a lot longer than i originally thought i looked
into him a little bit when they announced this
he's been trying to get his permanent residency
in the states so he hasn't been home for years
so Akatsuki was supposed to fight Lover. That
was pretty deep into talks. And I was super excited
about that. So I was a little bummed when it
got cancelled. We talked about it last week.
Yeah, it got cancelled for a good reason. Because
Provox went out of their way to make a deal with
Tekken so that Akatsuki could fight in Japan
and visit his family. According to the Boxing
Scene Podcast. That does sound like something
that they would do for him. Yeah, and I'm super
excited for them. And I'm super excited to see
them live. It's going to be great. And if Provox
can make some deals with Tekken, I think that'll
be big for them. Oh yeah, they can bring Japanese
fighters over, send their guys over to Japan.
Yeah, get the Provox name in front of the Japanese,
because it's free on YouTube here. Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, and I don't know that that many Japanese
boxing fans know about Pro Box, because why would
they? Right. So I think this is going to work
out really well for everybody. I'm super excited
about this. That would be a good entry into the
Japanese market, just in general. Yeah, and like
you said, Tekken probably wants to send some
of their guys to America, get them in front of
an American audience. Yeah. That's always a big
problem. The problem that they're going to come
across, and it's just Americans being Americans,
like, if you send Japanese fighters over, you
better send a good interpreter. Otherwise, you
better be taking your boys to some classes for
English, because people get fucking annoyed hearing
a foreign language here. It's stupid. Yeah, well,
people are dicks. Yeah, it's stupid, but... There's...
I think most of the boxers that are really trying
to go big work on their English. You don't see
it because they don't want to do the interviews
in English because that must be fucking stressful,
trying to speak a second language in front of
a crowd. After a fight, too. Yeah. Like, Seiya
Satsumi... is really working on his english he
gave a really short speech but a speech in english
at the ring awards nice i don't know if you saw
it but and uh even before that when i met him
like i tried to speak japanese and fucked it
up because i was fangirling and he really tried
with his english that's really cool it was great
yeah yeah because he could have just like signed
my shit and left but right he spent like a whole
minute Trying to talk to me. It was really nice.
Anyways, I'm super excited to see Akatsuki. Death
by a thousand cuts. I don't know how you shorten
that nickname, but I want that to be his nickname.
The Japanese firecracker or whatever is fine,
I guess. What if it's just a thousand cuts? There
must be a cool name for that torture. Right?
Yeah, there has to be. Yeah. Or something. There
has to be like a. A short. Yeah. Way. Yeah. Last
bit. Oleksandr Usyk has outlined his last three
fights. Number one. Rico Verhoeven. Number two.
Nobody cares. Right. No. Number two. The winner
of Fabio Wardley versus Daniel Dubois. Not bad.
If it's Wardley. Nice. If it's Dubois, boo. But
you can't say you're fighting Wardley if Dubois
beats him. Yes, that's true. And then the Fury
Trilogy. I don't want to see that at all. I would
swap Fury Trilogy with Wilder if he beats Chisora.
Same way with, like, if Dubois beats Wardley,
I would drop that from my next fights list. I
would like to see his last fight be against somebody
younger. Caballel? Huh? Yeah. Like, just somebody
in the next generation and do a passing of the
torch. Because Usyk Fury, nobody gives a shit
now. You don't need a trilogy for that. I think
it's just money. I know it's just money, but
I don't care. Usyk's made so much fucking money.
Yeah. I did see Usyk's English getting better
has made his funny personality come out much
easier. Because he's always been funny. But I
saw he's like, I don't want to fight a Tauma.
I don't want to break his spirit. He's a young
guy. I don't want to ruin him. Yeah, that was
the way that I had heard it, was I don't want
to ruin him. Damn, dude. That's strong words,
but what interests me is that all of this I don't
want to break him type of shit, Caballel does
not seem to be in the same conversation. No.
To me, it's odd. Yeah, I haven't heard Usyk say
his name at all. I would drop. Because Rico Verhoeven...
It's for the title. God. Gross. If it wasn't
for the title, if it was some exhibition, whatever.
Go get your money. This is bullshit. But you
get to have your bullshit. Then you have to fight
Caballel. That's the mandate. I don't mind the
Wardley Dubois winner. Whatever. Fine. Yeah,
fine. That's what I've... But Caballel needs
his shot. He's earned his shot. Yeah, he's been
waiting for fucking ever. Fury Trilogy, as washed
as he is, I might... This is like a personal
bias gonna be on very clear display. As washed
as he is, even if Wilder lost to Chizora, I would
rather see Usyk fight Wilder than fight the trilogy
with Fury. Yeah. But I don't really want to see
either of those fights. If I had to pick. Yeah,
if I had to pick between those two, I would pick
Wilder. But I don't want those two to be the
conversation. No. Wardley. Itauma. Kabayel, school
the next generation of heavyweights and then
drop the belts and say, have fun, boys. Your
daddy's gonna be over here. Yeah, exactly. But
beating Fury again does nothing. No. Beating
Dubois again does nothing for me either. Honestly,
after he said these three fights... I kind of
hope Rico catches him. He's not going to win,
but I hope he knocks Usyk on his ass once. It's
not going to happen. Entirely wishful thinking.
But it would be amazing. What, is he going to
get... Rico's going to catch Usyk with a body
shot that's going to get ruled a low blow instead?
Maybe. I just wanted to throw that one back in
there. But yeah, that's all we got on the news,
though. Unless something else came up. I don't
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It's pretty light. Eye of the Tiger on DAZN.
This one was in Montreal. There were four fights
that I was tracking here. Steve Claggett gets
a stoppage in two over, like, who gives a shit?
21 -12 -2. Alejandro Frias. John Orobio gets
a stoppage in five. Lennar Perez gets a UD win
over Isaac Chalemba. I was saying on social media,
I had said, I posed it as an open question. Should
we be maybe dialing back our expectations of
Perez? He dominated every round. There's no question
that he swept it. But this is still Isaac Chalemba.
This is the type of dude you should be getting
out. Yeah. I mean, Chalemba has a chin. Better
in tactics, too. Yeah. But it's not like he can't
be knocked out. I don't know. Aya the Tiger,
they're always mismatches. You can't tell shit
about their fighters. like Perez looks impressive
like he's a cruiserweight he's tall he's really
muscular so like he looks the part but like Isaac
Chalemba dude you should be mopping the floor
with this guy if you are what Eye of the Tiger
says you are anyway but Eye of the Tiger never
challenges their fighters so you can't tell like
yeah you're right you don't know what somebody's
made of until they have to show you. Because
if he was dominating the entire fight, maybe
he just didn't want to take any chances getting
hit with a big one. You know? Yeah. Which is
fair. It's cruiserweight. Anybody can knock you
out. Chalemba, though? He wasn't even really
that much of a power threat at 175. That was
some years ago. Now he's at 200? I don't know.
15 fights in. We know how boxing records tend
to be a little bit padded when you're at the
beginning stages of your career. So this is a
step up -ish? Half step up to a veteran? I mean,
it's a name I recognize, which is the first one
on his box rec I recognize. Yeah, I'm trying
to, like, throw my bone here. Like, what good
can we take away from this? Because, like you
said, Eye of the Tiger, they just are allergic
to challenging their fighters. I never tell anyone
to watch Eye of the Tiger cards. And people give
me shit. They're like, you're Canadian, and they're
Canadian, and you should... I'm like, but they
suck. I guess if you want to watch knockouts,
because there's always knockouts on Eye of the
Tiger cards. Of the four that we were tracking,
three were knockouts. Yeah. But they're one -sided
mismatches. Oh, man. Speaking of one -sided mismatches,
Stephen Butler knocks out Ramadan Husseini in
the second. I think I have a post, a video clip
of that up on Twitter. That was where I was trying
to get people to shit on Lennar Perez with me.
Nice. But that's it for that card. Moving to
Saturday, March 7th, Pro Box. This wasn't a Pro
Box proper card. This was, well, it was another
card that got picked up by Pro Box. I'm just
really, really on the ball today. Two fights
that I kept track of. Angel Ureña gets the UD
over Roy Casanova. I only really kept track because
Casanova. But it was a really fun fight. Ureña,
I think he got cut. And Casanova was really going
for it. Ended up scoring a late knockdown. And
Haciel Amador. beats Pedro Delgado in the main
event. I think that was for a regional, WBA regional
title. And then the Ureña, I think, was a WBC
regional title. This was the card in Mexico,
right? Correct. Yeah. It was fine. It was Mexican
sluggers doing what they did. It was fun, but
I didn't really recognize any names or anything.
And the professionalism continues. Zufa Boxing
4 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Moving up the
bill. The first ever majority draw in Zufa history.
We know how prestigious that designation is.
And then they had another majority draw. So,
two for one special. Vlad Panin stops Shannard
Bunch in the ninth. Not bad. Not bad of a fight.
It was, as it went down the stretch, they kept,
they started to bring up and continue to refer
a lot to Shannard Bunch's personal life difficulties.
I think they said his father was murdered not
that long ago. That's crazy. Yeah. What are you
doing in the ring right now, bro? That is way
more important. But, I mean, you gotta make money
somehow. I guess. Moving up. Ricardo Salas stops
Jesus Saracha. Ha, jokes. Saracho is his name.
They said his name wrong every time on the broadcast.
Every single time. He is not Tabasco sauce. Because,
like the Zufa, it's Zufa promotions or whatever.
But it's Max Kellerman, Joe Tessitore, and Andre
Ward. Andre, I'll give you a pass. The other
two, I don't want to hear anybody ever say a
fucking thing to me about mispronouncing names
ever again. That's Max Kellerman and Joe Tessitore.
Yeah, like, Andre Ward is the boxer, so he gets
a pass at being a little less professional with
names and stuff. Yeah. But those other two, it's
their fucking job to say people's names right.
Like, you have fighter meetings where you talk
about this stuff. It's not a hard name. Sriracha.
Yeah. Not hard. Like, it's not like one of those
Czech names. The Thai names are fucking ridiculous
sometimes. Yeah. Like, Sriracha is not a hard
name to say. Yeah. Also, I know this is not the
point of our podcast. He has a cool ass tattoo.
I really like his Aztec statue tattoo on his
chest. Let's have a look. I thought it was super
well done. Ricardo Salas was 22 -2 -2. So isn't
that nice? But yeah, Sriracha has a badass tattoo.
I really like it. It's very clean. Microsoft,
if I ever find out who your mother is... There
are a few things that just really fucking upset
me. One of them is when my computer doesn't do
the things I tell it to do. Yeah. I paid a very
good amount of money to make sure that it never
even thinks. twice about anything that I wanted
to do. That is really dope. It's Quetzalcoatl.
It's like the creator god of the Aztec. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. I wasn't 100 % sure if that's who
it was. And I know Damel would give me shit in
the chat if I got it wrong. But yeah. So that
was the co -main. In the main event, IBF Cruiserweight
Champion, question mark, Jai Obataya, takes Brandon
Glanton the distance to claim the inaugural Zufa
Cruiserweight title. Man, if I had my choice,
IBF, Zufa. What title do I want? Just fuck me,
Zufa, all the way. I just cannot think of anything
more storied with the history, the prestige.
And it's such a pretty belt, too. It's so good
looking. That's like a mantelpiece right there.
Oh, my God. I have seen Burger King toys that
look more appealing than that. It looks like
those shitty knockoff WWE belts that are like
WWN at Walmart. Yeah, you're right. The guys
in the chat just kept putting up Casio watches.
Yeah. That's what it looks like. It is the ugliest
fucking thing I've ever seen. So, the drama behind
this one, if you haven't heard, is the IBF was
going to sanction this fight. They had already
given it, given Obataya and Zufa. They gave it
their blessing. And then, throughout the promotion,
they made the IBF title look... secondary. They
had it off to the side, cut out of pictures.
They never talked about it. They never mentioned
it by name. They just acted like it didn't exist.
It was just this red thing that Jai carries around
with him for some reason, like his safety blankie
or something. So, IBF withdrew their sanctioning
of the fight. The day before the fight, which
is also pretty bullshit. Yes. So Dana White and
the Zufa team have been saying that they want
to take the IBF to court because it's a concerted
effort of the boxing industry to punish Jai Opataya
for signing with Zufa and punishing Zufa. And
so my only reaction to that was, and this is
me kind of making up. what they say but for the
sake of the point zufa comes into the boxing
world and says hi we're zufa fuck all of you
fuck your belts fuck your weight classes fuck
your sanctioning bodies fuck your champions fuck
your wbc president fuck all of you and then a
few months later Why doesn't anyone want to work
with us? Quit fucking crying. You either want
to be a disruptor or you want to shut the fuck
up and play ball. The whole situation is fucking
stupid. It's grown men having pissing contests.
And I do feel bad for Jai. Because he clearly
believed them when they said he could keep his
belt and fight for the other ones. And I don't
think Jaio Pattaya is a very smart man. I was
going to say, I think he's a little bit of an
airhead. Yeah. Like, maybe not smart is too harsh
on him, but I don't think he pays attention to
any of this. I don't think he knows. about the
controversies and stuff. I don't think he understood
that this might be a problem before he signed.
I think his managers lied to him and told him
it was all figured out and he just believed them.
He trusted them. Yeah. And I just don't think
Jai did his due diligence with this signing.
I think he just believed a bunch of bullshit
from people he shouldn't have believed. And I
do feel bad for him. His job is to go box and
whatever. But it's so fucking stupid. And that
post -fight interview, they didn't talk to each
other at all. Max Kellerman came out and gave
a little speech about Zufa and how the other
belts don't matter and how Jai is now the undisputed
Zufa champion. And Jai gave a speech about how
he wants to unify the titles. Yeah, getting all
four is his goal. He has no intention of moving
up to heavyweight until he accomplishes that.
He made that extremely clear. Yeah, and I don't
think his Zufa contract is going to allow that.
He's just going to keep defending the Zufa cruiserweight
title? Knocking over cans like he has been for
the last five years? His career... Man. I base...
I take a lot of what Jacob told us about the
Australian scene. I take that as pretty much
his gospel. I trust his word, right? I trust
what he told us. Yeah, and I think he's pretty
plugged into the Australian boxing. Exactly.
I trust him as a source. So for him to tell us
about how Jai was getting screwed, Tasman doesn't
take care of their people. So, of course, Jai's
going to try to make a move into America where
he can make bigger paychecks. And that was the
first person that was knocking on his door was
Zufa. Yeah, I just think Jai's been swindled.
Yeah, I agree completely. I don't think it's
entirely his fault. Like, his job is to box.
But I do think he's pretty naive just believing
everything that everyone says and clearly not
even reading the, like, boxing news around him.
He trusted his manager. Yeah, he seems... In
horse racing, they wear blinders if the horse
gets easily distracted. Jai has blinders on.
And he has no idea what the fuck's happening
outside his little window of training. And I
do feel kind of bad for him, but it's also would
have been very easy to avoid. Josh had a bit,
he had less to say on like the, you kind of dug
your own grave here with the title situation.
And it was more about like, even if you do, Even
if you are the number one cruiserweight ever
right now, or active cruiserweight, why the fuck
are you going the distance with Brandon Glanton?
Yeah, well, I guess we should talk about the
actual fight as well. Fuck that referee. Fuck
everything about that referee. He wanted to be
the main character that night. It was ridiculous.
Are you looking at each other's arms? Fucking
break. Yeah. Like, Glanton needed to be on the
inside. And anytime he got there, if anyone's
hand got caught for a second, the ref broke him.
And he took points from each of them for holding.
Yeah, he did. It was fucking ridiculous. Yeah,
that guy's not going to get a callback from Zufa.
i don't know he might maybe i mean that kind
of that kind of felt like protecting jai it was
because like glanton was the one that was getting
all the the heart quote -unquote hard warnings
so it i'm actually surprised that jai got a point
docked i really am i mean the holding was with
all but with all the warnings jai had gotten
he had to take a point if you're gonna take one
from glanton Well, and he'd already taken two
from Glanton at that point. One was for holding.
What was the other one? I think low blows. I
think you're right. Low blows. Yeah. He landed
a couple low blows, yes. But I didn't think it
warranted a point. Yeah, if Hirooka is not going
to get a point docked. Wait, did he get a point
docked? I don't remember. He did after that really
badly. He did get a point docked. I was thinking
of... I don't know what I was thinking of. My
brain is mush. Yeah, Hiroko got a point docked.
You're right. But the fight itself was pretty
boring. It was underwhelming. And Jai has shit
footwork. Like, I hadn't noticed how bad it was
because I don't really watch his fights closely
ever. But, like, Glanton was cutting off the
ring, and Glanton's not a smooth operator by
any sense. Glanton was a college, a D1 college
defensive end. So he's got feet. Maybe not boxing
feet, but... I was gonna say, for boxing, it's
not like he's got... It's fine. He's not Bam
or Lomachenko. He's not pulling sweet moves.
He's not doing crazy pivots. He's not, like,
he's walking basically in a straight line and
sidestepping, and he was able to stop Jai from
escaping. Yeah, I think something else Josh had
pointed out was that when Opataya, when he went,
he went down. It wasn't knockdowns, but he fell
over because he tripped over his own feet. Yeah,
Jai was crossing himself up trying to get away
from Glanton. If you are the number one and as
good as people say, you should be able to do
that without falling. Not crossing your feet
is like Boxing 101. That was like... The first
thing they worked on in karate classes. When
I was a kid. Like. Yeah when we did. Like basic
hand to hand. Stuff in the military. Like in
boot camp. Where you just do like the white belt.
Is the equivalent. That you would understand.
So when you're doing white belt stuff. It's like
you don't cross your feet. Don't put your thumbs
into your fucking fist. Yeah like. Baby stuff.
Every combat sport, the first thing is don't
let your feet get in a straight line even. Yeah.
Anyway, Jai was not impressive to me at this
fight. Maybe we should cut him some slack because
he was being told that he was getting stripped
and stuff. And it was probably really bothering
him because that's clearly important to him.
It is clearly important to him. Yes. I've never
been super impressed with Jai. He's got power,
but he's been fighting bums. Something that the
broadcast pointed out a lot, that, to me, it
wasn't the flex that they think it is, that they
thought it was, was when they brought up fighting
Myrus Bredis with a broken jaw. and it's like
why the fuck is old man breed is catching you
like that right exactly how is a 40 year old
man breaking your jaw when you're like a 20 something
fucking stud how is this happening i mean if
jai's whole thing was i'm a pressure fighter
and i get in the mix and i tough it out like
somebody like say a satsumi Then it's a bit of
a break, right? Like his whole thing is heart
and toughness. But Jai's whole thing is supposed
to be like power and they're trying to sell him
as kind of finesse. Yeah. Finesse with power
hands behind it. Yeah. And if that's your thing,
you shouldn't be getting caught like that. But
I guess the other comparison kind of is Bam.
Bam got caught. He got a broken jaw as well.
Absolutely. So it shows his toughness. But yeah.
I don't know. I was not very impressed. And Brandon
Glanton is made of fucking cement. Like that
dude took some hard shots. I think he won the
story of the night. He didn't really take a step
back even. He wasn't bothered by Opetai's power.
He was not concerned with Opetai's supposed footwork.
He was constantly cutting off the ring, keeping
Opetai in front of him. He took some good shots,
and he still kept pressing forward. I feel Brandon
Glanton won the story of the night. I think he's
going to get a call from... whoever Zerto Benavidez
winner or loser, even he's going to get a call
from one of them. I hope so. Like, it's not that
I don't want to see Jai get his belts, but I
don't know. The whole Zufa thing was a misstep.
Quite. I think it was being too trusting. He,
I think he expected, he had been with Tasman
for a while. So he expected, he trusted that
they had his best interests in mind and that
they knew his goal was undisputed. The four belt
undisputed. They knew that's what he wanted.
So when they said, yeah, that's going to be available
to you, he trusted them. Yeah. But as I said
on B -Sides, Jai, buddy. If you need somebody
to read your shit, you let me know. I will sit
down and fucking read every goddamn word of the
contract for you. Because this Zufa shit, this
ain't it. They are not going to get you to your
goals. I think a lot... The IVF pulled their
sanctioning partly because of wording in their...
whatever mandate, is that the right word? Where
they can pull sanctioning if you're fighting
with a different promotion? I can't remember
the wording. But basically, if you're fighting
for Mickey Mouse belts, we can unsanction the
fight. And they declared Zufa Mickey Mouse belt.
They're not wrong. No, but that was their reasoning,
and if it goes to court, that'll be what they
stand by. But the IBF almost never goes to court.
I think they're just going to pansy out. Ever
since the IBF got caught for corruption and shit,
I don't think they've been to court since. Well,
they play it hard. By their rules. Like, verbatim.
Yeah. If you can't fucking read them, then that's
your problem, because we are going by the text.
Yeah. But, like, I think Jai needed to read all
of the belt's rules as well as his contract.
Like, I'm sure WBC would be willing to play ball
with Zufa, because I don't give a shit as long
as I get paid. Yeah. But, yeah. Man, this sucks
for... Because Zordo... That was one of the things
that I forgot to mention in the news. Zordo Benavidez.
Zordo's the WBA, WBO cruiserweight champ. Yeah.
WBC is trying to insert themselves in with their
commemorative belt. And it's like, what are...
So the other two are saying, like, what the fuck
are you doing? You have no stake in the game
here. You have your champion over there with
Norair Makalian. Go promote him or whatever.
Yeah. I don't know. Cruiserweight's in a weird
spot right now. Yeah. Anything more for our recaps?
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bitch. All right. Upcoming stuff. It's... I don't
know. Is this a light weekend? Starting with
Friday, March 20th. Misfits Pro. In Belfast.
The fuck is this? I don't know who these people
are. Co -promoted by Conlon Boxing, if that helps.
Mickey Conlon is headlining against Kevin Walsh.
Mickey Conlon doesn't need to be fighting anymore.
He should be promoting. He was doing pretty good
with that. Yeah. Him, his brother, his father.
Do I recognize the co -main? No, this is a different
Kieran. Yeah, not the same Kieran. I think Kieran
Connelly is who you're thinking of. I might be,
yeah. Moving on. Saturday, March 21st. Starting
off with the Brit Slop Fans Delight Matchroom
at the Copper Box. Who do I... Recognize Emmanuel
Buttigieg. I know his name. Giorgio Visioli,
I know that name. Jimmy Saines, I know that name.
And in the main event, George Ladard versus Tyler
Denny. I know Ladard. Yes, and I know Tyler Denny
as well. I look at his picture. No, I don't think
I know him. I mean, it's Brit Slop. It'll be
what it is. Lynn is probably losing her shit
over this one. She loves Lenard. She does. Moving
on to Probox TV in San Bernardino, California.
Let's... I only got two on this one. Joshua Anton
versus Kudratilo Abdukakarov. It's a ten round.
154 fight, and in the main event, Lester Martinez,
Emmanuel Aleem, interim WBC super middleweight
title. I'm super excited to see Lester again.
Me too. I don't know much about Aleem, but I'm
hoping Lester can get a nice, convincing win.
Because I don't think it's going to be an easy
fight. I think Lester, especially if he's still
with Bomek, I think he's going to... Maybe the
first few rounds might be a little tough, but
I think he'll be able to overcome it. I think
Lester is... Lester, to me, is the WBC champion.
I think he would have beaten... Mbili in a rematch.
I do as well. And they elevated Mbili prematurely.
Lester Martinez, he has a lot. If he doesn't
have high boxing IQ in himself, he is highly
coachable. Which is sometimes better. It can
be, yes. So with Bomek in your corner, that's...
It's like Robert Garcia. You get the buff. Yeah,
yeah. I really think Lester Martinez is the goods.
Yeah, I agree. And I want to see him do well.
I've been watching interviews with him and stuff,
and he just seems like a really happy guy. He's
always just like, I'm so excited to be here.
I can't believe my dream is coming true. I'm
just happy to be here, everybody. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, are there snacks? Who brought snacks? I brought
snacks. I'm happy to be here. Exactly. And it
would be really cool for him to become the first
Guatemalan world champion. I think that would
be amazing. First Guatemalan? Yeah. I double
checked it after last time. He would be the first
Guatemalan world champion. Excellent. And he
seems like a nice guy who deserves it. I would
be sad if Lester loses. I would be too, because
he seems like such a, like a, just genuinely
good person. Yeah, just happy. Yes. I like happy
people. He's grateful. Yeah. Last bit. Matchroom
on DAZN at the Caribe Royale in Orlando. Florida.
There are some TBAs still on here. As I have
been saying, I am very professional. Hold on
a second. Let me make sure that these are not
still TBAs. Entrevious Ingram. Just what an excellent
name. Excellent. Moving up. Tara Moana is facing
Curtis Harper. Is that the dude that walked out
on FAA Dragba? Curtis Harper? I don't think so.
Maybe. He is. Disqualified in the first. That's
him. Nice. Tara Moana. Curtis, please walk out
again. He fucked that up so bad because they
hadn't paid him. So if he hadn't have done the
ring walk. He was free and clear, but he ring
-walked and stepped into the ring, so then he
was in breach of contract. Well, make sure that
you do the ring -walk and don't get in the ring
this time, Curtis. Let's see. Like I said, I
am professional. Yoannis Taez is no longer on
this card because he's got moved to the Fundora
Thurman. The week after. Omari Jones is facing
Christian Gomez. I don't know who that is, but
Omari Jones is going on his sixth fight facing
a 23 -6 -1 veteran. So I think Eddie believes
in what he's got. Yeah, I don't recognize Christian
Gomez. And in the main event... The rescheduled
fight. Carlos Adamas, the WBC middleweight champion,
is facing Austin Williams. I learned... Well,
I don't know if it's confirmed. But people are
still calling him Tiger. And I don't like it.
No. No. He is Ammo. Ammo is such a better nickname.
He will always be Ammo to me. I'm not going to
let this go. I'm going to find a way to contact...
austin williams and let him know dude ammo way
cooler um it is way and you are a cool fucking
dude so cut the tiger shit don't be sewing on
tiger tails to your fucking trunks while you
train bro that's like furry shit yeah that's
not great don't be doing that dude you're cooler
than that all right so we are heading into Lester
Martinez and then Carlos Adames versus Emma Williams.
Parting words. Other than Elon Musk not being
cool enough to hang out with pedophiles. Parting
words. I need to figure out what Guatemalan food
is so I can have Guatemalan food for the Lester
Martinez fight. They do tamales as well. They
make theirs differently, though. They do banana
leaves instead of corn husks. I've never had
tamales, to be honest. Oh, shit, dog. We gotta
get you sorted out. I know. But yeah, I'm gonna
figure out what Guatemalan food is and I'm gonna
make some for the Lester Martinez fight. That
is how you celebrate. Fuck, being busy sucks.
I'm trying to also get the goddamn video game
podcast running again. I was thinking of doing
an anime. video game sort of hybrid okay so that
maybe you could poke in for a little bit yeah
yeah say stuff about shows you're watching um
i watch a shit ton of anime i could definitely
do that yeah take that that's parting words you
want to be a you want a podcast about some shit
i got you got you covered well boxing before
dark i would say That it is, but it's not. I'm
just going to say it because it's the outro.
My batteries are getting low. And it is getting
dark. It's got still blondes. Goddamn. All right.
We are out of here. Bye. Bye.