The B -Side in boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.
B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side.
The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. That
B -Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.
Man, 20 minutes of fucking Patreon time. Here
we go. Boxing B -Sides. Holy shit, the timer
is running. Boys, Saul, Josh, how are we doing?
I'm glad to be back after two weeks. Long two
weeks. A lot of news. Oh yeah. A lot of news
in a long time. A lot of fun news. A lot of great
news, a lot of fun news, a lot of sad news. The
good, the bad, and the ugly of boxing. We're
going to get into it right now on the Boxing
B -Sides. That's how we do it. Just a little
bit of fun stuff. Fun and sad up top. First,
we've been keeping up with Punch. With a name
like Punch, how could we not? Punch, Punchy -kun,
as they call him in Japan, he has a girlfriend.
Are you fucking kidding me? Punch has a girlfriend
before I do. Are you? I'm getting fucking outworked
by a monkey. This is ridiculous. Have you guys
seen him? Yeah, he has a girlfriend. Punch girlfriend
before Virgil Bell. Don't you fucking say that.
All right. Saul's going to leave this call immediately.
It's just gone. I have to point out that Punch,
his girlfriend, She has a lighter shade of fur
that kind of matches his little stuffy. Oh, my
God. The Freud. Yes. Yes. Freudian. It's straight
Freudian. Oh, my God. Yeah. Boys want to bang
women that resemble their mother. It's difficult
to argue here. Yeah. All of this proven before...
Freudian confirmation before Virgil title. Oh,
my God. What a beautiful day. Isaac is... Isaac's
the one fuming in our comments, actually. He's
the one raging. He's the one raging. Okay, it's
okay. Isaac, I'm with you. Virgil, bro, it's
your life. Yeah, I was going to say, like, which
of you is the bigger Virgil, bro? If you had
to pick. It depends on the day, honestly. Saul
can take the joke, though. Isaac, if you start
making fun of Virgil in front of Isaac, he'll
just bring out food. He starts stress eating,
and then, like, it's... Then he distracts with,
like, hey, have you ever tried, uh... Bread and
butter pickle chips? Sometimes it works, sometimes
it doesn't. Yeah. Yeah. We love you, Isaac. We
all love you here. Yeah, of course. No, yeah.
He's our fellow Lux Media familia. Yes. He's
starting to become disenfranchised from all this
Virgil hate. Yeah, I did bring up a... XYZ before
Virgil title, and he was like, oh, man, I can't
even escape it over here on the MMA show. Yeah,
well, it do be like that. Man, speaking of it
do be like that, Chuck Norris dies at the age
of, I believe, 87. 86 or 87. Man, for... I just
wanted to bring him up because he was like, for
me anyway, growing up he was like the martial
arts hero. Bruce Lee had already passed on, so
it was Chuck Norris for me. What's the song with
the ultimate showdown that had the lyrics? That's
the one I remember. Was it Chuck Norris versus
Bruce Lee? No, it was like this. This, like,
Lemon Demon song. The boogeyman checks under
their bed for Chuck Norris. Yeah, those are the
memes I saw when I was a kid, but I also saw
there's, like, the... Like, uh... Hold on. The
Gandalf the Gray and Gandalf the White. And Monty
Python on the Holy Grails. Black Knight. And
Benito Mussolini and the Blue Meanie. Like, the...
It's a whole song. It's a whole song from Lemon
Demon, but... Let me find it and share it. Oh,
I know him from Walker, Texas Ranger. Yeah. I
used to, like, when I first got cable as a kid,
that was one of the shows that I used to watch.
I watched the Delta Force movies, where he would
have, like, be double -wielding, like, Uzis.
It was fucking ridiculous. But, yeah, well, Chuck
Norris is the man. Yeah, well, he definitely
became friends with Chuck Norris just to get
him to come to the other side. One thing, he
got the... There have been... It hasn't hit triple
digits yet. It's typically reserved for, like,
Make -A -Wish kids, but the title of Honorary
Marine, Chuck Norris got that one, like, at the
height of Chuck Norris jokes in, like, 2006,
2007. I was in actually the the commandant of
the Marine Corps that conferred the title was
the one that was in charge when I joined. So
Chuck Norris was like, I don't want to say like
a demigod, but he was like a patron saint, if
that makes sense. Like you just confer. toughness
like or like you bless yourself with toughness
from Chuck Norris knighted by the toughness yeah
exactly like my like when you're doing martial
arts training and you're like beating the shit
out of each other like ah like you can't hurt
me I'm like I'm fucking Chuck Norris like you
can't can't hurt me and it doesn't really help
that much but it was still fun to do when I was
in so What were you guys' favorite Chuck Norris
jokes? Chuck Norris doesn't have a chin under
his beard. He has another fist. Hold on, I gotta
look up Chuck Norris jokes. Yeah, that was one
of my favorites. Chuck Norris doesn't do push
-ups. He pushes the ground down. I like that
one. That one's a good one. When he does push
-ups. I got one, I got one. Chuck Norris doesn't
wear a watch. He decides what time it is. Yeah,
that's good. The quickest way to a man's heart
is with Chuck Norris' fist. Yeah, makes perfect
sense. Chuck Norris spices up his steaks with
pepper spray. Sergio Mora on the... We'll talk
about it next time. The Adamas ammo cart. Like,
they were swapping Chuck Norris jokes. Yeah.
Only good commentary that night. Yeah. Well,
I don't know. Like, I would have liked some Praying
Mantis husbandry. Yeah. With my Chuck Norris
jokes. We gotta add that as a soundbite in this.
in this podcast did the male prying mantis eat
the female prying mantis after mating I used
to tend black widows and I would it was my then
like my then live -in girlfriend She, like, she
would not let me capture one and bring it inside,
like, in a container. So what I would do was
I would kill all of them except for one and then
just take care of that one. And, like, yeah,
seeing, like, the little tiny male black widows
crawl up into the, and you just look, for me,
like, looking at it, like. Buddy, you have no
idea what's coming, do you? He's about to get
fucked to death. Exactly. That's exactly what's
about to happen to him. But enough husbandry
of fucking... Die what you do when you live.
You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
Little bit of MMA talk before we get to the boxing
news. Just a review. March 13th. One fight night
41. It was a solid card. A lot of good stoppages.
The one that I wanted to point out was the main
event. George Jarvis gets the UD over Sin Samut.
It was a lightweight Muay Thai fight. And holy
shit. Like these fellas just completely forgot
that they can throw kicks or elbows. Or knees,
for that matter. They were just punching the
ever -loving shit out of each other. And I think
it was towards the end of the second round, I
was in chat with other people that were watching,
and George Jarvis threw a low kick to Sensamut's
calf kick, right? And I immediately reacted with,
I forgot they can kick. I forgot they're allowed
to kick. That is how. This is like the. Perfect.
Boxing fan friendly. Fight. Muay Thai is already.
Boxing fan friendly. This one. Fucking peach.
It was so good. Coming up. On March 28th. UFC
Seattle. The. Undercard is kind of meh. But the
main event, Israel Adesanya, he is ranked 6th
at middleweight in the UFC. He started his fighting
career as a kickboxer. Homeboy does not grapple.
Joe Pfeiffer, his opponent, is 14th at middleweight.
He's like a fucking juggernaut. And he does not
grapple. So this is probably, I think the Leo
curse is starting to take shape. I promise you
like a striker friendly event. And it just does
not turn out that way. But I genuinely think
this Adesanya versus Pfeiffer should be a good
time. All right. Enough MMA shit. let's get into
the news uh we're not going to be talking about
this event this time but it's important to bring
up isis co has come out of the medically induced
coma by all reports she's responsive like she's
off ventilator she's talking she's eating all
signs point to good right But I wanted to bring
this up. And I was talking, like Saul, you and
I were talking about this before we started the
show. It's important to remember that these people
that are beating the ever -loving shit out of
each other, that they do it for our entertainment,
they are absolutely risking their lives. I have
seen... no less like i've seen three i i think
i can count three on my on just off the top of
my head of fighters that i have been that i have
watched get beaten to death they don't necessarily
die in the ring but they die later and yes it's
a sport yes it's entertainment but like we we
have to give these people some sort of baseline
respect for doing this. Yeah. I gotta say that
every time a boxer goes out, like I said earlier,
every time a boxer even steps in the ring, we
gotta give them the minimum amount of respect
that they deserve, you know? They're giving their
life out to this, like we said, for our entertainment,
you know? And at the end of the day, they might
not be the best competition. Sometimes we even
call them bums. But at the end of the day, this
so -called... I'm not calling this girl bum,
but I'm just saying the people we call bum sometimes,
they're putting everything on the line. They
have families. They're a champion to someone.
They have families. They have friends that they're
supportive. They mean the world to somebody.
Exactly. They're someone's little boy, someone's
little girl, you know? At the end of the day,
they're giving their all in the ring, and they
deserve respect from anybody that's a boxing
fan. Yeah, any viewer should always hold some
respect for these people. Yeah, and again, we
throw that word around bum lightly. I know what
over here we kind of say as a joke, but at the
end of the day, we need to reiterate that every
boxer that steps in the ring is a champion at
the heart. Right. So respect to anybody that
steps in the ring. And Isis' CEO, she's 19. You
know what I mean? She's young, yeah. And Jocelyn
Camarillo that sent her to the hospital is 21.
So it's not like Isis was this old woman that
should not necessarily have been in the ring
or something. These are young, healthy women.
And this shit still happens. So it's just keep
in mind whenever you want to like shit on someone,
just remember that like we sit in the observer
seat and we take none of the risk. But as happy
as we are for ISIS to be in better health, let's
get into some other news. TopRank signs a multi
-year. non -exclusive deal with The Zone. The
release details are $5 million per year, and
I've seen conflicting reports somewhere between
8 to 12 shows per year. What are we thinking?
To me, this is a great move. This is a good move.
It's very much like basically an anti -Zufa move.
I think you're right. I mean, they had nowhere
else to go. I mean, they're saying that they're
going to try to negotiate with other networks.
They're trying to, but it's clear that other
places don't want to invest in boxing right now.
Especially top rank. Considering their ego, not
ego, but their history and all the legends that
they've produced. I mean, it's going to be a
valuable asset to be with the zone. It's mainly
the fight library. The prestige that comes with
Top Rank and, like, their story and history.
Exactly. They own the rights to a very expansive
library, too, that can now go in DAZN of classic
fights. Muhammad Ali fights with freaking George
Foreman, Sherry Leonard, Floyd Mayweather. I
mean, come on. They have a very large fight catalog
that can now go on DAZN. DAZN. Archive. Yeah,
like, Home of Fights, look at our Classic Fight
Archive. Like, that's already, that's better
value. That's arguably, like, you're getting
more value out of that than, like, the top -ranked
deal, just their collection. Well, top -ranked,
too. The thing is, not just that, you also get
some of the best and brightest coming up right
now. You have opponents for guys, too. I think
that, too. I mean, right now, all... Pretty much
the majority of American boxing is under DAZN
right now. And I don't want to say that DAZN
is 100 % worth it, but it does make it easier
to pay for it now, considering that Top Rank's
on there, versus paying $10 for ESPN and then
paying some amount of money for DAZN. Now you
have Top Rank with DAZN, and it's pretty much
all under one umbrella. Yeah, it's a one -stop
shop. Yeah, exactly. The only other promotional
company out there is going to be PBC. I don't
even want to get into it right now, but they
have the opposite of Top Rank, where they have
a lot of high -level fighters. They're older,
but they have little to no young up -and -comers.
No one to develop. They already have developed
guys. No one to develop. Versus Top Rank, they
already have a bunch of fighters that can develop,
but... Their top talent is very barren right
now. Well, that's Xander. I can count on my hands
the number of guys they got that's top talent
that they can promote good. They can probably
promote, you know. But back to what we were saying,
top -ranked being added to the zone, very good
move. And I'm excited to see what's going to
be happening in the future. Josh, you got anything?
No, it's mainly just I agree fully with that.
And it's the fight library that you get so much
value out of. Especially like $5 million a year
for that fight library. Yeah, and plus you're
getting 8 to 12 live boxing events. Yeah, like
you're getting shows out of it. You would now
have a healthy supply of opponents for the bigger
promotions. Oh, you could put a straight up DAZN
boxing. channel on tubi and you've got we'll
talk about it in a second but like we've got
matchroom queensberry top rank golden boy like
you've have ranks the distributor for eye of
the tiger stuff too so i'm assuming yeah some
of the cards are going to be those uh canadian
eye of the tiger cards could be also some of
those japanese cards as well true yeah well from
what i've heard uh like word on the street is
that the Inoue and Nakatani deals both expired.
So we'll see if they renew them. I haven't heard
anything so far, but I'm keeping my ear to the
ground and we'll see what comes up with that.
Another interesting turn of events, Top Rank
and Matchroom, they signed an explicit partnership
deal, a multi -year deal. And when I was talking
to Shanada about this, we landed on this being
more of like signaling, right? Just a sign to
the people, specifically to our fighters, top
rank and matchroom, that you're not stuck in
a silo. You're not stuck in the TR or MR silo.
You will at the very least get fights. with each
other so um yeah to me it's a it's a good signal
but i'm not entirely sure what to make of this
deal beyond that unless you guys got something
real quick i do want to ask because i know you
keep pushing the point of i know it's not related
to this but you keep saying it's five million
dollars a year that's is that five million dollars
a year for the uh in total or is that five million
per show $5 million for the whole year. I think
with ESPN, they were getting, what, $80 million?
$80? I don't know what it was exactly. I don't
know if it was either $80 million or some outrageous
number. It's probably better than $5. I mean,
of course, but... Yeah. I don't know about $80.
Oh, yeah. When they first signed it, they had
Manny Pacquiao. They had Terrence Crawford. Yeah.
Yeah. So that it's a little and Lobachenko as
well. Yeah. But yeah, this is definitely a lot
smaller, but like the stable is also considerably
smaller. So it was an eight year, $85 million
per year deal. 85 mil a year. 85 million per
year, yeah. Fall from grace. Wow. But, you know,
either way, what you're saying with the collaboration
with Matchroom and Top Ring, that's a very good
thing, because you know what? Like what you said,
they're not confined to just Matchroom or just
Top Ring. They don't really have the excuse of
having to cross the street anymore, you know?
Yeah. And at the same time, since it's non -exclusive,
they could also send their fighters to the PVC
shows, you know, just to get more activity. Or
even Pro Box, you know? I am sure that the non
-exclusive deal is for what you're mentioning.
Like, the higher -end guys, the few higher -end
guys that they do have... They want to send them
off to fight the other high -end guys in their
divisions, like Xander versus Fundora, just for
example. So that, to me, is one of the non -exclusive
things. Like maybe they just want to make that
a PBC pay -per -view that Top Rank gets a cut
out of. Or if they want to put on their own pay
-per -views, they're able to shop whatever network
they want. to put on these shows that... Emiliano
Vargas, that $5 million a year, that's going
to cover guys like him. But a unified champion
like Xander Zayas, he's going to command a little
bit more of a premium. Not for long. Not for
long. We will get to that in a moment. So...
Top Rank Matchroom. Golden Boy re -signs a multi
-year deal with DAZN. I haven't heard any specifics
about this yet, like what their yearly budget
is or how many shows that they're obligated to
put on. But, like we've been talking about, this
is establishing DAZN as the one -stop shop for...
American boxing and British boxing in America.
What do you guys think? What are we thinking
with Golden Boy re -signing? They don't really
have anywhere else to go, right? Well, it was
better than fucking Swerve TV. I'll tell you
that or not. They were given a life raft to be
given back to The Zone. The Zone honestly shouldn't
even... I'm losing my freaking words right here.
They shouldn't have even been put back on The
Zone. I mean, they lack... Star power. I mean,
unless Ryan is going to truly resign, that's
the golden ticket right there. I doubt Ryan resigns.
And Virgil has already made it really clear he
wants to leave. He made it clear, but he deleted
those posts really quick. I don't know if you
saw that, but he deleted those posts talking
about how he doesn't want to work at Oscar anymore.
I can't find that. Maybe on Twitter, but on Instagram
when he posted it as well, he took that out.
I think it's for the sake of arbitration. They
wanted to try to cover their tracks a little
bit. Just my speculation. Maybe. But by the way,
Oscar at the end of the day, he still has good
regional power within the Southwest. Yes, Southern
California especially. Yes, especially Southern
California. But you know what, though? I mean,
we'll talk about it a little later, but we're
talking about Barboza, right? Yes, we will be.
Yeah, okay. So, I'll talk more on there, but
their shows are lacking star power. They can
put on maybe one. They haven't put on a Virgil
Ortiz show in a while. They haven't put on a
Ryan Garcia show. They can't consistently put
it on. You know, they need to have more top -level
guys fighting. They don't have the ops for their
top -level guys. And once they're in a loophole,
if he loses. If he loses, that's another champion
they don't have. They lose guys with star power.
Eventually, they're going to run out. Something
that I heard, I don't know if this is true or
not, is the Zerto -Benevitas fight. I had heard
that it was going to be Zerto promotions, not
Golden Boy. I don't know how true this is. I'm
just throwing it out there. It is going to be
on DAZN as well. It is. As Prime. But it might
be its own sort of promotion as well, but I don't
know. It might just be like how they have Ryan
Garcia promotions or Devin Haney promotions type
of thing. Oh, just, yeah, like in cooperation
or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. But, I mean, either
way, they got given a life rap. even lucky to
be on a big platform like the zone right now,
potentially because of what happened with Virgil.
Hmm. I mean, they won, but they got saved by
also Ryan becoming champion. Again, if Ryan lost
again, oh, Lord, they would have completely been
done. I mean, imagine only having guys like Arnold
Barboza, you know? I would think that this re
-signing, if anybody should be signing partnership
deals, it should be Golden Boy. Because they
have a good, as you had laid it out, Golden Boy
has a really good lower tier stable. Guys that
you want to get into fights with. higher profile
not necessarily like higher caliber but higher
profile guys or at least on higher profile promotions
like top rank or match room or even queensberry
golden boy is like seriously lacking at the top
level i to be honest with you i don't consider
ryan or virgil to be i think those guys are running
out their contracts as quickly as they can yes
My thing with that is Golden Boy, the multi -year
deal lasts until what, 2031, right? I haven't
heard the specifics, so I couldn't say. Either
way, either way. I agree with you, they might
leave. They might leave, they might not. I don't
know. They're probably still cozying up to Oscar
just for now, just to get him the good fights.
But at the end of the day, I just, I generally
don't see. How? Austin's got to kiss his ass
right now. He's got to kiss the prince's ass
because they saved him. And I think, honestly,
when we're talking about the top rank, with Golden
Boy, top rank in Matchroom as well as Queensbury,
they don't even need the ring anymore. They don't
need Saudi Arabian influence via Turkey. to put
on good shows. I mean, for the last couple of
months, they've been putting on some banger,
banger cards. They have some banker cards coming
up that are not ring affiliated. Exactly. And
it seems like, and it's starting to seem like
Turkey's going to start becoming a little less
involved because like, like they have what ring,
uh, they had their current card and then they
had the Ryan Garcia card. What are the cards
that got planned with ring? You know, I haven't
heard anything. For May, for June. It seems like
Ring is putting their eggs into the Zufa basket.
The TKO Holdings basket, shall we say. That's
what it seems like to me. It's pretty fucking
funny because I think all the motion companies
started waking up and realizing, hey, this guy's
taking our fucking lunch money. We got to fight
back. There's a new bully in school. You know,
we got to gang up and get the gang. We got to
get together. And we got to fight the big bully.
You know what? Yeah, PBC in the corner collecting
bugs. I was about to say, 10 years ago, PBC was
that bully that was, oh shit, we got to really
like circle the wagons and protect each other,
protect ourselves from the new big boy on the
block. Because PBC walked in with like, It was
like somewhere between 500 and 600 million dollars
in capital. And they were signing up a bunch
of fighters. Then fucking Matchroom USA tried
to do the same thing. But like that died down
a lot quicker. But PVC like still remains as
like an obelisk standing off to the side. That
I hope this... non -exclusive deal i think golden
boy has the same thing non -exclusive i'm hopeful
that this means that they're gonna they're willing
to do business with pbc uh i would like um maybe
this is me being a greedy fan but i would like
for pbc to come over to the zone stable as well
um we we have these separate ish silos fighters
like if you want to have intra promotional fights
go ahead but if you want to send your guys off
like it's not that difficult of a thing to do
because you're all in the same network just I
don't know just my thinking I'm gonna I kind
of disagree with you in the sense that well not
disagree but more like I feel like PVC back in
the day, was actually a more formidable threat
than to what Zufa is right now in the sense that...
Even with Saudi backing? Yes, because the thing
with the PBC is that back then, they had already
pretty much... They already pretty much had stars.
They had, like, all the stars. They had Errol
Spence. They had Deontay Wilder. They had all
these guys. Zufa has zero to no. They have zero
to none stars in their stable right now. What
do you mean? Jio Pataya is not like... Jio Pataya
and Brandon Lee, bro. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, guys.
They had Jio Pataya, the fucking Zufa champion.
Oh, Mark Mike Sayo. Fucking all these other guys,
you know. Richardson Hitchens? Corey. They got
Conor Benn, right? These guys, they got stars,
supposedly. They have Conor Benn for one fight
with Regis Progray. And they overpaid him $15
million. All Zufa has right now, currently, this
might become outdated, but all they have right
now is the money. They have no stars. They have
no history. I feel like it's going to take time
for fighters to try to go over there. Yeah, they
could probably spend a little money, but I feel
like it's going to take a long time to do that
considering right now a lot of the champions
are seemingly staying with their current promoters
for now. For now. You might see a shift soon
with maybe Ryan Garcia going to Zufa or Dave
and Devin Haney. But either way, it seems like
a lot of the current RR boxing guys are going
to stay on their side. And Zufa is just going
to be its own little fucking playground. It's
going to be a developmental slash retirement
league. Yeah. Developmental retirement league.
It seems like that's all it's going to be for
now. Well, I don't think the developmental part
even works, because no one's going to want to
touch these fighters unless they already have
a profile. That's true. Once they leave the promotion.
They're not going to build a profile, and they're
not going to sell tickets, and none of the belts
are going to want anything to do with them because
they worked with Zufa. I'm thinking that Zufa
is going to be treated like a national version
of a regional promoter. Like, a regional promoter
gets you, what, a dozen fights? And you're knocking
out cans, pretty much? I'm going to cry because
they're going to lose out to ProBox in the long
run. I got a pretty interesting idea right now.
ProBox is a development league, but it's also
the best quality product. It's a better one.
We're going to get to this, actually, this time.
I see it on the outline. It is the best quality
product on the market. quality i mean if you
if you look at the benavides fight with with
morel versus the benavides fight with with yard
it's night and day that that production quality
i mean one streaming in 4k one streaming in freaking
what 1080p you get 4k with uh the zone ultimate
you get 4k with his own ultimate just uh i what
would i know it's not like i'm a zone ultimate
subscriber We all pay and watch fights. Of course,
we all pay the subscription fees. But yeah, you
get the fights in 4K. Well, that does sound awesome.
But I will say, at the end of the day, even besides
camera quality, also production quality as well,
with the arenas and everything else, it's classic
boxing, man. To me, it reeks of HBO, which is
a good thing. It's the closest analog to HBO
and Showtime. Exactly. I mean, PBC was on Showtime
for a considerable amount of years. But at the
end of the day, it's like a capsule of what boxing
used to be versus the modern era of... I mean,
I think you can see with some of the walkouts
too, you know, with the boxing. And I've talked
about this with Josh. I've debated with him on
this. How I like... I probably personally liked
it when boxers came out of the dressing room
versus now how it's by themselves. walking through
a corridor, you know, with a full of lights and
shit. It's got to be presented right, is my take.
Like, in Germany, they do it so good. Yeah, but,
you know, now, like, I just like, like, when
the fighters come out with their entire team,
you know, they got the music playing. It's bad.
I don't know. I'm just rambling. Either way,
PBC on DAZN would be pretty awesome. I don't
know when their deal with Prime ends. I feel
like if their deal with Prime isn't renewed.
then they probably will go to DAZN. Right now,
they're just, they don't, like, what deal? All
they have is pay -per -views. That's not the
same thing as having, like, a broadcast deal.
No, it's not. And honestly, it's kind of, it
might kill them in the long run because, again,
Benavidez fought on DAZN last time around. Tank
is seemingly nowhere to be found. Those are their
two top pay -per -view guys right now. I mean,
Pitbull Roach didn't – I feel like it didn't
do a lot of – didn't sell a lot of pay -per -view.
It sold well on the gate, but pay -per -view,
I don't know. You know? It's a far cry from when
they wanted to just have everything be on national
television, you know? I don't know. But we'll
see what happens with them. Oh, we got to keep
it rolling. We are quite a bit of ways in. Okay,
so IBF. I want to get Saul. Your bit. IBF strips
Janabek. Rightfully so. Yeah. I don't know why
they took this line of stripper. I think it was
because maybe they had to find a second, not
second, but like a mandatory or like an interim
champion. Like a vacant title fight competitors.
Yeah, exactly. Rightfully so. I'm so mad at Janabek
just because he popped dirty. Crawford wasn't
going to fight Adamez or the winner of him versus
Laura. That's right. Crawford revealed that because
Janabek pissed hot, he chose not to do the 160
undisputed. He ducked all of 160. Crawford ducked
Janabek. Crawford ducked Janabek, the McDonald's
worker. We are going to get angry YouTube comments
for that. Yeah, it's true. It's true. Why didn't
he fight Adamus then? Adamus and Lara. Those
are fucking easy scalps. There's still, yeah.
Unless he didn't think he could beat them, in
which case, well, here we are. That raises a
lot of questions on Crawford's quality, which
you, Josh, are asking. I laugh every time it
comes up in chat because I can go say, Crawford
fought nobody until he fought two drunks at the
end of his career. Also, IBF strips Obitaya.
This is formal after the board of directors had
their vote. I posted it on social media. This
just follows the weird sequence of events that
we had on the Zufa 4. event and yeah here we
are at the conclusion ibf strips them strips
opitaya of his title uh i can't help but feel
opitaya however whatever like his his iq or whatever
um you made your bed bro I'm sorry. If you want
to be undisputed in the traditional sense, number
one, you should not have signed with Zufa. Number
two, you're not going to be able to do that until
you leave Zufa. To me, that's the long and short
of it. What do you guys got? I want to hear Josh's
opinion first. This is a guy who wants to be
undisputed and then signs with the only promoter
that wants to get rid of all the belts and doesn't
want to work with the belts. He made your bed.
Like, this guy has to be so illiterate. Because
they sent him, like, two formal warnings, too,
about it. And just in one ear, out the other.
It's crazy. Like, he deserves Zufa. I completely
agree. Like, it's not a matter of, oh, he was
never told they're scamming the fighters. Like,
no. Getting stripped by the IBF for fucking.
Because of what Zufa made clear from the beginning.
This guy, bro. Dana White got him. Yeah, well,
Ty made his bet. He's better sleep in it, dude.
You made the bet, you'd be shat in it. You better
fucking rub that poop all over your face. Zufa
took a fat dump in your bed. You got to sleep
in it, bitch. Sorry. Oh, yeah, dude. Yeah, you
wanted to become undisputed. Fucking Max Helm
was calling you undisputed, and you were all
pissed off. What do you expect? Undisputed. What
do you expect? I'm sorry, Jai, but yeah, you're
undisputed for, yeah. You don't have the prestige
of the IBF anymore. Sorry, pal. Let's keep it
rolling. Xander Zayas, Jerron Ennis negotiations
are, quote, advancing rapidly. I have to say,
big ups to Xander Zayas. Not at all the fight
that I would have expected him to take. He could
have taken, like, an easy mandatory. He could
have taken an easier unification with Kelly.
But instead, he's fighting the guy. Holy shit.
Xander Zayas, I'm here for you, man. One of the
guys. I respect you. One of the guys. 1A of the
guys. The other guy's losing the golden boy in
court. There's no chance. 1B is a little busy
right now, but 1A is doing his thing. Listen,
I was wrong. I thought Zayas was going to hold
that shit hostage until the heat death of the
universe. So, respect. Actual respect for...
I'm cheering for him in the fight simply because
he took it. That's it. We're talking like the
fight has already been signed and it's already
been announced. Oh, my God. Advanced negotiations?
Advanced negotiations is farther than Virgil
got with Boots here. That is true, but we also
heard with Virgil multiple times that it was
pretty much a done deal. Remember what happened
with AJ and Fury? Shit, fuck that up. That is
a done deal, isn't it? I don't think Abbas Baru
is suing for a contractually obligated rematch.
Either way. Either way. With Xander, I got to
give all the props to Xander. I personally don't
think he's going to win the fight. I hope he
does, though. That would be funny as heck. But
I'm surprised that Tom Breaks even letting him
do that. They must be surprised themselves. Well,
they just signed that new partnership with Matchroom.
Yeah. I mean, it's crazy how this fight gets
made. I'm going to tip my hat off to Zander.
And I would want him to win, just purely on the
fact that that might make another start. You
have an agenda to keep, too. No, no, no. Let's
not pretend. Anti -Ennis agenda. Yeah, we have
an agenda here. Hold on. Let me tell you why.
Let me tell you why, okay? I believe that if
Zander wins, that he will be a bigger starter
than if Boots won. purely off the fact that he'll
be the fucking second coming of christ to puerto
rico right now if he beat ennis to do that yeah
fuck yeah you're right absolutely you're right
and it'll bring a lot of more eyes on the sport
and then you know and i'm not saying i want ennis
to lose i think ennis is gonna win bad bunny
ring walkouts every xander zayas fight exactly
is gonna be coming out of retirement to do that
shit exactly i mean come on this is this is This
could be a potential pay -per -view star. I mean,
he's like Emiliano. He's got the looks. He's
got the hooks. He's got everything. I'm starting
like Sergio Moore right now. Jesus Christ. Yeah,
he is AI -generated. Oh, that felt horrible.
He is AI -generated. Get him out of here. I'm
going to fuck a Zufa at this point. Jesus Christ.
Sorry about that, Sergio. You can copyright me
for that. Xander Zayas. I'm slapping that. Well,
no, seriously. You know what? Because, again,
I've always been a Virgil fan, but I've always
also... You know, fellow Latinos, Xander Zayas,
my man. Yeah, of course. I'm going to fucking
cheer for you, bro. Yeah. And you know what?
I've also eased up on him at first. I got to
admit, I thought he was a top rank, the usual
top rank protection program fighter. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. But you know what? He's starting to seem
like a decent skill fighter. Every fight I've
seen him in, even starting from the Jose fight,
even before that, but really from the Jose fight.
I see potential. I mean, he's young. He's crafty.
And at the end of the day, he also needs some
guys to lift him up because he hasn't fought
the best competition. I personally would have
rather have seen him fight Josh Kelly. Again,
of course, I love seeing him fight Boots because
that's ballsy, but I keep saying this every time
he wins a fight. He needs someone light. He needs
someone to boost his, pad his record, you know?
He needs, honestly, a Tim Zhu. He needs an Erickson
Lubin. He needs Strip. If he finds Boots, he's
skipping straight to the front of the line. You
know? And if he wins, that's amazing for the
sport. You know, if he beats Boots, I might even
say he might... He'll put up a damn good chance
against Virgil if I see him beat Boots. You know,
I don't know. I mean, I really want to see this
fight happen. That would be amazing, but... I
would have to say that if Zayas... can manage
to beat Jaron Ennis. To me, it's like a 99 %
certainty that Zayas beats Virgil. Oh, yeah.
To me, it's that clear. This takes an insane
amount of intestinal fortitude from Zayas to
step up to boots. Holy shit. I don't even know
what to say beyond that. Just like, holy shit.
Fucking get after him. I'll put him on the pound
-for -pound list. Absolutely. If he beats Boots,
fuck yeah. Absolutely. At 22, 23, that would
be better than shit. I was going to say Bam or
Shakur. At least on the pound -for -pound list.
Shakur's better than Shakur for sure. Because
that's crazy to beat boots at a young age like
that. Again, Bambi, Quadras, Bambi, all these
guys. But again, if Xander does the same thing
at a higher weight against a guy that's seen
as the literal boogeyman. In his prime. In his
prime, the boogeyman. The guy that Crawford ducked.
You mean the goat. No, the boogeyman. He is the
boogeyman. The guy that Crawford ducked. He is
the guy that Crawford ducked. Yeah. G -Boat,
greatest boogeyman of all time? Yeah. Yeah, I
mean, come on. I mean, I would genuinely be jumping
out of my seat if he beat Jaron. You know, even
if he went to the decision. No, I will. I will.
Victory and defeat for Xander. Like, you can
lose. Even if Xander loses the decision. Yeah.
If he loses a decision, like, man, you went.
Jaron didn't stop you. That's saying a lot. Jaron
didn't stop you, and you look good. Yeah. Close
to the decision. You look good. I don't think
that's going to happen, but I got to give all
the credit to Xander if he even steps in the
ring with boots. Shit, dudes, we got to keep
it rolling. Oshaki Foster versus Ray Ford is
quote -unquote virtually agreed. I think this
is part of the top -ranked matchroom partnership
deal. This is not the fight that I want. I want
Oshaki Foster versus fucking Navarrete. That's
what we want. Moving on. Bam. Returning in June.
The question becomes, does he go to 118? If he
does, they're looking at WBA champ Antonio Vargas.
Or... Does he take like a mandatory for one of
his three titles while he waits for Willie Baldo
to fight Andrew Maloney? I'm just really happy
that Bam, his return is very highly likely to
be in Phoenix. Holy shit. This is like my third,
maybe my fourth Bam fight. Are you fucking kidding
me? I'm watching like a generational talent.
Pardon me, but you can all be green with envy.
Bam's the king. Man, he's like... I think below...
Below Inoue. He's right, like, without question.
He's the guy. But we'll see how this develops.
I haven't heard anything different to date. So...
Last... thing tommy hearns was placed on the
conserva conservatorship uh a few days ago the
the key thing to know about this situation is
that there are a lot of like gofundme type of
situations that are popping up and tommy hearns
is conservator i believe it's his son is saying
do not Do not donate to Tommy Hearn's fundraiser
accounts. Yeah. Because he's not getting that
money. So if you want to help Tommy right now,
I really don't have a better answer. But right
now, just hold your cash. As soon as it becomes
available, I'll post it on social media or something.
But right now... uh, hold your cash. Like his,
uh, one of his relatives, I, God, it makes me,
it hurts my heart to have to say it, but I think
it's his daughter is the one that's trying to
like steal the money. So I don't know, dude.
Um, prayers up. That's the best I can, best I
can say like Tommy Hearns, like my, of the four
Kings. Like that's my guy right there. Like I,
I, I wish I knew how I could help, but I don't.
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Woof. Let's get rolling on these recaps. First
things first. Friday, March 13th. ProBox TV.
In Kissimmee, Florida. I told Shanada I was not
that impressed with the Valle brothers. I know
that they're like pro box royalty, but I expected
better. So, I don't know. Do you guys have any
thoughts on these two? I just personally think
it was an off night. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably
what it is. It's also just not like that. After
the main, it was not on my radar of thought.
Fair enough. In the main event, Najee Lopez stops
Manuel Gallegos in eight. Wow. I think this might
be like an early fight of the year contender.
That's a fight of the decade. That was fucking
incredible. Like 2020s, we haven't had a gangbusters
like that. Oh my God. It was exciting. It went
late. Skill was on display. Back and forth. Everything
you love about the sport. Yeah. This is... We
say it all the time. Pro box good. Holy shit.
Just watch this fight and you will understand
why pro box good. God, Najee Lopez at light heavyweight,
and he is now up at 16 -0. Light heavyweight
is pretty top -heavy. So what do you think? Let's
call a spade a spade. David Murrell beats Callum
Smith. Is that the next scalp for Najee Lopez?
That's going to be a great fight. I don't think
Lopez does it. Like, very clearly from this fight,
he is vulnerable. I don't think anyone can debate
that. But, like, God, I want to see him mix it
up with these people. I think Callum Smith is,
like, a really good step up for Lopez. Smith
says he's done if he loses this fight. Ah, tits.
Well, never mind. That's what I'm saying. Like,
I'm not considering Smith. That being said, if
Hot Rod isn't exclusive with Zufa. Yeah. Hot
Rod would be a good one. Hot Rod just came off
a pretty exciting win. Vosdik? Vosdik might not
want that. Who else is light heavyweight? Let's
have a look. I mean, you can do the Russian super
soldier, Katayev. Juice through his veins. You
want to wheel Anthony Yard out to kill him? Kataev.
Najee Lopez's rate on BoxRec is above Kataev.
Kataev. Listen, the guilty pleasure one is you
give him Ben Whittaker and you get rid of Ben
Whittaker that way. But what if Ben Whittaker
dances on Lopez? God. No, the thing is that,
like, the ring -cutting ability was really good
on Lopez. It is. Like, he cuts the ring off exceptionally
well, and that's... Whitaker isn't... Like, he's
flashy, but he's actually not that mobile. Gallegos
is... For being a Mexican, he was a lot more
mobile. I think he was put on his back foot,
and it just was not where he wanted to be. Man,
Lope has so much fucking potential here. This
Turkish dude, Mehmet Unal, I think his name is.
They're similar records. Homeboy is fighting
out of Quebec. Come on. This is too good. Let's
roll on. Saturday, March 14th. Josh, your fucking
white knight continues to do it. Anthony Kakachi
snags the 130 WBA title from Jazza Dickens. This
fight was not one to watch, though. I did not
have fun. It was pretty fucking dreadful. Yeah.
Like... I expected Dickens to fight like that,
but, like, man, like, Akash's career has definitely
just been beating up these guys. The Brit Slayer?
Yeah, like, I don't know why. Like, he's not
even, like, top five Brits you've taken down,
and, like, he was just really passive and not
a great watch. But he's also 37 fighting in super
featherweight, so he also might just be old.
Yeah, like, Nav and Oshaki Foster are his contemporaries.
You are right. I think we were saying Nav was
getting old at 31, so 37, yeah. We were saying
Nav is getting old not because of his age, but
because of his lifestyle, I think. Yeah, but
you're in the wrong. You're starting to exceed
30, so the lifestyle affects you more. Fair enough.
Like, I saw someone say, like, after, like, over
time as you get older as an athlete, like, the
miles you put on the clock scale exponentially
instead of linearly. Yeah, I see what you mean.
And, like, yeah, like, those beers you have in
training camp matter a lot more at 31 than at...
25. 25, yeah. But 37 is just old. Damn. So, well,
just to address an angry comment that we had
on a Boxing Before Dark episode is that Briatus,
when he fought Jaya Pattaya, he was 37, not 40.
Yes. So he's not an old man. Hey, you're fucking
rounding up pennies, you can round a beige. He's
only 37. That's the excuse. I will have you know
that me, I'm coming up on... I already just called
myself a 40 -year -old man. But our prospects
are a redneck brawl, though, not a world title
contention. Yeah. Well, I think that's enough
time for Kakachi. Moving on to Golden Boy at
the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Saul,
did you go? No, I ended up not going because
I was going to buy it, and then I was talking
to my dad. And they went up to $133. Oh, okay.
Yeah, maybe. This ticket is not $135 worth. Oh,
okay, man. That's cool. But let's start off from
the parts that matter. Gabby Fandora stops Viviana
Ruiz in six. Her pound -for -pound credentials
continue to amass. You please him. Sweet Poison.
That is one of the coolest fucking nicknames
I've ever heard. It really is. Moving up, Alexis
Rocha beats Jojo Diaz by unanimous decision.
Who do we put? Like, is it that Jojo's tough
or that Alexis Rocha's ass? I don't feel there's
any in between here. Well, you know, both can
be true. Yeah, but it's a little bit of this,
a little bit of that. Fair, fair, fair, fair.
Rocha has not been active, really. He last fought
in 2024 in a draw. He's never really looked that
impressive. I think the one fight where I was
like, he looks pretty good was with Blair Cobbs.
That was years ago. That was four years ago against
Blair Cobbs. This is another fighter that's just
going to be kind of round. I'm not impressed.
He's there a welterweight. He's just not a world
beater. He could be a good stepping stone for
future fighters. I think that's all. I think
it was obvious when he got dominated by Rashid
Ellis. Yeah. In 2020, in the bubble. Yeah. It
was pretty obvious. It was pretty obvious. I
can't. It's not even because he lost, but it's
because of how he lost that it's tough to rate
him. I just expected that a full -fledged welterweight
would be able to beat an inflated feather. Inflated
Jojo Diaz. Exactly. I thought Rocha would be
able to actually put it on and stop. Jojo Diaz,
however tough he may be. I think that's my disappointment.
Roach is also not that guy. I wanted him to be...
I just wanted Peddo Diaz to get fucking murked.
That might be it. That might be why I'm so disappointed.
I think we all are. You just wanted... Hey, but
you know what? Diaz has a couple more miles on
the clock and he fights on. So it'll... There
will be more chances. There will be an 8 -0 prospect
with eight knockouts who Goldenboy will scam
into signing with them. Joel Iriarte on the undercard
is a 9 -0. He's got a fair amount of stoppages
on his record. Yeah, someone like this. It'll
be someone who catches JoJo and is even more
washed, and it'll work out. All will be well.
You know what else was well? Oscar Collazo retires
Jesus Haro in 6. So that's fun. We spent more
time talking about this on Boxing Before Dark.
I'm not going to drag you guys down to the...
to the depths of hell that is minimum weight.
In the main event, Arnold Barbosa beats Kenneth
Sims by decision. Rocha came into the ring, and
they were like, fucking like, yeah, yeah, we're
gonna do it, bro. You and me, yeah, we're gonna
fight. All right. Yeah, that's a fight of all
time. Sure. It is certainly a fight of all time.
You're right, Saul. Thank you, Golden Boy. Again,
I respect Barbosa. He's a regional fighter from
the area of California that I'm from. I'm not
from there, but I'm from California, so I got
to support him, you know. But again, at the end
of the day, it's just... That fight was just...
Like I said, I knew it was going to be not the
best fight. I knew that. Barboza was going to
make it harder than it had to be. I mean, Sims
got... To me, he made a lot of those rounds close.
You know? And I just think that that was... Barboza
won, but what did you show the crowd? What did
you show the people, man? Yeah, what did you
actually accomplish with this? Exactly, yeah.
It was like a Lawrence Coley win. Oh. I wouldn't
say it was that bad, like as bad as Lawrence
Coley, but it was... It was similar to that.
I understand the sentiment, yeah. Yeah, it's
a fighter that you put on the undercard, but
it's not someone that will always become a main
event, you know? Unless you do it, like, in a
tiny little arena. Oh, but they're gonna make
Barbossa Rocha. That's gonna be a fucking Golden
Boy main event. Yeah. Gabi's gonna maybe co -main.
It's going to be a lot. She's going to be fucking
more exciting than the main event will be. Oh,
100%. She's the main event to me, man. In our
hearts. Yeah. We have been sweet poisoned. Yeah.
Anything more for the golden boy card before
we roll on? Did we have anything about the news
about Gabby Fandora's? next fight against Hiruda.
Really? She's fighting Mimi? Yeah. That's rumored
to be next and I feel really bad for Mimi because
I like Mimi. I like her too. She's going to get
turned into ground beef. It's going to be ground
wagyu at least. It'll be fun. It'll be a fun
fight. Yeah, but you really think. Mimi has that
shot in hell. It will be her best opponent today,
honestly. It will be her best opponent, for sure.
Each other's best opponent, so I think that will
be a really fun fight to watch. Clarissa Shield
still in the mud. I'm sorry, homegirl. It's not
your fault. But you're going to continue suffering
for it anyway. Let's move on to the Taken card
in Yokohama. Similar to the Koyazo fight, we
spent more time on this on Boxing Before Dark.
That episode actually dropped like an hour before
we started recording. So if you really want an
in -depth look, Shanada was there. So she can
really tell you a lot more about these fighters.
The main ones I wanted to talk about. Anthony
Olaskwaga stops Jukia Imura in nine. This was
a beatdown of the year contender. Holy shit.
Olaskwaga just does not fuck around. And I'm
here for it. Especially for like a 112 guy to
be putting on this type of hurt. He does it every
fucking time. It's fantastic. But Nonito Donair
gets stopped in eight. Yeah. Have we seen the
last of Filipino Flash? Hopefully. Honestly,
hang it up, champ. He's had nothing to prove
for a while, and this is just miles away. I'm
sure he still has money. This is just miles on
the clock to have him. I think his wife makes
him fight. I really do. I think she makes him
do it just for more money. For the sake of having
more money. Not because they need it. But that's
my tinfoil theory. I don't know. Anything more
for the take -in card? For Donair? Hola, squad.
Hey, you had your time, champ. You had your time.
I'm serious. He needs to hang him up. He really
does. I'm not fucking joking. Man. When he was
losing decisions, close decisions, whatever,
right? You're getting stomped by Riku Masuda?
Masuda. Yeah. This is just not... I don't think
it's fun for anyone. It's not fun for him. He
just doesn't have it. People that watch this
are sadists. At Shenada. Let's leave it there.
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Wednesday, March 25th. Group Yvonne Michel is
putting on a card in Montreal. The main event,
Alexis Barillet versus Robert Sims. That is a
lot more time than this card deserves. Saturday,
March 28th. First things first. Queensberry at
the Co -op Live in Manchester. The undercard
is like peak Lynn stuff. Maybe I should hit her
up and get a statement. Yeah, get a synopsis
on what to expect. Jesus. But we got Moses Itauma
versus Jermaine Franklin. This is a rescheduling
from January. I think we really spoke about this
at length. Yeah, we made this fight happen, actually.
We're the kings of this castle. We run the sport,
actually. Moses Itauma, what round are you guys
expecting? If it's going to stop, what round
do you think? I think it goes a distance. You
think so? All right. I would like to have belief
in Moses and Thelma that it will be a late stoppage.
I'm thinking mid -lates, like 7, 8, 9. Like Franklin's
output does drop off late, but it's like very
late in the fight. It's not like it drops off
around 7, like it drops off around 10. Championship
rounds, right? Yeah, like Championship rounds,
his output falls off a cliff, his guard isn't
as tight, you know? Yeah. So I'm thinking that's
when Otama... Like, I'm assuming Otama has the
stuff to, like, not also gas out by then. Like,
that's what we'll see. So you're thinking this
is, like, a legit test for Otama. Oh, Frank,
it's legit. Like... Like, he's a legit, like,
very, like, again, we said he's a very solid
veteran that doesn't have a chance to, like,
administer a career -changing beating if Itama
isn't ready. True that. I kind of agree with
this is a test. I would say more on the test
of the, I would say, gas. Yeah, like it's a stamina
test. Exactly, a stamina test. We'll see what
he's really made out of in that regard. Not so
much like a durability test, but a stamina test
to see where he would lie. And if he's throwing
bombs all night, jab, jab, hook, hook type situation,
I mean, and he doesn't gas out, that's a good
sign, you know? If he gets beat on, if he gets
beat on, and... goes to a close decision with
Jermaine Franklin, that will be a very dangerous
indicator for the rest of his entire career.
Honestly, Jermaine Franklin, like what you said,
he's a very durable opponent, but he's also not
a very good opponent. This is going to be an
obvious Maetama win. I mean, I find it laughable
to even give Jermaine Franklin a chance. But
man, it's going to be, I'll watch it because
it's Maetama, you know, I've got to support the
young heavyweight, but. We all know what's going
to go down. Had more dog coughs there. Sorry,
guys. No worries. But yeah, I think you guys
are right. Like I said, I think this is going
to go to about the 789 frame. But I'm not expecting
Jermaine Franklin to see the last bell. I don't
think he's that guy. And I think Atama is. that
guy so i think it goes this is you think so all
right yeah um let's move on to pro box tv just
really quickly the two fights at the top brian
acosta versus ronnie rios and uh renee taez versus
malik montgomery Those are the top two of the
bill of Probox. They've been putting on fights.
I think they still have four more weeks of having
a card every weekend. So, fuck yeah, Probox.
Probox is good. Don't skip Queensberry or We're
About to Talk About PBC necessarily for this
one. Don't drop what you're doing for this one,
but definitely catch it on replay. last thing
on the docket PBC on Prime in Las Vegas from
the bottom up Elijah Garcia versus Kevin Newman
second is capping off the prelims I gotta roll
with Garcia just because he's from my city so
there's that but fuck Dude, he's not very good.
The main card. Gergen Hovenissian versus Cesar
Navarro. Yes, Big Gug. Big Gurg. Big Gug. Gug.
I don't know why he's Big Gug. Big Gurg would
make sense. Gurg is perfect. Yeah, no, his nickname
is Big Gug. All right. Moving up, Christian.
I love fat heavyweights. dumpy heavyweights,
right? They suck, but they're fun because they
hit hard. Christian Kangalosi versus Miguel Hernandez.
This is a super welterweight fight. Yoenly Hernandez
versus Terrell Gachet. Ten rounds at middleweight.
Saul, you said this is a good step -up? Yes.
I think it's a good step -up because Terrell
Gachet has been there with a lot of champions.
Yeah, it's a good measuring stick. Yeah, Gachet
is a good measuring stick. We'll see how good
Yohan Lee is. I mean, I think he's going to be
pretty decent, pretty good. We'll see when he
gets in the ring. And in the co -main, Yohanis
Taez, the dude that lost to Abbas Baru, is back
versus Brian Mendoza. Xander Zayas? No, I'm kidding,
I'm kidding. This is a solid fight for... This
is actually, like, for a get -back, this is a
hard fucking fight for Tejas. Mendoza's not a
slouch by any stretch. Not at all. Man, that's
rough, dude. Like, yeah, you want to get it back,
then you're going to have to earn it. In the
main event, Sebastian Fundora versus Keith Thurman.
Sebastian Fundora is the WBC super welterweight
champion. Bald Keith Thurman. I was joking in
Discord. Now that Keith Thurman has gone through
all the stages of grief for his hair, is he focused
on fighting now? I think he is. I got a controversial
opinion about this fight. I, for the past couple
months, all I've been thinking about is Sebastian
Von Dort winning. knocking the hell out of Keith
Thurman, which, again, that's the opinion I still
have. But I was thinking about it, and I watched
that other fight that Fandora had with Tim Zhu.
And I'm just thinking, man, if Keith comes out
and actually looks like how he used to, I think
Fandora loses. I mean, if you watch that fight
with Tim Zhu, his last fight with Tim Zhu, he
was getting hit with the right hand. freaking
left and right i was thinking during that fight
i was surprised that they stopped it because
tim zu was finding success with the right hand
of the overhand right through fundora's work
exactly and and the thing is that i've for for
forever i've been thinking like man like why
are they big this fight happened and i i just
I can honestly now see, maybe I'm just gaslighting
myself, but I can genuinely see a possibility
where Keith Thurman actually wins by just spamming
that overhand right and hitting Fandora. Because
he's blind. Fandora is a tall man in boxing.
He is. He will make a tall fight into a short.
He fights like a short fighter, you know? Yeah.
And Thurman, back in the day, was, oh, my God,
he was great. But now, he's an old man. He's
only fought twice, three times since 2019, since
Manny Pacquiao. You know? So, again, before Brock
Jarvis, he fought Mario Barrios, who himself
is not the best. I mean, I don't know. I see
it as if old school Keith comes out, then Keith
wins. If it doesn't come out, if Andorra wins,
I don't know. I'm going to watch it. I'm going
to be a junkie. I'm going to watch it. I still
don't think it's just pay -per -view worthy,
especially considering how Richard Torres is
not fighting anymore. Oh, that ruined it for
me. Yeah, that completely ruined it for me. I
don't think it's unfair to look at it that way.
I felt that about it once I saw that the Frank
Sanchez -Richard Torres fight got called off.
I looked at it in the same way. This shit ain't
worth my money anymore. Exactly. Well, you know
what? Unlike you guys, I pay for all boxing very
legally. Well, the thing is, I actually do pay
for all boxing. I legitimately do pay for all
boxing. Are you implying that I don't? Well,
I paid for Canelo's skull. Okay, yeah. A AI -generated
person, you just keep adding proof. I think I'm
just gonna go kill myself. Yeah, there's no real
human who would pay for Canelo's skull. I did.
I also paid for Canelo Berlanga. Okay, that one's
fine, though. We hate Berlanga. Either way, I
just think that this is a Warren Pepp review.
I think Keith Riven still has a chance if he's
not coming, if he comes to the ring semi. Semi
-healed from his usual self. But Sebastian Fundora,
otherwise, I'd like 90 % chance to get him in
the fight. Can't help but agree. Anything more
for the PPC card? Let's go with Fundora. Coachella
boy. All right. We are heading into Moses Itauma
and Sebastian Fundora weekend. Parting words.
Like I just said, let's go Coachella, boy. Let's
go Sebastian Fundura. I hope you win. Keep that
California belt. Honestly, if you watch the TVC
card, but for the rest of the week, you should
be just watching Najee Lopez, Manuel Gallegos
on loop. That would be a better use of your time.
It's the best use of your time if you're watching
boxing. So. That's what I have to say. I imagine
this was on a Wednesday night. That would have
been a lot better. Okay, so I got a really shitty
dad joke question. If the number two pencil is
the most used, why is it still number two? Because
it's a side hole. I put those at the end so that
if you're going to turn off the podcast, you
turn it off at the end. That's going to do it
for this edition of the Boxing B -Sides. Fucking
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