WEBVTT 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.000 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.240 night, wherever you are in the world. This is 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.019 Birchbox, and I'm your host, Matt, with a very, 00:00:16.059 --> 00:00:19.420 very special guest. She returns to the ring at 00:00:19.420 --> 00:00:22.539 the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:25.480 She's back after a year laying off the killer 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.280 B, the killer B herself, Mia Ellis. What's going 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:33.820 on, Mia? What's up? Hey, listen, I'm very happy 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:37.259 to have you. You're back in the ring on September 00:00:37.259 --> 00:00:40.439 19th, Baltimore, Maryland. Tell the people about 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:44.820 your next fight. My next fight, very special 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:47.280 to me because I'm returning back to the ring 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:51.439 in my hometown after a year off due to a shoulder 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:54.679 injury. So I'm just excited to be back in the 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:58.320 ring in front of my friends and family. Now, 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.700 you're out with a shoulder injury. How's your 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:05.579 shoulder feeling going into this fight? Shoulder 00:01:05.579 --> 00:01:10.969 is feeling strong. Recovery was great. No pain. 00:01:11.329 --> 00:01:14.590 I just feel like everything happens for a reason. 00:01:14.689 --> 00:01:19.650 The time is now to get back on track. Now, this 00:01:19.650 --> 00:01:23.189 was really your first time coming back from a 00:01:23.189 --> 00:01:29.310 long -term injury. What was the process like 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:33.510 physically and mentally trying to come back from 00:01:33.510 --> 00:01:38.879 a bad injury? The process went better than I 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.659 expected it. I was, of course, nervous and scared 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:46.480 how I was going to feel, you know, returning 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.260 in the ring due to my shoulder injury. But by 00:01:51.260 --> 00:01:53.920 the grace of God, it just, you know, it turned 00:01:53.920 --> 00:02:02.359 out good. I feel like I needed the layoff. I 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:04.849 needed a break, you know, because I... I've been 00:02:04.849 --> 00:02:07.609 gone for years straight, so I think I needed 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:11.469 that time off, you know, get my mind right physically, 00:02:11.689 --> 00:02:14.629 mentally. So, like I said, I think the time is 00:02:14.629 --> 00:02:19.009 now. Now, did you do anything boxing related 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:21.550 in your year off, or are you just completely 00:02:21.550 --> 00:02:25.650 unplugged from the system? I completely unplugged. 00:02:25.650 --> 00:02:29.669 I did no training. I still went to the gym, but 00:02:29.669 --> 00:02:31.969 I was just going, you know, just to stay in that 00:02:31.969 --> 00:02:36.650 environment. But I took the whole year off completely. 00:02:37.870 --> 00:02:41.509 Was there ever a time where you thought, hey, 00:02:41.590 --> 00:02:44.270 maybe I don't want to come back to boxing? Or 00:02:44.270 --> 00:02:47.509 you was like, I'm always going to come back regardless? 00:02:49.030 --> 00:02:53.349 I had the urge to come back. It never crossed 00:02:53.349 --> 00:02:55.050 my mind that I didn't want to do it anymore. 00:02:55.849 --> 00:02:59.009 It was even times where I was asking my doctor, 00:02:59.129 --> 00:03:00.849 do you think it's safe for me to start back yet? 00:03:00.990 --> 00:03:04.360 She's like, no, not yet. So I knew that I wanted 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:08.199 to come back. It never crossed my mind that maybe 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.819 I'm done. No, you're from Baltimore, Maryland. 00:03:13.139 --> 00:03:15.639 I don't know the Baltimore politics. I don't 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:18.340 know whether you count that as the DMV, but me 00:03:18.340 --> 00:03:21.039 as an outsider, I still count it as the DMV. 00:03:21.580 --> 00:03:25.120 Very rich boxing area. You know, you guys have 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.360 a who's who of boxers like Javante Tank Davis. 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:32.629 You know, you guys have the Russell family. the 00:03:32.629 --> 00:03:37.189 Roach family. Just talk to me about the scene 00:03:37.189 --> 00:03:43.330 out there when it comes to boxing. Like you said, 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:45.370 we're definitely big on boxing here in Baltimore. 00:03:48.069 --> 00:03:57.069 It's gritty. I think the DMV is so big on boxing 00:03:57.069 --> 00:04:01.780 because of the environment, how hard it is. A 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:05.240 lot of people come from struggles here. So we 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:09.300 wanted more in that ring. We hungrier, we come 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:12.180 off stronger, more aggressive. So I think that 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:15.400 plays a big part on why we fight the way that 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.579 we fight because of the environment here in the 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:24.680 DMV. Now, how did you find yourself getting into 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.199 the sport of boxing? What was your introduction 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:31.980 to it? My introduction? I can't even tell you 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:34.540 because I've been boxing my whole life since 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:39.199 I could walk, since I came out the womb. I fell 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.459 in love with the sport naturally because my dad 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:47.300 is a coach and he always studied boxing. So when 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.259 I was born, he would have me in his lap, you 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:52.180 know, so I'm watching boxing right along with 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:55.100 him. He saw me start mimicking what I'm seeing. 00:04:55.819 --> 00:04:59.199 I start throwing little punches. And he started 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.379 training me at home, though, just for the fun 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:05.000 of it. He started going to the gym. I'm going 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.339 to the gym with him. And it got to a point where 00:05:08.339 --> 00:05:10.620 I wanted to go to the gym every day. If he tried 00:05:10.620 --> 00:05:13.160 to go without me, I would cry. I just wanted 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:15.379 to go to the gym every day. So I just fell in 00:05:15.379 --> 00:05:18.300 love with the sport because my dad was a coach 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:21.519 and I was always around it. That's all I knew, 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:25.779 basically. Now, was there ever a point where... 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:30.160 your dad was like, hey, listen, I love that you're 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.180 learning boxing, but I don't want my little girl 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:36.959 getting punched in the face for a living. He 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.360 never said that, but he always tell me to this 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:45.410 day, if I want to stop, I can stop. A lot of 00:05:45.410 --> 00:05:47.910 people thought my dad forced me to box and that 00:05:47.910 --> 00:05:51.250 was never the case. Like he always told me, if 00:05:51.250 --> 00:05:52.850 you want to stop, you can stop. You don't got 00:05:52.850 --> 00:05:55.209 to do this. It's been times where I could remember 00:05:55.209 --> 00:05:58.149 I was a baby. I'm probably like four or five. 00:05:58.389 --> 00:06:00.589 I catch a little attitude in the gym and I say, 00:06:00.629 --> 00:06:04.029 I quit. I'm done. He'd be like, okay. But I'd 00:06:04.029 --> 00:06:05.769 be right back at the gym the next day because 00:06:05.769 --> 00:06:08.750 that's just what I wanted to do. So I can say 00:06:08.750 --> 00:06:11.850 that my dad, he never forced me to do it. It's 00:06:11.850 --> 00:06:15.209 just something that. I grabbed two and I fell 00:06:15.209 --> 00:06:20.110 in love with. Were there any fighters that you 00:06:20.110 --> 00:06:22.930 kind of gravitated towards growing up like them? 00:06:23.110 --> 00:06:25.490 I really want to try to pattern my style after 00:06:25.490 --> 00:06:29.589 them or I really enjoy watching them. That's 00:06:29.589 --> 00:06:34.430 one thing I can't say no. I never looked at somebody 00:06:34.430 --> 00:06:37.230 and was like, I want. I want to fight like them 00:06:37.230 --> 00:06:39.529 or I want my style to be like their style. I 00:06:39.529 --> 00:06:42.370 just got my own style, you know, because at the 00:06:42.370 --> 00:06:46.009 end of the day, depending on your opponent, you 00:06:46.009 --> 00:06:48.930 got to be able to adjust to it. You got to be 00:06:48.930 --> 00:06:53.689 able to box or if you got to bite down and stay 00:06:53.689 --> 00:06:55.269 in the paint with them, you got to be able to 00:06:55.269 --> 00:06:58.870 do that, you know? So I never looked at a fight 00:06:58.870 --> 00:07:02.110 and said, I need to study them and watch how 00:07:02.110 --> 00:07:06.439 they, you know, do things. Of course, I, I watch 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.899 for tips for certain situations, but I don't 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:17.079 want to make my style someone else's style. Now, 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:21.819 how would you describe your boxing style? How 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:25.360 would I describe my boxing style? Yeah. Like, 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.420 what type of fighter are you? Are you just a 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:31.300 boxer, a boxer, a puncher? You are a knockout. 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:34.850 You do have seven knockouts and nine wins. So 00:07:34.850 --> 00:07:37.449 are you a knockout artist? Like, how would you 00:07:37.449 --> 00:07:40.430 describe yourself? I feel like I'm whatever I 00:07:40.430 --> 00:07:42.230 need to be when it's time to get in that ring. 00:07:42.410 --> 00:07:44.649 You know, that's why I say at the end of the 00:07:44.649 --> 00:07:46.850 day, you got to be able to adjust to your opponent. 00:07:47.029 --> 00:07:48.769 You might get an opponent that you can't knock 00:07:48.769 --> 00:07:51.389 out. It could be an aggressor. So you got to 00:07:51.389 --> 00:07:53.350 be able to know how to use the ring and box. 00:07:53.629 --> 00:07:56.370 Or you might have an opponent that like to use 00:07:56.370 --> 00:07:58.490 the ring and you got to go forward. So now you 00:07:58.490 --> 00:08:00.730 got to be the aggressor. Or you might have a 00:08:00.730 --> 00:08:02.329 fighter that just want to stand there and bang. 00:08:03.339 --> 00:08:06.000 You know, you got to be able to do all that. 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:10.360 So I feel like I'm whatever I need to be in the 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:14.120 ring when it's time to fight and see how my opponent 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:18.180 coming when that time come. Now, you fought like 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:21.560 in a few different divisions, like you fought 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.560 all the way as low as super bantamweight. You 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.319 fought at featherweight. You fought at super 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.319 featherweight. You've even fought a couple of 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:33.870 fights at lightweight. Have you settled into 00:08:33.870 --> 00:08:38.389 a division that you yourself feel physically 00:08:38.389 --> 00:08:46.450 and mentally comfortable with? I think 126 is 00:08:46.450 --> 00:08:49.350 where I'm comfortable at right now. That's where 00:08:49.350 --> 00:08:53.649 I'm fighting at for this fight. Before I took 00:08:53.649 --> 00:08:56.210 my year off, my last few fights was at 130, I 00:08:56.210 --> 00:08:59.789 believe. Yeah. But I've been making 130 so easy, 00:08:59.909 --> 00:09:02.370 so I know if I do a little extra push, I can 00:09:02.370 --> 00:09:07.389 make 126. And now I'm only like four pounds out, 00:09:07.470 --> 00:09:09.490 and I'm a week away from, what, weigh -in day? 00:09:09.809 --> 00:09:12.629 So I feel like 126, I'm good. I don't feel weak 00:09:12.629 --> 00:09:17.350 right now. So I think 126, I'll probably be there 00:09:17.350 --> 00:09:22.830 for a little while. Now, what made you go all 00:09:22.830 --> 00:09:27.250 the way down to 122? 122, that was a mistake 00:09:27.250 --> 00:09:30.450 because I was fighting that. The fight was supposed 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:36.870 to be at 126, but the scales was off. I don't 00:09:36.870 --> 00:09:42.429 know if I was really 122 or the scales was low, 00:09:42.509 --> 00:09:47.230 but I weighed in at 121 a day, and I'm like, 00:09:47.309 --> 00:09:51.110 whoa, I never weighed this low ever since I've 00:09:51.110 --> 00:09:54.879 been pro. I haven't been that way since. How 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.279 long? When I was in high school, I was walking 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.120 around at 145, 146. I hadn't seen 121 in so long, 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:04.419 so it was a shock to me to see 121 when I got 00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:07.039 on the scale. But it wasn't on purpose. That 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.299 fight was supposed to be at 126, and I went all 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:13.919 the way down to 121. Now, in that fight, you 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.720 had suffered a majority decision loss, and you 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.340 actually took back -to -back majority decision 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:24.659 losses. How did you... as a fighter, like bounce 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:27.080 back from that to get yourself back on the winning 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.200 path? So I always say a loss is not a loss, it's 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:36.159 a lesson. So I just be, I feel like I have a 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:38.759 point to prove, you know, because growing up, 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:42.139 my dad always kept me in the spotlight. Been 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.360 on the news since three years old, newspaper 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:47.919 three years old. And I had a lot of haters growing 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:50.379 up, a lot of doubters, people telling me to my 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:53.970 face, oh, you gonna quit. By this age, this age. 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:57.330 So I'm like, I cannot let them be right, you 00:10:57.330 --> 00:11:02.129 know? So I know they were saying that when I 00:11:02.129 --> 00:11:05.830 was a baby, when I took them losses, I know they 00:11:05.830 --> 00:11:07.909 for sure were saying, oh, she done after this. 00:11:08.029 --> 00:11:11.649 She going to quit. I got to keep going to prove 00:11:11.649 --> 00:11:13.850 them wrong. You know, I cannot let the haters 00:11:13.850 --> 00:11:16.889 be right. So that's what keep me going. Just 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:20.110 proving people wrong and knowing that a loss 00:11:20.110 --> 00:11:24.120 is not a loss, it's a lesson. Now, if your dad 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.899 wasn't who he was, and for those who don't know, 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:32.980 your dad is a famed trainer and strategist and 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:39.159 shit talker, Kenny Ellis. If your dad wasn't 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:41.879 who he was, do you think maybe you could have 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:45.440 had like a quieter boxing career where you could 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.019 just hold your craft and not have to worry about 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:50.080 the outside noise? Like you said, you had these, 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:53.519 it's kind of weird. That you only have, what, 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:56.480 like 12 fights? And you're a woman, and you're 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:00.299 getting all this hate already. I know. You ever 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:02.779 think about stuff like that? I never thought 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:09.799 about that. I don't know. Because one thing my 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:15.019 dad, my dad never, he never shit talk on me. 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.600 He be doing it on other fighters, but I never 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.909 heard my dad shit talk about me. Like me going 00:12:22.909 --> 00:12:25.909 to do this and do that. Like how Bill Haney do 00:12:25.909 --> 00:12:28.250 with Devin Haney. My dad never did that with 00:12:28.250 --> 00:12:32.110 me. He do it with other fighters though. So I'm 00:12:32.110 --> 00:12:36.610 not sure if it's that. That's why people be hating 00:12:36.610 --> 00:12:40.710 or just because I'm me. Because there be people 00:12:40.710 --> 00:12:42.789 around me that be hating. It's not even people 00:12:42.789 --> 00:12:48.049 that I don't know. It's people that's known me 00:12:48.049 --> 00:12:54.269 for years. Been around me for years. so I don't 00:12:54.269 --> 00:12:56.169 even think it's that I don't even think it has 00:12:56.169 --> 00:12:59.830 anything to do with my dad you know it might 00:12:59.830 --> 00:13:04.250 have to do with could you call it swaggy you 00:13:04.250 --> 00:13:08.429 know listen I followed your career a little bit 00:13:08.429 --> 00:13:13.970 cause you know my guy J .R. Bell from the boxing 00:13:13.970 --> 00:13:18.250 source he put me on to you very very early and 00:13:18.250 --> 00:13:23.629 like You always got the swaggy fits, the swaggy 00:13:23.629 --> 00:13:26.570 boxing kits when you come out. Everything is 00:13:26.570 --> 00:13:29.830 like swag. You always got your head down with 00:13:29.830 --> 00:13:34.429 the braids showing, you know. Could that be a 00:13:34.429 --> 00:13:37.710 part of it? That might be a part of it. Now that 00:13:37.710 --> 00:13:40.690 you got me thinking, that's probably why people 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:43.230 be hating, you know. And they probably like, 00:13:43.350 --> 00:13:47.700 oh, she worrying about that more than us. When 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:49.879 you look good, you feel good, and I'm going to 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:54.039 fight good. That's a fact. I'm going to be like, 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:57.840 yo, she got that shit on. Yeah, everybody say 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:02.840 that. A lot of times people hate on that, man. 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:07.600 Yeah, for sure. You've been in quite a few, I 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.720 want to say big spots. You fought on Garcia Davis. 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.460 You fought on Prime Video. Yeah. What's been 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:20.700 your favorite boxing experience so far? My favorite 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:24.820 boxing experience so far is probably the gamble 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:28.000 on the court. That was my first pro fight. And 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.100 everything just was so smooth. It was so smooth. 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.820 I didn't have any hiccups. Fight week was lovely. 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:39.379 I had so many interviews for my first pro fight 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:42.580 and I'm just... Yeah, I said that I've always 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:45.159 been in the spotlight, but for me to be doing 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.919 it at that level so early in my career, people 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.879 don't have the opportunity to fight on a big 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:54.759 platform their first pro fight. So I just was 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:58.200 taking it all in, getting a feel into everything, 00:14:58.700 --> 00:15:04.159 doing press. So I think, yeah, that's my favorite 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:08.080 professional experience right now. Now, your 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.620 next professional experience, you're going to 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:12.720 be fighting on this card that's headlined by, 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.700 I don't know how to describe it, influencer, 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:20.440 streamer, hey, Krishan Rock. Everybody know Krishan 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:25.080 Rock? Krishan Malone. It's going to be a big 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:27.840 event. And she's also from Baltimore. And it's 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:32.120 her professional boxing debut. You're here in 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:34.320 another big spot. Your first fight back. What's 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.220 that like? It's almost like you're hitting the 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:40.500 ground running. Man, I'm so excited to be able 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:43.679 to have this opportunity, my first fight back. 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:46.820 Everything is just working in my favor, and I'm 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:50.320 just taking it all in, being grateful. Because 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:55.159 like I said, some people don't have the team 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.120 to make this kind of stuff happen for them. So 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.879 I'm just so happy and grateful for my team for 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.559 making this happen. And we're going to put on 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:07.879 a show September 19th. seen in the ring with 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:12.519 Krishan. Have you been training with her? What's 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.139 that like? What's the relationship like between 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:18.679 you and Krishan? Man, we train every day together. 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:21.960 Every day. I'm actually meeting up with her right 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:24.820 now. We're about to grab something to eat and 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:27.320 talk over some business stuff that we got planned 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.399 for after the fight. Okay, okay. We're together 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:35.169 almost 24 -7. It's strictly work, though. People 00:16:35.169 --> 00:16:38.230 might look at it as a joke or as we plan, but 00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:42.409 we really working off cameras, you know? You 00:16:42.409 --> 00:16:46.230 know what's crazy? To me, if it was any other 00:16:46.230 --> 00:16:50.370 influencer, we might look at it as a joke, but 00:16:50.370 --> 00:16:53.149 we done seen Krishan throw some damn hands. So 00:16:53.149 --> 00:16:58.490 we know how she giving it up. Right, for sure. 00:17:02.649 --> 00:17:08.809 How would you assess her skill as a boxer? Obviously, 00:17:08.829 --> 00:17:10.470 you've been doing this since you were a baby. 00:17:10.750 --> 00:17:14.329 How would you assess her? Because she was an 00:17:14.329 --> 00:17:17.390 athlete, but not a boxer. So it's kind of like 00:17:17.390 --> 00:17:19.609 an adjustment for her. How would you assess how 00:17:19.609 --> 00:17:22.690 she's been doing? One thing I can say is she 00:17:22.690 --> 00:17:26.589 catch on so fast. This girl started training 00:17:26.589 --> 00:17:30.069 with us in January. And the stuff I'm seeing 00:17:30.069 --> 00:17:34.859 her do in sparring, It's crazy. She catching 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:41.160 on so fast. She's been sparring national champions, 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:44.000 champions that's number one in the country in 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.759 elite tournaments. And she's doing good with 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:53.740 them. So it's crazy to see in front row, you're 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:57.480 seeing the progress day by day. And she's definitely 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:02.049 taking it more serious. As time is rolling, so 00:18:02.049 --> 00:18:04.829 I see a lot coming from Kashawn in the future 00:18:04.829 --> 00:18:09.930 as far as boxing. Now, like your dad has really 00:18:09.930 --> 00:18:14.710 become known for his boxing strategies and film 00:18:14.710 --> 00:18:18.829 studies and breaking stuff down. Have you inherited 00:18:18.829 --> 00:18:20.750 that gene a little bit when you look at your 00:18:20.750 --> 00:18:22.369 own fights or look at other people's fights? 00:18:22.509 --> 00:18:24.690 Maybe like you break down your own opponents 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:27.289 or break down what you need to do where you could 00:18:27.289 --> 00:18:30.119 break it down to a science? Yep, I definitely 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:35.099 got that from my dad. Like, when I'm sparring, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:39.619 my dad barely has to give me any type of advice 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:44.759 on what I should be doing because it's so simple 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:49.779 to me, I want to say. It's minimum coaching when 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:52.740 I'm sparring for my dad. Like, Saturday, we went 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:59.250 out of town to spar. I was doing great. I'm boxing 00:18:59.250 --> 00:19:02.109 the whole time. So he told me the last round, 00:19:02.230 --> 00:19:04.109 he said, just press her the last round, stand 00:19:04.109 --> 00:19:05.890 there with her. I stood there with her, but I 00:19:05.890 --> 00:19:08.630 noticed that I'm getting hit more because that 00:19:08.630 --> 00:19:11.170 was her fight. That's how, that's what she want 00:19:11.170 --> 00:19:14.009 to do, you know? So I told him, I said, ah, that's 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:15.450 her fight. I'm going to go back to what I'm doing. 00:19:15.549 --> 00:19:17.049 He said, you're right. Go back to what you're 00:19:17.049 --> 00:19:19.730 doing. My bad. So it was like, at that time, 00:19:19.789 --> 00:19:23.950 he was wrong. I was right. So I definitely picked 00:19:23.950 --> 00:19:27.150 that, you know, that skill up for my dad with 00:19:27.529 --> 00:19:30.809 Studying and knowing what's best to do as far 00:19:30.809 --> 00:19:34.349 as being in the ring and fighting certain styles. 00:19:35.890 --> 00:19:41.230 Now, you've obviously done some training with 00:19:41.230 --> 00:19:46.990 Javante Tank Davis. He's like basically like 00:19:46.990 --> 00:19:48.789 a brother to you. I know you used to call him 00:19:48.789 --> 00:19:55.289 like Tariq to your arena. Yeah, for sure. Yes. 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.720 So what's that experience like being in the ring 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:08.000 with Tank and seeing him train? I love training 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:15.660 with Tank. He is genuine. He's genuine and he 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:23.000 want to see the best from me. He pushed me. I 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:25.660 can't even explain the feeling because it's like 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:27.640 when we in there together, it's tunnel vision. 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:31.160 It's tunnel vision. We both locked in. It was 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.200 one camp we did. It was just me and him in that 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.279 camp. We did the whole camp. It was when he fought 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.700 Hector Garcia in DC. I was on that undercard 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:42.119 as well. That camp - He knocked a blonde. Yeah, 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:45.839 yeah. That whole camp, it was just me and Tank 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:51.259 and he was pushing me. I can't even explain the 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:55.079 feeling. It was so smooth, genuine. Like I said, 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.839 he makes sure I always have what I need. That's 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:03.940 one thing I can say. In boxing and outside of 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:08.480 boxing. You know, it's kind of funny to me because 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:12.119 a lot of people don't get to see that side of 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.859 Tay. Obviously, they look at the stuff outside 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:18.380 the ring. They look at how brash he is and stuff 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:22.009 like that. What was one thing that you could 00:21:22.009 --> 00:21:25.250 definitely say about Tate that people may not 00:21:25.250 --> 00:21:31.730 know or understand about him as a person? He's 00:21:31.730 --> 00:21:36.529 loving and he's not mean. People always seem 00:21:36.529 --> 00:21:40.009 like they trying to describe him as a monster. 00:21:40.230 --> 00:21:43.769 He's not a monster. He's actually a good person, 00:21:43.910 --> 00:21:47.470 a nice person, a loving person. It's just that 00:21:48.190 --> 00:21:50.410 When he don't like something, he don't like it. 00:21:50.990 --> 00:21:54.369 And that's just what it is. That's normal. He's 00:21:54.369 --> 00:21:58.470 human, just like the rest of us. But I can't 00:21:58.470 --> 00:22:00.509 say he's not a monster. He's not a person that 00:22:00.509 --> 00:22:06.670 they try to make him to be in the media. 100%. 00:22:06.670 --> 00:22:11.150 Now, you've made your way back to the featherweight 00:22:11.150 --> 00:22:15.250 division. You're going to be at 126. There's 00:22:15.250 --> 00:22:19.029 a lot of fighters. at 126 that you're going to 00:22:19.029 --> 00:22:23.430 have to go through to reach the ultimate goal 00:22:23.430 --> 00:22:28.930 of becoming a champion. Do you have maybe a roadmap 00:22:28.930 --> 00:22:31.529 to how you're going to get up in the rankings 00:22:31.529 --> 00:22:36.809 and get to championship contention? Most definitely. 00:22:37.190 --> 00:22:39.710 Right now, I'm just focused on getting past this 00:22:39.710 --> 00:22:42.710 fight. Like I said, it's been a year off, so 00:22:42.710 --> 00:22:44.769 this fight is just basically getting... You know 00:22:44.769 --> 00:22:50.089 what I mean? knocking the rust off. And then 00:22:50.089 --> 00:22:55.430 my dad, of course, he got his eyes on certain 00:22:55.430 --> 00:22:58.769 women. And I'm rocking and rolling with whatever 00:22:58.769 --> 00:23:01.589 my dad say. I know you know who they are. Give 00:23:01.589 --> 00:23:05.569 me some names. Who y 'all looking at? Wait till 00:23:05.569 --> 00:23:07.970 after this fight. We gonna throw some names out 00:23:07.970 --> 00:23:12.630 there. The time is coming for sure. Most definitely. 00:23:15.289 --> 00:23:18.390 been looking at some names for you, you know, 00:23:18.589 --> 00:23:22.950 like, I know there's like a little rivalry, especially 00:23:22.950 --> 00:23:26.509 in football with, you know, Marilyn and Philly. 00:23:26.529 --> 00:23:29.369 I'm looking at people like Chanel Butler. I'm 00:23:29.369 --> 00:23:33.430 looking at people like Raina Tellez. I'm looking 00:23:33.430 --> 00:23:37.130 at people like Melissa Odessa. You know, there's 00:23:37.130 --> 00:23:41.309 like a lot of people at 126 where you could make 00:23:41.309 --> 00:23:45.839 a... It's crazy. You ain't say none of the names 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.940 that me and my dad been talking to you. Oh, man. 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:52.839 So they not even, like, they wasn't even on my 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:58.039 mind. Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. Can I get a 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:00.180 little preview? Maybe just one name. Give me 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:06.279 one name. I'm telling you, we're going to focus 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:11.579 on September 19th and then after that. We throwing 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:14.359 them out there. That's that. Okay, September 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:18.740 19th, the bell rings. Your opponent is standing 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:21.799 across from you. How do you get the job done? 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:27.599 I'm doing everything I worked on. And one thing 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:30.759 I can say, I've been looking sharper than ever. 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:36.849 I don't know what that layoff did. But I never 00:24:36.849 --> 00:24:39.849 boxed like this a day in my life. I got people 00:24:39.849 --> 00:24:42.829 coming to me after sparring like, I like this 00:24:42.829 --> 00:24:45.769 mirror. I like how you doing things now in the 00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:48.809 ring. I don't know what the layoff did, but I 00:24:48.809 --> 00:24:54.369 feel like I needed it. I don't know, but September 00:24:54.369 --> 00:24:58.450 19th, I'm going to show y 'all a different mirror, 00:24:58.569 --> 00:25:01.490 a focused mirror, a locked in mirror. I'm going 00:25:01.490 --> 00:25:03.150 to show y 'all, I'm going to give y 'all a show 00:25:03.150 --> 00:25:08.230 for sure. Oh, listen, I cannot wait for it. And 00:25:08.230 --> 00:25:10.369 I want to wish you the best of luck. I want to 00:25:10.369 --> 00:25:13.809 thank you for taking time to come speak to the 00:25:13.809 --> 00:25:16.869 people here at Brunch Boxing. We've definitely 00:25:16.869 --> 00:25:20.109 been following your career from the beginning. 00:25:20.390 --> 00:25:23.029 I love the progress that you're making. Listen, 00:25:23.250 --> 00:25:26.450 you look happy. You look healthy. You look ready 00:25:26.450 --> 00:25:30.190 to go. I'm ready to see you put on a show. Thank 00:25:30.190 --> 00:25:33.789 you. Just tell the people. how they can watch 00:25:33.789 --> 00:25:37.150 the show. If you are streaming tickets, just 00:25:37.150 --> 00:25:40.829 let us know how they can support you. So if you 00:25:40.829 --> 00:25:43.950 want to come and support in person, you can click 00:25:43.950 --> 00:25:46.589 the link in my bio on Instagram, MiracolorB1. 00:25:46.970 --> 00:25:49.809 It's an Eventbrite link. You can click that link 00:25:49.809 --> 00:25:52.769 in my bio to buy tickets. If you can't make it 00:25:52.769 --> 00:25:55.509 and you want to stream it live, watch us live 00:25:55.509 --> 00:26:01.369 on TV, you can order it on BLK Prime. Okay, no 00:26:01.369 --> 00:26:02.930 doubt, no doubt. And I'm going to be sharing 00:26:02.930 --> 00:26:05.769 those links with the people so that they can 00:26:05.769 --> 00:26:08.349 support you. Listen, I appreciate you joining 00:26:08.349 --> 00:26:11.410 me. Looking forward to it. It's going to be a 00:26:11.410 --> 00:26:16.269 big show. September 19th, Regency Hyatt Hotel, 00:26:16.849 --> 00:26:21.450 Baltimore, Maryland. Mia Ellis, the killer B, 00:26:21.589 --> 00:26:23.549 is back. Appreciate you. Thank you for joining 00:26:23.549 --> 00:26:29.519 us. No doubt, no doubt. And this has been another 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:33.140 edition of Brunch Boxing. We will be back tomorrow 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:38.160 night with another fighter that'll be back on 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:42.400 September 19th. The truck himself, Lorenzo Truck 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:44.839 Simpson. He'll be back. Make sure you guys tune 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:47.140 in for that. And please make sure you guys go 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:51.640 follow Mia Ellis. Go support Mia Ellis. She out 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:54.519 here doing her thing. She back. She ready to 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:56.920 go. The killer bee is back. Listen, she ain't 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:59.339 going to say it, but she, yo, she be knocking 00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:01.019 these bitches out. I'm telling y 'all that right 00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:04.119 now. She humble with it, but I ain't got to be 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.640 humble with it. She be knocking these bitches 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:07.700 out. Y 'all going to want to see this fight, 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.940 so make sure y 'all go check it out September 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:12.160 19th. This has been another edition of Brunch 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:15.079 Boxing. He is our host, Ezra Boxing. He is our 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:18.079 COO, the Mexican Alhambra Mike. He is our producer, 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:22.099 Hugh P. I am Matt. We are Brunch Boxing, and 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.180 we are out.