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[BxBD] A bit of news and a few fights to talk · Boxing B-Sides

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want to know what video game I'm playing. Yeah,
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Boxing Before Dark. We are back, bitch. Up in
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your ears. Ooh, Shanada, how goes it over in
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Japan? I am not deathly ill anymore, so that's
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good. Starting to feel better. Good. I actually
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missed days of work this week. It was bad. Oh,
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is it? How bad is it in, uh... Well, you're a
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foreigner though, right? So they shouldn't hold
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you to this. They wouldn't hold you to the same
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like standard of I'm too sick to work. Uh, no,
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they, they don't. But like my boss definitely
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spouts the lines he's given about that stuff.
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Cause I sent an email and I'm like, I'm actually
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sick. I don't want to get anyone in the lab sick,
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but I had a live mouse delivery. I was like,
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so I'm going to come in and I'm going to put
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my mice away and I'm going to go right back home.
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And my boss was like, yes, that is acceptable.
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If you are sick, you should stay home. We don't
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want everyone to get sick. And I'm like, excellent.
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Very rehearsed. Yeah, I like pretty much copy
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and pasted from his training manual. And I just
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didn't go in the next day and he hasn't said
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anything. I'm sure I'll see him today and tomorrow.
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He's always there on the weekends. Well, let's
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get into a little bit of news here. Manny Pacquiao's
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son. I'm struggling with this one. I don't know
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if it's Jim Well or Him Well. Just based on like
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James. It's probably Jim. I think it's Jim Well.
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Yeah, you're right. Yeah, he's Filipino. Jim
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plus Manuel? Yeah. Like for his dad? Yeah, also
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Manny calls him Jim. Okay, so yeah, it's Jimwell.
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Oh, that's nice. He's making his pro debut on
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November 29th. It's their two names put together,
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right? Yes. If you didn't pick it up, Jinky and
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Manny. Isn't her name Jinky? Yeah, her name is
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Jinky. Yeah. I just thought it was Manny's name
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with Jim at the beginning instead. No, it's Jinky
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and Manuel. Then where's the N? Jimwell? They
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just changed the... To an M instead? The M, yeah.
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Oh, lame. Jimwell is a girl's name. Is it? Yeah.
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All right. Going with it. Still, he's making
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his pro debut, so that's fun. Is he fighting
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anyone? No, just another guy making his debut.
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Okay, so not some journeyman that's there to
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lose. Like, he's actually fighting somebody that's
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possibly competitive. Yeah. Someone who's also
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trying to win. Kind of what I meant. You want
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to beat... How could you not want to have a Pacquiao
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on your record when you're making your pro debut
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and you... Get a Pacquiao scalp? That's a get.
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Yeah. Speaking of gets. Oh, it's in the U .S.
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as well. Yeah, I think it's in Stockton, California.
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Interesting. Yeah, I think this is Manny Pacquiao
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Promotions, their first card that they're promoting
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solo. In the U .S. Nice. We've done a lot of
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Philippines and others. Oh, and Jim trains at
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Wild Card. Yes, he does. Nice. I kind of want
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him to be good. He's probably just another Nepo
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baby, but I kind of want him to be good. Imagine
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a second Pacquiao. It would be fun. It would
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be fun together. It would be awesome. Yeah, he
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would add himself to the list of... boxing sons
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that are like connor ben say what you will about
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he's okay he's okay he's doing he's doing his
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best um but he's also he's still really popular
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despite not being all that great yeah him and
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eubank both i think right yeah that's what i
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was gonna say next was eubank is in the same
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mold uh emiliano jcc shit Emmanuel Vargas is
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actually pretty good. Right. Emiliano is good.
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His other brothers, not so much. He's clearly
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the best of the fighting Vargas boys. Yeah. I
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could back another Pacquiao. I'd be up for it.
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The Philippines needs somebody to cheer for as
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well. What do you mean? Jerusalem is not the...
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I mean, I cheer for him and Tataran and Topalas.
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The fucking Filipinos need to get off Casimiro's
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dick. Yeah, Topalas, not Casimiro, Maxayo. Mark
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Maxayo. Yeah, but is he actually Philippines
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Filipino? Yeah. Oh, I thought he was American
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Filipino. No, not as far as I know. I like Meg
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Zayo. Yeah. I like Meg Zayo. I just thought he
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was, like, maybe not born in the U .S., but lived
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there all his life. I don't think he's lived
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there his whole life. I'm pretty sure he's a
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Filipino. Okay. Full on. Ask any Filipino and
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he'd be Brandon Figueroa. He did. He might have.
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Yeah. Yeah. Moving on to Tim Zhu. He gets a new
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trainer, Pedro Diaz, from the Mundo Boxing Club.
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Pedro Diaz is a Cuban -style coach. So this is
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a bit... I'm not sure what this is telegraphing.
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I feel like this is Tim Zhu trying to sharpen
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up his defense, like learn that Cuban -style
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mobility of defense, like hit and get out of
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the way as quickly as possible. Tim is not good
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at that. No, he's not. So I'm always kind of
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split on these types of moves because it's something
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that he should add if he can. But I always feel
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like by the time you're, like, Tim's age, you
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need to lean into your strengths more than you
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need to improve your deficits. Kind of. Like,
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I think so late in your career, it's really hard
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and ill -advised for most boxers to try and completely
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change their style. Yeah, Oscar De La Hoya did
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that multiple times, and it didn't always go
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to his benefit. Well, and like some people can
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pull it off. I'm not saying... It's not impossible.
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It's not impossible and it's not a bad move every
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time. So I hope this works out. But I just...
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If they really try and switch Tim entirely to
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a Cuban style, I think it's going to be a disaster.
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If they lean into his strengths and add some
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defense that Tim can actually handle. it'll be
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beneficial. Thinking on it, I'm thinking that
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Virgil Hunter might have been a better fit. Because
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Virgil Hunter, he was Andre Ward's coach for
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his career. And pretty much anybody who went
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to Virgil Hunter, you went there to tighten up
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your defense. And it unfortunately is a little
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bit of the jab and grab type of crap that, you
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know, doesn't wow people, but it wins fights.
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And that would be a little bit more of what Tim
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Zoo could do because he's more of an offensive
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personality than he is defensive type. So more
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mobility, lateral movement. Timmy, that's not
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you, man. Like you need to. work on your entries
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and then work in the clinch and then work on
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your exits like i guess it all depends on how
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they try to integrate it yeah tim tim can't just
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switch i just i don't think that's feasible and
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i don't know much about this coach i don't i
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honestly didn't recognize his name um so maybe
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he's really good at kind of tweaking and adding
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instead of trying to switch people. But because
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who was it? Like Roy Jones Jr. is a terrible
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fucking coach. Yeah, he is. Because he tries
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to get people to fight like him and nobody can
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fight like him. I'm not saying this guy is like
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that, but I just mean if he tries to switch him
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to his Cuban style, it's not going to work. Cuban
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style is also a little different these days.
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it's not quite i still even even modern cuban
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style i don't think fits tim man imagine going
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to eddie reynoso when they try to train you to
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fight like canelo because that's all eddie reynoso
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knows how to do yeah no that also wouldn't suit
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tim no he does not have the chin for that unfortunate
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that I think is the trick to Canelo style is
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just having a fucking massive Irish head with
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like a chin made of granite. Yeah, well, you
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have to because you're going to be rolling a
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lot of shots, not just blocking or parrying or
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avoiding. What's the UFC corner quote? He's a
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big old Mexican with a big old head. You're not
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going to knock him out. Is that a quote? It's
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a quote. I'll try and find it. I'll send it to
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you later. But yeah, it's Coach in the Corner.
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It's like, stop trying to knock this fucker out.
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He's a big old Mexican with a big old head. You're
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not going to knock him out. That sounds like
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it would be if they were somebody fighting Cain
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Velasquez. I don't know. That's just what it
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sounds like in my head. The corner scene sticks
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with me. But I'm pretty sure it was UFC. Oh.
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Corners in the ears of the fighter. Usyk declares
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that he's retiring at age 41. He's currently
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38. So. That's longer than I thought he was staying
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around, to be honest. Kind of longer than I want
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him to stay around. I don't... So... I just want
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him to retire undisputed, undefeated, undeniably
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the best. But nobody does that. It's hard to
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leave when you're winning. And he's adamant that
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he's not going to be fighting Tyson Fury again.
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His entire camp... Which is good. Yeah, his entire
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camp is like, no, that chapter is closed. And
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I mean, it is. He beat you close the first time,
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and then he beat you more clearly the second
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time. I'm not sure what more you want. Yeah,
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like, nobody needs another one of those. It's
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a waste of Usyk's last few fights. That being
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said, we've talked about it before. There's not
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really anyone left for him to fight. He's just
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beat everybody. Yeah. Only ones really left are,
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spoiler, we're recording this before the Joseph
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Parker, Fabio Wardley fight. You're listening
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to it after the fact. So, you know, make peace
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with it. We don't know who won yet. Parker. Yeah,
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I'm going with Parker. But that's really it,
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is Parker. Yeah. I mean, I don't think Parker
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has a hope in hell either, but... No, like, he
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does what Usyk does, but he's like dying Usyk.
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Not as good? Yeah, he's just not as good. Speaking
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of Fury, he's adamant that he's retired. Let
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me see if I can pull up his exact words, because
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they were really clear. Like, he's like, fuck
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this. Yeah, I know he's done this before, but
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he's also getting to the age where I kind of
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believe it might stick this time. Although I
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do think he'll probably come out of retirement
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for enough money, because of course he will.
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That was something that he said. I'm paraphrasing
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here. This isn't the exact quote, but he said,
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I'm 37 years old. I've been boxing my whole life.
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I've been getting punched in the face for 25
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of those 37 years. I have zero interest in continuing
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to do this. I already have more than enough money
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I could ever spend. So what's the point? You
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could offer me a 10 -figure contract and I wouldn't
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want to come back. Yeah, he said that before,
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though. I think at this age, though... It might
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stick this time. That's what I think. It will
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stick now. Let's see. I found the exact... Is
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this the exact quote? Oh, it's pieces of the
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code. It used to be for the money, the titles,
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but now I've got more money than I can spend.
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I've got unlimited amounts of belts and titles,
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and does it make me any happier? No. Was the
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chase better than the victory? Yes. The climb
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was better than the mountain peak? to be fair
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as is always the case i can go back to boxing
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at any given time but i just don't want to i've
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got no interest in that clamor or the limelight
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or to go get punched again i'm not interested
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it doesn't do anything for me you could offer
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me 1 billion pounds today and it wouldn't move
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the needle because i've gone past that point
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of caring about what other people think Boxing
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doesn't take any prisoners. It only takes casualties.
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So for me to be sat here, all my faculties in
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order, won every belt, made loads of money, and
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not got a scratch on me, I've done really well.
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But I don't want to tempt fate. I don't want
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to keep going back and back to the well because
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how many times can you keep doing it without
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getting brain damage or whatever else? Not being
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able to walk in a straight line, it'd all be
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pointless then. That is pretty cut and dried.
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It's pretty clear. The only one who's adamant
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that... I've been using that word a lot today.
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The only one who's really... It's a good word.
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Yeah, he's really adamant that he should fight
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is AJ, claiming that Tyson Fury has to fight
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AJ for the British heavyweight crown, pretty
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much. I mean, everybody wants to see it. And
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Fury's been pretty clear that he's retired like
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three times in the past. Yes. I think he's even
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said the you couldn't pay me enough to come back
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thing before. And like 100 mil did get him back.
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Yeah. So, I don't know. I just don't believe
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a fucking word Fury says ever. And the fight
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with AJ, you could reasonably think it would
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be a billion dollar fight. I mean, a billion's
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a lot, Leo. No, no, I know. Just in general,
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that's too much. That is a lot of money. That
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would be a massive circus. It would be a massive
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circus and it would be a lot of money, but a
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thousand million is too much. That is a lot.
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Yeah, you're right. But, I don't know. I am not
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writing off the Fury vs. AJ fight yet, just because
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it's Fury. If AJ said he was retired and done,
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I would believe him. Yeah, I would be more apt
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to believe AJ than I do Fury. But also, if Fury
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stays retired, I'm not going to be too mad at
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him anyways. He has a point. Yeah. Between the
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two Usyk fights, the three Wilder fights, like,
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what more do you want out of the man? That's
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a lot of getting punched in the face. Yeah, and
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especially with a guy like Wilder, you're not
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taking little to no damage from somebody. It's
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not like you're fighting a pillow -fisted someone.
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Yeah. Like, he got knocked out that first fight.
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You did. Jack Reese, you son of a bitch. You
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suck. God. Heated. Heated. Yeah. Every time.
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Every time I think about it. It's like the reverse
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tank knee. Yeah. Yeah. God. Moving along. Ray
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Moritaya versus Andy Cruz is going to be happening
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for the IBF 140 -pound title. I like Ray Moritaya
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a lot. I'm going to be pulling for him. I'm cheering
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for him. But Andy Cruz is... Is a problem. He
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is a problem. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, that
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could be a rough one. Murataya has Robert Garcia
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in his corner, which that counts for a lot. But
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Andy Cruz is like, no other way to put it but
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a fucking problem. And man, that's rough. Yeah,
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I just... I don't remember a whole bunch of what
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Ray Murataya's style is like. To be honest. Is
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he, like, kind of just Mexican? He's not, right?
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Yeah, okay. But he does fight the Mexican. Like,
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think Mikey Garcia. Like, really textbook. Okay,
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okay. But not, like, not walk in a straight line.
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No, not like that. Hands up. No, yeah. That could
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be kind of a fun fight, actually. He's a good
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boxer puncher. So is Andy Cruz. Well, I was going
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to say, Moritaya may be more of a puncher -boxer,
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and then Andy Cruz the boxer -puncher. Yeah.
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That one might actually be fun. Andy Cruz engages
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enough that it's usually really fun. He can be
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wobbled. He has been wobbled. I've definitely
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seen the IBF declare worse fights. Oh my god.
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Definitely. This is actually really good. Yeah,
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I'm kind of surprised the IBF has told them to
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do this one and they didn't just do it on their
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own. Speaking of doing it on their own, Agit
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Kabayel is coming back on the 10th of January.
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I didn't see who it's going to be against, but
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he also holds an interim heavyweight title. So
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he is in the running for a potential Usyk payday.
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Fair enough, I guess. Yeah, he's earned it. I
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wouldn't put him at the head of the line, but
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he definitely has earned his spot in the line.
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I mean, provided Parker has one, Parker's the
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only one that should be at the head of the line.
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He's waited for like half a decade at the front
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of the line. Also assuming that Parker beat Wardley,
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he took a very dangerous fight that he didn't
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have to take. Yeah. And assuming Wardley beat
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Parker, that doesn't put you at the front of
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the line. I don't think so. You beat one person.
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Probably by fluke knockout. Right, after getting
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soundly outboxed for however many rounds before
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you got your fucking lucky spark. But I guess
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you gotta be lucky to be good. Yeah, making it
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to this point is a bit of luck. Still, Agit Caballel.
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Barring... The only person I would put ahead
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of him would probably be Parker. And... We don't
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know that outcome yet. Yeah. So... Honestly,
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I think even if Parker does get sparked, he should
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still be at the head of the line. But that's
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just me. Everyone's gonna say that... He got
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beat by a mid guy. I know. He outboxed somebody.
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Fabio Wardley gets outboxed. It's just like a
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fact of life. But then it becomes like, oh, can
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Usyk do... Can he outbox for 12? It's like Wilder
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used to say, you have to be perfect for 12 rounds.
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I have to be perfect for one second. Yeah. Oh,
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God. Is Fabio Wardley the next fucking Deontay
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Wilder? They've been calling him that for a long
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time. Really? We had a whole discussion about
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this a couple months ago, Leo. I forgot about
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that. They both started late. They don't have
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much of an amateur thing. Yeah, they've been
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making that comparison all year. Or since he
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caved in Clark's head. Frazier Clark, yeah. Yeah.
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Let's dial down the weight classes. Seiya Tsutsumi,
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a .k .a. Punch Burger, versus Nonito Donair in
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Tokyo in December. I don't think it's official
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yet, but there's rumors that they'll be on a
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December 17th card that has multiple world titles
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on it. And this will be one of them, of course,
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because Tsutsumi... Champion in recess, wasn't
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he? Yeah, I was going to say. I need to correct
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myself. He's in recess, isn't he? After the eye
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surgery. Right. And he's supposed to fight whoever
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won the interim in his stead. Who does have the
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interim? That's a good question. Let's have a
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look. WBA rankings. Bantamweight. Antonio Vargas.
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is the regular champion. Nonito is the interim
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champion. So they're making Tsutsumi fight the
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interim before he can go back for his belt. Yeah.
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Seems so. That's fucking bullshit. My guy gets
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screwed over because nobody likes him. Nobody
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likes the fashion mag. Fucking handsome boy.
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I don't know. I don't understand. He's exciting
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and his personality seems pretty good. I don't
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understand why they don't push him a little more.
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I don't get it. Throwing my hands up because
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I'm not sure either. But that's kind of bullshit
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that they're making him beat Donair first. Oh,
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having Donair on his resume will be good. Look
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at who the number one contender is. No. I don't
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want to. Look at where he is on everyone's list,
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Leo. At the top. Yeah. Where he fucking belongs.
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Takuma's gonna beat him. I really don't think
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that Nasukawa can beat Takuma. It's a tough one.
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He doesn't hit hard enough. Nazakawa doesn't
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hit hard. No, he's not. Like, big punching isn't
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really his thing. So, you're right. Like, the
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only one that's beaten Takuma hits a lot harder.
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And a lot more. Yeah. Nazakawa doesn't have much
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for output either. And I really don't think he's
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going to be able to outbox Takuma. Not really.
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He's going to try, but... His speed is something,
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I think. Yeah. Yeah, but, like... Takuma's going
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to time him. Natsukawa gets hit. He does. Bringing
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it back around, though, to Tsutsumi versus Donair.
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Before we started recording, we were talking
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about it. And I was saying, I don't see Donair
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as that big of a challenge. I think he's near
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40, if not already past it. I think he's past
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40. Let me check. He still has his left hook.
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It's still, like, his money punch. Yeah, he's
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42. I was pretty sure he was older than me. I
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don't rate his chances all that well. I think
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he's got a puncher's chance. Sure. Yeah, everyone
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has a puncher's chance. No, but I mean, like,
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Donair's a puncher. He has an actual puncher's
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chance. Yeah. Like, Tsutsumi gets hit. It's not
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like he's hard to hit. Power's the last thing
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that goes. That being said, I think Seiya's just
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going to swarm and overpower Donair. I'm kind
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of picturing a mid -round TKO for Tsutsumi. But
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if Donair cracks him with something like he got
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in a way, I don't think Tsutsumi can box his
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way out of it. How long ago was the first...
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It was a long time ago. I think it was. I think
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it was COVID. Where's Donairs? Box rec. I think
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it might have been 2020. I'm going to make myself
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look stupid. I'm not going to guess. The first
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interway fight was 2019, November. Okay, so it
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was pre -COVID, you're right. Donair's been busy,
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though. He has. He's back at 118. That is fucking
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wild. He got up to, I think, 126. Yeah, he was
30:12
too small for 126, so... The only thing that
30:18
was... making him at all competitive up there
30:21
was his power. That proved to not be enough multiple
30:27
times. No. Yeah. I like Donair. He's definitely
30:32
way past it. I just think he's got a puncher's
30:36
chance. And Seiya gets hit. Like, he's gonna
30:41
land something. Whether he lands that one crazy
30:44
shot or not, who knows. I have faith in Tsutsumi.
30:49
Oh. I do, too. I'm just saying that, like, I
30:53
don't think it's a give -me fight. I think they
30:57
should have let Tsutsumi fight for his fucking
30:59
belt instead of this. Yeah, fight the actual
31:03
champ instead. Yeah. Bullshit. I don't know.
31:09
Maybe this was more money. Donair probably sells
31:13
better in Tokyo. Probably. Or you could do it
31:16
in Philippines. The card they're supposed to
31:23
be on is in Tokyo. And I will be getting a ticket
31:27
because I have never seen Donair fight. That
31:30
would be cool. Yeah. I might hang out in Tokyo
31:35
a little bit while he's here and see if I can
31:38
snag an autograph somehow. I would recognize
31:42
Nonito on the street. I'm sure I would. Yeah.
31:47
Cause I'm not going to lie. So some of the Japanese
31:50
guys, I'm not a hundred percent confident. I
31:54
would know. Well, when they're just in like regular
31:58
clothes, they just look like they blended. Yeah.
32:02
They just look like normal little guys. I don't
32:06
know. I mean, not Tsutsumi. I'd recognize Tsutsumi.
32:12
Like, in a way, walking around when his hair's
32:15
not dyed just looks like somebody's lesbian aunt.
32:23
There was one day, there was one guy in a tracksuit
32:30
that I was, like, I looked... probably four times.
32:35
And I was like, no, it's not in a way because
32:37
his eye's not fucked up. Like, don't air crack
32:40
that one eye and it's different than the other.
32:43
But there was somebody that looked exactly like
32:45
him. And he was the right size and the right
32:48
height. And he was wearing, like, a tracksuit.
32:50
So you can't tell how muscular he is. And I was
32:53
like, is that him? And then I realized it wasn't.
32:57
Yeah, yeah. It was not him. I had to double check.
33:05
Triple check. Well, speaking of triple checking,
33:11
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is back in December. Why?
33:19
I had to triple check. Am I really reading this?
33:24
That he's really back? I thought he went to jail.
33:29
No, he got deported. No, but after that... The
33:34
charges were dropped. Oh, okay. I thought he
33:37
was in jail for cartel stuff. Cartel activities.
33:43
Yeah, I was trying to remember the word for Mexican
33:46
mafias. Nope. I wish my daddy was rich. Yeah,
33:55
I wish my dad was one of one. A good way. In
34:03
Mexican culture, in a very positive way. Yeah.
34:07
My dad is one of one, but not in any way that
34:11
anyone cares about. But yeah, that's it. Chavez
34:15
Jr. is back on December 13th at the Guadalupano
34:21
tournament. Whatever the fuck that is. Yeah,
34:28
I... I assumed you knew what it was because you
34:30
wrote it there. No, I just wrote it there just
34:32
to make note of it. But I'm not sure what it
34:35
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34:43
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34:48
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Yeah. Not a lot to recap either. No. This has
39:06
been a pretty kind of dead month. October has
39:10
not been great. No. This has been rough. But
39:16
November is shaping up very nicely. So at least
39:21
we got that coming up. And December is always
39:24
good. Yes. Everybody always tries to pack stuff
39:28
in at the end of the year. Tax purposes. Yeah,
39:33
I was thinking the same thing. So, on Saturday,
39:37
October 18th, we had two cards. Farewell to Brooklyn.
39:41
This was Danny Garcia's retirement tour kickoff.
39:47
Four fights that I wanted to pick up. Damien
39:53
Kaniba. He KO'd Seven's Joey DeWitchko. He probably
39:59
KO'd his mouthpiece out of his fucking face.
40:05
His mouthpiece did actually fit this time. Oh,
40:08
good. But that... Did you not watch this one
40:11
at all? I only saw a handful of the fights. Ah.
40:15
That, uh... Damien... Naiba... Kaniba... However
40:19
you say that. He's... Big. Like... He's, uh...
40:26
What is he? 6 '7"? I think? Yeah, like... A large
40:31
person. He's... Just... Getting started at 29,
40:37
he's had, well, not just getting started, he's
40:39
had 17 fights. But, like, I'm not saying he's
40:42
gonna be the next star or anything, but he might
40:46
be a bit of a problem at heavyweight in, like,
40:49
three to five years. Like, he might be the next
40:54
Hergovich or something. That's not a very fair
40:57
comparison. He looked like he could actually
41:00
box a little, but, I mean, it's also the Witch
41:03
Co., so. But he's a big guy that moved pretty
41:07
well. Alright, so yeah, he does have some potential.
41:12
Yeah. I was surprised at how good he looked.
41:16
He's a fucking massive Polish man. How about
41:23
Chris Colbert getting the UD over Blas Ezekiel
41:27
Karo? A little disappointed that Colbert didn't
41:32
get a KO. Did he have that type of control of
41:38
the situation? I mean, he had him knocked down
41:41
in the middle of the fight. I feel like he could
41:46
have went for it, but it's not a big deal that
41:50
he didn't, I guess. I don't know. Chris Colbert
41:54
is a bit of a disappointment to me. I thought
41:58
he was going to be pretty good, and he's been
42:00
on a real slump. So. Maybe he's leaning on his
42:06
fried chicken bone a few days. Maybe. Oh, this
42:16
one I think you might be a bit more excited for.
42:18
Gabe Rosado. I actually I missed most of this
42:23
one because it was really early on the card.
42:26
Yes. I thought it would be later on the card.
42:28
I missed it. But I heard that Gabe won. He did.
42:32
You got a UD? I don't know whether I'm excited
42:36
about that or not. Gabe needs to retire. This
42:40
was an eight -rounder. It's like a... He's slipping
42:44
into Journeyman. He is. I don't like it. Dude,
42:50
keep commentating. You're really good at it.
42:53
I actually do really like him as a commentator.
42:56
I really do. I get excited when I hear Gabe on
42:59
comms. I like his voice, and he's less biased.
43:05
Yeah, and he's less biased than most of the commentators,
43:09
in my opinion. I really like Gabe on comms. I
43:13
want him to retire and just do comms. Same. Same
43:16
with Donair. Yeah, Donair's... He's alright.
43:22
Yeah, yeah. Donair's not as... outgoing on comms,
43:29
I guess. Donair's pretty quiet on comms. Yeah.
43:35
They have to ask him to get him involved. I was
43:40
trying to formulate that in the sentence. I think
43:43
Gabe is more natural at comms. He just kind of
43:46
talks. But yeah, Donair's not bad. His analysis
43:51
is really good, but he's not very funny or...
43:56
And his personality doesn't come through on comms.
44:00
Yeah. Oh, speaking of outgoing, Danny Garcia
44:06
gets the KO4 over Danny Gonzalez. This one was...
44:12
I don't know. Danny Gonzalez fucked his ankle.
44:20
Did you see that? Yeah, the way that he rolled
44:23
onto it. It bent, like, all the way around. That's
44:27
why it was a KO. He was awake. He just couldn't
44:30
stand up. It wasn't that bad of a shot. Like,
44:35
compared to what we've seen from Danny Garcia
44:38
in the past, considering that Danny Garcia is
44:42
a little bit, I'm not going to say natural at
44:45
154, but he's more accustomed to it. Whereas
44:49
Daniel Gonzalez... They pulled him up from 146.
44:54
140. 147. Yeah, he hadn't spent much time at
45:00
147. The bulk of his career was at 140. A lot
45:05
like Danny Garcia, but damn. Well, they were
45:09
really playing into some super old rivalry in
45:13
the lead up. The two Dannys. Botany amateurs
45:17
or something? I don't know. I wasn't paying attention
45:20
to the comms all that much. I mean, we all knew
45:27
what this was. Exactly. Danny Garcia, like, his
45:33
farewell. They called it a fucking farewell to
45:35
Brooklyn. He's doing a victory lap, so he's not
45:40
going to be taking a lot of risk. Yeah. I...
45:44
Do you think we probably see him at least one
45:46
more time in Philadelphia? Oh, hell yeah. Especially
45:50
because it was kind of a highlight knockout,
45:53
even if it wasn't that good. And this was, I
45:58
think, the first show of Danny Swift Productions
46:02
or whatever the fuck he calls himself. Swift
46:05
Promotions. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely wasn't the
46:11
best production I've ever seen. The audio was
46:15
pretty shit. They had an odd choice of broadcast
46:19
partner. Millions .co. I've worked with Millions
46:25
in the past, and they're interesting. Okay. Not
46:32
bad, just kind of weird. Yeah, it wasn't terrible,
46:38
but you could tell it was not the usual level.
46:43
Of shit. Yeah, you're right. It did seem like
46:48
everybody was having fun. So, you know, whatever.
46:51
Like, I'm sure in the building it was really
46:54
fun. Even, like, the commentating was... Is this
47:01
the one that was super weird? No, never mind.
47:04
That was the MVP one. Yeah, is this the one that
47:09
had Algieri on it? Yes, it had Algieri. One of
47:13
the, like, Ock or Barack, what, like, one of
47:17
those two guys. Okay, was that, that was this
47:20
Danny Garcia card? Yes. It was really weird because
47:24
they just had that third guy, like, rotating.
47:28
Like, there was probably 11 people that came
47:32
on to the, like, commentary mics. Especially
47:36
early on. Brian Campbell, Chris Algieri, and
47:40
then just a random... third well just like random
47:45
boxers from the crowd would come sit down and
47:47
chat that's weird like it it really felt like
47:52
it felt like a retirement party because that's
47:56
what it was but it was really casual that way
47:59
like they had teo come on the comms at one point
48:03
and somebody was yelling at him from the crowd
48:06
like trying to get under his skin And Tio was
48:11
clearly distracted and pissed off about it. If
48:15
you only watched the end, you probably didn't
48:18
see that. But if you watched the beginning of
48:22
it, they were really just rotating that extra
48:27
person. Which I thought was weird. Kind of interesting,
48:34
but made it feel less professional to me. Yeah,
48:42
I can see that feeling. I would... If I had seen...
48:46
Unorganized, maybe? I don't know. Anyways, it
48:53
really felt like a retirement party for Danny.
48:56
And not so much a professional boxing production.
49:02
Which is fine. I expect that if they do this
49:05
again, and I do think they're going to do this
49:08
at least one more time. they're probably going
49:11
to have it play out the same way. Yeah. But I
49:17
mean, like, I don't know if this is going to
49:19
be the feeling for other Swift promotion things
49:22
if they try to continue to run their own show.
49:26
Well, I expect that Danny's going to try to continue
49:30
promoting. But I suspect he'll... Is it? He's
49:37
not going to switch over to, like, the standard
49:41
type of show. Shrugging my shoulders. Cause I
49:47
don't know. I just mean like, I think once Danny's
49:51
not fighting on them, it's going to get more
49:53
normal for lack of a better word. I see what
49:57
you mean. It's not going to be a party and it's
49:59
going to be more organized and more normal. Yeah.
50:04
Like a standard promotion. Yeah. Yeah. But I
50:09
do think we see Danny Garcia one more time in
50:12
Philly because it's super fucking weird to have
50:14
your farewell in New York when you're from Philly.
50:16
Yeah. Agreed. That's exactly what I meant when
50:19
I said we're going to see him at least one more
50:21
time. I think he's going to do a Vegas one. He's
50:26
going to do and then the Philly one. Those two
50:28
at least. But that's just my speculation. I think
50:34
if he hadn't looked good this fight, like if
50:37
he'd eked out a decision or something, this was
50:39
going to be the last one. But with that kind
50:42
of knockout, he's going to fight at least once
50:43
more. Yeah. Moving on to most valuable prospects,
50:51
18, at the South Padre Island Convention Center
50:56
in Texas. Oh, before we get into the real fights,
51:02
can we talk about that shit show on the prelims
51:04
real quick? Yeah, let's. I forget what their
51:09
names were. That's how not important they are
51:11
to me. It was Juarez, right? Juarez versus Leighton.
51:23
Yeah. One round of fucking madness. Absolutely
51:31
ridiculous. And just straight up bullshit refereeing.
51:37
I think the house fighter was Juarez. He had
51:43
to be. They gave him a lot more chances than
51:46
was deserved. Reasonable? Yeah. Yeah, cuz. Well,
51:53
let's go through it. Juarez was the favorite,
51:58
for sure. and he got fucked at about two minutes
52:05
left in the first round. He was out. He got knocked
52:09
down. He stood up. He could barely stand. The
52:12
ref stopped counting at one point for a little
52:15
while for some reason, and Juarez was, like,
52:19
hanging onto the ropes for dear life and could
52:22
barely stand, and the ref gave him, what do you
52:25
think, like 20 seconds instead of 10, maybe?
52:28
Something like that. Like, quite a bit. This
52:31
isn't a, like, fury, they counted to 13 type
52:36
thing. Like, this was bad. They stopped counting,
52:39
and he let him get up fully, and he was still
52:43
wobbling around. He ends, like, without the fight
52:49
being recommenced by the referee, he starts stumbling
52:52
towards the opponent, to Layton. Yeah, that's
52:56
why the ref quit counting. He's like, I didn't
52:59
tell you you could fight. Get back. And I'm like,
53:02
God damn it. So I thought it should have been
53:04
over. I thought they were going to wave it off.
53:09
They didn't. Who was that ref? Because he was
53:12
shit. Lawrence Cole, which is kind of famous
53:17
for being shit, actually. Oh, he's the worst.
53:20
Anyway, Lawrence Cole doesn't wave it off. Uh,
53:23
Juarez can't even fucking stand. So he goes in
53:27
for like a clinch to try and survive. He trips
53:31
and is just like hanging on the guy's waist.
53:34
Does that twice. It's like trying to like tackle
53:37
him, like football tackle. Yeah, he does that
53:41
twice. So Cole takes a point super fast, but
53:45
like this should have been over anyways. So who
53:48
cares? Uh, he takes a point then. Juarez still
53:53
can't fucking stand. So he does it again. So
53:55
he gets a second point taken off in like 30 seconds.
53:59
So we're at a minute and a half left in the round.
54:02
And then Juarez out of nowhere lands a fucking
54:08
haymaker and Leighton goes down. And Leighton's
54:12
rocked and he stands up and he gets rocked again
54:15
and gets knocked back down. And I think that
54:19
was all the knockdowns, right? So there was three
54:21
knockdowns and two points taken. Yes, you're
54:26
right. And Leighton couldn't stand and didn't
54:32
get the 30 seconds that Juarez got. And so Juarez
54:37
wins by knockout in the first round. Except he
54:41
should have been knocked out one minute into
54:44
the fight. Possibly could have been DQ'd. For
54:48
just how bad him grabbing onto his waist. It
54:52
was so bad. I mean, the guy was knocked out on
54:57
his feet. If you haven't seen it, just go watch
55:02
it. It's like three minutes. It's on YouTube.
55:05
There's no S on that. It's on YouTube because
55:09
it's the prelims of his own card. It's a single
55:14
round. And the interview afterwards is also fucked
55:19
because the guy still has no idea where he is
55:22
or who he is or what's happened. So if you have
55:26
10 minutes, stick around for the interview because
55:28
it was also hilarious. On the parts that I have
55:36
listed here, Shredda Metcalf gets a UD over Crystal
55:42
Rosado Ortiz. Not surprising. Desley Robinson
55:49
stops Logan Haller in the second to retain the
55:53
IBF and WBO middleweight titles. That was a brutal
55:59
one. It was like she got her shook and then just
56:03
pounced on her and beat the shit out of her.
56:06
Nice. We love to see knockouts in ladies boxing.
56:11
Yes. Omar Juarez gets a UD over Omar Rosario.
56:17
Rosario got docked two points. I think Lawrence
56:22
Cole was on a fucking roll here. Oh, was that
56:26
also him? Yeah, I think so. No, BoxRec says it
56:31
was James Green. I don't know who that is. So
56:34
he was taking notes from his mentor. and Lawrence
56:38
Cole. He docked him two points for holding. Overall,
56:45
it was a pretty one -sided affair anyway, so
56:48
the docked points didn't make all that much of
56:50
a difference. And Lourdes Juarez's majority decision
56:59
over Yessica Neri was 95 -95 and then two 96
57:06
-94s. So, super close. Yeah, it was actually
57:14
a pretty entertaining fight, I thought. Yeah,
57:16
it was enjoyable. I watched it while I was getting
57:20
ready for this. It's a stupid reason, but I started
57:27
following Lourdes Juarez because one of my supervisors
57:32
for my PhD was Lourdes from Mexico. Whatever
57:37
gets you going. I was glad she won. Moving into
57:47
the previews. October 26th to November 1st. We've
57:53
got two less than exciting cards if you're not
57:58
British. Let's see. Queensberry at the Co -op
58:05
Live Arena in Manchester. November 1st. Going
58:12
up the bill. I don't recognize very many of these.
58:17
I recognize the co -main Bradley Rhea versus
58:21
Lyndon Arthur. I think that's for an EBU title.
58:28
Yes. And Joshua Boazzi versus Zack Parker. Both
58:35
of those are light heavyweight fights. The Boazzi
58:38
-Parker fight is for a WBO international something
58:43
or other. Is it? Something like that. Yes. Some
58:50
trinket. I honestly, I don't know who Rhea is.
58:58
In that co -main. I don't recognize his face.
59:01
I know the name, but off the top of my head,
59:06
I can't recall where I've seen him. I also don't
59:10
recognize anyone he's fought. I do know who Lyndon
59:13
Arthur is. Yeah. So, I don't know. I guess I'll
59:19
probably back Lyndon Arthur. Shrug my shoulders,
59:24
because, yep, that's what I'm doing. He's only
59:27
lost to the best, Lyndon Arthur. Like, all his
59:30
losses are top guys. So I'm assuming if I haven't
59:35
heard of Bradley Raya, he's not a top guy. Lyndon
59:42
Arthur's really got himself into the gatekeeper
59:45
role. Pretty nicely. Is he downgraded to gatekeeper?
59:56
I would say so. If he's competing for a secondary
1:00:01
title, I would say he is. Yeah, I guess. But
1:00:05
he's only ever lost to Anthony Yard and Dimitri
1:00:09
Bivel. Yes, that's true. So what's he keeping
1:00:15
the gate of? The top level. The very best? Yes,
1:00:19
the elite level gatekeeper. As opposed to just
1:00:23
like a world level gatekeeper. Contender level.
1:00:29
Fair enough, I guess. I don't know. I think Wyndon
1:00:34
Arthur is probably going to win this one. I think
1:00:37
so too. Even though he's... Oh no, he's not.
1:00:42
I was going to say he looks like he's listed
1:00:44
as the B -side. But I don't understand why. In
1:00:51
solidarity, I will be riding with Lyndon Arthur.
1:00:56
There it is. Listed as the B -side. I gotta ride
1:01:01
with my kin. And I think Boazzi should beat the
1:01:08
piss out of Parker, shouldn't he? Parker is like
1:01:11
a domestic level guy making his step up. And
1:01:16
Boazzi is at a similar... Level to Lyndon Arthur.
1:01:22
But above. But better than Lyndon Arthur. If
1:01:26
that makes sense. Yeah. I know what you're saying.
1:01:34
I expect Boazzi to win that one. Me too. I would
1:01:38
call it an upset if he loses. But. I don't. I
1:01:46
know I've seen Zack Parker. But I don't remember
1:01:48
him. Oh. John Ryder beat him. That's why I remember
1:01:52
him. Moving to the last card that we have on
1:02:00
the docket. Matchroom at the Caribe Royale. Excuse
1:02:04
me. The Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. Headlined
1:02:10
by Lanier Pero versus Jordan Thompson. I don't
1:02:17
know who either of those are. Don't really know
1:02:19
who they are. Yoelvis Gomez versus Antrevious
1:02:24
Ingram. Yoelvis, I know who he is. Yes. It's
1:02:31
a good name. Pat Brown versus Felix Valera. That's
1:02:36
a good, it's a decent one. Pat Brown's a decent,
1:02:38
decent prospect. And Mish. weight class is that
1:02:46
that's cruiser cruiserweight and nishant dev
1:02:51
versus juan carlos campos medina this is all
1:02:58
big guys i don't know any of these people it's
1:03:01
a decent card though like um all things considered
1:03:05
maybe it's a solid like b tier card right it's
1:03:13
okay it's not it's not a lot of uh name power
1:03:17
but if you're for the hardcores this this one's
1:03:21
for you yeah i just that florida card is mostly
1:03:32
big guys i don't recognize very many names cuban
1:03:37
heavyweight verse A British heavyweight. Not
1:03:44
bad. Fair enough. Cuban heavyweights will always
1:03:54
be a disappointment now because Luis Ortiz has
1:03:56
my heart. Somebody needs to step up and take
1:04:03
his place. Anything more for the... Reviews?
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Previews? No. It's another disappointing week
1:04:15
is my analysis. It leaves a lot to be desired,
1:04:20
yes. But we will push through. We persevere.
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What's the next big card, Leo? Oh, shit. November...
1:04:41
18th? I believe is, um... Eubank vs. Ben 2? I
1:04:50
guess that counts. As big. I'm gonna go. I'm
1:04:56
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1:05:02
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a special role And so with that being said, parting
1:07:07
words, I'll start. Yes, I'm going to be at Eubank
1:07:10
versus Ben too. I'm going to be in London. I'm
1:07:14
not flying out specifically for the fight. I'm
1:07:17
going just going to England to go to England.
1:07:21
It just so happens that that is happening at
1:07:24
the same time. That's exciting though. Is it
1:07:28
your first time in England? Yes. Nice. First
1:07:31
time in the UK. I guess I had a layover last
1:07:35
night. That doesn't count. Yeah, it doesn't really
1:07:36
count. It was like a few hours that I spent in
1:07:39
London at the airport. I was going to say, if
1:07:44
you don't leave the airport, it doesn't count.
1:07:45
Okay, good. Because I don't count it either.
1:07:49
But I'm excited. Yeah, people should send you
1:07:53
recommendations. I know. I'm going to... So I
1:07:58
got... I got Eubank Ben. That's on the 18th.
1:08:03
The following weekend, I'm going to be in Liverpool
1:08:06
with Robbie. Nice. And we're going to go. There's
1:08:11
a Liverpool football game. I want to go to that
1:08:17
because I want the quintessential experience.
1:08:21
This is what you all like to do. You all like
1:08:25
football here, so I want to go to it. If it wasn't
1:08:29
Liverpool, I was going to try to go to a Manchester
1:08:31
game or maybe one of the London teams like Arsenal
1:08:35
or Chelsea or something. Yeah, but going with
1:08:41
Robbie will be excellent. That'll be more fun.
1:08:44
Yeah. I'm jealous. That sounds like a great trip.
1:08:50
I just realized I'm going to have to stay up
1:08:54
so that I can watch. Oh. It'll be before, like
1:09:00
in the middle of the day, the card that's in
1:09:05
Saudi Arabia. David Benavidez versus Anthony
1:09:10
Yard. Brian Norman versus Devin Haney. You know
1:09:15
which one I'm talking about? Oh, yeah, yeah.
1:09:17
The ring four or whatever. Yeah. That's right.
1:09:22
It's on the website. LBXmedia .com. The time
1:09:30
zone's pretty similar there, isn't it? Yes. So
1:09:35
that'll be right before the game. Nice. Excellent.
1:09:42
Well, I don't have any fun parting words, I guess.
1:09:45
Go Jays! I'm actually super excited about the
1:09:50
Jays being in the World Series. That's fucking
1:09:53
dope. I was a little worried for T -Money, but
1:09:57
he'll get over it. Yeah, I'm super excited. I
1:10:02
don't even watch boxing that or boxing. I don't
1:10:04
watch baseball that much. But Vladdy in the playoffs
1:10:08
has just been like fucking perfect. And they've
1:10:13
been setting him up for these great moments in
1:10:16
interviews and stuff. There was one where I think
1:10:20
it was after game seven when they'd gotten in.
1:10:24
the cameraman like ran around him while he just
1:10:27
sat there and the crowd cheered and he was like
1:10:30
tearing up and stuff. I was like, yes. Is he
1:10:33
the pitcher or something? Nah, he's the first
1:10:36
baseman. He's just, Vladdy's story is really
1:10:39
good. His dad was also a baseball player. He
1:10:42
played for the Montreal Expos. Vladdy was born
1:10:45
in Montreal, but they're Dominican and he's just.
1:10:50
he's what canadian immigration is all about type
1:10:54
stuff like is that his dad was a dominican ball
1:10:58
player so like super poor uh kind of that story
1:11:03
but his son you know grew up in montreal and
1:11:07
between montreal and the dominican vladdy's got
1:11:10
like a hell of an accent and stuff he he doesn't
1:11:13
sound very canadian uh but it's just a really
1:11:17
good story. And then beating the Yankees, like
1:11:20
the Yankees wouldn't, they fucked over his dad
1:11:23
and they would kick Vladdy off the field when
1:11:26
he was a kid. Like he was usually out there for
1:11:29
warmups with the team and stuff. So Vladdy had
1:11:32
a hate for the Yankees. Like him beating the
1:11:35
Yankees is a all time great sports story. What
1:11:42
about beating the Mariners? To keep them out
1:11:45
of their first fucking World Series. World Series
1:11:49
ever. Yeah, that was pretty rough, especially
1:11:51
the way they did it. The comeback in the series,
1:11:55
the comeback in Game 7. The Mariners had that
1:11:59
great storyline, and Springer fucked it. But
1:12:04
I want the Jays to beat the Dodgers so bad. Fuck
1:12:08
the Dodgers. They just fucking win all the time.
1:12:12
Like, what? What I have going for this one is
1:12:16
that they have the wealth to buy all the best
1:12:21
players. To buy the contracts or... I mean, Toronto
1:12:26
also has a lot of money. I don't play into that
1:12:30
storyline a whole bunch. The reason the Dodgers
1:12:33
get the best people is because people want to
1:12:35
live in L .A. Oh. They'll take... Like, if you're
1:12:40
offered the same money to live in Toronto or
1:12:42
live in L .A. Which are you choosing as a millionaire?
1:12:47
I mean, everybody chooses L .A. Yeah. Kind of
1:12:51
a no brainer. I suppose. Like people take pay
1:12:55
cuts to go to L .A. and get out of Toronto. And
1:12:58
Toronto is not even one of the bad cities. Like,
1:13:01
imagine if you get offered the same money for
1:13:04
Milwaukee and L .A. Where are you going to go
1:13:07
play baseball? Where's your wife going to want
1:13:10
to go play baseball? Well, right now the Dodgers
1:13:17
are a super team. Are the Blue Jays a super team?
1:13:22
No, no. We're kind of a ragtag team of misfits.
1:13:28
We got Kirk. Alejandro Kirk is like 5 '6 and
1:13:34
200 pounds. He's our backcatcher. Him running
1:13:37
the bases is fucking hilarious. He got his first
1:13:40
stolen base this year. We got a 42 -year -old
1:13:44
pitcher or something that is a fucking psychopath
1:13:48
and refuses to come out of the game. Yells at
1:13:50
the manager. Who else do we got? Springer's controversial
1:13:55
because he was on that Astros team. Bo Bichette
1:14:00
is also a crowd favorite. He's coming back. He's
1:14:04
been injured. You mean Bo Bichette, right? Yeah.
1:14:08
I really thought that's what his name was. I
1:14:10
feel bad about that now. I've been calling him
1:14:12
Bitchit for years. Yeah, anyways, we are not
1:14:17
a super team. No. That's why I want Dodgers to
1:14:22
lose. Yeah. Jays in seven. No fucking chance
1:14:27
we're sweeping anyone, but Jays in seven. All
1:14:32
right. If that's it. That's all you got. And
1:14:35
that's it for this edition of Boxing Before Dark.
1:14:39
My batteries are getting low. It's battery. Why
1:14:43
do I keep saying batteries? My battery is getting
1:14:45
low. And it is getting dark. Woof. We'll see
1:14:52
you on the other side of this fucking... Parker
1:14:57
Wardley? Yeah. In the immediate, yes. We'll see
1:15:05
you on the other side of Parker Ward.