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Itauma and Fundora win big; previewing Osleyes Iglesias and Tyson Fury · Boxing B-Sides

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Josh, Saul, my boys, how are we doing? Good,
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good, good. We're doing fantastic. We got to
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talk about some great shit today. We do have
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a lot. Maybe next time is talk about it, but
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we got some good shit to talk about. We got a
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lot on the docket. On the docket, we've got two
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things before we get to the fun stuff. Number
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one. I am interested in what people have to say,
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what people think about the titles. What qualifies
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as a world title? How do you rate the world titles
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in terms of prestige? How do you rank the titles
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in terms of their relative prestige? So bxng
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.co slash survey. I want to hear what you have
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to say. I want to know what you think about WBF,
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IBO, all those minor shits. I want to hear about
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that too. And second thing, the Muhammad Ali
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American Boxing Revival Act. We are in dire straits
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at the moment. This legislation has passed the
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House of Representatives by a considerable margin.
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It was like 75%. uh in favor of and the thing
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is that if we don't do something we americans
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if we don't do something this is going to pass
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the senate by similar margins so if you go to
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lvxmedia .net slash b -sides you can you can
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see the blurb that i put together i i put up
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a link where you can find your senators, the
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people who represent you, and you can send them
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my blurb if you want. If you have something else
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that you want to tell them, by all means. But
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I give you the blueprint if you want it. We have
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to fucking stop this. We cannot let this pass.
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One thing I will say is that what I said to him,
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I don't know if this is borderline threatening
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them. This might be borderline threatening the
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country. I said, specifically to Alex Padilla.
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I was like... I don't even know if this is allowed
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to be said on the air. You want me to block it
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out? I don't know. You can judge. It's not. It's
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not bad. Let it rip. Let it rip. All I said to
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Alex Padilla was, you know, boxing, voting for
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the Muhammad Ali Revival Act that's going to
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be going to the Senate, voting yes on that, I
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will vote for Chad Bianco for governor. And then
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I will vote for J .D. Vance for president. Oh,
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shit. Those kinds of threats. This is an existential
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threat to them, dude. I matter. My vote matters.
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I explained why. Good. I said it's going to kill
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the grassroots movement of boxing, which a lot
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of Southern Californians do rely on, which is,
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it's a state, you know? Northern and Southern,
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but I emphasize Southern since it's such a big
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part of our culture down here. East LA is like
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a major hub. of boxing exactly exactly it's not
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it's not i know it sounds like crazy but it's
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not even infringing on the sport but it's infringing
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on our culture you know our goddamn freedoms
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which i know americans love so much oh yeah for
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a guy that's in bed with trump i don't know if
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i'm able to speak about this on uh call but uh
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the guy that's trying to push the shoes through
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congress is buddies with trump who's in the white
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house who's fucking shit up so do with that as
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you will alex pedido well That is enough of the
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not -so -fun stuff. Let's get to slightly more
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not -quite -all -the -way fun stuff. MMA talk.
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We got to shout out our boys over at Ultimate
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F 'n Casuals. Really quick, we got a few cards
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that I wanted to point out. UFC Seattle. Alexa
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Grasso sent a woman to the hospital. Macy Barber.
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Like, holy... Holy shit. Was this the one that
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I, where, like, she knocks her out and then puts
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her in a choke? Yes, exactly. Yes, this is that
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one. Exactly that one. That's the one I wanted
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to point out. Yeah, like, Grosso has, like, she
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has her figured out with just the punches, just
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the boxing. She hits her with the straight left,
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puts her, like, gives her the 180. She spins
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all the way around, and then she jumps on her
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neck and starts choking the ever -loving fuck
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out of her. It's brutality. Like, peak brutality.
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Grasso is coming off of a few -fight skid of
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losing. Macy Barber was on a seven -fight winning
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streak, and Grasso just... put the work on her.
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Holy shit. And the main event, Joe Pfeiffer takes
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veteran middleweight Israel Adesanya and he just
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beats the piss out of him. Pfeiffer's not known
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for his grappling. He used his grappling to such
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effect that he was able to use it to enable more
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striking. If that makes sense, it was, it was
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fucking brutal. Um, we'll, but we'll, we'll talk
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more about that over on the ultimate effing casuals.
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It's, it was a pretty solid fight. Um, I wanted
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to shout out PFL Pittsburgh, just cause it was
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PFL doesn't always get as much shine as UFC.
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Um, my My waifu fucking Ariana Lipski got a UD
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in her PFL debut. Congrats, bae. We're going
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to go to the fucking Brazilian barbecue to celebrate.
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The co -main event, Impa Kasanganai. Just one
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hitter quitter on Dalton Rasta. The MMA segment
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of our Discord. was popping off like, why is
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Dalton Rosta trying to strike with a striker?
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Like, you're a wrestler, dude. You're out of
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your element, Donnie. And the main event, Johnny
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Eblen submits Brian Battle, UFC alum Brian Battle.
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And one more thing, coming up April 11th, UFC
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327. The co -main event has been changed. Former
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flyweight champion Alessandra Pantoja will be
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facing third -rated contender Tatsuro Taira.
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This is a number one contender fight. And then
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the vacant light heavyweight title, Yuri Proska.
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He's 100%. All about striking. Versus Carlos
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Olberg. Another striking heavy competitor. So
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this is solid. Like it's number two versus number
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three. Really good fight. I think they're starting
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to develop the Leo curse. Where I'm telling you
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that this is going to be like a striking favorable
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sort of matchup. And it ends up being not. But
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yeah. Yeah. What are you going to do? They can't
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all be winners. Unlike boxing. Moving to some
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boxing news. Ultimate effing casuals. Wherever
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you're listening to this, you could get that
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just as well. Let's get into the boxing news.
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Mayweather Pacquiao 2. A lot of interesting developments
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with this fight. The first of which was Floyd
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Mayweather goes into the media saying, this is
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not a sanctioned professional event. It's an
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exhibition. Then news comes out that the fight
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is canceled altogether. Then Team Pacquiao comes
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out saying he's in breach of contract. Because
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it was supposed to be a sanctioned event, not
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an exhibition. Then it comes out Mayweather took
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cash advances on his contract. And now we're
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kind of sitting in limbo of like, what the fuck
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is happening? There has been some speculation
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that this is gamesmanship, but I'm not so sure.
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What do you guys make of this? Because that's
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a lot of shit. It's a lot of stuff. Genuinely,
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I would like to believe that Mayweather is that
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dumb considering the fact that he's in this situation
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when you have a billion dollars in career earnings
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with a B. Like... 1 .1. Yeah, like... Wasting
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every single cent of that money is something
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that is kind of ridiculous in the first place.
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So, yeah, he probably would take advances on
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it. What I got to say is, honestly, one word
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to describe it is bullshit. Oh, yeah. All this
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bullshit. Why is that? I got to say that. Well,
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because to me, it seems like an obvious... Scheme
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to get some money. I mean, a cash advance? Come
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on. How often is there a cash advance in boxing
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negotiations? How often do we hear about it,
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I think, is the better question. Yeah. Heyman
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does it to protect those guys that are near retirement.
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Oh, yeah. Another word, too, to describe it is
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a clusterfuck. Back and forth, back and forth
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until it's on, it's off, it's back on, and then...
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Oh, now it's a breach of contract? Like, dude,
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you gotta be kidding me. I could tell from my
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way that Mayweather's trying to, like, game the
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system. And then, I'm not even, like, we're talking
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about the Pacquiao shit. When's the fight between
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Mike Tyson happening? Is that even happening?
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It should have happened already, I think. Yeah,
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I mean, what the fuck is up with, what's going
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on? Respectfully. What is going on with this
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guy? It seems like he's just trying to get some
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money to pay off his bills. What do you make
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of the theory that it's just him trying to generate
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publicity for the fight? I don't think he's ever
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done it like this before. Not like this, right.
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Genuinely, we're just in a place where he's that
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out of money. So to me, there's no way he's doing
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this for publicity because the fight happening
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itself already had a lot of publicity. Even the
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Mike Tyson fight had a good amount of publicity.
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I mean, if you have him do a press conference,
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that's going to get a lot of eyes on it. You
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know, no matter what. So honestly, I think he's
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just trying to rig this shit. He's robbing Peter
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to pay Paul, I think is the average. Yeah, he's
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Romano Peter P. Paul. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, whatever
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you want to take away from this, like, I really
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don't... I genuinely don't think that there's
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anything good that you can take away from this.
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Not really. I... Just wanting to give Floyd the
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benefit of the doubt, I really don't see a lot
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of... A lot of scenarios where this is a good
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idea, where what is happening is good for his
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bottom line. I just, I can't see it. Maybe he
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knows better than I do. He's been doing this,
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you know, for how many years at this point? But,
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like, still. Bro. Even this is a little cheap.
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Yeah. In boxing, we call this a low blow. Oh,
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man. What's not a low blow? Oshaki Foster, he
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will be facing Ray Ford in Houston on May 30th.
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Ray Ford, maybe not the most deserving challenger,
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but with the top -ranked matchroom partnership
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deal. It makes sense that they're going to be
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putting their guys up against each other. I really
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don't see a scenario where Foster loses beyond,
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I don't know, like he breaks his hand. A congenital
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heart defect. Yeah, like something really unforeseen
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really happens for Foster. He's like, Ray Ford,
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like, come on, dude. Foster, you can do better.
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You really can. Well, honestly, for the current
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crop at 130, who else really is there besides,
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I mean, the top guys? But a lot of the top guys
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have fought recently. So, I mean, you get someone
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like Anthony Kikachi. You get a unified with
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Nav. That would have been the most optimal decision.
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But, I mean, honestly, a fight with Ray Ford,
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it's a pretty good, it's a pretty decent name
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to defend against. Ray Ford honestly deserves
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it more than someone like Stephen Fulton. I understand
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that Stephen Fulton was a champion, but he had
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never fought at 130. Whereas Ray Ford, he has
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fought at 130. I think he was trying to fight
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for the WBC, working towards the WBC belt. Otherwise,
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then I must be wrong. I'm probably wrong if that's
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the case, if he wasn't. But either way, he's
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already at 130. Taken some fights. I think he
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maybe not deserves it necessarily, but, you know,
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it's not a fight I'm mad at. I think it's going
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to be a pretty decent showing. He's not deserving,
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but he's not undeserving either. Yeah, like,
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there are worse title challenges. Yeah. Like,
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you could have taken Oscar Valdez, Lee Wood,
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Mauricio Lara. Holy shit. Or Basie Ramirez. Oh,
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man, he's coming back, isn't he? That's right.
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You could have always gone with Conce Sao or
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Bernardo Lopez or Liam Wilson. Like, there's
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worse guys. Hayato Tsutsumi. I know of a very
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particular fan of him. But, yeah, that's... We
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know about their fanfic, by the way. But, yeah,
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Oshaki Foster, Ray Ford, May 30th, not the worst
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fight you could ask for. Not the best either,
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but still, like, yeah, you're right, Saul. This
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isn't terrible. It could be worse. Who do you
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catch to just fight for a title? He just beat
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somebody. He beat Jazza Dickens for a title.
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It could have been Jazza Dickens, honestly. It
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could have been Dickens versus Austin. Ray Ford
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better than a champion? Is that what we're at
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here? Well, Ray Ford is honestly the 135 -pound
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champion, but, you know, we don't got to talk
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about that. Well, you know what? It's on him
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for losing to Nick Ball, so. Oh, don't worry,
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Oshaki Foster is the hunter. Oshaki Foster is.
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Oh, yes, you're right. Yes, yes. He should be
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the champ, but, you know, WCC shit. Yeah, that's
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actually part of the survey, is which sanctioning
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body do you perceive to be most corrupt? I made
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sure to word that very clearly, that it is on
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inputters' perception. This is not an accusation.
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It's just a survey. Take the survey and only
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glaze Zufa. There's only like two questions where
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Zufa is mentioned. Because I don't really find
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them to be worth my time. Imagine we get a bunch
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of Zufa people, a bunch of Zufa bots watching
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your show. Five star. That is one of the questions,
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is where do you rate Zufa on a one to five? Well,
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zero, so. You have to answer one through five.
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Like, one is the lowest, unfortunately. That's
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just the way that the doc was. I'm not even going
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to get into the satisfaction of giving it a one.
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I'm going to give it a two. You're going to give
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it a two. Just because giving it a one, you automatically
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hate it. No, I'm going to give him a fucking
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two because I really fucking hate it. Oh, you
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know who really hates? Gervonta Davis. He is
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countersuing his ex for def... It's not for defamation.
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I looked this up. It's because he's suing for
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damages because he was robbed of his Jake Paul
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payday because of his allegations. There aren't
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allegations anymore. Isn't there an actual video
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that came out? Yes, there's a video. There it
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is. Allegations in terms of the legal. In legal
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terms, allegations. And instead, he's suing because
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I should have been able to. Because you accused
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me in court of beating you up, I was not allowed
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to compete in Jake Paul versus Tank Davis. And
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I missed out on the payday because of you suing
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me. That's the legal like situation. I don't
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know what to make of this either. Bullshit. Yeah.
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Yeah. I'm right there with you. Like, just, you
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know, don't get into altercations on camera and
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beating up people that are not boxing opponents.
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You know? Yeah, allegedly. You're right. Allegedly,
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you're a professional fighter. Maybe don't put
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your hands on people. Allegedly. That goddamn
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asterisk on everything. Allegedly. Anyway, enough
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of that fucking clown. Our fucking favorite lightweight,
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Abdullah Mason, will be facing Joe Cordina in
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Cleveland. On July 4th. What? Yep. I can't wait.
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How many more rounds? Like, Cordina's kind of...
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The wheels have fallen off for sure. But how
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many times do we think Mason is able to finish
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him before he does but doesn't listen to his
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corner? Like three times. Yeah, like... I was
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thinking twice. Three times, yeah. Two or three
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times where he just doesn't finish the guy. I
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mean, honestly, that's an easy win. So, I mean,
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I'm not mad at it because I also didn't want
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Dillard to get a couple easy wins under his record.
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Yeah. But, damn. You know, there's better easy
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wins. Cordina did climb his way up the WBO ladder
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for whatever that's worth. That is fair. You
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know what? You're right. That is fair. You're
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right. Same as IBF. Like, you climb your way
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up the ladder, you play the game, you dance the
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dance that WBO tells you to dance. And Cordina,
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here he is. He's only lost one fight, right?
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He only lost to... No, he lost to Gakachi, and
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then I think the wheels came off. It couldn't
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just be Gakachi. Yeah, I think it was just Kakashi.
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You know what? I'm not mad at that. Yeah, it
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was just Kakashi. It's not horrible. Yeah, he
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looked like shit against Edward Vasquez and Rakimov.
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And then Kakashi kind of beat the sakes off him.
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It was Rakimov. I thought he lost. Yeah, Rakimov.
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It was that knockdown that just did not kind
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of swung it. And he had that one against Jaret
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Gonzalez. Which was, like, ugh. Yes, you might
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have swept it, quote -unquote swept it on the
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cards, but, like, are you, like, really? Are
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we sure about this? He got old pretty overnight.
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Yeah, he did. And I don't think it helps that
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his hands have been, like, dog shit for several
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years. Because, uh, I remember he's had a lot
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of hand issues in his career, like when he, uh,
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killed Ogawa. Like, he broke his hand, too, if
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I can recall correctly. Yeah, it was... He took
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some time off of that one. Yeah. After... It
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was a fucking brilliant knockout, but... Yeah,
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but that's... Yeah. Man, the Retirement League
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continues to... Well, this one isn't for BKB,
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but still, the retirement... League continues.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa and Guillermo Rigondeaux are
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going to be headlining a show together, co -headlining
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a show together in May. I thought Gamboa recently
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signed a bare -knuckle deal, so I thought that
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that's what this was going to be. That's interesting.
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But instead, it's a professional boxing event.
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Gamboa and Rigendale. Fucking like a combined
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5 ,000 gold medals or whatever. I don't think
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Gamboa was that much of an amateur. I think he
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had one. And Rigendale had two. Man. Yeah, 2004.
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I think Rigo was a... 2004 and 2008. Not that
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it really matters. These dudes are both in their
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mid -40s at this point. And yeah, like you said,
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we're still talking about them. If they were
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going to BKB like fucking fine, you know, go
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ahead and merc some washouts from MMA and Lay
25:54
him out, whatever, like Austin Trout does. But,
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yeah. We're doing this still. Well, Deontay Wilder's
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ex -fiance's son is suing over alleged abuses.
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The timing of this, we'll talk about the actual
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fight. Next time. But. The timing of this. Does.
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Seem suspicious. My initial instinct is. Believe
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victims. If this dude is coming forward. With.
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Some shit. Let's. Let's believe him. Let's let
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the. Let's let the investigation play out. And.
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whatever comes up at the end, we'll take it at
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that. But I don't know. The timing is a little
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suspect. His evidence is a little suspect. I
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don't know. What do you guys think? I think more
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just needs to come out. Deontay Wilder's personal
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life has been pretty messy for a while now. Yeah,
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like come on his baby mama's stomach. No, I mean,
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there was the whole saga with his brother. Cucking
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his brother? Yeah, cucking his brother. I was
27:26
trying to put it in nicer words, but yeah. Did
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we ever talk about the cum? No. I had no desire
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to talk about it. Yeah, I was going to say, I
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really don't want to. I want to talk about how
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nasty it was to say that on live television in
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front of millions of people. Was it? I thought
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it was just an online thing. No, it's Piers Morgan.
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Jesus Christ. On Piers Morgan? Yeah. This is
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super public. Goodness gracious. I didn't know
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it was that. I thought it was just something
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we could tuck away as a weirdo podcast thing.
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No. That would be normal. This is what makes
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it weird. Yeah, I think all we can really do
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right now is wait for more information to come
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out. And yeah, we'll see. As I said at the beginning,
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my instinct is believe victims. So we'll see.
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Glory at Giza. The undercard has been announced.
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Are you fucking ready? For the glory that is
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Giza. Here we go. Hamza Shiraz versus Alan Begich.
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The WBO vacant super middleweight title is on
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the line. Jack Catterall versus Shakram Giyasov.
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The WBA regular welterweight title is on the
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line here. Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torres.
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This is a heavyweight fight. Mizuki Hiruta vs.
29:23
Mai Soliman. The WBA super flyweight title is
29:27
on the line. Bassem Mamdou vs. Jamar Taleb. It's
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a cruiserweight fight. Mahmoud Mubarak vs. Michael
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Calaglia. And Omar Hikal vs. Ali. Serun Kuma.
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Stacked. Just stacked as fuck. Holy shit. Oh
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my god. You know what? At least Frank Sanchez
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and Richard Torres is on this card. Two. So at
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least there's one that I'm like, okay, this is
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going to be pretty interesting. It's going to
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be an actual fight. Should be. I think the Jack
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Caterall. Jackron Cateranus. Philly Cat? See,
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but like the way the rebuilding cat around here,
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I feel like Giasov is a... Good challenge. ...somewhat
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seen as a guaranteed. You think he's a cert?
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Might be. Honestly, as much as I want to root
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for Giasov, I think that the Philly Cat is the
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means. I don't think Giasov is... This is basically
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sink or swim for Giasov. Do you really deserve
30:48
a shot at our lord and savior, Rolando? Rolando,
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we'll see. But yeah, that's the card. What I
31:01
was talking about with Shanada was Mizuki's attire
31:09
is going to be fucking amazing. Oh, yeah. Like
31:13
this being at the pyramids, the whole situation.
31:17
The outfit's going to go crazy. She's going to
31:19
be awesome. She's going to look awesome, I'll
31:21
say. I'm surprised they're doing a woman's card
31:24
and, you know, a woman's fight. Yeah. Yeah. Considering
31:30
where it's at and, you know, the. I mean, I know
31:35
they did that. They did a Sky Nicholson one over
31:37
there. Yes. In Saudi. Which was more surprising
31:42
than Egypt, to be honest. I'm still surprised
31:48
there's still platforming women, though. Gotta
31:50
respect it, though. We love Mimi. This is a Mimi
31:55
household. We do stan Mimi, but... We stan Mimi,
31:58
but stay away from Gabby Fundera. I was gonna
32:01
say, but we still know... For your own health
32:02
and safety. We still know Gabby fucking beats
32:05
that ass. We already know. Yeah. Still. Mimi's
32:11
cute. She's fun. She's a fucking decent fighter,
32:14
so it's all good. With no hate in my heart, I
32:19
say. None whatsoever. But anything more for the
32:24
news before we keep it rolling? It's about good.
32:27
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32:35
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32:41
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32:45
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37:57
9 in the morning to catch all of these. Good
38:01
stuff. Let's go from the bottom up here. Nelson
38:07
Burchall stops Ryan Griffiths in the 9th. Josh
38:11
Holmes with a quick stoppage in the 1st over
38:14
Alex Murphy. Michael Gomez, my personal pick.
38:20
Stops Jordan Flynn in the third. Jerome Warburton
38:24
got the UD over Nathan Heaney. Talking about
38:30
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38:34
an 1800s jungle explorer. Interesting. Just in
38:41
boxing clothing. So it was fun. Brad Pauls stops
38:47
Shaquille Thompson in the ninth. Liam Davis retires
38:51
Zach Miller after the sixth. And Willie Hutchinson,
38:56
UD over Ezra Taylor. All around, great card.
39:00
A lot of entertainment here. If you haven't seen
39:06
the whole thing, it's worth taking a shot. In
39:11
the main event, Moses Itauma hits that hard...
39:18
Windows sound effect power down of Jermaine Franklin.
39:25
Like, how just... We knew Moses Atama. Like,
39:30
we knew he was the truth. But, like, just how
39:33
much truthier is he getting here? This was...
39:37
Damn, this is a very good heavyweight prospect.
39:40
Or contender at this point. Contender, that's
39:44
right. Very special prospect because it's not
39:47
just like you're skilled for heavyweight or you're
39:52
fast for heavyweight. This is a very solid, special,
39:58
athletic kind of contender, which is something
40:00
that you kind of don't see these athletic talents
40:04
at heavyweight. So, very welcome. I got to agree.
40:08
You know what? He passed a couple tests that
40:10
night. One thing I was noticing was... Obviously
40:16
he has power, and obviously he has skill. But
40:20
one thing I noticed about him that I realize
40:22
is going to be fantastic is his defense going
40:27
on in the future. He has terrific ability to
40:32
dodge a punch. To me, at least in this fight,
40:37
it seemed fantastic. To make Jermaine Franklin
40:41
miss by an inch, half an inch. Yeah, exactly.
40:46
He's very twitchy. He's a very twitchy fighter.
40:51
And it's very impressive to see, especially from
40:55
a heavyweight. And, again, I was surprised he
40:59
even got the knockout. I mean, I believe we were
41:00
saying in here that it might go the distance
41:02
because it is Jermaine Franklin. Yeah. I thought
41:05
it was going to go later, much later. Yeah, even
41:08
later, yeah. But, man, that was nuts. And the
41:12
way you got him out, too, is, again, you don't
41:14
even see that. Not even in the lighter weight
41:17
classes where they have that killer instinct
41:19
where you have someone hurt and they just immediately
41:21
knock him out. Like that. Fantastic knockout
41:26
from Moses Attell. Great, great fighter that
41:29
we will be watching and keeping a close eye on.
41:32
Obviously, we've been already doing it, but we're
41:34
going to keep watching him. He's a must -watch
41:37
TV now. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, he's must -watch TV,
41:41
honestly. Honestly, I haven't been this hyped
41:43
for a prospect -turned -contender in a while.
41:47
You know? I wonder. We have, like, the current
41:54
crop. I know some of these guys that I'm about
41:56
to name are a bit older. But we have, like, Fabio
42:00
Wardley. We have Daniel Dubois, who has already
42:03
competed with the outgoing generation. We have
42:08
Agit Kabayel, who's older, still has been waiting
42:15
for his shot. But to me, that is the current
42:19
crop of modern heavyweights. Does Atama fit into
42:24
that? Because those guys are not long for the...
42:32
current crop you know what i mean like uh is
42:36
itama gonna fit into that or is he like the follow
42:40
-on that's what i'm wondering about where it's
42:43
where where's itama is he like an in -betweener
42:46
he's in no he's a new era i think he's he's definitely
42:49
part of well like there isn't much of a new era
42:52
like he's technically part of this era and will
42:54
just carry to the next era because he's in a
42:56
young in this era old in the next you know Yeah,
43:00
that makes sense. Well, I feel like it's going
43:01
to be the same with any fighter. I mean, let
43:05
me give you an example. When Mike Tyson fought
43:07
Larry Holmes, same thing. But it was no longer
43:09
Holmes' era. Holmes had, like, been... Was still
43:13
dominant at that point, right? We were in transition.
43:16
Like, Michael Spinks had already taken his titles
43:18
off and everything. Well, this is a transition
43:20
era, too. I mean, Usyk is... Like, Usyk is out
43:22
yet, though. Well, yeah, but the thing is, Usyk
43:25
is... It's going to be out soon. Don't we consider
43:27
him to be already out the door? That would be
43:28
the next era, though. This is just the end of
43:30
this era. Well, you already see that a couple
43:33
guys are in the next era, though. Yeah, but it
43:36
isn't the next era yet. You'll see it. Well,
43:39
no, not yet, but that's why I said he's part
43:41
of the next era. Yeah. I mean, Moses Atalma,
43:47
you got Rocket, you got Richard Torres. Do we
43:52
have Rocket, though? Yeah, he's a young guy.
43:57
We have Big Gug. That's who we have. Yeah, Big
44:00
Gug. Here we got Big Gug. How could I have forgotten?
44:04
My parents had Adam Kowanacki. We have Big Gug.
44:13
And I know you guys don't want to hear it, but
44:15
we also have Jalalov, too. I mean, Jalalov's
44:17
another... Al Jalalov's got to fight, bro. He
44:21
needs to do stuff, dude. I'm not even a hater
44:24
of Jalalov. He's very clearly better than Torres.
44:26
He just has to do stuff. Yeah, like, it's not...
44:30
It's not a matter of skill. It's a matter of,
44:34
like, activity. That's the next crop of heavyweights
44:40
that are coming up. Soon you'll have some of
44:42
the next guys coming up from the Olympics, you
44:44
know, like Joseph Abayonge. I don't know how
44:47
to pronounce the last name, but that's Joseph.
44:50
Joey, man. Yeah, that's something we haven't
44:54
hard lunched it, but it's something that we're
44:58
going to start doing is paying attention to the
44:59
Team USA, Team Canada. Unfortunately, Team Mexico
45:06
doesn't do a whole lot. They turn pro at 15.
45:10
Right. They don't have an amateur system. It's
45:13
just turn pro as soon as you're able. Turn pro
45:19
or you either win or you lose or you lose and
45:23
then you win in the UK. Just dominate Brits.
45:30
The Aztec invasion continues. One thing I do
45:36
got to add is like, The guys that are in between
45:39
eras, and this is in my defense, the guys that
45:41
are in between eras are guys like Fabio Wardley,
45:43
Danny Dubois. Not guys that are young, but guys
45:47
that are part of the old guard. You know, like
45:51
Fury, Joshua Wilder. Well, that's just part of
45:53
an era. That's part of an era always, though.
45:59
Fabio Wardley, Daniel Dubois, Agit Kabayel, to
46:02
me, is distinct from the Usyk. wilder aj fury
46:08
time frame yeah i agree but but they're gonna
46:14
be like part of both eras they're gonna be the
46:15
old men and the young and the new era and then
46:18
the young guys in this current era or the outgoing
46:21
era so it's gonna be the young guy coming into
46:25
the current crop Exactly. At least in my opinion.
46:31
That's how I see it. I know you guys might think
46:33
a little differently. No, I think you're right.
46:35
I was trying to determine if he's like... Where
46:40
do we draw the line? I thought he was like...
46:43
He straddles both. But I think you're right.
46:47
It's like how Chizora is technically two eras.
46:52
Chizora is eternal. Well... That's next week.
46:57
We'll talk about that. We'll talk about that
46:58
next week. But, yeah, Chizora, what a cat. I
47:04
hope I never die. Let's roll on ProBox TV at
47:12
Thunder Studios. This was another fantastic card
47:18
from ProBox. We had Flavio Burgeno. He stops
47:26
Josias Gonzalez. Cooper O 'Connell stops Jorge
47:32
Garcia in the third. Albert Alvarez. UD over
47:37
Eric Ruiz. KJ Wiley. UD over Monre Marable. Marable.
47:46
God, learn how to say names, dude. KJ impressed.
47:52
Like, to me, he was like the... Performance of
47:55
the night. It was really impressive. Notwithstanding
48:01
the co -main. Leo Rubalcava. UD over Juan. Yanez.
48:08
Rene Taez. He retires. Malik Montgomery. I know.
48:15
This was a really good. Fucking fight. Just really
48:20
fantastic performance. From Rene. I just thought.
48:24
Because he's a co -main event, I wanted to give
48:26
KJ my accolade. And Brian Acosta, UD over Ronnie
48:34
Rios. Fucking excellent from Acosta. He had a
48:42
mature performance against a really solid veteran.
48:52
And it was interesting to see the different types
48:56
of looks that Ronnie tried to give Acosta. And
49:01
he was adaptable. It was great. It was what you
49:08
want to see from a young man coming up. He has
49:11
a couple of losses. He gave you what you want
49:16
to see from a guy coming up. So I was impressed.
49:24
PBC on prime at the MGM Grand Arena. Moving up
49:31
the bill. Aldo Blancas stops Jamal Johnson in
49:36
two. Robert Guerrero, UD over Rigoberto Rivera.
49:40
My man, Brian Gonzalez, fighting out of Phoenix,
49:44
stops Brandon Medina in five. Caipo Gallegos,
49:48
UD over Julian Gonzalez. Christian Cangalosi
49:54
got a draw with Miguel Hernandez. Unfortunately,
50:01
my fellow finiquero here, Elijah Garcia, drops
50:06
the fucking ball looking like absolute dog shit
50:10
against Kevin Newman. Loses the majority of the
50:14
decision. That was an extremely generous decision.
50:20
towards elijah he looked like goddamn garbage
50:24
he looked horrible oh my god it was embarrassing
50:28
like i was saying to shanada like please take
50:33
the 602 off your trunks please you like you're
50:37
making me sad with that shit um big good that's
50:43
his record yeah Big Gug gets the stoppage in
50:48
five over former welterweight Cesar Navarro.
50:56
Cesar, like... Former welterweight kills me every
51:00
time. A for effort, but, like, Jesus Christ.
51:04
Like, the size disparity was... Technically,
51:07
Chris Bird is a former middleweight. Yeah. Former
51:11
heavyweight champion Chris Bird. Former super
51:14
welterweight Roy Jones? Yeah. But no, it was
51:22
not to be against the young goat, Big Gug. I'm
51:27
trying to remember who was saying it in chat.
51:29
I think it was you, Josh, that when you're watching
51:33
Big Gug, you're not watching greatness. You're
51:38
watching a big old boy just... Whoop up on somebody.
51:43
It's great. You need it. It's a very necessary...
51:47
Your vice. That's right. It's your vice. You
51:51
appreciate it because it's very easily the least
51:56
skillful of the sport, but you get to see the
51:59
intangibles with big guys whooping ass so often
52:02
that make you appreciate the rest of the sport,
52:06
too. That itself is greatness. No, it isn't.
52:11
None of the slightest. I was about to say, this
52:14
is why people who objectively suck like Dave
52:17
Allen are still fun to watch because you know
52:21
they're always going to be fun, at least. Well,
52:25
it's fun to watch them try. It's just fun to
52:28
watch some big dudes not care about defense and
52:30
whoop ass. Yeah, this is the vice watching big
52:34
boys bumping beef. Oh, yeah. Got it done, so,
52:40
like, what more do you want? Speaking of getting
52:45
it done, Yoenly Hernandez stops Terrell Gachet
52:49
in four. I was telling Shanada, I think Terrell
52:53
is wearing out his welcome as a gatekeeper. Yeah,
52:58
he's... The gate is getting flimsier. Yeah, exactly.
53:03
I'm not saying Yoenly Hernandez didn't look great,
53:06
but it, like... It wasn't like a young prospect
53:09
beating a veteran. This was just... This isn't
53:12
Brian Acosta beating Ronnie Rios. This is a dude
53:16
that has been guarding the gate for a little
53:19
bit too long. It might be time to consider...
53:22
That's a good way to put it, yeah. From an accidental
53:37
headbutt, he beats what is still a serviceable
53:42
gatekeeper in Brian Mendoza. I was telling Shanada
53:48
that I think Tejas makes... We didn't mention
53:54
it, but we'll talk about it next time. Sebastian
53:58
Fundura is looking at a unification fight with
54:02
Josh Kelly. If that fight doesn't get made, Fundora
54:08
versus Teyes, not bad. Obviously, I prefer the
54:13
unification fight, but if I had to take something
54:17
else, Teyes winning the co -main event, not a
54:22
bad alternative. I don't know. What do you guys
54:26
think? Well, I got to save my rant for when we
54:32
talk about Fundora. Yeah. I think we'll save
54:35
it. I think we'll save these discussions for
54:37
when, uh, Fandora comes up. No, we're, we're
54:40
talking about Fandora right now. Yeah. Fandora
54:43
versus Thurman. Um, he stops Thurman in six.
54:47
All right. Fuck. Sorry. Days of the week. Yeah,
54:49
it's fine. Thurman was upset with the stoppage.
54:53
I like, I want to give all my respect to Keith
54:56
Thurman. You said they saved his ass. Yeah. You
55:00
stepped in with a fucking freak of nature. And
55:04
he just beat the piss out of you. I'm not sure
55:07
how else to phrase it. His face was falling off.
55:10
Do you see the bit of his cheek that was just
55:12
starting to peel at the time of the stoppage?
55:15
He got fucking whooped. Slenderman whooped ass.
55:19
Yeah, Slenderman whooped ass. You're going to
55:22
need all eight notes if you're going to beat
55:24
Slenderman. It's just how it is. One thing about
55:28
this fight, I got a couple things to say about
55:30
it. I want to stop. I want to preface this with
55:33
I have a bad habit, and I realize this, that
55:37
every time a fight gets close, I have the habit
55:42
of manipulating my own mind into believing that
55:47
the fight is actually competitive. I can't believe
55:51
I gave Keith Thurman a chance. I know I didn't
55:55
give him a huge chance. I gave him like a 5 %
55:57
chance. But, I mean, what the fuck was that fight?
56:01
What was that? All it was was Keith Thurman on
56:04
the back foot. I mean, he had a horrible game
56:07
plan. I mean, I understand why he did it, but
56:11
he was trying to get a pot shot, trying to get
56:13
one shot to knock out Sebastian Fandora, but
56:17
Keith Thurman hasn't gotten a knockout in years.
56:20
Even before his two layoffs, he hadn't gotten
56:26
many knockouts. One thing I have to say about
56:31
this fight, too, is, man, dude, Sebastian Fandori,
56:35
he looked good. He looked good. But he's also
56:41
becoming a formidable force in the division.
56:46
And that's kind of, I know this might sound like
56:50
weird to say, but that's also not becoming good.
56:54
Because, and this is where my rant really starts,
56:57
is that he's not going to be let out the bag.
57:00
They're not going to let him out the house. They're
57:03
not going to let him fight other champions because
57:06
they said, what they say after the post fight,
57:09
that he can unify, but he's not going to keep
57:13
that title. He can't fight Virgil yet because
57:17
Virgil's caught up with his, and again, that
57:19
makes sense, but he's not going to fight Virgil.
57:22
He's not going to want to hold any of the titles,
57:26
become, you know, undisputed. To have multiple
57:30
mandatorys? So he'll win it and drop it kind
57:34
of thing? Yeah, and it's bullshit because you
57:37
know what? They want him to fight Spence or Charlo.
57:40
Now, I understand maybe Charlo, he was never
57:43
really defeated at 154. But man, Charlo hasn't
57:47
fought in years. Yeah, I mean, Charlo hasn't
57:51
fought in years. Spence hasn't fought at 154
57:54
and hasn't fought in years. charlo i guess makes
57:58
a little more sense than spence but man what
58:00
the fuck you want you want fundora to fight these
58:04
two guys who do not deserve it at all he already
58:07
has fought guys that doesn't deserve it and it's
58:11
honestly funny how the wbc is not doing anything
58:15
about his you know about him fighting a mandatory
58:18
for the for the for the title i mean what what
58:22
kind of what kind of hold does fundora have over
58:24
the wbc I guarantee this didn't make that much
58:28
money. I don't know if pay -per -view buys have
58:30
been released. I don't think the gate was that
58:33
big. The stadium looked a little bare compared
58:38
to other fights I've seen, but man. We'll never
58:41
know about the pay -per -view buys because Rick
58:44
Glaser is off of Twitter. Damn, dog. What are
58:48
we going to do? Uh -huh. What I got to say is
58:54
that this fight was, it was horrendous. It should
58:58
have never been made. And they're going to keep
59:00
making fights like this in the future and have
59:02
you pay an arm and a leg. Yeah. I got to say,
59:06
I'm sorry, but man, you got to make that pay
59:09
-per -view worth it. Difficult to buy it. Difficult
59:11
to disagree. You know, and again, you could,
59:15
the people that are on other podcasts or listen
59:18
to this and disagree with. me not being a show
59:21
for the pbc even though it's not popular to be
59:25
sucking off the pbc you know anymore but either
59:30
way i i think i think it's just that they're
59:33
gonna keep doing this it's not i'm not gonna
59:36
try to compare to zufa in the sense that like
59:38
you know they're on the same level but man this
59:41
is that gives zufa power it's second tier is
59:45
what it is I fucking hate Zufa, but I also hate
59:49
this shit too. So, fuck you. There's an in -between
59:55
that exists. It's not team sports. Yeah, I agree.
1:00:04
Yeah, we shouldn't have to make... I don't know.
1:00:08
Fundora should be able to travel to make the
1:00:12
fights. He shouldn't be stuck in one spot. putting
1:00:18
on this bullshit for PBC to have an event. Yeah.
1:00:25
I mean, I understand why PBC is holding him hostage,
1:00:28
too. I mean, why would they want to get rid of
1:00:29
a champion? You know? I mean, I do... The more
1:00:33
that Fenora fights, the more I see him having
1:00:36
a chance against other guys. But at the same
1:00:39
time, you're going to keep him... You're going
1:00:41
to hold him hostage, and he's not going to be
1:00:44
making that much money off of... I mean, yeah,
1:00:47
he's going to be making money, but he's not going
1:00:48
to be making as much money as if he beat a Boots
1:00:51
or if he beat a Virgil or if he beat a Zayas.
1:00:53
Or Josh Kelly. Yeah. Yeah, Josh Kelly. If he
1:00:56
beat any of the top guys, he would make money.
1:00:59
He would be more of a draw. Defeating Spence
1:01:03
and defeating Charlo is just, you know, you're
1:01:05
going to freaking get used to beating these guys
1:01:10
that aren't on your level to the point where,
1:01:12
you know, you're... What did Marvin Hagler say?
1:01:17
He said that when you wake up in silk pajamas,
1:01:20
it's hard to go running in silk pajamas, right?
1:01:23
When you wake up at like 4 a .m. with silk pajamas,
1:01:26
who wants to get up and go running? Exactly.
1:01:31
He's going to get too used to beating guys that
1:01:33
are obviously going to be beneath him. Are you
1:01:36
calling Sebastian Fundora a welfare queen? He
1:01:40
might be a fucking welfare queen. I'm serious.
1:01:45
It seriously, it bums me out how guys at the
1:01:49
PBC, not the guys at the PBC, the fighters, but
1:01:51
more so their management and the promotional
1:01:55
company are keeping them hostage like this. I
1:01:59
mean, even top rank right now is letting them
1:02:02
out of the stable. I get they have to, but I
1:02:05
mean, come on. You guys are going to get used
1:02:07
to fighting these bums. I mean, I understand
1:02:08
if you're going to let them keep fighting bums.
1:02:11
They just signed a deal. So they're... And they
1:02:15
signed that. I don't know. I'm just offending
1:02:18
Top Rank in this particular example, which I
1:02:21
don't think is your overall point. So never mind.
1:02:24
We'll talk about it a bit later. I do agree to
1:02:29
the sense that Top Rank has made a deal and they're
1:02:32
letting their guys out. I don't get why PBC can't
1:02:37
just let Fundora fight someone on his own level.
1:02:44
It's almost like they don't believe in him. Which
1:02:47
they should. Because, like, he's a... With his
1:02:51
physical advantages, he has, I would say, like,
1:02:56
other than... And it's... It's a small... It's
1:03:04
a smaller advantage with someone like Jaron Ennis.
1:03:07
And it gets a little bit... little bit bigger
1:03:11
with like Virgil Ortiz but with like Josh Kelly
1:03:14
like or Xander Zayas like Fedora like beats the
1:03:19
fucking piss out of both of them to me I don't
1:03:23
see why they don't why would you not want to
1:03:26
send him out to conquer I don't get it it's ridiculous
1:03:31
honestly Josh you want to put anything on here
1:03:33
before we move on mainly I think it's in the
1:03:36
management more than the promoter they don't
1:03:38
They probably don't believe in their guy after,
1:03:41
like, as much as we might. And are probably handling
1:03:46
him a little carefully after the Brian Mendoza
1:03:49
slip -up. Ah, shit, you're right. Like, especially,
1:03:53
like, for his management, this is, like, you're
1:03:56
one of their cash cows. They're gonna handle
1:03:59
you with, uh, rather carefully after a, like...
1:04:04
Yeah, like, after a knockout loss like that,
1:04:06
where, like, it was just straight up being careless,
1:04:08
you're more fragile than, like, a guy you know
1:04:12
what his, like, preferred style matchups are.
1:04:15
So, what, the Spence matchup is... We're assuming
1:04:20
PBC wants Spence to win so that they can make
1:04:27
Fundora Spence. Is that the logical... their
1:04:32
logic yeah logical time yeah like i feel like
1:04:35
management like it's just like it's the easy
1:04:39
high money option to get fundora from the promoter's
1:04:43
end out the fight and from the manager's end
1:04:46
to take it because yeah he is basically like
1:04:50
other than like david benavidez he is one of
1:04:54
samson's cash cows yeah that's right that's all
1:04:59
that samson really has Yeah, like, it's him and
1:05:03
David Benavidez, so... You don't want him losing
1:05:06
the belt he has, and the thing is that if you
1:05:08
let a belt go, it'll probably go to, like, Boots
1:05:12
or Loth to say it, Virgil. For the memes. Yeah,
1:05:18
like, as soon as Virgil gets out of court, he's,
1:05:20
like, if a belt goes free, it's probably gonna
1:05:24
go to one of those two. And then you basically
1:05:28
never get it back if you have a, like... If you
1:05:32
basically go through 154 and cross the pond and
1:05:37
everything. Or across the street. Yeah. Well,
1:05:41
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Definitely just going to... I have some stuff
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the previews. Holy shit, the coronation is coming
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up on Thursday, April 9th. Eye of the Tiger in
1:11:23
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just really quickly
1:11:28
in the co -main event, Arthur B. Arslanoff is
1:11:32
fighting Who Gives a Shit. It's an Eye of the
1:11:35
Tiger card, so it's just somebody that he's just
1:11:37
going to knock the fuck out. That's pretty much
1:11:39
the whole point of Eye of the Tiger. But in the
1:11:44
main event, Oslis Iglesias be fighting Pavel
1:11:49
Silyagin. Oslis is claiming what is rightfully
1:11:55
his, the IBF super middleweight title. After
1:11:59
literally nobody wanted to fight him for this
1:12:02
title, they found someone. Multiple people passed
1:12:04
on this fight. Finally. Pavel, like, salute.
1:12:13
Somebody had the fucking nuts to take it. Yeah,
1:12:18
someone had to take one for the team here. Prayers
1:12:23
up for Pavel. Hopefully you don't seize up on
1:12:27
the canvas. Jesus. Imagine Hosties actually loses.
1:12:33
That'd be the funniest crash out we've ever seen
1:12:36
on the Discord chat, though. If you lost? Yeah.
1:12:39
I would lose my fucking mind. I fully admit.
1:12:43
I would crash out. It'd be a hilarious crash
1:12:45
out. It would be. Watching Hosties lose on a
1:12:51
Thursday? Don't speak it in the being. Speak
1:12:54
it, believe it, receive it. Pavel in a seizure
1:12:58
on the fucking canvas. That's what I'm putting
1:13:01
into the energy. Friday, April 10th, we have
1:13:08
Probox. Oh shit, this fight got fucking kanked.
1:13:13
Headlining this one is Herbert Conceição. Herbert
1:13:18
versus Johan Gonzalez. Moving down the bill,
1:13:26
William Foster. He is a Pro Box alum. So that's
1:13:30
fun. He's fighting a dude named Joshafat. So
1:13:37
that's fun. Interesting. But that's about all
1:13:42
I got for this one. Senbatar Erdenbat was supposed
1:13:46
to be on this, but apparently not anymore. Haven't
1:13:51
heard why. Moving on. Saturday, April 11th, Shinada
1:13:58
will be in attendance. Tenshin Nasukawa versus
1:14:02
Juan Francisco Estrada. Damn. Shinada's at this
1:14:09
one, yeah. Hate watching Tenshin. Yeah. We believe
1:14:14
that Estrada can turn back the clock. I do, too.
1:14:19
I consider myself to be a bit of a tension fanboy.
1:14:23
It is not an insignificant amount because it
1:14:31
bothers Shanada, to be honest. But Estrada's
1:14:38
been like my guy. Watching him get... It was
1:14:43
like bittersweet watching Bam beat him. But,
1:14:49
like, if Takuma Inoue can do it, Estrada, my
1:14:54
man, you can do it too. Katsuma Akitsugi. Pro
1:15:01
Box alumni will be in effect. And Tomoya Suboi,
1:15:08
one of my breakout fighters of the year for 2025,
1:15:13
is going to be fighting on this one as well.
1:15:19
Excellent. So it's a good card. I would say this
1:15:23
might be worth waking up for. Or staying up for.
1:15:28
Yeah, Friday night. The ultra degenerates. I'm
1:15:36
going to skip ahead. Pro box at the Boardwalk
1:15:40
Hall in Atlantic City. I honestly don't know
1:15:43
who a lot of these people are. Just in the main
1:15:46
event, Vito Melnicki versus Omar Huerta. So that's...
1:15:53
Vito has three... Of the major sanctioning bodies,
1:16:00
he has three trinkets. And Omar is not rated
1:16:05
in any of them. Yeah, so there's a lot to lose
1:16:09
for Vito. And he's kind of mid. He's not great.
1:16:15
He's very much like, you see him on the name
1:16:19
of one of the permanent IBF mandatories type
1:16:24
of guy. Yeah, yeah. Picks up the IBF trinket
1:16:28
only to give it away, you know. But I'll join
1:16:32
Saul. Go white boy. Go white boy go. Go white
1:16:36
boy go. And the main fucking event of Saturday.
1:16:44
we have uh i'm gonna go from the bottom up here
1:16:48
uh gold star on netflix at the tottenham hotspur
1:16:53
uh is it a state it's a stadium that's right
1:16:57
it's a soccer stadium like that that place is
1:17:02
pretty fucking dope like for fights it's pretty
1:17:05
damn good that was just like a really minor humble
1:17:09
flex that i've been there Just a little bit.
1:17:16
From the bottom up, Sultan Al -Muhammad, he is
1:17:20
a Saudi plant, so I'm hoping that Hector Lozano
1:17:25
makes it happen. 3 -7 -1. Come on, dude. Your
1:17:34
people are counting on you. Go, Brown Boy, go.
1:17:39
Go, Brown Boy, go. Go on, my son. That dude that
1:17:48
was behind me just would not stop screaming that.
1:17:51
Go on, my son has been my favorite thing to say
1:17:54
during fights. The British really have it right
1:17:58
in terms of how they cheer on fighters. Go on,
1:18:02
my son. Go on, my son. You aged 10 years saying
1:18:11
it, but it's beautiful. Man, I already got enough
1:18:14
white hair on my beard. I'm going to keep saying
1:18:18
it anyway, because fucking go on, my son. Moving
1:18:22
up the bill. Who do I recognize here? Felix Cash.
1:18:26
I recognize the name Felix Cash. He's facing
1:18:33
Liam O 'Hare. And Justice Hooney versus Frazier
1:18:36
Clark. Question here is, I know, can Frazier
1:18:43
Clark do it better than Fabio Wardley? I really
1:18:48
want Justice Huni to upset the apple cart. Fuck
1:18:52
Frazier Clark. Wardley's looked so bad since...
1:18:56
Clark's looked really bad since Wardley just
1:19:00
smoked him in the first round. Mentally broken.
1:19:05
Like he just lost by a split decision to a guy
1:19:09
named Jimmy TKV. Oh, that's right. And he's up
1:19:15
the bill. Yeah. TKV also not great. Like. So
1:19:24
it's a very like Hooney is definitely better
1:19:28
than the British boxing ecosystem. I'm doing
1:19:32
the Bob Arum, the little emote that we have in
1:19:35
discord. Bobbed? Yeah. I'm doing that little
1:19:37
fist. Yeah, so Huni, honestly, Huni's just going
1:19:42
to feed off of the British ecosystem, which is
1:19:44
good. Good for him. Somebody needs to contact
1:19:48
Lin when Justice Huni wins and say, hey, what's
1:19:52
up with Kevin Lorena? No way. No way. Moving
1:19:59
up, Troy Williamson will be facing Simon, Zack,
1:20:02
and Huber. Jamie... Chikeva, TKV, will be facing
1:20:09
Richard Riekpore. Richard does have dynamite
1:20:14
for hands, so should be okay. Should be a good
1:20:18
power threat anyway. Connor Ben versus Regis
1:20:25
Progre at a 150 catchweight. Hilarious. Hilarious.
1:20:30
Go on, my son. Hilarious. Hilarious that it's
1:20:33
Regis. Hilarious that it's so heavy. Hilarious
1:20:37
that Conor Benn is getting paid more than the
1:20:39
entire UFC roster combined. All I gotta say is
1:20:42
I want my son. Please, please knock out Conor
1:20:45
Benn. If there's anything, I will sell my soul
1:20:50
for that. Regis got nothing left, but you know
1:20:53
what? Yep, go on, my son. Just hilarious fight
1:20:56
to be made. I need Zufa to lose all their fucking,
1:21:00
like... I need them to lose their shit. After
1:21:04
paying someone like Connor Ben that much money
1:21:06
to lose to Regis Progray. I didn't even know
1:21:09
Sean Malley could read. So the fact that he started
1:21:12
talking about his own pay in reference to Connor
1:21:14
Ben getting overpaid is like mind -blowing. He
1:21:17
started counting the beans. I would sponsor a
1:21:22
crawfish boil for Regis Progray and his entire
1:21:26
fucking family, extended family. Bring all your
1:21:30
friends. I don't give a shit how many people
1:21:33
you bring. If you beat Connor Ben, I will make
1:21:39
a fucking feast for your entire family. I don't
1:21:44
know how to do a crawfish boil properly. I will
1:21:48
watch all of the YouTube tutorials just to make
1:21:52
this fucking work for you. That is the feast
1:21:55
that awaits you, Regis. I'll have somebody drive
1:22:00
you on an ATV so that you don't crash it. In
1:22:05
the main event, Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov.
1:22:09
This is pretty clearly a setup for Fury AJ later
1:22:14
this year. So I don't rate Makhmudov. Tyson Fury
1:22:21
even coming off a layoff should be pretty easy
1:22:24
work. Can I say something? Of course you can.
1:22:28
During this fight? I'm asking like I'm not part
1:22:31
of the podcast. Yeah, you raised your hand up
1:22:34
and everything. I said, hey, can I ask something?
1:22:38
Let me say this, okay? Honestly, I was thinking
1:22:41
about it. It might be my bad habit again, but
1:22:44
what if Makhmudov just beats the shit out of
1:22:47
Fury? Then Dave Allen is much better than we
1:22:52
give him credit for, apparently. Well, the thing
1:22:56
is, the reason I say that is because... I mean,
1:22:58
again, this is Fury off of layoff. A layoff that's
1:23:00
a year and a half. Fury's going to be older.
1:23:05
He looks lean. This is a guy who's victimized
1:23:08
by Guido Vianello, though. Yeah, you're right.
1:23:11
I'm just raising the point of how washed is Fury.
1:23:14
He could be really washed to the point where
1:23:15
he might not even have his legs. That's fair.
1:23:18
Although, arguably, Makhmudov might also be washed,
1:23:21
considering he is 36. Yeah, you know, you're
1:23:25
right. I will have you know that 36 is not that
1:23:28
goddamn old. I'll fucking have you know. Okay,
1:23:33
but like 36 to be like in boxing years. Yeah,
1:23:37
I was gonna say. That's fucking ancient. I know.
1:23:40
Yeah, this guy's not better beef, you know. The
1:23:44
more times it goes on, the less aura he has.
1:23:48
I'm just saying how washed is Fury, you know.
1:23:51
He could be fucking... He struggled with Ngannou.
1:23:55
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. He struggled with
1:23:56
Ngannou. He struggled with Wilder. Yeah, but
1:23:59
Ngannou's like a physical presence is the way
1:24:02
I'll put it. That third fight with Wilder, he
1:24:05
did struggle. Strong is something Makhmudov is
1:24:08
distinctly not. Yeah, but I mean, look what AJ
1:24:12
did to him. Look what Tyson Fury did to him.
1:24:17
Fury kind of... I don't know, like, a lot of
1:24:20
Fury's, like, clinch work and moving around guys
1:24:23
in the clinch, like, you have to be strong or
1:24:27
able to get out of it. I mean, to... To give
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him trouble. For his credit, I mean, Magmoodov's
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not a horrible inside fighter. No, but... When
1:24:37
he presses, he gets aggressive. Like, he's very
1:24:40
much the, like, Christian Hammer, when he fought
1:24:43
Christian Hammer... Oh, shit. ...type of opponent.
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That's a good way to put it. He's not anywhere
1:24:50
near that top level of opponent. He's very much
1:24:54
like... Because there's like three tiers of Fury
1:24:58
opponent. There's like dog shit. There's the
1:25:01
showcase fights, especially on the come up where
1:25:03
he'd show you that he's actually something worth
1:25:05
looking at. And then the fights against the top
1:25:08
guys. Well, you're missing the fourth level,
1:25:10
which is just Chizora. Chizora's in all three
1:25:14
levels. In all three different Chizora fights,
1:25:21
he has been a part of all three levels. Yeah,
1:25:21
like the first Chizora fight was Fury taking
1:25:24
that step up to like a top 10 ranking. I guess
1:25:29
right, yeah. The second one was one of the showcase
1:25:32
opponents that like, the way he dominated him
1:25:35
is like, oh, he's worth a damn to fight for a
1:25:37
title. And then the third Chizora fight is a
1:25:40
dogshit opponent that no one wanted to watch.
1:25:43
It sucks. He's been, Chizora's been all three
1:25:46
of this, of the typical Tyson Fury opponent.
1:25:52
Well, I gotta say, uh, I, I gotta give Fury like
1:25:57
a 75 % chance to win. The fact I'm giving you
1:25:59
75 % chance is very, um, very, uh, gracious to
1:26:04
Magmudov. I, it's just a question of Fury's,
1:26:07
uh, Yeah, like how Washington Fury, you know?
1:26:09
Exactly, yeah. Cause I haven't seen Fury in a,
1:26:11
besides Usyk, I haven't fight, I haven't seen
1:26:13
him fight a, a great like not a great but like
1:26:18
someone of like i guess equal and i know it sounds
1:26:21
weird because obviously he fought you know someone
1:26:24
like wilder and he fought someone like uh in
1:26:27
ghanu but again he already fought wilder in the
1:26:29
past he hasn't fought like a new name in a while
1:26:32
you know that was like same kind of build similar
1:26:36
build you know like an actual heavyweight big
1:26:40
heavyweight yeah you know so we'll see Yeah,
1:26:44
I don't have a whole lot to add. I don't see
1:26:48
this going really well for Makhmudov. I can only
1:26:50
hope that his really sloped forehead protects
1:26:54
his fucking eyes nicely. I don't know. That's
1:27:02
all we got on the docket, though. Shall we get
1:27:05
to parting words? We shall. ProBuck's good. Lots
1:27:11
of ProBucks. Two cards this weekend. ProBucks,
1:27:15
good. Watch it. Even if it's not guys that you
1:27:19
super, super recognize, there's always a chance
1:27:21
for absolute gangbusters, and it's just very
1:27:24
consistently good. Man, Senbatar Erdenbot getting
1:27:28
taken off the card is a real bummer. He is so
1:27:32
much fun. Man, I love Mongolians. They're the
1:27:36
best. But at any point in time, we can get a
1:27:40
Lopez Gallegos masterpiece. So it's always worth
1:27:45
watching. My parting words are, come on, Seabass
1:27:48
Fundy. You can do better than that. Seabass,
1:27:52
that's good. Seabass Fundy. Well, if that's all
1:27:58
the parting words that you guys got, that's it
1:28:01
for this edition of the Boxing B -Sides. Man,
1:28:04
we will see you on the other side of Fury Makudov.
1:28:07
Fucking get your drinks and shit ready beforehand.