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[BxBD] Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa and LOTS of news · Boxing B-Sides

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Yes, that's a good one. All right. Jesus Christ,
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we have so much on the outline, Leo. I don't
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know if I prepared for this. That's all right.
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Gervonta Davis. Didn't prepare to be caught in
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Miami. They did finally get him. He was wearing
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his ridiculous saggy pants. They looked like
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they were going to fall down when he was in handcuffs.
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I thought they were. I wanted them to so badly.
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I thought it'd be hilarious. His bond hearing
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was held. I didn't see the final result, but
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I did see that the prosecutors were trying to
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have him remain in police custody. No, I think
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they let him out because I saw. Oh, maybe not.
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I saw a clip of the judge explaining to him like
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he was a two year old that he can't have any
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contact with that woman. OK, so, yeah, they might
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have let him out. But she was very leaning on
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also, like, you can't contact her through a third
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person. Yeah. But yeah, the Gervonta Davis saga
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continues. I mean, he's been so bad lately. Just
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send him to jail. He's just going to beat somebody
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else up if they let him out. Yeah, he's definitely
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not in a good place right now, mentally. Yeah,
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I mean, he's a boxer. He gets his face pummeled
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in for money. Gotta be a little crazy to do that
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in the first place, but... I don't know, he doesn't
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seem to be in a good headspace. The crash out
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about his kid playing with dolls was the weirdest
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one to me. A toddler. Yeah. But that's enough
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of Gervonta Davis for the time being. I found
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an interesting story about Oscar De La Hoya and
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Golden Boy Promotions. They have defaulted on
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their building mortgage. 626 Wilshire Boulevard
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in downtown LA. They're quite a bit behind. The
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original loan was $27 million for the building.
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And they still owe $23 million. The building
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is a third vacant. So they're not making enough
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on rent. Right. And yeah. Yeah, that doesn't
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sound good. They're upside down on the loan.
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In 2015, the building was valued at $40 million.
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2025, it's $19 million. That's a really big draw.
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Yes, it is. They're seeking... We can't... We're
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losing all... Not all of them, but we're losing
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a bunch of the older promoters. Like, top ranks.
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Dead when Bob dies. Which will be soon. Oscar's
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got almost no one in his stable, and he's on
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his mortgage as fuck. Like, we're gonna be stuck
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with only British promoters soon. And Dana White.
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I said on B -Sides, like, is Eddie Hearn fucking
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saving boxing in 2026? He might be. Fucking,
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what a day. What a day it is that I'm hoping
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Eddie Hearn fucking bails us out. 2026, Chizora
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chins Wilder and Eddie Hearn saves boxing. But
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Golden Boy Promotions did sign a multi -year
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deal with Swerve TV. The fuck is Swerve TV? Right.
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It's a channel that is on... It's like Top Rank
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Classics. It's a channel that's on those services.
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Oh, like Tubi and whatever. Broku and all that
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shit. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, the Golden Boy Library
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will be playing on Swerve TV. And I believe they're
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going to be showing undercards of their events.
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I don't know. So does that mean it's not on YouTube
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anymore? I don't know. All I know is that they're
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going to have a release of their undercards,
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or live viewing of their undercards on Swerve
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TV. Could it still be on YouTube? I would...
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I would hope it is. YouTube's just so much more
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easy to access. Yeah. But that's the latest on
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Golden Boy's troubles. Opetiah's first Zufa card.
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March 8th. That's not very far away. No, it's
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not. I hope Opetiah's been keeping in shape.
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I mean, he seems like he does. I've never seen
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Opataya looking bad. No. The rumor is that they're
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aiming for Mikaelian. That would be good. Like,
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I'd be okay with that. Yeah, but we'll see what
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they cook up. I got the... For the first few
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fights for this one, I ended up calling it a
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mighty mini card. We'll be on Yokohama. Yes,
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that's the one. I, I'm going to try and get a
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ticket for this one. Yokohama is that little
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far enough away that I haven't gone to a fight
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there yet. And I think the venue is not very
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big. So any seat will be good. But yeah, I'm
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excited. It's got Anthony all the squalor. It's
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got no needle. Don't air again, which I'm not,
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super excited for. And it's got Knockout CP Freshmart.
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I can see the Thai legend in person. Yeah. That's
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pretty much everybody that's on the bill. Who
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else do you need? It's going to be awesome. I'm
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glad Oluswaga's getting the headline too. He's
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been looking really good lately. Yeah. Let's
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see. Richard? Torres and Frank Sanchez. The deal
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has been made. They will be fighting on March
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28th. I believe that's an undercard for something.
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I don't remember what at the moment. That's a
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bit of a step up for Richard Torres. Quite. I'll
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be interested to see how he handles that. Because
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I like Richard Torres, but I don't think he's
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that good. He's got to be freakishly skilled
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to compensate for his lack of size. Yeah, he's
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not freakishly skilled. He's just skilled. Yeah.
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Maybe. Frank Sanchez, if that knee issue he had
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before persists, then maybe Torres can pull something
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out. I mean, Frank Sanchez isn't a super mover
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anyways. That just might make him more dangerous.
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He'll have to stand and bang. It's always good
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when Cubans have to stand and bang. They can.
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It works out nicely. It's better than the alternative.
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Yes. Moses Itauma versus Jermaine Franklin. That
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whole card was picked up and moved to March 28th.
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The injury was a torn biceps. That sounds bad.
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Yeah. I don't know much about injuries, but torn
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biceps sounds bad. But yeah, the whole card,
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exactly as it is, just moved the date. Oh, man.
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Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov. It is
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official for April 11th. Nobody asked for this.
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No. It's just going to be two really big guys.
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Not boxing much. I think. I'm not expecting much
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out of Makhmudov. I'm not expecting much out
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of Fury either. He should make decent work of
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it. I guess. Imagine if Mock Madoff chins him
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somehow. Fucking hilarious. I would love it.
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Not gonna happen, but I would love it. Yeah.
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Man, I almost don't even want to mention it just
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because this, whatever it is, trend or meme or
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whatever it is, just really, really annoys me.
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They did... There was a post on social media
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saying there were 6 .7 million or billion fucking
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engagements with... No, it was even stupider.
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It was 6 .7 billion potential... Impressions.
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Impressions, yeah. Oh, that's what it was. The
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fuck does that even mean? It has been seen. 6
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.7 billion times. But I assume the potential
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is that it's been shown on the internet 6 .7
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billion times. Whether people looked at it or
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not, they have no idea. Yeah, but it was obvious
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that it was the 6 .7 thing. God. Fucking stupid.
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All of it's stupid. Impressions are useless.
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Potential impressions are even more useless.
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Like, what the fuck are these metrics? I don't
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know. Overall, pretty displeased with how this
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is going so far. With this fucking number and
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the juggling. hand motion that they do. Yeah,
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that's stupid. Speaking of stupid, Kell Brook
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is returning in Dubai on April 11th as well.
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Why? I didn't know he was still fighting. He's
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not. Like, I don't think dudes had a fight in
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like three years. When was Kell Brook's last
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fight? That is a good question. My cords are
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all over the place. Yeah, the... 2022. I was
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pretty close. It's been a while. Like... And
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he got his ass kicked. Like, he did not look
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good in that fight. Oh, I was thinking the Terrence
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Crawford fight. But he also didn't look good
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against Amir Khan. Just Amir Khan's chin was
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not even glass. What's, like, frost? Paper mache?
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Paper mache is stronger. Like, you know when
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it gets really cold and the frost gets all, like,
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hairy? Yeah, yeah. Well, you're from Arizona,
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but yeah, and you barely touch it and it just
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disintegrates. That's Amir Khan's chin, like
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Horry Frost. But yeah, Kell Brook, he's back,
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baby. This one is, I believe, at Light Flyweight.
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It's 108. Tanon Xak. The IBF title holder is
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facing Sergio Mendoza. I've seen him once. He's
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very hard to actually get on TV. Probably surprising
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no one. But he's just a little Thai guy. He definitely
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used to do Muay Thai. He's got a Muay Thai stance.
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He's fun. Defends his title April 13th. A bit
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of ways after, I guess he'll be watching the
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knockout Freshmark title fight with interest.
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Yeah, because Freshmark moved up, right? Yeah,
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they're at the same weight class. Yeah. Nice.
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You know what's not nice? Keyshawn Davis. It
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seems like he's on his way out the door of top
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rank, and it looks like he's cozying up with
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the matchroom brass. Hmm. I mean, career -wise,
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it's probably a good move. It's probably a good
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move for anyone right now. I'm not... I thought
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top rank would have a home by now. I have a bit
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of a, I don't think it's a conspiracy theory,
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but I have a theory that top rank realizes Bob
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Arum's dying soon and there's no one that's going
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to replace him. And nobody wants to sign any
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sort of long -term deal until they see what happens
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when Bob dies. He had been mentoring his, I think,
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son -in -law. Todd Duboff? I think that's how
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you say his name? Yeah. He had been sort of shaping
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him to be his heir apparent, but I know that
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he's been involved with top -ranked operations
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at an executive level for quite some time. If
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he was really going to become the new face of
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it, they'd start putting him on interviews and
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shit, wouldn't they? At the very least, have
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him make business moves that nerds like us cover.
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Yeah, like, or just something. I've never seen
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this man. I can't think of what he looks like.
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Yeah. Yeah, I do know the name. You're right.
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But, like, I also haven't heard anything about
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him lately. And, like, Bob's dying. He's, like,
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94. Like, nobody lives forever. That's my theory,
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is nobody's happy with whoever's replacing Bob.
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And that's why they can't get a long -term deal.
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It's too bad. I don't want to see Top Rank go
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away, necessarily. It wasn't their biggest fan,
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but... It's still not like this. I thought they
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did pretty well with their boxers, actually.
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Boxers at top rank didn't get shelved like PBC
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and there's way less suing than like Goldenboy
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and, you know, I don't know. Top ranks seem like
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a solid promotion company to me. Oh, speaking
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of suing and Goldenboy, Goldenboy is counter
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suing Rick Merigian, Virgil Ortiz's manager.
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Or slander? I don't know, but it's in regards
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to the breach of contract thing. I think they're
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countersuing Merigian for breach of contract.
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Alright. Yeah. That whole thing is such a fucking
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myth. And this happens to Oscar all the goddamn
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time. Like, every one of his big stars has sued
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him at some point. Probably why he can't pay
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his mortgage. Maybe he can get some advertisers
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for his clapback Thursdays. He should ask the
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ramen sponsor. Oh, man. Bam received an offer
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from Zufa. Matchroom beat that offer. I thought
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it was a done deal that Bam's going back to Matchroom,
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but it's not. He is still able to... She's still...
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courting other offers. But it does look like
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Mattroom is gonna be retaining him. I mean, Bam's...
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I know he's small, and small guys are never that
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famous, but Bam's a superstar. Mattroom's stupid
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if they let him go. Like, he's just getting to
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where he's gonna start fighting big names again.
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I think. For Bam, because of his size, I think
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it would have been stupid for him to go to Zufa.
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I can't name any fighter, it'll be stupid for
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them to go to Zufa. But for Bam in particular,
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he's at a point in his career where that would
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have been a step backwards. That would have killed
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his stardom, for sure. I don't mind Bam using
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Zufa for negotiation tactics. And he didn't seem
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very serious about it anyways. But if Bam had
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seriously considered Zufa, I would have been
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so disappointed. Like, I don't know. None of
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my favorite fighters better go to Zufa or they'll
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start getting hate mail. From you? Yeah. I'll
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go for Karen. I'm so disappointed in you. Let
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me speak to your manager. Yeah. Robert, who I
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think does act as a manager for some of his guys,
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he's been public saying the matchroom beating
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Zufa wasn't... It happened outside of the contractual
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period where it's a certain thing. That Mattroom,
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if Mattroom beats the offer, they automatically
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retain him. Okay. So there's, it's legalese,
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but yeah. Bam. Fucking get paid, buddy. But not
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from Zufa, please. Well, Zufa's not gonna pay
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him what he's worth anyways. Yeah. Oh, paying
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what it's worth? Miguel Cotto's newly renovated
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gym. reopens to the public. Just thought this
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was a nice story. Yeah, that's kind of fun. Did
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they have pictures? Yeah, they had a whole press
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release and everything. Press event. Were there
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giant murals on the wall? Not that I could see.
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I didn't see very many pictures of the gym itself.
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I just saw pictures of Miguel, his wife, and
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different personalities. He should have murals
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of himself. On the gym. I think. I would expect
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that he does. Yeah. I was going to ask if the
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paintings were nice because every boxing gym
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usually has them. He would have to have other
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Puerto Rican fighters, right? Yeah. So you would
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have... My memory fucking sucks ass. I don't
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know who the top... Trinidad, I guess. Yeah,
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that's the one I was trying to think of. The
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rest that I'm thinking of are all Mexican, I
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think. But yeah, Trinidad. Gotta be on the Puerto
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Rican Mount Rushmore. Yeah, he's gotta be there.
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But yeah, all I'm thinking of is Cubans and Mexicans
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right now. Well, speaking of neither, Christian
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and Beely elevated to full champion. The Lester
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Martinez rematch is still likely next. But it's
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not for sure. I don't want to see Mbili fight
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anyone else. Like, I don't give a shit. Because
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I think Lester won that first fight. Lester needs
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his rematch. I also think Lester does better
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in the rematch. Yeah, Lester came on better.
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He got better as the fight went on. Mbili is
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kind of like a... He has one gear. It's a fucking
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intense gear, for sure, but he's still like a
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one -trick pony, whereas Martinez was a lot more
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multifaceted. Yeah, he made a lot more adjustments.
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I don't think I've ever seen Mbili make an adjustment
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to anything ever, but I guess if it ain't broke,
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don't fix it. Well, hopefully they do it again.
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But congrats to Mbili. Oh, shit. Something that
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just came up. Diego Pacheco pulls out of the
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negotiations for the title fight with Hamza Shiraz.
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Really? Yeah. Why? I don't know. I mean, Pacheco
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probably loses that. I think he does too. So
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maybe that's why. But... Interesting move. Yeah,
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I want to see who else they got. Because it's
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probably not going to be good. He's going to
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be getting ducking allegations for fucking ever
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now. Pacheco. He was already getting them. Okay.
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So they haven't updated their rankings yet. The
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most recent are from December 2025. Super middleweight.
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Number one is Canelo. Two, Pacheco. Three, Shiraz.
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Four, Jacob Bank. He is currently busy. I don't
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think I know who Jacob Bank is. Alem Begich?
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I don't know. German guy. Simon Zackenhuber.
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Zackenhuber? Paulinas Njolonomu. Nemu. I don't
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know who any of these people are. Callum Simpson.
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Jaime Munguia. Lester Martinez. Beck the Bully.
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Iglesias Berlanga. Saras. Okay, so those ones
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I recognize all the names, but those first few,
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do you know who they are? I know Jacob Bank just
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from the fight with William Skull. Alem Bejic,
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no idea. Simon Zackenhuber, we have spoken about
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him. That's the extent of my knowledge. This
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Paulinas fellow, no idea. 168 is a weird weight
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class right now. Yeah, this is all... I think
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this has something to do with Pacheco signing
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a management deal with an agency. It's not an
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individual. I think they're advising him to explore
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promotional deals. instead. That's my thinking.
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Right. But that's just my speculation, so who
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knows. Still a bad move. It's a fucking title
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fight, dude. Yeah, just take it. If you lose,
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try again later. It's like the whole point of
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boxing in the first place. Yeah, don't be a bitch.
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Oh, man. Team USA athletes, anyone who makes
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the Olympic team will be paid $200 ,000 for making
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the team and competing. That's not that much
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for the amount of work it takes to get on the
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Olympic team. Yeah. It takes years. But, I mean,
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it's not bad. It's something. It's a chunk of
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money. Yeah. Is boxing in the Summer Olympics
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or the Winter Olympics? Summer. Okay. Because
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the Winter Olympics are this year? Yes. In Italy,
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I think. I think you're right. Because I think
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I just heard a news report that they're sending
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ice over as security for the athletes in Italy.
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That's... I don't understand. What? why yeah
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yeah anyways yeah dumb um but yeah good uh good
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to see the athletes getting a little bit of recognition
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hopefully this helps tide the boxers over when
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as they start courting start looking at turning
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pro courting promotional outfits they have a
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little bit of money to sit on 200 ,000 is nothing
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to sneeze at, but I just mean for the amount
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of training and expenses to get there, it's a
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drop in the bucket, kind of. Oh, Daniel Dubois
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is exploring a fight with Ji Lei Zhang. Interesting.
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That's the best I got, too. This is interesting.
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I'm not super excited about it, but, I mean,
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it's a real fight, so. Yes, it is a fight of
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all time. I don't know if Jang still has it.
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He's super old. He's, like, in his mid -forties.
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Yeah, but he might hit hard still. Yeah, I guess
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he has that danger factor. But also, I think
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Dubois needs just a win against somebody decent
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now. Yeah, I would say so. Like, I mean, if Uze
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gets to go fight Wilder and nobody complains,
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Dubois can fight Jang. He's also only 42, which
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isn't that old for heavyweights. Yeah, he's not
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nearly as old as I was thinking. Still, yeah,
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good to see Dubois at least doing something.
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I heard Daniel Dubois is the one with the father
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that's really over -controlling, right? Yeah.
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So Dubois had left his trainer that he didn't
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seem very happy with to start with. Like, he
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never thanks them in interviews or post -fights
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and stuff. So he'd left and gone to someone else.
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And within two weeks, he quit and went back.
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So... Two weeks? Yeah, like, it wasn't even a
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month. And... Dubois makes it sound like it was
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his choice, whatever. But I think it's the dad.
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You think so? Yeah, I think the new trainer was
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like, your dad can't decide everything. Your
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dad's not in charge here. And that was the end
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of the relationship. Is my guess. Like, that
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has not been just flat out said by anyone. But
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Dubois decided to leave the new trainer. He wasn't
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kicked out or anything. Yeah, for whatever his
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motivation was, is a question mark. Yeah, maybe
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Dubois just didn't like the training style or
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he didn't feel like it was good or whatever.
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But I suspect the dad was told to fuck off and
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the dad said, we're not staying here anymore.
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Daniel listens to his dad. Shaking my head. Oh,
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well, speaking of shaking my head, Edwin De Los
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Santos goes over to the dark side. He is now
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a Zufa fighter. I definitely recognize the name.
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Why do I know the name? He fought Shakur? Yeah,
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it was like on... In the middle of the week,
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it was like a Thursday. It was the Formula One
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Las Vegas Grand Prix, and this was the opener
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to that whole event. It was fucking terrible.
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It was the worst fight ever, right? Like, I have
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the correct fight. Yes, you are remembering correctly.
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It was fucking awful. I guess the guy's famous
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for being shit, so... He's got really heavy hands.
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That's kind of... his like that's his best attribute
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uh otherwise uh kind of middling i guess like
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i don't think anyone else was paying him so go
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nuts i suppose yeah i hope a bunch of people
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do just drain fucking money at azufa like don't
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get me wrong i want these fighters to go and
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just drain all the money and kill it instantly
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would be nice with uh the six -year contract
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limits yeah it's a good chunk of somebody's career
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but that's still six years you you can get out
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you don't have to stay there well and a lot of
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these guys aren't gonna stay there six years
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anyways they're they're too old for that yeah
33:04
like the ones they've been signing like And Opetai
33:08
is not fighting for six more years. Vostik, not
33:12
fighting for six more years. Which B did they
33:17
get? It's not Brancic. Yeah, it is Brancic. Brancic?
33:21
Yeah, he's not fighting for six years. Boachuk.
33:24
Boachuk. It's Boachuk. He's not fighting for
33:27
six years. Boachuk's not fighting for three more
33:29
years if he's smart. I doubt any of those guys
33:38
are signing contracts that long. I hope De Los
33:42
Santos, I hope you get paid adequately. You get
33:48
what you're looking for, but hopefully you get
33:50
out while the getting's good. De Los Santos might
33:54
fight for six years. He's only 26. That's also
34:03
assuming that they're signing the Macs. I don't
34:09
know if everyone's fighting for signing six years.
34:12
No, probably not. But I could also see Zufa just
34:16
being greasy fucks and wording it that the fighter
34:20
can't decide to end the contract, but Zufa can.
34:24
So the fighter's locked in for six years unless
34:27
Zufa decides to cut him loose. I see. Because
34:30
there's legal ease you could do that. Yeah, so
34:36
it's a six -year contract unless Zufa decides
34:39
otherwise. I don't know if that's true, but I
34:44
mean, I imagine that's what Zufa's doing because
34:47
they're greasy fucks. Well, would you call Kambosos
34:54
a greasy fuck? Ferocious Promotions is lining
35:00
up their first card in June. I actually do hope
35:08
Kambosis' promotions goes well. I don't hate
35:14
the idea of the Australians having more competition
35:19
in the local scene. Yeah, if what Jacob says
35:23
about No Limit is true, if what Polly heard about
35:27
Tasman fighters is true. And, like... Kambosis
35:32
is a mouthpiece. I can see him being good at
35:35
being promotions, actually. Yeah, I agree. But
35:41
he is greasy. Like, just physically, he looks
35:45
greasy. Fucking slicked back hair all the time.
35:52
Let's see. Part of the official statement, I
35:55
just took out a little chunk. The focus will
35:57
be on showcasing Australia's best emerging talent.
36:01
Built around true 50 -50 matchups, real fights
36:04
that matter with genuine competitive interest.
36:07
Australian championships and regional titles
36:10
will be on the line, following the same blueprint
36:12
I used to climb to the very top of the sport.
36:17
Yeah, I mean, whoever Kambosis' manager is, is
36:21
a fucking genius. Yeah. If that's who's managing
36:24
for ferocious promotions, fuck, I'd sign with
36:27
him. I don't know. Kambosis' career was really
36:32
well run. Like, talent to money, Kambosis' ratio
36:38
is fucking awesome. Yeah, I agree. He got put
36:43
into a lot of high -profile fights, and that
36:46
one win catapulted him into the fucking stratosphere.
36:50
Yeah. And he played that perfectly. Like... I
36:55
would trust his team with my career if I was
36:57
theoretically a young boxer. I think this could
37:01
be good. Also, if it's actually true and they
37:07
do like a pro box thing, like Australian pro
37:10
box would be pretty fun. Don't fucking tempt
37:13
me with a good time. Speaking of good times,
37:18
the Barrios Garcia undercard. Is set. Richardson
37:26
Hitchens versus Oscar Duarte. For the IBF 140
37:30
title. GAR versus Andy Hirooka. WBA 140 title.
37:38
Frank Martin versus Nahir Albright. 140 pound
37:42
fight. And Beck the Bully versus Sina Akbeko.
37:45
At 168. This is a really good card. It is. Actually
37:51
super excited about this card. Hoping for draw
37:57
number three with Mario Barrios. Actually, I
38:01
hope for Mario Barrios to just KO him. The draw
38:04
would be funnier, but seeing Ryan Garcia fucking
38:07
out on the mat from such a mid -level fighter
38:10
would be perfect. It would be fun. I would fucking
38:16
love it. I'm actually super excited about the
38:19
Gar versus Hiroyoka fight as well. I don't think
38:24
Andy Hiroyoka's ready. I think Gary Antoine's
38:29
gonna beat him. But people are excited about
38:33
Hiroyoka. I am. I'm hopeful that he can at least
38:37
make it competitive. I think it'll be competitive.
38:40
You're right though. Antoine is just... He's
38:44
too much right now for Hiroko. I think so. And
38:49
then Hitchens Duarte I'm not as excited about,
38:52
but could be fun, I guess. It will be as fun
38:57
as I think Hitchens will allow it to be. And
39:02
I don't think that's going to be very much. Yeah,
39:05
I kind of hope Duarte catches him with something
39:07
early and gets Hitchens off his game. Yeah, it
39:12
would be nice. But if he gets tagged early, he's
39:15
going to be super negative the rest of the night.
39:17
That's true, too. I don't know. I'm not so excited
39:21
about that fight. But Gar versus Hiroyuki, I'm
39:25
pretty excited about. Not the worst matchup for
39:30
Frank Martin. I would honestly expect better,
39:34
given the levels of fights he's had. But I guess
39:42
Nahir Albright's not terrible. I was gonna say,
39:45
he's a bit of a name, isn't he? He's got name
39:47
recognition. That's true. I like Beck the Bully,
39:53
so I'm gonna tune in for that. But it's not going
39:58
to be the highest level of boxing. Where have
40:04
I seen Agbeko? Agbeko's the... Is he from the
40:10
Congo? Ghana. Or am I? Ghana. Okay. He fought
40:16
Morel and lost. Stopped in two in December of
40:22
23. Fought Iglesias and lost. Stopped in two
40:27
August of 24. He's stoppable, but he also comes
40:36
to fight. Like, he's not... an outboxer really
40:41
I mean it should be fun because Beck's not that
40:46
good either so like an evenly matched guys that'll
40:52
punch I'm here for it yeah I agree should be
40:56
at least a fun outing while it lasts oh man speaking
41:04
of fun while it lasts Deontay Wilder Derek Chisora
41:08
His final April 4th at the O2 in London. I'm
41:15
excited for this one. I know I'm not supposed
41:18
to be, but I think this is a great matchup. I
41:22
think at this point in time in both their careers,
41:25
this is a great matchup. Yeah, I think you're
41:28
right. Based on where they're at, this is the
41:31
type of fight that these dudes should be taking.
41:37
I also think Chizora overwhelms him. I will continue
41:46
to believe that the magic right hand will land.
41:51
I don't think so. Also, what's the over -under
41:56
on Wilder's calves in this fight? What, like
42:01
circumference? Yeah, take the under because his
42:04
legs are fucking tiny. Yeah, it's weird how he's,
42:10
uh... How is he able to carry such, like, a jacked
42:14
upper body? With no calves. Like, it's just shinbone.
42:19
It's just shinbone. Yeah, his thighs, too, I
42:24
guess, aren't very big. Yeah, it's always...
42:29
Like, Deontay, it's called a squat. Fucking go
42:34
for a walk. They are hard, but you kind of need
42:38
them. Well, and, like, power comes from your
42:43
legs, man. Yeah. Makes his right hand all the
42:49
more magnificent, is that it comes from nothing.
42:54
It's just magic. Yeah, he's like a... He would
42:58
be better seen, I guess, as like a genie floating
43:04
halfway out of a cloud. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's
43:08
the legs that you're getting from Wilder when
43:12
it comes to power. It's true, though. Oh, man.
43:20
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43:22
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43:30
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some fucking recaps. Friday, January 23rd. The
46:14
debut of Zufa Boxing on Paramount+. Why even
46:20
mention it if I fucking hate Zufa so much? Troy
46:25
Nash. Honestly. He's a very solid prospect. It
46:31
is real boxing. It's still boxing. We gotta talk
46:34
about it. Also, I want to shit on the stupid
46:37
fucking uniforms. I knew they were gonna do it.
46:41
It's so fucking stupid. I want people to have
46:44
the flashy trunks that all look different. I
46:48
want people to have cool walkout outfits that
46:51
tell me about their personality. And I want,
46:54
like, fireworks and fucking music while they
46:57
do it. UFC, the most boring bullshit ever, is
47:01
not gonna work in boxing. And it's not just me
47:04
being weird. A bunch of the fighters were like,
47:06
this looks like shit. Yeah. Fighters and fans
47:11
alike. Half the fun is their outfits. And I'm
47:15
sure it's really important to the boxers, too.
47:17
Like, they probably spend a bunch of time. They
47:19
probably get really excited about it. They probably,
47:21
like... I fucking know Seiya Tsutsumi practices
47:25
his turnaround at the beginning of the walkout
47:27
where he stands and shows off his cool jacket
47:30
or whatever he's wearing. And then he does the
47:32
like Zoolander blue steel as he turns. He practices
47:37
that shit with his friends all the time. I guarantee
47:40
it. You can't take the pageantry out of boxing.
47:48
I think the perfect example is Mizuki. hiruta
47:53
she's really not that good she's like she's good
47:58
but she's not special she's fine as a boxer but
48:02
like her walkout outfits and her ring attire
48:05
on amazing unbeatable exactly that's no joke
48:11
the only reason i watch mizuki is because of
48:14
her clothes and she's just so happy The nature
48:24
of Zufa is that the 360 promotions became the
48:31
feeder into Zufa. So fucking Mizuki is going
48:35
to have to walk out with just like plain one
48:40
color. Honestly, I wonder if she signs with Zufa.
48:47
If they tell her she has to wear the uniform,
48:50
she might just come back to Japan. That would
48:54
be better. Japanese women get no fights. Like,
49:00
in Japan. But, I mean, she's not going to want
49:05
to fight in a uniform. I can't see it. It's so
49:11
fucking stupid. And the Apex Theater sucks ass.
49:15
How many people were there? Like, 200? I think
49:17
that's the maximum, is like 250. It fucking looked
49:21
like a school gymnasium. There's no crowd noise.
49:26
Like, fucking in the post -fight interviews,
49:31
Dana White was talking about the bathrooms or
49:33
some shit. What? You didn't see that? No. Somebody
49:40
yelled something. He's like, well, we got nice
49:42
bathrooms now. Oh, yeah. Great. That's excellent.
49:48
That's just, wow, that's what everyone's been
49:50
wanting. And, like, tickets were a million fucking
49:56
dollars for no atmosphere, no cool outfits, no
50:01
walkout theatrics. Like, when Inoue walked out
50:05
that last time I saw him in Tokyo with all the
50:08
fireworks and the guy blasted on the guitar beside
50:11
him. Oh, that was fucking epic. The gif, like,
50:15
where he does the hand thing. That walkout was
50:20
fucking awesome. I can't, like, it would ruin
50:24
that night without that walkout. I don't know.
50:29
Anyways, end of my rant, but fuck Zufa and her
50:34
stupid fucking outfits. Troy Nash had a solid
50:42
performance against Jacob Ramos. Overall, it
50:46
makes me sad. To see such a really good prospect.
50:50
On a Zufa card. Because like everything you just
50:54
described. We're not going to ever get. We're
50:57
not going to ever get to know. Or get to see.
50:59
Who Troy Nash is. He's going to wear. Plain black.
51:05
Or blue fucking trunks. And. Muted shoes. Dana
51:12
doesn't want. The fighters to be. The. Focus.
51:19
He's building a brand like he does with UFC.
51:22
And the fighters are secondary. That's not what
51:26
he's trying to sell people. He's selling people
51:28
Zufa boxing, not Troy Nash. Whereas every other
51:32
fucking promotion sells you a guy. This is our
51:36
guy. He's awesome. You should watch him because.
51:40
Maybe because he gets knockouts. Maybe because
51:42
he picks the coolest walkout music. Maybe because
51:45
he has anime shoes. Like... Yeah. Yeah. I just...
51:52
Moving up the bill, Robert Merriweather versus
51:58
Cesar Correa. Robert gets the pretty clean, pretty
52:02
easy... Well, no. It's a clear UD, but it was
52:07
not an easy fight. Meriwether had Correa gave
52:12
Meriwether all he could handle Meriwether has
52:16
since in the media been saying like I don't care
52:20
about the other original four belts I don't care
52:22
about those I want the Zufa title man who the
52:26
who put a gun to your head and made you post
52:29
that yeah well that's the other thing what's
52:32
his name on the fucking broadcast slurping on
52:36
doofaboxing. Yeah, fuck, is he annoying. Absolutely
52:42
ridiculous. I mean, the fighters know that you
52:49
can kiss enough ass with Dana to get special
52:53
treatment. They see it in the UFC. And that's
52:58
another thing, the people begging for the bonus
53:01
money. I fucking hate that. One FC also has the
53:05
bonus money and nobody begs for it. They're super
53:08
happy when they get it. Like, there's guys crying.
53:11
Like, I can buy my dad a house. Like, that sort
53:14
of shit. But nobody's sitting there like, please,
53:18
please, sir. Can I have the bonus? Yeah. With
53:22
the bowling rule. Yeah. Moving up the bill. Not
53:28
a whole lot going on here until we get to the
53:31
co -main. Was it the co -main? I think it was.
53:35
No. Trinidad? Yeah. Omar Trinidad versus Max
53:39
Ornelas. It was not. Julian Rodriguez, UD over
53:45
Kane Sandoval. That was the co -main. I forgot
53:48
to reorder them. Trinidad gets a stoppage in
53:51
10. 10th and final round at the closing minute.
53:57
It was... Omar Trinidad looked like he usually
54:01
does, which is not very good. Fair enough. Speaking
54:08
of not very good, Callum Walsh. UD over Carlos
54:13
Ocampo. Callum Walsh just isn't good enough to
54:18
be their face. For whatever reason, Dana White
54:24
fucking loves Callum Walsh. Yeah, I don't get
54:29
it. I don't get it. But they're putting him in
54:35
a position where he's gonna fail because he's
54:39
not that good. He can't live up to the expectations
54:42
of boxing and being at that level. He's not that
54:48
guy. And it's not fair to him because he hasn't
54:52
had time to become that guy. It's very rare that
54:58
somebody can just be thrown into the spotlight
55:01
like that. It's not that I hate Callum Walsh
55:06
or anything. He's not that good to be the face.
55:14
He's not exciting. I don't know. Zufa 1 was disappointing.
55:24
I had very low expectations. Yeah, overall, this
55:29
was a disappointing debut for what is supposed
55:34
to be the disruptor of the sport or whatever.
55:38
Carlos Ocampo, he was not good. He never really
55:44
was good to begin with. There were people calling
55:48
him washed. You kind of have to be good to be
55:52
washed. Yeah. Callum Walsh could not have landed
55:57
more clean punches. It was unbelievable how this
56:02
fight did not end in a knockout. Walsh has no
56:07
power. That's really the conclusion. This young
56:11
man fucking... I don't know. Even back in the
56:16
360 promotion days, I don't understand why he
56:20
was their guy. I don't understand what the fucking
56:24
big deal is about Calibals. Yeah. I don't get
56:27
it either. Yeah. Overall, Zufa was as bad as
56:36
I was expecting it to be. And my expectations
56:39
were pretty low. I'm just mad about everything.
56:45
Could. Absolutely everything. How is it possible?
56:50
For Max Kellerman to have spoken so much with
56:54
so much dick in his mouth. Yeah, no idea. He
56:59
was slurping so hard. So hard. I've been waiting
57:03
all my life for Zufa. What the fuck are you talking
57:07
about, sir? He compared somebody to Roy Jones
57:10
Jr.? It's fucking ridiculous. The rumor is that
57:17
Andre Ward left early. Because of Kellerman?
57:21
I would. Yeah. If I was sitting at the table,
57:28
I would have such an urge to just slap that man.
57:32
And go, what the fuck are you saying? Max Kriegel?
57:40
No, not Mark Kriegel. Excuse me. He was his usual
57:45
weird self. Making the sob story promotional
57:51
pieces. I don't hate him as much. I don't like
57:56
him, but I don't hate him. Yeah, I usually just
58:00
ignore him. Or try to. And Tessitore was his
58:04
usual self. Yeah, the lady they had doing the
58:07
interview seemed fine. Like, she wasn't super...
58:13
engaging, but she seemed to know what she was
58:16
talking about and able to interview the fighters
58:21
competently. Because I've never seen her before.
58:24
I don't know who she is. Yeah. The only... If
58:32
I had to pick something that I could say positively
58:37
or say positive about the Zufa whatever, is the
58:44
production quality was pretty nice. Like, the
58:48
cameras, really clean picture, the camera angles,
58:52
that stuff was all good. That's a pretty low
58:56
bar to get over, so I guess they managed to do
58:59
that. Yeah, but it's important. It is, yes. It
59:00
is important. And the run time, like, the show
59:04
was well organized and on time and everything.
59:06
Yeah. The... Graphics were atrocious. I think
59:14
they had one score of like 33 to 2. What? On
59:20
the scores, like the show on the screen. Yeah.
59:23
Yeah, it said like 33 to 2 or something. Excellent.
59:28
The stats that they follow or keep track of were
59:32
attacks, attack percentage, and counters. All
59:39
right. Yeah. They were keeping up with attacks.
59:44
I see. Not body punches or jabs or power punches.
59:51
Nope. None of it. Attacks. I didn't pay that
59:55
much attention. That's the shit we're on. We're
59:59
on attacks these days. They're dumbing it down
1:00:02
to try and get the UFC fans to watch. UFC fans
1:00:07
don't... know anything about fucking boxing true
1:00:11
they like if you're a fight fan though you can
1:00:17
have you watched the ufc yes i have to they they
1:00:22
don't count jabs or kicks or fucking anything
1:00:25
either true it's attacks and shoots and defenses
1:00:29
kicks and punches yeah you're right yeah but
1:00:33
they don't break them down into any categories
1:00:38
like they do with boxing because UFC fans are
1:00:41
too fucking stupid. That's not fair. I'm just
1:00:45
in a bad mood. They're really dumbing it down
1:00:49
to match to try and get the UFC fans over it.
1:00:53
Zufa's trying to put the UFC model onto boxing.
1:01:00
It's not going to work. It's not the same. It's
1:01:02
a travesty. Also, this is a side rant. But the
1:01:08
UFC wasn't as bad as it is now when they started.
1:01:11
When they started, people got their own outfits.
1:01:13
People got walkouts. The UFC started out being
1:01:18
fun. I used to watch old UFC, like in the early
1:01:22
2000s. I actually did watch. But then they introduced
1:01:26
all this fucking bullshit. And I think even Dana
1:01:31
forgets how different early UFC was to what it
1:01:35
is now. And how much better early UFC was. And
1:01:40
that's why they had fans. People just stuck around
1:01:44
because it was the only game. Well, let's move
1:01:52
to some actual box. Saturday, January 24th. At
1:02:00
the matchroom at the Fontainebleau. Let's start
1:02:03
from the bottom. Zayquin Moses. Just beats the
1:02:07
piss out of Leandro Medina. Actually, I missed
1:02:14
these first two fights. I slept in. It's fine.
1:02:17
Zayquin is a prospect as well, so it's still
1:02:22
early. But he looks pretty damn good. Omari Jones.
1:02:31
Towering Inferno 2 .0. He's like 6 '7", or something,
1:02:39
at 154. And he beat the piss. Voxrec said 6 '1".
1:02:47
No, he was way, way taller than Jerome Baxter.
1:02:51
Okay, let's see what they say Jerome Baxter is.
1:02:54
Jerome Baxter is listed at 5 '9". So that's a
1:02:57
4 -inch difference. Then I am remembering...
1:03:04
Incorrectly. He just looked so much taller at
1:03:08
the weigh -in and at the press conferences. Four
1:03:12
inches is quite a bit. Yeah, it's not nothing.
1:03:17
But yeah, he beat the piss out of Jerome Baxter.
1:03:20
Easy peasy. Lemon squeezy. Israel Madrimov has
1:03:27
an interesting night with Luis Salazar. It was
1:03:38
a fight. Yeah. For all the talk about who Madrimov
1:03:44
is supposed to be, who we thought he was, like
1:03:47
the guy who had a decent fight with Terrence
1:03:50
Crawford, he looked competent, at least. But
1:03:54
he did not turn in a good performance here. I'm
1:04:00
not sure what else to make of it. Maybe he's
1:04:02
not all that. Yeah. I don't know. He... How do
1:04:12
I put it? He's not very active as a fighter.
1:04:17
He needs people coming at him because he's not
1:04:21
going to go after anyone. Yeah. That's definitely
1:04:29
not what Luis Salazar was there to do either.
1:04:33
Yeah, it was a pretty shit fight. Speaking of
1:04:39
shit fights, Khalil Coe, majority decision, question
1:04:43
mark, over Jesse Hart. I think Jesse Hart should
1:04:49
have won this one. I agree. I was not very happy
1:04:56
with these scorecards. Overall, it wasn't a great
1:04:59
fight either. No, it was pretty dirty. Yeah,
1:05:05
there's the throw that Khalil Coe did. Yeah,
1:05:10
just like suplexed him. Yeah, that was funny.
1:05:14
Also, Coe missed weight. Eight pounds. Yeah,
1:05:20
something crazy. Like, what the fuck are you
1:05:22
doing, man? Also, that deduction on heart late.
1:05:29
Not that it really would have made much difference.
1:05:32
But that deduction on Hart late in the fight
1:05:35
was kind of bullshit. I honestly thought Khalil
1:05:40
Coe had gotten deducted again the first time.
1:05:44
Yeah, I mean, they did give Hart one warning
1:05:47
about holding, but then they just took the point,
1:05:51
like, so fast. Yeah. It felt sleazy. Actually,
1:05:57
I guess that was important because it would have
1:06:00
been a tied fight. Mixed draw. Anyways, doesn't
1:06:11
matter. It's bullshit. And it was not a fun fight
1:06:14
to watch. Yeah, Khalil Coe, you should not be
1:06:19
taking this and going back to your retreating
1:06:23
and celebrating with this. It was not a good
1:06:27
look for him. Oh, man. Good looks. Ray Murataya
1:06:35
gets the majority decision over Andy Cruz to
1:06:38
retain his IBF 135 title. This was a great fight.
1:06:44
If anybody missed it, they need to go find it.
1:06:47
This was an awesome fight. Yeah. High action,
1:06:53
but still very technical. It was good. It's,
1:07:00
uh, it was a good, I think a good, uh, showing
1:07:05
of what it, what it looks like when, uh, a superb
1:07:10
amateur fighter moves into the pros against a
1:07:15
guy who like just had to grind his way up to
1:07:17
the top. Yeah, I could. Yeah. I have to say though,
1:07:23
Murataya really impressed me. I don't remember
1:07:26
him having that good a defense. I don't either.
1:07:30
He was fucking on point. He was making Andy Cruz
1:07:34
miss a lot. And I don't remember Moritai of being
1:07:40
that guy. I'm actually glad he won, but I wasn't
1:07:46
expecting it. I had picked Andy Cruz in this
1:07:49
fight. So did I. Murataya showed he has way more
1:07:54
skills than he's been using, apparently. Yeah,
1:07:59
that was pretty much what his entire post -fight
1:08:02
interview was him saying. I demonstrated why
1:08:06
I'm the champ. I didn't get elevated. It wasn't
1:08:12
handed to me, just email title. I've earned my
1:08:16
way to this spot. And yeah, you can see. You
1:08:21
can see my talent on display. I was impressed
1:08:25
with him. Andy Cruz looked good, but I wonder
1:08:32
if he just doesn't have enough power for the
1:08:34
pro game. Yeah, his power is definitely not as
1:08:43
good as his short pro career has made us think
1:08:46
it is. I would expect him... To adopt more of
1:08:52
like a hit and move. Kind of style and not try
1:08:57
to like standing in front of. Murataya did not
1:09:01
pay dividends for him at all. No. But then you
1:09:07
just turn into another like. Rigging down. Or
1:09:11
a runner. Yeah. Anyways, it was a super good
1:09:16
fight. People should go watch it. Yeah. And I
1:09:19
do think the right guy won, but that one scorecard
1:09:22
was fucking madness. 118 -110. Yeah, Tim Cheatham.
1:09:30
Tim Cheatham. It's always Tim Cheatham. He has
1:09:34
such shit scorecards. But I do think Moritaya
1:09:38
deserved the win. It was just closer than that.
1:09:43
This is an instance. Of something we've talked
1:09:48
about before, where judges should have to be
1:09:52
at the post -fight press conference. And they
1:09:55
should have to take questions like, what the
1:09:57
fuck score was that? Fucking explain yourself.
1:10:03
I agree. I wish that they made them write down,
1:10:07
like, just one word every round of why. Yeah,
1:10:12
notes. Keep notes. Yeah. I know you don't want
1:10:17
them, like, looking and writing while the boxing's
1:10:19
going on, but just, like, round three, uh, Cruz
1:10:24
hurt. Or round six, Murataya because... Uppercuts.
1:10:30
Ring general shit. Like, effective aggression.
1:10:34
Like, just do it in bullet point shorthand. Like,
1:10:38
M because uppercut. Or something. So that we
1:10:45
can see why you actually did it. And, I mean,
1:10:48
people aren't going to agree, but if you have
1:10:51
to provide a reason... Or even just mark swing
1:10:56
rounds. Like, yeah, this round was really close,
1:11:00
but you gotta pick a winner, so... Yeah, we're
1:11:04
not doing 10 -10s anymore. Not that America did
1:11:09
much, but I just mean even if they just marked
1:11:12
rounds that were swing rounds, I thought this
1:11:14
maybe could have went either way, but I had to
1:11:18
pick somebody and I decided on Marataya. Yeah.
1:11:22
Because there were a few swing rounds in this
1:11:25
fight. Early fight of the year contender. For
1:11:34
me, it's there right now. Yeah, I suspect there'll
1:11:37
be some fucking war that I like a lot more. But
1:11:41
for skilled technical boxing, there's definitely
1:11:45
fight of the year. All right. Upcoming stuff.
1:11:53
They finally put it out. The headline matchroom
1:11:58
in Guadalajara. On February 6th. The headline
1:12:05
is Christian Medina versus Adrian Curiel for
1:12:07
the WBO Bantamweight Championship. Nice. I don't
1:12:13
recognize anyone else on the card. But I'm expecting
1:12:19
Mexican -style wars. Which are always fun. I
1:12:27
mean, you don't need to recognize the names on
1:12:29
Mexican cards, usually. Moving to the last one.
1:12:38
Saturday, February 7th, Queensbury at the Echo
1:12:41
Arena in Liverpool. This is going to be fucking
1:12:45
five hours long. There's so many fights on here.
1:12:48
Yeah. Not a whole lot of name recognition for
1:12:55
me. I don't see, I think the, I recognize Jack
1:12:59
Turner. Maybe. These are very English names.
1:13:07
Yeah, it's all it's all Queensbury like prospects
1:13:12
and stuff. So whatever. The main Nick Ball versus
1:13:17
Brandon Figueroa for Ball's WBA featherweight
1:13:22
title. This is going to be hilarious. This is
1:13:29
like a cartoon. I believe this is a seven inch
1:13:33
height difference. Yeah. I don't know, man. I
1:13:40
don't think Nick Ball can just get his way in
1:13:45
there. He's gonna have to fucking jump to hit
1:13:47
Figueroa in the face. He did fight Ray Vargas.
1:13:56
Did he? Yeah, that was a pretty big height difference.
1:14:00
Yeah, and he did not win that. No, he didn't.
1:14:06
That's a bigger height difference. Vargas is
1:14:09
taller. I don't know. I just think this is going
1:14:16
to look like a fucking cartoon. I also don't
1:14:20
really like Nick Ball, so I'm going to cheer
1:14:22
for Figueroa. Even though he always looks like
1:14:25
he's wearing eye makeup. He just looks fantastic.
1:14:31
He looks fabulous. He does. But yeah, that's
1:14:40
it for our upcoming cards. It's a light weekend.
1:14:46
Wow, this weekend's so stacked. Yeah, I think...
1:14:52
No, the Super Bowl is on February 8th. So, yeah.
1:15:02
No Zufa this weekend. Fair enough. Super Bowl.
1:15:12
Patriots versus Seahawks. I have watched zero
1:15:20
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1:15:23
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1:15:32
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1:18:56
he's going to fight in a unification fight with
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Angelo Leo. That could be fun. Yeah. I like Angelo.
1:19:11
Yeah, that should be a really good fight. Yeah.
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Yeah, actual parting words. It's officially the
1:19:19
start of spring in Japan. And the other day I
1:19:22
was crossing the river to walk to work and it
1:19:26
was just full of tiny fish. They're like maybe
1:19:31
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1:19:35
you couldn't see water. You could only see fish.
1:19:40
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Yeah, yeah. My phone doesn't take very good.
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videos, my camera sucks. But even in my shit
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that's pretty cool. I like to stop and watch
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1:20:07
the birds should be coming back to America and
1:20:10
other places soon too. Yeah, enjoy nature. That's
1:20:16
a good one. My parting words, man. I got a jury
1:20:20
summons. Nice. It's the first time in my life
1:20:24
I've ever gotten one. That's exciting. I guess.
1:20:30
I don't know. I had to register online and now
1:20:36
I have to wait if they call me. Right. if they
1:20:44
call i don't know yeah gotta do your civic duty
1:20:48
i guess yeah i'm not i'm not uh not like bummed
1:20:53
that i have to or anything just just weird i
1:20:56
didn't know i kind of stopped started believing
1:20:59
this was it was a gimmick that nobody gets randomly
1:21:04
called for this shit it doesn't happen i've gone
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my entire adult life without it It happened to
1:21:11
my brother a couple years ago, and I was like,
1:21:14
it'll be some parking ticket or something that
1:21:17
somebody's fighting. He didn't get chosen, but
1:21:22
it did turn out to be a murder case. He's like,
1:21:25
oh, thank God. He's like, I did not want to be
1:21:28
on that jury. But yeah, he lived too far away,
1:21:32
basically. Man, I've never been summoned. I don't
1:21:37
know anyone that's ever been summoned. I don't
1:21:41
know. Man, I thought it was a joke. But get ready.
1:21:46
Did you fucking ice somebody on the street? Maybe
1:21:53
that camera's a little too blurry and I can't
1:21:56
tell. We do need sponsors for the podcast. But
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that's it for this edition of the Civic Duty
1:22:09
Podcast. boxing before dark catch you next time
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bye