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The B -Side in boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.
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-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.
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Alright. Holy shit. The Boxing B -Sides are back.
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Joined by the one and only Saul. What's up, guys?
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Glad to be back after a fucking nice holiday
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break. Yeah, we got the... How was your guys'
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holidays, by the way? Let me ask you that. Oh,
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yeah. How was your guys' holidays? Uh, it wasn't
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a holiday for Josh. Nope. Oh, that's right. I
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forgot his dude's part Canadian. Canadian. Yeah,
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they're in October. Yeah. Oh, shit, man. We got
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a lot of stuff to catch up on, so let's fucking
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kick it off here. So, your heartbroken Johnny
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Beck. Yeah. Johnny Beck, he broke my heart. I'm
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not going to lie. That hurt really bad. And honestly,
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it kind of, the whole card was cursed, but with
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Johnny Beck, dude, Jesus Christ, to see him pop
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for, what is it, a month? I can't even say it's
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some Russian drug. Come on, dude. In the immortal
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words of Janabek in about three weeks once he
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starts working fast food, would you like fries
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with that, sir? I'm going to be honest, dude.
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That killed my whole article. I told last time
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that I was going to have an article out, and
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a lot of it was praising Janabek, and it's kind
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of shit, so I had to redo the whole article.
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I gotta say, this is why I focus on, like, recent,
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recent. Like, if I can get it out, like, on something
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that just happened, it's way easier to either
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be right or wrong and then have that be your
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take than, like, letting something age. Yeah,
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well. It aged like milk. It was fucking... Aged
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like milk. It was fucking horrible. For my first
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article, this is my first time, so, you know.
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Forever is not cool. I might still release it.
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Leo went on a pilgrimage and you still can't
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get that article out. No, I was waiting for Leo
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to come back so I could have him publish it.
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And then that shit happened. I was like, okay,
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bro. It aged. Yeah. It aged. Oh, yeah, it aged.
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But I'll tell you this, and we'll get into it
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right now. Janet Beck would have fucking murdered
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Lara. Who knows? Maybe without the steroids,
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it's a little more competitive. Yeah. That's
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the weird thing about it. That fucking substance
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that he popped for, like, there's no conclusive
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evidence of, like, actual benefits. You know
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what I mean? No, like, he's just taking super
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soldier serum for nothing. Yeah. For a little
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benefit. Just for fun, man. Fucking Janabek,
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man. I fucking... That killed me. It killed the
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car for me. Oh, man. 160 forever doomed. Yeah.
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Other weird testing news. Subreal Matias tested
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positive for, what was it, Osterine? Osterine.
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The Ryan Garcia special. Like a fraction of a
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picogram instead of Ryan Garcia's blood having
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more Osterine than white blood cells in it. That
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was weird, though, how they just kind of dismissed
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it. Because I thought Austrian was one of those
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things that's like a no acceptable levels kind
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of testing. Yeah, it turns out there's acceptable
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levels. Yeah, apparently. It's for recovery,
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primarily, to my knowledge. But they can only
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go up to a certain level, though. So they can
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have some in their system. It's mainly for tainting
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to my awareness. What, it's a masking agent?
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Like, it can be in tainted supplements. Oh, I
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see. So that's why there's some allowance. Because,
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like, it can faintly present itself in over -the
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-counter supplements and stuff. So Ryan Garcia
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was... Ryan Garcia was straight -up juicing.
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He had way, like, again, more ostrein than white
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blood cells. So basically, he beat Devin Haney.
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And Devin Haney sucks. Yeah. I'm playing. I'm
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playing. I'm sorry. Actually, he was framed.
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He was framed by Big Al. Was it Shakur Stevenson
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planted that in his camp, just like he poisoned
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Floyd Schofield? They're always blaming the boy.
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All right. Three fights ordered by the WBC. Ben
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Whittaker versus Joshua Boazzi. I'm not sure
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how to feel about this, because Ben Whittaker
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seems to have reformed. It's not quite his old
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dancing Emmanuel Augustus self. Magically gained
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some punching power. Since he switched. That
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was a hair special, I'll tell you that. All these
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rankings, we'll get into right now, but all these
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rankings were bullshit. Yeah, it's a pretty average
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going for the belts. Yeah. I mean, at the same
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time, 175 is not the deepest division, but to
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re -rank that high without fighting any good
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fighters, that's ridiculous. If he fought Joshua
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Boassi, I would understand. And he beat him,
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I would understand that ranking, but that's some
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bullshit. Mbili vs Shiraz. This one was disappointing.
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I was really expecting the Lester Martinez rematch.
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Yeah. I think it's going to be to Lester's benefit,
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question mark, because someone else is going
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to have to take a chance on him in the division,
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and I have faith in Lester to continue improving,
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as coachable as he is and as good as his coaching
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is. Well, honestly, with this fight itself, I
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was disappointed with the fact that fucking Shiraz
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beat Berlanga, and that gives him a shot, a vacant
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title shot? Are you kidding me? Like, what the
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fuck? Is it vacant? Yeah, because Terrence Crawford
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got stripped. Yeah, they stripped my boy. And
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it's like, we'll get into that more right now,
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but it's like, are you fucking kidding me? Shiraz
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has done nothing to the division. I don't mind
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the division getting a move on instead of everyone
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waiting for their stimulus check, though. Yes,
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but why does Shiraz deserve... It should have
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been Lester. It should have absolutely been Lester,
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but I also don't mind Shiraz Lester as soon as
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Mbili loses to Shiraz. You think Shiraz beats
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him? I disagree with that. The thing is, if Shiraz
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can... The way Adamas fought him is not a way
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that Mbili could fight him. I'm saying I have
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more faith in Shiraz to be able to... keep Mbili
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at a distance, especially because Mbili is a
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very one -paced guy, than I do for Mbili to really
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get through it without anything coming back at
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him. I disagree. I think that Mbili... Oh, I'm
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not surprised if Mbili just beats him up and
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Shiraz is a lot worse than we thought. I don't
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think I'm that highly already. But seeing how
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Adamas fought him, I don't think Mbili can fight
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him the same way. Oh, definitely not. Yeah, two
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totally different skill sets. Yeah, like Mbili's
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so one pace that I think, like, it won't be pretty
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at all, but Shiraz can absolutely beat Mbili.
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I think it'll be a tough fight, but I think Adamas
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had the, like we said, the advantage. I still
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think Mbili has a better chance of winning than
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some of the other... contenders in the division.
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Honestly, I think I might get flamed for this,
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but at this point, I think someone like Munguia
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loses to Shiraz. Okay, but that's because Munguia's
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chin has been fried by Siraz. He's also got negative
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in the fight style. Yeah. I think it's ultimately
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good for the division to get it moving. 100%.
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Oh, yeah, 100%. We always wanted Tokawa to vacate
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the titles. That's what we needed. I was expecting
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him to the whole time. Yeah, I was expecting
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him to step away and just take whatever fights
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he wanted. You know, the belts don't matter,
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but he can win the belts off, guys. Yeah, 100%,
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yeah. That's the thing, is that the whole fucking
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assault thing with the belts right now, it's
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giving the Saudis a lot of ammo, and it's pissing
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me off. Yeah, the Saudis were always going to
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have ammo when this stuff happened, just because,
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like... Like, it was so obvious they were going
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to use a guy as a tool to... But that's the next
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thing. They're going to use a guy as a tool to
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undermine confidence in the belts because boxing
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fans are... Literacy is not high among them.
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Yeah, well... We'll see what happens. Really
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quickly, is this one... Let's use Saul's term,
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bull jive? The Tom Alcoly announcement? Oh, my
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God. That one's kind of... That one, I can't
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defend as much. I don't even understand it. Someone
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needs to explain that one to me. I can't even
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fathom that. I understand Akuli being a highly
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ranked guy from another division. You want to
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get rid of him. And it basically... If Itama
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beats him promotionally, it's he beat a respected
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former world champ, whatever, right? But it's
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such a trap fight for someone who wants Itama
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to develop. Because it's not that Akoli is any
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good. It's that the risk is always there for
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him to just spoil and fuck it up. He's such a
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negative fighter. Yeah, negative fighter. I was
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just thinking that. I saw on the Discord someone
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say that Rancis Bartholomew has a passive that
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lowers the opponent's punch output. And Akoli
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has a similar thing where the punch output is
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just decimated when you fight him because of...
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He's just going to grab you. Yeah, but you know
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what? If Itama could knock out Okoli and make
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a statement, that would be good. Oh, absolutely.
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It's very like, finally we're rid of Okoli. You
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are the savior of this division. But also, it's
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such a trap fight for a young guy who might not
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have the experience to get rid of a super negative
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guy. I think he has the experience. I think he'll
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beat him pretty soundly. I honestly think he'll
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knock him out, too, pretty... I would say before
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round six. I have hope that he can. I just, like,
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don't be surprised if we're in round eight and
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there's three punches being thrown between them.
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Yeah. Like, pit bull shit. Don't be surprised,
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you know? See what happens. But I don't get...
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I don't like it being made before he even gets
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past Franklin, though. No, yeah, that's really...
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As much as we know that Tom is going to win that
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one, I mean, come on. Anything could happen.
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Yeah, like the turkey curse is aptly made because
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we're making fights three steps ahead and then
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you throw in a banana peel in there for no reason.
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If we get Jermaine Franklin and Lawrence Cole,
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I might just fucking kill myself. Oh, Heavyweight's
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so dead if we get that shit. I wonder how they
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would fucking market that. You don't. I think
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Bob might just kill himself too. You throw it
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on the undercard of some bullshit and then forget
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about it. Put it in like the 5v5 or some shit.
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Yeah, literally. Everything's bullshit. All this
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ranking WBC is all bullshit. I don't get it.
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You know? But it's whatever. That's just politics.
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Boxing. Unfortunately, that's what we got to
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deal with. We don't like the Saudis, but we really
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don't. We don't like the fucking rankings, but
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we definitely don't like the fucking monopolization
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of the sport, you know? Speaking of bullshit,
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WBC strips Terrence Crawford. Holy shit. You
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don't pay your fees. This is what I've gathered.
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I didn't follow the whole story. like on Twitter
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or anything, but it was that the other sanctioning
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bodies have like fixed percentages that they
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take off of the purse and WBC doesn't have that.
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And they were asking for like a lot more. Well,
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they said it was 0 .06%, which was 300 ,000,
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which is still half the amount, but I don't know.
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This was, this was, uh, what's the, what's the
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word? Uh, I think they were planning to fucking
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not even pay him at all. Because they already
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came out with merch immediately about, oh, fuck
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the belt. What did they say in the merch was?
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I am the belts? Yeah. I will say this is something
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that is bigger than Crawford because, again,
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this is basically a play against the belts existing
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by the Saudis. Yeah, that's what the... So obvious.
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Yeah, they're trying to see the cracks in the
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facade of boxing so that TKO has ammunition for
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the Ali Reform Act. Yeah. From the Crawford perspective,
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I think it's a little crazy that now he's bigger
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than the belts. when the only reason he basically
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posed for anyone to care about him was, oh, I
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had the belts. Yeah, that's a little interesting.
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Like, it's a little interesting. He was always
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like, oh, I had the belts at this division, and
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the belts at this division, the belts, the belts,
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the belts, and it's never... Victor Wollster
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wasn't elite. And then as soon as he fights,
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as soon as he finds himself... at a juncture
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where, like, okay, now people care about him
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for him. Oh, now it's the belts don't matter.
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When the whole reason to fight him previously
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was belts, belts, belts. Yeah, I mean... That's
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the reason why he fought Canelo, was to become
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undisputed. The belts matter, obviously, to him.
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Yeah, the belts clearly matter, because, like,
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again, like, why did he fight Spence? To become
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undisputed. Yeah, that's fucking... This is ridiculous.
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Oh, Crawford, man. He's a chowdy show. It's just
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like, again, inside the ring, Crawford is like
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a must -watch. Great. Outside the ring, holy
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shit, dude. You needed a manager from the start,
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and he could have been so much more. And that's
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saying how good Crawford is, that this is a disappointment
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in terms of the fact that he has two notable
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wins. Like, that's the type of standard we have
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for him, that this ends up being a disappointment.
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I mean, that's why you fought Magibob. You want
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to be a champion. That's how you're a champion.
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Otherwise, it means shit. Yeah, like, you fight
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the guys with the belts because the belts matter,
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not, uh... Oh, the belts don't matter as soon
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as they're inconvenient to me. Otherwise, you're
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gonna have fucking Abel Mendoza calling themselves
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the fucking... Yeah, like, what the... What the...
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The quandary of, like, how much the belts should
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be charging, what they use it for is separate.
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That's a separate discussion from this. Because
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when you merge the discussions, you end up playing
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into the Saudis' hands, you know? But in regards
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to strictly, um... like Crawford here like you
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have played you basically have agreed to the
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terms of the belt your entire career and now
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that you think you're bigger than the belts even
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though you literally just fought purely for belts
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by the way now it's uh it's a whole issue with
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uh you're pinching pennies because you're bigger
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than the belts and it's uh I don't know. It's
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not... It's just not a good discussion to be
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having at this time because you end up devaluing
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yourself a lot if you're Crawford. Who the fuck
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is going to buy that merch too? Like, really?
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If we're going to save the belt... Yeah, that's
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the thing. They have merch and they're coming
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out with it. It's just like, I'm the belts or
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something like that. Like, if we're going to
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say the belts are worthless, the belts are whatever,
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like, why are you fighting, like, Hank Lundy?
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Yeah. Or Thomas DeLorme is who we beat. Thomas
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DeLorme. Why are you fighting Thomas DeLorme
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if the belts don't matter and you only want the
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best of the best of the best? Ricky Burns, baby.
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Yeah, like, come on. Ricky Burns. The belts clearly
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matter. Like at 147, his whole claim at 147 was,
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oh, Spence ain't the best because he doesn't
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have all the belts. I have the belt. He needs
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me. No, it don't matter. That's why you vote
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Magimov. Yeah, the belt. Because there was a
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fucking belt there. Easy title opportunity. Okay,
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you move up. You're undisputed or whatever at
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140. No, he's missing the WBA. Okay, whatever.
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You move up to 147. Why is your first fight at
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147 Jeff Horn? You don't horny? It's because
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of the belt. He has a belt. Oh, that's right.
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He had Rob Pacquiao, right? Yeah, but he had
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the belt. Because, like, otherwise, like, yeah,
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so... So, again, like, Crawford has built his
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career on collecting these belts. And the thing
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is that there's guys who... clearly outgrow the
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belts, I don't think he's there because the fights
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he's shopping for are still belts. Like, especially,
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like, I don't think he'd ever consider fighting.
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He's not going to fight Janabek now that Janabek
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doesn't have that fucking strap. Yeah, he's not
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going to. Well, not yet. We don't know if they're
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going to strip him yet. They probably are. But
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like, if he ends up getting stripped of both
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of his belts, Crawford's not going to fight him.
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Yeah, Janabek is essentially worthless at that
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point. Yeah. That whole division is worthless
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at that point because now you can't fight. I
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doubt that Lara and Janabek are going to fight.
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The whole point was Lara and Janabek were going
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to fight and unify. Crawford was probably going
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to fight Adamas and then unify with the winner.
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Because the timing is a little convenient. The
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Janabek pops. The unification can't happen anymore.
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And now Crawford throws a fit about the WBC.
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It's Adamas who he would fight at middleweight.
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You put on your temple hat for this one? I just
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think Crawford's plans got derailed for his sunset
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ending of going undisputed at middleweight. He
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got a little liquored up, hopped on Twitter,
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and threw a fit. Honestly, I guess it could still
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happen. He could fight for the IVF. If they don't
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strip Janabek, he could fight Janabek first.
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And then fight Adames or Lara in edification.
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That's three fights, and Janabek is going to
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command even less money now. That's the same
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amount of fights as if he would have fought Adames
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and then Janabek. He fights Janabek first, then
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Adames and then Lara. It's going to be one, two,
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three. I don't think Lara -Janabek ends up happening.
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No, I don't think so. If he still fights Janabek,
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And then Adami's and then Lara Unify. That's
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still possible. It's possible, but... I doubt
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Lara and Adami's are going to Unify. Yeah, because
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like Lara fights once a year. So now you're going
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to wait a whole year for a chance to dislodge
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that belt. I don't know. I mean, they've had
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the belts for fucking how long? How long has
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Adami's and Lara held the belts? Since like,
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what, 2023? For Lara? Or for Adami's? Adamas
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has had it for a minute. Yeah. Lara's had it
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for a minute as well. Lara picked it up. I think
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after Triple G in 2022. Fuck, when did he pick
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it up again? I think it was after Triple G vacated.
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June of 24 is when Adamas got the full title.
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You're not 24, really. Yeah, he had the interim
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since like 2022. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Well,
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anything more for Terrence Crawford and his crash
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out? Man, shut the fuck up. Yeah, like this guy,
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like shut up and fight someone, please. No, I'm
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joking, but you can't be saying that shit. That's
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going to not ruin your career, but that's going
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to really downplay your achievements if you say
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the belts don't fucking matter. Yeah, because
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all his achievements are entirely belt -based.
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Yeah. 140 and 147. And then... Free Spence. Free
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Spence and Porter, I would say. Oh, yeah. Like
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I was going to say, it's all belt -based. No
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one's going to say he's top pound -for -pound
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great for beating Ricky Burns. As much legwork
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as the gift wants to do. Yeah. You're not getting
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in the Hall of Fame off of beating Ricky Burns.
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It's like at that point, then you're really downplaying
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a lot of champions, their legacy, you know? It's
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like Pacquiao, he was a fucking multi -division
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champion. He's a legend. Yeah, what the fuck,
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if the belts don't matter, you know, what the
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fuck, you know what I mean? Yeah. So, it's our
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suit piece. All right. We're going to go into
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the Wayback Machine. Fucking... Connor Ben and
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Eubank Jr. card. Oh, Christ, I forgot this one
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happened already. Yeah. It's been that long,
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huh? It has been. Jesus Christ. Dude, it looks
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kind of silly on TV, but when you're there, Sweet
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Caroline's pretty fun. It's fun? Yeah, it was
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pretty fun. That's right, you had the fight.
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How was the 50 cent walkout? That was the hypest
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part. That was pretty cool. It was pretty damn
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cool. That's the part I cared about. Watching
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it on the stream, that must have been pretty
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sick to be in person. Yeah, I wasn't too far
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from the tunnel. So I got to see them coming
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out. That's cool as fuck. That's heat. That's
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heat. That was probably the best part of the
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fight. Man. Let's go just really quickly. Mikey
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Talon KO5 over Faison Shahid. Richard Reakpour
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TKO2 over Tommy Welsh. Sure happened. That was
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definitely a fight. Ishmael Davis, UD over Sam
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Gilly. Sam Gilly had a huge supporting. I was
25:04
kind of surprised. Interesting. The Goat Jack
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Catterall. Jaron Catterall. Jaron Catterall?
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Beating the shit out of Kyle Usman. Jack Bozy.
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God. You know what? That's respect, man. I'm
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definitely going to watch Catterall's next fight.
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Yeah, I was going to say, do you think this is
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a career resurgence? Yeah, if he can continue
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cracking an egg, I'm pretty happy. Yeah. I mean,
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he's the first. He's gotten a knockout before
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Canelo, so I got to respect that. That is a shit.
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He's gotten a knockout at a decent level before
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Virgil won a belt. Stranger things happen, you
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know? I'm content. If he loses, it's whatever.
26:01
He's one of those guys where I'm like, you know
26:03
what? He's got a happy place on an undercard.
26:10
I don't know, he might just become the main.
26:12
It was the Jack Catterall fight when I realized
26:15
I was surrounded by... No, no, no. I made this
26:19
mistake as well when I was talking to Shanada.
26:22
I was the fucking nerd. Because when Jack Carroll
26:28
was coming out, I was talking to the people sitting
26:31
next to me. They were like, wow, an American.
26:37
Holy shit. Didn't expect to see that. So I was
26:41
an oddity or a novelty. But I was talking about...
26:46
Jack Catterall's first fight with Bozianis in
26:49
this corner. They're like, who the fuck is Bozianis?
26:53
And they're like, what the hell are you talking
26:54
about? They were looking at me like I was fucking
26:56
weird. I'm like, damn it. That's when you realize
27:00
they're the hardcores. Yeah, yeah. I'm a degenerate.
27:03
I bring this up, I'm like, guys, like, we are
27:06
the super, super, like, 0 .5 % hardcores. Yeah,
27:12
they were softcore fans. South Core, okay. That
27:19
was the co -main, right? The one that happened
27:25
before it, Adam Azeem stopping Kurt Scooby. This
27:29
was where all the people around me figured out
27:32
that I was not British. Because I was cheering
27:36
for Kurt Scooby and everyone was looking at me
27:38
like, what? I was like, what? He's American and
27:41
so am I. And so, like, the people sitting around
27:45
me, they're, like, poking fun. Like, Adam Azim's
27:48
gonna fucking kill him. And it turns out that's
27:51
exactly what happened. But it was all in good
27:54
fun. Ah, and then the disappointment that was
28:01
the main event. Connor Benn scores a knockdown
28:06
on Chris Eubank as he, what, cruised to a UD?
28:11
Yeah, like... Eubank was so gone. Shinata was
28:18
saying that he was weight -drained. Yeah, absolutely.
28:23
Weight -drained in age. It doesn't help that
28:25
Bomac ate all of the food he could ever possibly
28:27
get a hold of, probably. I would say that age
28:33
was probably the bigger factor, honestly. The
28:37
biggest. He looked old. Last time he was 162,
28:45
but he looked just fine. I think, yeah, several
28:49
harsh weight cuts back to back to back. Being
28:52
pretty old and having a war with Conor Benn probably,
28:55
yeah. Yeah, you're right. It all adds up. Probably
28:59
just get him in and that's it. Yeah, yeah. He
29:03
gave it his all last time, you know, and this
29:05
time around he's just... Nothing. He got knocked
29:07
down by Conor Benn, the welterweight, so... I
29:10
mean... I laughed at the knockdown. You laughed
29:16
at the knockdown? The knockdown happened. I was
29:18
like, I'm fucking out of here. This is over.
29:23
Were you kind of disappointed about that fight
29:25
or what? Yeah, I was. I was expecting better
29:28
from Eubank. Do you think that ticket was worth
29:32
the money? The Catterall fight was fun. The Scooby
29:37
fight was pretty fun. Showed me a lot about Adam
29:40
Azeem. Like, he's just... It's pretty, like,
29:43
what, semi -legit now? I would say, yeah. It's
29:47
pretty okay. So, I got to see those. The ReactPoor
29:51
knockout was fun. It was a pretty sad affair,
29:55
but, meh. Still, it was a knockout. Overall,
30:00
you got a pretty good 50 -cent concert out of
30:02
it. I did. And, you know, there's something,
30:06
like, sporting events here in the U .S., you
30:08
can only buy two drinks at a time. And if you
30:11
want to buy more, you have to have other people
30:13
with you. Yeah, I blame baseball for that. Old
30:16
50 cent beer night. And yeah. So when I was there,
30:22
I went up to the beer counter and I asked for
30:26
a pint. And they were like, how many? Like, how
30:30
many am I allowed to get? Yeah. So that was pretty
30:35
cool. You got wasted, huh? No, I didn't get wasted.
30:41
Just ingratiated myself with the people around
30:43
me. It's like, hey, American bought you a beer.
30:46
Would you like one? That's fucking cool, man.
30:50
It was fun. The guy sitting behind me, Major
30:54
Eubank Stan, kept screaming. Major Eubank Stan?
30:58
Yeah, he kept screaming, like, go on, my son.
31:01
Yeah, it's literally that. Oh, my God. Yes. The
31:07
line. He said the line. He did. It was pretty
31:10
fun. And he knew who Bomek was, so I was like,
31:14
alright, you're cool. Yeah, go on, son. But yeah,
31:21
that was a... Overall, it was a fun experience.
31:24
The crowds are... They have more crowd engagement.
31:30
They have songs and stuff that everybody knows.
31:35
what to do. That sounds a lot more fun than being
31:38
in a warehouse. Fucking Riyadh. Yeah. But you
31:47
know what? Let me say this, though. I think...
31:49
You guys think Eubank's done? Oh, yeah. Sounds
31:52
like it. There's no way he, like, rebounds. You
31:58
guys don't think so? I don't... He's been talking
32:00
like he's done. So, I don't think his heart's
32:04
in it anymore. Okay, okay. Well, maybe we'll
32:10
see him one day, maybe not. But if not, then
32:12
Conor Benn took that rematch. And he fucking
32:16
fucked him up. So, I gotta give my hat off to
32:21
fucking Conor Benn. All respect to him. Off to
32:26
Ryan Garcia. Before we get to ring four, really
32:34
quickly, did you guys catch the Japanese card
32:36
with Takuma Inoue? I didn't watch all of the
32:42
main, but I did watch Carlos Cuadras fight. Yeah,
32:47
Tomoya Suboi beats the fucking piss out of a
32:50
very, very old Carlos Cuadras. Yeah. That was
32:56
pretty sad. Pretty obvious. Carlos Cuadras is
33:00
like almost 40. I think he's done after that.
33:03
It showed. Yeah, I think he's done too. He has
33:07
to be done. He's like a fucking... He's killing
33:10
himself in there at that point. Asking for some
33:13
fucking CT. He's got to hang him up, dude. Yeah.
33:17
He had a good run. And in the main event, Takuma
33:23
Inoue fucking embarrasses Tenshin Asakawa, who
33:26
did not cry this time. So, that's cool. I know
33:32
Shinada was happy. She was. Shinada was so happy.
33:37
Yeah, I had to grovel being the tension fanboy
33:42
that I am. Mr. Japanese Lomachenko? Yeah. That
33:49
ain't short milk. Accurate to being the Japanese
33:52
Lomachenko. He lost. That's true. It's Kaleo.
33:57
You ate crow and I ate crow too. Speaking of
34:00
eating crow, let's get to it. We're going to
34:03
start with it. Sorry, sorry. I'm looking at a
34:07
tank tweet that just got deleted. Justin? Is
34:12
it the one where he's threatening Ray Jackson's
34:14
kid? Ray's daughter? Yeah. That's fucking weird.
34:17
That is messed up. Jesus Christ, man. You definitely
34:21
beat that woman. I'll tell you that. Just make
34:23
him fight Subaru Matias already, Al. Come on.
34:29
All right. Make him fight fucking Amanda Serrano
34:31
or something. I don't know. That's got to be
34:35
cut. That's got to be cut? That's got to be cut.
34:39
I was saying that like Amanda Serrano is going
34:42
to beat his ass. That's too good, bro. Sorry.
34:47
I was saying that in support of Bennis Ronald.
34:50
I think she'll kick his ass. Cut to the ramen
34:51
spot. No, cut to the... Ah, shit. Well, that's
34:53
why he's not in fucking ramen anymore. Sorry,
34:55
guys. That's why, bro. Where's fuck? Do the Patreon
34:59
you go. Oh, my God. Eating Crow. Devin Haney.
35:09
Fucking... Knocks down Brian Norman Jr. He looked
35:13
good for welterweight. Like, at welterweight,
35:15
he looked good. Yeah, he looked fantastic. Well,
35:22
not fantastic, but he looked... He didn't look
35:26
as scared shitless as he did. To all the B -Side
35:31
listeners that have been listening to my voice
35:33
ever since I started this podcast, a little -known
35:35
story if you guys are barely more of a recent
35:38
listener. The reason I'm on this podcast is because
35:41
of Brian Norman Jr. And I tried to tell him,
35:44
Leo, that... that he could put some problems
35:48
against Boots. Man, I ate some fucking crow that
35:53
night. I'm not going to lie. I was about to cry.
35:56
I was pissed. And, you know, I was just yelling
35:59
at the TV like, Norman, come on. Seriously? Do
36:03
something, dude. Come on. You know, keep your
36:05
head off center. Remember, I told you guys, the
36:08
biggest problem is going to be if he doesn't
36:09
keep his head off center line. You were like,
36:11
go on, son. Go on, my son. Go on, my son. The
36:16
thing with Norman is that, honestly, at near
36:19
the end, he was adjusting, but not enough to
36:21
the point where he'd win the fight. That knockdown
36:24
broke the heart of fucking everybody that was
36:28
rooting for him. Because the rest of those first,
36:31
like, what, two or three rounds? They were pretty
36:33
good. It was a fun fight. And then after that,
36:36
it was just a classic Haney clinch fest, you
36:38
know? So we got to deal with more Haney in the
36:41
future, and Norman will... You know what? I fully
36:47
agree with all the Haney fans. He's ready for
36:52
the best. Give him Boots, Crawford, and Benavidez
36:56
back -to -back -to -back eight weeks apart each.
37:00
I want to see Haney go against Boots. I'm officially
37:04
on the Haney hate train. I've seen enough. Haney
37:07
can do it. Boots, Crawford, Benavidez back -to
37:10
-back -to -back. Then Usyk as the final boss.
37:13
Yeah, Usyk four weeks after Benavidez. Sounds
37:18
lovely. All jokes aside, I got to give my hats
37:22
off to Devin Haney. No, everybody doubted him,
37:24
and I doubted him severely. I thought he was
37:29
going to get knocked out. Obviously, he didn't.
37:32
He got the nod, so hats off to him. Devin Haney,
37:37
we'll see you against Ryan Garcia as well. Two
37:41
bums. Two bums. I'm not quite off the Haney hate
37:46
train. Maybe Norman was worse than projected
37:48
because we did fall for top -ranked lies. Well,
37:53
I will say this, that if they get him a good
37:57
trainer, he could come back maybe a couple fights.
37:59
Give him like five, six more fights, he'll probably
38:02
be back in title contention again. Yes, and someone
38:05
will believe top -ranked lies once again. Yeah,
38:09
but honestly, I'm going to still follow Brian
38:12
Norman Jr. I'm not going to get on that. I got
38:14
to get on that Brian Norman Jr. hate watch. I'm
38:18
still on that train just because, you know, I
38:22
have to. You don't have to. Your agenda is your
38:27
agenda. You know, I got to stick with the guy.
38:30
I got to stick with him. Okay, fair enough. Going
38:32
down with the ship? Oh, I'm going to go down
38:34
with that fucking ship, baby. Saul's a good captain.
38:40
I will guide that shit. I mean, if he ever comes
38:43
back, you know, beats boots, fuck. You're a good
38:46
captain. Nah, but for all intents and purposes,
38:50
I don't see Brian Ramsey Jr. coming back at the
38:52
top of contention for years. You know? So I wish
38:58
him the best. I really sincerely hope that he
39:00
comes back. And better than ever. With a better
39:03
trainer, too. Abdullah Mason. Clean Sam Noakes'
39:10
fucking clocks. Fire to your contender. Yeah,
39:17
I was really shocked at how rugged Noakes was
39:20
because he was getting pieced up and he just
39:23
did not quit. He got that dog in him. I forgot
39:27
we didn't have a podcast for this card. My take
39:30
was that Dylan Mason fought an incredibly stupid
39:33
fight that made Noakes look better than he is.
39:35
Yes. Yeah, I agree, but Noakes held out. He put
39:39
up a fight. You could hear his corner say, stick
39:48
him with your jab and then take him. If he just
39:56
listened to his corner, it isn't even an adjustment
39:58
that he could have made this hypothetically.
40:00
His corner was giving him the adjustment. Because
40:03
every time Mason got full leverage on the shot,
40:07
On Noakes. Noakes looked like he was ready to
40:09
go. So, like, yes, Noakes is a tough son of a
40:15
bitch. It really helped him that Mason just smothered
40:20
most of his work and made him look competent
40:22
in there. Which honestly does raise some questions
40:25
about Mason's ability to be coachable. Yeah,
40:28
that's what I'm saying. Long -term developmentally,
40:30
he's going to run into some issues if he doesn't
40:32
listen to his corner. Because it's not like...
40:34
They're giving him a complicated instruction.
40:36
They're saying, throw your fucking jab at his
40:38
head, please. Yeah. It's because, you know, they've
40:43
been telling him for the longest time he's brought
40:45
the best prospect, which he is. I got to give
40:47
him a flower. Of course I'm going to give him
40:48
a flower. Mason is the best prospect, right,
40:52
that we had this year because now he's a champion,
40:54
of course. But, you know, it's just maybe a little
40:59
bit of ego took over. You never know. And again,
41:01
this is what we see. There's definitely more
41:05
behind the scenes that we don't see. 100%. This
41:08
is like our little ideas, you know? Do you think
41:14
he was trying to make it a spectacle for his
41:18
title fight? He definitely wanted to stop Noakes,
41:22
but... Yeah. Because he kept going forehead to
41:25
forehead. That shit was weird. Yeah. That's some...
41:30
That's a... That's a pressure fighter right there.
41:34
He was fighting like a pressure fighter. He's
41:35
not a pressure fighter. That's not his style.
41:39
But it is what it is. He got the job done. But
41:43
he really needs to learn after this. Because
41:45
if he wasn't there with a harder puncher, he
41:48
would have been out. Yeah. Trying to think what
41:55
could be next for him. He needs to fight some
41:58
fucking bums. Mokes or Mason? Mason first. Mason
42:06
needs some time to build himself up a little
42:13
more because he's only, what, 21? He's currently
42:17
the youngest champion in boxing right now, which
42:19
is fucking fantastic. That's a great feat. Lucas
42:21
Boddy right there. I was just about to mention
42:24
him. You fucking read my mind. Lucas Boddy. Similar
42:29
to Noakes, not as tough. Will punish you if you
42:33
decide to be a fucking idiot. But, like, he's
42:36
old, he's smaller. Let's do the opposite. Let's
42:42
say... What can he do that, like, you know, for
42:46
a better competition? If he wants better competition...
42:49
If he wants better competition... Hypothetically,
42:52
right? Hypothetically, let's do better competition.
42:54
Well, he can get fried by Andy Cruz. William
42:58
Zepeda. Yeah, well, I was going to say William
43:01
Zepeda or he can just get fried by Andy Cruz
43:03
and we can end the Abdullah Mason experience
43:05
there. Abdullah Mason fighting Murtaya versus
43:09
Andy Cruz winner. If Murtaya wins that one for
43:12
some reason, I think that would be a really good
43:15
unification fight and that's a winnable fight
43:17
for Mason. That's a good fight, yeah. Schofield,
43:20
if Schofield doesn't pull out. He might stub
43:24
his toe. Yeah, he might get poisoned again by
43:27
Shakur Stevenson. But that fight ain't happening,
43:30
though. The issue with Schofield now isn't even
43:37
just his willingness to take fights. It's other
43:39
people's willingness to sign a fight with him,
43:41
knowing that he might just pull out for no reason.
43:44
Yeah. I mean, it was fucking Pedro Diaz. So,
43:48
I mean, fuck him. Jesus. Yeah. And Sam Noakes,
43:55
I think this gave him some profile. Like you
43:58
guys were saying, Mason's boneheadedness gave
44:01
Sam Noakes more shine than he really deserved.
44:06
That being said, I don't think it's going to...
44:09
Like, Noakes is definitely going to get a nice
44:10
payday out of it, but it will not be to his benefit
44:14
because it's going to be... Like, it's going
44:17
to be, let's say, the rebound of whoever loses
44:22
between Cruz and Moritaya. Either loser beats
44:28
him. Yeah, like he's going to end up being a
44:31
rebound for a guy. Like now the top matchups
44:34
are starting to slowly be made. He's going to
44:38
be a rebound for one of the top guys who lose.
44:41
And since they're not idiots, they're going to
44:44
make him look like a fool. Well, Noakes is Queensberry,
44:47
right? Yeah, but the thing is that as much as
44:51
you want to say, oh, Frank won't cash him out.
44:54
For a Saudi percentage cut, for, like, for the
44:57
Saudis, he'll cash anyone out. Yeah, for the
45:00
Saudi milk machine, no. Like, be real, like,
45:03
was the only reason for Usyk -Dubois 2 to happen,
45:09
realistically, was, like, yeah, undisputed or
45:13
whatever, but really, that was cashing Dubois
45:15
out on a Saudi card. Saudi -sponsored card. So
45:22
Frank would totally cash him out, especially
45:24
Noakes. Noakes is a 28 -year -old lightweight
45:31
whose boxing skills are not enough to beat any
45:36
other top guy. So you kind of want to cash him
45:40
out before he gets a loss domestically or in
45:46
Europe. What weight is Josh Padley? Padley is
45:53
also... He's a Josh Padley thug. That would be
45:58
a bad fight. That's a good rebound. That's actually
46:02
a perfect rebound. Yeah. Padley is a super featherweight.
46:09
But, again, Shakur dragged him up to 135. He's
46:14
going to say he fought Shakur at 135. Yeah, he
46:17
fought... He got that stoppage win. After that,
46:22
the 135. And then he moved down to 130. So you
46:27
can totally bring him back up to 135 to fight
46:29
Noakes for a Noakes rebound. Before cashing Noakes
46:34
out again. But the thing is that Padley's matchroom.
46:41
Yeah, I was going to say cross promo. Probably
46:43
not going to happen. So how willing are you if
46:45
you're Eddie Hearn? Because that would be cashing
46:48
Padley out. For no real gain. Maybe they gained
46:56
some favor with Turkey. You know where it could
46:59
happen? If they did another 5v5. I would not
47:06
want to see another 5v5. That was some... Oh,
47:08
the 5v5 was a mess. But I'm saying that's probably
47:10
the best spot for a Padley -Nokes fight. Yeah.
47:14
I guess, yeah. You're right. Oh, shit. Oh, now
47:23
we're getting to the really good stuff. Bam knocks
47:27
out Puma Martinez in 10. Beautiful performance.
47:36
I think probably the best performance of his
47:38
career. Yeah. I don't know. For Bam, I have a
47:45
special fondness for that first, like the fight
47:48
that put him on the map. Yeah. It was Quadrus,
47:52
right? Yeah, as old as Quadrus was, whatever,
47:56
I do have a special fondness for moving up two
48:00
weights, fighting Quadrus on no notice and beating
48:06
him up. I think, yeah, this one and that one,
48:11
I hold them both in high regard. Probably that
48:14
one, the one that put him on the spot is probably
48:16
the most famous, but this one I think is really,
48:18
probably was a hard fight. I'll give... See,
48:23
on one end, he beat Kazuto. See, it's hard to
48:26
rate Puma accurately because he did beat Kazuto
48:30
Ioka and Ankahas. They're both old. And he's
48:38
also old. He's 34 at super flyweight and Ioka's
48:42
36. Ankahas is 33. At super flyweight, you're...
48:49
Like, you're going to break a hip, buddy. So,
48:54
I do respect Bam for actually, like, this guy.
48:56
Like, Puma is good. It's just, like, it's hard
49:00
to rate wins at the lower weight classes that
49:02
are, like, the absolute creme de la creme. Well,
49:06
you got to weigh him based on, you know, on the
49:09
weight class itself, you know? Undefeated title
49:11
holder. Undefeated title holder. It's a good
49:14
win. But I'm saying, like... The fights that
49:18
are going to end up defining him are still down
49:20
the road, and I don't think he wins either of
49:22
them. Like, he's going to be... He's going to
49:27
be... He's obviously great and very good, but,
49:31
like, you know, there's... It's a very steep
49:35
cliff between that and, like, you're the best
49:37
of your era at these weights. I think he gets
49:44
that Nakatani fight if any beats him. That is
49:47
me. I think he's going to fight Willy Baldo for
49:49
the last belt first. If he wins, right? Yeah,
49:55
he's going to get that last belt, but I think
49:56
he will end up fighting either Inoue or Nakatani,
50:00
and that's going to be his career fight. That's
50:04
what we're making. I don't like it happening
50:07
sooner than later for Bam, just because, like...
50:12
Both of them, right, like, the thing is that
50:14
losing, he's going to lose to Inoue right now,
50:16
but Inoue might get older and it becomes a winnable
50:18
fight. And with Nakatani, losing to Nakatani
50:24
is more than just, oh, you lose back to the drawing
50:27
board. Like, it is, it's likely a career -altering
50:35
beating if he loses to Nakatani. Well, you never
50:38
know how Nakatani loses to Inoue. If Nakatani
50:41
loses in a way bad, then you're going to have
50:44
to reevaluate that. That's what I mean by a matter
50:45
of time. Like, if you made Bam Nakatani next,
50:48
like, Bam loses and it's not a pretty loss. They're
50:55
not risking that fight with fucking Nakatani
50:57
in any way. Yeah. Well, they already kind of
51:00
are, but... Yeah, the turkey curse. I'm feeling
51:06
really bad about that one. I'm pretty sure we're
51:08
going to talk about it next week, right? On the
51:10
next one. Yeah. I'll get into more on that one,
51:14
but that's going to go bad, I think. Bam's in
51:18
a good spot right now. Finish unifying the division
51:22
and see what your options are then. But there's
51:24
no rush to go fight Inoue or Nakatani. There's
51:32
good fights at 118. Oh, yeah. There's on Inoue
51:37
that he can beat. Yeah. Seiya Tsutsumi. He's
51:43
a fun style. You know what? Make Bam tension.
51:48
Bam tension and let's make Shinada happy. We're
51:53
going to be in a battle of the angles, man. Let's
51:57
make Shinada happy when Bam beats the hell out
51:59
of tension. Speaking of beating the hell out
52:07
of, David Benavidez stops Anthony Yard in seven.
52:14
That was a fun fight. With the comms, not with
52:21
the comms, with that crowd, it made it boring
52:22
in my opinion. That sounds weird, but the way
52:26
I saw it, if the fighters fighting themselves,
52:30
that was fucking gangbusters. A crowd? You need
52:35
a crowd. You definitely need a crowd. I can't
52:38
keep watching these fights in Saudi anymore.
52:39
It's horrible. It's more lively crowds when they
52:42
were doing fights in the COVID bubble. Oh, yeah.
52:46
Those fake crowds, too. I gotta say, the fight
52:49
itself went pretty much as expected. I don't
52:57
think anyone expected the fight to go any differently.
52:59
We did get the clip of Yard holding on to Benavidez's
53:03
arm for dear life and getting punched like 30
53:05
times with the one arm. At first, from seeing
53:08
it from that angle originally, I thought that
53:10
Yard or that Benavidez was holding his head.
53:12
I thought so too. Look at Yard just grabbing
53:16
on for dear life to his arm. Like, fucking hilarious.
53:23
The one thing I had to say about it is that color
53:26
afterwards. I understand that Azul and Ramirez
53:29
fight is big, quote -unquote, for the Mexican
53:33
community, but we all want to see that better
53:37
BF fight. I think that should have been the next
53:39
fight, in my opinion. I don't think... BF and
53:42
better BF are both on huge layoffs because of
53:45
injuries or whatever, and also kind of only interested
53:48
in each other. Because for whatever reason, they're
53:53
1 -1. I don't get that, though. If the time is
53:59
there, it gives you another title and makes it
54:02
important to beat it again. It's stupid, but
54:04
let's be real. Better BF at his advanced age
54:08
could just become decrepit overnight. He has
54:12
a history of injuries, nagging injuries, too.
54:15
He's old. It's pretty... It's pretty likely at
54:21
this point that Benavidez just beats him. Yeah.
54:25
Which is, like, not what BetterBF wants, obviously.
54:30
But it would be a hell of a fight. And Bibble
54:32
doesn't really care because he's rehabbing his
54:35
back surgery, yeah. Yeah. So, for BetterBF, it's
54:39
easier to just wait and get that extra Saudi
54:42
payday with Bibble than at age 40. Getting sent
54:47
to the back of the line because Benavidez beats
54:49
you. Right. That's true. That's true. The one
54:57
thing I do got to say if he fights Zurdo is that
55:02
he's going to beat him. And that might make some
55:04
money with an Opetai fight because Opetai right
55:05
now, especially after what happened recently,
55:08
he's looking like he's on fire. I think that
55:12
fight might materialize to be something bigger.
55:15
We'll see. What can Anthony Yard do from here?
55:32
Is he relegated to the B tier? Is this a permanent
55:37
relegation? He's been in the B tier. Now he's
55:40
stuck. The cracks were there when he lost to
55:47
Lennon Arthur the first time. He probably won't
55:52
win a world title. No, unfortunately not. But
55:56
you know what? I got to respect that he put up
55:58
a good fight against Benavidez. And you know
56:01
what? He wasn't hurting Benavidez, but he was
56:03
catching him. I mean, I guess, but I think he's
56:11
definitely slowed down. A good bit of his power
56:13
comes from his speed, and he just doesn't have
56:17
it. Because, like, those are shots that, like,
56:19
they came fast enough at better BF to at least
56:22
make him think twice. Benavidez, it just kind
56:26
of just rolled him over. Oh, yeah. And I think,
56:30
like, he's definitely over the hill because he's
56:33
a very, he's an athletic guy, right? Yeah, definitely.
56:37
He's over the hill for sure. He's been in wars.
56:40
Again, he's been badly stopped three times. Oh,
56:46
they even docked Benavidez the two points for
56:48
hitting him while he was down. Yeah, that's...
56:52
Yard probably could have milked that for the
56:57
Glenn Johnson. Milk it for the DQ? Yeah, the
57:04
Glenn Johnson DQ. But what I want to see next
57:08
for Anthony Yard is honestly a Callum Smith fight.
57:11
I think that would be a great regional fight
57:13
where people will buy tickets and... Maybe not
57:15
pay -per -view, but it would be a good watch
57:18
for the Brits. Oh, you know they'd put that on
57:23
pay -per -view. Yeah. I'd watch that, too. I'm
57:28
not, you know... I can't say that on here, but,
57:31
you know, I'm not... I'm not gonna be a... Hey,
57:35
they'll suck the money out of your ass. Out of
57:39
my ass? I don't know about that. Maybe someone
57:41
like Lin, but, I mean... Oh, shit. We are making
57:53
good time, actually. Montel Griffin. He could
57:56
have done the Montel Griffin. There we go. I
58:00
had to look up my reference. Well, anything more
58:06
for Ring 4? Let's see. Two minutes. Benavidez
58:12
flies. Norman dies. Did I say two bums already?
58:15
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1:01:03
promotions. It's going to be on Prime. Badu Jack
1:01:07
vs. Norair Makalian. Is this the one on YouTube?
1:01:12
Is it going to be on YouTube? I saw it was going
1:01:15
to be on Prime. Oh, no. One of them was on YouTube.
1:01:19
One of the previews. Let me see. Uh... No, no.
1:01:25
It's Gassi Apulef that's on YouTube. Which isn't
1:01:29
on this. Oh, shit. It's going to be on YouTube.
1:01:36
It's some bullshit with Nico Ali Walsh and then
1:01:39
Kubrat Pulev. Oh, then IBA. Yeah, IBA Pro 13.
1:01:46
All right. Clearly not that important, honestly.
1:01:50
No one wants to watch Nico Ali Walsh. Oh, but
1:01:54
I want to see him do the Ali shuffle some more.
1:01:58
Lose a majority decision to a high school teacher
1:02:01
while doing the Ali shuffle. Hey, did you guys
1:02:04
know that this guy might have been related to
1:02:06
Muhammad Ali? Yeah, maybe. Hard to believe. I
1:02:11
would have heard about that much sooner. Same
1:02:13
name, different social security number. Two bums?
1:02:18
Yeah, two bums. Badu Jack, Norair McHalean, WBC
1:02:24
Cruiserweight title. Rematch. Enjoy. Oh, shit.
1:02:33
Matchroom on DAZN in Stockton, California. Just
1:02:38
going to cherry pick on my way up here. Shavon
1:02:40
Clark versus Anthony Holloway. Arturo Popoca.
1:02:45
It's a fun name. Sweet, sweet Sky Nicholson versus
1:02:52
Yulia Luna Vila. And back from the dead, Gabe
1:02:59
Flores Jr. vs. Joe Cordina. And then Diego Pacheco
1:03:05
headlining vs. Kevin Lele Sajo. Is Sajo any good?
1:03:12
I don't know. I've never seen him before. Lovely.
1:03:16
26 -0. He's a Frenchman. Yeah, he's from Cameroon.
1:03:20
Lives in France now. Fights almost exclusively
1:03:22
in France. Nickname is The Punisher. Hey, wasn't
1:03:27
it about a year ago, wasn't it the 13th, that
1:03:29
a certain Mexican got knocked out by a Frenchman?
1:03:34
French super middleweight? I love it. Is that
1:03:36
happened about a year ago, right? Am I tripping?
1:03:39
Oh, Jesus. You know what? If Pacheco starts blocking
1:03:41
punches with his face, we'll let you know. Shit,
1:03:44
okay. I think I might got Sajo. Just because
1:03:48
of that. Can't doubt the French anymore. Oh,
1:03:52
yeah. And then I got Sajo, and then now I got...
1:03:56
fucking Cordina. That's it, though. That's all
1:04:03
we got on the previews. It's a light weekend.
1:04:11
Hot diggity. Hot diggity. Go out with your family
1:04:15
and watch the fight on the phone. Oh, yeah. When
1:04:20
I was talking with Shanada about it, I was like,
1:04:23
yeah, this might be a good weekend to If you
1:04:26
have other plans or if you can make other plans,
1:04:28
DAZN will be there when you get back. Oh, yeah.
1:04:32
Yeah, 100%. If you can do something else, fucking
1:04:35
go do that. Go touch grass. Yeah. Well, I'm saying
1:04:40
take the phone with you and watch it while you're
1:04:42
out. Hell no. Actually, we're not about to get
1:04:45
sued. I'm not about to say that. We're going
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1:04:54
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1:04:57
with your kids, watch the fight. You can tell
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that mom left. She left because you're into snow
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1:05:20
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1:05:24
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1:08:29
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1:08:32
in the rematch. Hell yeah. Let us know. Hex Cobb.
1:08:40
He ran out of time. I know you're listening.
1:08:47
I don't know why you took my food the other night,
1:08:49
but okay. So yeah, parting words. I'll start
1:08:56
the parting words this time. If you can, I know
1:09:00
it's difficult these days, but if you can, travel.
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Go do stuff in places other places even if it's
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just like a the next city over or something go
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see other places it's good for your brain i'm
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gonna do the last one you do you go next josh
1:09:24
trying to think about my parting words i don't
1:09:27
have one right now pro box good two bums pro
1:09:31
box pro box good is always a good one Isn't Pro
1:09:34
Bucks coming up? Wasn't there even a Pro Bucks?
1:09:38
Yeah, it's next week. Okay. Okay, yeah. Pro Bucks,
1:09:42
good. Alright, well. My parting words are going
1:09:50
to be Bam, I love you. Norman, you can do better
1:09:55
next time. I hope you come back. Benavidez, great
1:09:58
job. Please fight better, B. One thing I do want
1:10:02
to say that I think I just want to get out the
1:10:05
way, honestly. If we have any Saudi people listening,
1:10:10
when I say the word the Saudis, if I say those
1:10:13
words, I don't mean you guys. You guys are great.
1:10:15
I love all my fans, but I love all the fans of
1:10:17
this pod. Any Saudis. And also, I wasn't paid
1:10:20
by the Saudi government to say this, by the way.
1:10:22
I wish. The Saudi government, if you'd like to
1:10:25
pay us, we will change our opinions for the bag.
1:10:29
I'll take the bag and then, you know, thumb the
1:10:31
fuck off, but, you know. I will change my opinions
1:10:35
for the bag. Maybe if you slide a couple... A
1:10:39
couple stacks. A couple stacks, maybe. By the
1:10:42
way, when I say the Saudis, I don't mean the
1:10:44
people. The people are beautiful. When I say
1:10:46
the Saudis, I mean the Saudi government and Turkey.
1:10:49
I just want to clear that up. And I wanted to
1:10:51
end it off the pot with something that Leo used
1:10:54
to do that I've actually haven't heard him do
1:10:55
in a while. It's a quote. Oh, shit. A quote.
1:10:59
Quote of the day. I want to do a quote, actually.
1:11:02
I wanted a quote from George Foreman. To be successful
1:11:07
in life, you must get in the habit of turning
1:11:09
negatives into positives. So, Norman, you got
1:11:13
to turn the negative into positive. That's all
1:11:16
I got. I love my people. Love you guys. See you
1:11:20
guys next time. All right. That's it for this
1:11:23
edition of the Boxing B -Sides. Fucking see you
1:11:27
on the other side of your... Hit me up. Let me
1:11:30
know what you did instead of staying inside and
1:11:32
watching these fucking abysmal cards.