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Reviewing Zuffa Boxing 04 and previewing Martinez-Aleem and Adames-Williams · Boxing B-Sides

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Here we go. Boxing B -Sides. We are back to talk
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the fights. I am joined by the homies. Josh,
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how goes it? Yes. Good. This is going to be a
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fun one. And the one and only Saul. Welcome back,
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guys. Another week. More fights to talk. But
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I got to talk. Another week. Another belt without
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Virgil. I got to talk about my little homie Punch.
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Punch the monkey. His name is Punch. I just...
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I was immediately drawn to him. He has graduated.
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They're taking away his little stuffed orangutan.
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And because he has been accepted by... They call
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them troops. The monkey fucking clans. They're
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troops. So the adults of the group, of the troop,
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are... Like, they hug him and they groom him
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and stuff. So he's... He's going to make it.
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Punch is a big boy now. All right. A little bit
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of MMA recap. Extending the hand of friendship
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to our fellows Nathan and Isaac over at Ultimate
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F and Casuals. Oh, man. This March 7th, UFC 326.
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This was a fucking mistake on my part. last when
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we talked about it a few weeks ago i had said
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there's no um there's no boxing on this weekend
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right on this day in particular yes so you there's
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a clear path if you are if you are just really
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hard up and you really want fights and i listed
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a couple that are that were supposed to be engaging,
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exciting, striker -heavy, not a lot of grappling,
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and boy, was I fucking wrong. Me when I lie.
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Yeah, holy shit. One that I did call correctly,
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Sumu Derji, in the early prelims, had a really
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fun fight with Jesus Aguilar. Man, there was
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one in the prelims, Cody Garbrandt. Ended up
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winning a UD over Xiao Long. He got kicked so
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hard in the nuts, he threw up. I saw that happening.
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I was like, brother, I feel you. I know exactly
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what that pain is like. Jesus. So there was that.
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There's a pretty sick knockout to open up the
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main portion. Gregory Rodriguez. Is he the one
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that goes by RoboCop? I think he is. Maybe. I
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think it's him. The two guys are both Brazilian
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and whatever. Sorry, guys. I'm racist as fuck.
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Other than that, like... Oh, Drew Dober. Holy
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shit. TKO2 over Michael Johnson. There were rumors
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that... Oh, the nephew, the kidnapped nephew.
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The gangster disciples, that notorious gang,
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kidnapped Michael Johnson's nephew, and they
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told him, throw the fight in the second round.
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And the fight got pulled off of the sportsbooks
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because there were changes in the money line.
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I don't know what the fuck that means. I think
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there's a lot of money going on. michael johnson
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stopped in two so they're like hey this is kind
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of funky and they pulled it but the fight went
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on he ends up getting stopped in two uh um i
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i'll get into the my the conspiracy part of it
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more on ultimate effing casuals i i think he
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sold the fight i think he did um but Honestly,
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that was like the peak of the excitement for
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the rest of the card. And I apologize to anybody
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who, on my advice, watched this. Specifically,
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the main and co -main. Fuck it, even the one
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before that, Raul Rosas over Rob Font. If you
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watch these fights, because I said they should
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be exciting, they should be fun. You have my
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sincerest apologies. I wouldn't blame you. It's
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all Dana's fault. I blame Virgil Ortiz. Why doesn't
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he have a belt yet? Charles Oliveira, BMF champ
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before Virgil Ortiz. Honestly, I just watched
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softcore gay porn in there. That's, yeah, that's
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what I was saying. It was the 25 -minute cuddle
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session in the main event. Like, yeah. Goddamn.
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Like, Max is, he did his signature little, like,
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point down where he's like, we're gonna stand
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toe -to -toe. And Oliveira went for it. Here's
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the problem. They only had six fucking seconds
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left on the clock. Oh, my God. God. So, it's
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like Devin Haney. You can, you can do that. You
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just fucking choose not to. And the funny thing
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is that Charles Oliveira is not a boring fighter.
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He's not. Yeah, it's just this fight was just...
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This was ass. Yeah. I feel bad for Max. Apparently,
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for whatever consolation it is, he was awarded
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his jiu -jitsu black belt because he... Was facing
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a superior grappler. Like superior rank or whatever.
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And he defended himself. Adequately. So they
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promoted him. Yeah. Get after it. But like I
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said. I'll talk more about the. Conspiracy parts.
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Of the Drew Dober fight. Over on Ultimate F and
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Casuals. Wherever fine podcasts. Are distributed.
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You can find that. Moving into the boxing news.
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Most Valuable Promotions signs a long -term deal
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with... I misspelled it here, too. God damn it.
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ESPN. Not EPSN. MVP TV deal before top rank.
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You want Jake Paul before you want... They even
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founded the MVPW. where they're going to be putting
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up the women's fights. Brutal. Not brutal that
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they're doing that. Brutal that like the state
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of our sport. I think ESPN, ESPN, even though
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they let UFC leave, even though the top rank
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deal expired and they are still like struggling
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to renew it. I think ESPN had always intended
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to stay in the fight sports game. They have maintained
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their broadcasting deal with PFL, which is like
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a secondary promotion. It's like the retirement
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league for UFC, pretty much. What I think happened
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here is MVP and MVPW offers fights. at a lower
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cost because i'm like it's an unfortunate reality
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the women don't get paid nearly as much as the
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men even if they're like undisputed champions
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and so that's what i think is happening here
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is espn wanted cheap fights and they get to say
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uh we're you know super gung -ho about putting
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women on the forefront like even though we're
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paying them less behind the scenes but they wanted
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fights they wanted them cheap mvpw could oblige
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uh oh yeah uh xander zayas you're not you're
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gonna you get like fucking like three to five
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women's fights for the cost of xander zayas the
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unified champ right so that's what i think is
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happening here I think Shanada put it nicely
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when she said, like, it's unfortunate that they
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went this route because even as much as we try
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to shill for them, women's fights are often pretty
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fucking mid. Oh, yeah. It's unfortunate. It's
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just reality. What they could have done is signed
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Probox. That's... You want... competitive matchups.
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You want entertaining fights. You want big knockouts.
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That's the shit that you want for ESPN. Probox
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delivers all of that. Poo -poo. Oh, man. Speaking
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of top rank, they signed Sammy Contreras, 5 -0
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pro. Amateur standout. He had like, I lost count.
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They said like 15 national championships or whatever.
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They signed him to a multi -year deal. The only
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reason I bring this up is that Top Rank doesn't
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have a fucking broadcast deal yet. Why? Sammy,
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bro. What are you doing, dude? And he got 2B.
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Yeah, you're fighting on fucking Tubi? Is that
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what you're... Tubi's got to share the air with,
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what's it called? Swerve TV. They just put on
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their Teen Titans, bro. All the shit they're
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putting on Tubi. It's either this or Swerve TV,
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dude. Yeah, it's... I know that American promoters
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are like... It's a dumpster fire right now. But
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of... The various dumpsters and their fires.
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Top Rank, I would say, is the fiercest blaze
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at the moment. And that's the one you sign with.
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I don't know. Maybe you grew up watching Bob
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Arum. Yeah, you watch Thursday Night Fights.
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There has to be some reason that he decided to
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go with Top Rank. Maybe they're the only ones
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that were going to sign him. I don't know. Maybe
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we should hit him up and see what's up. Yeah,
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we should ask him. We should give it a shot.
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Because this is an odd... It's an interesting
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move. And I'm curious what the thought process
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is. Huh. Interesting thought processes. Tim Zhu
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will be facing Dennis Nuria in Australia on April
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5th. This is leading up to the Errol Spence fight.
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Fucking upside down people, man. Albanian middleweight.
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I'm looking for a lifeline here. Can somebody
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give me something here? Which one? Tim Zu and
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Denis Nouria. No. I'm not. No. No. No. Thank
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you. I will continue drowning. No, thanks. Move
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on. All right. Moving on. Jason Maloney will
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be facing - No, that's not how you spelled it.
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I was going to get to that. Jason Maloney will
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be facing Andre Donovan on April 23rd. Fucking
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the baloniest of the baloney brothers is just
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still doing it. He signed with Tasman Fighters,
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who notoriously our favorite cruiserweight is
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affiliated with them. We'll be talking about
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him in a moment. But Jason Maloney, like, bro,
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you got your ass fucking taken to school by Tenshin
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Asakawa. You might want to read that. Shinada
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has more to say about this than us. Yes. She
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was actually like... Is this the guy who got,
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like, beat by tension? I was like, yep, that's
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the one. She's like, Jesus Christ. I can't defend
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him. Yep. There you go. Jason Bologna, still
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doing it. Speaking of Bologna brothers, IBF champ
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Willy Baldo Garcia will be facing his mandatory
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challenger, Andrew Maloney. The purse bid was
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won by the Kameda Brothers. So, Andrew Bologna
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getting a fucking title shot. Before Virgil.
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Man, can y 'all shut up, brothers? It gets funnier
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every week, dude. It really does get better every
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time. It does, but it feels worse. extends beyond
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parody. It's even funnier that he still doesn't
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have a belt. He hasn't even fought for one. Honestly,
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that's the harder part. Currently, his career
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is in a shitty state right now. I get it. It's
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a bad time right now, but all the time before
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that... His career looks like... If you just
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ignore his record, the way his career looks like
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is that he lost the title challenge and then
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is having trouble getting on that path back.
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But no, he just never got in the ring for one.
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Interims do not count. And that's what kills
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me. That's what kills me. Every week you'll see
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the worst fighter you've ever heard of so far
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yet is either fighting for a belt or has a belt.
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But this guy still, no. No, he's in court, actually.
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Fighting for the right to lose to a guy who doesn't
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have a belt. Well, I will say this. He will get
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a belt after he beats Sebastian Van Doren if
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he ever gets that fight. That's all I'm going
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to say. You know what? I'm sure Virgil's just
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this bit. It's the Joel Embiid conference finals
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bit because it's the gift that never stops giving.
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Do you remember Andrew Maloney versus Junto Nakatani?
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Oh, that's one of my favorite highlights. Knockout
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of the year. My knockout of the year. Just erased
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him. Yeah. He fought for and lost a title, has
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since rebuilt his career, and is getting a title
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shot. And Virgil is in arbitration. It is a difficult
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time. Moving on. Boxing guys ate us. Just the
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Virgil bros, unfortunately. Just Virgil bros.
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WBA orders Floyd Schofield versus Lucas Body
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for their vacant title. Let's fucking go. Yeah,
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Saul, let it rip. What do you got for Schofield?
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Did they ever say what day it was going to be
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on? I have not seen. Because I hope it's going
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to be nearby. I would love to go watch that fight.
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Is Scofield local to you? No, no, no, no, no,
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not at all, not at all. I just want to see him
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fight. Just because I've been glazing him like
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crazy. Yeah, for the love of the game, I've been
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glazing him like crazy, so. Bring a USB -C cable.
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Right up the nose. I'll tell you, I'll tell you
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this. You need to stop standing fighters, I'm
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realizing. Hold up, hold up, hold up. I'm standing
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Floyd Schofield. And I'm standing... First of
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all, I stand Brian Norman Jr. because that's
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kind of how I got onto this podcast. It's gone
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wrong. It's just gone wrong every time you stand
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a guy. Hey, hey, hey. Hold up, hold up, hold
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up. Floyd Schofield hasn't lost yet. He just
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pulled out twice. And he's only pulled... Virgil
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hasn't lost. Floyd Schofield hasn't lost. And
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Schofield is fighting for a world title, it seems.
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And he's probably going to win. If he gets into
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the ring, yes. That's what I wanted to ask you,
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is Lucas Body has been bailed out with some thunderous
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fucking knockouts. Can the very sick, poisoned,
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decrepit Schofield survive that? Hey, who does
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Tim Farmer like that? Who does Devin Farmer like
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that? Jojo Diaz. Not really. Not like that. But,
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no, I stand these fighters, especially Brian
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Norman Jr., because that's how I got into this
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podcast, was standing Brian Norman Jr. and trying
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to defend him to Leo. And it worked for a while.
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I want to offer something that, number one, it's
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twofold, two sides of the same coin. Number one.
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The fact that you stand these guys, just win
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or lose, you still ride for them, like, yes,
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absolutely. Or, on the other side of things,
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if you were standing them and reality didn't
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turn in their favor, you learn things, you grow
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from things, maybe your perspectives change.
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Either way, either stand firm, with what you're
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with your guy or if you're gonna ditch him then
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admit that you you know you were like mistaken
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all of the these two things were what I proffered
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to Nova Scotia boxing that that's all I was saying
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to him was like dude you're fucking writing for
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for uh galalia fi dude are you serious right
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now and and he's like he's trying to act like
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he didn't like he wasn't and then i'm like bro
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either stand with your guy or admit you were
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wrong either way i like i i really don't want
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to make a fucking big deal about this it's galalia
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fire you're fucking kidding me but That is neither
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here nor there. Floyd Schofield, Lucas Body.
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What are we going to do to celebrate Schofield's
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ascension to world champion? I'm going to go
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on the podcast and celebrate. If he wins. I'm
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going to make another joke about Virgil Ortiz.
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Floyd Schofield, champion for Virgil Ortiz. Champion.
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That's the highlight. I mean, honestly, if...
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To your point that you said right now, Leo, about
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standing by your fighter. I'm just saying. Hamza
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Shiraz lost to Carlos Adamis and everybody dipped.
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He won. Everybody came back. When he beat Berlanga?
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Yeah, when he beat Berlanga. The same. They all
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got the chip. They called him a shitter. He knocked
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out fucking Berlanga and everybody called him
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the king. It's because we hate Berlanga. I shat
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more on Adamis than I did Shiraz. I honestly
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felt that Shiraz was a little weight -drained.
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I knew O'Donnell was going to win. I just knew.
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Well, he's the house guy. Quote -unquote house
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guy, right? Yeah. He didn't win, but he won.
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Right. He didn't win, but he won. Yeah. He got
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a draw, but same reason why Lamont Roach lost.
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Or had a draw twice. Yeah. I'll tell you this,
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though. Go back to Floyd Schofield. Versus Lucas
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Body. I mean, you're right. Lucas Body is a knockout
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puncher. Floyd Schofield, I would say, at the
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top level, isn't as experienced. I mean, he should
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have had a JoJo Diaz. He has a Tevin Farmer,
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but, I mean, Tevin Farmer's lost how many times?
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Seven times, I believe? A lot of those are early
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in his career. Four of them were before anybody
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even knew who he was. Yeah, like, after the first
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four, like, those... That's when we start counting
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is the after four. Losses that actually represent
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him as a fighter. Marquez lost one of his early
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fights. Estrada lost one of his early fights.
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Just two of my personal favorites. I think the
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Jose Pedraza loss onward is when we start counting
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his... Yeah, Pedraza's a legitimate loss. Losing
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your debut by like... Losing your debut, losing
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on points, drawing, like all these are like,
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yeah. Marquez lost his debut. Whatever, dude.
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Nobody cares. And honestly, yeah, you're right.
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You're right. It happens. But, I mean, still.
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I mean, Farmer in recent years still hasn't done
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much. I mean, he fought Zepeda, and he arguably
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beat Zepeda twice. Schofield knocked him out.
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That's the best you can measure to him. Schofield
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also has fought Rene Guiron, right? They were
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calling him a bum, but now he's on Pro Box, right?
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Doing good things on Pro Box. Yeah, he's doing
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good things on Pro Box. I feel like that win
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is aging pretty decent. I would like to know
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what poison Schofield beat, because that should
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be a dub on his record. Is it a hemlock? Cyanide?
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Oh, my God. Just straight anthrax from Shakur
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Stevenson's camp? You think they could afford
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that? Something, dude. But, I mean, not just
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that, but he would have fucking beat Jojo Diaz.
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Pedro Diaz. I mean, that one was kind of rough
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to see, but... I mean, I'm... I don't think it's
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rough to see Pedro Diaz go down like that. No,
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I'm saying it's rough to see Jojo Diaz live to
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see another day. Oh, you're right, actually.
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Because Schofield would have knocked him the
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fuck out. Oh, yeah. No, no, that's fair. I feel
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like this fight's probably going to be on a Ryan
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Garcia card. Probably going to be co -main. Who
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promotes Schofield? Golden Boy. Oh, no. He's
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the last man standing on Oscar's table. Yeah,
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he's like their elite prospect turning contender
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guy. Yeah. Fuck, dude. Man, poison yourself again
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and, like, run out your contract. Oh, man. No,
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but he's right. You're right. Whatever it takes
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to get out of that umbrella. Make sure you get
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the measurements right so that you don't die.
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I think seniors got it right after the first
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time. Well calculated. All right, moving on.
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WBC orders Dalton Smith versus Alberto Puello
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for his first defense. Man, that's a stiff challenge
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for Smith. No shit. That's a tough first defense.
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Hindsight being 20 -20. Before that, we were
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thinking Dalton Smith is heading into the fucking
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fire. And now, he's out of the fire and into
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the fucking frying pan. It's just a stylistic
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challenge that is not entirely welcome. I mean,
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it depends on what card he's on. You know, if
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he's on a, you know, PBC or if it's on Matchroom.
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Whichever one. They're not going to rig the fight
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for Pueyo. Well, Premier Boxing Copium would.
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Yeah. It's Alberto Pueyo, dude. Who's Dalton
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Smith with? Is he Matchroom? Yeah, he is Matchroom.
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That's right. Eddie was at the fight. What I
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will say with Don Smith is I do want him to win.
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As much as it pains me to root for a Brit, I
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do like seeing the underdog come up and beat
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everybody else. That's funny. That's funny and
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it's inspiring. You know what, man? I wish him
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great success as long as Virgil doesn't become
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a champ. So that way... This guy's having fun
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with it. I'm having so much fun today because
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there's so much ridiculous bullshit that's gone
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on lately. Like a Brit knocking out Matthias.
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A Brit. A Brit winning against the boogeyman.
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The boogeyman. When does that actually happen?
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It's a British year. Except Nick Ball. We don't
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talk about Nick Ball. He was a sacrifice. He
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was a sacrifice to the boxing gods. Ball was
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sacrificed for ball. I said the same thing last
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week to Shanada about Dalton Smith was the plucky
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upstart. Again, hindsight is 20 -20, but going
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into the Matias fight, we're like, this fucking
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kid's about to get... sent back on a stretcher
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like on a hospital ship he's gonna be sent back
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to the uk but nope he upset the apple cart in
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a big way it would be super cool to see him continue
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that against uh like matthias stylistically it
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can be beaten like as we saw when his chin just
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doesn't hold up anymore Alberto Pueyo, stylistically,
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is a fucking nightmare for Dalton Smith. So that's
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why I don't want to root against my fellow Latino,
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but Dalton Smith, like, man, prayers up, dude.
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I hope you keep doing it. Just keep letting them
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put people you're not supposed to beat in front
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of you and just keep fucking beating them. That
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would just be great for me. Yeah, honestly, this
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might be the first couple times that I'm actually
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rooting for a Brit. This is a Brit story I can
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get behind. Oh, yeah. Moving to another WBC fight.
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WBC has sanctioned Lamont Roach versus William
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Zepeda for their vacant title. fucking lamont
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roach williams zapata were not like the one and
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two but they petitioned yeah they petitioned
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like we're making we're gonna make this fight
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will you accept this as your vacant title fight
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and what do you know lamont roach williams zapata
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is it shrimp time or is it roach time is it ocean
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roach or ground roach I think we're going to
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see a third consecutive draw where I once again
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go on a little diatribe about scoring after it's
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done. And then we call for the death of judges
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that we're going to see like one consistent judge
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in all three of Roach's fucking draws. Let me
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see. Let me see. Let me see. Yeah, please do.
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Please do. So far. No, there hasn't been a consistent
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judge. Oh, shit. Not yet. Well, I guess I can't
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send death threats to anyone. Never mind. Well,
30:29
you can, but... Yes, I can, but... You always
30:31
can. Don't let your memes be dreams. Literally.
30:38
I got a question for y 'all. My thing is, didn't
30:44
they... This is all caused by the WBC shenanigans
30:48
with Stephen Fulton, right? With Shakur. It's
30:52
Shakur. Well, Stephen Fulton... Fight being that
30:55
they gave the interim to Oshaki Foster. It wouldn't
30:58
have happened if Fulton wasn't a fatty, though.
31:02
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. So, I mean, I don't
31:05
know. Honestly, that's going to be a good fight.
31:07
But I don't think either guy deserved it. I feel
31:10
like, at the very least, William Cepeda should
31:12
have at least had a comeback fight to earn the
31:15
vacant title match. Lamont Roach fought at 140.
31:18
He has not fought for the WBC. At all. He fought
31:23
for the interim 140 with Pitbull. Oh, I thought
31:29
that was WBA. No, WBC. No. Oh, never mind. I'm
31:32
silly. I'm sorry. My bad. My bad. Yeah, WBA strip
31:38
tank. That is very awkward. Sorry about that.
31:43
That makes more sense now. But what I will say
31:46
is it's going to be a good fight that Lamont
31:48
Roche should win. That's where I'm landing as
31:51
well. The ground roach should be the water roach.
31:58
Ground roach? The pit is just a weaker pit bull.
32:01
Shrimp. Camaron. It's a little ocean bug. Oh,
32:05
man. The thing is, though, I just think roach
32:08
has a very judge -unfriendly style. I brought
32:11
this up before. You have. Like, he just... He
32:16
has to be so... I don't think he has it in him
32:19
to be dominant either. I mean, in his last two
32:23
fights... I think he can. Like, he wins fights.
32:26
He could win fights clearly. It's just that,
32:29
like, being that dominant and assertive in order
32:32
to, like, very clearly win rounds instead of
32:35
stealing them every time is not... It's not his
32:39
MO. It takes two rounds to... Two or three rounds
32:43
to even... Figure out the opponent. He just kind
32:46
of gives away the first couple rounds. Just the
32:50
way he looks. You can just feel like. He's edging
32:54
the rounds. Instead of. I think where this. This
32:59
makes sense. In the Pitbull fight. But where
33:03
I think it doesn't. Is against Tank. Where I
33:08
think Roach. Absolutely did enough. To clearly
33:12
win rounds. but it's Gervonta Davis. You're not
33:17
gonna... Yeah, like, I need him steamrolling
33:20
guys instead of just, you know, outboxing them.
33:26
Clearly to us, with a great view of it, but not
33:30
so clearly to... Yeah, to the judges who are
33:32
sitting in one spot. Especially if he's a catch
33:37
-and -shoot guy. I've always brought up he's
33:38
a catch -and -shoot guy. So, if you're watching
33:42
this back... If you're watching his back, it
33:44
looks like he's getting clubbed. And even if
33:47
you have it from the proper angle, he's still
33:50
taking one to throw one. So how much do you gauge?
33:54
How do you judge your value judgment? A punch
33:59
that appears to maybe have glanced past the guard,
34:04
but... there's one thrown back. Like, yeah, how
34:09
do you... Especially if Roach misses that shot.
34:11
Right, right, right. How do you judge the defense
34:13
versus an ineffective... Like, technically, Roach
34:17
is the one being ineffective here. He got hit
34:19
glancingly, barely, but then he missed. He missed
34:22
the follow -up. So, from our view, yeah, he's
34:27
a more complete boxer here. He's definitely getting
34:31
it on the guy, but... So... Like, so what, almost.
34:40
Yeah. Hmm. Well, keeping things at 135, this
34:51
is... Ring Magazine has sanctioned Caroline Dubois
34:57
vs. Terry Harper for the vacant 135 ring title.
35:04
This is less about the... the fighters. It's
35:10
more about is the ring title a fucking title?
35:18
Are we in a fucking five belt era? Have we always
35:23
had that plus one? That plus one that just sits
35:28
in the background? What the fuck, man? Is ring
35:30
magazine, is that a fucking title or is it not?
35:43
You want to hear all that chatter? Then you're
35:45
going to have to fucking pony up some dough for
35:48
it. Because that was a good conversation. Oh,
35:52
yeah. Last bit. Tyson Fury versus Arsalanbek
35:55
Makhmudov. Oh, we're still in the news. Damn.
35:57
Yeah, we are. The undercard has been announced.
36:02
Co -main. Conor Benn versus Regis Progray. The
36:05
$15 million boy fights at 150 catchweight against
36:11
what the fuck Regis Progray. I hope you're getting
36:15
paid, buddy. I'm rooting for Regis. I am too.
36:21
One last time. I want this to backfire. It'd
36:24
be so funny. It'd be too funny, man. Jamie Chikeva
36:31
versus Richard Riekpore. the British heavyweight
36:35
title on the line. Frazier Clark versus Justice
36:39
Hooney, a heavyweight fight. We'll see if Frazier
36:42
Clark can replicate the Fabio Wardley success.
36:48
Troy Williamson versus Simon Zakenhuber. Brayon
36:53
Gorham versus Eduard Georgiev. Mikey Talon versus
36:57
Christopher Rios. Felix Cash versus Liam O 'Hare.
37:01
Hector Lozano versus Sultan Al -Muhammad. Fucking
37:06
Saudi guy. And Elliott Whale versus Tom Hill.
37:11
Pretty lackluster undercard. Conor Benn included.
37:19
Lackluster. What Shanada and I had talked about
37:26
was none of these guys. bringing value to this
37:32
event. Anybody who is tuning in to see Tyson
37:35
Fury would tune in to watch any of these guys
37:39
on their own events. This doesn't really add
37:44
anything. There you have it. Anything more for
37:54
the news? Alright. Let's see here. Kevin Lorena.
38:01
Bridger Waite, if you remember. Lorena, that's
38:04
a name I haven't heard in a while. Closer to
38:09
beating Daniel Dubois than Anthony Joshua, Kevin
38:12
Lorena. It's true. It is. Dubois like Taurus
38:21
ACL in that fight. One -legged Dubois. Yeah.
38:26
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All right. Into the recaps. Thursday, March 5th.
41:07
Eye of the Tiger on DAZN. Man, I only kept the
41:13
good stuff. And there was actually quite a bit
41:17
of it. For an Eye of the Tiger card, not bad.
41:19
That's true. This actually wasn't that bad. Not
41:21
bad. Steve Claggett gets a big stoppage over
41:25
Alejandro Frias. Homeboy came in. Steve Claggett
41:32
was TBA less than five days before the event.
41:37
So take it with a grain of salt. John Orobio
41:42
KO5 over Yomar Alamo. That was fun. uh arobio
41:49
is supposed to be like a good prospect um i i
41:53
know i've seen him fight a few times but like
41:56
you're crushing cans on eye of the tiger dude
41:59
um we're gonna have to we're gonna have to step
42:03
up the competition here um leonard perez ud over
42:10
isaac chalemba robbery i don't watch it robbery
42:15
this is an instant instance where i i was uh
42:22
like i was talking to you guys before about getting
42:25
more active on social media like with scoring
42:28
being involved on fight nights this was a case
42:33
where i was having good engagement where it was
42:37
like leonard perez is supposed to be a super
42:39
awesome cruiserweight prospect or whatever how
42:43
the fuck are you not finishing isaac chalemba
42:45
in 2026 Maybe we need to... Maybe we need to
42:52
rethink some things. He's gotta go to Zusa. I
42:57
don't know, maybe... Chilumba had the shield
42:59
over his face. The liquid shield? The liquid
43:05
shield? I don't know, it's hard to knock a guy
43:07
out when your punches are slipping off his face.
43:14
To be... To be fair, Perez... Was dominant throughout
43:20
the entire fight. Chalemba. As they say in Discord.
43:25
He has. Experienced being washed. So he has those.
43:31
Like those survival tactics. The dirty veteran.
43:35
Avoid. Confrontation kind of tactics. So yeah.
43:42
That's being fair. To Perez. But. I don't feel
43:48
like being fair to Perez. He should have done
43:51
better. Yeah, should have. How dare you do that
43:54
to my goat, Chalemba? Think about this. A particular
43:59
cruiserweight gentleman that we will be discussing
44:01
in a moment had a similar situation play out.
44:07
Oh, you're right, actually. So maybe we need
44:09
to dial it back on the Perez hate. I need to
44:12
dial it back. You need to dial it back. I do.
44:15
I'm hating for a different reason. Yeah, Goop
44:19
Face made it work. Congrats. Whatever gets you
44:23
paid, buddy. And minimal damage, too. In the
44:30
main event, Stephen Butler knocks out Ramadan
44:33
Hiseni in two. That's all she wrote for Eye of
44:40
the Tiger. I had said when... We were previewing
44:47
this weekend that there was not a lot of boxing
44:51
on. And I stand by that. There was some lower
44:57
level shit. Which, of course, I didn't update
45:03
my doc. Because I'm professional. I'm really
45:07
good at this. Did you know that I got a magazine
45:10
interview about how professional I am? That's
45:15
because you're awesome, dude. Yeah, I'm fucking
45:18
excellent. Let's see here. Angel Ureña got a
45:25
UD over Roy Casanova. That one was actually pretty
45:29
goddamn fun. It was like a crossfade. In the
45:38
first six, Ureña was like... the guy, and then
45:45
it faded the last six. It was a 10 -round fight.
45:50
The one round was a crossfade, and Casanova kind
45:53
of stepped it up. It was pretty cool. Good fight.
45:57
And Haciel Amador, UD over Pedro Delgado. I think
46:04
that was a regional title. Both of those were
46:10
regional titles, actually. Moving on. Box Stars
46:14
on ESPN KO in Netzahualcoyotl. Look at that.
46:22
I'm good at that shit. In Mexico, Mauricio Lara
46:27
stops Rafael Rosas in two. Shit was not even
46:33
competitive. But it was bronco, so I was here
46:38
for it. MF Pro on DAZN. This was in Derby, UK.
46:48
Ty Mitchell. I don't know who this fucking guy
46:52
is. He's apparently some social media person.
46:56
He beat Gabe Rosado in a six -round contest.
47:02
Gabe fucking Rosado, guys. Gabe. Rosado. This
47:06
was his Misfits debut. It's a separate tab on
47:11
BoxRec. It's a separate tab. Misfits Pro, which
47:14
is hilarious. Fucking nuts, huh? Yeah. I genuinely
47:22
think this might be conspiracy tinfoil shit,
47:26
but I think Gabe is being brought in to be beaten
47:32
by these guys. He's like Benito Sanchez. Oh,
47:37
my God. You're right. The fear of a real pro
47:40
fighter, except it's Gabe Rosado. Right. He'll
47:43
give you some good work, but you're going to
47:47
beat him. All you got to do is just stay confident,
47:50
and he will make sure that you stay confident,
47:54
because that was a fucking ass fight. I am a
47:58
bit ashamed of myself that I watched all six
48:01
rounds. You watched it? I did. I did. I wanted
48:06
to make sure, like, what is Gabe doing here?
48:10
Like, why are you here? Are you here to fucking
48:12
knock out these social media kids? Because I'm
48:15
down for that. You live by the motherfucking
48:19
sword, you die by the motherfucking sword. Yeah,
48:21
straight up. That is exactly what is happening.
48:24
But enough of that. Sunday, March 8th. Happy
48:29
birthday to my sister. Zufa Boxing 4 at the Meta
48:34
Apex. There were, moving up from the bottom,
48:42
what stood out? The first ever majority draw
48:47
on Zufa, Brady Ochoa. How's your name, Ochoa,
48:52
but your first name is Brady? Interesting. Pick
48:57
a lane, dude. Anyway, Adrian Serrano. And then
49:02
there was another majority draw. Jacob Ramos
49:04
versus Ethan Perez. Vlad Panin stops Shannard
49:10
Bunch in nine. It was... I honestly felt like
49:17
they were making excuses for Shannard the whole
49:22
time. They were... Man, this... I'm not trying
49:25
to knock the guy. I honestly can't imagine. The
49:30
difficulties that he had to endure. Like they
49:33
were talking about. Like his father was murdered.
49:35
And stuff. Like bro. If you. It's clear that
49:45
you need more time. And that's okay. You didn't.
49:52
Yeah. Just. Go deal with that shit, dude. That's
49:58
more important. Moving up, the co -main Ricardo
50:04
Salas stops Jesus Saracho in eight. This one
50:09
was actually pretty fun. Hmm. Josh, are you prepared?
50:19
Do you have... your finest glass of aged haterade
50:26
ready oh my god i've had it i have had it because
50:30
i've been waiting for saul to get on jai opataya
50:33
sorry about that guys ud over brandon glanton
50:38
ibf cruiserweight title was not on the line the
50:43
zufa cruiser cruiserweight title was on the line
50:48
here Josh, kick it off. Dunk on Opitaya as best
50:53
you can. Oh my god, he's retarded. In the ring,
50:57
out of it? Oh my god. The shit with the IVF.
51:03
The IVF was so clear when Zufa showed up. Hey,
51:06
if you try and put that piece of shit belt next
51:10
to ours, we're gonna strip you. Not necessarily.
51:14
It was if you tried to make that piece of shit
51:17
more important. than ours yes then it was so
51:21
clear and then all the promotion and then like
51:24
jai not getting it we're like dude if you're
51:28
you're calling the zufa one like your whole promotion's
51:33
calling the zufa one the belt the belt the belt
51:35
oh yeah the ibf is here too like come on oh yeah
51:39
that red fucking thing over there oh yeah like
51:42
like yeah no they're gonna strip you you're fighting
51:46
a bum They're going to strip you. It's the IDF.
51:49
They don't fuck around. They do not. Like, oh,
51:53
Glanton was in the top 10. Like, so what? This
51:55
isn't the WBC. This isn't the WBC. They're going
51:59
to strip you. And then you get in the ring and
52:03
just, oh, my God. You don't get them out of there.
52:06
You spend the whole time flopping on your ass.
52:10
It was just like you wasted the fans' time, you
52:15
wasted your own time, and now you're going to
52:19
continue begging for fights with belt holders
52:22
when you're with the promotional company that
52:25
explicitly doesn't deal with the belt orgs. You
52:29
lost all your leverage. As a mission statement.
52:33
Yeah, he gave up his leverage signing with them.
52:37
And, like, the big thing is, like, he got asked
52:40
about moving up to heavyweight. And, you know,
52:42
historically, cruiserweights, if they are good
52:45
enough to go to heavyweight, they do. They kept
52:49
saying Usyk, Holyfield, trying to make him be
52:53
a part of that conversation. Like, he is, like,
52:56
the third in the trio. Like, fuck no. Yeah, but,
52:58
like, even if they are not the best at the cruiserweight
53:02
division, they move up. So what does it say that
53:06
this guy doesn't feel great moving up? I want
53:09
to be undisputed. Yeah, like, his big thing is
53:12
having a size advantage at cruiserweight, and
53:14
if he goes to heavyweight, it vanishes. And he's
53:17
not good enough to be able to compete at heavyweight.
53:19
No, like, he's not skilled enough. I mean, two
53:23
of his, like, slips were footwork mistakes. glanton
53:28
did like sure whatever glanton hit him in the
53:31
nuts a couple times two of the slips were footwork
53:34
mistakes can i so i want to posit something he's
53:38
shorter than he's dave allen's height is he for
53:41
the record of his size he is dave allen's height
53:44
and about half the weight so jesus christ like
53:50
he's not cutting it heavyweight if he's tripping
53:52
over his own feet pivoting away from brandon
53:56
glanton What if Chaya Pattaya, for whatever reason,
54:07
just decides he's going to move up? It's really
54:13
clear, as you pointed out, he is the same size
54:16
as Dave Allen. And if he were to move up that
54:21
high, he would just be fat as fuck. What if he
54:26
made... Zufa recognized the Bridgerweight division.
54:31
Oh my god. I'm crying. I'm crying, dude. That
54:35
is crazy. I would send Jai Obataya flowers. Like,
54:41
thank you for continuing to fuck up that organization.
54:44
He's gotta be doing this on purpose. Yeah, you
54:47
have to be. He's wasting the rest of his career
54:49
tanking Zufa. He's the sacrificial lamb. I would
54:55
set up a Patreon to donate money to him to make
54:58
up for his lost wages. Because the big thing
55:02
I've seen people, the remote people on Twitter
55:05
defending Jai is like, oh, he's making the money
55:08
he can because Cruiserweight's a poverty division.
55:11
And I'm like, that's why you move up. You move
55:15
up if you're good to make the real money. That's
55:17
just Cruiserweight. Zerdo Benavidez are getting
55:19
paid. Yeah, too. You fight guys that are worth
55:22
it or you move up and get paid. Yeah. And then
55:24
there's the, oh, he has the heart to hang in
55:27
there with anyone. Like, Maris Bredis broke his
55:30
jaw twice. They made it very fucking clear. At
55:33
the tender age of, hold on, how old is this?
55:37
At the tender age of 38 and 39. How old was Zopatai
55:45
at the time? Like, 26. I feel bad for him. That's
55:50
what I mean. Because it's like, I saw it, like,
55:52
again. Like, a lot of the discourse is, we give
55:55
Usyk credit for his victory over Bredis, and
55:57
I'm like, that was Bredis at, like, that was
55:59
Bredis 10 years ago. That was 10 years before.
56:02
Are you fucking high? He was 31, and Usyk not
56:08
only beat him, he beat Gassiev, he beat Huck,
56:11
he beat Michael Hunter, and then moved up and
56:13
became the best heavyweight of, like, basically
56:15
two generations. He capped it off with Tony fucking
56:18
Bell. He became the generation. He became the
56:21
generation at heavyweight. Yeah. So what are,
56:24
like, so then why are we getting, like, yeah,
56:28
then 10 years on, this prime specimen should
56:32
roll him, right? Max Kellerman's creaming his
56:38
pants at a guy who can't get Morris Bredis, age
56:42
30, age 41, out of here. He was creaming his
56:48
pants that he went the distance, that he got
56:50
his jaw broken and went the distance. I can't
56:54
imagine getting punched in the mouth when your
56:56
jaw's already broken. But, like, bro, you're
56:58
getting your jaw broken by a 40 -year -old man.
57:00
And you're supposed to be the best cruiserweight
57:02
on the planet. I'm a little confused. Myrus Bredis.
57:11
We went through it in Discord. After Usyk. Usyk
57:16
Belyu. That was his last fight at Cruiser. And
57:20
after that, like, we were tracing the path of
57:24
all the titles, and it was Bredis Dortikos was
57:30
the reestablishment of the quote -unquote lineage.
57:34
Yeah. So, yeah. That fight was not great. No.
57:39
Having watched it, having watched it live, that
57:42
fight was not great. It was... What? I don't
57:49
know. I'm torn on Obataya. Like 90 % of me really
57:56
wants to just fucking dunk on him every chance
57:58
I get. But another part of me thinks he's a dumb
58:03
fuck Islander kid that just came up in Australia.
58:10
So he's kind of getting pulled in a lot of different
58:12
directions and kind of being taken advantage
58:15
of is what I think is happening. Yeah, but part
58:19
of it is you have to read. Right. You have to
58:23
read. There's a difference between you being
58:27
shuffled around in the back, but we can see it,
58:31
which means he should obviously be able to see
58:34
it and read. All he had to do was say, I'm the
58:39
IBF champ. And not, I'm fighting for the prestigious
58:43
Zufa belt. The inaugural Zufa belt. So much lineage
58:48
there, right? Because you're the lineal champion.
58:52
You have to read. You have to read. You have
58:58
to know. Get a lawyer, bro. You got money. I
59:05
hate the sob stories on Twitter of like, oh,
59:08
he's just maximizing his value. You can go to
59:10
heavyweight and do that. You can go to heavyweight
59:16
and do Lawrence or Coley circuit. The thing is
59:18
that it's not like he's boxing AIDS or Coley.
59:23
People would show up to watch him beat up on
59:26
guys at heavyweight. Did you say boxing AIDS?
59:31
Yes. Like a Lawrence Acoli. I got to support
59:35
that term. No one wants Acoli. Like Opetiah,
59:41
you get the exciting knockout artist who's moving
59:44
up the heavyweight. Alleged knockout artist.
59:48
He can make good money. If he stayed out of Zufa.
59:51
Go to the UK and take out a couple of the domestic
59:55
Brits and you have a hype train. He had a title.
1:00:01
And if you want to dispute it, he probably could
1:00:03
have gotten money from fighting Zerto or from
1:00:05
fighting Benavides. Eventually. He could have
1:00:08
gotten money fighting Mikaelian. I'm not even
1:00:13
saying Zerto. Zerto, let's say, okay, Zerto promotional.
1:00:18
He's not a powerhouse. No. But, like, whatever.
1:00:23
Better than Glenn. Let's say. Let's say we're
1:00:26
having issues getting a fight with Zerto. Like,
1:00:29
come on. You can get fights that aren't complete
1:00:35
dog shit. I would like to take a moment to just
1:00:41
give a little high five to Brandon Glanton. Like,
1:00:46
you went the distance with this, uh, the alleged...
1:00:50
Number one cruiserweight fucking of all time
1:00:53
ever. All time great cruiserweight. Fucking greatest
1:00:57
of all cruiserweight times. You went the distance
1:01:00
with him. Yeah, the boogeyman, blah, blah, blah.
1:01:04
You went the distance. I hope you're not locked
1:01:08
in to Zufa because I honestly think he could
1:01:14
pivot this into some decent work. with the other
1:01:20
cruiserweight people. Like, Mikaelian, like,
1:01:24
fuck Mikaelian, but, like, you could... Shit,
1:01:27
dude, you might be able to snag that title off
1:01:29
him. And then Zerto Benavides. Glanton is ranked
1:01:33
in the IBF. And there's no number one or two
1:01:39
contender. It's Chris Billum -Smith and Glanton.
1:01:42
Ah, son of a bitch. Gosh, darn it. Chris Billum
1:01:47
-Smith. He continues to stick around. It could
1:01:52
be worse. It could be the WBC. You've got Mikaelian,
1:01:55
Sislak, and then Roziki at your mandatory spot
1:01:59
there. I would rather be IBF. I'll take the IBF
1:02:02
over that. You could be Jowptown with a fucking
1:02:05
shrink of Zufa. WBA got no one. Getting rid of
1:02:09
fucking your IBF like an idiot. It's just...
1:02:11
Oh my god, guys. Like, we might genuinely see
1:02:19
for the IBF, like, Vidal Riley and Masternack
1:02:23
be elevated to something. Where's Gula Mirian
1:02:27
in WBA right now? Gula Mirian in the WBA? Let
1:02:32
me take a peek. Is the guy that's in WBO? Yeah,
1:02:38
absent. No, okay. Well, look at that. Maybe he
1:02:43
just fucked off after losing to Zero. In absentia.
1:02:48
Right on. Again, cruiserweight is horse shit,
1:02:52
and if you are fucking up title reigns at cruiserweight,
1:02:55
like, there's no hope. That's just how it is.
1:03:03
To reference the two cruiserweights that they
1:03:08
want Opitai to be in the conversation with, Evander
1:03:12
Holyfield dominated, maybe not necessarily undisputed,
1:03:16
but dominated, moved up the heavyweight. Oleksandr
1:03:21
Usyk, undisputed. He beat everyone. Anyone who
1:03:26
was anyone, he beat them. And then he fucked
1:03:28
off the heavyweight. And beat anyone who was
1:03:31
everyone there. Exactly. Same with Holyfield.
1:03:35
He had fucking solid wins as well. For context
1:03:38
with Holyfield, Holyfield's... like, huge war
1:03:41
with Kawi was, first of all, 15 rounds. Christ.
1:03:47
And his jaw was not hanging off. Kawi was known
1:03:51
for his engine, right? Like, this is, like, if
1:03:54
you ever have, like, two hours to just kill,
1:03:57
put on Kawi Holyfield 1. It's 15 rounds of straight
1:04:02
action, and what's crazy is that Holyfield picks
1:04:06
it up by the end. Picks it up? That's it. Last
1:04:10
15 -rounder of... Yeah, last championship 15
1:04:14
-rounder before they changed it. They... Kawi
1:04:18
was known for his engine more than anything at
1:04:20
this time and at this weight class. And Holyfield,
1:04:25
like, scrapes it out with his engine. Crazy.
1:04:30
Out -engines the engine? He then goes apeshit
1:04:33
and knocks everyone out at cruiserweight, including
1:04:37
Kawi in a rematch and Carlos de Leon. And then
1:04:43
moves up. And just knocks guys out until his
1:04:47
hands basically shatter on George Foreman's skull.
1:04:52
But... To show how a dominant cruiserweight should
1:04:57
carry themselves at the division. You're allowed
1:05:02
your hard fight. Usyk had his hard fight with
1:05:04
Bredis and then just washed everyone else. He
1:05:07
had a hard fight with Chizora, to his own admission.
1:05:10
At heavyweight. Yes, at heavy. Yes. Yeah, but,
1:05:13
like, at cruiserweight. For the standard of cruiserweight
1:05:15
champion, like, even, like, David Haye. Like,
1:05:18
let's say David Haye is, like, it's closer to
1:05:21
what Opetai is, but still better. That is a better
1:05:25
analog than Usyk and Holyfield. God, I really
1:05:30
want to smack fucking Kellerman so badly. That's
1:05:33
what I mean. Like, David Haye, you could use
1:05:35
David Haye. Like, they're exciting, vulnerable
1:05:37
guys who, like, They had okay reigns at Cruiserweight
1:05:43
and then moved up. Like, granted, he did pick
1:05:48
up one of the easier world titles ever. But that's
1:05:53
not his fault. One of the easier world titles
1:05:57
that were... It was difficult for him to win
1:06:03
them. Yeah. Like, at Cruiserweight and Heavyweight.
1:06:07
At Heavyweight... Imagine if he fought Evander
1:06:10
Holyfield at heavyweight if Holyfield got the
1:06:12
decision against Beluev. Oh, God, that fucking
1:06:16
Easter Island statue person? Yeah, he was the
1:06:20
guy that Hay beat for a WBA world title at heavyweight.
1:06:25
But the thing is that right before he fought
1:06:29
Hay, he robbed Holyfield. So we actually could
1:06:35
have seen David Haye and Evander Holyfield in
1:06:37
the year 2009. Think about it. You know what?
1:06:44
That makes me depressed to think about. Oh, man.
1:06:49
Some funny shit going on. Anything more for Zufa
1:06:56
Boxing 4? I would say to Zufa, you go to Jaya
1:07:00
Pattaya, but I mean... Come on. I hope somebody
1:07:05
sorts Opetai out. He's probably locked into a
1:07:12
contract at this point. I hope somebody, when
1:07:17
that contract comes to term, I hope somebody
1:07:21
sorts him out and like, hey dude, this is not
1:07:23
the place you want to be. I think it's going
1:07:29
to take a gentle nudge. Because he's... a former
1:07:35
world champion so he's gonna have a little bit
1:07:40
of a big head but still i hope somebody sorts
1:07:44
him out like he he strikes me as kind of dumb
1:07:49
um i that's i'm not trying to be like really
1:07:55
demeaning i'm not trying to be demeaning it's
1:07:58
just like he's not i don't know like he's he's
1:08:01
a little slow uh I kind of feel bad for calling
1:08:05
him an idiot earlier. Yeah, like... No, because,
1:08:08
like, I get it. Hearing him talk, he's obviously
1:08:12
slow, but, like... He's an airhead. There's slow,
1:08:15
but then there's, like, you should, like, read.
1:08:17
You need to read the word. Like, it's not like...
1:08:20
Back in the day, like, Don King had to, like,
1:08:23
hide this shit in the fine print. There should
1:08:27
be... And Don King was better at this shit. He
1:08:29
had to hide it in the fine print here. Like,
1:08:31
the fighter can read it. He's just choosing not
1:08:33
to. There should be a level of self -awareness
1:08:37
when you're... You should know, like, I'm a bit
1:08:40
of a fucking airhead. Maybe I should get somebody
1:08:44
who does this for a living to look at this for
1:08:48
me. Somebody who's like... They are paid to keep
1:08:55
my best interest in mind. But what are we going
1:09:01
to do? Opitaya, buddy, you want me to read your
1:09:05
contract? You let me know. We'll manage you,
1:09:11
bro. What's the Reddit acronym? I, anal. I am
1:09:16
not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer.
1:09:21
Best I can tell you is I will read it cover to
1:09:24
cover and I will give you my honest assessment.
1:09:30
best i can tell you um but let's roll on fucking
1:09:34
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right, into our previews, starting with Friday,
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March 20th. MF Pro on DAZN. This will be co -promoted
1:13:26
by Conlon Boxing at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
1:13:33
Nobody on here of note other than Mickey Conlon
1:13:38
in the main event. I almost didn't include him
1:13:41
in this. Saturday, March 21st. Matchroom at the
1:13:49
Copper Box. Motherfucking... Similar situation.
1:13:56
Not a whole lot of people. This is like a Lin
1:14:00
card. Yeah. George Ladard vs. Tyler Denny. I
1:14:07
think the British middleweight title is on the
1:14:09
line here. So, that's fine. Sure. Yeah, whatever.
1:14:19
Man, we got one and a half title fights this
1:14:26
weekend. I haven't checked. There's probably
1:14:31
more fights on the bill. But Probox TV in San
1:14:36
Bernardino, California. Co -main Joshua Kevin
1:14:43
Anton. versus Kudratilo Abdukakarov. Excellent.
1:14:50
And in the main event, Lester Martinez versus
1:14:55
Emmanuel Alim for the interim WBC super middleweight
1:15:01
title. Lester, my man, you got done dirty. There
1:15:06
is no situation where Christian Mbili gets elevated
1:15:12
to full title list. Without having had to face
1:15:16
you again. This is a situation I said before
1:15:21
where interim WBC titles are where championship
1:15:27
dreams go to die. I don't think Lester's going
1:15:31
to get the fight again. I really don't. And Lester,
1:15:37
I fully believe with all of my heart that he
1:15:41
would win the rematch. God damn it. It sold out.
1:15:48
I didn't know this year was in San Bernardino.
1:15:52
Maybe if you check the calendar, you would have
1:15:57
known about it weeks ago. No, I didn't know it
1:16:01
was in San Bernardino, though. I knew the fight
1:16:03
was happening, but I didn't know it was in San
1:16:04
Bernardino. As I said, if you check the calendar,
1:16:07
you would have. But that's neither here nor there.
1:16:12
Sorry, Saul. Yeah, that's on you. It's okay,
1:16:15
though. We'll get to watch it together and enjoy.
1:16:20
Facts. Last one. Matchroom on DAZN at the Caribe
1:16:26
Royale in Orlando, Florida. Let's see. Moving
1:16:33
up the bill. Entrevious Ingram just has a fucking
1:16:37
excellent name. I just wanted to say it. Up the
1:16:43
bill, Terra Moana. I haven't checked if he has
1:16:46
an opponent yet. Chances are, like, this far
1:16:49
out, if he doesn't have an opponent, it's not
1:16:52
going to be anybody, like, worthwhile. And Terra
1:16:55
Moana's still in his, like, can -crushing phase
1:16:57
of his career. So, c 'est la vie. Yoannis Taiz
1:17:05
versus Myles Micelle. Taez is the dude that got
1:17:10
beat by Abbas Baru. So that's fun. Omari Jones
1:17:19
is back. Quick turnaround. Versus Christian Gomez.
1:17:25
And headlining Carlos Adamas, the WBC middleweight
1:17:32
champion, versus Austin Williams. Third round.
1:17:37
ranked contender. I refuse to call him Tiger.
1:17:42
He is Ammo. But that's it. That's all we got
1:17:48
on the calendar. For this week, anyway. Sure.
1:17:55
You know what we're getting close to? Fucking
1:17:57
Chisora Wilder. Chisora Wilder and Gangbusters.
1:18:04
Wardley Dubois. Holy shit, dude. That is coming
1:18:08
up, too. May 9th. We'll get there. Anyway, Nagatani.
1:18:17
Holy shit. And Zerto Benavidez. May is going
1:18:20
to be real good. We just got to suffer the next
1:18:22
bit. Bro, this night of suffering is easy, dude.
1:18:24
Last year was way worse. Yeah, I was going to
1:18:25
say, last year was fucking dog shit, so I'm happy
1:18:28
here. You're right. We've got some nibbles as
1:18:33
we lead up to the bigger dishes, so we're good.
1:18:37
We're good. I think we're sitting pretty. Let's
1:18:45
see. So, we are going into Adamus Ammo Weekend.
1:18:56
Parting words. Let's go, Carlos Adamus. Go, Adamus.
1:19:04
Jayo Pataya. You know what? Jao Pataya undisputed
1:19:10
before virtual world title. Go fuck yourself.
1:19:14
How bad would that be? Undisputed Zufa champion,
1:19:18
maybe? Yeah, true. Zufa title. You know, maybe
1:19:22
the Zufa title, I'd be less mad at it if it didn't
1:19:25
look ugly as shit. I'd be less mad if they didn't
1:19:28
call fucking Zufa. That's true. It's tacky. It's
1:19:32
so tacky. Imagine they called it a TKO belt.
1:19:35
Like UFC is ultimate fighting championship. The
1:19:39
belt is gold and black. It's cool as fuck. Like
1:19:44
you call it Zufa and it looks like a watch. Yeah,
1:19:48
Casio watch, right? Yeah. Zufa, yeah. What the
1:19:52
fuck even is Zufa? It has the color palette of
1:19:54
my calculator and it says Zufa on it. I don't
1:19:57
fucking want that. I don't even want to look
1:19:59
at it. I want to fight for the Zufa belt when
1:20:02
I grow up. The WBC looks cool. That's like the
1:20:08
number one reason why it's more legitimized.
1:20:13
Because it's cool as fuck. The Zufa belt is silver
1:20:16
and black and it's tacky. Looks like it was made
1:20:20
out of plastic. It does look like it's made out
1:20:23
of plastic. The WBC does what they also do which
1:20:29
I really like is the commemorative designs. Yes.
1:20:34
Like the British one when Tyson Fury beat Dillian
1:20:38
White. Yeah. I'm not British. That was a fucking
1:20:42
cool ass belt. The Floyd Mayweather versus Conor
1:20:46
McGregor, the money belt. The money belt. I'm
1:20:50
looking it up right now. That's the one I was
1:20:51
thinking of. Yeah, the diamond encrusted belt.
1:20:54
Diamond encrusted, made of gator skin. Are you
1:20:57
fucking kidding me, dude? And it was gold, like
1:21:01
legit gold. No, I know. The IBF uses gold in
1:21:05
their belts, and it's cool. Zufa is fucking dick
1:21:11
and balls. It looks off. And Saul, I think a
1:21:17
big one is the name. You could have called this
1:21:22
anything. Anything. Yeah, just the fact that
1:21:26
it says Zufa on it makes it ten times worse.
1:21:29
Yeah. Because of UBC. I would fucking like it
1:21:33
like that. Anything, dude. If you look at the
1:21:34
UFC belt, it's gold. It says UFC on it. It's
1:21:40
black and gold. It looks pretty cool. There's
1:21:43
already a UBC, by the way. It's the Ultimate
1:21:46
Fighting Championship. Universal Boxing Council.
1:21:51
Look that one up. Just come up with something
1:21:54
that isn't. Zufa. Zufa is so stupid. You can
1:21:59
make an acronym. Like, if you want to be super
1:22:01
corny 2010's edgelord, you can call it the war
1:22:04
belt and come up with an acronym for war. Extreme
1:22:09
KO belt. Yeah. XKO. XKO is fine. That's pretty
1:22:15
dope. TKO. That's the parent company. TKO. TKO
1:22:22
is cool. Or you could just call it the KO belt.
1:22:26
You know, they could call the WBC the World Boxing
1:22:28
Congress. They could just do anything except
1:22:32
Zufa. They could call the ZBC and call Zufa Zufa
1:22:39
Boxing Champion. It would look fucking so much
1:22:42
better than ZBC. I thought you said Z -B -Z like
1:22:46
Zufa Boxing Zoo. That's what I thought. I don't
1:22:50
know why I thought you said that. What is a fucking
1:22:52
zoo? They're a bunch of fucking animals. Fuck.
1:22:58
All right. So is that what we got for parting
1:23:01
words? Zufa fucking sucks. Yes. All right. Cool.
1:23:07
That is it for this edition of the Boxing B -Sides.
1:23:12
Holy shit. We will see you on the other side.
1:23:16
Adamus, Ammo, who will be the fucking middleweight
1:23:19
champion? We will find out. See you on the other
1:23:23
side.