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Lomachenko retires · Boxing B-Sides

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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. to say something
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like that so I know where to cut things off.
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And then I can say, boxing before dark. Do you
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wonder what happened before the cutoff? Man.
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There's a really special place called Patreon
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you should go to. LVX Media Net. It's the same
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as everywhere else. Ooh, shit. Shanada, Lynn.
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It's, uh, NHL playoff time. How's that going?
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Ask Lynn what the series is at right now. I don't
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want to discuss it. I'm facing Game 2 after we're
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done here, as of the time of recording this.
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It may not have been the best strategy after
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the second period, with a one -goal lead to have
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two shots in an entire period, and therefore
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blow said lead and then lose in overtime. But
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we move. Lose in double overtime? Triple overtime?
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No, it was like 20 seconds to go in the first
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overtime. How was it? Anyways, I just know McJesus
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got the assist, so all is right in the world.
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Yeah, like, four of our guys went to David, and,
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like, nobody decided to just track Tricycle,
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who was just wide open at the back, and it's
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like, haha. And who's fucking good. It's alright,
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game two. On to the next. Just water under the
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bridge. Sure. CFL season. Yeah, Riders won the
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home opener yesterday. But our running back already
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upper body injury in the first five minutes of
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play. Garbage. Oh, for anyone who doesn't know,
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the CFL is the Canadian Football League. The
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rules are different. And for our international
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audience, I know there's quite a few of you,
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they do worldwide tryouts now. So there's guys
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from around the world on some of the teams. Yeah,
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I know a lot of big boys come out of like the
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Eastern Europe. There's like Frenchmen, there's
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Germans, there's an Australian kicker. They had
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a Japanese kicker, but he didn't last very long.
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I think he legitimately had trouble kicking over
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the linemen. He probably wasn't used to people
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so tall. Not to be stereotypical, but... I mean,
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it is what it is, right? Yeah, yeah, but... No,
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I like the international tryouts. It's fun. So
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in the CFL, you have to have a certain percentage
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of Canadians, but the world guys will count towards
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that percentage. They can't say it, but it's
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basically a percentage of not Americans. Is that
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really what it is? Yeah, well, the Americans...
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um talent pools just way deeper for football
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okay so they don't want people just having only
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americans yeah a lot of national leagues are
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like that like uh i follow for soccer i follow
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the the city i was that i lived in when i was
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lived in korea so i keep up with that team and
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like they have international players but you
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can only have a certain amount of not Koreans
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playing at a time. Yeah. It's another strategy
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thing. We've also got one more man on the field
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and one less down. I would liken this difference,
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to put it into combat sports terms, the difference
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between Muay Thai and kickboxing. It's pretty
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different. They're very similar, but they're
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also very different. Yeah, the three downs makes
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a big difference. Yeah, that's a lot. Field's
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also bigger, too. It's wider and longer. We have
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a 55 -yard line instead of a 50 -yard line. Oh,
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shit. If you want to learn a little bit more
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about Muay Thai and kickboxing. Check out UFC.
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The ultimate fucking casuals. You gotta put me
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on when a new Ryzen card's coming up. I want
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to go to a Ryzen card. Yeah, I've been meaning
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to keep up with Ryzen. Because someone on the
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Discord told me there's one coming up in Sapporo,
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but I'm not flying to Sapporo to go to a Ryzen
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fight. The last one was in Korea, I think. That
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sail travel method looks really cool. Yeah, but
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it's a pretty long plane ride to get to the ferry
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for me. I have to fly to Fukuoka. Oh, shit. Well,
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I guess I could train, but even on the bullet
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train, it's long. I was looking at taking a trip
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to UK and I wanted to stop in Ireland at some
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point. And I was like, well, I don't want to
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fucking fly there. That sounds lame. So I was
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looking at, there's a ferry from Liverpool to...
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Nice. I love boats. Yeah. I'd much rather take
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a ferry. Well, shall we get to it? Yes. Navarrete.
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His fight is officially no contest. Noted Suarez
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truthers. Rejoice. I'm a little surprised they
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changed this one, to be honest. I am too. The
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fight went for the required amount of time for
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it to be taken to the cards and be scored. So
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I don't know why they undid it. Doesn't make
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sense to me. Well, I guess they decided it was
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caused by a punch. The cut was caused by a punch
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and it stopped the fight. So then that would
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be all the TKO. I think the argument is that
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at the time he was told it was from a headbutt
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so he fought different than he would have. He
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might have gone for the knockout. The doctor
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might have also not stopped it yet because it
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was a bad cut but it wasn't Tim Zhu bad. I don't
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know how I feel about these changing things because
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of video replay. I'm not really fussed with it.
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If you can change that one, why the fuck didn't
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Tate Davis end up with an L? Or at least a no
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contest. Because he's a bigger name. Yeah, but
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that's not good. It's one more way they can bring
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corruption in, right? Well, this is boxing. I'm
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just saying, I don't know if I fuck with changing
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things after the fact. If you get it wrong, you
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get it wrong. Everybody's lived with it until
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now. Oh, that's an awful segue. Don't say that.
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Mike McCallum. Who is this and passes away? You
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don't know who Mike McCallum is? The body snatcher?
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I might. I'm not sure. He's British, isn't he,
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Lin? I don't know. I mean, I haven't heard of
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him, so don't ask me. Really? Okay. Well, I know
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who heard him. Mike McCallum was really good.
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He was a really good fighter in the 90s, I want
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to say. I didn't take any notes. I thought everybody
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would know who Mike McCallum is. So he has five
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losses but was never stopped. His nickname was
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the Body Snatcher because he just... fucking
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loved body shots and he was real good at them.
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And he is in the Boxing Hall of Fame. He was
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inducted in 2003. Yeah. I am confusing him with
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someone else when I say he was hurt in his last
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fight. I don't think he was. So he's only five
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fights? No, no, five losses. Oh, okay. 49 wins,
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five losses, one draw. Wow. Yeah, he held the
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three weight classes. I should have looked this
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up better. He had the super welterweight, middleweight,
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and light heavyweight titles at different times.
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And he fought at cruiserweight, but I don't think
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he ever won a title. His last two fights were
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losses to Roy Jones Jr. and James Toney. That's
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quite the pair. But he was at the top. Yeah.
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Yeah, no, you guys should go look up Mike McCallum.
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He was real good. Like, not slicks. Slicks, kind
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of the word. Like, how do you describe Roberto
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Duran? Like, he was good and talented, but he
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wasn't flashy, I guess. If you don't know what
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you're looking at, they look like brawlers. Yes.
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But they're not. Yeah, I know the type. That's
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how I feel about Mike McCallum, too. People should
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go look him up. He's good. Plus, the Body Snatcher
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is a hell of a nickname. Dillian White was the
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Body Snatcher? Yeah, he was. But Mike McCallum
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was the original Body Snatcher. Anyways, he wasn't
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that old. A little sad that he died youngish.
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Apparently, he was originally from Jamaica and
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lived in New York. I had the wrong guy. He's
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not from the UK. Yes. Also, on the topic of the
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UK, I was just having a quick look at his box
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work to see if there's any names I mentioned.
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And he beat Steve Collins and Michael Watson.
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So there you go. Bit of the old Brit law. He
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was just overshadowed by bigger names at the
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time that were flashier. Like James Toney and
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Roy Jones. And Roy Jones Jr. Yeah, he had a draw.
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His draw was with James Toney. And then he lost
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to him later. RIP to one of the Hall of Famers.
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Yeah, one of the greats. It sounds like he was
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a good guy, too. He went into training afterwards
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and people liked him. That's always good. Easier
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to mourn someone who was cool. Yeah, exactly.
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Ah, well, that's speaking of mourning. Lomachenko
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officially announces his retirement. I don't
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know if anyone's mourning. It's about fucking
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time. He's been holding that belt hostage forever.
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Forever. So Ray Moritaya gets elevated? I like
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these elevations. Make them fight for it. You
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don't like email champs? No. Yeah, I prefer text
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as well. Lomachenko. Man, now that the fever
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around him has died down. I've been able to appreciate
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him a lot more just because the fan base was
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rabid and it was... The fan base was toxic as
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fuck. It was difficult to deal with. But when
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he was the Matrix, like that no Moschenko period.
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That stretch of time. Fucking amazing. Yeah,
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you can really see the way Bam says that's one
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of his idols. And you can tell. I think a lot
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of people idolize Lomachenko for good reason.
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Yeah. I want to pull up his record because I
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feel like he didn't do all that much for as much
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as people liked him. He didn't really fight that
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long in the pros. No. He only got 21 fights.
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Yeah. I mean, I'm just looking over his resume.
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If you actually look at who he's beaten, it's
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not like anything special. It's not. There's
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a lot of good names, though. Yeah, but they're
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not like... I think there is. Pop names, are
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they? Linares, Rigondeaux. Jose Ramirez in 2013
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was a good win. Good -ish. Gary Russell Jr. in
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2014, he was good. Nicholas Walters in 2016 was
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a... excellent win. That absolute fucking ass
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-kicking he put on Comey. I don't know if it's
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that good a win, but that was a fucking beatdown.
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I would put the one above. The one above it would
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be Cambosos. Because Cambosos got embarrassed.
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I mean, he always gets embarrassed, but there's
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no point in him. I mean, he beat some pretty
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good guys. Yes. So there's one loss for sure
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that I don't think anybody can really claim.
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The Salido loss? I was going to say Teofilo.
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Oh, sorry. I thought you meant that it's controversial.
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I was going the other way. The Salido loss was
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not a real loss. That was fucking bullshit. I'm
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not even a Lomachenko dick rider, but... Was
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it because he came overweight? The Salido one?
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Yeah. No, did you watch the fight? I did. Salido
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was so dirty. Yeah. So dirty. Welcome to the
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pros, bitch. That's what that was. I'm not some
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fucking teenager from Estonia that you get to
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whip up on. Yeah, that's true. Man, that's what
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I don't... That is one thing I don't like. that
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I didn't like about the fan base was all this,
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like, oh, well, he had 5 ,000 amateur fights.
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I'm like, dude, he was beating up teenage boys.
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Yeah. That is not the flex that you think it
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is. It's the opposite of a flex if you stay in
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the amateurs too long. Yep. I don't know. I don't
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think Loma is nearly as good as his fans think
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he is. I don't know if he should be in the Hall
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of Fame. to be honest. He's gonna get in. But
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I don't know if he really deserves that. But
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his talent was there. Like, nobody can deny that
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no Moschenko was fucking amazing to watch. Yeah,
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I think that he was limited by being signed to
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top rank. That's what kept his resume pretty
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light. As great as the wins were. Or, like, the
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way he looked in those wins. I should say. But,
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it is about time he officially left. Yep. Yep.
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Bye, Lomachenko. See you later. Take your fucking
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fans with you. Enjoy remaining retired. Yeah.
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Do you think they're all just gonna jump over
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to Usyk for his last couple fights? No. No? No.
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I don't think so. Are they going to become Shakur
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fans? Absolutely not. There's a particular aspect
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of Lomachenko that's different from Shakur Stevenson.
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That's why they wouldn't go from Lomachenko to
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Stevenson. I know. Yeah. Who is the great white
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hope right now for slick boxers? There isn't
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really one, is there? That's what I was going
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to look up. I can't think of any super slick
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defensive white guys right now. Kayla Plant was
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as good as it got. We'll get to that. Yeah, we
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will. Yeah. Let's see here. Pound for pound.
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If I say Josh Pappy, am I getting blocked on
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the spot? Nah. It's clear why you would pick
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that. There's not. There's not very many white
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guys on the pound -for -pound list right now.
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B -Ball would better be it. B -Ball. B -Ball's
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pretty slick, I guess. Yeah. Also, for some reason,
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I don't know if they count as white. Depends
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on how badly you need a white person. I mean,
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you can pretty clearly tell if you just look
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at them. Yeah, but B -Ball's half Korean. Aren't
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Koreans white? No. Anyways. They're Asian. Dangerous
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territory. They're Asian. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Carry
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on. Yeah, moving on. He shone blue weight. Yeah,
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so this is one I wanted to bring up. As of right
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now, as of when we're chatting, he has not fought
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yet. So all we know is that he missed weight
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by four fucking pounds. Like, dude, you just
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won that title. That's a lot. Yeah. Did you not
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ask for the Navarrete special on the scale? What
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happened here? This is after what's been a pretty
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eventful week for him where he was beefing with
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Mason at the Purser and then I'm 30 certain also
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there was like quotes coming out saying that
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he wasn't going to fight Moatella and that he
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basically said that he wasn't going to unify
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with Moatella. And then like a day later he blows
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weight. So it's like, okay, bye. What's going
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on here then? Like, hang on, I can bring that
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quote up. I'm fairly certain I'm not making this
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up. I definitely saw it. To say he's not going
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to fight Abdullah Mason, though, that's... No,
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it was Murataya. Oh, Murataya. Yeah. That's right.
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Yeah, he said he wasn't going to unify with him.
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Why? I don't know. Why would you not do that?
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Murataya is not that scary. No, he's not. He
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just does things. He's just, like, really good.
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At the fundamentals. Yeah, hang on. I brought
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it up on Twitter. The quote was, why would I
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want to go pay for another belt when I'm already
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paying for this belt? And it's like, huh? That
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makes sense. So in the past day or two, he's
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basically said that he's not going to unify.
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He went off at a young prospect and now he's
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blown weight. So it's been an eventful week for
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Sean Davis. What I mean by it makes sense is,
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like, I understand his thinking. Who was it?
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Mayweather notoriously hated paying sanctioning
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fees. Canelo, for some reason, does it, but always
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talks about not liking it. So I get the front,
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like, why would I want to give up another share
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of my purse for, like, something symbolic? Like,
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dude, the symbols... Because it gets you... Bigger
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purses. It gets you more money. Yeah. Yeah. Like,
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that's like, why would I want to pay for school
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to get a raise? Like, fuck off. Yeah. It's your
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job. Yeah, continued education. Well, like, I
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know a bunch of people went and got their masters
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after they had jobs because it bumped their pay
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a whole bunch. Makes sense. Yeah. Kishan's still
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young, though. I guess maybe that's a... bad
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example but like in any trade you have the same
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thing go get accredited for a new skill yeah
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right like welder certificates for whatever or
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not just an academia thing yeah exactly get another
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world title belt you get paid whatever 20 % more
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you'll get into the position where you can negotiate
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with the sanctioning bodies like if let's just
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uh I'm moving house, so real estate's on my mind
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at the moment. So the realtor, their fee is 3%.
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So if that's what the sanctioning body takes
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out of your purse, then how about you tell them...
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Negotiate an extra 10. Yeah, I'm giving you 2
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.5 % and you're going to deal with it. Or I want
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paid 10 % more and you get 3 % of 10 % higher.
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Yeah, same slice of a bigger pie. Yeah. whatever
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the case is. Yeah. Interesting. And going after
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Abdullah Mason, I... Yeah. Who do I get mad at
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here? Whose side do I take? I don't really like
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any of the Davises, to be honest. I might be
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going with Abdullah on this one. I know, yeah,
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I know there's a lot of Khashoggi fans over in
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the Discord, so we'll see. But obviously that
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belt is now vacant, so... kashawn wins it stays
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bacon uh and the number one ranking with the
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wvo because there's no like interim or whatever
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champ is sam notes and number two is abdullah
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mason so we're boxing before dark i mean i like
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both guys so either way i'm happy but still uh
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please don't make sam notes by abdullah mason
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oh but that's such that's like mouth -watering
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It's a good fight, but I know for a fact Nochi's
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gonna get beat the fuck up. I don't want to see
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this. When you put it like that. Yeah, I'm not
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okay with this. We gotta keep rolling here. Fucking
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recent shit. We skipped this one last time, so
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here we are. Ohashi in Yokohama. Where is my...
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Here it is. So I only picked up three of them.
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I think Tsubasa, was that one that you wanted,
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Shonato? Yeah, that was actually a really close
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fight. Really? To get stopped in eight? Yeah,
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but it was active the whole time and competitive,
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but clearly I had it backwards in my head. I
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got to look at their faces. Clearly Narai was
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better, and he was slowly just breaking down
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Hara. Yeah. But not in a sad beatdown way, in
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a like, how the fuck is Hara showing this much
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heart way? And they stopped it maybe a little
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too late. But it was a rematch, and it was a
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good fight. Or, I enjoyed watching it. I'm pretty
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sure it was a rematch. Yeah. Stopped it late?
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They probably could have stopped in the sixth.
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Okay, because with Shigeoki on the mind. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. It was not terrible, but clearly
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Narai was winning. It was a good competitive
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fight, and I love a rematch. And they both had
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great fucking walkout costumes. You think they're
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in league with Mimis? No, different kind of great.
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Mimi's person, I am 90 % sure is actually super
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famous. Like, that's why they don't. But I don't
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think they're a fashion designer. I think they're
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a super famous cosplayer. Ah. Is my theory that
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I have no basis for. The other two fights. Takai
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was the main event, but that was just a round
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one, like six punches thrown, knockout. Speaking
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of not competitive, this fight was not. At all.
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At all. No. I have a theory, though, and it might
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be completely wrong, but I think they're saving
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Takai for Nasukawa's first belt attempt. Yeah.
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Because they're both kickboxers. What? So, Takei
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fought last week, the week before, and Nasukawa
25:02
fights this week. I wonder if the next isn't
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going to be the two of them, depending how Nasukawa
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looks, my conspiracy theory. Put that on the
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Inoue, MJ. It'd be big. Yeah. I don't know if
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they want that one outside the country, though.
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Where's... Takei Nasakawa in Japan. Yeah, that's
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huge because it's Japanese kickboxing. Yeah.
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But the co -main was a much better fight. It's
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Nunez. Yeah. Versus Masanori Rikishi. Couldn't
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remember the other guy's name. Nunez won, but
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Rikishi... tried the whole damn time and it was
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a good fight it was fun did you watch this one
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Leo yeah I did um I was I don't remember the
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Takei fight because like there's not a lot to
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remember but this one I was I enjoyed all of
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it uh I remember wondering if if Nunez has enough
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to stop Rikishi I don't know. Yeah. Like, in
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the mid -lates. I was like, could you be stepping
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it up a little bit here? Or are you already doing
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it? I think Rikishi's just tough. Yeah, you're
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already doing all you can. And he's too good
26:32
to be taken out like that. Also, Rikishi looks
26:38
like a real -life Namor, so I always cheer for
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him. A real -life what? It was a good fight,
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though. Namor? Marvel's Aquaman. Ah. Have you
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seen a picture of him? No. Okay, I gotta Google
26:55
you a picture of Nate Moore. I always forget
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how to spell his name. Yeah. Anyways, it was
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good. I would recommend watching it. Yeah, also
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check out Takei. I guess. Just to see what's
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coming up. in the bantamweights. You care about
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the bantamweights. Everybody should care about
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the bantamweights. Sorry to jump in here. So
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Andreas Hale, who is a staff writer at ESPN,
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while we're recording this pod, has just tweeted,
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according to sources, the Khashoggi Davis vs.
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Edwin De Los Santos fight scheduled for tomorrow
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night is off after the two sides were unable
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to come to an agreement following Davis' missing
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weight. Abdullah Mason vs. Jeremiah Nakafila
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is the new main event. Good. Four pounds is a
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lot. That is a lot. I do not blame De Los Santos
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for not wanting to give up four pounds. If that's
27:58
legit, that fight's off. But the dude works at
28:02
ESPN, so I would say that's pretty credible.
28:06
It's probably off. That kind of sucks. Mason
28:09
now main event, so at least we get something
28:12
out of it. Yeah. Man, I would have wanted Keyshawn
28:17
and Abdullah Mason to like each other because
28:19
I like them both. Anything more for the Ohashi
28:22
card? No, I don't think so. All right. May 30th,
28:26
Matchroom. This was on DAZN. Yes. Oh, shit. The
28:33
main event, just to get it done quickly. Khalil
28:35
Co beats Manuel Gallegos in five. Yes. It was
28:41
a corner stoppage. Yes. Did you watch the fight?
28:45
Did you watch the fight? I did. Yeah. That is
28:48
one of the worst broken noses with one punch
28:52
I have ever seen. That was disgusting. Coach
28:55
Jack just beat him the fuck up for a few rounds
28:57
and then Guy Eagles got pulled out by his corner.
29:00
That's all that happened. Good. They should have.
29:04
That's what they're there for. He had like no
29:06
answers after like halfway through the fight.
29:09
like yeah that was the that was the the sentiment
29:14
i had going into the fourth round i was like
29:17
what i had i tried to block the screen so i couldn't
29:20
see if it was a stoppage or not and then i ended
29:23
up seeing it anyway and i was like okay well
29:25
we're coming up on round four i didn't know when
29:27
it was round four like this can't go on much
29:29
longer can it because somebody somebody the ref
29:33
the fucking corner. Somebody's got to step in
29:36
and stop this. Like, the dude's face is being
29:38
rearranged. And that's... Don't need to see anymore.
29:43
So, yeah. Khalil Coe gets his revenge. They were
29:46
saying on the feed that apparently he had some
29:48
illness going into their first fight, so there's
29:51
your reason for why he got beaten up that night,
29:54
I guess. Yeah, they were saying Rabdo, I think,
29:58
right? I don't recall exactly what they said,
30:00
but I know for a fact, I'm pretty sure they mentioned
30:02
he was hospitalized by it or something like that,
30:04
if I recall correctly. So, yeah, we'll see. But
30:08
he, I mean, he won using just the jab. So, I
30:10
mean, at least he's got that going there. It's
30:12
like a piston, though. That, yeah, that, like,
30:15
I will say, he didn't have much else outside
30:17
the jab, but goddamn, his jab was good. Like,
30:20
he was literally, I mean, to be fair, it didn't
30:21
help that Gallegos was just walking straight
30:22
into it, but like... Anytime that jab popped
30:25
out, it was, like, fucking Gallegos up. Like,
30:29
it was, yeah, insane. Kind of like, you know
30:34
how, like, Batoviev's jab is kind of like that,
30:36
where, like, it's not even a power punch, but
30:38
it still hurts you? That's kind of like what
30:39
he was just doing to Gallegos. It was, like,
30:41
mental. So we'll see who he fights next. Morojan
30:46
Akbadaliev. TKO8 over Luis Castillo. Similar
30:51
situation. It's weird because I felt like a dominant
30:56
performance from MJ, but it wasn't spectacular.
31:02
I felt like if that MJ shows up against Inoue,
31:06
he's just going to get beat. Yeah. He didn't
31:11
impress me. I don't know. Maybe he was taking
31:13
it easy because he has something lined up. All
31:16
he's got to do is just muddle through the win
31:19
and you don't have to worry about. Your next
31:23
fight. Yeah, I guess. Honestly, there isn't much
31:30
to talk about in this fight. It wasn't fun or
31:33
exciting. MJ won. Yeah. Just quickly on MJ. I
31:41
still am not entirely sure why he's just been
31:44
given this Inoue opportunity. I know for a fact
31:47
there's no Inoue he can fight, but this dude
31:48
lost to Topales and he's fought no one since.
31:51
Like, huh? There's just nobody else left. Who
31:56
else at that weight class would you have in a
31:58
white fight? Yeah, that's why I mentioned that.
32:01
But, like, still, I don't know. I mean, you've
32:03
got, like, I mean, Picasso's there. He's a fighter.
32:08
Picasso's one -up, isn't he? I don't think he
32:11
has. On box, he lists him at Super Bantam, so
32:15
there you go. Picasso sucks, though. He's way
32:18
worse than MJ. I don't know. I've never seen
32:20
him box, but he's ranked number five on... I
32:22
would prefer MJ over Picasso. I'm gonna... I
32:26
mean, I know he stopped whoever earlier, so it
32:28
doesn't really matter, but still. Yeah, but,
32:31
like, Picasso's fought nobody. Same as Sam fucking
32:35
Goodman. Another guy who doesn't rate. Yeah.
32:39
Goodman is never getting another shot. No. Ever.
32:44
Nor should he. If you're gonna be fucking around.
32:52
Oh, I think MJ's loss to, to, to Paula's is,
32:57
uh, I think people make more out of it than,
33:00
than we should. I think the only reason people
33:04
do make such a big deal about it is because we're
33:06
talking about MJ in the context of fighting in
33:09
a way. So a loss is going to look a lot worse
33:13
than it really is. People have bad nights. Happens
33:18
all the time. I'm coping right now. Hoping that
33:25
the MJ fight's good. Those scores in the MJ -Topalis
33:32
fight are all over the fucking place. Yeah, it
33:35
doesn't make sense. 118 -110 when the other two
33:39
have it 113 -115 the other way? That's crazy.
33:43
Makes perfect sense. Totally. Yep. Anyway. Enough
33:48
of that. Back the bully. Yeah. Goldenboy, also
33:56
on the zone. Also on May 30th. The co -main,
33:59
Eric Priest. He looked good. We were talking
34:03
about this. I think it was on B -Sides. We were
34:06
talking about Luis Arias being a solid test.
34:09
This is a good step up for Eric. And he answered
34:13
the call perfectly. It's a really dominant decision.
34:19
Yeah, he looked good. I don't know if I've seen
34:21
Eric Priest before. You have on Undercards before,
34:26
but just not very memorable. He's not flashy.
34:33
Bektimir Melikuziev beats Darius Fulgham. The
34:39
best part of... Why is Beck so stupid? He did...
34:45
Not have his cup of Folgers in the morning. I
34:49
don't know. Dude forgot his brain. He just makes
34:54
such stupid fucking decisions. I want to like
34:58
Beck. I really do. But he starts winning and
35:04
then he starts just being stupid and making it
35:08
a close fight. Like, every fucking time. And
35:12
he started losing the middle rounds and start
35:15
showboating. And I'm like, what the fuck are
35:17
you doing? He also definitely still has PTSD
35:22
from the Gabe Rosado knockout. Because every
35:26
time the guy was near the ropes, he'd attack.
35:28
But if he got in a corner, Beck would back off.
35:32
And it made me laugh every single time. Beck
35:36
does not throw punches in corners anymore. Understandable.
35:43
I will never forget that knockout. I was watching
35:48
alone in my basement and I jumped off my couch
35:52
and fucking screamed at the TV when it happened.
35:58
But yeah, Beck could be so good if he wasn't
36:02
so stupid. My summary of this fight. That's why
36:05
he'll never be great. Because he won't stop being
36:08
stupid. Which is also why I like watching him,
36:11
because I know something interesting will happen.
36:14
Funny part is, he still won this by unanimous
36:18
decision and dropped Fulgham in round 12. Yeah,
36:21
but the only reason he won is because he dropped
36:24
Fulgham. Eh, a win's a win. Pretty sure on every
36:29
scorecard it would have been a draw otherwise.
36:34
114, 113. No, it would have been... Well, it
36:37
was... Oh, yeah, it would have been. Oh, right,
36:41
because Beck got point deduction for being stupid.
36:46
Yeah, that was just weird. I didn't really watch
36:50
this fight, but I recall I watched like a round
36:52
or two at one point. It was fun at the time.
36:57
Like, being in the chat at the same time sometimes
37:00
makes these sillier fights a lot more entertaining.
37:05
Yeah. Talking about Bektamir being a fucking
37:11
train rectamir is... Yeah. It's better than just
37:18
yelling at my television. It does make it more
37:22
fun to chat with people while you're watching.
37:25
Because if I'd have watched it by myself, I probably
37:27
just would have gotten angry at Beck. Yeah. For
37:30
being stupid. I wouldn't have enjoyed it. I'd
37:32
have just been yelling at my TV in a not fun
37:35
way. Like, what the fuck are you doing? You goddamn
37:38
idiot. Yep. But I don't know who's at that weight
37:46
class. That's too big for me. Who should Beck
37:49
fight next? Who should he fight next? Yeah. 168.
37:57
What's that? Middleweight? Super middle. Yeah.
38:01
He is 20th on BoxRec. So take that for whatever
38:08
you want. William Skull. Oh, no. I say that unironically.
38:16
They deserve each other. Really? Yeah. I mean,
38:19
it would probably be Skull's toughest test. It
38:22
would be. And stylistically, it would be a hard
38:27
test for Bechtamir as well. So this is a pretty
38:32
decent win -win. You know, honestly, what would
38:35
be kind of fun would be Beck versus Plant. I
38:40
think it'd be fun. I think Plant could take that.
38:44
Yeah, but do you think Beck's going to want to
38:47
wait out until halfway through next year when
38:50
Plant decides he's going to come back? No, but
38:53
I think if Beck catches Plant, Plant's chin's
38:58
going to go and Beck will win. And Plant's legs
39:01
aren't as good as they used to be. No. This is
39:07
a good transition point. Yes. The PBC on Prime
39:11
card on the 31st. Some quick ones. Kermel Moten
39:16
versus Rennie Mastropa. Guess the job done. Wasn't
39:22
his most spectacular performance, but this is
39:25
what you want from these young guys. Stay active.
39:28
Get the work done. Get some rounds in. Yoenly
39:32
Hernandez beats the shit out of Kyron Davis.
39:37
Fucking one -sided. It was a sweep on all three
39:39
cards. Not a whole lot more to say. I don't think,
39:42
anyway, unless you have something for Yoenly.
39:45
No. Was that an upset? No. Not an upset. Never
39:51
mind. Wrong, Davis. Why do they all have K names?
39:54
I hate that. Yeah, there's like six of them and
39:58
only three of them are related. Really? I thought
40:01
they were all related. Jermall Charlo stops Tommy
40:11
LaManna in six. Charlo looked pretty good for
40:16
his second long layoff return. I thought he looked
40:21
all right. Still a little rusty. I thought he
40:24
looked like shit. to be honest. It wasn't vintage
40:27
Charlo, but he looked better than he did against
40:30
Benavidez, which is saying something. I don't
40:33
remember that. Yeah, the Benavidez performance
40:38
was pretty crappy. I think the Charlos are both
40:43
washed at this point. Probably. What's the other
40:48
one even doing these days after he lost to Hanoi?
40:51
He's talking about... He's starting to talk about
40:54
his own comeback. Trying to stale... Go ahead.
40:59
They did a lot of soul -searching, I think, during
41:05
this time off. They patched up their brotherly
41:10
relationship. Tried very hard to stay out of
41:14
jail. Succeeded, apparently. I don't know how.
41:21
Couple other things that I've heard they've done.
41:25
They probably should have been in jail for a
41:27
little while. As far as I'm aware, Jermall Charlo,
41:33
the one that just fought, he's had substance
41:38
abuse problems, specifically with alcohol. But
41:42
that's about it. Some mental health issues, clearly.
41:49
So between those two things, the other Charlo
41:52
Germel, the one that fought Canelo, that's the
41:55
one that was abusing waitstaff. Fucking abusing
42:01
his wife, I believe. Okay. I didn't realize it
42:05
was only one of them. Their names are too close.
42:09
I get them confused. They're almost exactly the
42:12
same. Just a single letter difference. Uh, alright.
42:16
Okay, I take it back about this one. Yeah. But
42:19
the other one probably should have been in jail.
42:21
This one does sad boy shit. The other one does
42:25
mad boy shit. Yeah. Fair. Now, moving up to Bechtamir's
42:31
next opponent, Caleb Plant. Uh, how he recovers
42:35
from this, I don't know. Uh, Resendiz got bopped
42:40
by Elijah Garcia, who is nobody to write home
42:43
about. And he looked good, though. Like, he just
42:49
had answers for everything Plant was trying to
42:52
do. Pretty much from the fourth or fifth round,
42:55
it was a completely one -sided fight. How it
42:58
ended up a fucking split decision, I'll never
43:00
know. Fucking David Sutherland. Ridiculous. Yeah,
43:07
I just had a look at Sutherland's scorecard.
43:09
So, after the first four rounds... He gave Plant
43:14
round 7, and then rounds 10, 11, and 12. What
43:17
the fuck? Plant lost all three of those last
43:20
rounds. Absolutely. 100%. What the fuck is that?
43:25
He started doing the math and realized the guy
43:30
he was paid to let win was losing. Yes. The other
43:35
two judges, Steve Weisfield, gave Plant the first
43:38
four, and then the rest of the fight to Ashendiz.
43:40
And Max DeLuca gave Ford the first five to Plant.
43:44
The only round he gave to Ashendiz was round
43:47
three, and then the rest of the fight was a clear
43:49
shout -out for Ashendiz. So at least two of the
43:51
judges were competent. Yeah, that makes sense.
43:53
Like, Sutherland can be. It's just, like, you
43:56
can tell when they're turning in their bot cards,
44:00
like the pre -filled ones. Yep. David Sutherland's
44:04
bad for that, though. Yeah. Cheatham's not that
44:11
much better. Was he on this panel? He was on
44:17
a different card. Cheatham was on the Beck card,
44:25
wasn't he? I think so. I might be wrong. Let
44:30
me check who those were. Yeah. Wait. That can't
44:35
be right. Were those two fights on the same night?
44:39
Yeah. Oh, no. The back to here was the night
44:42
before, wasn't it? Okay. Because they got Steve
44:47
Weisfield, David Sutherland, and Tim Cheatham
44:50
on the Beck fight. Both were in Vegas. Oh, maybe
44:58
he just walked down the street. But yeah, Cheatham
45:06
was on the Beck fight. What's next for Resendiz?
45:16
Does he stay at 168? Because, I don't know, did
45:19
he look undersized compared to Plant? Plant's
45:23
really big, though. Okay. Being undersized compared
45:26
to Plant, I don't know that means he can go down.
45:29
Does it? I would say he's like Canelo -sized.
45:34
Maybe he's a little bit more beefy, but he's
45:36
not very tall for the weight. Yeah. I don't know
45:44
who Resendez should fight next. Well, Resendez
45:48
is the WBA Interim Super Middleweight Champion,
45:53
so somebody will want to fight him for that.
45:56
I remember we talked about this. I could have
45:58
sworn it was for the regular title. Boltruck
46:03
is saying it's the interim, so unless Boltruck
46:05
thinks about it. Chances are it's more correct
46:08
than my brain. Yeah, apparently Plant picked
46:11
it up when he beat McCombie, so. Man, I could
46:14
have sworn they said regular on the broadcast.
46:18
Boltruck is saying WBA Interim World Super Middleweight
46:21
Champion. Excellent. I'm going with what Boltruck
46:25
says. Thanks, Boltruck. The gifts are off the
46:29
shot. Yo, actually Resendi's Saras. That's actually
46:34
pretty good. I don't know who'd watch it, but...
46:38
I mean, I'd have more interest in it if I did
46:41
for Resendi the plan, I'll say that much. I mean,
46:47
because Saras is... A fire. Well, still undefeated,
46:53
isn't he? Saras lost to... Yeah. Munguia. Who
46:59
was on PEDS. Oh, shit! Yeah, that fight hasn't
47:02
been overturned. Oh, we won't overturn this one,
47:05
but we're gonna overturn fuckin' Nav. Yeah, I
47:10
don't know. Well, they... I assume they're waiting
47:13
for the B test to pop as well. Right? Yeah, they'll
47:17
be going for that one. But, I mean, once they
47:21
overturn that, Saras is still undefeated. Well,
47:27
assuming they do. This is boxing. They did an
47:31
overturn. Connor Ben and that whole thing just
47:34
proves that there's no consistency in how any
47:37
of this works. Exogenous testosterone metabolites
47:42
is pretty hard to defend. That's not tainted
47:46
meat. Well, we'll see. Doesn't sound like tainted
47:49
meat to me. Even if it is still officially a
47:54
loss, I think Saras deserves his shot at some
47:57
sort of title. He earned it. He can fight the
48:02
winner of Simpson v. Zufo for the European. That's
48:05
probably more his level. Nobody's going to want
48:08
to fight Resendiz anyways. I mean, yeah, he's
48:11
Mexican, so... Low risk, or high risk, low reward.
48:15
Yeah. Resendiz... Well, I wouldn't say low reward.
48:18
He is the... I never... I never want to see Skull
48:23
fight again. Ever. I'm trying to put him in with
48:27
people that'll beat him up so that he won't fight
48:29
again. Alright, perfect. Iglesias versus Skull.
48:33
Let's get it on. Battle of Cuba. Iglesias is
48:40
the new school Cuban. Yep. He could probably
48:44
catch Skull, though. I think he would. He would
48:48
destroy Skull. It wouldn't even be close. That
48:53
could be fun. I stand by my conspiracy that Skull
48:57
was given the script. Canelo Bud is already set.
49:04
So, you know, do whatever it takes. Do whatever
49:07
you want to just fucking... But you're not winning.
49:11
So you better make sure of that. I stand by that
49:16
if... Skull was the A -side. He'd have won. Even
49:21
for that nasty -ass performance? Breaking down
49:24
was a champion for years. Also a human. That
49:31
was the old style. Anything more for the PBC
49:35
card? No. I do think, as much as I was talking
49:40
otherwise, Plant's going to fight Charlo. I don't
49:43
think it matters that he lost. I think so, too.
49:47
I absolutely agree. Charlo didn't look very good.
49:49
Plant didn't look very good. Let him go fight.
49:52
People will watch it. Alright, so before we take
49:59
a quick break, I'm going to have to work in a
50:02
second one because we're at an hour right now.
50:06
I did talk for a little bit before. It's supposed
50:11
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50:18
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stuff speaking of good stuff this is not it Lucas
55:14
Brown versus David Padman. I don't know who either
55:19
of these guys are. We do not have a lot going
55:21
on this week. We're getting to the bottom of
55:24
the barrel here. Yes. There's not even any random
55:28
UK card I can bring up. That says a lot. That
55:33
we're talking about Lucas Brown and there's no
55:35
Brit slob to throw in. Yep. These two both look
55:40
like they are fighting from prison. Like, if
55:44
you look at their box racks, these look like
55:48
scary dudes. I wouldn't put it beyond at this
55:50
point. I think Lucas Brown was a bouncer. I'm
55:55
not sure on that. But that does sound about right.
56:03
Yeah, main thing to point out here, Lucas Brown,
56:05
31 -6. David Padovan, 3 -0. I'm sorry? What?
56:12
What? What? the fuck am I looking at? Uh -huh.
56:19
Also, this man looks like he's 40. And he's how
56:24
old? It doesn't say on BoxRec. Padavan or Brown?
56:29
Padavan. And I can have a look. It doesn't really
56:34
matter. I just mean he is not a new young prospect.
56:38
At 3 -0. Hot commodity coming out of... From
56:43
Australia. Oh, shit. Moving on. Amir Khan Promotions.
56:52
On his own. I didn't know that was a thing. Yep,
56:56
I didn't either. I didn't know he even promoted.
56:59
Yeah. The headline is Andrew Tabidi vs. Jacob
57:03
Dixon. I believe this is happening in Ghana.
57:07
Yeah, I have to say that. June 13th. Same day
57:11
as Lucas Brown. That could be cool. I like watching
57:15
the international ones more just to see what
57:17
the atmosphere and the crowd is like. Yeah. To
57:20
be honest. Tabidi's okay. I believe this is good.
57:23
This should be a cruiserweight fight. That's
57:25
where Tabidi's fought most of his career. But
57:28
it might be heavy just because he's been out
57:31
for a bit. And I'm not sure who Jacob Dixon is.
57:34
But 14 -1. Yeah, I had a quick look just now.
57:39
The only fight he had outside of Ghana, he went
57:42
to France and got stopped in the first round
57:44
by Albert Ramirez, who is now a light heavyweight
57:48
with Iota Tiger. So that doesn't bode well for
57:53
his chances in this fight. Yeah, so we know what
57:55
this is for Tabidi. This is a little get back
57:59
for him. How many rounds do we reckon? Overall,
58:02
under one. Uh, I'm gonna set it at three and
58:07
a hey. That's the over -under for me. Alright.
58:14
Uh, who else is on this card? Oh, Howard Davies
58:18
is here. Is he really? Yes. I thought he was
58:22
fired after he got absolutely destroyed by Adam
58:24
Fassine, but apparently he's still fighting.
58:26
He's with Amir Khan now. I mean, he'll probably
58:31
get cashed out in the UK. He still has a name
58:33
somehow. He's basically like... He's like the
58:37
140 equivalent of what Aldi Harrison used to
58:40
be. He just loses every fight, but he somehow
58:42
has a name, so he keeps getting fights. Ah. I
58:46
know the type. Yeah. Yes. Like a British Camposus,
58:52
when you think about it. Brandon Glatton is also
58:55
apparently on this card. Only two months after
58:57
he fought Bill and Smith. So it seems like the
59:01
Brit slop was taken to Ghana. I mean, it's a
59:06
horror day, but he's just about as Brit slop
59:08
as you get. Though apparently this fight is listed
59:10
at well -awaited, so I guess he's going up to
59:11
147 now. That's about what we're going to get
59:14
out of that card. That's Amir Khan on the zone.
59:18
There ain't shit else going on on the 13th, so
59:21
if you need boxing in your life, you just have
59:24
to have something. I bet you the clothes. The
59:28
clothes in Ghana are going to be great. Oh, I
59:30
bet they'll be super colorful. That'll be fun.
59:34
Moving on to the 14th. This is Anne for Promotions.
59:38
This one's happening in Hermosillo in Mexico.
59:44
The co -main event, which I pick up because RJ
59:48
tagged Camila, Anae, Zamorano, and Sinas. So
59:53
we're going with Camila and Sinas. RJ Tech. Versus
59:58
Mika Iwakawa. It's for a secondary title at 105,
1:00:04
I believe. Which is... I think it's less than
1:00:09
105. Yeah. I think it's 100. Wow. That's fucking
1:00:18
small. It's so tiny. I just... I used to do karate
1:00:25
with a girl who wrestled at 100 pounds or less.
1:00:28
And I was like, she was so good, but I could
1:00:32
beat her every time because you just grab her
1:00:35
and throw her across the fucking room. She weighs
1:00:37
100 pounds. I just looked it and seen it as his
1:00:44
box weight paid. So she's 11 and 0. Okay, nothing
1:00:47
too suspicious. But she's 17. Yeah. She's Mexican.
1:00:53
Apparently she started boxing at 15, which is
1:00:56
crazy. She had been boxing long before that.
1:01:00
They're allowed to turn pro at 15. She's fighting
1:01:05
a 41 -year -old. Yeah, we got a 17 versus a 41
1:01:10
-year -old. I don't know why this is a fight.
1:01:15
Because Mexico. It's the WBC International. Adam
1:01:23
weight. 100 pounds. Anyone know who the WBC world
1:01:32
Adam weight champion for females is? I don't
1:01:38
watch the women. Especially not that small. This
1:01:42
is a lot more time than I really thought we were
1:01:43
going to be spending on these two. Okay. Moving
1:01:48
on. Yeah. Juan Francisco Estrada versus Karim
1:01:52
Arce Lugo. This is a decent fight. It's at 118.
1:01:56
Estrada's moving up. Is it a decent fight? I
1:01:59
think if this is Karim Arce, not who I thought
1:02:05
it was. So, no. I don't think so. I mean, Estrada
1:02:09
should knock this guy out quick. It's at 118,
1:02:12
though. And Estrada was already kind of undersized
1:02:14
at 115. Fair, but also, it's Estrada versus someone.
1:02:24
I had a quick look at Lugo. The only name I recognize
1:02:28
is someone that Shunata should know. He got stopped
1:02:31
in the ninth round by David Contreras. Yeah,
1:02:36
Contreras is actually good, though. Or was, for
1:02:39
a little while. Yeah. He only has the one loss
1:02:43
to Nakatani. Let's not act like... that's a big
1:02:48
shame. I wasn't saying he was bad. I was just
1:02:51
saying that Shanoa would know him because he
1:02:53
lost to Nakatani. Yes. I think most people know
1:02:58
him, don't they? I'm bored if you'd be surprised.
1:03:02
I forget how people don't watch my weight classes.
1:03:07
Anyways, I suspect Estrada will knock this guy
1:03:11
out. That's probably the point. To get him on
1:03:15
the 118 radar. Estrada needs to retire, though.
1:03:21
Tenshin Asukawa needs opponents. Ugh. Moving
1:03:27
on. Also on the 14th, Samson. This is... I can't
1:03:32
find an American broadcaster for this, but it's
1:03:37
on TYC Sports, Argentina. Nonito Doner versus
1:03:41
Andres Campos. Also at 118. I really like Donair,
1:03:52
but he's way past it. That being said, he should
1:03:55
knock out some no -name Argentinian, right? You
1:03:58
would think. Probably. He's no Argentinian. He's
1:04:02
not. Where is he from? Chile. He's from Chile.
1:04:05
He fought... Who did he... Sonny Edwards. That's
1:04:09
where I remember him. I mean, Donair should still
1:04:14
win. Donair should win. Yeah. It should not be
1:04:18
too difficult. Yeah, I don't. Yeah. Though, the
1:04:24
only thing worth knowing is this is going to
1:04:26
be Donair's first fight in almost two years.
1:04:28
So, could be something else. We'll see. Lame.
1:04:32
Stay retired, dude. Donair's good on comms. I
1:04:37
don't know why he doesn't just stick to comms.
1:04:39
Some people just can't quit boxing. It happens.
1:04:43
Well, it's his wife. Donair is the most pussy
1:04:47
-whipped person on the planet. Good lord. It's
1:04:51
rough. But it's so bad. It's so bad. It's so
1:04:54
bad. Fucked up, like, the tail end of his career
1:04:59
because of it. Yeah. Like, I'm all for men loving
1:05:06
their wives more than they maybe should. Toner
1:05:08
needs to get his balls back and just retire.
1:05:15
Speaking of getting the balls back, Matchroom...
1:05:20
On June 14th, George Cambosos is going to be
1:05:23
fighting Richardson Hitchens. Some stuff. The
1:05:27
only one that I picked up that I was really...
1:05:30
I picked anything up that had a secondary title.
1:05:34
Ernesto Mercado vs. Jonathan Montrell at Superlight.
1:05:38
Alexis Barillet vs. Ronnie Hines at Heavyweight.
1:05:43
There's a Canadian. Yes, I actually watched Barillet's
1:05:48
last fight. I don't recall. Yeah, that was the
1:05:51
Rocky Hernandez, the Gibraltar on the card. He
1:05:54
was fighting some fat Mexican. He looked... Well,
1:05:59
he had a performance. I don't recall much. I
1:06:01
just recall he got tagged pretty badly at one
1:06:03
point, but he very clearly won that fight and
1:06:05
was pulled out after six rounds. No idea who
1:06:10
his opponent is, but this is going to be his
1:06:12
first... No, sorry, his second fight outside
1:06:14
of Canada. His second fight was in the US in
1:06:17
a sports center. But this is probably going to
1:06:20
be the toughest test of his career. We'll see
1:06:21
how he looks. 14 -0. Can't be that terrible,
1:06:25
right? I've got a draw on the record to a 9 -4
1:06:29
opponent, so, I mean... Oh, wait, no, you're
1:06:31
talking about... Yeah, well... Can't be that
1:06:35
terrible. Right. I mean, he's an American heavyweight.
1:06:39
I wouldn't have high hopes. No, 6 '6", Southpaw.
1:06:41
You never know. He's not even an American heavyweight.
1:06:45
He's a French -Canadian. Barrier or Hines? Barrier.
1:06:49
Hines is an American. Oh, Barrier. Yeah, Barrier
1:06:51
is Canadian. He's also a Southpaw. So two Southpaw
1:06:54
heavyweights here. So Southpaw lovers. Can't
1:06:57
be that bad, right? It could be pretty bad. It
1:07:03
can be okay. Please, Heinz, do something. I need
1:07:09
any sliver of hope. It's probably going to be
1:07:13
better than Clinton's versus Kambosa. Or Cruz
1:07:17
v. Mishiro. Andy Cruz isn't bad to watch. I don't
1:07:24
mind Andy Cruz. I am like the number one Andy
1:07:26
Cruz hater in the Discord, so I will be watching
1:07:29
this fight, playing that Mishiro knocks him out.
1:07:32
17. How many knockouts out of 17 fights? Six.
1:07:36
Six. Not many. But, but, but, he is on a two
1:07:40
-fight knockout streak. Two -fight knockout streak.
1:07:43
Yep. About to become three. I hope so. He's only
1:07:50
ever really fought in Kuroku and Hall. I don't
1:07:55
know who Mishiro is. Yeah, I've never heard of
1:07:58
him. He's fought outside of Japan a couple times.
1:08:02
He fought in... Australia. Newcastle. That's
1:08:07
Australia. And Incheon in Korea. And also Makai.
1:08:13
And Korakuen Hall. Ooh, you went to the Philippines.
1:08:16
Yeah, Makai. Fancy. Otashi, the Ota Gym. Yeah,
1:08:24
but that's, like, worse than Korakuen Hall. Is
1:08:28
it really? No, but kind of. It's bigger. Andy
1:08:41
Cruz should... Are we taking this one at, what,
1:08:46
seven? Seven and a half? I have no idea. I don't
1:08:51
think Cruz stops him. I don't know. I mean, Andy
1:08:56
Cruz isn't really someone who fights for the
1:08:58
finish. He only has two knockouts in his five
1:09:00
fights so far. And he's Cuban. So, like, we'll
1:09:08
see. I would be, I will, I mean, if you're betting
1:09:12
on this fight, I would bet Cruz be a decision.
1:09:15
That's probably a safe bet. The Japanese tend
1:09:19
to be hard to knock out. Yes. Well, sure, we'll
1:09:25
go with that. I don't know. Cruz just doesn't.
1:09:30
He's not like a massive puncher. He doesn't really
1:09:32
go for the finishes. He's kind of... He's got
1:09:36
that Cuban style, like the fundamentals and like
1:09:38
that, but he doesn't fight to really stop people.
1:09:42
So... Let's see. And in the main event, Richardson
1:09:50
Hitchens versus a former Maxie Hughes victim.
1:09:57
Oh, when you put it like that. Maxi Hughes should
1:10:03
be fighting for the world title. I mean, it's
1:10:05
just players that, you know. That's just, that's
1:10:07
just factual. Factual information, yes. How does
1:10:14
Kambosis keep getting these belt shots? He has
1:10:17
a name and he signed with Maxi. That's like the
1:10:20
only reason. Look, he beat Jake Wiley. How many
1:10:25
other top 140ers have beat Jake Wiley, okay?
1:10:29
None, because he's never fought any of them.
1:10:32
Ah, but that therefore means that he is the only
1:10:35
one to have beaten him. Therefore. I don't know.
1:10:40
I mean, this is... I already know how this fight's
1:10:43
gonna go. Like, if you saw either Haney 1 or
1:10:46
Haney 2, you know how this fight's going. It's
1:10:48
going to be a wide, unanimous decision for Hitchens.
1:10:50
Everyone's going to get a great night of sleeping.
1:10:53
Kambosis will then go off and have a comeback
1:10:55
fight where he'll win, look awful, and then somehow
1:10:58
get another world title shot. I don't... These
1:11:02
are facts. You are speaking things into existence
1:11:04
that I don't want to happen. You already know.
1:11:09
No, I know what's going to happen. I know. I
1:11:10
know you're absolutely right. Yeah, he'll lose,
1:11:13
and then later this year, he'll make, like, a
1:11:14
comeback fight. And given he's with Matt Froome,
1:11:16
and he already did the Brits step -down fight,
1:11:18
he'll probably fight Padley. Look awful. What
1:11:20
a wobbly decision. I was just about to say that.
1:11:21
And next year, we'll see him beat the Hitchens,
1:11:23
too, for some reason. He's gonna fight Josh Padley.
1:11:29
Honestly, Padley would, like... Like, he wouldn't
1:11:32
stop Kambosos, but fuck me, he would outbox him
1:11:34
easily. Padley beats Kambosos, because Kambosos
1:11:37
is a glorified domestic -level fighter. Yeah,
1:11:42
he would not. I mean, he's a, well, okay, he
1:11:45
wouldn't fight Padley. He's a 140 now. But, like,
1:11:48
still. Who actually do we have at home? I know
1:11:51
we have, like, Dalton Smith, but that would be
1:11:54
very risky for Campos as a comeback. Sam Noakes.
1:11:59
He's with Queensbury, and he's also probably
1:12:01
about to fight for the vacant WRO title. So,
1:12:03
yeah. We'll see. So, if Hitchens goes to 20 -0,
1:12:12
because there's no real point in discussing the
1:12:14
fight, because we already know for a fact there's
1:12:16
like a 1 % chance Camposus wins. Who does he
1:12:19
fight next at 140? Because he obviously had the
1:12:22
controversial one against Lemos, then beat Liam
1:12:24
Powell, now he's going to be another Aussie bomb
1:12:26
in Camposus. Like, who does he fight at 140 next?
1:12:32
Who's Adam Azeem with? Uh, Boxer. And he's got
1:12:37
a fight. as of the time of recording this, tomorrow.
1:12:42
Yeah, he's fighting on the Simpson undercard,
1:12:44
which is, well, for me today is the time of recording
1:12:46
this. But that was some, that's some state -based
1:12:49
fight. I'm not sure what he's doing next. Assuming
1:12:52
he wins. Yeah. Yes. Which he should. And Richardson
1:12:57
Hitchens wins. That lines up if you wanted to
1:13:00
do American versus British. I would want to see
1:13:05
a scene get, like, a step -up fight, because
1:13:07
his only real test today was a shot to pieces
1:13:11
liberty. I mean, this is because he signed with
1:13:14
Boxer, and they typically have their dudes fight
1:13:16
out of nobodies, but, like, yeah, he... I want
1:13:20
to see him have that, like, step -up fight before
1:13:23
he goes and fights a Hitchens or whatever. Steve
1:13:25
Claggett. Don't you dare. Don't you even try
1:13:31
and manifest Hitchens v. Claggett. That would
1:13:34
not be fun. No. Hang on, let me have a look at
1:13:39
the IDF 140. Excuse me. Because I don't actually...
1:13:44
Well, because funny enough, I don't memorize
1:13:45
this stuff. Because, like, it's not usually that
1:13:48
important. But I can have a quick... Okay, 140,
1:13:51
which is... 140 is pretty empty. Uh, what is
1:13:54
it? Yeah, Junior World, wait. So Hitchens is
1:13:57
the champion. Number one is Matthias. Number
1:14:00
two, there isn't one. And then number three is
1:14:02
Camposus, and number four is Paro. So Hitchens
1:14:05
v. Matias? Maybe? Oh, that's right. He's in the
1:14:08
number one slot. Yes. That's a mandatory. It's
1:14:12
going to get enforced. Hitchens will have to
1:14:16
fight Matias. Hmm. Subreal Matias has Pueyo booked
1:14:24
for July 12th. Which is, I'm not part of this
1:14:29
fight, so the dates would work out well. Yeah,
1:14:31
assuming he wins. Which isn't a guarantee. It's
1:14:36
not. Not against Pueyo. Yeah. I mean, Matias,
1:14:41
we've seen, can have issues with a boxer like
1:14:43
he saw in the Paolo fight, so we'll see. Outside
1:14:47
of those dudes, because obviously he's not going
1:14:48
to rematch Hitchens, uh, Paolo, he's not going
1:14:50
to rematch Cambrosis. Number five is Lindolfo
1:14:53
Delgado. And then 6 is a guy called Carleton
1:14:58
Aguber, who I've never heard of, but apparently
1:15:00
he's Russian. And then you get to, like, Dolan
1:15:03
Smith and Gabby of Venezuela 8. So, we'll see.
1:15:09
You could do a Mexican in Vegas. See? Yeah. Yes.
1:15:17
I think Delgado's fighting on this part. Or at
1:15:21
least I know something like that. He's fighting
1:15:23
soon. I just, I didn't. Yeah, it might be on
1:15:26
this card. No, that's my card. That's what I'm
1:15:29
thinking of. Different person. Same card anyway.
1:15:31
Let me have a look. Yeah, he fought back in April.
1:15:37
We'll see. But yeah, if Matthias wins, I would
1:15:39
imagine they may get a mandatory. That's probably
1:15:42
the most realistic outcome here. And it could
1:15:46
be a unification. Could end up that way. Oh yeah,
1:15:49
yeah, I just checked. I mean, TSP Puyo is a wild
1:15:51
title fight, I forgot. So yeah, that would be
1:15:54
a unification type thing. So we'll see. We'll
1:15:59
see what happens. When are they going to give
1:16:02
my boy Sandor his title shot? His redemption?
1:16:06
When did he even last fight? Let me even look.
1:16:09
I don't know. Recently. Against Puyo, yeah. Against
1:16:12
Puyo, and he... Oh, yeah. Wait, what card was
1:16:16
that? It was pretty grimy, but he almost won.
1:16:20
Yeah, I didn't watch that play because I'm pretty
1:16:22
sure I skipped most of that undercard, but yeah.
1:16:26
Honestly, Martin isn't that good to watch, but
1:16:29
I enjoy it. We'll see what he does. Is he in
1:16:34
the IBF rankings? He is not. No, he's in the
1:16:39
other two. Yes, so he wouldn't face Hitchens.
1:16:43
I would say Hitchens v. Martins would be... That
1:16:48
has to be fair, probably quite a boring fight.
1:16:51
If that ever happened in the future. Yeah. So
1:17:02
I lost it. Yeah, Ernesto Mercado is also on this
1:17:05
card, because he didn't mention him, I don't
1:17:07
think. Briefly. He's actually fighting for an
1:17:10
IVF belt, the IVF North American Super Lightweight
1:17:13
belt. Which Hitchens actually previously held,
1:17:17
so there you go. He's fighting a guy called Jonathan
1:17:21
Montrell. I've never heard of him, but he lost
1:17:24
an eight -round unanimous decision, 8 -0 to Delante
1:17:28
Johnson, who isn't that good. So, yeah, we'll
1:17:35
see. I'm not... I wasn't expecting much out of
1:17:40
Montrell. Yeah. Um, I watched... The only time
1:17:46
I've really seen Ricciardo was his last fight
1:17:48
against a shorter piece of Pitrazzo, but he looked
1:17:50
pretty solid in that fight. Only 23, so probably
1:17:54
got more to come. He's probably the one they're
1:17:57
pushing anyway. I mean, this is for an IBF North
1:18:01
American belt, so he could get pushed up into
1:18:04
the IBF rankings with this. I don't think...
1:18:09
He's number one in the IBF International. Because
1:18:14
they rank them separately. IBF does. And he's
1:18:18
number one in that and Montreal's not ranked.
1:18:23
Well, he should win. It would be a massive upset
1:18:26
if he was to lose this fight. Yeah. So, yeah.
1:18:31
But he's got to get it done. So, we'll see what
1:18:34
happens. You never know in boxing. I mean, I
1:18:40
thought Plant and Charlo were going to win. boring
1:18:43
fights, and here we are. So... Anything more
1:18:50
for Mattroom on DAZN? I don't think so. A couple
1:18:55
of prospects, but nothing I really recognize.
1:18:58
Yeah, it's always more... Situations like this,
1:19:02
Undercard is a little bit more where you want
1:19:04
to pay more attention, just because the next
1:19:07
big thing could be there. Yep. All right, let
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where the outro stuff goes. So. We're heading
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into one of the weekends of the year. Yeah. There's
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not much going on. I forgot to get parting words
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ready. Oh, instead of parting words, so this
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is recorded Saturday. Nakatani fights Sunday.
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It's tomorrow. I think I bought floor seats again.
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I'm pretty sure I fucked up. Which sucks. But.
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They're only $300. How am I supposed to know
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where your seating be? Like, tickets are so cheap
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here. That for floor seats is pretty cheap. That's
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what I paid for floor seats at the Nishida Card
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in Osaka. But I thought it would be raised seating.
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In Tokyo. But I hadn't realized. That it's not
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at Ariaka Arena. It's at Ariaka Coliseum. Which
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is smaller. So now I think I have floor seats.
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Maybe I don't. Maybe I'll be fine. And I'll be
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where I can actually see. I also hate the floor
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seats. Because you have to walk by security.
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Every time you go by beer. And they look at you
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like you're a terrible person. Like. Nobody in
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Japan drinks more than two beers at the fights,
1:22:04
I swear. Yeah, give me all of the beers, please.
1:22:08
Yeah, that's not... I recall the only time I
1:22:11
went to a boxing event in the UK. I must have
1:22:13
seen... I don't even know how many people get
1:22:15
dragged out who were definitely intoxicated in
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some degree. Yeah, that's not going to happen
1:22:20
in Japan, but... Anyways. The fights will still
1:22:25
be good. I'll still be able to see. I'm ten rows
1:22:27
back wherever I am, so if I'm in the second set
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of floor seating, that's not bad. And people
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here are short, so I should be able to see. Lynn,
1:22:39
anything for your Florida Panthers? Well, as
1:22:44
of the time of recording this, it is game two
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occurring. It is currently tied at one, about
1:22:49
halfway to the first. We went up one -nothing
1:22:52
and then conceded. So, hopefully, we don't go
1:22:57
down 2 -0 in a series. Or else, I'm not going
1:23:01
to be particularly happy. Alright, well, if there's
1:23:08
nothing else, then... Yeah. The sun is going
1:23:14
down. What did the Mars rover say? Goddammit,
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how did I forget already? My batteries are low.
1:23:23
The sun is going down. No, it's worse. My batteries
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are getting low and it is getting dark. Excellent.
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And I'm pretty sure that was like the last thing
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I ever said. It is. Yeah. That's exactly the
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last thing. It's last words. That's what I got
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for parting words. Because that's the end of
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Boxing Before Dark. The sun is going down, bitch.
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Hope you're not allergic to vampires. It is getting
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dark. Alright, we are out of here. Bye.