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June 7th weekend is gonna be busy · Boxing B-Sides

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The B -Side in boxing. B -Side shit. B -Side.
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B -Side. And the B -Side. You got a B -Side.
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The B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. B -Side. The B
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-Side thing. This is the B -Sides Boxing Podcast.
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Alright. Ready for part two. Round two. I heard
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round two. I heard that in Street Fighter. Oh,
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yeah. All right. Boxing B -sides. Holy shit.
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We're back. Like always. All up in your fucking
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ears. Joined by the homies. The one and only
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Alex. And Josh, do you want a moniker of some
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kind to add on to yours? I'm good. I'm just going
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to say Pro Box good every time, though. All right.
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That's a good. call tag. Just like how Alex's
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catchphrase is Don King good. Well, actually,
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Josh's catchphrase is fighters should get paid
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like the fighters in the UFC. Come on. Sadly,
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I have a paper trail. I cooked them right there.
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There is a paper trail on that one. On the Lux
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Media website here. I guess I gotta post a refractory
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paper on why Don King's bad. Yeah. I'm gonna
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start writing papers about why Don King is the
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most horrible man in the world. Listen, man,
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I need to write more, period. I have not been
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great at that lately. Josh is never gonna let
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me down with that Don King shit, but... Hell
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no, that's your intro every week. Awkward. I'm
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gonna be texting him, too. Bro's trying to get
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me fired, dude. Nah. No, it's all in good fun.
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I know, I know. We have fun here at Lex Media.
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That's what we do. Yeah. Let's extend the olive
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branch over to the homies at UF Ultimate F and
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Casuals. I was going to say UF Cas. That's what
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I usually call it, shorthand. Anyway, Saturday,
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June 7th, UFC 316. Not sure how familiar you
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guys are with this, so I'll just keep it to the
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main event. I'm on Murab's Wikipedia right now.
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I got this. All right. Murab Dwalishvili versus
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Sean O'Malley, the rematch. Murab is the Bantamweight
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champion. Over there, that's 135. So Sean O'Malley,
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he's a bit of a beanpole, but he fights out of
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Phoenix, so I'm on the team, Sean. He already
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beat O'Malley once, apparently. He fucking schooled
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O'Malley. O'Malley. Are we doing this again because
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of the money? Or is O'Malley actually deserving
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of being here? O'Malley was the champion at the
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time, so he's getting his rematch clause pretty
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much. Oh, okay. I don't see us going any better
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for O'Malley. Yeah. They still really want to
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push O'Malley. Yeah, they're really trying to
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make him a thing. What I do know is that they
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have basically no stars left. It's all like Dagestani
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types. Wrestlers. A bunch of wrestlers. It's
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like late -stage capitalism over there. The bubble
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has also burst, so you know what? At least the
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bubble has burst, but a little worse. No, they're
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bad. They're bad, dude. They're bad. UFC? They're
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down bad, but it's like... The way I see it,
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the bubble burst in terms of your stars at the
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same time. But that's due to, I guess, people
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optimizing the sport, though. Yeah, it's the
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evolution of the sport, where the wrestling type,
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specifically the Russian, the Dagestani wrestlers,
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they've been having a long string of dominance,
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just the same way judo guys did for a bit. And
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BJJ guys did originally. Yeah, exactly. The sport
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evolves where certain styles take over for a
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little while, but it evens itself out. I'm sure.
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Man, people complain about the striking, but
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also you're watching the right sport. If you
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want to watch boxing, watch boxing. Watch some
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Muay Thai or watch some boxing. There were sports
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for this that are not MMA if you don't want to
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watch ground game. If you don't want to watch
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wrestling, I say it every time, Muay Thai. Every
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single time I will tell you Muay Thai. On Friday,
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June 6th, at 5 .30 in the morning, just like
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they have it every week, one Friday fights. Just
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watch it, yeah. There's always, always some crazy
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knockouts. Or Power Slap. Yeah. When I watch
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it, yeah. Power Slap. Power Slap is the... Power
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Slap if you are brain dead. Bro, I liked Power
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Slap when it was like a Russian thing, like Russian
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rednecks doing it. Because it was like, these
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guys just do it for fun. Now it's like Americanized
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gingerbread. Like it was like, it's like watching
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a horror movie or like car accident compilations.
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It's not something... You don't seriously...
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Watching Power Slap is literally just like watching
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a car accident compilation. It's just... It's
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something to watch, I guess. Like Family Guy
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funny moments? Yeah, like your dopamine... Your
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dopamine is so fried that this is... You can't
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even watch actual sports for the knockout. You
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just... Need the highlight reel? You just...
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Yeah, you just, you can't even be bothered to
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look at the highlight reel. Like, you just want
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the knockout period. So, like, your dopamine
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smoke ride. I'll watch Power Slap and then watch
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a Shakur fight to wash it down. Or at the end
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of every round, switch to Power Slap. Yeah. Yeah,
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literally, yeah. Subway Surfers in the corner.
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Yeah, put Subway Surfers in the corner. The curve
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fight on the top half and the power slap on the
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bottom half. Dude, I'm fucking dead. Right in
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the middle, you stick a Family Guy compilation.
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You know the thing they use in Men in Black to
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wipe your brain? That's basically what it would
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feel like to watch that. That's not even as bad
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as the other shit they have nowadays. I'd rather
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hit a whip than watch that, honestly. I'd rather
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do Nitrous. Honestly, yeah. I'd rather take Nitrous
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than watch another Shakur fight. Oh my god. I'm
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joking. I'm pretty sure Shakur does Nitrous.
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That's why we're here. By the way, his hand's
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all fucked up. Didn't someone accuse Shakur of
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doing whippets while he was on the Olympic team?
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Did they? Yeah, who was it? It wasn't Richardson
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Hitchens. It was on Twitter. Or Stevenson Whippets.
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Whippets. Yeah, here it is. Shakur Stevenson.
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Or Shacky Foster. Or Shacky Foster, yeah. Accused
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Shakur of doing Whippets when they were on the
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Olympic team. I was just jealous. Honestly, I
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believe it, though. You know what? I got to say
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it. I got to say I believe it. You can do whatever
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you want. You know what? He still puts me to
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sleep at night. He fixes my dopamine receptors.
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Oh, man. Oh, well. What's next? Moving into some
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news here. July 19th. Usyk Dubuatu and Bam Rodriguez
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versus Pumelale Kapu. What a name. It's good
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stuff. Pacquiao. Pacquiao. Is that the same name?
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Pacquiao Barrios is not news. That is a tragedy
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that this fight is made. You know what? It's
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going to get made, and you know what? I'm still
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going to watch it. I don't even like Pacquiao
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that much, but I don't even think he deserves
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to get his ass beat that much. You don't like
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Pacquiao? I like Pacquiao as a fighter. Okay,
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okay, okay. But if you care, look up why he lost
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his Nike sponsorship. I know what he said. No,
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I know. Yeah, I know what he said. Okay. The
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person, he's been really controversial. And I
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don't think we should have him on the show anymore.
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Yeah. Pacquiao, you're not allowed to promote
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your failed presidential campaigns on this show.
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As a fighter, though, he's legendary. He was.
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We need the heavy emphasis on was. Well, you
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never know. He might beat Barrios. He might beat
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Barrios. The Ugas who beat Pacquiao couldn't
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even beat Barrios. Lightning in a bottle, buddy.
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Lightning in a bottle. Lightning in a bottle.
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I think Barrios is never going to live it down
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if he loses to Pacquiao. I do want Pacquiao to
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win just because that would be one of the greatest
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comebacks in all. Actually, no, you know what?
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You're right. You're right. Pacquiao beats Barrios
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and then he fights Boots. Oh, that would be horrible.
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Okay, no. You're right. It's crazy. You're right.
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You're right. My thing is I would actually want
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Barrios to fight Pacquiao. Pacquiao wins, retires,
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and they get the title. Then it goes to Devin
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Haney. Devin Haney fights Boots. Devin Haney
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wins. Devin Haney bites Brian. Devin Haney wins.
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Nah, nah, we're not doing this. No, that's just
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rage bait right here. I'm trying to get people
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to come out. We're not doing the rage bait. Either
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way, that's a good day of boxing right there.
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It is a good day of boxing. It is a good day
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of boxing. Usyk Dubois, I think it goes the same
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way, except Dubois doesn't quit. I want Dubois
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to win that fight. Just a little bit. I love
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Usyk. I love Usyk, but that comeback story would
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be legendary. I can't do... I can't justify it
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because, like, you'll get guys... Like, you know
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how Klitschko's been trying to come back lately
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to break the record? Mm -hmm. And I'm like, fuck.
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Maybe it's actually possible for Klitschko to
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beat Dubois. It is. I'll tell you this. It's
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very possible. Usyk, if... When Usyk fights Dubois,
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that's gonna be... Usyk's biggest chance at losing
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just because of politics, if it goes 12. Yeah.
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As I said last time, oh, not if I said last time,
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but as I was saying before the last podcast,
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the politics with Queensborough and then Dubois
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being promoted, I think Frank Warren can do some
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bullshit. You know what I mean? Yeah. Oh, you're
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right. We'll see when that fight happens. Bam
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obviously wins. It's going to be a hard fight.
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A really hard fight, but Bam wins. And hopefully
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Pacquiao wins. Who's the other champs at super
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flyweight? Puma. Puma, and I think the other
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one's vacant. That's right. The vacant one. You're
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right. Absolutely. Let's start the recaps now.
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Yep. We had a nice week -ish, not really. So
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we had Terry Harper in Keep Boat Stadium. I guess
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they didn't want to get rid of it. Terry Harper
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versus Natalie Zimmerman. That was just an ass
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-beating, and it got bloody at the end. Natalie
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did not belong in the same ring, and Terry Harper
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made that clear. Good for her. Yeah, that's how
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you're supposed to do it. Maxie Hughes fucking
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stunk it out. I would say Archie Sharp stunk
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it out. And Maxie Hughes did nothing to make
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it smell any better. Yeah. Yeah. Maxie Poo? Yeah.
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Maxie Poo. Maxie Poo and Archie Sharp. There
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you go. Perfect. There we go. Yeah, that fight
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was fucking terrible. It was pretty goddamn boring.
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Max Hughes got robbed by George Kampupus. He
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did. He did. He did. He did. I will say. That's
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okay, though. Richardson Hitchens will be in,
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like, negative second gear and still beat Kamposos
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by UD. That's the thing about Kamposos, dude.
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I truly feel like he has, like, some beef. Or
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not beef. They have some, like, blackmail. against
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all these promoters, dude, because how the fuck
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is he getting title shots? Kambosas? Yeah, Kambosas,
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dude. I think they know he's a hate watch. He's
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definitely a hate watch, and he's got the Australian
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fan base from when he beat Teofimo. Yeah, that's
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true. Because, yeah, just a bunch of split decisions,
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majority decisions. This fucking resume, man.
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Holy shit. Because I actually thought he barely
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beat Lee Selby, too, before getting the shot
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with Lopez. Moving on. Saturday, May 24th, Pro
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Box Good, Kameda Promotions. Oh, yeah. They only
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had two fights on here, and those are the only
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ones I really wanted to point out. Anyway. Pedro
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Taduran split decision over Ginjiro Shigeoka.
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That was the IBF minimum weight title. Pedro
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keeps it. Haven't heard much about Ginjiro yet.
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He was hospitalized after the fight. He was looking
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pretty fucking rough. Hopefully he pulls through,
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honestly. I hope so. He looked better. Like,
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remember a while ago, Anaguchi, he fought Tsutsumi
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and Anaguchi. Like, they dragged him out. He
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didn't get up and get on a stretcher on his own.
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Yeah. They did, what was it, with Morel and Yerbo
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Lusuni. Yeah. Same thing, right? Yeah. Yeah,
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he was able to get on a stretcher on his own.
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Shit like that just reminds you that boxing ain't
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a game, bro. Yeah. We shouldn't take it as lightly,
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you know? No, I know. Yeah, that's why I don't
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like to really shit on fighters if they don't
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take a fight I like. Well, I try not to. No,
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I know. I don't mind fighters not taking fights
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and everything. I just... There's some points
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where you can just say it. There's no shame in
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just saying it. To me, at least. I don't think
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this fight makes sense for me at this time. It's
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fine with me. I agree. That's just me. It would
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be nice if they just say it. That's it. We had
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that discussion with Brian Norman last week where
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just admit it. I don't... Like, don't contribute
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to the culture of hyperinflation. You can just
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say it. Moving up, Angelo Leo barely retains
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his IBF 126 title against Tomoki Kameda. I thought
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it was, I don't know, I kind of felt like Tomoki
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did enough. But it was also really close, so
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I'm not really fussed either way. I don't know.
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I think it could have gone either way. It could
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have, yeah. It could have easily gone either
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way. I think they probably just favored Andrew
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Leo. In my opinion, I think it should have been
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a draw. I think it was just that close that I
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don't think that either one really won the fight.
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Neither did they win the fight. I don't mind
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the decision. Yeah, I don't mind it. Like, not
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in turn. Yeah, like, it could have been, like,
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in close fights like this, you just have to say,
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okay. Especially because the scorecards did reflect
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it. Exactly. It is what it is. It's not a robbery.
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It's just the judges saw close rounds one way.
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That's what it is. Even wide scorecards for these
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types of close fights are fun because if you
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have a lot of close rounds, one guy can just
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barely steal all of them from your angle. Right.
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I used to have to remind people of that a lot.
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Like, whenever they say, oh, these scorecards
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are atrocious. It wasn't that wide. Nobody is
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saying that it was wide. They're saying that
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each individual round was won by one person.
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It just so happened to be the same guy every
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time. It's like with Adelaide Bird and Noah.
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Okay, but he didn't win those rounds. He didn't
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win those rounds. That's a great point. Is that
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your new one? Adelaide Bird Good? Is that your
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new fucking name? Adelaide Bird Good. Adelaide
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Bird Good is a crazy name. I was saying that
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Josh said that. I was just saying that Josh said
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that. That's it. Adelaide, I don't know. I heard
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you say Adelaide Bird Good. Oh, you guys were
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saying that. You guys were just saying that a
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scorecard like Adelaide Bird's was valid. Oh,
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man. People call in and say why Josh was wrong.
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Oh, my God. Put the number in. You can see the
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number. Yeah, 833 -589 -7637. Why is my Golovkin
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7 -5 over Canelo in the first fight? Why is my
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scorecard wrong? Because Adelaide Bird is good.
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His podcast is over, bro. Yeah. Anything more
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for Angel Leo? No. Yeah, no. All right. Fucking...
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Queensberry in Glasgow. Oh, Lord. Moses in Toronto.
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This card wasn't bad. I actually like this card.
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Shockingly, despite being the most Brit slop
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card imaginable, it's pretty good. I find it.
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They put a little bit of salt and pepper on the
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slop. They see it. All stoppages except for the
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main for once. Yeah, that was actually kind of
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surprising. Yeah. Brits are starting to get their
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shit together just a little bit. Once. Yeah.
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Moses Itama stops Mike Balugin in the second.
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I think that's how they were pronouncing it on
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the broadcast. But Brits also sometimes fuck
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up names, I think, on purpose. Nathaniel Collins
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stops Lee McGregor in four. This one I didn't
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see. Did I miss a good little scrap while it
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lasted? Not much. No? All right, cool. Collins
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doing what he should have done. Yeah. Got the
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job done adequately. Yeah. Lynn, why should I
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care about Nathaniel Collins? Why don't you take
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some notes for me? Let me know. Ekow Esumin gets
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the UD over Josh Taylor. I thought this was pretty
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deserved. I didn't think there was any controversy
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behind it anyway. No. Not sure why Josh Taylor
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was all pouty, like, bitch, you should have done
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more. Because SMN was working. Like, his nickname,
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The Engine, was fully on point. The dude did
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not stop working every round. Give him boots.
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Give him boots. 1 .3 million to fight Brian Harmon.
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You might have to. You might have to. You might
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have to fight boots. I do not want to see Josh
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Taylor. Yeah, I hope this is the end of Josh
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Taylor in any significant level. Probably won't
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be, but one can hope. It definitely won't be.
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He's on the floor, but he's got to be dragged
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around on the floor a bit more. Much like a Trappo
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would be. Oh, yeah. He's in Trappo. He's in Trappo
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mode. That's unfortunate. He had a good run,
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Josh Taylor. Yeah, for a while. I want to look
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at welterweight really quick and see what could
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be possible for Esserman. Realistically, anyway.
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Just saying, oh, he can fight Boots now. Come
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on. That's a joke, Jack. He's not fighting Boots.
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Keon... I mean, he can fight Brian Norman. He
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does have a WBO trinket, so that would put him
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in that line. He can totally fight Ryan Norman.
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Harlem Eubank? I know Harlem has something coming
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up. Oh, Jack Catterall, that's right. Jack Catterall's
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still around. That's it. Yeah. Alexis Rocha?
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Yeah, actually. Yeah. Sadly. Holy shit. I didn't
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know this. After Fighting Boots, Stanionis dropped
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to number 22 on BoxRec. It is BoxRec, so, you
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know, take it with a grain of salt and everything.
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But 22? Like, Karen Chikadzian is above Stanionis
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right now. Yeah, I feel like it's just the algorithm.
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I know it's the algorithm, but god damn. Tone
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it down a little bit. Inactivity plus bad loss.
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That does it. Definitely does it. Essendon's
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at 31. Give him Brian Norman. Give him Brian
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Norman. He should have Brian Norman after he's
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done with Jin Sasaki. Assuming he wins. I'm kind
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of assuming. We'll get to that when we get to
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that. Yeah, we will. Anything more for Queensberry?
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No. That knockout was kind of crazy. As Yatamas
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want to do. Good highlight. I'm happy. I'm happy
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that we have a guy. Step back check hook. That
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was pretty good. That was sexy. Into a face plant.
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that. Into the previews. Thursday, June 5th,
28:24
Eye of the Tiger. I haven't checked since I first
28:28
wrote this down, but it doesn't look like there's...
28:31
I'm sure there's opponents by this point, but
28:35
I haven't checked, and I honestly don't know
28:37
who these guys are anyway. Still TBA. So, Eye
28:42
of the Tiger on ESPN on a Thursday. You want
28:46
boxing? They've got boxing. So, there you go.
28:49
Listen, these guys do go on Facebook asking for
28:52
opponents sometimes. Sometimes. Oh, well, so,
28:56
yeah, if you've got nothing going on on Thursday
28:58
night, you want to go to Montreal. You weigh
29:00
175. If you want to go gamble your winnings,
29:04
you can, like, triple your winnings. What's his
29:08
name? I have a Tiger Fighter. Is he? Yeah. The
29:15
casino's a nice venue, honestly. Very nice venue,
29:19
but that's all I have to say. It's pretty cool
29:23
that they have fights every Thursday, pretty
29:26
much. It's the same way when Provox was on Wednesdays.
29:32
Provox puts on much better quality fights. Let's
29:36
not try to conflate them in that regard. I have
29:40
the Tiger Thursday nights when you're a fucking
29:42
degenerate. There's you want something. I have
29:46
the Tigers there. Yeah, you need it. You need
29:50
your fix. And I have the Tigers got you. Moving
29:56
to Friday, June 6th at the Turning Stone Resort
30:00
and Casino in Barona, New York. Salida Promotions
30:05
on DAZN. Sorry, my dog was having a little. Oh,
30:13
yeah. This is a card. It's a card. One of the
30:20
cards of all time. Yeah, exactly. Saturday, June
30:27
7th. You know what there is on June 7th? There's
30:34
a Pro Box card. Is there? Yes. How did I miss
30:39
it? main event just in paldo and uh let me see
30:48
what's the opponent as much as i love pro box
30:54
i'm sorry i'm watching the other one i'm watching
30:57
the other card no you're right i'm just i just
30:59
gotta i gotta glaze on carlos burgos it's a little
31:03
bit oh that's right i forgot about this card
31:09
Paldo's actually good, having stopped Rakimov.
31:14
Paldo... That's right. That was on the last card.
31:20
That was Rakimov's last fight. Yeah. Exactly.
31:26
Gotta bring that up. Burgos, he's definitely
31:31
getting ran over. He's food. It's kind of his
31:35
job. He's a jobber. High -level jobber. He hates
31:39
the food. Yeah, he's quality food. Church's Chicken.
31:47
The Church's Chicken glazed these past couple
31:52
weeks. These past couple weeks? I don't mind
31:54
it either. It deserves the glaze. Church's Chicken
32:00
is pretty fire, bro. Yeah. If you disagree, tell
32:03
me. Call me. 833 -LUX -PODS. Why is church's
32:08
chicken good or bad? I used to have it a lot
32:15
as a kid. That was the treat that we would get.
32:20
That's your treat. Every once in a while, mom
32:25
didn't feel like cooking or dad didn't feel like
32:29
cooking. I got to drive down to the hood for
32:34
that shit. That's where I lived, so that's what
32:37
we got. You would never see a church chicken
32:43
in a nice area. No, that's one of the signs that
32:47
you're like, when I'm driving down whatever street,
32:50
I'm like, oh, a church's. Haven't seen one of
32:52
those in a minute. Oh, I know where I am. Okay.
32:57
Less than savory parts of my city. So, yeah,
33:06
that's the Provox card that I completely forgot
33:09
about. That one's at the Boeing Center in San
33:12
Antonio. Santone. Oh, that's not even a bad center.
33:16
No, it's a nice venue. And San Antonio's are
33:20
the good fighting cities. They'll always have
33:21
good crowds. Yeah. Oh, yeah. They have a lot
33:28
of other shit on here. It's Provox. You can catch
33:34
it on YouTube. It's literally free, guys. It's
33:38
free. You don't have to subscribe to anything.
33:42
If you have malwarebytes, you can block the ads,
33:45
too. Just a little fun bit there. Guys, ProBox
33:53
is not good. ProBox is amazing. I scared you.
34:01
You did. You got me. I was like, oh, where's
34:03
this going? We were about to kick you off the
34:06
show, bro. I was actually about to get fired
34:09
right there. Yeah, you're done. You're done.
34:14
Boeing Center. Do y 'all see what Shanada said
34:18
in the chat? Something about wiping a floor?
34:24
I don't get it. Oh, because you had the T and
34:28
then the thing about missing. Yeah. Yeah, that's
34:33
pretty funny. That's just Canadian. That's just
34:35
Canadian Slim. Yeah. That's pretty funny. All
34:39
right. Now we can start. We're past Pro Box.
34:42
Now we can get going. Well, it's always important
34:45
to point out Pro Box. Always. Matchroom at the
34:51
Gold Coast Convention Center in Broad Beach,
34:53
Australia. Ooh, baby. Jai Apatia versus Who Gives
34:59
a Shit. That's really all there is going on on
35:02
this whole card. Tyler Blizzard has a pretty
35:07
cool name, so that's fun. He's okay. I've seen
35:12
him fight a few times. He's alright. Just Australian.
35:15
Very Australian card. Oslop. Oh man, they have
35:23
this 7 '2 heavyweight jobber on the cards that
35:27
they used to have on these. It was pretty fun
35:29
to watch fight because he looked like the inflatable
35:31
man at a car dealership. Nice. Like 7 '2, but
35:38
he was born yesterday. So he's like a Bambi?
35:44
Bambi legs? Yeah, he had the Bambi legs the whole
35:50
time. Julius Long. What a fucking name to have
35:55
when you're 7 '2". Julius Long, I remember. Sorry,
35:58
7 '1". Oh. But Julius Long, I miss him. He was
36:04
always on these cards. That brother's got to
36:07
give you some inches. 18 and 28. He was just
36:17
hilarious to watch fight. Like, he actually,
36:19
like... Genuinely so entertaining. Not even for
36:24
any boxing reasons. Australian Ben Whittaker.
36:31
Australian Ben Whittaker. The headline, Jai Opataya
36:37
versus Claudio, what is this, Squeo? Yeah, Squeo.
36:44
Not Zerto. Yeah, not Zerto. what we're seeing
36:49
here yeah uh but there you go that's the uh australian
36:56
card moving to queensberry oh the australian
37:01
card that's going to start about one uh one or
37:05
two in the in the morning on the west coast the
37:08
queensberry card that'll be starting around 10
37:10
or 11 i don't have don't remember the exact time
37:14
but it's around that area This one, if that was
37:18
Aussie slop, this is Brit slop because there's
37:22
not a whole lot going on here. Maybe if Lynn
37:25
was here, she could tell us, but I have no idea.
37:30
Fabio Wardley for Justice Hooney. That's what
37:33
I got. I don't got much to say about that one,
37:39
honestly. I don't know. I'm not sure. I'm not
37:44
a big follower of Wardley other than, you know...
37:47
The Frazier -Clark fights? Yeah. Yeah, same here.
37:52
Justice Hooney is... Alice, you know what? I
37:57
can't even say it anymore. Every fight I've been
37:59
like... Every fight I've been like, ah, this
38:02
will be the one to finally get rid of Fabio Wardley.
38:07
I'm done. I can't do this anymore. You can't
38:11
keep getting away with this! Like, I remember...
38:14
Like, I've been a hater since Eric Molina hurt
38:19
him. He fought Eric Molina? Eric Molina hurt
38:24
him. And then immediately, like, folded and died.
38:30
Wow. Eric Molina hurt him. And I'm like... And
38:36
since then, I've been like, alright, this guy's
38:39
a fraud. And then, it just... He just keeps winning.
38:45
Maybe he's not that much of a broad. He just
38:48
keeps winning with increasingly comical knockouts.
38:54
He's going to be doing... I remember saying in
38:58
like 2021, his ceiling was like Alan Babbage.
39:03
What year? Like 2021. Yikes. I said his ceiling
39:09
was like Alan Babbage after watching Eric Molina
39:12
put him on ice skates. He hasn't really surpassed
39:17
the Alan Babbage level, though. He's not that
39:21
far ahead of it. Like, Justice Hooney is alright,
39:24
but... Yeah, I mean, I was honestly... The David
39:31
Adelaide ass beatdown was one where I was just
39:34
like, I give up. I quit. I had hope. You didn't
39:39
have hope after the first Frasier Clark fight,
39:41
though? No, the Frasier Clark fight happened
39:44
after David Adelaide. Yeah, I mean, you didn't
39:48
have hope that he could still lose? Like, that
39:50
didn't renew? Well, I didn't have hope in Frasier
39:53
Clark. Like, he's someone who only got onto,
39:57
like, the British national team because everyone
39:59
else turned pro. Like... Like, Frazier Clark's
40:06
amateur success is just because he outlasted
40:10
AJ and Joe Joyce and, like, anyone good in the
40:14
amateur game. Saying Joe Joyce in the amateur
40:18
game. Being good is, uh... Does he do a lot about
40:22
the amateur heavyweight games? Yeah. I mean,
40:26
there's a clip of Joe Joyce comically knocking
40:29
Frazier Clark out in the amateurs. I haven't
40:34
seen that one, but I bet it's good. I'll send
40:36
it to the chat. It's really fun. He's almost
40:41
taking the ring with him. Hold up, Joshua. Hold
40:48
up. Hold up the clip. Hold that clip, Joshua.
40:55
Oh, boy. He almost went over the top rope. That's
41:00
what I mean. He just gets his ass beat horribly.
41:06
Yeah. This is back when Joe Joyce had the hand
41:12
speed of a middle schooler instead of a geriatric.
41:18
Paraplegic geriatric, yeah. This is Juicy Mania
41:21
right here. That's what I mean, though. Honestly,
41:29
the fight probably should have been stopped and
41:30
got bent over the top rope. Considering it was
41:33
an amateur fight. That's crazy. I'm surprised
41:36
it went on that long. But they just let Joyce
41:39
keep beating his ass. They gave him an eight
41:43
count after that? Yeah. Anything more for Queensberry?
41:59
Nope. Top rank in Norfolk, Virginia. There's
42:07
only three fights on here that I found on BoxRec.
42:11
They usually publish their shit on their own
42:13
websites, though. You have to be an approved
42:17
editor to fucking edit boxes. It's not Wikipedia.
42:25
Keyon Davis versus Michael A. Velez Garcia. Six
42:31
rounds. That's whatever. Keon Davis is definitely...
42:36
He's one of the boxers of all time. Yeah. Abdullah
42:44
Mason versus Jeremiah Nakatilla. I'm more interested
42:49
in this than the main event. I am too. This is
42:52
a big step up for Abdullah. Nakathalia is like...
42:57
No, but he's real. That's the thing. He's a real...
43:01
He's a good test. Real. Real game opponent. Yeah,
43:05
he has some losses, but, like, it is what it
43:09
is. It's not like he goes away. Unless you're
43:13
Damien Shakur -Stevenson, in which case Shakur
43:15
went away from him for 12 rounds. This is a bigger
43:18
step than what Giovanni Cabrera could have been.
43:20
Oh, yeah. Like, I don't know. Like, I'm a...
43:25
Like, Nakathalia is definitely just, like...
43:29
I rate him from beating up Burchelt. Take that
43:32
as it may. But he's definitely, like, this is
43:35
a good, good step for Abdullah Mason. He's graduating
43:38
from the top -ranked protection program. He's
43:41
not a prospect after this fight, in my opinion.
43:43
I think after this fight, he becomes a contender.
43:46
He's a contender, yeah. I know we were saying
43:49
last time, like, he's not a prospect anymore.
43:52
Like, we kind of had a discussion about that.
43:53
No, this time, he's for sure going to become
43:56
a contender if he wins. Yeah, there's no question
43:57
about it anymore. With this kind of win. After
44:03
this fight, he's going to start fighting the
44:05
Tevin Farmers. If they pay to lose, you know.
44:12
If Nav moves up again for some fucking reason.
44:17
If he wins, of course. But it is going to be
44:21
a tough fight. For sure. I believe that Villa
44:29
Mason gets it done in the mid -lates. It's like
44:34
the 7 -8 -9 sort of area. I can see it going
44:38
the distance, honestly. It could. It could, but
44:43
I think if Villa Mason pulls it out. Yeah, I
44:46
think he's going to get it done. Hopefully. Main
44:50
event. Main event, Keyshawn Davis versus Edwin
44:54
De Los Barfos. Jesus, Keyshawn, please put this
44:59
guy out to pasture. Someone's going down. Someone's
45:03
going down. Yeah, the audience after the fucking
45:08
De Los Santos and Shakur fight. Every night.
45:13
Fuck. I mean... Keyshawn needs to get this done.
45:21
I'll tell you this. I think you guys are kind
45:24
of... Underestimating Edwin De Los Santos. Yeah,
45:28
that boy still got power in his hands, dude.
45:29
I know. I'm just estimating Keyshawn, like, how
45:32
he... How he should... Like, where he should
45:37
be at this point. I think Keyshawn stops him.
45:42
Yeah, like, Keyshawn should stop him. This is
45:45
gonna be... I guarantee this is gonna be a fun
45:47
fight, dude. Yeah. It's just, like, it's disappointing
45:50
if Keyshawn does not stop him. Sure, yeah. But
45:54
I doubt that Keyshawn is going to go the distance
45:58
to them and make it boring like it should occur.
46:00
No, this fight is going to be gangbusters. I
46:03
know I say that a lot in this podcast, but I'm
46:08
going to make the bold statement of recommending
46:10
this card to casuals. Honestly, it's gangbusters.
46:16
Not like casuals who don't know. Casuals who
46:20
watch a couple boxing fights a year. Yeah, yeah,
46:23
exactly, yeah. I recommend that to them. Not
46:26
to, like, the Canelo casuals. Boxing casuals
46:29
versus casual sports fans? Yeah. This fight's
46:35
going to be really good. And the thing is that
46:38
also with... I don't know if you guys saw my
46:41
text in the server. EDLS is only 25 years old.
46:46
Surprisingly. I thought he was older. He's literally
46:50
25. Yeah, he's 25 years old. Yeah, interesting.
46:54
That guy, he feels like he's been around forever,
46:57
but he's not even in his prime yet. He's got
47:01
fast hands, he's got power. He does have a chin,
47:04
a glass chin, when we saw with Ryo. But I'll
47:08
tell you this, he's going to come out to fight.
47:13
I'm pretty sure after this fight, this is probably
47:14
his last fight for a while in title contention.
47:19
Oh, yeah. But if he shows out this fight, I at
47:24
least hope he shows out, you know? Yeah. I mean,
47:29
Lord knows that boy is a counter -puncher, you
47:32
know? Both of those boys. Kishon, he's going
47:36
to bring it. You know that for sure. Kishon's
47:39
going to bring it. It's not going to be like
47:41
Shakur. Man, I... I don't know. Yeah, I'm not
47:51
seeing what you're seeing. I'm hopeful that it
47:54
can be exciting, but I'm not. I don't have that
47:56
much faith in De Los Santos. I think I'm putting
47:59
too much stock in the Shakur fight. I'm thinking.
48:03
You got to look back with Ryo. That fight with
48:07
Ryo was crazy. Yeah, it was fun. I remember.
48:11
Yeah, that fight with Ryo was amazing. I mean,
48:15
of course, being on Robert Helanious, undercard,
48:18
bro. It was as good as that card could have gotten.
48:21
You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. The reason
48:26
why that Shakur fight was so bad was because
48:28
of Shakur. Most of it was... Yeah, as things
48:32
generally are. Like, that boy... There's a reason
48:37
why Shakur ran the whole fight. Yeah, he just
48:41
got popped. Yeah, that boy got popped. Keyshawn
48:44
don't run. That's why I'm saying it's going to
48:46
be a fun fight. Yeah. Anything more for this
48:55
top -ranked card? Yeah, not really. Yeah, I'm
49:01
going for Keyshawn on this one, but I'm more
49:04
interested in Abdullah Mason. Absolutely. And
49:09
more than that, I'm more interested in the Sunday
49:11
card. Yeah, thank you. Very good setup. Tokyo,
49:19
the Tokyo Prefecture. That's like a county or
49:22
something that they have there. At the Inkoto
49:26
City. Ariake Coliseum, not the arena. Fucking
49:32
Junto Nakatani headlining. Let me look up real
49:37
quick. Tenshin Nasukawa. This is the first card
49:41
from the bottom up that I'm pointing out. Victor
49:43
Santillan. 10 rounds at 118. They're building
49:48
up Nasukawa to either he's going to be like the
49:52
last fight before Nakatani leaves 118 or he's
49:57
going to fill the void once he does. Oh, yeah.
50:02
This is going to be a really cool fight. It'll
50:04
be. I think it's going to be entertaining. I
50:07
don't remember who. I think it was you, Alex.
50:10
I told Tenshin Nasukawa was like the Japanese
50:13
Lomachenko. Yeah, you told me that. That's right.
50:17
I'm watching this fight with close eyes. I was
50:21
sold on Nasukawa when beating Maloney like that.
50:25
Oh, hell yeah. Even Shinada had to admit that
50:31
was a pretty impressive win. Yeah. That's Shinada,
50:35
bro. She fucking hates Nasukawa. Why? Because
50:40
he's a douchebag. Well, yeah. He's an arrogant,
50:43
cocky fucking douchebag like Lomachenko was.
50:48
Who's going to be on the podcast one day, right?
50:50
Maybe he gets beat. I don't know. I don't know.
51:02
I don't mind it. I don't mind it because I do
51:04
not see it. That's the... Exactly. That's exactly
51:07
what I say. I'm not there. I don't know what
51:10
he's like in the media or anything. Yeah. Kazuto
51:14
Ioka is the exception. I know how bad he is.
51:20
He's not that bad. Is he? His relationship with
51:24
the Japanese commission has reached the West,
51:27
which is... That must be bad. That is bad. Like
51:32
they hate him. They hate him. The commission
51:33
actively does not like him. So that's that's
51:38
reached the West. So that's that's how I know
51:40
like it's bad. But like if you haven't reached
51:42
the West that you're like with how you are like
51:46
it's not that bad. Especially with how quick
51:51
boxing media is to tear down like non -Western
51:55
fighters. Like point. If the excuse is there,
52:02
it's there. Anyways. Moving up. Shinada can tell
52:11
you more about him, but Tomoya Tsuboi is fighting
52:14
Van Tao Tran, also at Bantamweight. Is this for
52:20
a Japanese title or WBO Asia Pacific? Okay. I
52:25
usually don't write down the trinkets. No, Thao
52:29
Tran is a Vietnamese fighter. Okay. The Trigger
52:34
is a cool nickname, I must say. This is a bit
52:39
of a bantamweight bonanza here. Yeah, they usually
52:43
do that. Guys in similar weight classes. That's
52:49
good. Good, good. Again, all these fights should
52:54
be fun. I have faith. Yeah, the Japanese come
52:58
to Rumble. Yeah. And headlining, Junto Nakatani
53:05
versus Ryosuke Nishida. The WBC and IBF champs
53:10
are unifying titles. Cool. Very cool fight. It'll
53:16
be good. And then Nakatani's probably going to
53:19
put Nishida out the pasture. I think it goes
53:23
late. Like, it'll be a late stoppage for sure.
53:27
Yeah, Nishida's pretty sound. He's not a pushover
53:31
anyway. Yeah, it's just like, we're actual legitimate
53:35
world champion versus generational talent. So,
53:39
be that as it may. Fun fight, for sure. Yeah,
53:46
it's good. That's all we got, though. A lot of
53:55
cards, but it's either here are some solid key
54:00
ones to pay attention to, or hey, it's a card
54:03
on Thursday. If you're in Montreal and into gambling,
54:12
then yeah, go watch that card. Or just go watch
54:15
the card. You don't even necessarily have to
54:16
hit the casino. Yeah, I guess. That's it. Anything
54:25
more for the Taken card? No. This is a good card.
54:31
I'm glad it's available. Yeah. Oh, that's right.
54:34
It's on ESPN. I don't know if I mentioned that.
54:35
It's on ESPN. I'm very happy it is available.
54:39
I can watch it with my eyes legally. Like we
54:45
always do. Like always. They can suck the money
54:48
out of my ass. Throw that in there. Always. Always.
54:57
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where the outro stuff goes. Oh yeah. So, we are
56:18
heading into a pretty busy, pretty busy week.
56:22
Pretty busy weekend. We've got Keyshawn, Abdullah
56:27
Mason, Jayo Pataya, Frazier fucking, or Fabio
56:33
fucking Wardley, not Frazier Clark. Excuse me.
56:36
Mixed up my Brit, British. Brit slop. Shmevyweights.
56:44
Shmevyweights. And then we've got Junto Nakatani
56:49
unifying titles. Parting words. Probox good.
56:55
Yeah, I was about to say, I forgot Probox. I
56:57
forgot to mention them. Probox good. I also think
57:03
my parting words are, if Keyshawn wins, you gotta
57:07
get a unification. Unification. With Raymond.
57:14
Oh, that would be a good fight. If he wins. Yeah.
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I think I favor Keyshawn in that one. Me too.
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I favor Keyshawn with 135. The best one in my
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opinion. Call and tell us why we're wrong. Why
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I'm wrong. Yeah. Always like to hear from people.
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Text is easier. But with calls, I don't know.
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practice what you're going to say a little bit,
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because if it comes out kind of choppy or sloppy,
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it's hard to cut in. Yeah, if we have a bunch
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of ums, er, er, er, er, ums, yeah. There's only
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so much I can do on the back end, but. Oh, yeah.
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So, yeah, if you just want to text, then that's
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fine, too. Got to shout out Matt. Thank you for
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getting, for fucking jumping in. All these fucking
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people listening and nobody's. Nobody wants to
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participate. It's unfortunate. Oh, yeah. All
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right. If that's it, then that's it. That'll
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do it for this edition of the Boxing B -Side.
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So we will see you on the other side of this
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Junto Nishida unification.