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[BxBD] What's going on at 140? · Boxing B-Sides

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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. Boxing before
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dark. It is not dark yet. In a few months, we're
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going to have to adjust the time if we want to
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keep it before dark. Not for me, though. I think
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that might just be that it's dark in one place
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for the two of us. I don't know if there is a
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reasonable time. It is. raining and cloudy and
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only 30 degrees here it is the coldest it's been
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in like a month i actually turned off my air
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conditioner for the first time in like seven
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weeks damn i can't get one of mine the one that
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cools this new place that i live it has two systems
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and one of them is not cooling properly And that's
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the one that happens to be where my office is.
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That's garbage. Yeah, not the best. But I have
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a fan that I can bring in. It shouldn't be a
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big deal. I usually sit it under my desk so that
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it blows. Did the catch hit? Yeah, no. That's
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right. I'm going to have to clean that out. Double
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check to make sure we didn't lay any new fucking
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eggs. All right, let's get into some fucking
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boxing here. Yeah. Enough of my woes. So we're
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going to jump into some news and shit. It's a
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little bit aged, but nonetheless still worth
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talking about. One that really, just on the surface,
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it sounds pretty shitty. Turkey McFuckface tweeted
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for Tim Zoo to become like a sparring partner
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for everyone. Yeah, he said that Tim Zoo was
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not a useful fighter to have on cards, but he
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might be able to use him as a sparring partner.
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There was a bit of backlash and that tweet got
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deleted, but I thought that was just a super
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shitty thing to say. It is a very shitty thing
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to say. I don't know. Turkey's such an asshat.
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But... Yeah, like, I don't think that it was
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something lost in translation either. Which is
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what they might try to chalk it up to. It was
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very clearly not that. Because he reiterated
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the point. Like... Yeah, I don't know. Like,
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kick a man when he's down. That's just... bullshit
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but turkey's gonna turkey i guess right because
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like we're we i mean like active fighters are
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just action figures for him just play toys just
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yeah which play toys can i make fight yeah but
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like they are people with feelings right like
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I don't know, just such a shitty thing to say.
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And I don't think it's true either. Like, if
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you really think Tim Zhu can't hang at the world
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level anymore, or even just at, like, a competitive
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level, then he shouldn't fight at all. Like,
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I don't know. Just dumb. Let's see. His losses
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have been to Fundora twice, Mortazaliev. Yeah.
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It's more the way he lost the last two losses,
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I think, than anything else. Like, he took an
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absolute ass -beating versus Murda, and then...
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I'm not saying he shouldn't have stopped, but
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it was weird the way Tim stopped in that last
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Vendora fight. If you can't trust your corner
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to pull you out when you need to be pulled out,
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you stop in the corner. Like, I get that. I'm
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not saying that... him quit for no reason but
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i just mean it is a weird way to quit i think
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he was of the mind he kind of alluded to it in
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the post fight interview where it's like i i
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did everything i could and it wasn't making a
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difference and i'm already taking a lot of damage
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it took a lot of damage to get me to the point
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where i was landing successfully and that might
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have been my best round but Yeah. Is the juice
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worth the squeeze here? Well, and I do think
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with Tim specifically, he can't trust his corner
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to pull him out if he needs to be pulled out.
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So that's why Tim quit on the stool. Because
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he can't trust his corner to step in. So he needs
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to take care of himself because the people around
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him are such shit. Oh, it's only a liter of blood.
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that's fine yeah like that's fine fuck's sake
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you can lose another one yeah before you like
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pass out need to be rushed to the hospital yeah
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yeah so like but i i can see why people think
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tim has no dog but i don't think that's true
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i think he just has no trust and he shouldn't
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until he gets completely new people he shouldn't
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trust them yeah that's a good way to put it It's
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not that he has no dog, it's that he doesn't
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trust his corner. That's a very good way to put
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it. I can't remember who it was. It was a while
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ago, like maybe the early 2000s. There was a
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Mexican guy who quit on the stool. And after
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he retired, he talked about that. I can picture
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it, like I can see his face, but he was an Ortiz
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maybe? or early 2000s. I might have the timing
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wrong, too. It doesn't really matter, but there's
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been other fighters who are like, nah, my corner
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men were shit, and I didn't trust them to stop
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it. Like, I think Daniel Dubois had the same
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problem with his eye. He told them he couldn't
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see, he told them it was fucked, and they wouldn't
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stop it for him, so he took a knee against Joe
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Joyce. And everybody questioned him. But his
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orbital was, like, fucked. Something I noticed,
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I don't know if you did, but in the second Usyk
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fight, so he goes down, he gets counted out,
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he gets up pretty okay. Yep. Okay, so I'm glad
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it wasn't just me. No, no. There's a lot of people
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doing the, no, he just didn't want the rest of
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that fight. Dubois, I think, yeah, but Dubois,
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I think, might also just lack dog a little bit.
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A little bit. More so than Tim, in my opinion.
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But, yeah, if you don't trust your corner, you
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gotta take care of yourself. Yeah, and it's not
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gonna look good when you have to. People aren't
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gonna like it, but... I think there's still a
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lot of upside for Tim. Well, maybe not a lot,
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but there is still upside. There are things that
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he can do to... There are names out here that
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he can take. Like Erickson Lubin, I feel like
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he needs to suffer for jobbing Jesus Ramos. Yeah.
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Lisma Lima is a relatively unknown name, but
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he's starting to build some steam. Connor Ben,
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huh? Yeah. Good old Connor Ben. Victor Ortiz
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is the person I was trying to think of. Victor
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Ortiz. You know, when you said he was an Ortiz
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in the early 2000s, I was like, yeah, that's
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who I was thinking of. There's an interview where
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Victor Ortiz talks about this because he had
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one fight, I forget who it was against, where
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he quit. And everybody wrote him off. And after
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he retired, he's like, I quit because I knew
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nobody was going to pull me out if I needed it.
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And you can't pull yourself out mid -round. Yeah,
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you can. Robesio Ramirez did. Yeah, well. So
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did Daniel Dubois. Like, you can, but... Anyways.
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So did Tank Davis. Oh, fuck. Anyways, if anybody's
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interested out there somewhere, there's a very
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good discussion of that with Victor Ortiz. Well,
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speaking of calling it quits, Daigo Higa retires
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after another draw. Is this his third one? It's
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two in a row for sure. Yeah, I'm pretty sure
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it's his third. I was a little surprised he retired.
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He didn't look bad. But he is old, I guess. He's
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still in the rankings. Yeah, two draws with Tsutsumi.
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Yeah, he's got the two with Tsutsumi and then
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this Antonio Vargas draw. Man, my Okinawa bro.
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Can't catch a fucking break. I mean, Higa still
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got it, but you can see he's starting to slow
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down. Yeah. If he thinks it's time to quit, it's
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time to quit. But I will be a little sad. He's
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one of those guys that I always look out for
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on the cards. And at 30, he could still get another
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three, four years out of his career if he really
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wanted to. But I guess we also have no idea how
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much damage he's taken. Like, he has a pretty
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damaging style to himself. Yeah, it's a high
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tax on his brain cells. I mean, I hear the Kamedas
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are signing people, so... Oh, fuck. I will say,
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Higa got on the good side of the JBC. I don't
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know how or why. but he didn't get jobbed like
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the Okinawans usually do. Yeah. I'm a little
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sad. Yeah, I'm a little sad to see him go, but
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I'm glad he's getting out while he's still pretty
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healthy, as far as we know. Hmm. On the topic
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of the JBC. Yeah. The fucking body count continues
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to climb up. God damn, it's bad. Two more rush
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to the hospital. After the same card. It's that
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August 2nd card at Korakuen. Jeez. And one of
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them, Shigatoshi Kotari, died last night. Well,
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two nights ago. Yeah. And I can't find any updates
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on Hiromasa Urakawa. He was the one that... He
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was rushed to the hospital as well and had a
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less serious brain surgery. Kotari had two brain
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surgeries and then died six days after the fight,
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but I can't find any more updates on the other
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guy, which probably is good news for now, I guess.
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uh shigeoka i i can't find anything on him i
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don't think he ever actually woke up so i was
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wondering if no news is good news if that's the
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case just because if there was an update one
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way or another we would have heard something
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so i guess things are kind of maintaining themselves
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yeah Well, and like this Urakawa, he's only been
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in the hospital for a week now. But like Shigeoka,
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if he hasn't woke up now, I don't know what the
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chances of him waking up are. Yeah. And the JBC's
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response to all of this is to reduce the OPBF
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title fights from 12 rounds to 10 rounds. So...
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I might have it backwards, but Kotari was in
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a 12 -round fight and finished the fight and
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collapsed afterwards. Urakawa was in an 8 -round
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fight and collapsed afterwards. Reducing it to
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10 rounds probably isn't gonna do shit. They
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have to be seen as if they're doing something.
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Yeah. Well, maybe they should just have, like,
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better medical checks or something. The one thing
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is, these guys aren't that young. Right? Like,
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Kotari was 28. I forget how old Urakawa is. I
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didn't look it up. Or I didn't write it down,
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I mean. But they probably have some sort of damage
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that's, you know, something that could be caught.
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Shigeoka definitely did. How do you not have
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his age on here? He's an active fighter. He debuted
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in 2018, so he's probably also around that 28th.
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He's still at an 8 -round level, though. And
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he's never really fought outside Korakuen Hall.
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Like, this guy was a gatekeeper. Yeah, he was
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a jobber. Yeah. Journeyman, I guess. Gatekeeper
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might be too high a standing. But, like, I feel
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like... The JVC doesn't do the best medical checks
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is all I'm saying. And reducing the number of
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rounds isn't going to change that. I am also
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not an expert, so. He was out for almost a year
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because he lost in October of 24 and then he
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came back on August 2nd. So, I don't know. How
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bad was that loss? do you have a skull fracture
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as well? And then they just said, oh, well, you
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don't have a skull fracture now, so have fun.
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Yeah, like, I don't want to make it sound like
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I know anything about the JBC, because I sure
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as hell don't. But they're doing something different
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than other organizations, I think, because they're
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having way more problems than everyone else.
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Yeah. So, I don't know. The JBC needs to look
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at their shit. Get it together. I know that these
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guys make their living boxing and they need to
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make a living, but, you know, you're not making
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a living in the hospital either. You're not making
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a living if you're fucking dead. Yeah. Jesus.
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In funny Japanese news, the Kameda crashout fucking
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continues. The Kamedas are signing everyone they
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can think of that the JBC hates. They've signed
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Louis Neary to a five -fight deal. And five fights
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in Japan, as far as I can tell. They're marketing
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it as in Japan. And they're putting out a bunch
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of tweets along the lines of everyone deserves
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a second chance and people change, guys. They're
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signing a whole bunch of like Central Asia guys
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as well. Like a bunch of people from the stands.
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Yeah. And I don't know where they've gotten all
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this money. Because they had that card in Kyrgyzstan.
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I hope I got it right this time. And they're
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doing all these signings. And, like, Neary's
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a name. He's going to cost them money. Casamaro's
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a name. He's going to cost money. Piece of shit.
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Yeah, Casamaro, they're also trying to do publicity.
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Like, people change, guys. He's going to make
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weight this time. Oh, right. They haven't mentioned
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that, like, the... children either so hopefully
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they're keeping him away from anyone underage
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but like i don't know the comedas are just fucking
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crashing out and they're suddenly bankrolled
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as far as i can tell so somebody's gonna end
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up going to jail in the next five years i'm 100
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sure of it somebody has given the comedas drug
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money or something Yeah, I'm curious where they
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could be possibly getting it from. If it was
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the Saudis, they would have made a big publicity
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stunt about it. It's not the Saudis, and it's
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not that kind of money. As much as they're signing
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a couple big names, they're not signing the biggest
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names. Right. But Vom thought maybe it was Kyrgyzstan.
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doing like trying to do a saudi on a smaller
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scale like which would be the most optimistic
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uh i think idea i don't know i i just assume
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that it's drug money from somewhere it's the
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kamadas the yakuza again or the mexican cartel
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or some russian mafia that wants to bankroll
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boxers in the stands to launder their money.
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Who knows? But it's the Kamedas. I cannot see
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this being above board. It's boxing and it's
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the Kamedas. But maybe I'm just pessimistic.
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Maybe it is just somebody won a lottery somewhere
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or something. Their dream for spending it was...
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Well, maybe one of the Kamedas won the lottery
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or something. He's putting it into the family
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business. Maybe. Man, speaking of signings or
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not signings, Ryan Garcia. He's dumping Golden
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Boy. Yeah, the Ryan and Oscar online drama continues.
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I don't follow Ryan very closely, but he does
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come up on my Instagram feed a lot. Ryan's looking
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very back on the drugs. He's doing a lot of dancing.
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He's very sweaty. And I don't know. I could be
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wrong. Maybe he's just doing the weird dances
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and looking a little out of it for views. But
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I don't think so. TikTok dances are physically
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taxing. He's just running. They are. He's just
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getting tired. He's got the Instagram models
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showing up at his house again to do TikTok dances.
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Oh, boy. That's all they're doing, I bet. TikTok
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dances. Oh, Ryan. Ridiculous. May your fall from
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grace be infinite. It's just too goddamn funny.
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I fucking hate Ryan. He should sign with the
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Kamedas. That would be an interesting move to
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sign with them. Any of the Asian fighters I actually
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like that sign with the Kamedas, I'm just so
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sad when I hear it. As far as I know, they don't
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have any Japanese guys that are any name value.
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Because why would you sign with them if you're
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Japanese? Yeah, like Ohashi and Taken are right
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there. Even like that... Who's Nishida fight
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with? Mugo? Yeah, I know who you're talking about.
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Muto? Yeah, that's it. Like, there's just so
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many. They could sign with... What's the guy
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from the bar? What's his name? Kaneko? I don't
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remember the name of his boxing gym, but they're
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doing okay. They've gotten a couple people on
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big cards lately. Good. Man, it would be cool
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to get a chat with a boxing insider from Japan.
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Yeah, my Japanese is not good enough. No. I did
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buy a ticket for Aoi Yokoyama is headlining.
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Next week. Week after? At Korakuen on a Tuesday.
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But, yeah, the 19th. So not this Tuesday, but
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the next one. And I might have an email address
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for him. We could try and put together an email.
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I don't know if he would do an interview in English,
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but maybe a written one. Yeah, just submit a
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few questions and then, like, reply. He can answer.
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Yeah, and then we can write it up and put it
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on the website. Yeah, that'd be good. It would
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be cool to ask the inner workings. Even ask them,
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like, what's up with the Kameda situation? What's
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the word on the street? Yeah. Oh, speaking of
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Japanese boxers, I did get to meet Tsutsumi Seiya,
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Seiya Tsutsumi, at his fan greeting thing. He
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was so nice. He sat down at every table with
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every fan, signed anything you had for him, and
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he talked to each table for a minute or two.
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He was doing some boxing with the young kids.
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Like, oh no, you need to turn your hip more and
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that sort of stuff. Yeah, it was really cute.
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It was great. He did try and speak English with
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me because he didn't understand my Japanese at
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all. um he he was really nice what did he think
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of the banner oh he thought it was hilarious
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also i gave him one of our stickers he was a
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little confused i was like it's for you or i
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tried to say it in japanese um and he just looked
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at me and i was like no like you can keep it
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and he's like oh for me so i'm uh I don't know
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if he'll actually use it, but I've been checking
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all of his Instagram things to see if it's stuck
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on a water bottle or something. Yeah, it would
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be funny to see him post it. Like, it is a living
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burger that is a pot, sir. Yeah, yeah. Actually,
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on his Instagram, he's in Mexico now. He must
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have flew out, like, the day after he did the
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fan meet. He's looking for the finest beef. He
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is in Guadalajara, actually. Oh, shit. That's
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where the finest Mexican meat is found. That
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sounded a little weird. Yeah, I meant like cattle,
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all right? Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.
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Oh, man. I wanted to... Ask you about this, because
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this is like the way that you have it written
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down here is kind of weird. Raleigh is the only
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title holder. He's a title holder, but they declared
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a vacant title. So I am confused by the regulars
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and the silvers and all that shit. But Raleigh.
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Let me let me look it up. So Raleigh had what
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did he have the interim? wba regular i think
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okay regular what weight class are they they're
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140 47 147 okay so he had the regular and then
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what's his name moved up boots yeah so usually
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they would just elevate rolly right you would
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think But instead, they declared the title vacant.
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What? The one that Boots had is now vacant and
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Raleigh keeps the one that he has? That was my
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understanding. What? Why? Yeah, so maybe it's
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changed because I wrote this like a week ago,
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but... That was my understanding. But I get easily
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confused by the regulars and supers and whatevers,
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right? But... I think the thing is, if Rawley
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were to fight a unification fight, he would get
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elevated. If he won. Because I think that's what
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the super is, is for unified champions. Right.
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I'm really trying to dig back into my boxing
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orc bylaws. Fucking shenanigans. Or did they
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since elevate Rolly? Who are the WBA title holders
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right now? Let's have a look. Sorry, Leo, I should
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have double -checked and updated this stuff.
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Rawley is the only one listed for the WBA. Okay,
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maybe they did. When did they elevate him? That
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I don't see. Okay, well, I guess that is all
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garbage and you can probably cut it. Nah, it's
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fine. That is just me being confused by all the
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fucking extra belts they have. Yeah, a lot of
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people are confused by him, including me, from
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time to time. Like we were talking about the
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global belt? I'm sorry, what? Yeah, how is that?
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And there's like the international belts? I don't
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know. Okay, according to Box Live, they elevated
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him on July 2nd, which means I just don't know
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what the fuck I'm talking about. Anyways. Oh,
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well. So, Rolly is officially a two -weight class
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world champion, and you guys all better put respect
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on his name. I think this is the funniest shit
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in the world. Beating Ryan honestly did give
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me a bit of respect for him, because he's been...
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He was marred. Like, he got sparked out by Tank
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after talking a lot of trash. expected. That's
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kind of like what his persona, the boxing persona
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is. And then he had that shit with Barroso. Yeah.
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And now he's putting it back together. Hopefully
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he gets some good fights. Yeah, I don't know.
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I don't know who they'll have Raleigh fight next.
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He is seen as one of the weaker champions. I
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would rate him above Barrios. I was just going
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to say, maybe him and Barrios should fight next.
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To unify belts? Well, also, once and for all,
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prove who the worst champion is right now. Gotta
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be Barrios. Half an hour, I think. Just about.
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What other news do we have here? Boxer on BBC?
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Yeah. Are they officially signed with BBC? So
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my understanding is that there will be at least
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four Boxer fights on BBC1 and BBC2. Hmm. That's
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cool. It's on free -to -air. Yeah. TV, so that's
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always good. Might be more accessible with VPN
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than Sky was. Maybe. I used a VPN into Britain
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to watch Scrapyard Wars. Some of their old reality
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TV shows I really liked. I think the American
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version was called Junkyard Wars. Great, great
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TV. Never heard of either of them. Okay, so they're
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given a challenge, like, I don't know, build
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an amphibious motor vehicle, and then they'd
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have to take it on a race course. But it's just
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they drop four guys with one expert who knows
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how to design this sort of thing in an actual
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scrapyard. It's all just used vehicles and stuff.
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And they have to run around and find the parts
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they need and cobble together this thing. That
31:45
actually sounds pretty fun. It was super fun.
31:48
The American version I'm pretty sure was Junkyard
31:51
Wars and the British version was Scrapyard Wars.
31:53
And both are great cinema. Peak. Highly recommend.
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So, fights, fights, fights. I have to admit,
33:41
Leo, I didn't watch all of these. It's alright.
33:43
I might not be super good for the reviews this
33:47
week. I didn't watch quite all of them. Joshua
33:53
Edwards gets a TKO in one over Cayman Audi. It
33:57
was... Cayman... Just didn't really belong in
34:02
the same ring. Regis Progre gets a UD over Jojo
34:09
Diaz. I heard this was low -key a banger. I haven't
34:15
watched it. A lot of people are calling this
34:17
fight of the year contender. Seriously. Battle
34:23
of the washed. They were both just the right
34:27
amount of washed. It was actually pretty fucking
34:31
entertaining. I'll have to go find it. I recommend
34:35
checking it out. This one's DAZN, right? Yes.
34:39
I was expecting better from Regis. His defense
34:46
was fucking dog shit. He kept his hands down
34:49
despite getting tagged and buzzed consistently.
34:55
Unacceptable from ProGrey. What's Diaz on now?
35:03
Eight. He's lost eight of his last ten. Wow.
35:09
Let me see if I can count here. Six. Seven. He's
35:15
lost seven of his last nine, I guess. I would
35:20
say in this one he gave a good account of himself.
35:23
So, it might be a loss, but I wouldn't hold it
35:26
against him too badly. I guess, but at a certain
35:32
point. Yeah, it does become too much. Yeah, you're
35:35
right. What weight was this fight at? 140. Diaz
35:41
does not belong at 140. If Regis is getting buzzed
35:44
by a 140 JoJo. A 130 fucking contender. I think
35:52
champion at one point. Good fight in the main
35:59
event. Oscar Duarte gets the majority decision
36:03
over Kenneth Sims. The two cards that were not
36:07
draws were 7 -5 and 8 -4. It was that close.
36:16
Very good performance from both guys. I liked
36:19
what Sims was doing a little bit more. I thought
36:23
he was landing the cleaner punches. But I guess
36:28
the volume and pressure from Duarte got a lot
36:31
of people excited. The fan score on BoxRec was
36:38
115 -113 for Duarte. Yeah, that's not unfair.
36:47
I want to see Oscar Duarte do something. He rates.
36:53
Yeah, that's what I mean. I know he lost to Ryan
36:59
Garcia, but part of that was, I think, the ref's
37:02
fault, to be honest. I think Duarte can get a
37:08
belt, possibly. I think he's up there. At 140.
37:15
He is, I think, the mandatory for Antoine Russell.
37:22
Oh, I don't know if he beats... I don't know
37:25
if he beats him. But that's an awesome fight.
37:31
Two high output, high pressure types. That would
37:36
be fucking fireworks. Yeah, I would be up for
37:41
watching that. Would also like to see him up
37:45
against Subril Matias. Another... Good clash
37:50
of styles. Also fun. What else we got here? I
37:58
don't... Hitchens never makes me excited. Same.
38:07
What about Duarte Tio? I think that Tio Fimo
38:13
is gifted enough. I think Tio wins, but I think
38:19
it could be a fun fight. I don't see it going
38:21
too differently from Barbossa. Fair enough. Other
38:25
than Duarte maybe having a little bit more success.
38:29
Might even take a few rounds off of Tio, but
38:31
I don't see it going that differently. Personally.
38:36
Yeah, I just think it might be fun. I think Tio
38:40
wins, unless Tio comes in stupid. Which is very
38:45
possible. Very possible. Anything more? Oh, go
38:52
ahead. No, I was going to say, I was just looking
38:54
at the standings. 140 is a more fun weight class
38:57
than I was thinking right now. I guess a bunch
39:01
of those guys moved up that I don't like. Like
39:04
Devin Haney? Yeah. Ryan Garcia? Yeah. Oh, this
39:16
is 140. I was thinking, I was like, where's Shakur?
39:19
But he's one down. I'm interested to see what
39:26
Andy Hiraoka is going to do. Yeah, he's... He's
39:37
not typical Japanese style fighting. That's for
39:39
sure. No. I don't know. I think he's going to
39:47
do better than the Japanese usually do at 140.
39:53
But I don't know if he's as good as people are
39:56
trying to make him. I think he needs some more
39:59
tests. I would like to see Andy Hiraoka versus
40:04
Oscar Duarte. That would be pretty damn good.
40:09
That could be fun, yeah, actually. Because Andy
40:13
is super athletic. I would say maybe like a diet
40:18
Teofimo, only because we haven't seen Andy really
40:22
tested by anyone. Yeah, I was trying to look
40:28
at his box rec here real quick. He beat Jin Sasaki
40:31
a few years ago. I didn't know that. Who, Andy?
40:36
Yeah. By technical knockout. Does that diminish
40:44
the Brian Norman knockout? No, just the way that
40:52
Brian Norman knocked him out. That was crazy.
40:54
Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I'm on the fence about
41:01
Hiroyuki. Not on the fence whether he's good
41:06
or not, but how far he'll go. I would like to
41:10
see him in some step -up fights, though. I agree.
41:12
Him versus Duarte would be good. It's a dangerous
41:15
fight for both of them, though. It is. That's
41:20
why it's so good. That's why it'll never happen.
41:26
Buzzkill. My job. Well, let's keep it rolling.
41:34
Because this one needs a buzzkill as well. Jerwin
41:39
on Cajas really quick. Majority decision over
41:41
Ruben Casero. Jerwin moved up to 122 for some
41:46
reason. Money? I guess. He was okay at 115. He
41:56
was solid at 115. He was okay at 118, but I don't
42:01
know what he's thinking. Was he chasing Inouye?
42:03
Inouye payday? I don't know. Yeah. I mean, he
42:13
already got beat by Inouye, didn't he? No. Not
42:17
that I recall. The other Inouye. Oh. Yeah. Okay.
42:23
The younger brother beat him at 118. Bring out
42:28
the buzzsaw because we need a buzzkill. Gabe
42:31
Rosado gets a K01. I will not buzzkill. Gabe
42:38
Rosado, although he should not be fighting. Yeah,
42:41
that's what I mean. I know, I know. I want him
42:44
to not fight anymore, but that was a pretty good
42:48
knockout. It was. But yeah, no. Gabe should get
42:54
back on the microphone. That's his job now. What's
42:59
funny, I think, is that they found a guy. Gabe
43:03
Rosado's 26, 17, and 1. And they found an opponent
43:07
who is also 26, 17, and 1. That is pretty funny.
43:12
That's a very specific record. Right, a very
43:15
specific opponent that you're looking for. Also
43:21
about the same age -ish, which can't be that
43:24
easy. Yeah, Gabe should not be fighting. It was
43:36
a fun knockout. Anything more? Nah. For Gabe?
43:43
So yeah, that's the recaps. Into some upcoming
43:46
shit. On the 15th, Pro Box at the Pro Box Event
43:55
Center in Florida. It's a Pro Box card, so you
44:01
can expect some good matchups, even if you don't
44:03
recognize any of the names. The Vaya brothers
44:07
are both fighting. So that's fun. William Foster.
44:13
He's been on a few times. This opponent name
44:18
is fucking wild. Muhammad Kuja. Muhammad Kuja.
44:24
The KH is a phlegm. Yakubov. So... Have you heard
44:35
of... From Tajikistan. No surprise that he's
44:38
from one of those. I don't know if I've ever
44:41
seen a different fighter from Tajikistan, though,
44:44
is all I'm saying. His manager is Kambosis. Is
44:50
it? According to BoxRec, yeah, it's Jim Kambosis.
44:54
Wow. They got a star on their hands. So... One
45:03
thing that's funny about his last name, Yakubov,
45:06
is there is this group in the U .S. called Nation
45:12
of Islam. And in their sort of creation myth
45:21
for their religion, this is according to Nation
45:28
of Islam, you know, not these... Does not represent
45:32
my deluxe media specs or feelings or opinions
45:36
or anything. There is an evil demigod named Yakub.
45:41
And all white people come from Yakub, the evil
45:46
demigod. Right. And so this guy's name is Yakubov.
45:51
He's the son of Yakub. It's pretty funny. Yeah,
45:58
very well done. Yeah, Nation of Islam is a little
46:06
wacky. Yeah, I said it. Deal with it. Moving
46:11
on. 360 Promotions at the Chumash Casino in California.
46:18
A bunch of shit on here that I don't really care
46:22
about up until the co -main Omar Trinidad versus
46:25
Lorenzo Barra. It's for a WBC trinket. And Omar's
46:33
kind of like one of their better names. It's
46:39
not saying a whole lot. I don't think I've ever
46:40
seen him either, to be honest. You're not missing
46:43
a whole lot. But in the main event, Mizuki Hiruta.
46:50
Mimi. I'm excited. Versus Naomi Cardenas. I don't
46:56
think I know Naomi. I don't think I do either.
47:01
She's only had nine fights. RJ Alert. Yes. Yeah,
47:07
she cute. All right. Anyway, should be fun. If
47:12
nothing else, Mimi will have amazing clothes,
47:14
like she always does. WBO super flyweight title
47:18
on the line. And the meat of the dish on the
47:26
16th. in riyadh saudi arabia i listed this one
47:32
it's matchroom and queensberry all i don't know
47:35
if it's a versus i don't think it is but regardless
47:42
i've listed this as british for the promotion
47:45
it's gonna be fair enough so the zone pay -per
47:48
-view uh it's a pay -per -view yeah in the u
47:52
.s it is I feel like they're not setting up the
47:57
Talma for success here. I mean, I guess there's
48:03
a couple good names on this. There are. If it's
48:07
one of the not $90 pay -per -views, it's probably
48:11
worth it. I, of course, will be purchasing this.
48:16
Of course. And I will be very glad to do so.
48:19
I will be so happy. On the card, Hayato Tsutsumi
48:27
versus Kais Ashwak. Yeah, I don't know who the
48:34
B -side is. Hayato's the less good brother. I
48:40
mean, he's not terrible, but he's never impressed
48:43
me. Yeah, like, his ceiling has so far been...
48:52
The Otashi Gym. Korakuen Hall. He fights in Oda
49:00
City a lot. He's on Ioka's undercards. Usually.
49:04
Alright. That's fun. He's not terrible. They
49:09
really are pushing him and he's fine. Yeah. That's
49:18
a really good descriptor. He's fine. Maybe he's
49:22
better than I think he is, but he has never impressed
49:25
me. But I've also never been like, this guy's
49:28
shit, so... You know. Oh, well, speaking of I
49:34
don't know if this guy's shit, Filip Hergovich
49:36
versus David Adelaide. This might be a good matchup.
49:44
It is. They're at a good commensurate levels
49:49
with each other, but... But turn into a low -key
49:54
banger, maybe? This one stands on the edge of
49:59
a blade. This can either be a low -key banger,
50:02
or it's going to be like a heavyweight slopfest.
50:06
It's going to be one of the two. Yeah, it's two
50:12
mid -heavyweights. So it's either going to be
50:15
they mesh perfectly and it's fun, or it's like...
50:22
Jab, jab, clinch. I don't know. I'm trying to
50:29
be optimistic, but this is probably going to
50:30
suck. Ray Ford versus Abraham Nova. I don't think
50:36
this one will suck. This one should be pretty
50:38
good. I think Ray Ford takes this. Yeah. Pretty
50:44
easily. I'm sure if Abraham... I wonder if Abraham
50:47
Nova is going to bring his... His mascot? Yeah.
50:52
I think it'll be there. That'll be fun. How old
50:58
is Nova now? Because he's not young, is he? Yeah,
51:03
he's 31. The walkout will be a show, if nothing
51:08
else. Man, his beard trips me out every time.
51:14
I love it. Just be weird, dude. Nick Ball versus
51:22
Sam Goodman. Why? I don't rate Sam Goodman, but
51:29
I don't rate his chances against Nick Ball, rather.
51:36
I think Nick Ball's going to take him apart pretty
51:39
quickly. I don't know if this goes six. Yeah,
51:45
I'm not excited for this fight at all. Are you
51:50
excited for Moses Atama versus Dillian White?
51:54
I kind of am. I don't even watch heavyweights,
51:57
and I'm kind of excited for those. What's the
52:00
percentage or the odds on White getting knocked
52:07
out by an uppercut? Oh, fuck. Specifically an
52:11
uppercut. Of all the punches that knock people
52:14
out or knock Dillian White out, that's the one.
52:20
I will be super disappointed if Itauma has not
52:24
been just, like, fucking spamming uppercuts in
52:27
the gym. That big, like, water bag, just uppercut.
52:34
Non -stop. Yeah. I might have to jump on one
52:38
of those stupid gambling websites and drop $2
52:43
on knockout by uppercut. Prop bet. Yeah. But!
52:50
How fucking hilarious is it going to be if Dillian
52:53
White somehow derails the Atalma trade? Oh my
52:56
goodness. I would ask you for lottery numbers.
53:04
How the fuck did you just like kind of passively
53:07
hint at it and it came to be? I think the chances
53:13
are pretty low, but I would love it. Just because
53:16
I do not give a shit about heavyweights at all.
53:18
I have no skin in this game. And the Atalma train
53:23
being derailed by Dillian White, of all people.
53:28
I would love it. That's all we got. I have to
53:34
say, I don't recognize any names on Atalma's
53:38
record. I know he's young, but... Marius Wach,
53:47
I recognize. That's it. So this is his first,
53:55
like, real big step up. As much as Dillian White
53:58
is kind of whatever, it's a big step up. It could
54:04
happen. I can't get over that one time that Dillian
54:11
White, he fought Christian Hammer. In a closed
54:15
-door event that had no judges. It was just the
54:20
referee. Referee scoring. Yeah, that was so fucking
54:27
weird. In Ireland, right? Then he goes to Gibraltar
54:32
to fight Ebenezer fucking Teta. Yeah. Fun. That's
54:42
it? That's it. That's all we got. I need to dig
54:47
up a lot of gossip and shit for next week as
54:50
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56:27
words. Okay, I've been wanting to plug a website
56:32
I really like, not sponsored or anything. It's
56:35
called Zooniverse. So like universe, but with
56:39
zoo, Z -O -O, instead of a U. And it is a place
56:45
where scientists can put up data for the public
56:50
to help them analyze. So that any sort of scientist
56:54
can put stuff up. I like to do the trail cams
56:59
so basically you get pictures from a trail cam
57:03
and then you say if there is an animal how many
57:08
animals and you guess what kind usually and it
57:12
gives you like a little training thing for whatever
57:15
you're doing and you don't have to worry if you
57:17
make a mistake or something because like a hundred
57:21
or so people are going to look at that same picture
57:24
and If you make a mistake, the chances are 90
57:28
other people didn't also make a mistake. So it
57:31
lets them filter out like empty pictures and
57:35
all that before the scientist actually sits down
57:38
to check what they want to check. It's a public
57:43
science thing that I just really like and it's
57:47
kind of fun. You can find something you like.
57:49
They have like astronomy. There was one where
57:52
it was just scans of really, really old journals
57:56
and you describe what the picture is and or hand
58:02
type out the figure legend, that sort of thing.
58:07
There's ones that are microscopes. Yeah, there's
58:10
like microscope stuff. There's... I like the
58:15
pictures of animals. Those are the ones I do.
58:17
I feel like this could be a good thing for the
58:21
Friday night things in Discord. Oh, yeah. This
58:28
could be a good guessing game or something. Yeah,
58:32
the problem would be we won't all get the same
58:35
pictures. But I guess we could do it together.
58:38
Somebody stream and everybody guess what animal.
58:41
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just wanted to plug it. I
58:46
don't think it's very famous, but I do think
58:48
it helps the scientists that use it quite a bit.
58:53
Yeah, that would be really helpful to have somebody
58:56
filter through it. Then you can say, I do the
58:59
science. That's what I do. Yeah. I like to do
59:03
the ones from Africa or South America, but they
59:06
have animals of Wisconsin. And it's just trail
59:09
cams from Wisconsin. Or Michigan. You can do
59:15
them from almost anywhere in the world. No chupacabras?
59:23
I mean, maybe. If you look at enough pictures,
59:26
you'll see a chupacabra. Fun. Well, parting words
59:35
for me, Friday night Discord, lvx .be slash Discord.
59:42
Get yourself joined up. That's it. Boxing before
59:48
dark. My battery is getting low. And it is getting
59:53
dark. It is getting dark. I completely lost those
59:59
robot recordings that I made. I'm going to have
1:00:03
to try to make some more. Maybe it's better if
1:00:08
we just do it ourselves anyway. Yeah, probably.