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Shanada. What'd it do? It do not much this weekend,
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which is good. I finally have two full days.
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I don't have to go to work. That's good. And
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there's no boxing either. No, there's something
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on right now that I'll watch later. Whatever
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the DAZN card is. Raul Curiel, I think. Yeah,
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it was supposed to be Alexis Rocha, but he got
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hospitalized for something. I think he was having
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his weight cut went poorly. That's rough. Yeah.
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Just a few days out, too. Oh, man. Speaking of
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rough. Gervonta Davis, arrest warrant. It is
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official. I mean, it's about time, in my opinion.
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I guess they were just getting their ducks in
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a row. But did you see all the documents? I forget
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which one. I think it was Boxing Scene linked
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all the public documents about it. No, I didn't
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see that. And the police statements. Yeah, it's
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basically all on video, like we thought from
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the civil case. Yeah. So, yeah, he's fucked.
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They also have documented death threats and stuff
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going back a while. It's not going to go well,
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I don't think. Like, Tank has the money to buy
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a really good lawyer, but I don't think anybody's
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getting you out of this one, buddy. Yeah, we're
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just doing damage mitigation at this point. Yeah,
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and all, like, memes and jokes aside, I guess
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they were dating, but she broke up with him,
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like, a month before, and that's what set him
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off. Like, it's not over until I say it's over
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type thing. It's like, hmm. Come on, man. Yeah,
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they haven't found him, have they? Not that I've
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heard. Just the marshals, the federal marshals
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are looking for him. That's not a good place
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to be. The day after his arrest warrant, there
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was a standoff in Baltimore. And somebody texted
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me and they're like, oh God, it's Tank. It wasn't.
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I would have thought the same thing immediately.
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Like if I just saw the headline, standoff in
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Baltimore. Yeah, it was police standoff in Baltimore.
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And I was like, I'm sure it's not Tank. They
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think he's in Florida. Man, what? We already
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labeled him Villain of the Year for 2025 for
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all of this shit. That's... He's... Go on. He's
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gonna be one of those, like, what -if questions,
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I think, forever. Like, the wasted potential
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in Tank Davis. Yeah. There was talk about him
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coming back in 2026. But... I don't think that's
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gonna happen. I saw this morning that they made
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him champion in recess right now. He's WBA, right?
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Yeah. Just fucking strip him. This is an instance
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where stripping is appropriate. Like, even if,
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whatever, let's say it wasn't all on video and
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everything else, he's gonna be tied up in legal
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shit for, like, a year at least. he's not gonna
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come fight when he's on the run from the fucking
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feds like strip him yeah if he was if he was
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like medically recessed sure like if he was having
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a surgery or something or whatever that's not
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what this is but yeah exactly this is villainous
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behavior this is this is a perfect case of where
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stripping is appropriate i think yeah This is
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one of those times where boxing's a little embarrassing.
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Yeah, you're on the run from the feds for domestic
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abuse charges, but we're just gonna recess you.
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Boo. And he hasn't fought in over a year anyways.
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They could just strip him for inactivity. But
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it's tank. So that's not gonna happen. Fucking
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embarrassing. Well, maybe this will help pull
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us out of the embarrassing tailspin that is Tank
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Davis. The National Combat Sports Summit and
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their attempts to modernize boxing. Some key
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takeaways. The push to eliminate 10 -10 rounds,
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no matter if it's a very highly competitive round
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or a no -action round, 10 -10 scores are, quote,
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unacceptable. I like that move. Yeah. The California
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State Athletic Commission executive head exec
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said, if you turn in 10 -10 scores in California,
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don't expect to get called back to judge any
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more bouts there. Yeah. I never liked the 10
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-10 anyways. So I really like this move. Make
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them pick somebody. Like, you'll have more judges
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disagreeing, I guess, maybe. But in all honesty,
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at the highest level, there's not very many 10
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-10s outside of Britain anyways, is there? I
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have hardly ever seen one outside of Britain.
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Like, I don't remember the last time I saw a
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10 -10 on an American scorecard that was like
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a high -profile fight. So this feels like more
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of a... jab at the british judges to me like
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the british system it definitely is there's a
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few things in here that i'm like this wasn't
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really meant for the american like the americans
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this was meant to be made public and i assume
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specifically for the uk be like this is what
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we think of your system but we can't say that
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so we'll pretend it's a problem in ours oh yeah
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i'm just saying this for nobody in particular
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Yeah. 10 -10 scores are ridiculous. Yeah. The
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Association of Boxing Commissions, they were
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all in attendance. They want to more liberally
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award 10 -8 rounds. And this one I'm not so sure
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about. Yeah, this one I'm on the fence as well.
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I feel like this has a high potential for corruption.
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Exactly. This is going to make it really easy
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to fuck people on the scorecards, I think. That
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was something Josh had said, was there needs
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to be specific criteria, not just... The article
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said, well, from the summit, cases when a fighter
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decisively wins a round. That's a little bit
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too broad. That is so fucking vague. Exactly.
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Well, and, yeah. I would like to see something
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in there where, like, decisively wins the round
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and damages the other guy or something. Yeah,
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buzzes him or something. Yeah, if you decisively
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win and the guy is wobbled at any point. But
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then that kind of leads it open to somebody landing
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one big shot, so somebody who's completely lost
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the round but wobbles somebody. getting a 10
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-8 the other way. Like, that's not how it should
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work either. Jack Reiss, on that point, he said,
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don't confuse activity with effectiveness. But
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again, I think... Like, this is the problem.
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All these things are so fucking vague. Because
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that also don't... Don't confuse a couple of
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counter shots with somebody being dominant. Right?
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Like, I think this is just going to completely
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polarize the judging even more. And we're going
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to get a whole bunch of score or fights where
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judges have it like 118 to 112 opposite ways.
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You're going to get the judge that likes activity
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and thinks that the guys buzzed them and stuff.
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And give it to the come forward Mexican. And
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then you're going to get somebody who likes counter
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punches. And is going to give 10 -8 rounds to
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the back foot counter puncher. In the same fight.
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For landing like 5 clean shots. Versus the 50
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that the other dude landed. That were ineffective.
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Yeah glancing or not as clean. Yeah. Like, I
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don't know. I think they're going to try and
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make all these changes and there's going to be
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a lot of growing pains. Especially with the 10
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-8 rounds. I think they're going to have to undo
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that one in a couple years. I hope they don't
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go ahead with that. I really don't. I don't want
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them to. I think the... Yeah. I think as long
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as it's not a big swing. Like, if each judge
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kind of gives one 10 -8 round that isn't a knockdown,
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it's not going to change a whole bunch. But if
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people start doing it every third round, you
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know what I mean? Yeah, I got you. Because even
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one 10 -8 round would have completely changed
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the outcome of Roach versus Pitbull. Yeah. Or
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like... Well, I still don't know why the judges
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didn't 10 -8 the fucking I'm taking a knee round
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with Tang. But if this came in, they would feel
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they had that power. Right. Speaking of that
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take a knee, let me see here. According to Jack
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Reese, in the Davis Roach fight, we couldn't
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find it written anywhere that when you take a
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knee voluntarily, it's a knockdown. It's always
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been the policy most everybody always used, but
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now we have it in writing. I mean, it's a fucking
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10 -8. Yeah, I guess you have to put it in writing
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and it won't happen again, but everybody knows
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that. There's no reason they couldn't have done
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that. Yeah, there's... Steve Willis, I've always
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felt he was a good referee, but that was definitely
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a miss. He fucked up there. That was a miss.
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Yeah. I did see somebody talking about this online,
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and they kind of went through, and Willis never
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had very many weird fights. This is kind of the
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first time he had to make a strange decision.
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That makes sense. But I mean, it's in writing
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now, I guess. And last thing. To summarize the
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point, Jack Reese points out that whenever a
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fight is no longer competitive, the referee needs
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to step in. A specific case that he cites is...
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father -son trainer -fighter combos, where a
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father trainer is not going to throw the towel
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in on his boy, and a fighting son is not going
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to quit in front of his father. Yeah. It feels
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weird that he decided to point out the father
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-son thing. It felt out of place to me. I don't
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know. Like, there's lots of other... other fights
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where it's not father son yeah that you need
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to stop but I mean the most famous one for this
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is Gabe Rosado right wasn't it Gabe Rosado and
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Triple G yep Gabe's dad was the the head corner
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but he refused to throw in the towel and it was
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like the cut man or someone yeah I think man
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who threw it in yeah and he was yelling at the
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dad like you're gonna kill your fucking son get
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him out of there There's some crazy audio from
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the corner that somebody caught and the cut man
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was literally like begging him to throw in the
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towel and he ripped it away from him. It's crazy.
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I mean, I have no problem with this in theory,
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but if they overcorrect, you're going to rob
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guys of a chance to come back. Yeah, what I took
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away from this is that there's going to be a
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lot more like... Brit stoppages. That's exactly
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what I took away from it. Which... I... I always
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love the big, like, they're getting their ass
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kicked and they somehow come back fight. And
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if they completely get rid of those, it's gonna
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make me so fucking sad. But the fighter's health
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is the most important thing. I know I meme the
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hell out of, like, going out on your shield and
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stuff, but I don't actually believe that. So
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if they save a couple people, and we'll never
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know because you never know, but it's good. But
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I really hope we don't get too many, like, I
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don't know, like the Parker stoppage last year
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was bullshit. That came to mind for me too. Like,
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I don't want stoppages like that. But, I don't
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know. We'll have to see how they actually implement
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it. I do feel like this isn't just flowery words,
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like they have specific things that they're actually
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going to come through with. I don't know about
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the 10 -8 rounds. It will depend how liberal
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people get with the 10 -8 rounds, I think. And
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I kind of agree with Josh. You need some more
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guidance on that. And maybe they have that. I
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mean, this is just an article about a conference.
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Yeah. Overall, I'm glad as well that they see
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specific problems and they are roadmapping solutions
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to those problems. Yeah. So it's good to see
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that there's positive changes happening for the
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sport. Yeah. The only one I'm... really a little
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worried about is they want to stop the fights
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earlier and the specific don't confuse activity
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with effectiveness that just sounds like they're
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gonna possibly be stopping fights where guys
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are still throwing and landing punches and that
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feels like you could make it pretty corrupt pretty
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fast yeah well the only thing we can hope for
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is more clarification on what the what's the
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criteria for scoring a 10 -8 round or what's
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the criteria for pulling a fighter quicker yeah
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yeah I guess it's just execution we gotta wait
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and see how it's executed all these things could
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be good or they could all be used to quote unquote
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rig fights it's boxing everything's like that
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It's unfortunate, but that's our reality. All
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right. Canelo is back in training, set to return
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in September. He's continuing his Riyadh season
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contract, and the card is going to be Mexico
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versus the world. At least that's the idea that
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Turkey has. Sounds cool. I wonder if they're
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going to do the super kind of... Racist isn't
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the right word. Stereotypical posters like they
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did for Night of the Samurai. Oh, yeah, they
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had the samurai armor and stuff. Yeah, but I
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kind of feel that if you AI Mexican stuff like
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that, it's going to come off way worse. Panchos.
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Specifically samurai, yeah. Sombreros. The Aztec
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warrior people. I'm interested to see the visuals.
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I think it might get a little... suspect. If
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they just use AI, then yeah, it's gonna be shitty,
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but it can be tasteful. That's what they're gonna
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do. Unfortunately. They're just gonna AI it.
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Boo. They got away with it with Japan because
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they stuck to samurai, but I don't feel like
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Mexico has that same, like, this is the thing
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we can use. What? Yeah, we'll have to wait and
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see. But Canelo has this and one more fight on
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his Riyadh season little deal. And I don't know.
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That might be it for him. It's kind of time,
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I think. We're getting there. I think that I
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saw in 2025, Canelo made like $165 million. So
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why is he dragging this out? Just finished the
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deal and time to call it quits, man. Go hang
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out with your kids. Ride your horses. Go train.
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Help be a trainer at Eddie's fucking gym. Go
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sell Modellos or something. I'm sure Canelo can
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get advertising deals too. Oh, hell yeah. He's
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going to get deals for life. But moving on. Tim
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Zhu, his comeback after that not so great. It
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was a win, but it was not quite as awesome. Not
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as much of a phoenix rising from the ashes as
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we might have hoped. But his next fight, being
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explored with Errol Spence. I mean, is that just
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Battle of the Damaged? Cash out Errol Spence.
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If you still can salvage a little bit of his
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shine, then... Yeah. This is the time to do it.
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I mean, they're both names, but they're both
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names that have lost the shine. You're right.
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Yeah. It might be competitive now. Spence hasn't
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been in a ring for a long time. It's like two
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years. Two years and change. And he didn't look
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very good the last time he was out. Oh, hell
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no. He got beat the hell up by Bud. Was that
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the last fight? He hasn't had one since? Not
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that I recall. Okay, yeah. Yeah, I don't know.
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This might actually be competitive, and I never
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thought I would say Tim Zhu could be competitive
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with Errol Spence, but... Given the stage that
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they're at now, I think Tim Zhu beats him. Yeah,
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I don't know. They're both just not who they
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used to be. Unfortunate, but yep, that's true.
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Um, Benavidez vs. Zurdo is set for May 2nd. So
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that's fun. That is also the Inoue Nakatani day.
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It is. So I'll probably miss this one. Because
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I am going to get a ticket. No matter what the
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cost? Honestly, the cost wouldn't be the thing.
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If I don't get the lottery, it's trying to get
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one on resale. Because I have no idea how you
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find scalpers in Japan. And if I ask the wrong
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person, I could be deported. Jesus. If you break
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any laws, you can be deported. They don't always.
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You can. I'm not saying I would 100 % be, but
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I don't want to risk it. Right, so like jaywalking.
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Probably not going to get deported for that.
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Yeah, I risk jaywalking. But we'll see how that
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card builds up. This is just the first announcement.
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I'm kind of excited for that fight. I think it's
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going to be good. Yeah, there was a lot of jokes
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in Discord about this, like, Benavidez not having
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to cut. There's a picture of him at a food truck,
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and he had, like, three bags fucking full of
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stuff. And everyone's like, ah, look at it. Fat
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boy eating a lot of food. Well, he owns the truck,
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so... Of course he's advertising for the truck.
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Like, what the hell do you expect? I mean, Zerto
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doesn't cut either, so... Fabio Wardley wants
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to make his first defense, and he wants to fight
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Derek Chisora. I kind of want it to happen because
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I kind of think Chizora could chin him. If Chizora
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can eat a Wardley right hand, Chizora's got a
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chance. Yeah, that's the gamble though. I don't
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want to see Chizora get sparked, but I wouldn't
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write him off completely. Wardley's not that
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good. He's not. We know he's not. I've bet against
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Fabio Wardley too many times at this point and
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lost for me to not... I have some hesitation
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in picking Chizora. It's all wrong. I'm not saying
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it's... It's all wrong for Chizora. I'm not saying
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it's a for sure thing. I'm just saying. I would
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love it. But I would also hate it because then
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Chizora is going to get more fights. Oh, I guess
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he's going to have a title. Oh, no. Oh, please.
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But Derek Chisora, world champion in 2026. I
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mean, that's got a ring to it. He would put himself
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in the top five of oldest champions. He'd get
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to fight Usyk again. Usyk did say that was his
24:06
hardest fight. At heavyweight. It was. I don't
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know man. I'm always so. Porn. When Barry Chisora
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comes up. Because I love him. But he's so old.
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Yeah. Like. Daniel Dubois knocking on your door.
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That's a legit fight. Between Wardley and Dubois.
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That's a good one to make. And you pick Chisora
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as your first defense. A little bit of quackery
24:38
going on here. Yeah. Eh. Chris Eubank will be
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returning in 2026 at 168. I don't know if this
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is... I mean, I guess the weight cuts were probably
25:01
a big part of the problem, but... Those pictures
25:05
under the hospital after that last fight looked
25:07
really rough. I don't know. I kind of feel like
25:09
Chris Eubank Jr. should just hang him up. I was
25:13
of the same mind. Eubank himself said that it
25:18
was the weight cutting for the two Ben fights
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that really had him looking like a shell of himself,
25:26
to use his own words. And coming at 168, the
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cuts won't be that bad. There are some good fights.
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Obviously, 168 is pretty stacked at the moment.
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The belts have scattered. Not that I think Eubank
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deserves a belt, but he might get a shot at one.
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Right. He's got the name value to get himself
25:49
into a title fight. If he's healthy enough, I
25:57
can get behind it. But I don't know, man. He
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looked rough. Oh, man. Boxer. Speaking of Eubank,
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his promoter, Boxer, is setting up a pay -per
26:13
-view model. I know this is like fucking blockbuster
26:16
news for everybody, but because they're on BBC,
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BBC is a not -for -profit television service,
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so they kind of can't do pay -per -views or they
26:30
can't extract revenue from their broadcast. So,
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yeah, they're doing pay -per -views. Of who?
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Eubank, I guess. I just, well, British people
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love their boxing. Maybe they'll make money and
26:52
people will pay for it, but in fucking America,
26:55
nobody's paying for a boxer card. If it's under
27:00
$30, I might pick it up. Depending on who's on
27:06
it. Yeah, that's the thing. I guess if they price
27:10
them cheap enough. I mean, the cost of a movie
27:14
for a boxing card is reasonable. What's movie
27:19
tickets now? Like 20 bucks? Yeah. Quite a bit.
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Which is fucking madness. $20 for three hours
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at the theater. Oh, three hours if you're fucking
27:33
lucky. Well, I always get there a little early
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and you watch the trailers. Plus, well, I mean,
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you don't necessarily have to, but like popcorn
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and drinks and stuff, not cheap. Yeah, no, I
27:51
don't do that. I'm too broke for that shit. Oh,
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speaking of being broke, Golden Boy's DAZN deal
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expired at the end of 2025. The card that's currently
28:05
on is apparently a one -off broadcast deal. Yeah,
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this might be the last DAZN card ever for Goldenboy.
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Yep. Man, I... I'm a little worried about all
28:23
these people losing their broadcasters. We need
28:27
a decent home for boxing. If everybody starts...
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putting everything on pay -per -view which they
28:34
kind of already have but like if everybody is
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pay -per -view and even if they price it super
28:43
cheap at like 10 20 bucks that's a lot of money
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throughout the year for not great fights some
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of it i would like for golden boy to renew with
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the zone I would like for Top Rank to go to DAZN.
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I would like for everyone. I would like everybody.
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Yeah. You could take DAZN, you could take that
29:09
out of the sentence and put in Amazon Prime.
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Anything. I don't care. Just give me a one -stop
29:16
shop. I would gladly pay like 50 bucks a month
29:21
for that. And I would cancel a bunch of other
29:24
subscriptions. If I got all the boxing. Yep.
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Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I've said it before, but
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in Japan, the zone for boxing, if you only get
29:37
the combat sport one, is quite cheap. So, like,
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I would pay more than I'm paying now for the
29:44
boxing on the zone if Golden Boy renews. But
29:49
right now, it's like $7 American or something
29:53
per month. Woof. But literally all I get is boxing
29:58
and their weird kickboxing. There's no other
30:01
sports that I can watch on DAZN. Sometimes there's
30:05
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30:07
too. But it's the combat sports package because
30:11
that's all I fucking watch on there anyways.
30:14
Yeah. Same. Like I got Paramount Plus just because
30:19
ultimate effing casuals got to keep up with UFC.
30:23
Yeah. Yeah. And. Mimi. It's over there. True.
30:28
She is. Um... Mikayla Mayer in her most recent
30:36
fight won a 154 pound title. She vacates it to
30:41
remain at 147 aiming to fight Lauren Price for
30:45
Undisputed. I like this fight. Yeah, me too.
30:52
Like, this is a women's fight that I would actually
30:55
be excited for. And I kind of want Lauren Price
30:58
to win it. I'm not a Michaela Mayer fan. I'm
31:01
not too fond of her style either. But I do like
31:08
that the women move so much to make these fights
31:13
happen. Like, the men don't do that because they
31:18
don't have to. The little guys, kind of. They
31:24
move up, but they hardly ever go back down. Yeah,
31:26
you're right. No, this is a good fight, and I'm
31:33
glad Mayer vacated her title to shoot for glory.
31:38
I think it'll be good. Richardson Hitchens vs.
31:45
Oscar Duarte. Set for February 21st. I think
31:49
that's... The Barrios -Ryan card? I think so.
31:56
I think that's the same date. Duarte's? Duarte's
32:03
a weird one for Hitchens to pick, I think. I
32:06
don't know if they're underestimating him, but
32:09
I don't think that's a great style matchup for
32:11
Richardson -Hitchens. It'll be tough. Duarte's
32:15
a big -time pressure fighter, so that'll be tough
32:19
for Hitchens to... handle. I also am not a huge
32:25
fan of Hitchens, so if Duarte can upset him,
32:27
I'll be happy. Same. I don't care for Hitchens
32:31
either. So, there was a post by, I don't remember
32:39
who it was by, but it was a rumor mill type of
32:43
outlet. Usyk Wilder, July 11th in San Francisco.
32:51
I'm not sure where... That all seems really random.
32:54
Right. Like, I had heard end of April in LA.
33:00
That actually makes sense. But July 11th in San
33:05
Francisco, kind of random. July's kind of a long
33:10
way away. Like, I'd like to see Usyk fight before
33:14
that. Yeah, yeah. But I also, I don't, I don't
33:21
care about this fight. I understand why he's
33:24
doing it, but I don't care. I'll watch it, but
33:28
I'm not excited. This is not, this is not a Nusik
33:31
fight I'm going to get up for. Navarrete versus
33:39
Nunez. Three undercard fights. Tamir Smalls versus
33:44
Abel Ramos. Arturo Cardenas versus Jordan Martinez
33:48
and Emiliano Vargas versus Agustin Quintana.
33:52
So that's a good time. Yeah. There were a few
34:00
other guys on the undercard as well, but they
34:03
had TBAs. Is that a May card? When is this card?
34:10
February. End of February. Nice. Okay. 28th.
34:17
Yeah, not a lot of time to get opponents for
34:20
the other three guys that are on the bill. Yeah,
34:25
no, that's six weeks away. Yeah, pretty much.
34:30
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All right, in the recaps. January 10th, Queensberry
37:27
in Oberhausen, Germany. Javier Herrera, TKO8
37:33
over Ricardo Nunez. That was for the interim
37:35
WBC lightweight title. And in the main, Agit
37:40
Kabayel stops Damian Neba in three. Stops, question
37:46
mark. Not so sure. That was a bit of a British
37:50
stoppage, as we were discussing. Yeah. Yeah,
37:56
I mean, it seemed like it was kind of just...
37:59
gonna eventually happen but i would have liked
38:02
to see it happen it could have played out a little
38:06
more but that was definitely a preview i i think
38:12
that's a perfect preview of what uh the national
38:16
combat sports summit was talking about yeah yeah
38:22
which is why i'm a little not excited about it
38:26
They're gonna stop him a little too soon. Like,
38:29
Neva wasn't hurt, really. Not really. But, I
38:36
do, I had been saying that I like this guy. I
38:39
do think he's gonna be good, Damien Neva, but,
38:43
I mean, Agit Caballel's just already there. He's
38:49
more experienced and more tested. The crowd in
38:57
Germany was really good, though. Oh, my goodness.
39:00
They were going nuts. Yeah. I always like when
39:06
they have these fights in countries you don't
39:09
really think of as boxing countries and the crowd's
39:12
lit. Because, like, Caballel can fight there
39:15
again, get more world exposure. I don't know.
39:20
I like to see it. It's not like I'm going to
39:22
go to the fight no matter where it is. So it's
39:25
fun to see other countries like losing their
39:27
shit over their guy. Yeah, I agree completely.
39:32
I think back when the World Boxing Super Series
39:35
was going on and they were just starting out
39:38
with their social media presence, I would kind
39:42
of like, they would say, what cities would you
39:44
like to see us in? And I was like, non -traditional
39:47
cities, like not New York. Not Las Vegas, not
39:50
Los Angeles. Yeah. Anywhere else would be really
39:55
cool to see. Those people get to watch high -level
39:58
boxing all the fucking time. Exactly. Yeah. Well,
40:06
speaking of New York, fresh promotions at the
40:09
Barclays Center. Oh, boy. Keith Colon stops Alberto
40:16
Guevara in seven. Nestor Bravo, KO2 over Pedro
40:24
Campa. Big knockout. That was a fun one. Javier
40:31
Cintron versus Victor Sandoval. Cintron gets
40:36
the stoppage in one. I don't normally track round
40:41
of the year, but this one makes me want to keep
40:44
track of it. Because that was really good. Yeah,
40:49
I kind of missed this card. I only got highlights.
40:53
It's all right. You didn't. My parting words.
40:59
My parting words. I'll share why I missed this.
41:01
It's pretty fun. Emmanuel Rodriguez, former Inouye
41:07
victim. UD over Fernando Diaz. and emmanuel rodriguez
41:13
is my favorite in a way ko i fucking love that
41:18
body shot annihilation the look of pain on rodriguez's
41:22
face hilarious uh dalton smith dethrones subreal
41:29
matthias in five to claim the wbc 140 title this
41:36
was a fucking war leo this was a good fight yeah
41:40
i was um Kind of surprised at how rough and tumble
41:45
Dalton Smith was. I was not expecting him to,
41:48
like, stand and trade with Subaru Matias. Yeah,
41:51
me neither. And I thought it was a stupid idea
41:53
when it started. I was wrong. Yeah. It worked.
41:58
Yeah. The last vestiges of Subaru Matias' chin
42:03
were removed that evening. Yeah. I... dalton
42:10
smith's better than i thought he was yeah i think
42:13
it's kind of the too long didn't read of this
42:17
whole fight dalton smith is better than i thought
42:20
he was he's still the weakest champion though
42:25
right of the well is he let me what weight class
42:30
is that 140 Bitch. Richardson, Hitchens, Gary,
42:48
Antoine Russell, and Teofimo Lopez. Yeah. I'd
42:54
say Dalton Smith is probably the weakest. Although
42:58
he could probably beat Richardson, Hitchens.
43:01
Yeah, I would. Any opportunity that I can get
43:04
to shit on... Hitchens. Richardson's and Hitchens.
43:07
I'm going to take it. I don't think he can beat
43:11
Gary Antoine Rushlow. No. No. Definitely not.
43:16
And then Teofimo's Teofimo. Anyone can beat him,
43:19
but he can also beat anybody. Flip a coin. What
43:24
version are you going to get? Yeah. But, I mean,
43:28
Teo's fighting Shakur, right? That's finalized?
43:31
Yeah, it's on the 31st. But I guess his belt
43:36
won't be on the line, eh? How's that work? I'm
43:39
pretty sure it is. Shakur's moving up. Okay.
43:46
Yeah, I don't... I kind of think Shakur's going
43:48
to beat Teofimo. Yeah, I'm feeling the same way.
43:54
I mean, I'm going to cheer for Teo, but... But,
44:00
I mean, I think Dalton Smith fits right in with
44:02
those other champions. I don't think he is the
44:05
weakest, but he's definitely not the strongest.
44:10
I believe he is set to fight Pueyo. Next. They're
44:18
not going to have him fight Pitbull? He's the
44:22
interim champion. Interim champion is apparently
44:25
not a contender position. Really stupid. What?
44:31
Okay. I see Sander Martin has moved up the list
44:38
on most of these. I kind of want him to get a
44:42
title shot. I still say he beat Teal. Yeah, I
44:46
agree. Yeah, that's Dalton Smith. Pueo is likely
44:56
next. And looking down the list, it's... It's
45:04
looking pretty manageable for Smith. Yeah. He
45:11
can hold that belt for a while if he doesn't
45:14
try and unify. The only thing is, Pueo is a serious
45:21
problem, I think. He's like the complete opposite
45:25
of Subaru Matias. Uses his range. It's a textbook
45:31
outfighter, so... that might be a tough barrier
45:37
to breach. Yeah, I have to admit, I know I've
45:42
watched Dalton Smith before, but I haven't paid
45:44
a whole bunch of attention. Yeah. I don't know
45:48
what his weaknesses really are, and I didn't
45:51
think he could stand and bang like that, so clearly
45:54
I don't know who Dalton Smith is. Well, he's
45:59
got a title now, so we're definitely going to
46:01
find out more anyway. Oh, shit. All right, let's
46:07
move to upcoming Friday, January 23rd. Zufa makes
46:15
its premiere on Paramount+. It is no longer called
46:20
the UFC Apex. It is the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
46:27
Very cool. Yeah, I almost said something very
46:32
1990s. That is the gayest fucking name I've ever
46:38
heard. Yes, it's really stupid. As of right now,
46:47
still don't know who's going to be on this card.
46:50
The only thing we know is the headline. Callum
46:52
Walsh versus Carlos Ocambo. Yeah, I don't particularly
46:58
care about this. It seems like Zufa is... How
47:07
do I put it? They're not trying to come in with
47:10
a bang. They're building from the bottom, which
47:14
will probably work better. They're not going
47:15
to blow a bunch of money on Callum Walsh and
47:18
Carlos Ocampo. And the other fights that they
47:23
have slotted for headlines are also not that
47:27
good. They're mid -tier. The biggest thing is,
47:35
if they don't let them do walkouts and have their,
47:38
like, costumes and custom shorts and shit, I
47:42
really hope this bombs. Like, if they're gonna
47:47
try and UFC my fucking boxing, I'm gonna be pissed.
47:50
UFC is the most boring promotion out there. I
47:54
don't like MMA anyways, but I'm not even talking
47:57
about the fights. Just everything around it.
48:00
It is fucking boring. They barely even let them
48:03
have walkout music. Especially at the Apex, where
48:07
there's... There's not a... There's like, I don't
48:10
know, like 20 feet from the doorway to the ring.
48:17
Yeah, like, it's just... They better at least
48:21
let them have their custom outfits. Yeah. Like,
48:25
if they start giving boxers uniforms, I am honest
48:30
to God boycotting. Because that is lame. And
48:33
not that that's the most important part, but,
48:36
like, that's part of the fun of boxing. Yeah,
48:41
I agree. I also just don't give a shit about
48:45
Callum Walsh. Like, he's whatever. The only fighter
48:50
I cared about on 360 Promotions was Mimi. So,
48:54
don't really care about Callum Walsh. Yeah, but
48:59
imagine if they don't let Mimi have her outfits.
49:02
What the fuck is the point? Yeah, there's no
49:04
point. Wait. Saturday, January 24th at the Fontainebleau
49:14
in Las Vegas. Oh, shit. Let's start from the
49:20
bottom. Amari Jones versus Jerome Baxter. That's
49:26
a fun one. Amari Jones, I believe, was an Olympian.
49:31
I don't know who Jerome Baxter is, but he seems
49:35
like he got a late start. Israel Madrimov versus
49:41
Luis Salazar. Who's Luis Salazar? Should I know?
49:48
I have no idea who he is. I do not know this
49:52
man. He's Dominican. Khalil Coe vs. Jesse Hart.
50:02
That should be fun while it lasts. And headlining
50:12
Ray Morotaya vs. Andy Cruz for the IBF 135 title.
50:19
I think this one should be fun. Andy Cruz is
50:21
fun. Yes. I'm riding with Ray Murataya. He's
50:27
a Robert Garcia guy. I'm not against Murataya.
50:35
I just mean it should be a fun clash of styles.
50:40
They're both pretty aggressive, but in different
50:43
ways. Yes. Andy Cruz has been buzzed before.
50:52
I think Ray can tag him. I wouldn't be surprised
50:58
by either of these guys winning. I think this
51:00
is kind of a pick -em fight. In my mind, I have
51:05
ways that both of them can win. Yeah, of the
51:11
two, I'm honestly expecting Andy Cruz to more
51:14
likely pull it out. Yeah, I would not be too
51:19
shocked if Ray Moritaya was able to get it. This
51:24
is one I think that's actually worth tuning into
51:26
live. It won't be the same if you know the outcome.
51:31
Yeah. Oh, man. Also on the 24th. Well, it was
51:40
supposed to be on the 24th. Moses Itauma versus
51:43
Jermaine Franklin. The entire card has been postponed.
51:48
I believe Moses Itauma has an injury. Yeah, that
51:55
kind of sucks. I guess they couldn't just run
51:59
it without the headline. Although I kind of feel
52:03
like they could have. There's enough on the undercard.
52:08
Frank Warren decided not to. Didn't really say
52:14
why. He just said he wanted to keep the entire
52:17
card intact. And he's floating his fighters financially
52:23
until the new show date. All right. Well, as
52:29
long as the fighters are taken care of. Yeah.
52:34
Have they proposed a new date? It's not very
52:38
long, is it? I don't know. I thought they said
52:43
about like a month to six weeks or something.
52:48
Yeah. Six weeks is what I'm remembering as well.
52:52
Okay. So there's not many fights scheduled in
52:58
March yet that I've seen. So that's might be
53:01
nice filler if it's got to be postponed. Yeah.
53:08
So we'll have to make do with match room. Yay.
53:15
But Ray Mortaya is a top -ranked guy, so the,
53:19
um, as someone put it in Discord, the top -ranked
53:24
fighters are being pimped out to other promotions
53:28
to get them fights. At least they're getting
53:31
them fights, I guess. Yeah. Man, top -ranked
53:38
is in the fucking bin. It makes me sad. They've
53:43
got some of the best guys. I don't understand
53:46
why they can't get a deal. The 31st is a top
53:54
-ranked promoted card, and it doesn't have a
53:57
broadcaster. We're expecting it to be on Tubi,
54:00
I think. The fuck is Tubi? The last Michaela
54:06
Mayer fight was on Tubi. It's a free streaming
54:10
platform. All right. I guess if it's free, that's
54:15
good. They had fucking In A Way on Facebook.
54:23
Like, seriously. YouTube is right there. You
54:30
don't have to use Facebook Live. So stupid. And
54:36
you sure as fuck don't have to use Tubi. Ugh.
54:41
I legitimately don't even know what 2B is. You're
54:44
not missing out on a whole bunch. Yeah, but that's
54:51
it. That's all we got on the horizon for this
54:56
week. Not great. It is a little light. The Atalma
55:01
card being cut definitely kind of sunk the weekend.
55:08
Yeah. The matchroom cards, it's okay. Not the
55:14
best. And the Zufa card, who fucking cares? There's
55:21
not going to be anybody worth mentioning on the
55:24
undercard. I'm very almost certain there's not
55:28
going to be anybody really worth mentioning.
55:30
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59:03
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59:11
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59:17
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59:20
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59:24
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59:27
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59:30
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59:32
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59:35
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59:38
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59:43
just chilling in the club. Like he had a VIP
59:46
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59:49
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59:51
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59:53
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59:55
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59:58
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1:00:00
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1:00:05
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1:00:08
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1:00:10
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1:00:17
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1:00:20
a little bigger than an Apple Watch screen. And
1:00:23
it was just his highlight reel. I don't know
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if that's the coolest thing I've ever seen or
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the fucking lamest thing I've ever seen. I still
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can't decide. It is simultaneous. It's simultaneous.
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Yeah. I got to shake his hand. He was super nice,
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except for walking away without taking a picture
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with me. He was up on stage all night. He was
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buying shots, like just trays of shots and handing
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them out. Him and his friends were walking around
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with a bottle of Henny, just straight drinking
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out of the bottle. But they didn't take the jigger
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off. That's weird. yes they were like jigging
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shots into their mouth and i'm like guys you
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know you can get more if you take that little
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fucking thing out yeah but yeah super fun night
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i kind of feel like it was his victory party
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um at the end of the night they explained who
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he was like late late like 4 a .m they're like
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this is who this guy is and why he's been on
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stage all night he's the national champion everyone
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cheer celebrate our our winner yeah but yeah
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so i accidentally partied with uh one of the
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ryzen champs last weekend very nice that's why
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you missed the fresh promotions yeah yeah that
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i think it was worth it i would have taken your
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experience over fresh promotions as well yeah
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yeah anyways i just wanted to tell my story because
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i think it's cool um do i have parting words
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hold on let me let me see if let me go to my
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repository see if anything jumps out at me um
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We'll do New Year's category. Be at war with
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your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and
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let every New Year find you a better man. It's
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Benjamin Franklin. Nice. I actually totally misunderstood
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that last sentence for a second. As in, like,
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find a better boyfriend. That could be what it
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means for you. It could be. Benjamin Franklin
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and being at war with your vices. Those two don't...
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Benjamin Franklin lost. Yeah, he lost his war.
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Oh, man. Notorious poonhound. He was a fucking
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glutton. A drunk. Yeah. Good stuff. That's why
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he's my hero. Alright, that's going to do it
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for this edition of Boxing Before Dark. We'll
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see you next time. Bye!