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[BxBD] Tenshin and Fury win, but did they? · Boxing B-Sides

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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing
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Before Dark. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Back. Back.
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Back. Back. Back. Before. Before. Before. Before.
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Boxing. Boxing. Boxing. Boxing Before Dark. This
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is Boxing Before Dark. Alright. That's the time
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break. Boxing Before Dark, it's a double dose.
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We've got douchebag glasses and we've got shoulder
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cats. Shinada, how goes it in Japan? It goes
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good. It goes good. I'm going to the mounted
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archery demonstration after this. I'm super excited.
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I think it's going to be badass. That sounds
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so badass. They wear the historical armor and
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stuff. So it's like full... Samurais. Samurai
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stuff, yeah, yeah, yeah. Holy cow, that sounds
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amazing. It's not the, like, big samurai armor
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people think of, but the mounted archer armor.
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Okay. Okay, so, yeah, it's not the... My reference
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point is Last Samurai, the movie. No, that was
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for sword fighting. Okay. I don't think that
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would be great on horses, that stuff. Might be
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a little more difficult to handle yourself. That
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sounds fun. Almost as fun as having a kitty on
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your shoulder. Actually, just kidding. Mounted
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archery is a lot more cool than a shoulder kitty.
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The shoulder kitty's cute as hell, though. Yeah.
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Let's get into the stuff. First things first,
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I... I'm trying to push this because I really
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want to hear what people have to say. bxng .co
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slash survey. I want to know what you think about
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the titles, the secondary titles, regional titles.
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What do you count as a full world championship?
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What doesn't count as a world championship? Which
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world titles, like how do you rank them against
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each other? How do you rate them? individually
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like in terms of prestige and another thing the
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muhammad ali american boxing revival act we still
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have time to beat this in the senate nico ali
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walsh has he's launched the ali protection association
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or whatever the hell he's calling it and what
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we're doing what he's doing is that is exactly
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what i'm trying to do right now is i need you
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to contact your senators if you go to lvxmedia
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.net slash b -sides. Go there. At the very top,
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there's a link for how you can find the contact
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information for your senators specifically. Obviously,
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this is for the Americans, not for anyone international.
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There's a blurb there as well. If you're not
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sure what to say, the blurb is the blueprint.
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If you want to add to it, take away from it,
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whatever you feel best fits what you would say.
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Whatever you feel best fits your voice, that's
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what my blurb is for. If you can't think of anything,
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use that. If you know what you want to do better
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than that, or you feel you can do better than
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that, by all means. You're not going to hurt
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my feelings. But that's really it. I just want
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to... I've said this before and I want to reiterate
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that legislators in the U .S. pay attention to
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constituent phone calls, letters, and emails.
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I know for a fact because I know one of my senators
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personally. I know him. The other one, I'm casually
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acquainted with. I know them. I know that this
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is what they pay attention to. So, before you
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say, they don't care what I think. Yes, they
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do. Maybe that's just like my inner activist.
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But, yes, they do. They will care if you say
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something about this. Especially if you're contacting
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them about a very specific piece of legislation.
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So, we'll leave it at that. We'll get back to
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the fun shoulder kitty stuff. And just, we can't
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let Dana White. Get away with it. We can't. No.
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And we've said it before, but this will kill
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the lower level. Grassroots boxing is fucking
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dead with what this legislation proposes. Yeah.
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So this isn't to say that boxing does not need
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reform. It absolutely does. But this legislation
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is not it. Yeah. This shit is not it. But yeah,
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let's leave it at that. LVXmedia .net slash b
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-sides. Now, into the fun stuff. Ola Squaga and
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Navarrete get their five defense rings. Tell
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me more. Ola Squaga was super excited about it.
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He mentioned it before the fight in Tokyo. He
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mentioned it after the fight. And his ring is
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all over his Instagram now. It's a baller -ass
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ring. That's for sure. It's a big -ass ring,
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yeah. It's like Super Bowl type of shit. Yeah,
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I am 100 % sure he went and got a manicure so
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he could take the ring pictures. Very, very princess.
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Yeah, his nails are, like, they're not painted
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or anything, but they are looking very shaped
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and shiny. And his cuticles are so clean. I didn't
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see anything on Nav's, but Olaskaga is very much
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enjoying his bling. I bet Nav, what he did was,
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what airborne troopers do in the U .S. is when
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they get their jump wings, they hold the pin
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in their mouth and they pound a beer with it.
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Nice. I would bet Nav would do something like
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that. Yeah, yeah. End up swallowing a little
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mini diamond. Nab somehow stuck his in a donut.
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Yeah. He's not pounding a beer with it. He's
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pounding a Coke. A Coke bottle with his ring
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in his mouth. Nab's going to have to get his
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stretched when he stops boxing. Oh, man. A two
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-belt champ fucking getting to work on Boxing
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Before Dark. I love Nav. I do, too. I rode against
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him, against Nunez, and I fully admit I was sorely
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mistaken. He looked good. He looked better than
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fucking ever. Nutritionist Nav is fucking on
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point. I will never again. I will never speak
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ill. of Nebraska again. The WBC, this is a little
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bit more of a somber note, somber -ish, makes
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a little commemorative belt for George Morikawa,
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the author of Hajime no Ippo, when he was put
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into the hospital. So he's been in and out of
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the hospital recently with something in his abdomen.
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He had a surgery, but he got out of the hospital
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right before the tension Estrada card, and they
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presented him the belt on his way out of the
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hospital. Excellent. Yeah, so they made him a
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little belt, and every fighter on that card signed
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it for him. So it's got... all the signatures
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on the back and it's a perfect like tiny replica
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i got one of those for a friend of mine when
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as a as like a baby shower gift this you know
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like well baby showers all of the like the women
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get together and like they do a lot of baby stuff
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and like they play games and all that so As a
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baby shower gift for my boy, who was the dad
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to be, we got him a little mini WBC belt for
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his boy. Excellent. Yeah. Those little belts
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are fucking cool. They are cool. I thought this
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was really nice because the WBC is the belt to
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get in EPO. Like, they really talk up the WBC.
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WBA, WBC are the two in the anime that they really
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hype up. Yeah, yeah. Which is weird, because,
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like, well, no, OPBF feeds into WBC. Yeah. It
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makes perfect sense. The WBC is the big one in
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Japan. Hmm. Like, that's the one people want
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to win. It has the prestige. Yeah. Japan, via
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OPBF and JBC, they're like one of the original
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founders of the WBC. It's not just Mexico. Okay.
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I don't know much about the history of the belts,
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to be honest. I looked into, like, OPBF, EBU,
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what do these even mean? Why do they matter?
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Why should I care about OPBF? And then that.
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Like before. OPBF. Was the belt to have. And
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then. WBC founded. With OPBF as one of like the.
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Member organizations. Or like founding organizations.
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That were a supporter of it. So. So the WBC belt.
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made for george modikawa wonderful gesture um
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this this is actually like was it when you say
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it was like a replica belt was it like full size
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or no it was a small one okay but it was apparently
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made by the same company and it has all the little
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like dude pictures on it yeah oh yeah all the
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accoutrement that goes on the side of it yeah
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yeah that's cool interesting turn of events The
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Saudi Wealth Fund is backing off of Live Golf.
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The relevance will be revealed in a moment, I
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guess. So there was this big stink a few years
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ago when the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund announced
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that they were making Live Golf, and it was supposed
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to be like a rival to PGA. And there was a big
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stink of whether fighters, whether golfers were
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going to sign with Liv. And some of them did
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for like record fees. A lot of money was made
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by a handful of players. And some of them had
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chosen to not sign with Liv and stayed loyal
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to PGA. They refused record fees. And later,
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it turned out that Liv and PGA ended up merging
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anyway. Ah, that's a kick in the nuts. So a lot
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of those PGA loyalists sued. Like, what the fuck,
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man? We rejected them for you, and now you're
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selling out anyway. Yeah. So that was just one
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of those, like, there's also a Saudi Super Soccer
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League, Super Football League, that, like, they
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signed Cristiano Ronaldo and a lot of other high
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-end players for record fees. And as we all know,
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the Saudi Wealth Fund also signed, they put on
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some pretty high -end boxing events. Let's not
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pretend. As much as I dislike the Saudi government,
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the fights were good. The quality of the events
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fully in and of themselves, not what I would
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call elite, just because they would have fucking
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concerts and stuff in the middle of it. It's
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a little weird. But the Saudi Wealth Fund is
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backing off of the Live Golf Tournament. We're
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expecting them to back off of their Saudi Super
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League for football. Is boxing next? What do
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you think? They're already kind of pulling back
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a little, right? Like they haven't been doing
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the big events. Yeah. I know they're still in
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with Zufa, but I don't think that's the kind
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of money that those big ring events were. Or
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what did they call it? Re -add season events.
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I don't think they've seen the type of goodwill
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they were expecting from boxing. People still
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talk a lot of shit. Myself very much included.
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Yeah. So it wouldn't surprise me if they're like,
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oh, this is a bit of a failed experiment. Yeah.
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As much as I cannot... deny i appreciate the
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the fights that they did put on because like
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uh beevil versus better be of that was those
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two fights were like we've been waiting for this
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we've been wanting this uh tyson fury versus
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alexander usik i think they were involved with
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usik versus aj we can count them count them off
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but ultimately We like we I feel I can speak
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on behalf of a pretty big segment of the fan
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base when I say I appreciate that you put these
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fights on. That does not change what I think
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about you as a government or what I think about
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Saudi Arabia as like a nation as a nation state.
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It doesn't change what I think about you. Thanks
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for the fights. But sorry, bro. You're still
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assholes. You can't buy goodwill that easy. Right.
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Like, you shouldn't be able to. They'd probably
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have more luck in some other sports. I don't
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know how their soccer thing's going off, but
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I don't think that's really helping either. I
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have heard nothing about it since the announcement
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of it. And since the one player that I saw signed
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to it that was worth a stink was Ronaldo. And
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that was really it. Yeah, I don't know this like
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perception washing with sports. I don't think
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sports fans are that stupid. No, no. Like, I
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think they they thought sports fans were that
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stupid and probably combat sports fans. They're
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like, oh, it's idiots. They like to watch people
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beat each other up. But like, we're not that
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stupid. Everyone can see what you're doing. Yeah,
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my political podcast might be on hiatus, but
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I haven't stopped paying attention to politics.
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Yeah. I know that Saudi Arabia is still very
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shitty. And this isn't for me. I don't know.
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I'm not wishing ill on the people of Saudi Arabia
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by any stretch of the imagination. Like the stuff
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that's happening in Iran at the moment, it's
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impacting the... Gulf Arab states. And I fully
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see it. I see you. I know that you're dealing
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with some bullshit right now. And I don't wish
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that on you or anyone for that matter. But the
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Saudi government, like, bro, putting on some
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boxing events is not going to change what people
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think about you. Putting on a golf tournament
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is not going to change what people think of you.
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It's just not how it works, man. No. Well, speaking
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of the Saudis, Ryan Rozicki, a Canadian cruiserweight
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who is currently ranked number one by the WBC,
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and Chris Billum -Smith, signed with Zufa. Yeah.
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I don't care about either of these people. Me
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either. But they're clearly trying to get Jai
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some competition is what this is. Getting a number
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one contender is not a bad sign if you want to
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get Jai a good opponent. And CBS is a name. I
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mean, kind of. CBS has fought... More than one
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top cruiserweight. He fought Zerto. We saw that
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because he got the piss beaten out of him to
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claim a title off of him. But hasn't CBS fought
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someone else? Not Lawrence Okoli. I can't remember.
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I know he's fought like two names. He fought
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Glanton, right? Is he a name? Not really. No.
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Reakpor? Akoli? Okay. Yeah, that's who I was
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thinking of. Just with Reakpor's new recent history
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that we'll talk about in a moment. But that's
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who I was thinking of. Yeah. Two good names.
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We could have either one of these dudes fight
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Jai, the other guy fight Glanton, and then...
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When Jai beats the one, have the loser fight
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Glanton, and then the winner of Glanton... You
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can have a little round robin here for Jai to
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get his reps in. Yeah, but like, Jai going to
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Zufa was so stupid. Not the best move. But I
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wonder if they're trying to get him back on one
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of the belt standings. Maybe the WBC is more
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willing to play with Zufa than the IBF. We know
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WBC, as long as they're getting paid, they don't
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give a shit. Exactly. So grab the number one
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contender from the WBC. Have Jai get up in their
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rankings. Snipe his position. And then sign Norair
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Mikaelian. Or don't. Just sign him for one fight
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just to give up his title. Yeah. And, like, does
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that lend credence to the... Because we talked
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about this last week. Does the Zufa title in
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and of itself doesn't matter? But the number
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one cruiserweight is holding it. Yeah, but I
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mean, I still don't care about the Zufa belt.
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I don't either. It's just... You can't have a
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belt mean something in one weight class. That's
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just my opinion. But all your belts mean something
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or none of them mean anything. Right. I didn't
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really... I hadn't thought about it that way
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until you had mentioned it. I'm like, you're
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right. Because when we say the WBC matters, we
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mean that the WBC matters. And any division,
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any titleist in the division is a world champion.
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Exactly. Like, if any world champion goes and
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gets any random alphabet belt, it doesn't make
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the alphabet belt worth anything. I mean, they
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don't do it, but like... Say Inouye went and
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won what's one that I don't even know about the
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IBU? WBF. If Inouye decided to go get a WBF belt,
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that doesn't make the WBF good. A valid organization.
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Right. Just means that Inouye did something weird.
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Clarissa Shields holds on to the WBF belt for
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whatever her reasons are. She does. Yeah, it
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hasn't made it a thing in women's boxing. Sure
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hasn't. Same with IBO. Gennady Golovkin held
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it for fucking ages. Anthony Joshua held it for
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quite some time. Sergey Kovalev also held it
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for quite some time. So, like, there's... This
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is all in the survey. What do these belts mean?
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What do you think that they mean? And I want
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to know what you think. Because we're sitting
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here talking about Zufa title don't mean shit.
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I don't know. Do you disagree? Take the survey.
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Maybe it means something to somebody. It might.
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But just so far, results so far, it doesn't.
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matter to anyone um we're we're in double digits
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of of uh survey takers but whatever i want more
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ryan garcia and connor ben negotiations are quote
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well underway for august who is promoting connor
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ben for this one have we heard I haven't heard
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yet. Golden Boy, maybe? Since they promote Ryan
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Garcia? I do not want to see this fight. I could
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not care less. I don't like Ryan Garcia, but
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Conor Benn looked like ass. We'll talk about
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that in a moment. Conor Benn is the number one
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contender. He fought the fights. That's all I
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can really say. All right. Anyways, this does
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not get me excited about anything. I hope they
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both break each other's faces. Do you hope? Whose
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face do you hope gets broken? Anthony Joshua
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versus Tyson Fury. is in the works for November.
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Oh, you know who I'm going to cheer for in this
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one. Tyson Fury. No. No. I hope AJ knocks him
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out cold. Whatever. What's the thing that Fury
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always says? Dosser? Yeah, that one. Or Big Stiff
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Idiot. Either way. I hope AJ makes Fury look
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like shit. It would be nice. Strong words. And
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I am inclined to agree. I'm very much team AJ
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on this one. Especially now that he's friends
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with Usyk. Helps. Helps a lot. I think so. That
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to me shows a level of maturity. that he has
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heretofore not not shown it's like it's like
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admitting he needs to try aj always is willing
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to try new things though like he switches trainers
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and stuff maybe too much he did switch he went
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through like a little trainer um like round robin
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like he tried ronnie shields he tried robert
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garcia he ended up going back to where he started
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which hey like you tried something new but having
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like the elite heavyweight as in your coaching
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corner that says a lot i personally think that
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the biggest thing will be usik helping aj with
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his mindset I think you're right. I think AJ's
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like mental side is his weakest point. He's a
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good boxer. He's really strong. He's always in
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shape, but he overthinks and makes weird decisions
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in the fights. And Usyk is always so calculating
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and cool and like calm in the fights. If he can
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give AJ some tips on how to like... get his head
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right i think that's the biggest thing usik can
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help him with i don't know at this point if aj
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needs that much like physical training it's not
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the physical part that he needs he's like you
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said he's he's fun he's technically sound um
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he he makes technical miscalculations but it's
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like the it's the mental aspect that you were
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talking about and i think usik being the cerebral
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fighter that he is, it... This is the... This
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is, like, I feel like this is the key ingredient
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that the AJ cocktail has been missing. Yeah.
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Because we know AJ's gonna be in better shape
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than Fury. Without a doubt. And, like, I think
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AJ still hits hard. Like, he's still got that
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great right hand. He just needs... the mental
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ability to put it all together and not get rattled
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during the fights right because AJ if he gets
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hit and out of shape he his he loses his focus
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and his mental game and starts making stupid
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fucking mistakes like as soon as he gets wobbled
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not every time but every time lately that he
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gets wobbled, he really gets just out of shape
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instantly. I'm trying to remember what fight
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it was where AJ's sitting in the corner and he's
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looking at his trainer and he's saying, what
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should I do? And then there was a... That was
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the Ruiz fight he lost, right? I think so. And
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then he asks, okay, what's he gonna do? Yeah.
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Yeah. I think you're right. I think AJ's biggest
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weakness in boxing is not being adaptable during
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a fight. Yeah. If everything goes to plan, he's
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golden. But if something unexpected happens,
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he has trouble adjusting. I believe in AJ. I
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do too. I think there's still talks of him taking
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a warm -up fight. I heard talks of him taking
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Wilder as a warm -up fight. Interesting warm
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-up fight to take. Yeah. But that's a really
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dangerous keep -busy fight. Because, like I said,
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when he gets hit and out of shape... If Wilder
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can land one good punch... A good right hand.
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And AJ gets out of shape... That's credits. Yeah.
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Well, with Usyk in this corner, though, I think
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he could survive a right hand. He could survive,
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because Wilder's not who he used to be either.
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No. But I'm just saying it's a more dangerous
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fight than, like, Makhmudov or someone. Right.
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Well, moving on, we have Kenneth Lover. is fighting
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an IBF bantamweight eliminator in Nagoya on June
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6th. Are you going to be there for that? Nagoya's
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quite a hike. Yeah. Possibly, but there's a lot
30:11
of things near Tokyo in June that I'm excited
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about, so possibly not. Nagoya's the fast train,
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so it would be an overnight trip. And the train
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tickets and the hotel are going to be like twice
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as much as the fight ticket. So it all adds up
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pretty fast. Nagoya was nice, though. I went
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there in February and I was surprised. Maybe
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I found like a cool area of Nagoya because I
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stayed kind of on the outskirts. But it was nice.
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Inuyama is what it was called. chose the area
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entirely because it means dog mountain and i
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thought it was cute good choice yeah it has a
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castle it has an old shopping district honestly
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if you want like not city city i would recommend
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it dog mountain that's that's fantastic yeah
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they have little dogs on everything super cute
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are they uh shiba inus Yeah, yeah. Little Shibas.
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Of course they are. You know, the lucky cats
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going into all... Yeah, they were lucky dogs.
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Oh, it was the little Shiba doing the little
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paw. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not everywhere, but I
31:30
saw many of them in the stores. It was great.
31:33
Excellent. Oh, man. Speaking of excellent...
31:37
Bam! Rodriguez versus Antonio Vargas is happening
31:42
in Phoenix on June 13th. And you will be there.
31:47
Is that even a question? Of course. Oh, that
31:52
was a statement. Yeah, of course I will be there.
31:56
Like, fucking, I will be there for first bell.
32:00
I am there to watch every fucking fight on the
32:03
ticket. Every single one. I will be there. I
32:09
saw Artur Popoka versus Jordan Martinez, I think
32:14
his name is. They had a draw on the Nav Nunez
32:19
undercard. Right. And they're rematching. Rematching.
32:23
Nice. Hell yeah, dog. I'm excited for it. I'm
32:29
going to try for a press pass this time. But
32:33
at the same time, like slamming back some fucking...
32:38
Let me put my douchebag glasses back on. Slamming
32:42
back some brewskis. Yeah. It does make it a bit
32:47
more fun. But at the same time, I'm just really
32:53
happy that this is happening here. More than
32:57
happy to see Bam again. I know I'm watching a
33:01
generational talent in front of me. 100 % with
33:04
Bam. Yeah. I know I go to so many great fights
33:09
here, but I am a little jealous of this one.
33:12
I would love to be there. At 118, man, he's moving
33:17
up. Yeah. I don't think this is permanent, though,
33:23
because he does seem really set on the Undisputed
33:26
with Willie Baldo. Yeah, I'm a little surprised
33:33
he's going up without getting it. The up and
33:36
down is hard. It is. I don't think it's a permanent
33:40
move, so I think you're right. Like, moving back
33:42
down. He said in a press little clipping that
33:46
not cutting the extra three pounds makes it easier.
33:53
Yeah. So, I don't know. But I'm still jealous
34:01
of this one. That's awesome. Are you jealous?
34:07
I don't know where I'm going with that. Floyd
34:11
Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao is back on as a
34:15
sanctioned bout. I mean, we all knew that was
34:19
happening. Didn't we? Of course. There's been
34:24
lots of people talking that this is all just
34:26
marketing by Floyd. like getting people talking
34:31
about it and stuff it could be honestly i do
34:34
not want to see this fight anyways i'll watch
34:36
it but we'll be watching with like a professional
34:40
interest it's no i'm not excited for this shit
34:43
the first one was too late and it was like 10
34:46
fucking years ago like it was like six years
34:50
too late uh and that was you're right like 11
34:55
years ago Yeah. So what the fuck is this rematch?
35:00
But if they're going to do it, it has to be an
35:04
actual fight. The only reason anyone is going
35:07
to watch is hoping that Mayweather loses his
35:10
own. Or at least that's the only thing I'll be
35:14
hoping for watching this. Yeah. I have to make
35:20
sure that one listener lives not like. In a city
35:26
not too far from me, but it's Kevin in Prescott.
35:31
I'll pronounce it the way that you like it. Prescott.
35:36
Anyway, this isn't important. This is theatrics.
35:44
And I don't mean the gamesmanship of Floyd saying
35:49
it's an exhibition and then Floyd saying it's
35:51
canceled. No. The whole fucking event. It's just
35:56
a show. Don't fucking pay attention to this shit.
36:01
It's not that important. If you miss it, oh well,
36:04
dude. You didn't miss much. I did like Manny
36:08
buying Floyd's gym. Oh, I forgot to put that
36:12
on the outline. Yeah, you're absolutely right.
36:16
Yeah, yeah. So Floyd was behind payments on his
36:19
gym or whatever and Manny bought it up. In Vegas.
36:22
The... TMT Gym in Vegas. Is owned by Manny Pacquiao
36:29
now. Yep, it's now MP. Oh boy. And there's more
36:37
stories coming out about Floyd Mayweather being
36:40
behind on payments and stuff and losing things
36:43
or having liens put against him. Which is entirely
36:47
why this fight is happening. Right. Also, has
36:52
there been any updates on the Mike Tyson fight?
36:55
It should have happened at this point. So it
37:00
was just canceled? It seems so. I'm okay with
37:04
that. Mike doesn't need to be doing this shit.
37:09
What is the point of a 60 -year -old man, a 60
37:13
-year -old big man, getting pieced up by a 50
37:16
-year -old smaller guy? Yeah. Like, what's the
37:20
point? That one I honestly think no one wanted
37:26
to see. The Greek kickboxer? Sure. Usyk is doing
37:34
the same shit. Who cares? Do your crossovers.
37:37
Whatever. Have fun. Just leave Mike alone. Leave
37:42
him alone. He's having fun with his podcast.
37:46
He has his cannabis farm. Leave the guy alone.
37:51
Let him play with his pigeons and enjoy his retirement.
37:54
Yeah, leave the dude alone. Fuck with Manny Pacquiao.
37:59
Yeah, you need that cash? You're going to have
38:04
to put your record back up on the chopping block.
38:09
Yeah. Man, I'm going to love it if Manny pulls
38:13
this off. It's unlikely. But I would be so happy.
38:19
Imagine if Manny sparks Mayweather. The scenes.
38:24
Manila will burn. It'll be like Manila will be
38:30
like Philly after a Super Bowl win. Yeah. Yes,
38:35
we won. But there are still people eating horse
38:41
turds off the ground. That type of shit. Like,
38:46
yes, we won, but we're still burning the whole
38:50
goddamn city down for whatever reason. Just what
38:56
you do when you're excited, I guess. Yeah. Anything
39:03
more for the news? No, I think we covered it.
39:07
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P -R -O -T -O -N. Alright, into... The recaps.
43:48
We've got Eye of the Tiger in Montreal. A whole
43:55
lot of fights on here to talk about. Just kidding.
43:57
Only one and a half. Really quickly, the half.
44:03
Arthur B. Arslanov gets the stoppage in seven
44:06
over Himir Espinosa. It was certainly a fight.
44:13
Yup. And Oslis Iglesias retires Pavel Selyagin
44:19
after the 8th to win the IBF super middleweight
44:25
title and fulfill his promise to his mom. Aww.
44:30
I didn't know he promised his mom. Yeah, that's
44:34
what I was trying to type the translations into
44:36
the chat because the triple interpreter was not
44:41
working. No. I tried my best to give better.
44:50
Iglesias looked real good in this fight. Yeah.
44:54
He looks stellar. I feel like there's nobody
44:58
in the super middleweight division that's going
45:01
to beat him. No. And now that he has a belt,
45:06
maybe some of them will fight him. Like, it's
45:11
more incentive to take the fight. I don't think
45:13
so. Several people rejected this fight with it
45:21
being a title fight. They still rejected it.
45:24
That's true. I don't know, man. Iglesias is just
45:29
so fucking good. I can understand why people
45:32
don't want to fight him, but also that's your
45:34
job. Right. You get paid a lot of money. That's
45:39
what it's going to take. They're going to need
45:41
a bigger financial backer than Eye of the Tiger
45:44
to lure opponents, quality opponents in. Otherwise,
45:51
they're just going to have Ostley defending his
45:53
belt against mandatories, which the IBF is going
45:56
to call fucking regularly. They're going to be
45:59
sending lambs to the slaughter. It's going to
46:02
be bad. If we don't get quality opposition in
46:07
front of them to get a better gauge of just how
46:11
good this man is, that's all we're going to have
46:15
is Ausley's beating up fucking guys like Pavel.
46:22
Me shrugging as largely, as highly as I can with
46:30
who the fuck cares with beating up dudes like
46:34
Pavel. Over and over again. Yeah. Iglesias needs
46:40
to get out of Montreal. Like. This dude rates.
46:45
He rates. And nobody wants to travel to Montreal
46:49
Casino. To watch a boxing match. This man rates.
46:55
Like what. What more do you want. I just hope.
47:01
Eye of the Tiger is not going to hold him back.
47:05
Because I feel like that is the biggest hinge
47:08
of how far can we catapult Iglesias. Yeah, I
47:19
don't know what his deal is like. Like, I don't
47:23
know if he's signed on a long -term contract
47:27
or anything. I hope not. I certainly hope not.
47:32
Because... He deserves better than he's getting,
47:35
for sure. Let's not glaze Iglesias any more than
47:44
is necessary, because he certainly deserves it.
47:48
I'm not fucking pretending that he doesn't, but
47:51
we could just sit here spinning our wheels. And
47:55
agreeing with each other. Right, talking about
47:57
Iglesias fucking should be fighting the best.
48:00
Of course, fucking of course he should. um let's
48:05
move on friday april 10th pro box tv at the prudential
48:09
center in newark new jersey um there was an interesting
48:14
fight on here ofacio falcon no contest with tacky
48:20
anan yeah one of them came in dressed like um
48:25
reptile for mortal combat excellent so that was
48:29
cool but what was funky about this whole situation
48:33
was that one of them got like a just a really
48:37
tiny cut on their uh eyebrow on the outside of
48:41
their eyebrow it was bleeding on the outside
48:44
of the cheekbone and down like the sideburn yeah
48:49
right and then the ref waved it off anyway That's
48:55
weird. It was really weird. Like, the blood...
48:58
It was pooling on his, like, Adam's apple. Yeah.
49:04
I really... Okay, you want to protect the fighters.
49:08
I kind of get it. But at the same time... Yeah,
49:13
that seemed like an overreaction. That was...
49:15
Yeah, like, you're overdoing it here, buddy.
49:21
That ref will not be coming back to Pro Box,
49:24
I assume. I hope not. That's not his place. He
49:28
can go to England. Go to Zufa. Moving up to the
49:37
main event, Hebert, Konsei Sao, not related to
49:42
Hobson. He beats Johan Gonzalez by UD. This was
49:52
not the best Pro Box main event? No. Well, no.
50:01
But it's kind of expected with an Olympic gold
50:05
medalist, is it not? He's 10 -0, though. You
50:09
would think he would have adapted to the pro
50:11
style at this point. I would think, anyway. I
50:16
guess, but like... He's got a lot of unanimous
50:19
decisions as a pro. So he's going to end up in
50:24
a situation where he's like... Like Guillermo
50:30
Rigondeaux. Where... Fucking... Just elite technical
50:36
talent. But just absolutely dog shit to watch.
50:41
Yeah. Maybe, like, he's only got 10 pro fights.
50:46
Maybe he'll adapt. Perhaps. But I am leaning
50:50
towards he's going to stay in the amateur style
50:54
and just be kind of boring. And besmirch the
51:00
good name of Konsei Sao. Yeah. Moving on. We're
51:08
going to jump around. I want to jump really quickly
51:11
to get it out of the way. Pro Box TV at the Boardwalk
51:14
Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was certainly
51:19
a Pro Box card. A little decision heavy, but
51:23
Vito Melnicki was fine against Omar Ulysses Huerta.
51:32
Yeah, Melnicki's good. He's fine. But he's not
51:37
special in any way. He's good, I guess. Yeah.
51:47
I want to jump to the Gold Star event on Netflix
51:54
just so that we can get it out of the way because
51:58
there's a lot more to talk about on the Taken
52:00
card that you were at. Yeah, I have to admit
52:04
I missed everything on this. I watched some highlights.
52:08
Connor Ben. Disappointed. He had a wounded Regis
52:15
Progray in front of him, and he still couldn't
52:18
finish the fight. Did you see the Progray interviews
52:22
afterwards? No. With all the, like, boxers tell
52:28
stories, but Progray was talking about how injured
52:32
he was going into the fight. and how he was thinking
52:36
of pulling out all the way up to the fight. He
52:39
was having eye problems, he was having hand problems,
52:42
he was having knee problems. He's like, what
52:45
if I go in and, like, punch him once and break
52:48
my hand? Or what if I, like, blow out my knee?
52:52
And he's like, I seriously considered tripping
52:57
on purpose and landing on my hand and saying
52:59
I couldn't fight, that my hand was injured. Goodness
53:03
gracious. I didn't know it was that bad. Obviously,
53:05
he didn't do any of that. But yeah, he's got
53:08
an interview on the Pro Box podcast. What's it
53:11
actually called? Boxing Scene? Boxing Scene Today,
53:15
I think it is. Yeah. They interviewed him this
53:19
week. And, like, the interview's crazy. Pro Grey
53:25
is retired now, which he should be. Absolutely.
53:29
But yeah, go watch the interview because it was
53:32
really interesting seeing somebody admit all
53:37
the things that they were thinking about before
53:39
the fight. Because I think boxers probably have
53:41
a lot of doubts going into fights sometimes,
53:45
but nobody ever says it. But he said that the
53:49
only reason he didn't pull out and he didn't
53:51
pull some sort of stunt like that was because
53:54
he didn't want to disappoint his son. He wanted
53:57
to show his son that even if you're scared, you
54:00
go and do the thing you said you would do. And
54:03
he made it through the whole fight, like, for
54:09
being old and apparently injured. Yeah, I mean,
54:16
Procreate made Ben not look good. I put the blame
54:23
solely on Connor Ben. Like Regis Progray, he
54:26
admitted that the lingering injuries were real.
54:30
And all we got to see was an injured Regis Progray
54:37
try his best, all circumstances considered, and
54:42
Conor Benn not able to push the tempo and get
54:47
a stoppage win over a clearly troubled fighter.
54:53
This is an indictment on Conor Benn. Not at all
54:58
on Regis Progray. He showed up and did the best
55:02
he could do. Whereas Conor Benn had all the advantages
55:07
and still could not finish the job. Unacceptable.
55:16
And that was apparently a $15 million fight for
55:21
Conor Benn. Booty. Yeah, like I said, I only
55:27
watched highlights, but it looked awful. It was.
55:33
Let me go from the bottom up just to give some
55:36
of these fighters who do deserve some time their
55:40
due time. Elliot Whale, TKO4 over Tom Hill. Mikey
55:46
Talon, KO1 over Christopher Rios. Fucking nice.
55:50
Pavel August points decision over Simon Sackenhuber.
55:56
You punk bitch. Now you're not going to get the
55:59
fucking IBF shot. That's what you get. Felix
56:04
Cash, TKO2 over Liam O 'Hare. Frazier Clark.
56:09
Oh, I got this backwards. I'm pretty sure Justice
56:13
Hooney got the fucking... Pardon me for being
56:18
really professional. Yeah, Hooney got the mixed
56:21
decision. Yeah, Hooney got the majority decision
56:24
over Frazier Clark. A little bit closer than
56:32
what I had hoped, but Frazier Clark, I think,
56:35
is damaged goods. He's clearly not... I don't
56:42
know. I think the Fabio Wardley fights took a
56:45
lot out of him. Moving up. Richard Riekpore stops
56:53
Jamie Chikeva in five to claim the British heavyweight
56:59
title. So good on him. Like these are the stepping
57:04
stones for the Brits. So fuck whatever gets us
57:08
more competition in the heavyweight division.
57:11
I'm fucking here for it. Tyson Fury. UD over
57:17
Arslan Beck. Makhmudov. I know that what most
57:28
people want to hear us talk about is the after
57:35
the after part of the show where Tyson Fury's
57:41
calling out AJ. Where he's like passing the microphone
57:46
to AJ like I'm calling you out. Me, the Gypsy
57:51
King, I'm calling you, Anthony Joshua, I'm calling
57:55
you out for a fight. Fuck off. I don't know what
58:04
you want me to say about that. Obviously, it
58:09
was theatrics. AJ was very measured, and he was
58:14
noncommittal. He was saying, Tyson, you're a
58:21
clout chaser. When I'm ready, you can bring your
58:28
proposals to me. I'm the fucking boss in this
58:32
situation. Yeah, what was his actual line? Because
58:36
I thought it was funny. I'm the landlord. Yep.
58:39
Yeah. I'm the landlord. Fury did not look very
58:47
good in this fight from what I saw. To keep it
58:50
to the fight, Arslanbek is an opponent that was
58:57
brought in to beat. And Tyson Fury could have
59:00
done a lot more. And it seems like he was not
59:04
interested in doing more. He was content with
59:09
sitting behind his long reach and leaving it
59:13
at that. I was not impressed with Tyson Fury's
59:21
performance. I would prefer, if we're going to
59:25
talk about a big AJ fight, I would prefer to
59:30
see Deontay Wilder in the ring. Fight for fight.
59:35
Tyson Fury vs. Arslan Beck. Deontay Wilder vs.
59:40
Chisora. I would prefer to see Deontay Wilder
59:43
in the ring with AJ. Tyson Fury does not interest
59:48
me. Based on this, just based on this, the shit
59:53
does not matter to me. I think AJ and Fury have
59:58
to fight. It's too late, everything else, but
1:00:01
the Brits deserve their super fight, late or
1:00:05
not. I wouldn't mind seeing AJ and Wilder, but
1:00:10
like... I think the British fans deserve their
1:00:15
super fight that should have happened five years
1:00:17
ago. They'll turn up for it. It's going to be
1:00:25
huge when it happens. It'll be a major event.
1:00:29
And the talk about it happening in November...
1:00:35
If... Let's just pretend that all of the security
1:00:43
concerns are settled by that time. This still
1:00:50
should not take place in Saudi Arabia. No, that
1:00:54
one has to be in the UK. If it's not in the UK,
1:00:58
you're going to make me dislike the Saudi government
1:01:03
even more than I already do. And that's hard.
1:01:07
That's a fucking low bar to go under. This fight
1:01:15
belongs in the UK. It has to be in the UK. It
1:01:20
has to be. The fans will be fucking rabid, even
1:01:26
though it's too late. You can't have those two
1:01:29
fight in front of a fucking silent, half -empty
1:01:33
Saudi crowd. I'm just still not too... I really
1:01:44
disliked Tyson Fury's... I don't know. Lackluster?
1:01:52
I think it may be the term. Yeah, like on...
1:01:57
He didn't meet the moment. He didn't care. You're
1:02:05
supposed to be building up the biggest boxing
1:02:11
match the UK has ever seen. And this is how you
1:02:17
do it? What, you just half -ass piece up some
1:02:23
half -ass contender? Come on, dude. You're supposed
1:02:28
to be the Gypsy King. You were supposed to really...
1:02:33
Fuck this dude up. To build up the fight. Yeah.
1:02:39
Like, Makhmudov is knockoutable. Like, his chin
1:02:46
can be cracked. Guido Vianello beat his ass.
1:02:52
Fucking Dave Allen did more damage than Tyson
1:02:57
Fury did, I swear to God. Disappointing. Best
1:03:03
I can put it. This isn't the build -up for AJ,
1:03:12
Tyson Fury in November. This isn't it. I'm sure
1:03:17
AJ can pull something together. Like, AJ Wilder?
1:03:24
Holy shit. That's build -up. But... Yeah. But
1:03:30
that's dangerous for AJ, I think. I would put
1:03:34
my money on AJ, but if Wilder lands, Wilder lands.
1:03:39
We already talked about it. We do it in Discord.
1:03:43
I'm riding with Wilder. You cannot keep me from
1:03:47
riding with the American, even though I think
1:03:51
AJ is going to win. Yeah, but you've got to back
1:03:54
your guy. Yeah, he's my boy. I have to. But Tyson
1:03:59
Fury versus Arslanbek? You did, like, fuck all
1:04:04
to really get me excited for a fight with AJ.
1:04:10
Yeah, I agree. That was a very disappointing
1:04:13
performance. But let's leave that there. Also,
1:04:21
on Saturday, April 11th, we had Taken at the
1:04:29
Ryogoku... kokugikan in sumida tokyo yes in all
1:04:36
honesty this card was a fucking bust was it yeah
1:04:41
the card itself so uh the one fight was canceled
1:04:46
uh kosuke i'm drawing a blank on his last name
1:04:52
uh failed the doctor's uh checkup the morning
1:04:58
of the fight or the night before. I can't remember
1:05:01
when they canceled it. But I will give Japan
1:05:05
credit for time fill. So they just moved all
1:05:11
the fights back, which I preferred, like a later
1:05:15
start. They kept playing videos on the big screen
1:05:21
of Tenchin crying, which made me very happy.
1:05:26
so happy just fucking it was him sadly training
1:05:31
in some public park by himself and scenes of
1:05:35
him crying after losing and i was like yes whoever
1:05:38
made this promotional video hates him as much
1:05:41
as i do like it was fucking great that's nice
1:05:46
he got yeah it was just him getting the Piss
1:05:50
beat out of him by Takuma, him crying afterwards
1:05:53
and him sadly training in a park by himself.
1:05:56
But do you know what manzai is? No. It's the
1:06:00
Japanese comedy duos. So there's like a stupid
1:06:04
guy and a smart guy and they do like skits. They
1:06:11
hired a manzai group to come and do 20 minutes
1:06:15
of boxing related manzai jokes. To fill time.
1:06:21
What? Because, yeah, so the cancellation was
1:06:24
early that morning or the night before, I can't
1:06:27
remember. They must have just called these guys
1:06:28
up and like, can you put together boxing skits?
1:06:33
So they had them come out. We need half an hour.
1:06:36
We need a tight 30. Can you hook it up? Yeah,
1:06:39
I don't think it was 30, but like, it was clearly
1:06:43
rushed. and i didn't understand all of it because
1:06:46
of course it's in japanese but the basis of the
1:06:49
jokes was the smart guy trying to teach the dumb
1:06:53
guy how to introduce boxers so like okay i'll
1:06:57
do the blue corner you do the red corner and
1:07:00
boxing has so much english like even when it's
1:07:04
in japanese all the weight classes and stuff
1:07:06
are in english and so the smart guy would do
1:07:10
it and he'd do a good job and then the dumb guy
1:07:12
would get to the english words And it was just
1:07:15
gibberish. And he's like, no, no, no. And the
1:07:22
guy's like, It sounds really stupid, but instead
1:07:32
of just dead air, it was actually pretty entertaining.
1:07:36
But the first fight was super fun. against Beltran.
1:07:44
I quite enjoyed it. But then my guy... My guy
1:07:50
got jobbed, I swear to God. I saw that pinched
1:07:54
Italian fingers. I'd been hanging out with the
1:07:57
Italian too much. But... So, Jose Calderon fights
1:08:02
in Japan a lot. He's fought here, like, three
1:08:07
or four times in the last couple years. Yeah.
1:08:11
The Japanese have like a stranglehold on the
1:08:13
lower weight classes. And so Katsuma Akatsugi,
1:08:18
his first fight in Japan, because he fucked off
1:08:21
to America to start his boxing career, hadn't
1:08:25
been back because he's trying to get American
1:08:27
citizenship. Got tattoos. You've got a couple
1:08:32
of tattoos. Dirty fucker. Yeah. Like, it was
1:08:36
a very close fight. But I said it in the chat
1:08:40
while it was happening. I'm like, if this is
1:08:42
close at all, Akitsugi's not getting a decision.
1:08:47
Yeah, you're right. Because I'm a fan, so I'm
1:08:52
biased. But he could have won that fight. Like,
1:08:56
it would not have been out to lunch for him to
1:08:58
have gotten a nod. Majority decision, though.
1:09:01
Like, that is super close. Yes. But... They picked
1:09:08
the Mexican dude that fights in Japan. I'm just
1:09:16
saying. I knew if it was close he wasn't going
1:09:18
to get it. The JBC hates people that leave. And
1:09:23
then they wonder why people leave. Yeah. I do
1:09:28
think Akitsugi maybe felt the pressure a little.
1:09:32
Like of the moment. because he didn't throw as
1:09:37
many punches as usual. He was really good in
1:09:41
the opening rounds, but then Calderon came on
1:09:44
late. Yeah. Is what I would say. But Akitsugi
1:09:49
usually is the late guy. Yeah. Yeah. So I think
1:09:55
he still did well. Honestly, it was the most
1:09:58
fun fight of the night. Oh, God. By far. By far.
1:10:03
But I was disappointed. I really wanted my guy
1:10:07
to get the win in Japan. But he didn't. And then
1:10:16
the Tomoya -Suboi -Pedro -Gavara fight ended
1:10:20
in the second round with a really weird head
1:10:23
clash. That one was kind of scary. I don't know
1:10:27
how much they showed on the broadcast, but Gavara
1:10:29
got stretchered out. Yeah, they didn't show him
1:10:34
getting put on the stretcher, but they did show,
1:10:36
like, they showed him getting, they showed the
1:10:40
headbutt, they showed him going down. It was
1:10:43
really clear that something was wrong. Yeah,
1:10:48
I know people were talking shit that the ref
1:10:51
was giving him his five minutes. Probably didn't
1:10:56
need to give him his five minutes. I haven't
1:11:00
heard any updates, though, of whether he was
1:11:02
actually hurt, like, furiously or not. Still,
1:11:07
it's a nasty, nasty headbutt. Yeah, and when
1:11:12
they put him on the stretcher, they wrapped him
1:11:14
burrito -style in a pink blankie, which I thought
1:11:17
was kind of funny. Just to add a little insult
1:11:22
to injury. I mean, not to make fun of an injured
1:11:27
fighter, but... It was kind of funny. It is.
1:11:32
It is kind of funny. But yeah, so one fight I
1:11:36
was excited about was cancelled. I was excited
1:11:38
about this one and it ends in a weird head clash
1:11:41
in the second. My guy Akatsugi lost and there
1:11:47
were Calderon chants. I was disappointed in the
1:11:50
Japanese crowd. Not what I would expect. They
1:11:57
showed Mrs. Akitsugi a lot. Yeah. I think it's
1:12:05
nice that he found love in America, but I suppose
1:12:10
the Japanese probably don't like that either.
1:12:12
Race traitor. We have a declining birth rate
1:12:16
here and you're marrying this not Japanese person?
1:12:20
And living in a different country? And learning
1:12:24
other languages? How dare you? I wonder why we
1:12:31
have a declining birth rate. And then the main
1:12:36
event made me sad. Why did it make you sad, Janada?
1:12:43
Because Estrada got broken ribs. And he's an
1:12:49
old man. He doesn't need that shit. was it broken
1:12:52
ribs is that what it was it was broken ribs yeah
1:12:55
as soon as he was in the corner the way he was
1:12:58
sitting um so i guess that was in the patreon
1:13:02
it was super random i ran into some mexican americans
1:13:06
from phoenix at the fight and they were sitting
1:13:10
in my section and actually um the person in the
1:13:14
seat beside them never came so for the main event
1:13:17
i actually did something I'm not supposed to
1:13:20
and changed my seats and sat with them so we
1:13:22
could cheer for Estrada. But as soon as they
1:13:26
showed him in the corner, the way he was sitting,
1:13:29
I was like, that's broken ribs. And then he retired
1:13:33
in the corner in the ninth. But you could see,
1:13:36
like, you know how people sit funny when their
1:13:40
ribs are broken? And then they put ice on it.
1:13:44
The trainer put ice on his ribs and I was like,
1:13:46
fuck, this is over. Like, I didn't know he was
1:13:50
retiring yet, but as soon as they did that, I
1:13:53
was like, that's broken ribs. He's just, if he
1:13:57
goes out, he's just going to get beat up. That
1:14:00
was a hard one. I was... It wasn't as hard as
1:14:04
the Quadris one. That one was just fucking sad.
1:14:08
Oh, that was brutality. That was... Estrada was
1:14:13
not winning. But he was doing fine at the start.
1:14:20
He's not in his peak at all. But he wasn't completely
1:14:25
washed. He was competitive despite being behind.
1:14:32
Despite losing. Being behind for the majority
1:14:37
of the rounds. Yeah. He was doing his best. I'm
1:14:45
really shrugging my shoulders trying to be like,
1:14:48
yeah, he was doing good. He's just old. Yeah.
1:14:53
It happens. He's past his time. 36 is really
1:15:00
old for 118. Like, not many people do it that
1:15:05
long. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I have been on
1:15:10
a bad run of watching old men get beat up. But
1:15:18
it made me sad. I was sad to see Estrada get
1:15:24
beat like that too. I really thought he could
1:15:29
do it. I thought if he wobbled tension, he could
1:15:35
take advantage. But he just never landed that
1:15:38
punch. He never got the momentum on his side.
1:15:42
Yeah. And he's old. I do not expect Estrada to
1:15:47
be fighting through broken ribs at this age.
1:15:52
Back in the day, he would have. Well, they probably
1:15:55
wouldn't have broken, but... Anything more for
1:15:58
the recaps before we roll on? No. I'm really
1:16:03
glad I ran into the Americans because just as
1:16:07
a boxing card, this was a bit of a bust, to be
1:16:10
honest. There was really only one good fight
1:16:13
on the whole card. And that didn't go your way
1:16:17
either. No, but it was a good fight. That was
1:16:21
a good entertaining fight. Yeah. And Akatsugi's
1:16:26
been putting up pictures of him visiting all
1:16:29
his relatives. He went and saw his grandmother
1:16:31
that he hasn't seen in over a decade. Oh, no.
1:16:34
That sounds amazing. I want to see that. Yeah,
1:16:38
it's up on his Instagram. All right. I'll check
1:16:41
that out. That's beautiful. It's actually a really,
1:16:44
like, kind of sad post. Because she's really
1:16:49
old and, like, it's a picture of her in bed and
1:16:52
him talking to her. And he's like, the last time
1:16:54
I saw you, you were so lively. And, like, he's
1:16:58
up in his feels. All the years that we missed,
1:17:00
yeah. Yeah, he's up in his feels on the caption.
1:17:04
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Let's see. Thursday, April 23rd. There's a whole
1:22:03
bunch of bullshit on this card that I don't care
1:22:05
about. We've got Jason Maloney versus Andre Donovan.
1:22:11
I don't know who Andre Donovan is. Should I?
1:22:15
No. Doesn't really matter. Yeah. Probably not
1:22:24
excited about this one. This weekend is not great.
1:22:29
Let's see. Saturday, April 25th. Primetime Fight
1:22:34
Night Volume 8 at the Sidbank Arena in Kolding,
1:22:40
Denmark. Jakob Bank versus Paulinus in Jolunimu.
1:22:50
Nailed it. Fuck. That was a tough one. But it's...
1:22:59
Yaku Bank, like, that's the only reason we're
1:23:01
paying attention to this shit in the first place.
1:23:04
Fighting in his home country? Crowd might be
1:23:08
fun. As he has been for the last few fights.
1:23:12
Fair. And the crowd has been pretty good. Namibia.
1:23:19
You don't see very many boxers out of Namibia.
1:23:22
You remember Julius Ndongo? Yeah. Was he? He
1:23:27
was Namibian. He was the blue machine because
1:23:32
he was a cop. And then he got fucking wrecked
1:23:38
by Terrence Crawford. Hilarious. Moving on. Queensberry
1:23:46
at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France. They're
1:23:52
pitching this as a... a double header, but I'm
1:23:59
only watching Laurence Acoli versus Tony Yoka.
1:24:03
That's about all that matters to me. Nothing
1:24:08
on the underbill. Whatever. Yeah. This is definitely
1:24:15
not a Shinada card. No. At all. I don't know
1:24:21
any of these names. Other than Acoli and Yoka.
1:24:25
A lot of Frenchmen. That's fine. And last bit.
1:24:31
Matchroom on DAZN at the Fontainebleau in Las
1:24:35
Vegas. Again, a bunch of shit. Well, never mind.
1:24:42
Everything is worth the skip. Nishant Dev versus
1:24:46
Juan Carlos Guerra. That's a super welterweight
1:24:50
fight. So that's nice. That's about it on the
1:24:56
undercard. Gerald Miller. Hairpiece man himself.
1:25:02
Nice. Versus Lanier Pero. Pero is the Cuban,
1:25:11
right? Yeah. Cuban 33. How old do you think he
1:25:17
actually is? 38. El Justicero. Nice. Honestly,
1:25:27
this is just going to be big guys throwing haymakers.
1:25:31
Might be fun. Might be. As Josh likes to put
1:25:36
it, this is his vice. Big boys bumping beef.
1:25:42
That's gross. It is. I really hate that description.
1:25:46
Not to yuck anyone's yum, but that's gross. That's
1:25:50
a gross description. You're absolutely right.
1:25:55
Well, you and Josh can discuss this, but... That's
1:26:02
all we got on the docket. It's a late weekend.
1:26:06
It is. It's a good weekend to... Like, the...
1:26:10
The Queensberry card is in the morning, or like
1:26:15
in midday, and then towards the evening you got
1:26:18
the Matchroom card. Both of these, like, if you've
1:26:22
got other shit going on, on... Your Saturday,
1:26:25
like, go do that, dude. Catch up on these on
1:26:28
Sunday. I actually do have plans that day. Well,
1:26:33
do that instead. I have talked a bunch of the
1:26:38
international students into checking out a beer
1:26:41
festival. We will see how that goes. Yeah. That
1:26:46
sounds fun. It's very international. We have
1:26:49
Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Brazilian. Turkish.
1:26:55
We got quite a crew arranged. I'm kind of excited.
1:27:09
So, as we head into this fucking weekend, parting
1:27:18
words. Parting words. Summer's Starting -ish
1:27:26
or soon. Check out a festival in your local area.
1:27:31
There are more festivals than people think. Food
1:27:34
festivals, music festivals, whatever. Beer festivals.
1:27:39
Beer festivals, whiskey festivals. Go find some
1:27:44
festival in your local area. I will guarantee
1:27:47
there's a food truck festival sometime this month.
1:27:50
Oh, hell yeah. I know there is. There are multiple
1:27:53
in my city. Like multiple times a year. Yeah.
1:27:58
Go to a craft festival. They usually have those
1:28:01
in the summer too. Comic festival. Whatever your
1:28:06
thing is. That's my advice. Because I'm hitting
1:28:10
up a bunch of festivals before I leave Japan.
1:28:14
Well. I don't have much to add. I will leave
1:28:18
it at that. The. Boxing Before Dark crew, we
1:28:22
are out of here. Bye. Why should a boxing fan
1:28:42
watch MMA? Okay, here's my pitch. The reason
1:28:49
that a boxing... fan would consider watching
1:28:51
mma in the year of our lord 2026 is that mma
1:28:55
is cheaper and more accessible than it's ever
1:28:57
been in its lifetime our biggest organization
1:29:00
the ufc has done away with pay -per -views it's
1:29:03
now just like a 15 month payment to paramount
1:29:07
plus and you get 40 plus fight cards a year and
1:29:12
it's not just the ufc you have organizations
1:29:15
like 1fc and ryzen that put stuff directly on
1:29:19
youtube for free to watch and you're able to
1:29:23
see a wide variety of high level skills like
1:29:26
this is not just like amateur or unless we're
1:29:29
talking about the heavyweight division but boxing
1:29:32
fans can relate to uh the gap of skill there
1:29:34
um you know these are some of the most talented
1:29:38
athletes in the world and they're fighting especially
1:29:40
if i can point out the muay thai stuff that happens
1:29:43
in 1fc it's phenomenal another reason that a
1:29:47
boxing fan would want this would want to jump
1:29:50
in now is that i think unlike a lot of the cards
1:29:53
you're used to watching in boxing mma cards are
1:29:58
worth watching from the start like you don't
1:30:01
have to wait until the co -main to see something
1:30:03
that isn't complete nerd most of the times you're
1:30:06
seeing even if it's a lower skill feeling, you're
1:30:12
still seeing fights that are exciting and compelling
1:30:15
to watch. We just came off the backs of UFC 327
1:30:19
and that card top to bottom was absolutely stacked.
1:30:23
Great example. You can watch the whole thing
1:30:27
in bits and pieces or from start to finish on
1:30:31
Paramount Plus right now if you subscribe. Paramount,
1:30:34
give us some money. We're doing marketing for
1:30:37
you. That would be my pitch. Perfect. If you
1:30:40
do decide to give MMA a shot, then why don't
1:30:43
you check out Ultimate F 'n Casuals? It's kind
1:30:45
of the same format. We talked the fights that
1:30:47
happened the past weekend and then the stuff
1:30:49
coming up this weekend. Give it a shot. It's
1:30:52
Ultimate F 'n Casuals.