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[BxBD] Navarrete dominates and Golden Boy coming up · 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. Boogie time.
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Boxing Before Dark. Holy shit. Shanada, we're
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back. We're back. It's March now. Oh my goodness,
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it is indeed. You know what that means. Yokohama
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card in two weeks. Not even two weeks. Just a
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little over one. Yeah. I gotta go print my ticket.
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For some reason I thought you meant March Madness,
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the college basketball tournament. I don't watch
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basketball. I was thinking of maybe doing a bracket
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this year just to do it. I know the guys on Ultimate
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FN Casual, they'll do it. They'll watch. I'm
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pretty sure they do now that I think about it.
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I just hate basketball. It's like the one major
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sport I won't watch. I don't have an issue with
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it. I just, I don't know. Don't really... They
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don't enforce the rules properly. They let the
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stars travel. There's double dribbles all the
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fucking time. It drives me nuts. Well, what are
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you gonna do? You gonna give LeBron a foul? You
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gonna give LeBron a foul? I don't think so. Not
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on this. This is LA. If you want to make it back
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to your car in one piece, you're going to let
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him. Bullshit. Speaking of bullshit, Punch, the
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monkey, the caretakers are planning to take away
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his fucking plushie. He's got friends now. He
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doesn't need his imaginary friend anymore. Yeah,
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I know, but he and his little Stuffed orangutan.
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That was... They were like the iconic duo. Another...
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I know Punch has grown up enough. He's in the
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clan now. He stands up for himself when the other
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monkeys try to pick on him. He hits them with
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the fake monkey and confuses them. He has a weapon,
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so I guess that might be part of the problem.
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But yeah, that's the punch update. There's a
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pygmy hippo that was born here in Arizona. I
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forgot what they nicknamed it. It was a cute
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nickname, though. You'll have to find it for
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next time. Yeah, we'll switch animal gears back
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to the pygmy hippos. My friend in Calgary bought
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me a... whiskey glass and tongs with red pandas
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from the zoo excellent yeah oh man well speaking
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of uh stuff from the zoo qfc heavyweight champion
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tom aspinall signs with the newly founded matchroom
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talent agency this is uh It's management, not
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promotion. Oh, okay. Yeah. I cannot help but
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feel this is a counter fuck you with Dana signing
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Connor fuckface. And so now they sign. Now Eddie
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is going to be managing Tom Aspinall. Excellent.
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Yeah. Let the pettiness rain down. Right. What
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I expect is Tom Aspinall is not going to be in
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the UFC for very much longer. Because with Eddie
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Hearn managing slash negotiating on Aspinall's
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behalf, they're just going to like, okay, you
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want that much money? Well, then you're not fighting.
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Yeah. Dana's just going to ice him out. Right.
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Yeah. But Tom Aspinall's the one that's been
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talking about coming over to boxing for a while,
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isn't he? He has been, yes. But, yeah, the battle
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of the pettiest bitch continues. Eddie and Dana.
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They're both pretty petty. Yeah, they're really
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having a go. This could drag out for a while.
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Yeah, we're going to watch more and more athletes
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get paid more and more as they try to out -fuck
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each other. It'll be whatever gets these guys
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paid, I guess. Could be worse. I'm hopeful. With
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the signing of Conor Benn, a lot of UFC guys
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have come out of the woodwork saying, like, what
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the fuck, man? Where's my 15 mil? As they should.
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Yes. And I think if Eddie is able to extract
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more wealth from UFC for Tom Aspinall, he could
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maybe get more signees and get more guys under
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his umbrella. And then, man, Eddie Hearn saving
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fucking UFC? Is that what we're doing in 2026?
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No. 2026, we're blowing up the world. There will
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be no UFC next year. Ultimate fucking carnage.
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That's way too cool. Man, you know what else
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isn't cool? Mario Barrios. It's moving up to
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154. I doubt he can make it. He's not going to
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be able to keep up at 147. Maybe he could beat
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Rawley. Maybe. Maybe he could beat Lewis Crocker.
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Again, it's a big maybe. Barrios is pretty mid.
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But going up to 154, like you, Boots, fucking
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Virgil, if he ever is able to make it back to
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the ring, Fundora. Fundora would dog walk Mario
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so badly. It wouldn't be close. I'm not sure
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what compelled this move. Like you honestly,
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he honestly had a better chance at 47 if he would
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have continued there. Moving up to 54, you're
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just going to get your ass kicked quite a few
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times before you decide to retire. Yeah, I think
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Barrios kind of overachieved in his career, and
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now it's honestly probably time to retire. But
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he's looking, I guess the idea is it's easier
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to make the weight and he can gain some power.
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Because he's tall enough for 154. Like, he's
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a big tall guy. Yeah, I think he could. He's
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sized adequately. But yeah, I don't see him snagging
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a belt. No. At all. Hold on a second. I really
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just want to continue dunking on Barrios here.
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So I want to see... Make sure I know who the
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title holders are. Josh Kelly? Yeah, he's not
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beating Josh Kelly. Xander Zayas holds two. And
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then Fundora. And Fundora. This ain't it, buddy.
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Nah. Xander Zayas could take Mario Barrios as
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an easy defense. Somebody with name recognition.
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Yeah. But that's pretty much all he is. Do you
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think they put Barrios directly into the rankings?
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I mean, he was a title holder. If that's going
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to happen, it would happen in the WBC, since
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that was the title that he had previously held.
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Yeah. Otherwise, I would be... Well, looking
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at the people in these rankings... I don't recognize
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half the names. Yeah, there's quite a few people
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here that even I don't recognize. It's possible
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that they throw him in the bottom portion of
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the top 15. Yeah, I don't know. I hope Mario
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doesn't hang around too long because he's going
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to take some ass beatings. And he's a tough guy,
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so he'll stay in there too long. Yeah, and he's
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starting to sound a little off. Is he? Yeah,
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like he's taken a little bit too much already.
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I don't really listen to the interviews with
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him and stuff. He's always been a little bit
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of an airhead. Yeah. So the change has been kind
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of subtle, but it's been, I don't know, it feels
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obvious to me, so. I don't know. What do I know,
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though? Maybe Nikita Zoo can sort them out. The
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better of the Zoo Brothers. Oh, shit. Moving
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on to most valuable promotions signs a long -term
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deal with ESPN. How did I misspell ESPN? Epson.
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You were thinking about the Epstein list. Yeah.
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It's definitely been on my mind a bit. I mean,
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having boxing back on TV is good. I'm surprised
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it's MVP that made it happen. Personally. But
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I can't hate it. My thinking is that MVP more
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often than not puts on women heavy. Or entirely
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women's cards. Yeah, that part I'm not so excited
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about. So it's cheap. ESPN got fights, full top
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-to -bottom boxing cards for a lot less than,
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like, having Xander Zayas, a two -belt title
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holder, is going to be expecting a little bit
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more of a premium. That's true. Yeah, it's going
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to be kind of mid -boxing, I think. Yeah, MVP's
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not great. their stable is on the women's side
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it's like top tier but but top tier women's boxing
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is kind of mid unfortunately yes yeah so i'm
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a little worried that way that they'll be boxing
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on tv that casuals can see because so many people
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have espn but it's not gonna be fun i want pro
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box on tv that's all i want Would have been a
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better signing for them. For ESPN, I mean. They
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would get what they're looking for, which is
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high action, competitive matchups. Yeah. And
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not costing like the amount a champion would
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expect. Like a title holder would expect. Yeah,
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I don't really know what the Pro Box guys are
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getting, but it can't be that much. No, I think
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that would have been a better move than MVP.
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But then I would have to get a TV subscription,
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so I guess Pro Box on YouTube is still... Still
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the move? Yeah. Oh, man. Making moves, changing
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moves. USA Boxing, the amateur... Like, management
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system has withdrawn their support for the Ali
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Revival Act. Good. Yes, good. Not sure what made
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them support it in the first place. I would like
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to hear what that rationale is. And also, what
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made you decide to take back said support? I
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would like some justifications. yeah but it's
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boxing so you won't get any of course not that
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would be ridiculous man like it's a it's a if
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you're gonna support it then like fucking go
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go all in on it if you're whatever i don't agree
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with you but i don't think they read it before
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they supported it they probably didn't somebody's
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finally sat down and read it And explain to them
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what it says. Why didn't you just call Boxing
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Before Dark, bitch? I could have told you. Yeah,
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I don't know. I still hate that they're trying
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to make those changes that they're trying to
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make. They all do sound like good things on the
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surface, but it's gonna kill low -level boxing.
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Yeah. Speaking of lower -level boxing, Manny
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Pacquiao Jr., who was supposed to fight on the
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28th of February, has been moved to April 3rd
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on the Tataran undercard. So that's fun. That
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Pacquiao Jr. is not very good. No. I think his
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first fight was a draw. Yeah. And they robbed
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the guy. Well, what are you going to do? It's
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Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao Jr. You're going to
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call a double dribble on him? I don't think so.
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Send him the fuck home. Iceland will be hosting
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its first ever professional boxing event on April
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10th. That's pretty cool. It's going to be headlined.
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By Icelandic. I have him listed as Viking. Because
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that's just way cooler. Colby Christensen. Will
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be facing an Austrian. Sasha Milankovic. Do I
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know who Milankovic is? I don't think so. Even
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if I don't know who they are. That's pretty cool.
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Yeah. Good to see. Boxing finding a home. More
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places. Oh, Jason Maloney versus Andre Donovan
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on April 23rd. Don't have a lot of words for
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this. The Maloney brothers keep doing it. Yeah,
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it's time for those two to wrap it up. Doubtful.
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Talk about it in a second, but fucking title
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shot coming up. Really? Yeah. That's crazy. Sam
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Eggington. For fuck's sakes, buddy. Returns on
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May 2nd against Kona Walker. Sam Eggington is
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always fun to watch unless he's getting beat
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so bad you're scared he's gonna die. Like...
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He's one of those guys. Yeah, I agree. Haney,
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Devin Haney and Raleigh Romero are in, quote,
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late stage serious talks for a unification fight.
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We were talking about this being a good next
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move for Haney. Yes. Easy snipe. Yeah. Two division
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champion, Rolando Romero. I love it. Talk about
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overachieving. Imagine if he somehow gets the
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upset, just like land some on Haney. Yeah, I
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would send him money or something. How can I
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express my gratitude? Just start hocking flowers
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and teddy bears in the ring like they do for
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figure skating. It's not that Haney's bad, because
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he's not. He demonstrated in the Norman fight
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that he can be entertaining. And he demonstrated
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also in that fight that he just simply chooses
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not to. Which makes me more angry than if you
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can't be entertaining. Right. Exactly right.
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Shakur does it too. Shakur seems to have decided
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to be more excited lately, but more than half
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the time, most of the time, he chooses to be
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boring as fuck. Yeah, it's been a recent change
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that he's been noticeably more engaging. Yeah,
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and I like the change. I might have to start
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not cheering against him if he keeps it up. Cheering
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against him? IBF champ Willy Baldo Garcia has
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to face mandatory challenger Andrew Maloney.
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This will be promoted by the Kamedas. This whole
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sentence sucks. I don't like any of this. Wooly
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Baldo should be able to knock out Andrew Maloney.
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I would think. I don't know enough about Wooly
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Baldo to say. Maloney went 12 with Nakatani.
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I get the Maloney's mixed up. Like the two brothers.
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Who fought Tenchin? Because he looked like shit.
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Jason. IBF Final Eliminator Kenneth Lover vs.
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Katsuma Akitsugi. I am so excited for this fight,
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but so torn. I have no idea who to cheer for.
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These are two of my favorites. You might have
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to do a Don King and hold a flag for each of
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them and wave them both. I really don't know
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how this one's going to go. Because Lover has
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more power and flashier moves. But Akitsugi is
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just constant death by a thousand cuts. And I
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don't know which one will win. Like, this is
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going to be an anime fight. Like, the bigger,
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faster guy kind of just standing there trying
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to hit the... The smaller guy that's like...
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I don't know who to pick in this one either.
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I know you're a big fan of Kenneth Lover. I'm
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not that familiar with him. I think he's really
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good, but he also signed with the Kamedas. Interesting
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choice of career. Probably made sense, I guess.
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He's a Filipino. He doesn't know. I imagine for
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him, It was getting signed by a promoter in the
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developed world. Yeah. That's more international.
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Yeah, just a chance to get out of PI. WBA orders
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Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Boddy for their vacant
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title. Nice. Yeah. Is that going to be fun? Saul
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should be excited with Floyd Schofield in the
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mix. Body can be... He can be outboxed, has been
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outboxed pretty soundly, but then gets bailed
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out with his own power. Yeah, because he's had
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a couple crazy knockouts Body has. Yes, he has.
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So that's kind of the question of... Is Schofield
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going to be piecing him up so much that he gets
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a little too cocky maybe and overextends and
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then gets hit by something big from Lucas body?
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I mean, I have to cheer for the Canadian, I guess.
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Who do you cheer for in Dalton Smith versus Alberto
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Pueo? This has been officially ordered by the
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WBC. Rumor mill was that it's going to be going
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to Perspid, but I haven't seen anything confirming
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that. Which one's Alberto Puello? Tall -ish.
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Tall for the weight class. Bald. Black. He's
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Dominican. He's a pretty good outfighter. He
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had a good war with Gar. Yeah, I was just going
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to say he... You beat him in a split decision.
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Super close. I guess I will have to cheer for
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Puyo because I'm not cheering for Dalton Smith.
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Yeah, I'm leaning the same way. It would be fun
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for Dalton Smith to continue his streak as the
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plucky upstart. Yeah, I won't be mad. But yeah,
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I'm riding with Puyo on this one as well. Plus,
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there's not that many Dominican boxers. No, no,
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not really. WBC, more news on the WBC. They have
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sanctioned Lamont Roach, William Zepeda for their
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vacant title. This wasn't their first pick for
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what they were going to order, but... They are
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satisfied with these two and their petition to
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be the vacant title fight. I think this should
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be a fun fight. Yeah, it's another tough one.
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Zepeda is also a death by a thousand cuts kind
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of guy. I think Roach wins this, but I think
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it'll be entertaining the whole time. Yeah, I
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agree. I'm pretty sure Lamont Roach has what
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it takes to weather the shrimp storm. I forgot
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he was the shrimp. Yep. Speaking of the WBC,
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I don't know if we talked about this last week.
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I don't think so. Did you see that they are letting
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the world title be on the line for Usyk Verhoeven?
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Yes, we did talk about that. They backtracked.
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Oh, they backtracked and then put it back on
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the line? Yeah. Like, Suleiman had said, no,
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we're making up some weird belt, but the world
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title won't be on the line. And then literally,
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like, the next day, the WBC came out and said,
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no, the world title's on the line. And Suleiman's
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like, well, I'm just the president. It wasn't
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really up to me. That's a board decision. Shenanigans.
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Yeah, anyways. I was pissed off about that. Because
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I heard the announcement that it wasn't a title
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fight, and I was happy. And then they backtracked
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it. Like, they did the commemorative belt for
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Mayweather McGregor. Totally appropriate. Sure,
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I have no problem with them making up bullshit
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belts. That's whatever. But having it be a legitimate
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world title fight, that's shenanigans. Some guy
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who is 1 -0 gets to fight for a world title.
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But it was a stoppage win. He's had his 100 %
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knockout ratio. It was a four -rounder. Huh?
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Is that doing it for you? No. This is stupid.
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Fucking stupid. Oh, shit. Tyson Fury. Versus
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Makhmudov. The undercard has been announced.
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Got a few names here. Conor Benn versus Regis
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Progray. We already knew. The $15 million fight.
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Contested at 150 pounds. Jamie Chikeva versus
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Richard Ryakpour. For the British heavyweight
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title. Frasier Clark versus Justice Hooney. That's
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a good time. That could be fun. Yeah. We'll see
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if Frasier Clark can replicate what Fabio Wardley
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did. Lose every second of every round until that
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one punch. I mean, Clark has enough power. He
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could. He could, yes. Troy Williamson versus
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Simon Zackenhuber. What is this? Brahan? Gorham,
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I think it is. Versus Edward Georgiev. Mikey
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Tallon. There's Christopher Rios. Felix Cash
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versus Liam O 'Hare. Hector Lozano versus Sultan
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Al -Muhammad. Goddamn Saudi plant. And Elliot
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Whale versus Tom Hill. To round it out. There's
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a lot of very different name styles on that card.
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Yeah. Not a whole lot going on here. As expected,
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it's Tyson Fury on the headline. When we were
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talking about Connor Ben versus Regis Progre
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being the co -main, as you had put it, there's
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nobody that's tuning into this card that wasn't
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tuning in already for Tyson Fury. None of these
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guys add any value to this. I mean... Connor
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Ben and Frasier Clark might get you a couple
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extra people to pay for it. A few, yeah, maybe
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a few. But, yeah. Last thing. Naoya Inoue, Junto
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Nakatani is officially official. This, we have
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Takuma Inoue versus Kazuto Ioka. What's looking
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like going to be the co -main. I wanted... To
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first get your reaction to Saul saying, we did
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it first. That's annoying. It is annoying. Like,
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it had just been signed. I think we were in the
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middle of recording. Yeah, yeah. I listened to
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the episode earlier today. I heard him gloating.
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Sucks. Stupid schedule. But we know who the fucking
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fanatic is here, though. Exactly. The ticket
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lottery opened yesterday. I have my name in.
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And I have my friend's name in. So I've never
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had them actually check my ID, even though it
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says they will. But her name is Sarah something
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Brazilian. It's a white person name. Anyways,
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so I got her to put her name in too, and I'll
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just pretend I'm her if she wins. Yeah, I was
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going to ask, why not have the people that you
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work with have them put their names in? Theoretically,
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they're supposed to check your ID at the door.
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They never do, but theoretically. Yeah, can't
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walk in with a joke. Tokyo Dome's pretty big,
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yeah. Yeah, I don't think anyone's going to believe
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that my name is Xiao Xing Yao. Totally. Nobody's
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going to buy that. Yeah. Tokyo Dome. Very fitting
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venue. Takuma Inoue as the co -main. Just fucking
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pinched fingers. That's just fucking perfect.
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They're cooking with that one. I'm so excited
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Ioka gets to fight in Tokyo Dome. Oh, he finally
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gets his... flowers like yeah he gets his moment
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finally i'm so excited about it yeah i i don't
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think he's gonna win um but i'm gonna be cheering
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for him anyway just because you get it tattooed
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man yeah yeah oh he's gonna have to fucking paint
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on the makeup oh gross It's going to be like
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running down all over the fucking ring and everything.
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He always has to paint his tattoos when he fights
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in Oda City Gym as well. But usually it's just
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like a tiny covering and it rubs off during the
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fight. I don't know if you've ever noticed, but
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that happens all the time on the Japanese broadcast.
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but the JBC said they're going to crack down
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on makeup coming off, which I don't know what
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the fuck that means. Like, the corner's going
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to have to be, like, rollering their arms. Can
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you just wear, like, a full bodysuit to, like,
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a tight spandex kind of thing? Compression clothing?
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I don't think they'll allow you to wear a shirt
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boxing. Because, who was it? Kyoguchi wears like
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compression pants. Pants? But I've never seen
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them let anyone wear a shirt. I don't know about
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the top. Yeah, you're right. Donair wears like
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the long, long compression socks that go up to
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like past his knees or whatever. Yeah, he wears
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the ladies volleyball socks. Yeah, good stuff.
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Who else are we expecting on this? Oh, they kind
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of, they put out the card, didn't they? Not that
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I've seen. Uh, one second. Thought I saw it yesterday.
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Yeah, full fight card. Oh, shit. Wow, they have
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that already. Yoshiki Takei versus D. Kang Wang.
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Hilarious. Diakno Yan versus Yuito Moriwaka.
32:44
Sora Tanaka versus Jin Sasaki. Toshiki Shimomachi
32:50
versus Raya. Jin Sasaki. Jin Sasaki's on it,
32:54
yeah. I guess if you want a knockout. Either
32:58
way. Yeah, either way, you're going to get one.
33:00
I don't recognize Sora Tanaka, so I don't know.
33:07
Shimomachi versus Abe. Raya Abe is always a good
33:10
watch. He loses fairly often, but he's always
33:13
fun. I feel like you've mentioned him a few times.
33:18
Kosuke Tomioka versus Shogo Tanaka, and then
33:23
Takuma Kazuto and Naoya Junto. It's a pretty
33:28
big card for Japan. They usually don't have that
33:31
many fights. And I think I saw how many rounds
33:35
each was, and there's only one that's less than
33:38
10 or 8. Very cool. Yeah. I think there's one
33:44
4 -rounder. One eight rounder and the rest are
33:47
all ten or more. So I got to break the full undercard.
33:52
There you go. Fuck you, Saul. Oh, shit. Yeah,
34:00
they packed it up with local talent, which is
34:05
good. They're not importing too much. Yeah, a
34:09
couple B -sides. Yeah, B -sides for sure. Anything
34:17
more for the news? I don't think so. There's
34:20
a lot of news lately. Boxing is booming. Yeah,
34:24
we are having an excellent year. And we're only
34:27
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34:32
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Recaps. Not a whole lot going on. Let's see.
37:31
On the 27th, we had ProBox at the College Park
37:36
Center in Arlington, Texas. They did not let
37:40
you forget that it happened in Arlington. Yeah,
37:44
that came up often. It came up a lot. I understand,
37:50
you know, wanting to put your, like, we're a
37:52
good sports town. Yeah, I get it. But, like,
37:57
goddamn, maybe dial it back just a little bit.
38:02
Have, like, 10, 15 -minute promos talking about
38:06
Arlington. It looks very nice, but calm down.
38:13
What did we have on ProBox? Had a few stoppages.
38:19
Javier Guerrero stops. Linomar, Rio Santiago
38:24
in the first. Emilio Garcia, another big stoppage
38:30
in the first. The Boca Negra boys. Where'd the
38:38
other one go? Oh, he was at the beginning. Ranulfo
38:42
Bocanegra gets a UD. Xavier Bocanegra also gets
38:47
a UD. Unfortunate. I think the main event got
38:54
pulled. And it's going to be rescheduled. I don't
38:58
remember who it was, to be honest. Yeah. I don't
39:05
remember who it was either. It was still a fun
39:12
pro box card. More lopsided than usual. A lot
39:17
of knockouts this time. Yeah, and corner stoppages.
39:20
The co -main and the main. Edward Vasquez gets
39:23
it stopped in the corner after the fifth. And
39:26
Ruben Aguilar after the eighth. The main was
39:30
getting a little hard to watch. Yes. I was not
39:34
sad that they stopped that. You don't want to
39:39
watch someone get... Beaten to death? Is that
39:42
not? No. Is that not what we're into? No. Yeah,
39:47
definitely not. Oh, shit. Saturday, February
39:54
28th. One thing first. Manny Pacquiao promotions.
40:00
The only fight I was really watching. I was waiting
40:04
for Manny Pacquiao Jr. His shit got canceled.
40:07
Kermel Moten. He got a stoppage in the corner
40:10
after the second. It was pretty lopsided. It
40:15
was good that the corner pulled it when they
40:19
did, because that was only going to get fucking
40:22
dangerous. I think I missed this card, to be
40:27
honest. It's just kind of a gimme for Moten.
40:33
It's not. Yeah, it wasn't super high on my, like,
40:37
I gotta see this. Yeah, it's not that big of
40:39
a deal. Matchroom on DAZN. This I had to see.
40:46
At the Desert Diamond Arena. I also had to see
40:50
it. That's where I fucking went. Live. I watched
40:56
the crowd. It got pretty rowdy. It was fucking
41:00
packed before... Before the main portion of the
41:05
card, the televised portion, before that even
41:07
started, it was fucking packed. Excellent. It
41:10
was so cool. Like, there were so many people
41:13
that were there. This kid on the undercard, Philip
41:17
Vela, he got a UD over Brian Ramos. He had a
41:24
lot of fucking people that traveled for him.
41:28
It was really, it was pretty cool. I was sitting
41:31
next to his grandma and grandpa. Oh, that's crazy.
41:35
Yeah, that's who I got sat next to. Did they
41:39
tell you all about how hard he works? No. They
41:43
had apparently... They were higher up in the
41:49
section, but since nobody was sitting there,
41:52
they had moved down to take those seats. And
41:56
then the actual people showed up in the middle
41:58
of the fucking co -main. Man, you guys suck.
42:02
Yeah. You guys should trade seats. Because fucking
42:05
Granny and Grampy over here, they were staying
42:09
for the whole thing. Of course. Yeah. There was
42:14
like four crowd fights as well. Maybe you didn't
42:18
notice them being there live. No, I didn't. I
42:21
didn't see them. Yeah, they were down near. They're
42:23
almost always at the front. But yeah. They were
42:27
trying to get angles on the fight so that you
42:30
couldn't see the fights in the crowd and people
42:33
were getting tackled and escorted out. It's pretty
42:36
funny. Jordan Martinez, he was a local kid. He
42:43
was, I think, managed by the bigger of the local
42:48
promoters or promotional agencies or whatever
42:52
the fuck. And he got a split draw against Arturo
42:58
Popoca. I remember the crowd not being too pleased
43:02
with that one. It was a close fight. I didn't
43:07
think a split draw was a bad decision. But nobody
43:11
wants their favorite to draw. Right, the Arizona
43:15
kid getting a draw in Arizona. Come on. Come
43:21
on. I think the draw might have been bailing
43:23
him out. if anything. The Arizona kid? Yes. Yeah,
43:29
I kind of thought Popoko won it too. Man, there
43:33
was one fight that was so good. I remember one
43:36
of the guys was pretty tall and lanky and he
43:40
was out fighting and everybody was cheering for
43:44
the other dude who was shorter, trying to get
43:48
on the inside and work on the body from the inside.
43:52
And I was the only one cheering for the lanky
43:54
dude. Nobody likes tall people, Leo. I'd be cheering
43:59
for the short guy too. Apparently not. The only
44:01
tall people I cheer for are the Fandoras. Man.
44:06
So I was like, they're all just cheering for
44:09
the aggression and everything. I'm like, watch
44:10
how he just pivots him off with his jab. Like
44:12
he's just going to stick his jab in his face,
44:14
pivot around him. He's going to land a combo.
44:17
Watch. And then happened every fucking time.
44:20
Yeah, and that's impressive. But everybody likes
44:24
when the little guy pulls it off. Yeah, well,
44:27
having been the tall, lanky guy, I don't agree.
44:35
Being 5 '4", I cheer for the shorter guys. Let's
44:40
see here. Abel Ramos gets the split decision
44:43
win over Tamir Smalls. Tamir started off really
44:49
well. I was actually pretty concerned. I was
44:51
like, man, Abel's about to get fucking embarrassed
44:53
here. This is not going well. Do you remember
44:58
what the coroner was telling him to do? Because
45:01
I tried to watch it again on the broadcast and
45:03
I didn't really catch anything. To Abel Ramos?
45:08
Yeah. The advice was all kind of just generic.
45:14
Boo. Be patient. Don't get over your skis type
45:21
stuff. Come on. If I remember right. I don't
45:25
remember it being anything special. Man, this
45:28
was Tamir Smalls came into this undefeated. This
45:32
was supposed to be like his jump up to like a
45:37
Abel was the gatekeeper and Tamir Smalls was
45:41
supposed to fucking kick down, kick open the
45:43
gate. And that did not happen. No, Unk still
45:47
got it. Unk still has it. He did it for us Unks
45:51
fucking everywhere. I actually enjoy Abel Ramos.
45:55
I've cheered for him for a while. Did you cheer
46:00
for Emiliano Vargas versus Agustin Quintana?
46:06
I did not agree with this stoppage. They stopped
46:09
it in the corner after the ninth. Agustin jumped
46:12
up out of his stool like, what the fuck? He was
46:16
fucking mad. Yeah, he was mad. But did you watch
46:20
the broadcast on that one? No. His corner had
46:24
been telling him for three or four rounds, we're
46:26
going to stop it. Not four. That's an exaggeration.
46:29
That was multiple rounds. The corner was like,
46:32
you're getting hit too much. You're not looking
46:35
good. We're going to stop it. And then Quintana
46:38
would come out. And do stuff. And he's like,
46:43
give me another round. And they did that a couple
46:45
times. And then they finally pulled it. I didn't
46:49
hear that. I mean, if you let it go through the
46:54
ninth, it's just one more round. I agree. It's
46:58
just one more round. I would have let him go
47:00
out. Because, like, he was losing. For sure.
47:06
He was definitely losing. For sure. He was doing
47:09
stuff. But. I always give corners shit. For not
47:15
stopping it soon enough. So I can't complain.
47:17
They were thinking about their fighter. And they
47:19
clearly saw something. That they were worried
47:22
about. When he was coming back to the stool.
47:25
For a couple rounds. But man. I would see Quintana
47:29
again. I would watch him. He was fun. Yeah, he
47:35
did a lot better than I was expecting. I kind
47:38
of thought they were going to give Vargas kind
47:42
of a little can to crush just to get his name
47:46
profile out there. I kind of think they thought
47:48
they were doing that. Really? And they pulled
47:50
up some unknown Argentine. Unknown, because I've
47:53
seen Quintana before. But they pulled up some
47:58
random Argentine, and Argentina has... that can
48:04
be knocked over. But Argentina has some serious
48:06
boxers. Argentina has huge boxing culture. Yeah,
48:10
yeah. And I think the Vargas team didn't pick
48:17
who they thought they were picking. But I like
48:20
Quintana. Like, if I see him on a card, I'm like,
48:23
oh, I've got to tune into this card. Because
48:26
he beat Mark Castro, which I know isn't a great
48:29
win, but that's where I saw him. Mark Castro
48:31
was on the rise at that point, right? He was
48:34
building up his name. Quintana was an upset for
48:38
sure. And that's the last time I think he was
48:43
on a broadcast I saw. But I was like, oh, I don't
48:48
think Emiliano Vargas watched tape. Or maybe
48:53
he did. Maybe they wanted a fight that was harder.
48:55
Maybe this was perfectly what they wanted. They
48:57
wanted somebody to push Emiliano because he hasn't
49:00
had that many hard fights. Vargas has kind of
49:04
been knocking over Cam. For the most part, yes.
49:08
Yeah. I do think this was good for Emiliano.
49:13
He had to show some new... Maybe not new stuff,
49:17
but he had to show stuff for the whole fight.
49:22
Like, Quintana does not go away. All right, so
49:27
the outburst is justified then. I get why Quintana's
49:33
mad, but I, just like you, I always say, like,
49:36
corners should be stepping in sooner, more often,
49:41
when things are no longer competitive. And corners,
49:45
no. Yes, they do. Like, or they should. No, I
49:51
guess. There are shitty corners out there. Don't
49:54
get me wrong. But when a corner steps in, I'm
49:57
always like, oh, they saw something. Yeah. Like,
50:00
they saw their fighter doing something that made
50:05
them worried. So Quintana, we can hope, gets
50:11
the call again. I'd watch it. Yeah, if you want
50:14
to give your guy solid work, then this is who
50:18
you call. Yeah, like, he's a step -up test. I
50:23
wouldn't really... I guess Gatekeeper works.
50:28
Like, I don't think Quintana's winning a world
50:30
title, ever. He's a higher -end Gatekeeper. Yeah,
50:34
yeah. Vargas at 140. He's still got work to do
50:44
before he gets to the title conversation, right?
50:48
Yeah. He's 11th in the IBF, 12th in the WBA.
50:55
Looking good as a prospect, though. But they
51:00
need to polish him some more, I think. He's number
51:06
five in the WBO. That is a fucking mistake if
51:11
you think you're going to challenge for that.
51:16
That's Shakur. at the top there yeah and he's
51:23
not in the wbc the rankings are so random yeah
51:28
they're they're a little weird it would i would
51:31
be i would prefer the organization pfl over on
51:38
the mma side they've outsourced their rankings
51:42
to like a neutral third party And I think that
51:47
the boxing sanctioning body should consider doing
51:50
the same. Boxing is definitely, like, I don't
51:56
want to say pay to win, but, like, you have to
52:01
really campaign for one of the belts to be in
52:05
the rankings. Like, there should be more people
52:09
that are in all the rankings because they're
52:11
clearly in the top ten. Right. That's what I'm
52:15
saying. They should be outsourced. Because I
52:19
don't give a shit who they're paying fees to.
52:23
What I want to know is how do they stack up compared
52:26
to this champion or that champion. I guess that
52:32
is the benefit of having one ranking system.
52:37
Yeah. Ooh, I see Sander Martine is getting close
52:47
to another title shot. Oh, shit. With Dalton
52:51
Smith. Yeah, he's number two in the WBC. Martine
52:55
is boring, but I just like that he's Spanish.
53:03
Not gonna lie. Mexican War. Oh, was it a war?
53:11
It was a fucking wipeout. It was a fucking wipeout.
53:16
I thought this was going to be a much more fun
53:19
fight. I really did. So did I. Nunez, kind of
53:24
disappointed. He looked a little starstruck or
53:29
something. He wasn't quite ready for the big
53:32
lights. I was going to say exactly that, the
53:35
big lights. I noticed about round four, I'm like,
53:38
man, this shit's over. He's not doing anything.
53:43
he's caught up in the moment so much that he's
53:47
not he's not throwing his hands and he's just
53:50
eating punishment it's this is not gonna go well
53:54
for him i would be surprised if this goes the
53:56
distance yeah well and nutritionist nav looked
54:00
fucking unstoppable He did. He looked fucking
54:07
amazing. I was riding for Nunez. I made it clear
54:11
it was because of no nutritionist nav. I would
54:17
like some comeuppance for the Coca -Cola's and
54:20
M &M's. I love that nav just was so good not
54:25
giving a shit. But nav giving a shit is... fucking
54:30
unstoppable i think it is we're entering that
54:34
mythical status of uh strength and conditioning
54:38
fucking nutrition navarrete's uh the like we're
54:44
talking they're talking about throwing them in
54:46
with oshaki foster abs a hard out for fucking
54:52
anybody i don't care what anyone says i know
54:55
a bunch of people are like he's so awkward, and
54:58
he's open to get caught, and he is, but that's
55:01
part of the charm. I don't know. I fucking love
55:05
Nav. Like, what are you doing throwing left uppercuts
55:09
from across the fucking ring? Like, forget a
55:15
gazelle hook or whatever the hell that was called.
55:19
Like, he's got a gazelle uppercut. Who does that?
55:22
Nobody. Who does it? And then, even fewer, who
55:28
lands it? Consistently. Consistently lands that
55:32
type of shit. Yeah, it's ridiculous. I love Nav.
55:38
Nav's one of my favorites. He's also got those
55:43
crazy monkey arms too. Yeah, that's why Punch
55:47
chose Nav. I told you. Yeah, I should have listened.
55:54
Punchy my boy. Everything about Nav, even with
55:57
a nutritionist, it's not like Nav was cut or
56:00
anything. No, he wasn't on the cover of men's
56:04
fitness or anything. No, but you could almost
56:07
see abs this time. Almost. Yeah. Maybe next time.
56:13
I fucking love Nav. He's so ridiculous. But yeah,
56:20
I think Nav can fight whoever the fuck he wants
56:22
and win right now. I don't know. That's what,
56:27
um... Oshaki Foster is tough. That's a tough
56:33
one to take. It's tough, but I think it's quite
56:40
feasible that Nav could get undisputed. Well,
56:44
yeah, the other belt holders, Jazza fucking Dickens,
56:47
of course. That's a fucking gimme, pretty much.
56:53
I do like that Nev called out Foster and not
56:56
Dickens. Good. I couldn't hear that part, so
57:02
I went back to the broadcast again to hear what
57:08
they were talking about. Yeah, yeah. That's the
57:10
only, like, bad part of going to Boxing Live.
57:14
I couldn't hear shit. Yeah. And, well, especially
57:19
not with that crowd. That crowd seemed loud.
57:23
It was hype as fuck. I was really glad I went.
57:26
My problem in Japan is everybody's quiet while
57:29
they speak Japanese, and then they all cheer
57:33
for what they said over top of the English. Oh,
57:37
yeah. Yeah, like, I never hear the translator.
57:40
She's also really quiet, that translator they
57:42
always have. Yeah. Nah, man, this seemed like
57:47
a great card to go to. Like, I was a little jealous
57:50
watching on TV. It seemed really loud and just
57:54
exciting to be there. Yeah, everyone was having
57:58
a good time. Some people were having too much
58:01
of a good time, apparently. There were legit
58:06
fights in the crowd. Not just drunken old men.
58:12
It was probably amateur boxers going at it in
58:16
the crowd. Damn. But yeah, Nav looked great.
58:20
He did. Keep the nutritionist, I guess. It seems
58:24
like a good move. I happily and humbly fucking
58:28
eat crow. That was fantastic. Nunez, yeah, it
58:37
was maybe a lack of experience under the bright
58:42
lights. I also think... nab just confuses people
58:48
everybody goes in with a game plan but who the
58:51
fuck do you spar to get ready for that punch
58:54
yeah like i just i don't think you can replicate
58:59
nab's style so it's confusing for the first few
59:03
rounds and i nunez just couldn't adjust he just
59:11
looked confused And he was getting hit hard.
59:14
And he tried. Like, he didn't give up. All he
59:19
could really do was plod forward, kind of flat
59:23
-footed, and then just get pieced up some more.
59:27
Yeah. But, like, I think he just didn't know
59:31
what to do. He didn't know how to counter ridiculousness.
59:41
Yeah, so Nav wants Foster. Wonderful fight. Nunez,
59:49
where do you go from here? Back down the rankings.
59:54
Yeah, Nunez needs a bit of a confidence boost,
59:58
I think. He got dropped to number seven. Fucking
1:00:02
feed him, Hayato Tsutsumi. What about... Luis
1:00:10
Lopez, Venado. The guy who got sparked by Angelo
1:00:15
Leo. Yeah. I don't like seeing Venado box anymore.
1:00:23
He's the one that had the brain bleed, right?
1:00:25
He did, yes. I just don't like that he's still
1:00:32
fighting, so I can't say I want to see that.
1:00:35
I want him to retire and not die in the ring.
1:00:42
Which body is Nunez in? He's in the other one.
1:00:50
Because I was going to say Kenichi Ogawa is getting
1:00:52
high up in the WBO. Ogawa's probably a pretty
1:00:55
easy out. I love Ogawa, but he's probably a pretty
1:00:59
easy out. Oh, there's no way in hell, Kenichi
1:01:03
Ogawa. Well, Nav also has, he has the, he owes
1:01:08
Charlie Suarez. He owes Charlie Suarez. Yeah.
1:01:13
And Suarez has, we had to do like the frame by
1:01:18
frame to kind of decide what, what happened.
1:01:21
And it wasn't clear if you didn't do frame by
1:01:24
frame, but it looked like it was caused by a
1:01:26
punch. The cut was. Yeah. It was made way, way
1:01:31
worse when his glove drug across it. Yeah. But
1:01:35
no, he does. He does owe Charlie Suarez. After
1:01:40
that, Foster's a good one. Ogawa has got some
1:01:44
time to kill. Ogawa versus Liam Wilson. I'm sure
1:01:48
Jacob would like that. Yeah, Liam Wilson comes
1:01:52
to Rumble. Ogawa comes to Rumble. Ogawa's got
1:01:57
a fight coming up. Does he? Yeah, I got an email
1:02:02
saying buy tickets. I forget when it is. I want
1:02:07
to say it's in April. I don't think I'll grab
1:02:11
a ticket. I want to wait and see who else is
1:02:13
fighting. Because Ogawa's just knocking over
1:02:15
another can. He's been knocking over cans for
1:02:18
a couple years now. As long as you pay tribute
1:02:22
to your sanctioning body, you'll move up the
1:02:25
rankings anyway. Yeah. Ogawa's what he always
1:02:30
was. I think any of the real world class guys
1:02:33
beat him. He does have that one punch. He does,
1:02:40
yes. But that's kind of all he has. And he's
1:02:44
getting old. But over in the IBF, I don't really
1:02:50
recognize a whole bunch of names. Ray Ford was
1:02:55
not bad. I don't think that's a good one for
1:02:59
Nunez next. No, no, no, no. Definitely not. Masanori
1:03:05
Rikishi would be good. Yeah. Liam Wilson is right
1:03:09
there as well. Josh Padley, not bad. Konsei Sao,
1:03:15
not bad. Yeah. Like I said, though, I think Nunez
1:03:20
needs not a give me, but he needs a confidence
1:03:23
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1:03:29
more for the matchroom card on the zone? No,
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bitch all right coming up it's a decent weekend
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um starting off you know what this i i need to
1:07:08
look when the last time this happened but this
1:07:11
is the second month in a row that we have friday
1:07:13
the 13th february we had it march we had it'll
1:07:17
happen it'll happen twice in a row anytime Happens
1:07:21
in February. Yeah, that makes sense. The first
1:07:25
28 dates are on the same day of the week in March.
1:07:30
And then we'll have it again in November of this
1:07:33
year. But they're usually like seven or eight
1:07:37
months apart. Yeah. Anyway, Pearl Box TV on Friday,
1:07:44
March 13th at the Osceola Heritage Park in Florida.
1:07:50
This card is still filling out, but what we do
1:07:55
have right now is pretty nice. Najee Lopez versus
1:07:59
Manuel Gallegos at the headline. Dominic Valle
1:08:03
versus Eduardo Ramirez in the co -main. Kenyon
1:08:10
Valle down the bill versus Anel Dudo. That's
1:08:18
a very unusual name. He is from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1:08:27
Oh. So. Okay. Not so unusual now. Now that I
1:08:31
know it's Balkan. But. Yeah, no. I mean, it's
1:08:37
pro box. I'm going to watch. It's going to be
1:08:39
a good time. No brainer. Fucking. Saturday, March
1:08:43
14th. Queensberry on DAZN at the Three Arena
1:08:49
in Dublin. Like a few names here that I recognize.
1:08:57
Gary Coley is facing Benito Sanchez. How do I
1:09:05
say this? Liam Walsh is facing E -O -G -H -A
1:09:09
-N. Evan. Evan? Evan. Are you... Pretty sure
1:09:16
it's Evan. It's one of those Gaelic names. Yeah,
1:09:19
well, of course. I just wasn't sure how to say
1:09:22
it. I was going to say like Aegon or something
1:09:26
like from Game of Thrones. Maybe it's Egan, but
1:09:30
I think it's Evan. It's like Siobhan. Yeah. And
1:09:38
there's that other dude, I don't remember. Kevin.
1:09:42
Kevin, yeah, but it's spelled like Kowowowan
1:09:45
or something like that. Yeah, yeah. I think the
1:09:48
H's are often a V sound. Yeah, I think you're
1:09:51
right. So I think this is Evan. Or Evan with
1:09:54
an accent. We'll find out on March 14th. Yeah.
1:09:59
John O 'Carroll. Haven't seen him in quite some
1:10:02
time. I don't know who that is. I have to click
1:10:05
on his picture. He's like an angry leprechaun
1:10:08
looking guy. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Pierce O 'Leary
1:10:15
is facing Mark Chamberlain. Mark Chamberlain,
1:10:20
I haven't seen for a while. Yeah. Last time I
1:10:24
remember, he was fighting on a card in Saudi
1:10:28
Arabia. And for whatever reason, Turkey Al -Alshaykh
1:10:36
just came out after Mark Chamberlain's fight
1:10:39
and said, yeah, you're one of my favorite fighters
1:10:41
ever. And it's kind of weird. Weird choice. Yeah,
1:10:47
of all the people you're going to be a hardcore
1:10:49
fan of, we all have our pet favorites, but Mark
1:10:53
Chamberlain? Are you sure? He's been keeping
1:10:58
busy. He's had two fights last year. Nice. That's
1:11:03
good. In the main event, Jazza Dickens, the WBA
1:11:12
130 champ. Faces 7th rated Anthony Kakachi. This
1:11:21
is going to be a dirty fucking awful fight. I
1:11:25
hate Anthony Kakachi. Josh loves him. He calls
1:11:30
him the British can crusher. Or not can, but
1:11:34
the British fucking vanquisher. Yeah, and he
1:11:39
might do it again, but I fucking hate Kakachi.
1:11:43
I'm going to have to cheer for Jazza here. If
1:11:47
Kakachi were to face Josh Warrington, who would
1:11:54
you be backing on that one? I mean, headbutts?
1:11:58
I would be backing headbutts. I would bet on
1:12:03
a no contest. I don't know if that's really a
1:12:05
thing you can bet on, but I would bet on a no
1:12:07
contest. Josh Warrington retired, right? Yes.
1:12:16
As far as I know. We don't have to deal with
1:12:18
him anymore? Hopefully not. He looked like shit
1:12:22
in that fight. That last one. His headbutting
1:12:27
was still... His headbutting game was just fucking
1:12:31
peach perfect still. Yes. The thing he's best
1:12:35
at. Yep. Can't be beat. Jazza Dickens, though.
1:12:41
He got elevated as the champion. He didn't really
1:12:48
fight his way there. Yeah, it's not like I'm
1:12:52
a big Jazza fan. This is more of a hate watch
1:12:56
than anything. Yeah. But it does look like there
1:13:03
might be some fun scraps. Yeah. Gary Coley is
1:13:08
not bad. Not a bad... Out. He comes to rumble.
1:13:15
Even if he's outgunned. Where is this? Okay,
1:13:19
Benito Sanchez, his opponent, is 17, 17 and 4.
1:13:26
Yeah. Question marks. He's a Mexican ginger.
1:13:31
Maybe he'll bang. That's what I was going to
1:13:35
say. Oh, my God. All his last fights are losses,
1:13:39
though. How many is this? Holy shit. He's got
1:13:44
the one draw. Yeah. His last ten are nine losses
1:13:49
and a draw. Okay. But all of his a lot of these
1:13:54
losses are scoring referees in the UK. So he's
1:14:00
been brought in I think. To lose. I think what
1:14:04
is happening is they brought him in to put him
1:14:09
in front of developing young British fighters,
1:14:13
and then they say, look, it's a Mexican. You
1:14:17
can do it. We need to get over the mental hump
1:14:20
of facing Mexican fighters. Yeah, because Mexicans
1:14:25
beating Brits, it's a tale as old as time. It
1:14:29
is. It is. But I'm not going to put any hopes
1:14:34
in Benito Sanchez, given his recent record. He's
1:14:40
from the Chololo Larios Boxing Gym. So, isn't
1:14:44
that fun? Moving on. Goldenboy, also on DAZN.
1:14:57
From the bottom up, I'm not certain that this
1:15:02
is the exact running order, but the fights that
1:15:05
we do know, we have Jojo Diaz. Who's he fighting?
1:15:10
I just completely fucking blanked on it. Alexis
1:15:15
Rocha. God. He's facing Alexis Rocha at welterweight.
1:15:21
Are they finally going to kill Jojo Diaz? One
1:15:25
can hope. Fucking child toucher person. Yeah.
1:15:32
But like, Jojo is tough. You have to give him
1:15:37
his tough. Yes. But Alexa Rocha is just going
1:15:41
to beat the shit out of him. Alexis Rocha is
1:15:45
like a full -fledged welterweight. He's not necessarily
1:15:49
the greatest welterweight you're going to come
1:15:51
across, but he's... But he's also not the worst.
1:15:55
Yes, he's not the worst either. And then Jojo
1:15:58
Diaz, he's started his career at like 126. Yeah,
1:16:04
like Jojo belongs at like 130. 135 maybe. Maybe.
1:16:11
But yeah. This isn't going to go well for Jojo
1:16:14
Diaz. No. And he cuts so bad. This is going to
1:16:17
be bloody. I'm 100 % sure we'll see blood. I
1:16:20
was going to say I'm 100 % sure this doesn't
1:16:23
go the distance. One way or another. Yeah. Jojo
1:16:28
doesn't have power. No. He didn't really have
1:16:32
power before. Yeah. This is just somebody wants
1:16:39
to see a pedophile get beat up. And I'm all for
1:16:42
that. That's not a complaint. Moving up. Gabby
1:16:47
Fundora versus Viviana Ruiz. I'm always excited
1:16:52
to see Gabby. Man, she's going to beat the piss
1:16:55
out of this woman. Yeah. Yeah. Vivian Ruiz is
1:17:01
good. But Gabby's just... really good she's great
1:17:07
yeah i've been seeing it's come up especially
1:17:16
with the most recent clarissa shields fight the
1:17:21
talk of where where do women land on the pound
1:17:25
for pound list because you have to do you do
1:17:30
have to give credit to shields for being as dominant
1:17:32
as she is but Like, you also have to keep in
1:17:37
mind that her opposition is not very good. So,
1:17:40
like, you're crushing cans, and you're dominating
1:17:44
as you're supposed to, but someone like Katie
1:17:48
Taylor has had a lot tougher opposition. Tougher,
1:17:52
yeah. Well, and you always say you don't consider
1:17:57
the heavyweights in the pound -for -pound, really.
1:18:00
I don't. No, I don't. So that acts as Clarissa.
1:18:05
Yeah, well, she was never in it to be... She
1:18:09
was in it when she was, like, at super middleweight
1:18:11
and stuff, but... Yeah, yeah. Yeah, not anymore.
1:18:15
I don't know. Pound for pound in the women's
1:18:17
is... I'd have to put Gabi way up there, I think.
1:18:21
Absolutely. That's why I'm asking. She's probably
1:18:23
my number one. People won't like that take, but...
1:18:28
I mean... She fights small, and she gets knockouts.
1:18:36
Which not many women do. Yeah, it is a bit more
1:18:40
uncommon. Even across on the MMA side of the
1:18:43
street, it's still not as common. Yeah. Like,
1:18:48
Gabi might be my number one. I haven't sat down
1:18:51
and really thought about it, but she's probably
1:18:53
my number one, pound for pound. She's got skills,
1:18:58
but she also seems to have some power. Yes. Yes,
1:19:03
she does. So that leverage that she gets on those
1:19:07
fucking long -ass limbs. Yeah. One of the few
1:19:11
things that I remember from AP Physics is torque.
1:19:17
Yeah, yeah. Long levers. Yes. Speaking of pound
1:19:22
for pound, Oscar Collazo will be putting his
1:19:26
WBA, WBO... Minimum weight titles on the line
1:19:30
against Jesus Haro. I'm still pissed off about
1:19:34
this. This was supposed to be Melvin Jerusalem.
1:19:37
It was. They screwed over my little Filipino.
1:19:42
I mean, Collazo's gonna kill this kid. Yep. It's
1:19:49
not gonna be competitive. Even I don't know who
1:19:55
Jesus Haro is, and he's got a few losses already.
1:20:03
For whatever it's worth, beloved listener, Koyaso
1:20:08
is the number one strawweight, and Haro is number
1:20:13
60 on BoxRec. Yeah, I don't understand. Why did
1:20:19
you do this? Having Melvin Jerusalem on there,
1:20:22
You could have marketed that as something. Well,
1:20:26
it would be another unification. Exactly. It
1:20:28
would have gotten Collazo closer. Yeah. But,
1:20:32
yeah, I don't know. I really like Collazo. I
1:20:35
think he's a great boxer. But this move has annoyed
1:20:39
me to no end. And I don't get the thought process.
1:20:44
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. Unless
1:20:49
Collazo hurt himself in camp or something and
1:20:52
doesn't want to... Oh, something we don't know
1:20:56
about behind the scenes? Yeah, and he's like,
1:20:58
well, give me somebody I can beat anyways. Someone
1:21:02
I can beat handicapped? Yeah, like, Collazo can
1:21:07
beat this kid with a whatever. And main event,
1:21:15
Arnold Barbosa. Versus Kenneth Sims at Welterweight.
1:21:21
Which one's Kenneth Sims? Sorry. This could be
1:21:25
fun. They both kind of throw a lot of punches,
1:21:29
right? Or am I mixing up my people? I am not
1:21:33
very familiar with Kenneth Sims, to be honest.
1:21:38
His box rec pitcher is also not great. It just
1:21:43
looks like something somebody took after a fight.
1:21:46
Yeah. Sims is coming off a loss to Duarte. Oh,
1:21:51
shit. He is. Close decision loss. Close -ish.
1:21:57
Mixed decision. Yeah. That was at 140. He fought
1:22:06
Kendo Castaneda at 147. Jonathan Romero at 147.
1:22:14
Huh. Kind of goes up and down a little bit. Yeah,
1:22:17
he's fluctuating a bit. Yeah, and I've definitely
1:22:20
seen some of these fights. Barbossa, he's been
1:22:27
at 140 for a minute. I think this could be interesting.
1:22:34
This seems on paper like it should be a good
1:22:39
matchup. Yes, it appears that it should be competitive.
1:22:43
Yeah. Even if Kenneth Sims is number 56 or whatever.
1:22:49
I think he's better than that. Barbossa with
1:22:54
the number 8 on BoxRec, that's at 140. For whatever
1:22:59
it's worth. Because he hasn't moved up yet. Right.
1:23:04
Way to tick. No, Kenneth Sims is also rated at
1:23:08
140. So, never mind. His last fight was at 140.
1:23:17
I mean, included in your DAZN subscription, definitely
1:23:22
worth watching. Yeah. And if nothing else, I
1:23:28
can promise that the chat will be fun. If the
1:23:30
fights suck, the chat gets more fun than normal.
1:23:34
That's true. And you get to see Gabi, and you're
1:23:37
going to get to see Collazo's style on some nobody.
1:23:42
Yeah, which... Pisses me off. If you want to
1:23:46
start getting into the Mighty Minis, this is
1:23:51
a good time to start. I don't know if this is
1:23:54
a good time, but you'll probably see a knockout.
1:23:56
That's what I'm saying, because it's going to
1:23:58
be a beatdown. Yeah, but one -sided beatdowns
1:24:03
aren't fun. The Minis are fun when it's close
1:24:06
and they throw a thousand punches. That's what
1:24:08
makes them a good time? That's what makes them
1:24:11
a good time. If you aren't scared of getting
1:24:14
knocked out with one punch, you take more chances.
1:24:18
And you throw more. That is my pitch for the
1:24:23
minis. Well, speaking of the minis, Sunday, March
1:24:27
15th, take in promotions at Yokohama Kanagawa,
1:24:34
Japan. I got my ticket. Well, I paid for my ticket.
1:24:38
I gotta go print it out. today uh from these
1:24:42
bottom two do you see we have hayato aiko versus
1:24:47
natsuki kuramochi that's i don't know these two
1:24:51
i don't know yeah i don't know these two uh matsumoto
1:24:55
i've seen before russei matsumoto he's on his
1:25:02
way up but i don't know that he'll ever really
1:25:05
get out of japan If I'm not mistaken, he has
1:25:09
the WBA regular title. Okay. Well, then he's
1:25:15
going to get out of Japan. Uni Takada is one
1:25:20
of those gatekeeper guys. Like, if you can beat
1:25:24
him, you're good. If you're not that good, he's
1:25:27
going to beat you. But this is a rematch. Is
1:25:33
it? What does TDU mean? TDU's a unanimous technical
1:25:38
decision, so it's like it got medical stoppage
1:25:41
after the fourth. Okay, okay. Then it goes to
1:25:45
the cards. Yeah, so their last fight went to
1:25:49
the cards early. Looks like it's after the fifth,
1:25:52
and those five rounds were a clean sweep for
1:25:57
Matsumoto. I suspect he'll win, but it should
1:26:03
be a fun fight. Anthony Olasquaga, WBO flyweight
1:26:09
champ versus Jukia Imura. I went out for drinks
1:26:14
last night and I got Olasquaga a new fan. Really?
1:26:18
Yeah, the Brazilian girl invited me out for drinks
1:26:23
with one of her lab mates because he watches
1:26:25
boxing. And I was talking about Olasquaga and
1:26:29
how he's called the princess and he always has
1:26:32
like fun outfits and stuff. And she's like, I
1:26:35
don't care about boxing, but his Instagram looks
1:26:37
cute. Because I showed her, he did a get ready
1:26:40
with me. Of course he did. Of course he did.
1:26:44
He doesn't have, well, I guess he's got a little
1:26:48
bit of a beard, but he trims up his hair and
1:26:50
stuff like once a week himself. He lines it up
1:26:53
and everything. Yeah, and he like fades the sides.
1:26:58
I don't know if that's the right word. But yeah,
1:27:00
he was doing his get -ready thing, and I showed
1:27:03
her that, and she's like, this is cute. And I
1:27:07
was like, nice. Yeah. How tall is this woman?
1:27:16
She's a little taller than me, maybe like 5 '5",
1:27:18
5 '6". Okay, so kind of at the height where if
1:27:22
she saw Ola Squaga in person, she would say,
1:27:24
oh, that's cute. Yeah, probably. And I was trying
1:27:29
to explain how small the boxers I like are. And
1:27:32
I'm really bad at kilograms. And she's like,
1:27:36
what do they fight at? Like 60 kilograms? And
1:27:39
I was like, no. Like, what's 60 kilograms? I
1:27:44
think they fight at 43 or 44. Yeah, yeah. And
1:27:48
she's like, I haven't weighed that since elementary
1:27:51
school. And I was like, yeah, yeah. So. I'm excited
1:27:59
for the Ola Squaga fight. I don't think I recognize
1:28:04
the guy he's fighting. His box art picture is
1:28:06
hilarious. It's him in a sombrero. Well done.
1:28:11
And it's red, white, and green too. Dope. Never
1:28:15
fought outside of Japan, so I'm not sure what
1:28:20
that's about. But yeah, I'm assuming Ola Squaga
1:28:26
is going to win. It's always a fun fight. Yeah,
1:28:31
he's an exciting fighter to watch. Yeah. Moving
1:28:35
up, Tamanun Neomtrong, aka Knockout CP Freshmark.
1:28:42
I get to see the legend in person, Leo. Yeah.
1:28:47
He's defending, right? His WBC Light Flyweight
1:28:51
title? Yeah, I think he won it in his last fight.
1:28:56
He's facing... Shokichi Iwata. Iwata's also fun.
1:29:03
Like, this should be good. Iwata has power for
1:29:07
such a small guy. I'm a little worried that he's
1:29:10
gonna crack Freshmart. Freshmart does have a
1:29:16
lot of mileage. He's old. And being that small
1:29:21
has to be hard. I'm just super excited to see
1:29:27
Freshmart in person. I was talking to a different
1:29:31
girl. She's from Thailand, and she didn't recognize
1:29:34
his fight name, but she's like, oh, this guy's
1:29:36
super famous. He's on TV all the time. So apparently,
1:29:40
CP Freshmart's famous in Thailand. Yeah, I was...
1:29:47
My thinking was... CP Freshmart? is an online
1:29:55
like uh order and delivery grocery store yeah
1:29:59
they also have locations you could go to but
1:30:02
it's one of the biggest chains in thailand so
1:30:04
like apparently he's like the the sponsor for
1:30:08
them he's the poster boy for yeah so it makes
1:30:11
sense that everybody would know who he is of
1:30:14
course it's like having your name be fucking
1:30:17
uh leo xp walmart or something Yeah. But like
1:30:24
he's on the commercials. Yeah. She didn't recognize
1:30:27
his name. Oh, well, I probably butchered. Well,
1:30:32
I tried his real name, but I probably butchered
1:30:34
it. But she recognized his face instantly. Nice.
1:30:40
Yeah. I'm glad he's famous. I love C .P. Freshmark.
1:30:44
Yeah. He his rivalry with I don't remember his
1:30:49
full name, but his. His rivalry with Moonsree?
1:30:54
Yeah. That was one of the few things that got
1:30:57
me paying attention to the straw weights. Well,
1:31:02
and just holding that belt for so long. People
1:31:05
don't do that. Like, you don't stay that small
1:31:10
for so long. Is this the main event? I don't
1:31:14
know if I have the running order. You have them
1:31:16
out of order. Ola Squaga is the main event. Okay.
1:31:19
Makes sense. But the last one on the card, Nonito
1:31:22
Donair versus Riku Masuda in a WBA bantamweight
1:31:30
eliminator. I can't believe Donair's still doing
1:31:35
it. Well, he had a great fight with Susumi. He
1:31:40
did have a great fight with Susumi. I'm also
1:31:43
excited to see Donair again, but I kind of hope
1:31:46
Masuda wins. To be honest. Just to send Donair
1:31:50
home? Yeah. If he keeps doing this, he's gonna
1:31:55
get hurt. Well, Rachel Donair is accustomed to
1:32:00
a certain lifestyle at this point. And Nonito
1:32:04
Donair is the most pussy -whipped man on Earth.
1:32:07
He is most definitely at his wife's beck and
1:32:11
call. Yeah, yeah. So if she wants him to keep
1:32:16
fighting, he probably will. Oh, he'll fight until
1:32:19
she says stop. Yeah. But Masuda's good. Like,
1:32:26
this is not a gimme at all. Masuda's only loss
1:32:32
was to Seiya Satsumi. It's very fitting that
1:32:38
they would be having an Eliminator. But yeah,
1:32:41
I'm super excited for this one. Alright, so we've
1:32:45
got taken. We're going into your trip to Yokohama
1:32:54
weekend. Yeah. We've got a little bit of action
1:32:59
in Dublin. Out in California. But the mighty
1:33:05
mini card parting words. I'm just super excited.
1:33:11
It's a night of legends. Like, there's a couple
1:33:14
people on this that well i never thought i'd
1:33:17
get to see knockout cp freshmart live so i'm
1:33:21
just super excited about that and this arena
1:33:26
is close to like four craft beer breweries yeah
1:33:30
so i might wake up early have a couple beers
1:33:34
before the fights guy I went to drinks with,
1:33:41
he's from Yokohama, so he was letting me in on
1:33:44
all the secrets. Nice. Yeah. Oh, shit. Well,
1:33:51
for parting words, in the recaps was my boxing
1:33:57
outing in the previews, Shinada's boxing outing.
1:34:01
If you can, go to an event. If it's near enough
1:34:07
that you're like you're not going to be put out
1:34:10
going, then go. Honestly, even like smaller shows
1:34:16
can be a lot of fun. Club level stuff can be
1:34:19
a lot of fun. And they're usually not that expensive.
1:34:24
Club shows are not at all. Like, I don't know
1:34:27
about American prices, but here it's like 50
1:34:30
bucks to go to Colerico and Hall. I don't...
1:34:37
I was getting in on press passes. Not flexing,
1:34:40
but at the same time, I couldn't drink or anything
1:34:44
or have a ball. I'm supposed to be a neutral
1:34:48
observer. But, yeah. Those are my parting words.
1:34:55
If you can go to an event, fucking go. You will
1:34:59
not regret it. I agree. I'm gonna miss. boxing
1:35:05
when I go back to Canada because there's fucking
1:35:07
none to watch live. Well, that's it for this
1:35:13
edition of Boxing Before Dark. Fuck, my batteries
1:35:17
are getting low. And it is getting dark. See
1:35:22
you on the other side of Yokohama. Bye.