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[BxBD] The calm before the storm · 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. All right. Let's fucking
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do the thing. Stretch routine is already done.
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Why am I doing it again? Alright, here we go.
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Boxing before dark. Back up in your ears, bitches.
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Disappear for a few days, but we're back. You
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can't get rid of us that easy. Yeah, it's going
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to take a little bit more than the case of the
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sniffles to get me out of this game. To be honest,
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last week there wasn't much to talk about anyways.
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yeah a lot of what would have been last week
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would have happened now or what is what we're
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going to talk about today anyway so one way or
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the other um let's fucking get into this there's
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a lot of shit happening at 154 that's actually
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the title of the b -sides episode that came out
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today as we're recording a lot of stuff virgil
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ortiz versus erickson lubin The way I put it
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is this isn't going to distance and it's not
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going to be in Lubin's favor. Harrison Lubin's
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not terrible, though. Like, Ortiz is going to
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have to be on his game. But I agree. I think
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Lubin's chances are pretty slim. But I also think
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he's not going to come in to lose. Right? Of
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course not. Like, Lubin's a pro box guy, right?
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He started off... With PBC and then he moved
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to Probox to rehab his career. And I think it's
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been working. Yes. But yeah, Victor Ortiz is
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a high hurdle for anybody. Or Victor, Virgil.
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Goddamn. Okay. Who many Ortiz's? The day will
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get better. It's only 9am. I can't give up yet.
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Erickson Lubin and Virgil Ortiz. Also, another
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one. I think this is a diamond in the rough.
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Jaron Ennis is fighting Luisma Lima. Lima. I
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have to remember who Lima is. He was most recently
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on a Canadian card and he fought an Indian prospect.
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And he kind of spoiled the show. Oh, I recognize
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this guy. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Yeah, that could
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be a low -key banger, actually. I think Lima's
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going to give a better fight than Karen or Stanionis
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was distracted. Kind of his fault. Kind of not.
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He had bigger things to worry about. Yeah. Understandable
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that he didn't necessarily have the best performance,
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but... still yeah i like i do think boots is
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better but this will be a real test and fundora
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verse thurman i why why is keith thurman still
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around yeah why is he still around yeah i don't
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know i've seen a lot of people excited about
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this one and i i don't get the hype I don't either.
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Thurman's old. He's been not active. He's probably
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going to get hurt before the fight anyways, and
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he'll be a late replacement. Even if he doesn't,
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like, Fundora with a jab, I don't... Keith's
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too old. Like, at his prime, Keith probably picks...
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Not probably. Keith tears Fundora apart. But,
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man, like... What is Thurman? He's like 40? No,
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he's in his mid -30s. Is he? Yeah. Why do I think
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he's old old? It's because he gets hurt all the
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time. That's why I think he's older. Yeah, he's
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only 36. That's still pretty old. I don't know.
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I'm not excited for this one. I know people are,
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but... I'm excited for what the card will present.
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Maybe not this as the main event, maybe not my
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favorite, but there's going to be other stuff.
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They're going to stack the card and that should
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be fun. Oh yeah. Like, and it's not a terrible
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fight. I just mean, this isn't one where I'm
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like, Oh, circle the day on the calendar and
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make sure I don't have to work late. Like, you
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know, it's not, it's not that kind of fight for
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me. Yeah. Yeah. It wouldn't be that kind of,
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it's not that kind for me either. It should be.
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a solid fight. I just think Fundora's figured
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out how to jab. I don't know if anyone's going
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to be able to deal with that. And he mentions
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it a lot. I think he's been hearing the word
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on the street that this guy fights like a fucking
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mongoloid when he shouldn't have to. He gets
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hurt when he doesn't have to because he fights
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like a moron. Harvard Fundora is a brand new
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beast. Oh, man. What's their mascot? Fucking
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douchebags. I don't know. Anytime people bring
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up Harvard, all I can think about is Good Will
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Hunting. Have it. Make fun of the Smet kids.
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How you like them apples? They are the Crimson.
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That's it? That's it. That's not a fucking mascot.
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That's a color. Oh, no. Their mascot is John
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Harvard. Who the fuck is that? He's the founder.
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Well, I guess the founder. That's lame as shit.
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That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Yeah,
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their mascot is the founder and their nickname
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is the Crimson. So the Harvard Crimson is like
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their sports teams or whatever. I thought Crimson
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was Alabama. Crimson Tide. Okay, well. Same shit,
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but... How do you have two universities with
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the same shit concept as a mascot? That's terrible.
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Crimson Pandora. Crimson Pandora. Actually, that's
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kind of hard. After the Tim Zoo fight, that goes
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really well, actually. Oh, shit. I didn't even
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think about that. Yeah, it does. I might have
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to take it back. The Crimson... What is it? The
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Towering Inferno? The Crimson Tower? The Crimson
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Tower is pretty fucking sick. Pretty good. Alright.
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Sebastian, I know you're listening. So, there
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you go. New nickname just dropped. Yeah, the
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Crimson Tower. I know it's not on the list, but
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did you see Inoue's new merchandise for this
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fight? It's fucking awful. Why does Inoue have
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such shit merchandise? Because he doesn't want
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anyone to buy it. I just want something that's
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not embarrassing to wear. It doesn't even have
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to be good. It just needs to be not embarrassing.
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They're all pictures of him that are, like, super
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weird. like dramatic black and white bullshit
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or like full color just like him on your chest
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or now he's got a boxing glove with like little
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hermes wings like you know how hermes had the
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wings on his shoes yeah it's a boxing glove with
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that kind of wings on the wrist and i'm like
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what the fuck are you doing your nickname is
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the monster you live in japan get somebody to
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draw you a kaiju Yeah, seriously, lean into the...
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You have the... You have the technology. It's
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there. Everything is there for you to do it.
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Like, a picture silhouette thing of him and behind
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him is, like, one of those anime -style, like,
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a JoJo stand. Or, like, you know how Beyblades
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had the little spirits that came out of the Beyblades?
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Like, there's so much cool shit you could do.
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But no. We got boxing gloves with Hermes wings.
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What the fuck? That's in fashion right now. Well,
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and anytime he does have something that's half
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decent, it sells out within an hour. Like, literally,
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I got an email at work that he had new merchandise.
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This was a couple fights ago. It was like 8 -bit
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kind of video game character style. And I didn't
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check my emails until lunch at work and it was
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already sold out. Jesus. Because it didn't look
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like shit. Anyway, that's the end of my rant.
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But boxers need to work on their fucking merchandise.
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I could not think of a good transition here.
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Jermel Charlo is thinking of coming back. This
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is the bad Charlo. I did see the Twitter post
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that has everyone talking. Where he has the,
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it's a lion with a shark in his mouth. Yeah.
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That's Spence, right? The big fish. Yeah. I don't
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want to see two washed up guys fight each other.
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I'm sorry. They might be the right level of washed
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that it actually turns out to be good. Maybe,
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but I don't know. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood.
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None of these points are exciting to me. Well,
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even still, I think it'll be a pay -per -view,
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unfortunately, for everyone. But I hope that
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they'll make the card good, at least. If you're
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going to put two wash guys at the top. This with
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a good undercard would be fine. And Texas? Where
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do you think they'll have it? It has to be in
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Texas. Yeah. I can see it being okay. I can see
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this being a very good, if anybody still had
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like TV deals, I can see this being a very good
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free fight. But like you said, they're going
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to make us pay money to watch two washed up guys
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that has realistically no consequences on the
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fucking division at all. Yeah. Well, speaking
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of not having any consequences on any division
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at all, Jake Paul versus Javante Davis. This
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is so stupid. Yeah. Tank has really just decided
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he's done boxing. This is just him cashing out.
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I can't see him doing any real fights. Maybe
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he'll do more real fights, but he's not going
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to try, if you know what I mean. Yeah. Like,
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I don't know. They're not going to be like quality
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opponents, high quality opponents. Yeah, he's
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just cashing out his name at this point is what
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it feels like to me. Tank's going to be one of
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those what if guys. Like, maybe like Adrian Broner.
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Like, what if he actually fought somebody? What
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if he stayed disciplined? And kept himself in
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the gym and out of trouble. Who has Tank actually
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fought? Like, Ryan Garcia? Jose Pedraza? Yeah,
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but if he's as good as everybody thinks he is,
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he should have better names than that. Yeah.
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Like, I don't know. Well, the Romero win is aging
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pretty well. That's true. Two -division world
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champ Rolly Romero is a good win. Yeah, but the
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Rolly win over Garcia makes the Garcia win age
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poorly. The Garcia win was always going to age
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poorly. That fucking sucks. Yeah, I don't know.
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Tank's going to be one of those. And this fucking
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circus fight is so stupid. I actually... Kind
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of hope Jake Paul lands something huge. This
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is the one time I want to see Jake Paul knock
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a fucker out. I think it would be hilarious.
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It's not going to happen, but I think it would
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be hilarious. Yeah, it would be really funny.
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Weight classes exist for a reason. Yeah, what
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are they going to fight at when Tank weighs in
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at whatever he wants? Well, I mean, they'll just
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fight at Cruiser, won't they? I guess. There's
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no minimum for fighting at Wade's. I also don't
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understand, like, what this is actually going
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to be. Because they've said it's going to be
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an official pro boxing match that goes on the
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records. But it's also an exhibition? Yeah, you
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don't get to have both. No, but, like... I know
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it's not... How do I put it? It's a long ways
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away still, but the talks about what this fight
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actually is have been very confusing. Like, is
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it actually a pro fight? Is it an exhibition?
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Is it, like, what are we doing, guys? I mean,
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I'm going to watch it, but... Yeah, I'll be there
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for it. It does sound like they're trying to,
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like, make a real undercard for this. As that's
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typical of Jake Paul events, though. Yeah. No,
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I'm just saying, like, that's the best part of
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Jake Paul events lately is the undercard is real.
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And then you can stick around to watch the circus
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fight at the end. Hmm. Well, speaking of circus
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fights, the Canelo Crawford broadcast team. Have
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you seen the lineup? I see you have it here.
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I don't know who John Anik is, but... He's the
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UFC version of Jim Lampley. Okay. And Max Kellerman
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and Andre Ward. I don't like Max Kellerman. I
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really don't. I don't know if that's a common
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opinion or not, but I hate his voice. I don't
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care for Andre Ward as a commentator. Fantastic
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boxer, but I don't like his commentary style.
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Yeah, he's not my favorite either. Just get Gabe
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Rosado. I fucking love Gabe. And they'll never
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let him do one of these because he's too honest.
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Like the circus fights. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I don't
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know. He would call things bullshit. He would
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get himself in trouble. I don't know. I don't
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think I'm excited for this broadcast team. John
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Anik from UFC, because this is a TKO promotions
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fucking thing. Max Kellerman and Andre Ward.
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And the MCs, it's going to be split duties between
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Michael Buffer in the main event, and then Joe
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Martinez doing the rest of it. Happy to see Joe
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Martinez getting some recognition. I like him.
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I'm not sure I know who he is. Yeah, you would
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recognize him if you saw him. Yeah, I just need
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to... Oh, okay, he's the bald guy. Yeah, he's
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not bad. I don't mind him. He does the UFC fights
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too, right? Yeah, he does whatever. That's fine.
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I don't know. Just Max Kellerman and Andre Ward.
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I'm not excited to listen to them. I'm not excited
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to hear fucking John Anik either. Yeah, I don't
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think I know who that is. I will be surprised
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and also probably not like him. Disappointed
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as well. Maybe I'll watch this one at the bar
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in Tokyo and get Japanese commentators. Would
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probably be better. Sometimes they have Japanese,
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sometimes they just put it on in English for
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these cards. Oh, speaking of which, I gotta book
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my seat for the Inouye fight. I've been checking
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the resale place for tickets, and the only thing
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that's come up is tickets to the weigh -in the
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day before. The weigh -in is selling tickets?
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Yeah, the weigh -in for Inouye Fights always
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sells tickets. They're not cheap either. The
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weigh -in tickets are like 5 ,500 yen, so like
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$55 Canadian -ish. I don't know what that is
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American, like 45 bucks? Yeah, something like
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that. Yeah. It's not that expensive, but it's
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not cheap. Especially when the cheapest tickets
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are only like a hundred bucks. It's probably
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best I didn't get a ticket for that one anyways.
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It's way out in Nagoya and I'd have to get the
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like 5 a .m. fast train straight to work. I've
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done it before when it was in Osaka, but I'm
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trying to silver lining not winning the lottery
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ticket. Oh, that's right. It's a lottery system.
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Forgot about that. I didn't choose to not buy
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a ticket. Oh, yeah. Taking the 5 a .m. bullet,
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that doesn't sound very pleasant. I'm going to
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try to help ease your sufferings a little bit.
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Yeah, yeah. It actually would be unpleasant.
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I don't like waking up at 4 a .m. to go get a
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train. Yeah, I wouldn't like that either. That's
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it for the news that I got. Yeah, I don't think
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actually, I have one recap to throw in before
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your first one. Oh, go ahead. I went to the Aoi
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Yokoyama fight on August 19th at Korakuen. That
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turned into a shit show too. Everything went
24:52
wrong at work and I missed the first two fights
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entirely. But Korakuen's always fun. I had great
25:00
seats. I was in the fucking splash zone somehow
25:03
by accident. I was in the front row of the not
25:08
-folding chairs, but there's only three rows
25:10
of folding chairs there because the space is
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so small. I only want to talk about two fights.
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So the co -main was Shirai Oka versus Fai Farab.
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That's not important. But Oka walked out to...
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Mr. Lonely, you know the song? Yeah. Lonely,
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I'm so lonely. Yeah, I'm Mr. Lonely. Yeah, and
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my Japanese is still pretty shit, but I'm pretty
25:41
sure that they tacked on to his announcement
25:44
that he was single, and that was his way of putting
25:50
himself out there. It was his Tinder profile.
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Anybody want to date a boxer? Anybody? Yeah,
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basically. I laughed my ass off. I thought it
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was great. And he won, so that's good. He got
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a KO. The main event, so Aoi Yokoyama versus
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Russe Baba, was for the... Yokoyama was defending
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his Oriental Pacific belt, and this is the first
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time it was a 10 -round fight instead of 12.
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Oh, that's right. They changed that. Yeah, which
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is the JBC reaction to what happened. It actually,
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it's probably a good thing it was only 10 rounds.
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It turned into a bit of a war. It was a pretty
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good fight. Yokoyama did win, but I was nervous.
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He got a unanimous decision though. Was it close?
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I was nervous. I thought it was pretty close.
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And the cards were across the board 96 -94. So
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yeah, it was pretty close. It was a good fight.
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I'm still excited about AOA, but maybe he doesn't
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quite have as much power as I was hoping. Maybe.
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But we'll have to see. I do think he needs to
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go up a weight class, though. He looked like
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a fucking skeleton at the weigh -ins. It was
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not good. You were at... Oh, you like pictures
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of the weigh -ins? Yeah, yeah. I follow him on
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Instagram. He still looked a little skinny on
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fight night. Like, I think he needs to go up
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now. But I bought a t -shirt, so I'm excited.
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It's actually... So most of the t -shirts are
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kind of crap. to be honest. But his is a nice
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fabric. It's light. It makes a nice summer t
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-shirt. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. Alright. Moving
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through our recaps. It's pretty, pretty light.
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I was hoping Jacob would come back for this one,
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because I wanted to talk about this Australian
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card. No Limit at the ICC. Exhibition Center.
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Some fights on the undercard. Jasmine Parr stops
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Efasha Kamarudin at the last second. Brock Jarvis,
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who was previously bopped by Keith Thurman. He's
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back. Gets himself a nice little stoppage over
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Sam Beck in four rounds of a scheduled eight.
28:36
Michael Zarafa. The Chippendale man himself still
28:41
doing it. Gets a stoppage in one over Mikey Dahlman.
28:45
And in the headline, Nikita Zu stops Lulzim Ismaili
28:53
with ease. What's RTD? Retired. Oh, ref stoppage.
29:03
Stop in the corner. Ah, right. Okay. I have to
29:10
admit, I did not watch this one. Yeah, you didn't
29:13
miss a whole lot. I couldn't find it. It's on
29:17
YouTube. It's hard. I found a lot of it on YouTube.
29:19
Oh, I bet you Japan was just getting blocked.
29:22
Yeah, geo -blocked. I always forget to turn on
29:25
my VPN on YouTube because it's YouTube. Yeah.
29:28
But that makes sense. Damn. Was it a good? Well.
29:34
I didn't watch the card. One round. I watched
29:36
the fights, but it was a good showing for...
29:39
It was a good showing for Nikita. Looked as good
29:44
as you can in three minutes. Hopefully they don't
29:47
fuck him over like they fucked over his brother.
29:50
Yeah, especially with that dark story of No Limit
29:55
that we got. What's that? The way that they kind
29:59
of push fighters to do... Like, they push them
30:04
too hard just because they want to sell seats.
30:10
Yeah. Oh, speaking of Zoo, he's in Japan right
30:14
now, hey? What's he doing? Training. I don't
30:17
know. He's just here for... All right. Yeah.
30:21
Cool. I just thought it was interesting. That
30:24
is interesting. I'm curious what he's doing there.
30:29
Moving on. Friday, August 22nd. MVP, most valuable
30:34
prospect series. Their main one, John Paul Rivera,
30:39
gets a stoppage in six over Daniel Bailey. And
30:42
the co -main, Yoelvis Gomez, majority decision
30:45
over Edwin Humane Jr. Yoelvis is still the most
30:51
ridiculous name. Yeah. I thought I was really
30:56
clever when I put Yo, comma, Elvis. Is that how
31:01
you... Is that what that means, Yoelvis? Well,
31:06
and I don't know why I find it funny that they
31:07
spell it with an actual Y instead of a J. Moving
31:15
to Saturday, August 23rd, Queensberry at the
31:20
Planet Ice Altringham. Starting from the bottom
31:25
of just a few that I kind of took note on, Jack
31:28
Turner stops Nicholas. Muguruza. I think I got
31:34
that one right this time. There's a stoppage
31:37
in six. Zach Miller gets the decision over Leon
31:42
Woodstock. Leon, you have to change your name.
31:46
You're no longer allowed to be named that. You
31:49
can keep the N, but you gotta drop the rest of
31:52
it. Sorry, buddy. Woodstock? Yep. It's not, I'm
32:00
sorry, I don't make the rules. No, I'm sorry,
32:02
I do make the rules, but I'm not sorry. And we
32:05
will be enforcing them. And they will be enforced
32:08
with severe sanctions. Jack Rafferty, majority
32:12
draw over Mark Chamberlain. That was kind of
32:17
anticlimactic, but whatever. This was kind of
32:24
an ugly fight, wasn't it? Or am I thinking of
32:26
the wrong one? No, I think you got it right.
32:28
It's like scrappy. Yeah, like a little dirty.
32:32
A lot of the ref having to break them up. Yeah.
32:38
I don't know. I don't particularly like Jack
32:41
Rafferty. I was pulling for Mark Chamberlain.
32:46
He was a... Turkey McDuck... fucking guy um i'm
32:57
i was trying to think of something funny to call
32:59
him and i couldn't um i couldn't think of anything
33:01
but uh turkey a little shake likes mark chamberlain
33:05
for some reason and now for that reason like
33:09
i was like oh well that's quite a bit of like
33:13
that's a heavy thumb of pressure that they're
33:15
putting on you when you're that young yeah so
33:20
i kind of hoped he would amount to something
33:23
but I guess all you're worth is a majority draw.
33:28
They didn't pay enough. Most valuable promotions
33:35
once again on the 23rd. This was a most valuable
33:39
fight night. Yanquiel Rivera. Majority draw over
33:45
Angelina Cordova. Good stuff. Way to go. Your
33:52
name is Yanquiel. There's a lot of Y names on
33:56
these two cards. It's really strange. Yeah. And
34:02
in the main event, Yoannis Taez drops the ball,
34:08
loses his interim title to Abbas Barou. I was
34:14
so happy this was an upset. I don't know why.
34:18
I don't particularly hate Tellez, but, I mean.
34:23
yeah i don't have anything he lost to a guy from
34:27
germany who does that a random ass like yeah
34:31
this random ass german and you're what you're
34:35
going life and death with him yeah it was a portents
34:41
of bad tidings just from just from the onset
34:46
like it didn't look like teas was getting comfortable
34:49
at all or finding any rhythm And they were pretty
34:53
wide cards. It was not close. And I just love
35:00
a good upset. It was fun. Oh, speaking of fun.
35:11
Coming up. When is this? This is probably going
35:15
to drop on... By the time you're hearing this,
35:18
it should be the 1st of September. So on Thursday,
35:22
September 4th, Eye of the Tiger. There's a bunch
35:26
of shit on this card that I don't know. I don't
35:30
know who they are. I couldn't tell you. Sorry.
35:33
But I can tell you in the main event. Auslis
35:36
Iglesias versus Vladimir Shishkin for the IBO
35:43
super middleweight title. Who is the Iglesias
35:47
stan in the Discord? There are a few of them.
35:50
Yeah. A lot of Iglesias stands in there. Yeah,
35:57
he's okay. But what I was saying on B -Sides
36:02
when I was talking to Saul, I don't know. I don't
36:06
see the hype. I'm still waiting to be impressed.
36:13
He's one of these new, exciting Cubans. I will
36:16
say that. Yeah, that's true. That might be what
36:18
it is. That is exciting. Like, Cubans who actually
36:22
push for the knockout are exciting. They've got
36:28
the fundamentals and the slickness, but they're
36:32
not just rigandowing around the room. Yeah. Oh,
36:35
that's a fucking good verb. Rigandowing. You
36:40
know exactly what I mean. I know exactly what
36:43
you meant. I know exactly what you meant. That's
36:45
what I'm saying. It's good. It's a good one.
36:48
I can kind of see the hype. I can see them wanting
36:51
him to be really, really good. And he could be,
36:54
but I'm not convinced yet. Yeah. But I will probably
37:01
cheer for the Russian, just because. Just because?
37:05
Just to be a contrarian? Because I like to cheer
37:09
against those guys in Discord. Moving to Friday,
37:16
September 5th. Wasserman. This is going to be
37:19
on 3 to air in the UK. Well, free. You have to
37:25
pay a fucking license to have rabbit ears in
37:28
the UK. So this is on BBC? UK 5. Oh. I don't
37:36
know. This is at the 3 Arena in Dublin. Again,
37:41
a bunch of shit. Maybe some of you, if you're
37:44
from the Isles, you know who these people are.
37:47
I know Mickey Conlin. I think I know a couple
37:52
of them. Just let me look at faces. Yeah. I've
37:55
seen Kieran Malloy, but he's fine. And I've seen...
38:03
No, this is not the guy I thought. Never mind.
38:12
Never mind. These are not the people I thought
38:15
they were. Charlie Edwards looks like a child,
38:18
though, on BoxRec. It says he's 32, but this
38:23
picture looks like he's 12. Holy shit. Doesn't
38:28
it? He looks like... If you were to go to a barber
38:32
shop, like a men's barber shop, he would be one
38:36
of the pictures that they have up, like a style
38:39
of hair. Yeah, I can see it. Like a white boy
38:44
flat top with a side fade. Yeah. That's exactly
38:48
what we got going on here. But he also looks
38:51
12. Yes. Maybe it's just a really old picture.
38:54
Could be. Or he could be blessed. Some of those
39:00
Irish dudes do just look... Or I guess he's not
39:03
Irish, but... Some of those guys do just look
39:06
like children their entire lives. That's too
39:09
bad. It's unfortunate. Anyways, enough talking
39:14
shit about how people look. Mickey Conlin is
39:17
back. Mickey Conlin is headlining. I have mixed
39:21
feelings about this. I mean, he's probably not
39:26
going to be good, but I want him to be. Yeah,
39:31
Mickey Conlin, I had previously always said he's
39:37
a fighter. I have seen interviews and stuff.
39:41
I've seen a lot of his press releases and all
39:44
that. He seems like an okay person. His fighting
39:50
style, really rugged Irishman. He's a fucking
39:54
Irish dog, is what he is. But he has no chin.
39:58
Yeah. I just always disliked him, and I had no
40:01
valid reason. You can't fight like that if you've
40:05
got a glass chin. Like, it just doesn't fucking
40:07
work. So, but I wanted him to be good. I just,
40:15
he wasn't. Yeah. Anyways, I don't know if he
40:21
should be fighting. His jaw is clearly shattered.
40:24
Like, it's probably just dangerous at this point.
40:30
He could keep doing these domestic dust -ups,
40:33
I think they call them. Irish dust -ups. Yeah,
40:36
maybe, but like... They're going to have to pick
40:40
people with no power, I think. Which they've
40:44
done. This guy has 20 wins with six knockouts.
40:50
All his wins are on points. And he's probably
40:55
not going to outpoint Nicky Conlin. In Dublin?
40:59
Probably not. I just think they have to... They
41:05
have to match him carefully or he's just going
41:08
to get knocked out again. He'll be fine. I have
41:14
faith. Moving to Saturday, September 6th. It's
41:21
a busy day. Not a whole lot of meat, but there's
41:25
a lot on the plate. Quantity over quality. Yes.
41:31
Starting with matchroom at the Rainton Meadows
41:34
Arena. I gave up trying to pronounce where it
41:37
is. Houghton LeSpring. I think I got it this
41:40
time. But it's headlined by Pat McCormick versus
41:45
Miguel Barra. Good stuff. My man Cameron Vuong
41:52
is going to be featured on this card, hopefully.
41:55
Still TBA. Nice. I would like to see Cameron
42:00
Vuong more. Yeah. I'm not sure why I picked where
42:05
I how I started following him I don't know when
42:10
where why how anything I just did I've just been
42:14
following his career and he's only eight no but
42:16
still I've been watching pretty much since the
42:19
beginning so might as well keep going I want
42:23
him to be somebody I believe in yeah well and
42:27
the main event is a Brit versus a Mexican so
42:32
Upset incoming, perhaps? Put your money... Smart
42:37
money knows where it needs to go. Yeah. And if
42:42
you're betting on the Brit, then... Not smart
42:46
money. Not smart money. Moving on. Matchroom
42:51
in... I don't know what the name of the venue
42:53
is. In Los Mochis, Sinaloa. This one's for the
42:57
IBF 130 -pound title. Eduardo Nunez vs. Christopher
43:02
Diaz. Title implications here, so I'll be watching.
43:09
I gotta look at their faces. I don't recognize
43:12
them. I recognize Nunez. I don't know why I recognize
43:19
him, but I do. Oh, he fought Rikishi. That's
43:23
why I recognize him. Oh, okay. He was at the...
43:30
Yokohama card a few months ago. Fun. Yeah. 28
43:39
wins with 27 knockouts. So that could be a banger.
43:45
Hold up. I want to see this dude that they're
43:48
matching. Pat McCormick is 7 -0. Parra is 25
43:55
-17. 25 with 17 by KO. Yeah. Yeah, I'm really
44:02
hoping for another Brit knockout from a Mexican.
44:05
I really hope you bit off more than you can chew.
44:08
I really, really do. Well, and Eddie Hearn, I
44:12
don't know that Eddie Hearn actually does the
44:13
matchmaking, but Matchroom is shit at matching
44:16
their Brits with Mexicans. Like, it's so bad.
44:19
For some reason, they just keep doing the same
44:22
fucking thing over and over and they're expecting
44:24
different results. And it's amazing. I love it.
44:29
I love the memes. I love the... It's great. But
44:38
that's the card in Los Mochis. And last one at
44:47
the Binational Dome in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
44:55
Oscar Valdez versus Richard Medina. I'm trying
45:00
to go to this. It's not too far from me. Nice.
45:07
I mean, Valdez should win this, right? You'd
45:11
think. I don't know who Richard Medina is. I
45:16
don't either. I don't know. Nobody, like Isaac
45:19
didn't know. Saul doesn't know. We're thinking
45:23
it's just an opponent they brought in for him
45:25
to have a good win, put on a good show for the
45:28
hometown. He did lose to Raymond Ford a few years
45:32
ago. Not too much shame in losing to Ray Ford.
45:38
No, I just mean he's fought people we know, but
45:41
they seem to all be losses. He lost to George
45:44
Acosta. That name I'm not familiar with. I recognize
45:55
him. I don't know. Akata's not that good. He
45:58
lost to Mark Castro. That is very not good. Yeah.
46:05
So I'm expecting Valdez to knock this guy out
46:08
pretty quick. Valdez isn't necessarily known
46:14
for his pop. Yeah, but he does have 24 knockouts.
46:20
He does. He does. We'll see. That's going to
46:29
be my pick. I don't think Vaughn will put this
46:31
in the pick league. This one? Oh. He should.
46:37
I think it'll be in there. I think it's too wide.
46:40
I don't think anyone will pick Medina. Oh, well.
46:44
Okay, that makes sense. Does he not do that?
46:47
Does he not pick... He tries to pro box it. He
46:51
tries to pick the close one. Competitive matchups.
46:54
Yeah. This one's on ESPN. I thought Top Rank
46:57
was off ESPN. They're running their deal out,
47:01
I think. Oh, okay. I thought it was officially
47:04
over. I think the news, if I recall correctly,
47:09
the news was that they're not going to renew.
47:11
Oh, okay. I misunderstood. Yeah. That's all good.
47:16
It'll be easy to watch, at least. That's all
47:20
we got. That's not so bad. It's better than the
47:24
last couple weeks have been. Quite a bit. Yeah.
47:28
Actual real boxing again. And then the week after,
47:33
there's good boxing, right? Yeah, that's when
47:36
the old Bud Nello... And, in a way, MJ. And there's
47:48
more on that weekend. I'm not sure why anybody
47:51
would want to try to compete with those two,
47:53
but... Yeah. I don't know. Let me do this. So
48:02
we're heading into a pretty busy weekend. Low
48:05
-ish quality, high quantity parting words. I
48:14
actually have a big day planned, I think. We'll
48:18
see if it works out, but... Since I didn't get
48:21
a ticket, I'm watching Inoue in Tokyo at the
48:25
bar is my plan. And that weekend is also Oktoberfest
48:30
at the racetrack that's in between my house and
48:33
Tokyo, the horse races. So I'm going to go drink
48:36
some beer, bet on some horses, and then carry
48:39
on to the bar afterwards. Go back to the bar.
48:43
Well, so like from my house, I'll go to the racetrack,
48:46
have some Oktoberfest beers. Oh, and then mosey
48:49
down to the bar. Yeah, they're doing some anniversary
48:53
stuff. So they have like raffles and stuff. You
48:56
put your losing bet slips in for draws. Yeah,
49:02
there's going to be some famous jockeys there
49:05
that are doing autographs and like some of the
49:07
raffle prizes are autographed race bibs and stuff.
49:12
I don't know who these jockeys are. I don't particularly
49:14
want to win a race bib, but they have smaller
49:17
prizes that would be cool. And the chances of
49:19
me winning a big prize are zero. They got keychains
49:24
and stuff and little horse plushes. I think it's
49:29
going to be fun. I invited a few friends, but
49:31
nobody else likes horse races. Man, do I have
49:38
parting words? I don't have anything smart lined
49:40
up. Um, do drugs, uh, especially for free. Try
49:49
some mushrooms. Yeah, do, try, like, I had, I
49:54
got, I upped the, uh, the dose on my microdose
49:57
mushrooms, and it's, it's pretty nice. It's been,
50:03
it's been a good day. Perfect. So our parting
50:08
words are drink beer, gamble, and do drugs. Yep.
50:13
Perfect. Those are the best parting words ever.
50:18
Alright. We are fucking out of here. Bye.