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[BxBD] Recapping Inoue and Benavidez wins · Boxing B-Sides

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This shit ain't nothing to me, man. This is Boxing
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Before Dark. On that pleasant note, Boxing Before
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Dark. Holy shit, it is a hot one here in Arizona.
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We're sitting at a balmy 95 or 35, as you might
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know it elsewhere. Shinada, how's Japan? It's
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good. It's good. I'm getting the last of my tourism
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in and making my final plans. Going to get a
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souvenir tattoo in July if I can make the timing
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work. And in June, I'm going up to northern Japan
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to see some rice fields that are planted to look
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like pictures. It's going to be excellent. So
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would you have to have a drone go up to get the
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full view? Possibly. I am assuming that a lot
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of them have a tall lookout point near them.
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I would think so, yeah. If they don't, I'm going
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to be very disappointed, to say the least. Because
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otherwise, you're just looking at rice patties.
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Yeah, yeah. The pictures look really cool. Plus,
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I haven't been to Aomori yet. Might as well.
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I was checking yesterday. And there's like 47
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prefectures in Japan, which is crazy. I've been
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to like 15 of them, but Canada only has 10 provinces.
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I was wondering how many prefectures there were.
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47 prefectures. That sounds not too dissimilar
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from US, of course. 47 to 50. Yeah, but the size
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of Japan is smaller. I was expecting like 20.
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Oh, yeah. I see what you mean. Okay. Yep. Understandable.
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Bye. Places like Iowa, where there's not a whole
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lot going on, they have like a hundred fucking
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counties. And it's not a very big place. Now
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I see you're putting it in fucking freedom terms.
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Yeah, like, I think the big difference here is
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I don't think the prefectures have much legal
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power. It's not like Canada and the US, so it
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doesn't matter how many there are. A nominal
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jurisdiction? Yeah, I think everything here is
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mostly federal. Or city. Like, I found out it's
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illegal to ring your bicycle bell in Tokyo if
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you're on the sidewalk and coming up behind someone.
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Why? I don't know. The bicycles here scare the
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shit out of me sometimes. Because I don't know
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they're coming and they don't make any noise.
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So you can't ring a bell. What if you get like
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a honker? Also illegal. You can't surprise pedestrians
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with noises. I'm trying to warn you that I'm
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coming up behind you. I'm not trying to scare
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you. It makes no sense to me. Like the whole
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point of the bell is so they don't crash into
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you. Yeah. So that you can hear that I'm coming
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and kind of move out of the way a little bit.
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Yeah. Well, you know who didn't move out of the
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way? Takeru. And he got Rod Tang just on his
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ass multiple times. That was just a one -sided
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beating. It was kind of sad, like, seeing a legend
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like Rotten get done like that. But it wasn't
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sad because it's Takeru in his last fight ever.
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He had announced win or lose, he's retiring.
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Well, he made the most of his last fight, for
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sure. And he was having fun. Did you see the
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huge smile on his face throughout the whole fight?
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He was doing, like, not... over the top taunting
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but he would like kind of like put his hands
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out or like yeah bump his chest like let's like
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let's fucking do this yeah i'm beating you at
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your own game because he ate a couple big shots
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too like it was just a really fun fight everyone
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should go watch it boxing fans will enjoy that
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one there there's no grappling At most, if you
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do clinch, you have to actively continue hitting
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each other or else you're going to get broken
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up. But I don't think there was very many clinches
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in this one. No, there weren't. It was mostly
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distant strikes of Takaru just teeing off on
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Rod Tang's face. The Iron Man got hammered. Rusty.
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Yeah, he rusted. What's the deal? Like, he had
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that... That spat with one FC where he was not
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going to be renewing his contract with them.
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Well, this fight, he was actually a free agent.
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They dropped him before the fight. Oh, really?
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I thought they were dropping him after. No, no.
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That was part of the negotiations when they sued
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each other. Rod Tang was a free agent in this
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fight. and so he won't be working with one anymore,
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but he's free to take fights with whoever he
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wants. But after that, I don't know who wants
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him. It was very clear that he did not take this
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fight very seriously, which is unfortunate. He
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knocked out Takeru in the first round, in the
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first fight, and I think he thought he could
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just come do it again without the proper preparations.
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I made it look easy the first time, so it'll
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be easy the second time. Yeah, Takeru's even
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older now. Because that was a couple years ago
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now. So are you, bitch! Yeah. What do you think?
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You've been taking fights too, man. And Rod Tang
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always takes punishment. That's kind of his deal.
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Like the Iron Man, he has an iron chin. You can't
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break his chin, so you would think. but it got
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broken i i like rod tang but this made me happy
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like takaru is such a legend and it's his last
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fight and he got to go out with an amazing knockout
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stoppage of the guy who never even gets knocked
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down it was excellent fucking movie level writing
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yeah his like his biggest rival or one of his
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biggest rivals Yeah. And he got it back in Tokyo
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in front of a home crowd. It was excellent. Good
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stuff. That's on the One Samurai event. If you
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haven't seen it, you should definitely catch
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it. I think One has all those fights up on YouTube
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for everyone. Really? Pretty... I might be misspeaking.
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I'm pretty sure outside of Japan, it's up on
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YouTube. I got it on live .onefc .com. Okay,
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yeah. A lot of that stuff gets put up on YouTube.
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Yeah, it usually does. They usually put their
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stuff up on YouTube, which is really cool. into
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an email, or if you want to do pen and paper
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snail mail. This is the type of stuff that senators
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listen to, legislators in America in general
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listen to. So we got to do something while we
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can. And like I said, I'm not stopping until
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we win. So that's enough of that stuff. Breaking
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news. Angelo Leo versus Raees Alim is canceled.
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Alim missed weight by 2 .8 pounds. That's quite
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a bit. It is. He came back, and then he still
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missed weight by two pounds on his second attempt.
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Yeah, I was really looking forward to this fight.
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I'm pretty bummed that it was canceled, but I
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understand why. Just make weight, guys. Especially
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for a title fight, of all things. A title fight,
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man. It's your job. Like, I don't know. I'm really
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disappointed. I know missing weight happens,
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but it's been happening a lot lately. Like, pretty
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consistently, things are canceled every couple
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months right now, and I don't like it. This is
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Aleem's first time missing weight, which is kind
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of... Interesting. That's what makes me think
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it wasn't a deliberate gamesmanship type of thing.
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No, I don't think this one was. I'm bummed this
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fight was off. I wanted to see Leo defend his
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title. Yeah, he hasn't fought for a year since
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he won it. But Gary Jonas, who is his... Angelo
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Leo's promoter, did say that they are likely
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going to be putting him on a top -ranked card.
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Now that top -ranked has a secure broadcast deal.
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Yeah. They're looking at DeZone. I wonder if
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they'll give Aleem another chance or a new contender.
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I'm curious. I want to see who is in the IBF
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rankings. Featherweight. Omar Trinidad is the
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number two contender, but he's on Zufa. So...
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Toshiki Shimomachi is number three. Mikito Nakano
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is number four, and I don't think he'll be fighting
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Tomoki Kameda again. He fought Tomoki, right?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure. And Nick Ball was number
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six. Would be funny. I think as it'll come out
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on B -Sides, which was recorded before this.
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So we don't know that it was canceled yet over
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there. But we were talking about Leo possibly
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fighting Nick Ball. And Josh said it would be
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funny to see. Nickball get knocked out again.
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It would be funny. I would enjoy that. I cannot
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deny that I would too. The U .S. U .K. Canada
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versus U .K. Are you including yourselves in
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the rivalry? Yeah. Everyone versus U .K. U .K.
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versus the world. You're going to lose. You can't
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support the The Empire. Not no Mo. Moving to
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speaking of Trinidad. Zufa Boxing 8. The main
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card has been announced. It's looking honestly
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pretty decent. Starting from the bottom, Omar
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Trinidad versus Jerwin on Cajas at Featherweight.
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Interesting. Well, of course he has to. Jerwin's
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moving up to the full 126. But Trinidad is...
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His experience leaves a bit to be desired. He's
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20 -0 -2. He hasn't really fought anybody that's
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pushed him. And Jerwin... is kind of tailor -made
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to be beaten at this stage of his career. Jerwin
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Uncahas is coming into this 38 -4 -2. So... Yeah.
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He's definitely the aged, seasoned veteran. And
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he's moving up in weight. So this should be a
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good test for Trinidad. It's about all I can.
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Ancas has had one fight at 126 against someone
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I've never heard of in Mexico where he got a
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knockout. All right. So I guess he's not moving
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up totally fresh. So there's that. But still.
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It'll be interesting. I might have to cheer for
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the little Filipino. Oh, I'm definitely going
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for Ancas in this case. Gotta make Takuma's resume
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look better. Kane Sandoval will be facing Brandon
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Lee. I'm excited to see Brandon Lee again. Me
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too. I'm glad he's back. What weight is this
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at? 147. That's a pretty big jump up for Brandon
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Lee. He was fighting at 140 before his layoff.
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So it kind of makes sense that he took a lot
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of time off. He can't shrink back down to 40
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with Zufa. Yeah, I don't know Sandoval. I feel
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like I've heard his name, but I don't remember
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him. Yeah. And in the main event, Rayo Valenzuela
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rematching Edwin De Los Santos, this time at
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135. This should be a good fight. Yes. I think.
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I think so too. Rayo has grown quite a bit since
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his loss to De Los Santos. So, should be a good
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time. Yeah, yeah. De Los Santos still has that
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power threat presence or aura, I think the kids
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are saying these days. It should be fun. I think
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Valenzuela has gotten better, though. It should
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be a closer matchup. De Los Santos' time since
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their last fight has not been very well spent.
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Ryo's been fighting, winning. Won a title. Lost
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a title as well, I guess. But still, he's been
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spending his time a little bit more wisely. I
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would say. But yeah, Zufa Boxing 8 will be on
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Paramount +, as usual. This one is happening
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outside of the Apex. That's exciting. This is
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at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas. The Chelsea Ballroom.
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It's actually, that's a pretty nice venue. Still
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kind of small, but it's a nice venue. And maybe
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Zufa will realize that having a gate is helpful.
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Yeah, maybe. Whatever hastens their departure.
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So I'm going to hope they don't figure that out.
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Fair enough. Moving on. The Mason brothers. All
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three of them will be fighting on the July 4th
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top ranked card. I have to say I didn't know
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there was three of them. I think there are more.
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I think it's just three that fight. Interesting.
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Like the Russells. Fair enough. I like the Russells
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better probably. I think Abdullah Mason. And
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his brothers are like the next version. Yeah.
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They're not going to... I don't think Abdullah
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is... Can he? I was going to... Compared to Gary
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Allen, the senior... The oldest one. The oldest
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one, yeah. I'm wondering if Abdullah Mason can
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replicate his success. Because I'm super high
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on Abdullah, so I'm biased as fuck here. Apparently
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there's five of them. All right, well. Five Mason
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Bros? Yeah. I think that's how many Russell Brothers
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there are. The brothers, according to AI, are
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sometimes referred to as the Jackson Five of
19:05
boxing. Hilarious. Interesting. It's probably
19:13
something one person said and AI pulled it out.
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AI also said that we're a true crime podcast.
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And that Nathan is nasty Nate. That came from
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a review on Apple. Apple Podcasts. Excellent.
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I love it. Whoever reviewed that, kudos. Nasty
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Nate Wordsmith gets all the babes. At this point,
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he's got the babe. I was going to say, I think
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Nate's married. Off the market, yeah. It's a
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loss for all of us. I'll never get my hands on
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Nasty Nate. Tank is looking to return in fall.
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Looking at a Pitbull rematch or a Lamont Roach
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rematch. Either way, I kind of hope he loses.
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I was going to say, I have to cheer against Tank.
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No matter who he's fighting. I think Roach beats
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him again. I do too. Honestly, he's been gone
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for quite a while with problems. Pitbull might
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be able to beat him depending how he returns.
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I can't imagine his head's been in boxing lately.
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Probably not. I'm also not 100 % convinced this
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even happens. I'm not either. It was just on
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the rumor mill. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Also, not on
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the rumor mill. This one's a little bit more
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based in fact. Samson Lukowicz has confirmed
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that Sebastian Fundora is going to be returning
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later this year in September or October. Possible
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opponents include the Zayas Boots winner. I think
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that's the least likely of them. Josh Kelly.
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Or his mandatory, WBC mandatory Virgil Ortiz.
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Second least likely, I think. I think it's going
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to be Josh Kelly. I would agree. And honestly,
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I would like that. Me too. I want unifications.
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Yeah. And Josh Kelly's the less scary of all
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of those fights. It's... We're assuming Boots
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beats Zaius, but just in the off chance that
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Zaius beats Boots, that is a man that is riding
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the highest of momentum waves. Yeah. Like, holy
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shit level momentum. Yeah. But I want the unification
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with Josh Kelly and then an undisputed fight.
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Was whoever wins that other one. Hell yeah. That's
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what I want too. 100%. Sorry Virgil. The chair
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is in the corner. I do feel bad for Virgil. But.
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I still want. I want the unification. Yeah. It
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would be nice. For the Virgil situation. To get
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sorted. Just because I really fucking hate the
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way the WBC does interims. Like, I want this
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to be consolidated so that we don't have this.
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Yeah. This situation. And I think the Zaius Boots
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winner, that's a really quick turnaround for
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them. I think Josh Kelly, he's been out since
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January, I think. Yeah, it's been a minute for
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Josh Kelly. And then Fundora's been out since
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March. So for those two to unify, it makes the
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most sense. Virgil's still in arbitration or
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whatever. Yeah. Yeah, I think the Josh Kelly
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fight's most likely. And it's one that I like.
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Like, I think Fundora beats Josh Kelly, but not
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much you can do about it. Oh, man. Speaking of
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things that you can't do much about, Mayweather
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Pacquiao 2 changes dates. It's now on September
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25th. Does that make you more excited for it?
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No. Nothing is going to make me excited for this
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fight. The first one wasn't very fun, and that
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was like 10 years ago. This might be a closer
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fight, but still. You think it goes the same
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way? I don't know. I mean, logically, it probably
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could. But Pacquiao has been much more active.
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I know Mayweather stays in shape and everything
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else, but... I think this might be a closer fight,
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but probably Mayweather still wins by unanimous
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decision. So, 8 -4 instead of 10 -2? Yeah. I
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hate to say it, I would love if Pacquiao just
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sparked him. Old man knockout. But, I think most
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likely is, yeah, probably about an 8 -4. Don't
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have much to add. This fight doesn't really excite
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me. Will I be watching? Yes. Of course. I hope
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they make a decent undercard. Because this is
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one that's going to get a lot of eyes, even if
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it's a shitty fight. So put some good, exciting
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boxing underneath it so that the casuals tuning
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in for Mayweather get to see good boxing. Who
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do you put on it? Kermel Moten? I think he's
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a money team guy. Yeah, I don't know who's...
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with who but like i don't want them to have a
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bunch of like pacquiao's kids oh you know that
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manny pacquiao jr is gonna be on this come on
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yeah but put him at the like very beginning and
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then put some decent fights closer to the main
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event the first time they didn't put very good
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fights on they had no i know lomachenko in a
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shitter and leo santa cruz in a shitter Yeah,
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I don't want one -sided beatdowns. I want at
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least one good war that gets the casuals tuning
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into boxing. I think it's unlikely, but I think
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it would be smarter. David Benavides. Yeah, he's
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not going to co -main anything. This level of
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card, though? Maybe. I think he would drive more
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purchases. He would, but I think Benavidez wants
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to be the main event near... What's Mexican Independence
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Day? September 18th? 16th. Okay. I think he wants
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to headline a card that weekend and try and officially
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usurp the Mexican holidays fighter position.
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That's what I think Benavidez wants. Have a small
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smile, because... Yep, that would be nice. Yeah,
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I don't think he's going to undercard this when
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he's become so popular. That's all we got for
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the news, though. I tried to check kind of thoroughly
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before we started. Didn't miss anything. Nah,
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I think the news cycle is just being dominated
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by Dubois Wardley. Yeah. Well, I mean, as it
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should. We want eyes on the big boys. I guess.
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It's another version of driving fans to the sport.
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Wednesday, April 29th. Matchroom on DAZN in Kensington.
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Victoria, Australia. Terra Moana started us,
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31:56
Bowie Tupou. They really need to step up his
32:01
competition. I feel like they have been. I want
32:06
to see Terra Moana go some rounds. He needs to
32:11
start skipping steps on his way up the climb.
32:15
I mean, he's not old, but he is 28. It's time
32:19
that he goes against people he's not knocking
32:22
out in one or two rounds. In my opinion. His
32:28
competition has been getting stepped up. He's
32:30
just that much better. So, yeah, they need to
32:35
do a little bit better. Do a little bit more.
32:38
Because clearly Terra Moana is capable. So, let's...
32:43
Well, let's start getting some fucking rounds
32:45
in. Because... That's what I want. Yeah, he's
32:51
not too far away from Moses Atalma. Yeah, but
32:58
we just haven't... Well, Moses Atalma hasn't
33:01
gotten many rounds either. But... Quality of
33:04
opposition has been better. Yeah, I was going
33:07
to say maybe it's just because he fights in Australia
33:09
and I don't know any Australian heavies, but
33:13
I don't recognize any of these names. Sky Nicholson
33:20
bloodies Mariah Turner to retain the interim
33:25
WBC super bantamweight title. It was a good fight.
33:32
It was enjoyable. Sky did what you would expect
33:39
an interim champion to do. Too athletic, too
33:50
fast, too sharp. She clearly had Turner outclassed
33:55
at every turn. Yeah, Turner was getting a little
33:59
desperate. They took a point, right? Yeah, she
34:03
was getting dirty. Saturday, May 1st. ProBox
34:15
TV at the Maryland Live Casino. Sambatar Erdenbott
34:24
got the win over Kobe Abreedy. It was competitive
34:29
in the beginning. Cobia gave a really spirited
34:35
performance, but it became clearer as the rounds
34:40
went on that Erdenbot is just on the next level,
34:45
and Breedy couldn't keep up. I like Erdenbot.
34:50
Me too. I tune in for him. Let me get one out
34:56
of the way. Sunday, May 3rd. Top tier boxing
35:00
on DAZN. Sam Noakes stops Benito Sanchez in two.
35:07
Look at that, big dog. You can beat a Mexican.
35:12
See? You don't have to be scared of him. The
35:15
Mexican that hasn't won in like 17, 19, and 4.
35:22
How many? 13 losses in a row now. I'm telling
35:28
you, I'm 100 % convinced of my theory on Benito
35:33
Sanchez. Oh, yeah. They're bringing him over
35:36
to lose as a confidence booster. Yeah. And not
35:41
just your typical confidence booster. Like, he's
35:44
not just standard cannon fodder. I mean, he kind
35:49
of is. He hasn't won in 14 fights. But I mean
35:53
to say that they pick him because he's Mexican
35:56
so that the confidence booster gets the extra
36:01
added ingredient of he's Mexican. But you beat
36:07
him. See? You can beat him. They're beatable.
36:11
Yeah. The last 12 have been UK fights, so I guess
36:15
one was in Dublin. Same shit. The British Isles.
36:23
Is Ireland part of the British Isles? Yeah. Oh,
36:26
okay. Anyways, yeah. Ridiculous. Oh, Sammy, Sammy.
36:36
Saturday, May 2nd. We are starting with Ohashi
36:41
on DAZN. Oh my goodness. What a card. Let's start
36:48
with where we got fucked. Where we in the West
36:51
got fucked. Yeah. I can't believe they didn't
36:58
show you guys this. Like, I was hyping this fight
37:02
to everyone because I knew it was going to be
37:05
exactly what it was. They're basically clones
37:08
of each other. Like, do you remember in the first
37:10
Pokemon movie when Mewtwo made the clones and
37:13
all the Pokemon are fighting themselves? Yep.
37:16
that's what this was and it turned into exactly
37:19
what happens in that movie at the end where they
37:22
just like one punches the other and they're both
37:24
exhausted and then the other punches them no
37:27
defense all haymakers and i could not believe
37:33
it went to a decision because how the fuck did
37:36
neither of you get the knockout because sora
37:39
tanaka i know he's not that famous but came into
37:43
this 5 -0 with five knockouts. Like, he's literally
37:48
knocked out everyone. And it's Jin Sasaki, so
37:51
you know he's getting hit a shit ton. And yeah,
37:56
they just stood and punched each other for ten
37:58
rounds. It was amazing. And I can't believe DAZN
38:05
didn't show this, because everyone knew that's
38:08
what it would be. Throwing my hands up and shrugging.
38:14
Because, fuck, dude. Like, of all these fights,
38:19
like, the ones that were broadcast in the West,
38:22
Takuma, nice. Naoya, fucking, of course. Yoshiki
38:29
Takei, question mark. Why the fuck was he co
38:32
-main? I don't understand why they didn't put
38:35
Sasaki co -main. I get that you need to split
38:38
the brothers for the team to have time. Put the
38:42
fun fight as co -main. Fuck. One of the fun fights,
38:47
because wasn't the Yuita Moriwaki over Duck No
38:51
Yun a good one? Yeah, that was also super fun.
38:55
It's Asian super middleweights, so kind of the
38:59
same thing. Sluggers. Yeah. Just beating the
39:03
shit out of each other for 10 rounds. Honestly,
39:07
all the un... uh aired fights in the west were
39:11
quite entertaining excellent so glad that we
39:15
missed that shimomachi versus reya abe was more
39:21
boxing a little slower but still fun went to
39:24
mixed decision like the opener they had a 10
39:29
round opener and an eight round co -main i do
39:33
not understand this card at all But the opener
39:37
was two young guys, Tomioka and Tanaka, and they
39:42
fucked the Osaka boy. I swear to God, he won
39:46
that fight and it ended up a split draw. Ridiculous.
39:55
And like, even just Jin Sasaki's walkout. He
39:59
choreographed his walkout. He clearly had changes
40:02
in the song and marks to hit and places to pause.
40:06
Jin Sasaki has nicknamed himself the movie and
40:09
acts like it. Like, how do you not show that
40:12
pageantry to everyone? Exasperated breath. I
40:21
did hear that ESPN KO had it, so... If you have
40:27
ESPN. So Latin America got it, but the rest of
40:33
us did not. Ridiculous. In the televised portion,
40:39
Takuma Inoue gets the UD over Kazuto Ioka covered
40:44
in fucking body paint. Yeah. I... I guess no
40:50
one else had tattoos on the televised portion,
40:53
but it's extra funny because they didn't make
40:55
any of the foreign guys cover their tattoos.
40:59
At all. There were foreign guys? Just the Korean
41:03
dude, right? Yeah, the Korean dude, his tattoos
41:07
were full display. Unbelievable. Yeah, that's
41:17
the JBC. change their rules and theoretically
41:22
uh ioka's makeup came off enough they could have
41:28
disqualified them i mean they wouldn't on international
41:30
tv but that's in the rules now if your uh makeup
41:35
comes off enough you can be disqualified dumbfounded
41:41
expression what the fuck is the jbc on Japan's
41:49
getting more traditional again. Oh, that never
41:55
went poorly for anyone. No. But into the fight,
42:00
this one hurt my heart. I mean, I saw it coming.
42:03
I did. But Ioka was just too slow. He's just
42:09
too old. Yeah, Takuma had him pretty much ranged
42:14
out, timed out from... Pretty early on. Yeah.
42:21
I know I've seen people making a big deal that
42:24
Takuma must have some power because he got the
42:27
knockdown in round one. But I don't think that
42:31
was really power. It was just a combination that
42:35
got Ioka really off balance. And like, it was
42:39
a knockdown. I'm not saying it wasn't, but I
42:41
don't think it was a knockdown from... power
42:43
and being hurt it was a knockdown because he
42:46
got him really off balance and landed a shot
42:48
that pushed him over he landed at the right like
42:52
i said the timing he had him yeah he had the
42:54
timing figured out like pretty much from the
42:57
onset it was i think that's the like a key difference
43:02
is takuma relies on boxing and timing and speed
43:07
quite a bit Whereas Naoya gets to lean on power
43:13
a little bit more. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, Takuma looked
43:18
really good in this. Like, not to take anything
43:20
away from him. I think he is a really good boxer.
43:24
He just gets compared to his brother all the
43:25
time. We've said this, like, for ages. Even,
43:29
like, back when he was fighting for the WBA bantamweight
43:32
title, however long ago that was, was that Takuma
43:37
is a very good boxer in his own right. He just
43:40
has to live. He's like your trips to Mount Fuji.
43:45
It's always clouded by Naoya. Yeah. Yeah. But
43:51
I am glad that Ioka got to fight on the big stage.
43:55
Even if he lost and he's old and he didn't look
43:57
his best, he got to fight in Tokyo Dome in front
44:01
of a sold -out crowd. Like he deserves. Finally
44:05
getting the respect he deserves. Fucking four
44:08
-weight... Four -division champion. And... They
44:12
have him fighting in a gymnasium on the very
44:15
outskirts of Tokyo. Wonderful. Yeah. But Takuma
44:20
looked really good. Yeah. And... Yeah. Yoshiki
44:25
Takei? Majority decision against Dekang Wang?
44:32
Question mark? I think Wang beat him. I think
44:38
so too. I wasn't impressed with Takei's performance.
44:43
That was not what I would expect from a former
44:46
champion. No. He was getting bullied. He just
44:52
didn't look good. And why was it eight rounds?
44:57
I don't know. I think Takei's people knew he
45:03
wasn't really... At his best, coming off the
45:09
Medina knockout. But I said it before, I don't
45:15
know why this was co -made. I have no idea why
45:18
they did this. Your guess is better than mine.
45:24
This is a fight you can skip if you're going
45:27
back replays. I don't have a whole bunch to say
45:33
about it because it was just like... Sasaki had
45:37
me flying high, and then Ioka losing kind of
45:41
brought it down for me personally, and then this
45:44
fight was a bit of a dud, and I was like, man,
45:47
like, Jin Sasaki should have been co -main. He
45:53
could have at least put Moriwaka 1 -0 -1 at a
45:58
10 -rounder. You clearly believe in him. Yeah.
46:07
Yeah, I don't get the pacing of this card at
46:10
all. Well, speaking of pacing, Naoya Inoue outlasts
46:17
Junto Nakatani. I know this isn't the fight that
46:24
people were expecting, but I kind of saw it coming.
46:28
Inoue wasn't going to turn this into a firefight
46:30
because he might lose that. And I thought in
46:34
the first half of the fight, he had... great
46:36
distance control and he had Nakatani scared to
46:43
throw a little bit. Nakatani looked really nervous.
46:47
I think Nakatani was a little overawed by the
46:54
occasion. He hasn't fought in front of a crowd
46:56
like this before and he looked nervous walking
47:00
in and I think it took him five or six rounds
47:05
to kind of get into it and in a way took advantage
47:10
of that i think in a way banked most of those
47:13
rounds now there's going to be a large contingent
47:19
of people who a sizable maybe not large but a
47:25
sizable contingent that are going to say the
47:29
headbutt shifted the momentum of the fight It
47:34
might have. I mean, Nakatani had those two rounds
47:38
before the headbutt, or including the headbutt
47:43
round. He was looking a lot better. He was starting
47:46
to press. He was throwing his left. He caught
47:50
in a way a couple times. I don't think Nakatani
47:54
has the one -hit power that people kind of project
47:58
on him. They always forget that that Maloney
48:01
knockout was late and he'd been beating the piss
48:04
out of Maloney. I think he has power, but I don't
48:07
think he's a one hitter quitter like everyone
48:09
says. Yeah, I think I was one of the people who
48:14
was projecting a little bit too much power onto
48:17
him. I was of the mind that if it was going to
48:21
be, if there was going to be a knockdown or like
48:25
a Naoya being seriously hurt, it was going to
48:29
be towards the beginning where it's happened
48:33
before that Naoya overextends a little bit. Yeah.
48:37
And then he gets caught, typically by a lefty.
48:42
Inoue was really overextending in the ninth round.
48:46
I was worried he was going to get clipped. He
48:49
was reaching, trying to get inside Nakatani's
48:54
reach. And then the head clash happened. But,
48:59
I mean, that happens with Orthodox and Southpaw.
49:05
And Nakatani has a ton of head clashes in his
49:08
career. Like, it just happens. Yeah, he had a
49:12
Nishida. They had a lot of head clashes. Yeah.
49:17
But then in the 11th, Inoue landed an uppercut
49:22
that apparently broke Junto's orbital underneath
49:25
his eye. His coach said that really changed the
49:31
fight. That uppercut is why Nakatani looked not
49:36
as good in the championship rounds. I was going
49:38
to say, didn't that happen in the 10th or 11th?
49:42
I think it was early in the 11th round. Okay,
49:45
that's what I thought. And Nakatani started putting
49:47
his hand up over his eye, and people were crediting
49:52
that to the blood from the headbutt. But who's
49:58
his coach? Rudy Hernandez. Yeah, thank you. Has
50:03
said in interviews, no, that's not what it was.
50:05
His eye was broken. Jesus. Kudos to Nakatani
50:11
for fighting two rounds with a busted eye. But
50:16
that really took him back out of the fight. And
50:20
I think, in a way, won those last two rounds.
50:24
Rightfully, he should have been a little bit
50:25
more hesitant to exchange if he was just going
50:28
to get caught with another damage his eye more.
50:32
I wouldn't risk that personally, but I don't
50:36
get paid millions for it. Yeah, honestly, out
50:40
of the two, I think Naoya might have more one
50:43
-punch power. I think you might be right. But
50:52
the second half of the fight was really fun.
50:57
But the first half was a little slow. But I think
51:00
it was slow because, in a way, it was controlling
51:05
the distance so well and not giving Nakatani
51:08
any openings. You thought he managed the distance
51:12
well? In the first half of the fight, I thought
51:14
he really did. And he... I think he started going
51:22
for damage in the second half. Inoue kind of
51:25
shifted gears from I'm going to be defensive
51:29
and pot shot here and there to I want to show
51:34
everyone I'm still Naoya Inoue and do some damage
51:37
and land some punches. And that's when the distance
51:40
control fell apart. He started overreaching trying
51:44
to hit him. He wasn't as composed. But in the
51:48
first half, I thought he controlled the distance
51:52
really well. He was making Nakatani miss by like
51:55
half an inch in the first half and staying pretty
52:00
close. But in the second half, he was really
52:03
trying to get in and opening himself up more.
52:09
I really thought in the opening rounds that the
52:14
height was giving... naoya a little bit of trouble
52:19
where he couldn't he couldn't figure out his
52:23
range quite as well as he would have liked to
52:25
like he did figure it out later yes but i thought
52:29
in the beginning that's that's what i thought
52:31
was happening and then as it went on and he wanted
52:36
to like he wanted to engage a bit more and that's
52:40
when nakatani started finding more success i
52:42
thought that the height and reach advantage had
52:46
something to do with that success. Yeah. Maybe
52:50
I didn't articulate what I was trying to say.
52:52
The first half, he was controlling the distance
52:55
so Nakatani couldn't hit him. Not so much. Like,
52:59
he didn't have his range, but he was staying
53:02
outside Nakatani's range very nicely. I see what
53:05
you mean. I see. Yeah. To me, that's part of
53:09
distance control. just not getting hit of course
53:14
like that that is a part of it especially when
53:17
you have such a rangy opponent is keeping out
53:20
of their out of their touch the height definitely
53:24
was giving in a way trouble i think if he goes
53:27
up to 126 and fights any of the taller guys he's
53:30
gonna be in very big trouble I was going to say,
53:34
like, the talk, now that he's beaten Nakatani,
53:38
the talk of him moving up to 126 has heated up
53:40
quite a bit. And my thought was, like, Figueroa
53:45
is manageable. The same way he was able to figure
53:48
out and manage Nakatani, he can manage Figueroa.
53:52
But Espinoza, oh, no. I don't want to see Inoue
53:56
fight Espinoza because I think he'll lose. I
53:59
don't think that's going to happen, buddy. Sorry,
54:01
Nalia. Like, I'm a big fan and everything, but
54:04
I don't know. Yeah, no. He was having trouble
54:08
breaking the distance, for sure. And Espinoza
54:13
is like a fucking Tardo, like Fundora. Like,
54:17
he can fight Scrappy on the inside. He knows
54:21
how to use his, like, the recurring joke we have
54:26
about long levers. Yeah. yeah i know this fight
54:32
wasn't what people wanted it to be but i really
54:36
enjoyed it it was so tense the whole time like
54:39
anything more for this one before because we
54:43
got one more car to get to no no i think we can
54:46
move on all right uh really quickly eggington
54:49
got fucking murked uh did i don't did you see
54:55
what happened like did you go back and see the
54:57
the just the clip of the ending I saw he got
55:03
knocked out. I heard Eggington was like winning
55:07
the fight and then it was like a comeback knockout.
55:10
I don't know about winning the fight, but it
55:12
was competitive. But yeah, the knockout, like
55:15
he was zombie, dead on his feet. Yeah, yeah,
55:18
yeah. It was pretty nuts. I heard Eggington retired.
55:23
Good. After. Good. My man has taken more than
55:29
enough punishment. He always takes punishment
55:32
even when he wins. PBC, this was on Prime and
55:40
DAZN. I got three fights that I want to talk
55:44
about. Oscar Duarte, split decision over Angel
55:49
Fierro. I wasn't so sure about this one, but
55:52
Josh did put me on game. And he pointed out that
56:00
Angel was... When you have, like, two bulls clashing
56:05
heads, the one who backs off is usually the one
56:10
losing. Yeah. And that's typically what we were
56:14
seeing when we got into... When we did get into
56:17
heated exchanges, however brief, it was typically
56:21
Fiyero that was backing off. So, I don't know.
56:25
Maybe Oscar won. My gut tells me he didn't. Close
56:32
split decision. You can't complain too much.
56:36
Yeah, I'm not fussed either way. It's just I
56:38
thought Angel won. I thought Angel did enough.
56:41
But what are you going to do? Speaking of what
56:48
are you going to do, Resendiz drops the ball
56:52
and he gets swept. By Jaime Munguia to lose his
56:58
WBA super middleweight title. I was really disappointed
57:02
in Resendiz. So was I. Like, he was outgunned
57:08
from the very beginning, and it didn't seem like
57:11
he was interested in trying anything different
57:14
other than coming forward and trying to, like,
57:19
swarm. Yeah, like, no adjustment during the fight
57:25
at all. But Munguia looked more like classic
57:31
Munguia, I guess. You know, like, a lot of pressure,
57:36
pretty good gas tank. I thought he was a good
57:40
mix of the new Reynoso version in addition to,
57:45
like, classic. Because he did have the good gas
57:48
tank, and he was... heavy pressure, but he was
57:53
boxing really smart. And I was actually genuinely
57:57
impressed with how well he managed mixing his
58:03
offense with defending against Resendiz throwing
58:09
back at him. Yeah, Munguia looked good. He did.
58:13
I begrudgingly admit he looked good. You know
58:25
who else looked good? Jesus Christ. David Benavidez
58:29
knocks out Gilberto Ramirez in six. This was
58:36
fucking terrifying. Yeah. Yeah. What was terrifying
58:45
about it? I don't even know what to say. Well,
58:46
his hand speed is fucking crazy. um i will say
58:52
zerto looked like he kind of gave up like after
58:59
the first round i think it was bad coaching to
59:02
be honest i heard on i forget which of the podcasts
59:09
i listened to uh with chris algieri his theory
59:13
is that the sparring rumors were true The Benavides
59:18
beat the shit out of Zerto in their sparring
59:21
years ago. And Zerto came in thinking he couldn't
59:26
win. He came in ready to get his ass kicked.
59:30
And in hindsight, I can kind of see where that
59:35
might be true. I can see that. I agree. instantly
59:41
shelled up like before benavidez even really
59:44
threw or landed anything serious zerto was already
59:48
shelled up high guard like this is gonna hurt
59:52
type but well we've always known that the speed
59:58
gap was going to be enormous Yeah, but I expected
1:00:04
Zerto to use his footwork a little more. Like,
1:00:08
he's not fast, but he cuts some weird angles
1:00:11
and stuff. I didn't see him do that once in this
1:00:13
fight. I didn't really see him try in this fight.
1:00:19
But that's kind of what I mean. Like, I kind
1:00:21
of feel like he came in expecting to lose and
1:00:24
ready to lose. whoever his coach is like he needs
1:00:28
to get a new one because his coach was telling
1:00:30
him like at i i'm just throw picking random numbers
1:00:36
but like it's the end of round four david benavides
1:00:40
just landed like a 12 punch fucking combination
1:00:42
and the coach is like yeah we got him right where
1:00:45
he won him you you gotta throw between his punches
1:00:49
like i Are you not watching the same thing that
1:00:52
I'm watching? Yeah. Yeah, the corner work was
1:00:55
fucking awful. But Benavidez looks spectacular.
1:01:01
Yeah. Absolutely spectacular. And, like, I think
1:01:06
it was round one, he shoeshined for a minute,
1:01:09
and I was like, fuck. He's fast as fuck. And
1:01:12
then in like round three, he did the same thing,
1:01:16
but with some power on his punches. And I was
1:01:18
like, Jesus. Like, and Zerto's a pretty tough
1:01:24
guy, but that eye looked fucked. It was fucked.
1:01:31
He had a, I think he had broken orbital bones
1:01:36
as well. Yeah. Man, Benavidez deserves the El
1:01:44
Monstro. I like, I can't say it in Spanish, but
1:01:51
I like the red bandana better. But man, he deserves
1:01:54
the monster now. He earned it. Yeah, yeah. After
1:01:59
this one, I can't complain anymore. That's like
1:02:05
a banner. That's like a marquee award. You earned
1:02:10
the monster. But he really did. I thought Benavidez
1:02:16
would slow down a little going up in weight,
1:02:18
but he didn't at all. No, not even a little bit.
1:02:21
If anything, he might have been faster. Honestly,
1:02:25
though, I don't know if Benavidez is going to
1:02:27
want to go down. I know he said he was, but he
1:02:31
looked very comfortable at 200 pounds. Going
1:02:35
back down to 175, he might be like... This sucks.
1:02:41
Now, you were saying that Benavidez might be
1:02:45
faster at 200. I mean, he looked faster. I wonder
1:02:51
if he was faster than Canelo leaving the arena.
1:02:56
Nobody was faster than Canelo leaving the arena.
1:03:00
Get the fuck out of the arena before they call
1:03:03
me out. Yeah. It made me so happy to watch Canelo
1:03:12
sit there awkwardly and watch a fight on Cinco
1:03:16
de Mayo weekend. And he got booed every time
1:03:20
he was on screen. Well, because it was all Benavidez
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fans in the building. Yeah. Top to bottom, though,
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this card was amazing. Yeah, it was really good.
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Easily card of the year this year for me so far.
1:03:39
Damn. Are we adding another award category? I
1:03:44
mean, I'm probably not going to pay attention
1:03:47
to it every year, but this card was stacked with
1:03:50
all -action exciting fights. Yeah, it was really
1:03:54
good. I hope this is a sign of PBC moving to
1:03:58
DAZN. It would be nice if they're all in the
1:04:01
same place. I know people hate DAZN, and there's
1:04:05
many reasons to, like not showing Jin Sasaki.
1:04:10
Anything more for the PPC card? I have one thing
1:04:17
that Benavides said in an interview that was
1:04:21
just the dumbest shit I've ever heard. So he
1:04:25
told Beevil they could fight at a 190 catch weight
1:04:28
and have all his belts on the line. Benavides
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said this? Yeah. The light heavyweight and the
1:04:36
cruiserweight belts on the line at a catch weight.
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And I'm like, that's not how belts work. Like,
1:04:41
you can't fight at 190 for the 175 belt. That's
1:04:46
just not how it works, Benavidez. I'm sure he's
1:04:49
just riding high and not thinking very much in
1:04:52
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1:04:55
dumbest thing I've ever heard. That is a silly
1:05:02
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You mean upcoming stuff. Previews. Dejected slump
1:08:43
of the shoulders. Yeah. I mix them up all the
1:08:47
time. Upcoming shit. Recaps. Not recaps. Damn
1:08:53
it. Previews. Precaps. That's what we should
1:08:58
be saying. Friday, May 15th. The German ARD.
1:09:06
I don't know what the hell that is, but that's
1:09:10
the promotional entity. And I don't know exactly
1:09:13
where to watch this, but if I figure it out.
1:09:18
Keep it locked on the socials and I'll let you
1:09:22
know. Karen Chikadzian versus Patty Donovan.
1:09:28
This is an IBF welterweight number one contender
1:09:33
slot. Final eliminator. I was going to say this
1:09:39
is a weird matchup, but I guess if it's an eliminator,
1:09:42
it's not so weird. fights in Germany have been
1:09:47
lit. They have been. Should be a fun crowd. I
1:09:50
hope that they put good German fighters on the
1:09:54
undercard here. Yeah. As for who wins, I think
1:10:01
Chakudzian's the favorite, right? Should be?
1:10:05
Should be. He's got better... His losses are
1:10:10
better than Patty Donovan's losses. Yeah. I don't
1:10:15
know. It could be an interesting matchup, though.
1:10:18
In terms of who gave it a go, Chikadzian gave
1:10:22
it a go -er than Patty Donovan. Fair enough.
1:10:33
Saturday, May 16th, Queensberry at the Keep Moat
1:10:38
Stadium in Doncaster, England. Well, Co -main
1:10:44
Maxie Hughes versus Louis Sylvester at 140. And
1:10:50
David Allen versus Filip Hergovich. This should
1:10:56
be fun. If nothing else, just fun. Which Dave
1:11:03
Allen is going to show up this time, Leo? Piss
1:11:07
in the sink or piss in the jugs? Sink's probably
1:11:11
better. I imagine of the two, yes. Sink would
1:11:16
be better. Yeah, I don't know. I'll watch this
1:11:23
one just to see Dave Allen's interviews after
1:11:26
probably. And top rank also on DAZN at the Scope
1:11:34
Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. We have... From the
1:11:39
bottom up, Keon Davis versus Edwin Humane Jr.
1:11:45
Brian Norman Jr. versus Josh Wagner. Kelvin Davis
1:11:51
versus Peter Dobson. And then Keyshawn Davis
1:11:56
versus Nahir Albright in a rematch. This rematch
1:12:02
should be interesting just because of the bullshit
1:12:05
that happened after Albright fought the other
1:12:07
Davis. And Albright got that unanimous draw with
1:12:14
Frank Martin. Yeah. Albright's not bad. I mean,
1:12:22
he's not world beater, but he's not bad. We'll
1:12:26
see how close to world beater he is when he faces
1:12:29
Keyshawn again. Non -marijuana addicted Keyshawn
1:12:34
Davis, I'll have you know. Yeah, I don't know
1:12:38
where... Keyshawn's head's at. He's been a bit
1:12:42
of a fuck -up lately. Like, he could drop the
1:12:44
ball on this one. He could. He shouldn't, but
1:12:48
he could. I'm hoping for Nahir Albright to get
1:12:50
the upset, because that would just be too funny.
1:12:53
Their first fight was pretty close. Yes. I think
1:12:57
it was a majority decision before it got turned
1:13:00
to a no contest. Yeah. Should be a fun fight.
1:13:06
Also, I got to shout out the Canadian just because
1:13:09
Josh Wagner is from Ontario. Well, you've got
1:13:16
vested interest in the card now. Yes. But that's
1:13:22
all we got. That's it for the upcoming stuff.
1:13:31
So we are heading into fucking piss sink. And
1:13:36
reefer addict weekend. Bit of a letdown after
1:13:42
the first two weekends of May. Yes. But still
1:13:47
a solid weekend. There's fights worth watching.
1:13:52
Yes. These should be okay. Probably not as good
1:13:59
as Wardley Dubois. Spoiler alert, we're recording
1:14:05
before Wardley Dubois. Yeah. But yeah, parting
1:14:12
words for me, let me... I'm reaching into the
1:14:16
bag of tricks here. I can go first while you
1:14:22
select. Yeah, go for it. Last weekend, I went
1:14:26
to a giant flower garden, and it was... Super
1:14:31
beautiful and super relaxing. So I would suggest
1:14:36
everybody find some nature thing to do this week.
1:14:40
Go to a park. Just sit there. Listen to the wind
1:14:44
in the trees. The weather should be getting nice
1:14:48
almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere.
1:14:53
If quizzes are quizzical, then what are tests?
1:15:05
Testicle. Oh, here's a topical one. Why are boxing
1:15:09
rings square? Because fuck you. That's why. Fair
1:15:14
enough. I always assumed it was because you would
1:15:19
need more posts to make a circle. Yeah, and they
1:15:23
used to be. They had the posts to make them circle
1:15:27
and you had just one rope. going all the way
1:15:31
around and so you did have more of a ring and
1:15:35
everybody would stand on the edges and yeah it
1:15:41
was uh boxing was a lot more of a shit show back
1:15:44
in the beginning way back in the day it was just
1:15:47
a rope laid on the ground that you couldn't step
1:15:50
out of yeah that was during the prize rules prize
1:15:57
rules were when uh There were no rounds. Well,
1:16:02
the round ended when someone got a knockdown.
1:16:06
And then you got the one minute count. And you
1:16:10
got one minute to get up. That's too long. A
1:16:15
full minute to get up. And however long it takes
1:16:19
you to get up and go back to your corner, that's
1:16:21
how much time you have in the corner. And then
1:16:24
the fight resumes after a minute. And then the
1:16:28
fight goes and goes and goes until you get a
1:16:31
knockdown. That's crazy. Yeah. Prize rules. It
1:16:36
was fucking wild. But that's it for this wild
1:16:43
edition of Boxing Before Dark. And we'll see
1:16:47
you on the other side of old piss jugs. Bye.
1:17:09
Why should a boxing fan watch MMA? Okay, here's
1:17:15
my pitch. The reason that a boxing fan would
1:17:20
consider watching MMA in the year of our Lord,
1:17:22
2026, is that MMA is cheaper and more accessible
1:17:26
than it's ever been in its lifetime. Our biggest
1:17:29
organization, the UFC, has done away with pay
1:17:32
-per -views. It's now just like a $15 a month
1:17:35
payment to Paramount +, and you get... 40 plus
1:17:39
fight cards a year um and it's not just the UFC
1:17:44
you have organizations like 1FC and Ryzen that
1:17:47
put stuff directly on YouTube for free to watch
1:17:50
and you're able to see a wide variety of high
1:17:54
level skills like this is not just like amateur
1:17:57
or shit unless we're talking about the heavyweight
1:18:00
division but boxing fans can relate to uh the
1:18:03
gap of skill there um These are some of the most
1:18:06
talented athletes in the world, and they're fighting,
1:18:09
especially if I can point out the Muay Thai stuff
1:18:12
that happens in 1FC. It's phenomenal. Another
1:18:16
reason that a boxing fan would want this, would
1:18:19
want to jump in now, is that I think unlike a
1:18:22
lot of the cards you're used to watching in boxing,
1:18:24
MMA cards are worth watching from the start.
1:18:29
You don't have to wait until the co -main to
1:18:32
see... something that isn't complete nerd shit
1:18:35
most of the times you're seeing even if it's
1:18:38
a lower skill uh feeling you're still seeing
1:18:42
fights that are exciting and compelling to watch
1:18:45
um we just came off the backs of UFC 327 and
1:18:49
that card top to bottom was like absolutely stacked
1:18:52
so great example you can watch the whole thing
1:18:56
for you know in bits and pieces or from start
1:19:00
to finish and paramount plus right now, if you
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subscribe, so paramount, give us some money.
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We're doing, doing marketing for you. So that
1:19:08
would be my pitch. Perfect. If you do decide
1:19:10
to give MMA a shot, then why don't you check
1:19:12
out ultimate effing casuals? It's kind of the
1:19:15
same format. We talked the fights that happened
1:19:17
in the past weekend. Then the stuff coming up
1:19:19
this weekend, give it a shot. It's ultimate effing
1:19:23
casuals.